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March 2024

 

Basketball Free Throw   Bishop’s Burse   C&B Books   Calendar   Coats for Kids   Color Corps   Columbiettes   Day of Caring   Essay Contest   Fourth Degree   Keep Christ in Christmas   Lottery Calendar   Pro‑Life   RSVP   Scholarships   Soccer Challenge   Veterans   Vocations   Wheelchairs

 

Fish Fry Dinners

Medina, NY

Fridays in Lent

 

Fish Fry Dinners

Fr. Justin Council

Cheektowaga, NY

Fridays in Lent

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Spaghetti Dinner

Fr. Justin Council

Cheektowaga, NY

April 6, 2024

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Fourth Degree.  The biannual meeting will be held March 23, 2024, at 11:00 am, in Spencerport, NY. Location: St. Padre Pio Chapel, 141 Frank Dimino Way, Rochester, NY 14624. This is an onsite meeting with light refreshments. Assemblies should submit any resolutions you want to be presented and voted upon at the meeting. If you have any important information to share, please come prepared to say a few words. Nominations for the next Master of the 4th NY District will be put forth to the members. April 13, 2024, will be an exemplification of the 4th degree at the Hamburg Council. Contact GK Sir Knight Mike Goergen <Mikegoer49@gmail.com> (716-649-2115) for more information. Navigators also have information packets. Candidates should get with your council officers and get the forms into respective Assembly. Now is the time for assemblies to approve program ads. Also, there is a need for raffle baskets for the exemplification.

 

Color Corps.  Take advantage of monthly training, usually on a Thursday, from 6pm to 730pm at the Father Justin Council.  Just bring your beret, sword, social baldric and white gloves. All interested 4 the Degree members are welcome to attend.  Contact Paul Sawaya for details.

 

Pro-Life.  Please contact your N.Y.S. representatives and let them know that you do not support Assisted Suicide. All Life is Precious.

 

Day of Caring.  The Special Olympics Golf Tournament will be held at Rizzo’s at Rothland Golf Course in Akron on Saturday, August 17, 2024.

 

Veterans.  Trinity Assembly hosted an outreach informational afternoon on Saturday February 17, 2024.

 

Lottery Calendar.  Lottery calendars for 2024 are still available. When you sell 25 calendars your Chapter dues are waived for 2024-2025 year. As of late January, 537 calendars have been sold. In past years we averaged 600. Calendars sold after January 1, 2024, will be checked for winners from January 1. The Lottery fund wrote a check for $500 to the Gold Star Mothers of Veterans. Funding was provided by Trinity Assembly, Toomey Assembly, WNY Lottery Account, and monies collected at the Fr. Millet Cross Mass last September.

 

Wheelchairs.  This initiative provides aid to those who lack the freedom of mobility in our communities and around the world. Whether councils are presenting wheelchairs to local veterans and neighbors in need or donating funds to benefit those abroad, mobility brings with it independence and dignity. Obtained at discounted prices, these wheelchairs change the lives of their recipients.

 

Vocations.  Three young men from the Diocese of Buffalo are currently being considered for the seminary.

 

 

RSVP

Refund Support Vocations Program

2023-2024

Seminarian

Year

Sponsors

Teko-Teko Agbo

2nd Theology

Madonna &

Our Lady of Hope

Christopher Wild

Pastoral Year

St. Pius X &

Fr. John Schaus

Sebastian Aristizabal

Transitional Deacon

Wyoming and

Niagara

Jack Willet

Pastoral Year

Fr. Justin &

Our Lady of Batavia

Andy Erdman

2nd Pre-Theology

Bishop Burke &

St. Gregory

Michael Liebler

2nd Philosophy

Christ the King of East Aurora

James Bobak

3rd Theology

Mary Star of the Sea & John Cardinal O’Hara

Kevin Steyer

Entered

January 2024

Christ the King

 

Scholarships.  All applications for Scholarships and Grants must be postmarked no later than April 1, 2024, at the New York State Council Offices for consideration. The applications are available on the NYS website at www.newyorkknights.com. Enter “Scholarships & Grants” in the search bar, and the printable files will appear. This includes instructions for Scholarships, Grants and Matching Funds. Current eighth graders entering Parochial High Schools are eligible.

