The E-Knightlighter
The Official Publication of the Knights of Columbus, Msgr. James R. Jones Council
3303 and Kenneth I. Parker Assembly 1820, New Bern, NC
Founders Day Breakfast
4, 11, 18, 25 - Bingo 6:30
PM, Hall
5 - 3rd Degree Meeting 7:00
PM, Chamber.
13 - 4th Degree Meeting, 7:00
PM, Chamber
15 - 17 - NC State
Convention
26 - 3rd Degree Officer
Meeting, 7:00 Pm - 8:00
PM, Hall
Our annual Founders Day Breakfast held on Sunday April 26 was a big
success. We collected 133 tickets and the food and fellowship was
wonderful. Fr. Tully gave us some wonderful remarks about Fr.
McGivney and how his message resonates in our community today-"help and care for the needy and less fortunate". Many thanks to all who
attended and all who worked so hard to make this a success--especially
the kitchen crew who arrived early and worked late. Thanks everyone
and I hope to see you next year.
Dick Dodson, Grand Knight
Knight of the Month
This month we honor a man whose life consists of God, the Church, the
Knights of Columbus and his family and many friends – Danny
Gennantonio.
Danny has been a knight since 1966 (49 years). He has held more
positions, chaired more committees, and recruited more new members
for our Council than any other member. Danny has sponsored more
than 500 members.
At St. Paul Catholic Church, he serves on the Finance Committee, is a
Eucharistic Minister, and a long- time volunteer for the Cemetery
Ministry. You can find Danny at the Church every Wednesday and
whenever else he is needed to assist families in their time of need
purchasing plots, placing stones, marking graves, coordinating repair
and maintenance work on the Cemetery and even coordinating the
placement of flags for Memorial Day. It is a volunteer position that takes
many hours each week.
Currently Danny (and Cindy) is heading up the Raffle Committee for the
State North Carolina Convention which will be held here in May, 2015
and which is being hosted by our Council. He has solicited many items
for the raffle and filled many baskets for the Convention.
He has also solicited ads for the Convention Booklet.
Volume: 2015. 03
Editor: Michael Haynes
[email protected]
As you know, Pat Rocco, our District Deputy, is running for State
Warden at the Convention, and Danny has sent out letters to 124
Councils letting them know why Pat Rocco is such a worthy candidate.
Please look for an ad in the North Carolina 95th Convention Booklet for
Pat Rocco for State Warden.
The members of our Council thank you Danny for what you are doing for
us today and for all that you have done for us over the last 49 years.
Jim Whetzel, DGK
Grand Knight’s Knightlighter Comments
Brothers,
As our Easter Season continues we are constantly reminded of what a Blessing it
is to live in the United States where we can worship freely and attend Mass and
receive the Sacraments on a regular basis. As we read the horrible reports of
Christians being tortured and executed for their Faith, please continue to pray for
them and all Christians around the world.
Also, continue to pray for Pope Francis and His Message of Serving God by
serving others—especially
others especially the needy and destitute. I continue to thank all who step
forward and
an help with all our charitable activities—you
you are truly a Blessing.
As you know, we have our State Convention coming to New Bern on May 15
15-17
17 and Jim Kelly and his
committees are doing a wonderful job preparing for this big event. We expect approximately 500 to be in
attendance. There is always room for more volunteers so please contact Jim Kelly @ 288-5668
288
or Jim
Whetzel, the co-chairman, @675-8778
8778 to volunteer. Your help will be most appreciated.
Please do not forget our need for new Brothers. Our new m
membership
embership has become dormant and we need to
revitalize this effort. As we all get older we are constantly reminded that “many hands make light work”. Let’s
make an extra effort to get at least one new Brother Knight in the next 2 months. Tony DiFede stands ready to
help in anyway.
Finally, I ask that you continue to support Council functions by attending the various dinners, breakfasts and
other activities. Our recent LAMB Appreciation Dinner where we present checks to various organizations so
they could continue
ontinue their work was pretty sparsely attended. I’m sure we can do better than this.
We have many Brothers who are ill, recovering from surgeries, receiving treatments or preparing for some
medical procedures. Let’s remember to keep them in our Prayers.
May God continue to Bless you and your families.
Vivat Jesus!
Dick Dodson
Family of the Month
The Family of the Month for May 2015 is Gloria and Jim Kelly.
Jim is the current Chairman of the Knights State Convention to be held in New Bern on May 15
15-17 of this year.
He is also the LAMB Chairman, Treasurer of the Columbus Club, Usher and jack of a
all trades at the Knight’s
Hall
Gloria’s biggest job is taking care of Jim
Jim—seriously,
seriously, she does an amazing amount of work for the Knights and
the Church. She volunteers at the Church Office, is a Eucharistic Minister, does the creative work for our ads
and displays and helps with various Knights activities when requested.
We are truly fortunate to have them on our team. Thank you Gloria and Jim for all you do for our Church, our
Community and the Knights.
Nick Dalessandro, Family Director
Faithful Navigator’s Report
Sir Knights,
The latest Yard Sale results turned out to be one of the best we’ve experienced. We
came within $200 of our very best past results. What is interesting is that our very
best sale was achieved with almost 2900 shoppers com
coming
ing through our doors. The
shopper count of this latest sale was about 1900.
