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Charity in a Time of War A century after the Armistice, the Knights’ work during World War I remains one of the Order’s greatest legacies.

BY CECILIA HADLEY

15 Faith and Valor on the Front Lines A snapshot of four of the 100,000 K of C servicemen who put their lives on the line during World War I.

BY ED LANGLOIS

18 Top Flight Knight An interview with U.S. Air Force Captain Julian Gluck about his service to country and neighbor.

BY COLUMBIA STAFF

22 105 Years Young Fred Rom, a long-time member of the Knights, looks back at more than a century of life experience.

BY COLUMBIA STAFF

24 Pope Benedict XV: Prophet of Peace Despite opposition, a farsighted pope repeatedly appealed for reconciliation during the Great War.

© Museum of Memory of Belleau (France, Aisne) 1914-1918 (Private Collection)

BY AGNES DE DREUZY

This World War I-era illustration depicts the fraternity between American and French soldiers. Nov. 11, 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the Armistice.

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Building a better world The renewal of the Church depends on charity and on our commitment to the common good, the family and growing in faith.

BY SUPREME KNIGHT CARL A. ANDERSON

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Learning the faith, living the faith In the life-changing event of baptism, we are reborn as adopted sons and daughters of God.

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Knights of Columbus News Knights Mobilize to Help Hurricane Victims • At V National Encuentro, Supreme Knight Reflects on Gifts of Hispanics for U.S. Church • Mexican Knights, Families Participate in Annual Pilgrimage to Guadalupe Shrine

27 Fathers for Good Letters to his son reveal the heart of a K of C secretary serving overseas.

28 Star Council Winners

21 Knights of Columbus News College Knights Called to Lead by Faith in Action

BY SUPREME CHAPLAIN ARCHBISHOP WILLIAM E. LORI

PLUS: Catholic Man of the Month

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With Charity Comes Courage WORLD WAR I raged in Europe for four years and three months. The “war to end all wars,” as it was known, finally concluded with the signing of the Armistice on Nov. 11, 1918. One hundred years later, the complicated events that led to the first global war remain difficult to explain, but history has left us important lessons about both charity and courage in the face of conflict.

Approximately 100,000 members of the Knights of Columbus served overseas during the Great War. Among them were a two-time Medal of Honor winner, the first U.S. officer killed (an Army medic), and K of C chaplains who often spent their days giving last rites on the battlefield (see page 15).

These intrepid men risked their lives to serve and protect others.

Shortly after the United States entered the war in the spring of 1917, the Knights of Columbus also launched an extensive program of recreation centers at home and abroad, giving relief to servicemen under the banner “Everybody Welcome, Everything Free” (see page 8).

Some 3,000 K of C field secretaries, or “Caseys,” manned the huts, and many provided relief to the soldiers on the front lines. In Canada, too, Knights helped to develop a Catholic Army Hut program run by Canadian military chaplains.

Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, later said that “of all the organizations that took part in the winning of the war, with the exception of the military itself, there was none so efficiently and ably administered as the Knights of Columbus.”

In August 1920, Pope Benedict XV welcomed a large delegation of Knights to the Vatican and likewise spoke of “the provident and charitable activity of the Knights of Columbus,” which “gained the praise and admiration not only of Catholics, but of all of good heart, without distinction of faith or nationality.”

Benedict XV had been elected shortly after World War I began in 1914. At great personal expense and against tremendous resistance, the pope resolutely advocated for an end to the conflict and focused the Church’s resources on humanitarian relief (see page 24).

He also warned of the consequences of a desire for retribution that is not tempered by a desire for reconciliation. If this warning were heeded during the war and in the peace negotiations that followed, perhaps much of the bloodshed of the 20th century could have been prevented.

Although their roles during the war differed greatly, the Knights on the front lines, the K of C secretaries and chaplains, and Pope Benedict XV all had something in common: bravery and willingness to sacrifice, motivated by charity.

In the words of St. John, “perfect love drives out fear,” “we love because He first loved us,” and “whoever loves God must also love his brother” (cf. 1 Jn 4:18-21).

A century after the Armistice, the world continues to be in desperate need of charity, unity and brotherhood. These are virtues of Knights.♦ ALTON J. PELOWSKI EDITOR

Catholic Information Service Resource: Into the Breach Into the Breach: An Apostolic Exhortation to Catholic Men (#340)

by Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix provides concrete answers to key questions: What does it mean to be a Catholic man?