 

Basketball Free Throw Competition.  The regional shoot at Kenmore Council Saturday was on February 24th. Registration is from 12:30 to 1pm with the shoot to follow. The winners are:

 9 yr old girl: Council 2220 Morgan M.

 9 yr old boy: Council 3875 Daniel S.

 

 10 yr old girl: Council 2243 Rowan G.

 10 yr old boy: Council 2220 Brody C.

 

 11 yr old girl: Council 3875 Giada C.

 11 yr old boy: Council 3875 Charlie M.

 

 12 yr old girl: Council 12829 Eponine Z.

 12 yr old boy: Council 3875 Marquel K.

 

 13 yr old girl: Council 2220 Claire D.

 13 yr old boy: Council 3875 Shane S.

 

 14 yr old girl: Council 3875 Gianna B.

 14 yr old boy had no competitors

 

Soccer Challenge Contest.  The 2023 Regional Champs are: Boy, Age 9-Grayson J. (Dist 79), Girl, Age 10-Michaela P. (Dist 73) & Boy, Age 11-Jacob P. (Dist 73). The Regional Runners-up are: Boy, Age 9-Josh Z. (Dist 73), Girl, Age 10-Kayleigh K. (Dist 79) & Boy, Age 11-Ethan V. (Dist 79). After polling the parents, Jacob P. was the only one able to travel to the NYS Finals at West Point. Jacob did Western proud by winning the NYS title. Jacob was sponsored by St. Gregory the Great Council #14687. Thank You to Nick Gallegos (Dist 73) and Leo Citron (Dist 79) for running Council and District competitions; and to Brother Jim Handley for his time and efforts putting this together. It could not have happened without his “hands on” expertise. Soccer Challenge is an Autumn competition/2024; details to follow.

 

Coats for Kids.  600 Coats were ordered in 2023.  Yes 600! That’s 100 cases, 6 coats per case. Winter Coats. (~$95 per case)  We ordered directly from Burlington Coat Factory, As seen on past order forms, coats were ~$15.99 per coat

The following council's ordered directly from Burlington: Council’s 209, 239, 254, 265, 2243, 5082, 6762, 11621, 16943, 17529, 17883.   Council’s were from across NY. As you can see the program is spread across the state.

Burlington could not support a supplemental order last season.  So councils’ were then redirected to attempt to order from Knights Gear thru Supreme.  Many councils do not have meetings in July and/or August, but they can be ordered in August. Yes, August and you can have the coats by September. So c,ouncils that are entertaining the notion of having a Costs for Kids program, are asked to PLEASE secure funding by the end of June 2024 and get me your order. No order is too small. And I always over order.

Orders were delivered to three central areas, Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany.  Coats for Kids does not require you to purchase new coats. You can run a coat drive and get credit.  You can have coats donated to your program and get credit.  You can buy coats from any store, warehouse, outlet, garage sales or wherever, and get credit.  All of these will fulfill the necessary requirements for the KofC Supreme Coats for Kids report form.

Councils’ can order from the KofC Knight’s Gear site, the coats are about $14.36 ($344.80) (24 coats per case), Size 4, 6, 8, 10/12, 14, 16/18, Adult S, M, L, XL. (Boys) $14.36/coat ($344.80) (24 coats per case), Size 4, 6, 7/8, 10/12, 14/16, Adult S, M, L, XL. (Girls) Not winter coats.  $20.62/coat ($247.38) (12 coats per case), Size 4, 6, 7. (Boys).  $20.62/coat ($247.38) (12 coats per case), Size 4, 5/6, 6x. (Girls).  Teen Coats: $25.35/coat ($304.24) (12 coats per case), Size S, M, L, XL. (Boys) $25.35/coat ($304.24) (12 coats per case), Size S, M, L, XL. (Girls)

 

Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest.  The only submissions for the Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest were for the 8th grade division. The essay sent to the State was that of Kadi J. from East Aurora submitted by Christ the King Council 12829. Essay  information is available at kofc.org > What We Do > Programs > Community > Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest

 

Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Contest.  Because of the close scores, there were two posters submitted for each of the three divisions for the Keep Christ in Christmas poster contest.

