Knight Worthy News St. Joseph Council 10627, High Bridge, New Jersey A Catholic men s organization promoting Charity, Unity, Fraternity, Family and Patriotism December 2018 (Area Code 908 unless otherwise noted) (Red indicates change) Officers: Grand Knight Tom Corrado 328-9440 Chaplain Fr. Abraham Orapankal 832-2513 Deputy G. K. Mario Bernardo 797-6344 Chancellor Jim McCloskey 328-5176 Advocate Greg Boyle 730-8737 Recorder Steve Bauernfeind 638-4285 Fin. Sec. Robert Young 832-2721 Treasurer Peter Sandrian 236-2711 Warden Tom Klawunn 246-3722 Inside Guard Jim Codd 892-1089 Outside Guard Andy Kin 617-5621 Past GK Kevin Loughney 797-0061 Trustees: Bill Cerwinski, PGK (732) 715-0057 John Furnari, PGK 693-2782 Kevin Loughney, PGK 797-0061 Directors: Program Mario Bernardo 797-6344 Church Bill Cerwinski (732) 715-0057 Comm.-Tech. Greg Boyle 730-8737 Community Jim McCloskey 328-5176 Council Tom Klawunn 246-3722 Life Rich Mirocco 638-4804 Family Chris Dietrich 797-0243 Member Involvement Bill Cerwinski (732) 715-0057 Mario Bernardo 638-6318 Special Events Kevin Loughney 797-0061 Youth Chris Denis 617-5345 Dist. Deputy: Ed Schilke (973) 886-3884 Ins. Agent: Gerry Tatarka (973) 713-3394 Website: www.kofc10627.org 1
Fr. Abraham Orapankal Fr. Abraham, our Council Chaplain, has been reassigned to St. Matthias Parish in Somerset by Bishop James Checchio. The change was sudden and necessitated by the financial problems revealed at St. Matthias (and the resignation of their pastor, Father Douglas J. Haefner). Fr. Abraham was asked to leave St. John Neumann Parish to help straighten out the mess in the Somerset parish. Fr. Abraham s reassignment means that he will be far too busy to continue contributing his monthly Reflection column to this newsletter. Fr. Abraham has faithfully provided us with those wonderful messages for the past five years! His messages will be missed, he will be missed, and we all owe him our appreciation! Please pray for our loyal and faithful Chaplain as he transitions to his new assignment. The Knights of Columbus 5th Sunday Rosary Program encourages greater devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Devotions are conducted following the 11am Mass at St. Joseph Church on each 5th Sunday with the assistance of the St. Joseph Parish Altar Rosary Society. The rosary offers a great opportunity for all parishioners and their families. Members are encouraged to attend with their families. Please plan to attend! Pray too for the parishioners at St. John Neumann who have lost him as their shepherd, and for the parishioners at St. Matthias who were the victims of negligence and who knows what else! While you are praying, remember also to pray for our Church. 2
Our Mayflower Connection! Several readers commented favorably on my Bully Pulpit article about Thanksgiving in the November issue of Knight Worthy News. (My thanks to all who did so!) The article also prompted a very interesting response from our Past Grand Knight, Ken Brown. Brother Ken explains that Thanksgiving is a very special holiday to him it s his family holiday as he traces his family lineage directly back to the Pilgrims. In fact, Ken is a direct descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins! Ken s father s side of the family attended the very first Thanksgiving celebration. As we can remember from elementary school, John and Priscilla came to America on the Mayflower in 1620 and married. Their first of ten children was a daughter, Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Elisabeth married William Pabodie and they are Ken s 8th great-grandparents! In 1684, William and Elisabeth settled in Little Compton, Rhode Island (then a part of the Plymouth Colony ). William, who had succeeded Alexander Standish (son of Capt. Myles Standish who had married Barbara Mullins) as the Duxbury, (Massachusetts) town clerk, became Little Compton's first town clerk. William died in 1707 at age 88 and Elisabeth followed him in 1717, at age 94. Generations later, Ken s own father was born nearby. Elisabeth s monument in the Old Burying Ground cemetery in Little Compton contains Elisabeth s original gravestone (at left) and another inscription (at right). Elisabeth Pabodie, Daughter of Plymouth Pilgrims, John Alden & Priscilla Mullin, The First White Woman Born in New England. Thank you brother Ken! What a wonderful heritage. 3
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Brothers all, Merry Christmas to you and your family. Vivat Jesus, Tom 6