How does a Catholic man love? Why is fatherhood so crucial for every man? Published as part of the Veritas Series of the Order’s Catholic Information Service, this booklet includes a study guide and discussion questions. To download or order copies, visit kofc.org/cis.

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COLUMBIA PUBLISHER Knights of Columbus ________ SUPREME OFFICERS Carl A. Anderson SUPREME KNIGHT Most Rev. William E. Lori, S.T.D. SUPREME CHAPLAIN Patrick E. Kelly DEPUTY SUPREME KNIGHT Michael J. O’Connor SUPREME SECRETARY Ronald F. Schwarz SUPREME TREASURER John A. Marrella SUPREME ADVOCATE ________ EDITORIAL Alton J. Pelowski EDITOR Andrew J. Matt MANAGING EDITOR Margaret B. Kelly ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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Copyright © 2018 All rights reserved ________ ON THE COVER The Théâtre des Variétés, the largest theater in Antwerp, Belgium, served as a K of C recreation center for U.S. servicemen visiting the country until late 1919.

ON THE COVER: Knights of Columbus Multimedia Archives/J.C. Hemment

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The Mission of the Laity The renewal of the Church depends on charity and on our commitment to the common good, the family and growing in faith

by Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson ON OCT. 16, we celebrated the 40th First, “At this moment, the suffering anniversary of St. John Paul II’s elec- individual is the way of the Church betion to the See of Peter. cause that person is, first of all, the It is easy to forget the situation of way of Christ Himself, who is the the Church at the time of his election. Good Samaritan who ‘does not pass overcome in themselves the separation Since the publication of Pope Paul by’” (163). of the Gospel from life, to again take VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae a Second, the laity has “the specific up in their daily activities in family, decade earlier, the Church had been duty” and “irreplaceable” role “to work work and society, an integrated apembroiled in theological controver- towards the Christian animation of the proach to life that is fully brought sies. Many in the news media consid- temporal order” by means of the “spir- about by the inspiration and strength ered the Church out of touch, with a itual and corporal works of mercy” of the Gospel” (34). frail, elderly pope no longer able to re- (41). Related to this is the recognition Christifideles Laici is an extraordinarspond adequately to the daily attacks that charity “is never able to be sepa- ily rich document that has provided upon Catholic beliefs. sure guidance for the Knights Then, a young, dynamic of Columbus for two decades. pope was elected. In his first St. John Paul II summa“A new state of affairs today ... homily, John Paul II told rized the mission of the laity Catholics, “Do not be afraid!” these words: “Their recalls with a particular urgency for in And to the rest of the world sponsibility, in particular, is to he announced, “Open wide testify how the Christian faith the action of the lay faithful.” the doors to Christ!” constitutes the only fully valid And to show that he would response … to the problems personally open many of and hopes that life poses to these doors, John Paul II traveled to rated from justice,” and that the laity every person and society” (34).

Mexico, Poland and the United States “are never to relinquish their participaThe spiritual genius of Father in the first year of his papacy. tion in ‘public life’” or their responsibil- Michael McGivney is that he estabThis year also marks the 20th an- ity to promote the common good (42). lished a way in which Catholic men niversary of St. John Paul II’s great aposThird, “The lay faithful’s duty to could fulfill this responsibility by jointolic exhortation on the vocation and society primarily begins in marriage ing together to live the principles of mission of the laity, Christifideles Laici. and in the family” (40), and the fam- charity, unity and fraternity. Now, In its opening pages, we read, “A ily as a domestic church “is a commu- with our new Faith in Action program new state of affairs today both in the nity in which the relationships are model, the Knights of Columbus will Church and in social, economic, po- renewed by Christ” (52). As a domes- demonstrate his genius in even more litical and cultural life, calls with a tic church, the family shares in the effective ways. particular urgency for the action of Church’s mission to build up the As we confront the challenges that the lay faithful…. It is not permissible Kingdom of God through its every- Catholics face today, we can say of Fafor anyone to remain idle” (3). day work that expresses the love be- ther McGivney that he was a man Those words ring as true today as tween husband and wife and between ahead of his time, but more approprithey did when written. members of the family. ately that he was a man just right for Christifideles Laici outlines four Fourth, the lay faithful should grow our time. principles especially important for us. and mature in the faith in order “to Vivat Jesus!