 Grade K-2 Juniper M. from Smethport, PA and Carter M. from Bradford, PA. Both were submitted by Olean Council 338.

 Grade 3-5 Rachel H. from Lockport and Cora H. from Amherst. Both submitted by St. Mary’s of Swormville Council 17530.

 Grade 6-8 Luisa P. from East Aurora submitted by Christ the King Council 12829 and Avril A. from Akron also submitted by Council 17530.

Poster information is available at kofc.org > What We Do > Programs > Family > Keep Christ in Christmas.

 

Columbiettes.  Information on the Columbiettes can be obtained by contacting Steven Szumigala <steven.szumigala@gmail.com>.

 

Bishops Burse.  The Bishops Burse will be held at DiPaolo’s Restaurant June 17, 2024.

 

C&B Books.  We closed the year with the sale of 3,218 books (down from 4,860 in 2022) The Early Bird Drawing was Saturday, September 23rd, 2023: Robert Raczka of Father Justin Council #5670 won 3rd prize of $250.00. The Final Drawing was Saturday, December 2nd, 2023: Third Prize of $5,000.00 was won by Maureen Metzger of St. Teresa of Avila Parish in Akron, NY. The winning ticket was sold by Tom Bergman of John Cardinal O’Hara Council #13661, located at Our Lady of Peace parish in Clarence. Thank you all for what you did in 2023. We sold 0.5083 books/per member. It slightly exceeds the State Council goal of 0.5 books/member for all councils in NY. We expect to see the first shipment of books after Easter. See additional details on prizes and bonuses here.

 

Calendar

Every Friday in Lent

4:00 PM - 6:30 PM?

Fish Fry Dinners

Medina Council 651

418 Main Street

Medina, NY  14103

Every Friday in Lent

4:00 PM-7:30 PM

Fish Fry Dinners

Father Justin Council

2735 Union Road

Cheektowaga, NY  14227

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Friday

3/22/2024

6:00 PM Doors Open

6:30 PM Meal

7:30 PM Meeting

 

WNY Chapter Meeting

Council # 17530 at Swormville

6919 Transit Road

East Amherst NY 14051

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Saturday

3/23/2024

11:30 AM

4th Degree

Biannual Meeting

St. Padre Pio Chapel

141 Frank Dimino Way

Rochester, NY  14624

Friday

3/29/2024

Good Friday

WNY Chapter Meeting moved to 3/22/24

Monday

4/1/2024

NYS Scholarship

Applications Due Date

Tuesday

4/2/2024

8:00 PM

Retirement Savings and Distribution Planning

Webinar

Ed Slott, CPA

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Saturday

4/6/2024

Noon-5:00 PM

Spaghetti Dinner

Father Justin Council

2735 Union Road

Cheektowaga, NY  14227

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Saturday

4/13/2024

4th Degree

Exemplification

Hamburg Council

36 Pierce Avenue

Hamburg, NY  14075

Tuesday

4/23/2024

Annual Clergy Night

Hamburg Council

36 Pierce Avenue

Hamburg, NY  14075

Thursday-Saturday

5/2/2024-

5/4/2024

NYS KofC Convention

Villa Roma Resort

Callicoon, NY

Monday

6/17/2024

Bishop’s Burse

Ilio DiPaolo's Restaurant

3785 South Park Avenue
Blasdell, NY 14219

Saturday

8/17/2024

Special Olympics

Golf Tournament

  Rizzo’s at Rothland Golf Course

Saturday

10/19/2024

11:30 AM Mass

NYS Pilgrimage

Our Lady of Fatima Shrine

1023 Swann Rd

Lewiston, NY 14174

 

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