St.

Jude Council #5814 NY - 3rd District

Serving Rocky Point and Surrounding Communities

St. Jude Beacon May 2019 - Volume XIX - Number V

William Swiatkowski, Editor

GRAND KNIGHT’S MESSAGE

ONE KofC COUNCIL
Brothers,

I trust that each of you and your families are enjoying this Easter Season. Spring
has sprung and once again we all are very busy. The Council was busy with
Membership Drives, a Food Drive, 1st & 2nd Degrees, Charity book sales, the
Lenten Supper and more. Thank you to all of our members who volunteered and
worked so hard to make each event a success. Some cooked, some sat out in
the cold, or carried boxes of food, recruited new members, prayed together at
the supper and much more. Your efforts are appreciated by those we helped and
will bear results.

This May we will also be busy with nearly 20 dates of activity. Please review the
St. Jude, Pray for Us Upcoming Events list inside this Beacon and select which event you can make.
The Celebrate Life Social is Friday May 17th and looks to be another good
evening of fun at the Council.
In service Be sure to participate in the Marian Hour of Prayer (5/16), The Council
to one. Communion Breakfast (5/19) and later the KofC Pilgrimage to Our Lady of the
In service Island Shrine (5/19). It is nice that we have more opportunity to gather and pray
during this Easter Season.
to all.
Still there is our charitable efforts to attend. The increased focus on our parishes
is helping. We have distributed an Easter donation of $1,000 to each of the three
parishes. This is in addition to the Christmas gift of $1,000 to each and the
Religious Ed. of $500 (matched by the NYS KofC). All three Pastors were very
grateful to St. Jude Council. Knowing this makes it a little easier to attend the
Charity book sales to raise money for Charity.

Important Note: I mentioned last month that the Council will resume meeting
twice a month with socials and events on Fridays or Saturdays. This will better
help us to manage and plan for our Council activities for the upcoming month.
This month we will proceed with 1st (5/01) & 3rd (5/15) Wednesday business
meetings, our Celebrate Life Social is on Friday night 5/17.

Vivat Jesus,

S.K. Eugene A. Johann

Grand Knight
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Mercy and the Mother of God

Mary teaches us how to trust in God, receive his grace and share his love with others

The mercy of God will always be greater than our sins, and this is what we contemplate in the mystery
of the Virgin Mary. She plays a very important role in introducing us to God’s mercy, which is his deepest
attribute. Mary did not sin, but in the Magnificat she sang of the mercy of God (cf. Lk 1:46-55). God’s
mercy is a grace given to Mary in advance, by merit of the sacrifice of the cross. The effusion of mercy
that springs forth from the cross, from the very heart of Christ, is what purified Mary.

Everything is given and everything comes from the mercy of God, not from our merit but from the free
love of God. Mary is the richest of all creatures, the holiest and the most beautiful, but also the humblest
and poorest because she knows that she has received everything from God.

We see in the Gospels that the mercy of God is the greatest mystery and the most beautiful treasure.
However, we have a difficult time accepting it because we really have very little trust in God’s forgiveness.
This attitude can come about for certain reasons. Perhaps it has to do with human psychology, but
without a doubt, there is a lack of trust. We don’t really believe in this reality of the forgiveness of God,
and so we don’t always fully welcome it. God forgives us, but we can’t forgive ourselves.

We have difficulty accepting that we have to depend on the mercy of God. We would like to save
ourselves. We would like to be our own richness — to be rich based on our good actions and qualities.
To receive everything from the mercy of God — to accept that God is our source of richness and not
ourselves — requires a great poverty of heart.

Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with you.
Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners, now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Sometimes it’s good that we rejoice when we have accomplished great things. But in the moments
where we feel our poverty, we should also rejoice, because the good news is for the poor. Mercy is for
those who need it, who feel profoundly that they cannot save themselves. Our only hope is not through
our own works; it’s hope in the infinite mercy of God.
Mary can help us open our hearts and eyes to the needs of our brothers and sisters. She motivates us
to acts of love and mercy through her maternal grace. Her tenderness and love has the force of faith. It
can be compared to an army ready for battle. She’s strong against evil, but with an inner peace and
tenderness that she transmits to us.
Let us ask for the grace to welcome Mary into our hearts, to give ourselves to her so she can give us
what she has received from God. She will give us limitless trust, faith, humility, hope and thanksgiving,
along with her loving and attentive gaze and the goodness that is so deep within her. By practicing all
of this with Mary, she will ask for what we need.
From KofC.org 1/01/2018 Copyright Knights of Columbus KofC.org2018

The Corner of Faith "Today, the Knights of

Columbus is providentially
Devotion To The Blessed Virgin positioned to play a key role
971 "All generations will call me blessed": 516 The liturgical feasts dedicated to in the new alliance between
"The Church's devotion to the Blessed the Mother of God and Marian prayer, the Church and the family
Virgin is intrinsic to Christian worship." The such as the rosary, an "epitome of the called for by Pope Francis…
Church rightly honors "the Blessed Virgin whole Gospel," express this devotion
What is necessary now is
with special devotion. From the most ancient to the Virgin Mary.
our greater involvement
times the Blessed Virgin has been honored -from the Catechism of the Catholic Church
with the title of 'Mother of God,' to whose in the renewal of parish
protection the faithful fly in all their dangers CHARITY, UNITY and family life."
and needs. . . . This very special devotion . . . FRATERNITY, ~~
differs essentially from the adoration which and PATRIOTISM Supreme Knight
is given to the incarnate Word and equally to Carl Anderson
the Father and the Holy Spirit, and greatly
fosters this adoration."

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Brothers, District Deputy’s Message

Three simple words put together represent so much, “He is Risen”. I hope you all enjoyed Easter.
Congratulations to all who made their 2nd Degree at St. Jude in April 9 and thank you St. Jude for hosting and
the Degree team for an outstanding job as always.
Thank you to everyone that came to the District meeting on the 10th. I hope Bob Graziano was able to shed some light
on Faith in Action.
Congratulations to our newest members who took their 1st Degree on April 16. Thank you Kavanaugh for hosting and
thank your team for a job well done.
On Thursday May 16 there will be a Marion Hour of Prayer at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. Please mark your calendars to try
and attend.
Very important date to remember is May 19th. That is the State Pilgrimage to
Our Lady of the Island Shrine.
Thank you for being a Knight and God Bless,
William Fontaine, District Deputy NY 3rd
631 988-3758
imascout4life@yahoo.com

Suffolk Chapter News - This month in the Chapter:

The next Suffolk Chapter Meeting will be held on May 17th at St. Sylvester’s Council
located at 507 Long Island Ave Medford (VFW Bldg.).

ELECTIONS for Columbian Year July 1, 2019 thru June 30, 2020. Anyone interested in
running for a Chapter Officer position please contact Rich Grefig @ (516)776-2765.

All are invited to join the NYS Council in the annual pilgrimage to
The Shrine of Our Lady of The Island located at 258 Eastport Manor Rd, Manorville, NY,
Sunday, May 19, 2019, 10:00 AM Rosary, 11:30 AM Mass.

#5814 St. Jude Council Officers May Birthdays

Corporation Directors Vincent Cacioppo 5/1
Chaplain Msgr. SK Rev. William Breslawski 631-744-2609
Charles Edwards 5/1
President Chaplain Rev. Fr. Thomas Tuite 631-744-2800 Anthony Russo 5/1
SK Vincent J. Maggio, 744-1673 Grand Knight SK Gene Johann 631-804-1886 Ronald Chirco 5/8
Deputy Paul Knudsen 631-664-6410 Anthony Bitalvo 5/11
Chancellor SK John Nugent 631-744-1821
Vice President James Sheridan 5/11
Warden SK Steve Spector 631-821-3249 Stephen Sobczak 5/15
SK Salvatore J. LaLima, 821-0082 Recorder SK Russell J Carpino 631-445-1342 Anthony Basso PGK 5/18
Fin Secretary SK John Sommers, PGK, FDD 631-513-2626 Joseph Badalamenti 5/20
Secretary Treasurer SK Richard Bowne 631-793-3037 Vincent Mastrogiacomo 5/20
SK Robert W. Wilken, 821-4962 Advocate SK Fred Hess, PGK 631-603-7348 William Ginley 5/21
Lecturer SKRalph Lopez 631-921-3142 Michael McKenna 5/21
Treasurer Inside Guard SK Jonathan Romano 631-821-2570 Frank Zitaglio Jr 5/21
SK Richard B. Landers, 291-9440 Outside Guard SK Rudy Novissimo 516-241-2942 Thomas Ianniello 5/27
Trustee 1 Year SK Joseph Badalamenti 631-744-0752 Edward O'Donoghue 5/27
Director Trustee 2 Year SK Charles C Di Santo 631 706-3188 David Higgins 5/28