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L E A R N I N G T H E FA I T H , L I V I N G T H E FA I T H

The Greatest Day of Our Lives In the life-changing event of baptism, we are reborn as adopted sons and daughters of God

by Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William E. Lori WHAT HAS BEEN the greatest day question in the Gospel of John when of your life? Was it the day you met or he says to Nicodemus: “No one can married your spouse? The day your enter the Kingdom of God without child came into the world? The day being born of water and the Holy you landed a job you were seeking? Spirit” (Jn 3:5). Through baptism, we especially the Eucharist, in which we When I was ordained to the priest- enter into the life of the Trinity, and join with our fellow Christians in hood in 1977, someone said to me, this new reality can only be described sharing in the one sacrifice of Christ “This must be the greatest day of your as a rebirth into a wholly new way of that brings salvation to all. Our baplife.” And it was an incredibly joyous life and love. tismal innocence is recovered and reand grace-filled day to be sure — but In his Letter to the Romans, St. newed by the sacrament of it was not the greatest day. No, the Paul writes: “Are you unaware that we reconciliation. In baptism, we also regreatest day was the day of my ceive a vocation to love as Jesus baptism. did — to bear witness to the For the majority of you, like Gospel of Love by putting into me, the great event of your practice a generous, forgiving Through baptism, we enter into baptism probably took place a love extended to all, most espethe life of the Trinity, and this can cially to those in need. This short time after you were born. Unless you were baponly be described as a rebirth into baptismal calling to love retized and received into the ceives specific form as we come Church as a young person or a wholly new way of life and love. of age. Many are called to fulfill an adult, you won’t remember their baptismal call in the vocathat utterly life-changing motion of marriage and family. ment of sacramental grace. who were baptized into Christ Jesus Others are called to the priesthood This brief event, which likely took were baptized into his death? We were and consecrated life, and still others place quietly at the back of a church indeed buried with him through bap- live good and holy lives while remainwith only a few people present, was tism into death, so that, just as Christ ing single men and women. greater than anything else that could was raised from the dead by the glory I’d like to suggest that living and happen to us. In other words, our of the Father, we too might live in serving as a Knight of Columbus is a greatest day actually occurred before newness of life” (Rom 6:3-4). This is most important way of responding to most of us could walk or talk or even to say that we begin to share God’s Tri- our baptismal call to love and service. feed ourselves. Whether or not we’ve une life by being immersed (baptized) By living the principles of charity, thought about it or are convinced of into Christ, sharing personally and in- unity and fraternity, we deepen our it, the day of our baptism will be timately in his death and resurrection sharing in the life of the Trinity; we eclipsed by only one other day — the by which he saves us from our sins. grow in our capacity to imitate Christ; day when, by God’s grace, we enter In sharing the life of Christ, we also and we are immersed more fully in the Kingdom of Heaven, gazing at share in the life of his Bride, the the life and mission of the Church. the Trinity in adoration with all the Church. In baptism, we become Let us therefore live each day the redeemed. members of the Body of Christ. Bap- principles of the Order, never forgetWhat, then, constitutes the great- tism is the gateway to the entire sacra- ting to give God thanks for the greatness of baptism? Jesus answers this mental life of the Church, most est day of our lives.♦ 4 ♦ COLUMBIA ♦

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SUPREME CHAPLAIN’S CHALLENGE

A monthly reflection and practical challenge from Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William E. Lori: “Jesus said to his disciples, ‘In those days after that tribulation the sun will be darkened ... and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. ... But of that day or hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.’” (Gospel for Nov. 18, Mk 13:24, 32) There’s an old country Gospel song with a catchy refrain that asks: “What would you do if Jesus came to spend the day with you?” As Advent quickly approaches, the Church

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invites us to ponder this question — and prepare our hearts and souls accordingly. We frantically prepare for Christmas, buying gifts and decorating our homes. But will we prepare our soul with the same sense of urgency, purpose and care?

Advent is a sobering time of reflection on the second coming of Jesus. “What would you do if Jesus came to spend the day with you?” May we meet him with open arms and pure hearts.