Everyone involved did a super job and should be proud of the results. Without all your
participation and hard work we could not have achieve the great results we did.
Thanks to you all we can continue to support our various charities and increase that
support in the future. I’m sure you’ve heard the many positive comments from
shoppers about the new look in the Blue Building. With your help and understanding
we will continue
continue making improvements to make it easier for shoppers and staff.
New Officers have been nominated for the 2015-2016
2015 2016 Fiscal Year. Elections will take place at our next
General meeting on Wednesday, May 13th, please make it a point to attend. It’s import
important that the largest
majority of Sir Knights attend this meeting. It is the future of our Assembly.
On a sad note we lost our Brother Sir Knight Bob Calabrese in April. He will be missed. Please keep his wife
Betty and their family in your prayers as w
well
ell as all our other deceased Brothers.
May is the month of Our Blessed Mother, so let us make an effort to say the Rosary as often as possible during
the month. Also on May 31st Fr. Bill Lesak will be celebrating his 40th Anniversary as a priest at the 11 AM
mass. We would like to have as many Sir Knights as possible attend.
Remember: Prayer Changes Things
Vivat Jesus,
SK Vince Fragnito, Faithful Navigator
Sir Knight of the Month
In recognition of his many accomplishm
accomplishments SK Charles
s Knight is our SK of the month.
Charles has been a dedicated member of the Knights of Columbus since day one and has been available
when needed.
He has helped with the Special
pecial Olympics spaghetti dinner every year
Charles keeps busy by being a member of the Special Olympics Bowling and Swim team. He also helps
hel set up
prior to these events. Charles is an usher at St Paul
Paul, and helps at Monday night Bingo
These are just some reasons why Charles has been selected for this recognition. When you see SK Charles
thank him for all he does for our order
Patrick Rocco, Faithful Captain
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I would suggest that a principal reason that we were able to achieve those accolades is because we remain
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Brother SK Bill Elliott: Hospital Volunteer of the Year
During National Volunteer Recognition Week, Department Heads for Volunteer Services at Carolina East
Medical Center select nominees to be recognized as the CEMC Hospital Volunteer of the Year. At the end of
the week CEMC salutes all of its 400 volunteers with a banquet, and honors its Hospital Volunteer of the Year.
This year’s festivities were held April 17 at The Flame Restaurant in New Bern. At the event Director of
Hospital Volunteer Services (DVS) Laurie Bennett recognized Bill Elliott’s dedicated years of participation in
the hospital’s Life Line program, and presented him with the Carolina East Medical Center Hospital Volunteer
of the Year Award. Congratulations, Bill! PGK Mikie Casem
Officers and Program Chairmen of
Msgr. James R. Jones, Council 3303
Chaplain
Grand Knight
Deputy Grand Knight
Chancellor
Recorder
Financial Secretary
Treasurer
Advocate
Lector
Warden
Inside Guard
Outside Guard
Trustee (1 Yr.)
Trustee (2 Yr.)
Trustee (3 Yr.)
Program Director
Church
Council
Reverend Thomas Tully
Dick Dodson
Jim Whetzel
Ray Savage
Sandy Stewart
Larry Spallanzani
Larry Winsor
Mikie Casem
CJ Brooker
Nick D’Alessandro
Bill Bottcher
Dean Reynolds
Rich Tomasik
Leo Minervini
Pat Rocco
Open
Jim Anderson
Open
Community
Family
Youth
Membership Director
Hispanic Membership
Bingo
Pro-Life
Operation Lamb
Knightlighter
House
Golf
300 Club
Columbus Club
Bowling
Special Olympics
Public Relations
Web Master
Lounge Manager
Walter Bock
Nick Dalessandro
Jeff Ross
Tony DiFede
Richard Mora
Doug Uhland
Bart Spano
Jim Kelly
Michael Haynes
Jimmy Bottcher
Chick Natella
Chick Natella
Gerald Boyle
Don Monk
John Scharf
George Halyak
Martin Culpepper
Ralph Aviles
Officers of
Father Kenneth I. Parker Assembly 1820
Faithful Friar
Faithful Navigator
Faithful Captain
Faithful Pilot
Faithful Comptroller
Faithful Scribe
Faithful Purser
Reverend William J Upah
SK Vincent A. Fragnito
SK Patrick Rocco
SK David Rose
SK William Camp
SK Ralph Aviles
SK George Halyak
Inner-Sentinel
Outer-Sentinel
Faithful Admiral
Trustee 3 Year
Trustee 2 Year
Trustee 1 Year
Lounge Manager
Yard Sale
SK Doug Uhland
SK Phil Nassef
SK Rich Tomasik
SK James Whetzel
SK Sandy Stewart
SK Ignacio "Budd" Rancatore
SK Ralph Aviles
Open
THE KNIGHTLIGHTER
THE KNIGHTLIGHTER is published bi-monthly (Feb., Apr., Jun., Aug., Oct., Dec.) by Council 3303 K of C, New
Bern, NC. Editorial deadline is the 20th of the month preceding. The E-KNIGHTLIGHTER is ELECTRONIC
ONLY and published (January, March, May, July, September, November)
Editor: Michael Haynes ([email protected] )
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