Herbert B. Simmons, 744-0951 Trustee 3 Year SK Andrew Delligatti, PGK 631-744-2265 Gregory Kush 5/28
Benedetto Pelosi 5/28
Patrick Zoccoli 5/28
Director
Contacts: Lawrence Camps 5/29
Ron Mihalak, 516-287-0488 Lawrence Ekert 5/29
District Deputy SK William Fontaine 631-988-3758
Edward Maher 5/30
Director Field Agent SK Johnathan Bittner 631-466-0828
Michael Johnson 5/31
Henry Walden, 744-9775 Beacon Editor William Swiatkowski 516-729-3142
Joseph Manzi Jr 5/31

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2019 Dues
Reminder Notices and invoices have been mailed to members that have not paid 2019 dues. Payment can be mailed to
FS John Sommers, 10 Flicker Drive, Middle Island, New York 11953 or handed to the FS at a Business Meeting. Make checks
payable to St Jude Council #5814. Dues for the year are $40. Please pay dues promptly in order to avoid the expense of
further mailings. If you have any questions contact the FS at jsommers@optonline.net or 631-513-2626.

Upcoming Events for mAY 2019

05/01 WED Council Business Meeting St. Jude Council 7:30pm
05/04 SAT Charity Book Sales Shirley King Kullen 9am-3pm
05/05 SUN Membership Drive St Louis Church After Masses
05/08 WED District 3 Meeting Patchogue Council 7:30pm
05/10 FRI Suffolk Chapter Meeting St. Sylvester (at VFW) 7 Dinner/8 Mtg
05/11 SAT Charity Book Sales Shirley King Kullen 9am-3pm
05/12 SUN MOTHERS DAY
05/14 TUE TV Night – Baseball & Eats St. Jude Council 7:00pm
05/15 WED Council Business Meeting St. Jude Council 7:30pm
05/16 THU Marion Hour of Prayer Mt. Carmel, Patchogue 7:30pm
05/17 FRI Celebrate Life Social St. Jude Council 6:30 / eat 7pm
05/18 SAT Charity Book Sales Manorville King Kullen 9am-3pm
05/19 SUN Council attends Mass together St. Anthony’s 8:00am Mass
with Breakfast Celebration St. Jude Council 9:00am Eat
05/19 SUN Annual KofC Pilgrimage Our Lady of the Island 10:00am-1pm
05/21 TUE First Degree Ceremony Kavanagh Council 7:30pm
05/22 WED Shea Assembly (4th) Mtg St. Regis, Ronkonkoma 7:00pm
05/23 THU Council Officer ’s Meeting St. Jude Council 7:30pm
05/26 SUN Food Drive Rocky Point Stop & Shop 12pm-5pm
05/27 MON MEMORIAL DAY
05/30 THU ASCENSION Of The LORD
05/30 THU Ladies Aux. Meeting St. Jude Council 7:00pm

•The next Suffolk Chapter Meeting will be held on May 17th at

St. Sylvester’s Council located at 507 Long Island Ave Medford (VFW Bldg.).
•ELECTIONS for Columbian Year July 1, 2019 thru June 30, 2020. Anyone
interested in running for a Chapter Officer position please contact
Rich Grefig @ (516)776-2765.
•All are invited to join the NYS Council in the annual pilgrimage to The Shrine
of Our Lady of The Island located at 258 Eastport Manor Rd, Manorville, NY,
Sunday, May 19, 2019, 10:00 AM Rosary, 11:30 AM Mass.