13 Tons of Food and Thousands of Dollars Donated! A unique partnership involving parishioners of St. Joseph Church, Shop Rite of Clinton and the St. Joseph Council continues to benefit the Open Cupboard Food Pantry in Clinton. The parish conducts a monthly food drive for the pantry that produced nearly a ton of food for the pantry during a recent 12-month period. Parishioners supplement their food donations with an annual special collection for the Food Pantry conducted by the Council. Using more than $1,100 from that recent collection, supplemented by council funds, we were able to purchase and donate $2,800 in Shop Rite gift cards to the food pantry. The cards will be used to assist clients of the food pantry during the Christmas season. The ongoing partnership also includes the Shop Rite of Clinton super market that generously provides twice-weekly food donations for the pantry. In the past year alone, Shop Rite donated 9 tons of baked goods for the food pantry and Shop Rite donated more than 500 new woven polypropylene shopping Photo: Rev. James Kyrpczak, St. Joseph Church, and Council DGK Mario Bernardo and Recorder Steve Bauernfeind present $2,800 in Shop Rite Gift Cards to Anne Underhill, Executive Director of the Open Cupboard Food Pantry in Clinton. bags for food pantry clients' use. Shop Rite also permits the Council to maintain a separate collection rack at the market for customers to donate additional food. It produced almost 3 additional tons of food donations during that period. The combined total food donations from all three sources amounted to more than a ton every month! Those efforts are also part of the Knights of Columbus Food for Families Program that provides additional financial support to local councils based on the amount of food and money contributed locally. Open Cupboard Food Pantry Executive Director Anne Underhill described how grateful the food pantry clients are, especially at Christmas time when they receive the Shop Rite gift cards. Anne thanked the parish and the Knights for their role, adding, we couldn t do it without you. In addition, the Knights provided nearly 400 hours of volunteer time at the food pantry assisting clients and delivering to shut-in clients of the pantry. Another group of Knights also handle the twice-weekly food pickups at Shop Rite and the monthly pickup at St. Joseph Church adding another 250 hours to the volunteer time. The value of those 650 volunteer hours by Knights as determined by the Independent Sector, a coalition of charities, foundations, corporations, and individuals that publishes research important to the nonprofit sector, was more than $18,000! The support for the food pantry has been ongoing for several years and our partnership with St. Joseph Church, supported by Shop Rite and its customers, continue to provide significant support for the community. Brother Donald Branflick coordinates the council s Food for Families efforts. 7
Happy Birthday! Mike Krochta December 1 Ted Manahan December 1 Eileen Hanly December 4 Sean Boyle December 5 Denise Murphy December 6 Julie Noonan December 6 Debbie Loughney December 10 Holly Gilligan December 11 Anne Ongaro December 16 Dana Baucom December 17 Kathy Wilmott December 17 Amanda Regan December 19 Paul Petruzzi December 21 Jody Artiglere December 22 Ron Meola December 23 John Titus December 24 Virginia Lloyd December 28 Elizabeth Denis December 28 Happy Anniversary! Rudy & Donna Cedro December 4 Wayne & Linda McKay December 7 Terry & Fran Goddard December 12 Rev. Abraham Orapankal December 17 (Ordination) Rev. Fred Otieno December 18 (Ordination) Jody & Deby Artiglere December 19 Bernard & Mylene Mariano December 22 Lyons Masses December 9 Jesse Tree Gift Deadline December 9 Holy Hour for Life-Thursday, 7:30pm,, December 20, January 17 Advent Prayers & Readings 6pm, Sunday, December 2, St. Joseph Church March for Life Washington, January 18 Rally for Life, Trenton, January 21 Newsies-The Musical - January 19-27 at Voorhees HS Chapter 4 Degrees Admission (First): December 12 Whitehouse February 12 Whitehouse Formation (Second): December 12 Whitehouse Knighthood (Third): None Patriotic (Fourth): None See latest statewide degree information at: www.njkofc.org and click the Degrees Tab All the News That Fits. Knight Worthy News is published monthly and distributed via E-mail. Send letters & comments to: gaboyle1 @ comcast.net Find St. Joseph Council at: www.kofc10627.org 8
~ December 2018 ~ Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 2 First Sunday of Advent Advent Service 9 Lyons Mass JESSE TREE GIFT DEADLINE Schedule Free Throw Tournament 3 4 5 6 7 8 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION [Holyday of Obligation] 10 Human Rights Day 11 12 1st & 2nd Degrees Whitehouse 13 Meeting 1 14 15 16 K-Club Ends 17 18 19 20 Holy Hour for Life 23 24 25 Christmas 26 27 Meeting 21 Winter Solstice 22 28 29 30 5th Sunday Rosary 31 January 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 2019 Lyons dates? 1 New Year's Day 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Meeting 11 12 13 14 15 Deadline for Dues Discount 16 17 Holy Hour for Life 18 March for Life (Washington) 19 20 21 Martin Luther King Rally for Life (Trenton 22 Day of Prayer for the Unborn 23 24 Meeting 25 Friday Night on the Knights Social 27 28 29 30 31 Reserve ARC Dates-Shop Rite 26 Spelling Bees 2nd Dues Notices Calendar updates available at www.kofc10627.org/council-calendar.html 9