Knights of Columbus, Council #5814, 683 Rt. 25A, Rocky Point, NY 631-744-7043
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Financial Secretary’s Corner

Receiving the Membership Numbers:
Bulletin by Email Associate Members - 139
If you would like to receive the bulletin by email
Insurance Members - 87
please forward an email to FS John Sommers at Inactive Members- 21
jsommers@optonline.net Total Membership - 247
Honorary Members - 3
Please include St Jude Bulletin in the subject line. Honorary Life Members - 61
Receiving the bulletin by email will reduce the monthly
printing and mailing costs to the Council.
Disabled Members - 0
- SK John Sommers, FS, PGK, FDD

Council Game Night

Come down to the hall and enjoy the company of your brothers as the
Mets take on the Nationals and the Yankees take on the Orioles.
Our Game Night will be on Tuesday, May 14th
If you don't like baseball or the teams playing don't interest you,
come down to the hall for some fun and camaraderie with your brothers.
Food & snacks will be provided beginning at 6:30pm. Cash bar.

Game Time: 7:00pm

Donations appreciated.
RSVP John Sommers at jsommers@optonline.net or 631-513-2626 by Wednesday May 8th so we have enough food.

Please Keep in Your Prayers

HE IS Brother Richard Bowne’s Granddaughter

RISEN Scarlett, Brothers John Lennon, Barney

and Barbara Flanagan. Linda Mihalek,
Vinny Mastrogiacomo. Rosemary Walden
and Bill Christiansen's daughter. Please keep
in your prayers Chaplain Fr. Bill Breslawski.

All the souls of Brothers lost

in our Council and in The Order.
(if you need prayers or know of a member or family etc.,
please send me the information to share).

Contact G.K. Gene Johann at 631-804-1886

St. Jude, patron of hopeless cases, pray for us.

** Wake Service **
The Council is updating its Wake Service notification record. If you would like to be informed of the passing of a brother
and the wake information please provide your phone number and/or email address to FS John Sommers. You can
either email the information to jsommers@optonline.net (put Wake Service in the subject line) or call 631-924-8708.

Grand Knight’s Corner

If any member knows of the passing of a Brother Knight or knows of a
Brother Knight in need, please notify GK Gene Johann at 631 804-1886 or
our Funeral Services Director Ralph Ferrara at 631 662-1235

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The Marian Hour of Prayer is a Diocese-wide effort of the Knights of Columbus. Many Knight
from various Councils will attend. Spouses and friends are welcome to attend as well. It is a
very special event, as many of St. Jude's members that can be there should attend.

Please join us for a diocesan marian hour of prayer

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2019 AT 7:30PM
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church
495 North Ocean Ave., Patchogue, New York
For more info, directions or car pooling call GK Gene Johann at 631 804-1886

Council Communion Breakfast

St. Jude Council is holding its Easter Season Communion
Breakfast on Sunday May 19th. We begin with 8:00am
Mass at St. Anthony’s followed by a complete breakfast
back at the Council. The event is open to all in the Council.
Please plan on attending, there is no charge for the
breakfast and good will donations will be appreciated.
For more info Call Breakfast Chairman Richard Bowne at 631 793-3037

Ladies Auxiliary Corner

The Ladies Aux. Co-sponsored the Lenten Supper on April 19
and provided the homemade Soups and Desserts. The Ladies also ran
the 50-50 raising another $135. to use for donations.

Friday May 17 will be coordinating the Celebrate Life Social honoring the
Birthright office here in Rocky Point. In addition to desserts, the Ladies plan to
increase their cash donations to Birthright which has helped the local office.

For information about joining the St Jude Ladies Auxiliary, or about

upcoming plans, please call President Marie Basileo at 631 821-6071.
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The St. Jude Council #5814 Nominating Committee for 2019 Council Elections has
submitted the following slate of Council Officers. The Upcoming elections for the Columbian Year
July 1, 2019 thru June 30, 2020 will be held at the Council’s June Business Meeting on June 5, 2019.

The proposed slate of Council Officers is as follows:

•Grand Knight SK Charles DiSanto
•Deputy Grand Knight SK Richard Bowne
•Chancellor SK John Nugent
•Warden SK Jonathan Romano
•Treasurer SK Andrew Delligatti, PGK
•Recorder Rudy Novissimo
•Advocate SK Fred Hess, PGK
•Inside Guard SK Joseph Badalamenti
•Outside Guard 1 Michael Jordan
•Outside Guard 2 Open (Nomination from the Council floor)
•Trustee 1 Year Paul Knudsen
•Trustee 2 Year SK Charles Morgan
•Trustee 3 Year SK Gene Johann, PGK

Positions for Financial Secretary and Lecturer are appointed. The election to
Council Officer is open to any 3rd Degree Knight of our Council. Nominations for any
position will be accepted from the Council floor. Thank you to the Nominating Committee
Chairman SK Sal LaLima, and committee members SK Vinny Maggio, SK Paul Basileo, PGK.

Elections for Cmdr. Shea Assembly officer positions will take place at the
May 22nd meeting at St. Regis, located at 2850 Pond Rd, Ronkonkoma, NY.
As always, nominations will be taken from the floor. It is important that all
members at the May meeting have their proper council and assembly ID cards
with them. Members who are life or honorary life members must still have
the proper membership card from our council which should be given to
you by Financial Secretary SK John Sommers, PGK FDD.

Membership Drive Charity Book Sales

St. Louis de Montfort Church •May 4th - Shirley King Kullen
•At Mass Sat. night May 4th •May 11th - Shirley King Kullen
•And All Masses on May 5th •May 18th - Manorville King Kullen

Please come for the Masses All 9am – 3pm, please come
you can. Call Member Chairman which ever hours you can.
John Nugent for more Call GK Gene Johann for more
info 631 384-1421 info 631 804-1886.
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Annual
NY State KofC
Pilgrimage to
the Lady of the
Island Shrine

Each year Knights of Columbus Council’s throughout

New York State gather at the Our Lady of the Island Shrine
here in Eastport. The day includes prayer services and
events throughout the day. A walking Rosary is said while
travelling the path of many bushes growing in the shape
of the Rosary – this is done at 10am. Later is Mass said
at 11am at the Chapel. There are refreshments available
at the Shrine’s cafeteria and the gift shop is there to
remember others.

Please consider attending for all or part of the festivities.

Several St. Jude Council Officers will be attending the
Mass to bring a donation for the preservation of the Shrine.

You can just go on your own to

Shrine of Our Lady of the Island,
258 Eastport Manor Road, Manorville, NY 11949
Phone: (631) 325-0661

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Celebrate Life Social

St. Jude Council is offering a
Celebrate Life Social on Friday May 17th
to honor those working in Pro-Life ministries.
Doors open at 6:30pm, dinner at 7pm.
We will be thanking and honoring the Birthright of Rocky Point office.

Dinner will be Chicken Breast filet, Rice,

Mixed Vegetables, Gravy, Salad, Breads and Dessert.

Please plan to enjoy this evening with us, for tickets

call GK Gene Johann at 631 804-1886.
Tickets are $12 in advance and the cut off deadline is May 10th
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Prayer for the Canonization of Father Michael J. McGivney

God, our Father, protector of the poor and

defender of the widow and orphan, you called
your priest, Father Michael J. McGivney, to be
an apostle of Christian family life and to lead the
young to the generous service of their neighbor.
Through the example of his life and virtue may
we follow your Son, Jesus Christ, more closely,
fulfilling his commandment of charity and building
up his Body which is the Church. Let the
inspiration of your servant prompt us to greater
confidence in your love so that we may continue his work of caring for the
needy and the outcast. We humbly ask that you glorify your servant
Father Michael J. McGivney on earth according to the design of your
holy will. Through his intercession, grant the favor I now present
(here make your request). Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.