Challenge by Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William E. Lori: This month, recalling that we do not know the “day or the hour,” I challenge you to go confession, and make a commitment to go monthly thereafter as a means of maintaining vigilant care over your soul. Second, I challenge you in the coming month to forgive someone who has hurt you in some way.♦

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TOP: CNS photo/Lisa Johnston, St Louis Review — POPE FRANCIS: CNS photo/Paul Haring — MCCAULEY: Photo courtesy of Holy Cross Family Ministries

Vincent J. McCauley, C.S.C. (1906-1982)

That the language of love and dialogue may always prevail over the language of conflict.

L I T U RG I C A L C A L E N DA R Nov. 1 Solemnity of All Saints Nov. 2 The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day) Nov. 9 The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Nov. 10 St. Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church Nov. 12 St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr Nov. 13 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin Nov. 17 St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious Nov. 21 The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Nov. 22 St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr Nov. 24 St. Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs Nov. 25 The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Nov. 30 St. Andrew, Apostle

VINCENT JOSEPH McCauley was born on March 8, 1906, the first of six children in a Knights of Columbus family in Iowa. The family was active at their parish in Council Bluffs and prayed the rosary together every day.

While still in high school, McCauley earned extra money by playing semi-pro baseball in nearby Omaha, Neb. In 1924, during his first year at Creighton University, he was deeply moved by the preaching of Holy Cross priests visiting his home parish. The next year, he joined the congregation and began studies at the Foreign Missions Seminary in Washington, D.C. He was ordained a priest in 1934.

Two years later, Father McCauley was sent to East Bengal (modern-day Bangladesh). He served the Kuki Christians, a neglected community in an overwhelmingly Muslim region, until 1944. Illness then forced Father McCauley to return to the United States, where he taught at his old seminary for the next 13 years.

In 1958, he was chosen to lead a mission to Uganda to strengthen parishes and establish schools. Within three years, he was appointed bishop

of the new Diocese of Fort Portal in Uganda. In the years that followed, Bishop McCauley founded many parishes, established the Ggaba National Seminary and played a leading role in promoting unity and cooperation among the bishops of East Africa, who often sought his counsel. He also participated in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council, and he led relief efforts for refugees, widows and orphans during political turmoil in the 1960s and 70s.

At age 76, Bishop McCauley returned to the United States and underwent surgery for lung disease. He died in the operating room Nov. 1, 1982. His cause for canonization was opened in 2006.♦

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Knights Mobilize to Help Hurricane Victims

HURRICANE FLORENCE was one of the most devastating natural disasters in North Carolina’s history, dropping more than 30 inches of rain in some areas after making landfall Sept. 14. Less than a month later, Hurricane Michael — the fourth strongest storm to ever hit the United States — left a path of destruction in the Florida Panhandle, also impacting communities in Georgia and the Carolinas.

“Driving through Panama City is like driving through a war zone,” said Rob Winn, a regional director for the Florida State Council, in the days after Michael struck Oct. 10.

In response to both storms, local Knights of Columbus councils dedicated hundreds of volunteer hours to help victims by swiftly sending food, water and other supplies to the hardest hit regions. The Supreme Council launched an Orderwide appeal for donations, which raised more than $800,000 toward relief efforts by mid-October.

After Florence passed, Mark Hopkins, a member of Father Bernadine Council 12921 Council in Wallace, N.C., journeyed by kayak from his house to the road and on to his local parish, where he was relieved to see members of the Knights from around the state delivering supplies.

“I was overwhelmed,” Hopkins said. “It’s good to know brother Knights are out there.”

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As part of this immediate relief, Knights provided hundreds of $100 gift cards to aid people in affected areas.

“Where we can get involved is helping out the families of the brother Knights in our parishes and the community at large,” Supreme Director Colin Jorsch of North Carolina said. “Just returning back to normal — cleaning up yards, helping families get reestablished.”

Councils from neighboring states were quick to bring aid, too, with assistance coming from as far as Louisiana and New York. Knights in West Virginia assembled and delivered 3,000 ready-to-make meals to a K of C distribution center.

Georgia Knights drove several 26-foot trucks filled with donated food, water and relief supplies to North Carolina, and were later active in delivering supplies to those in need closer to home.

In the aftermath of Michael, Florida Knights delivered thousands of cases of water to distribution points in the hard-hit areas of Panama City and Marianna and served thousands of meals to residents. They also collected supplies at Fort Walton Beach and received more than $25,000 in donations from St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach.

For information about how you can assist K of C disaster relief efforts, visit kofc.org/disaster.♦

TOP AND LEFT: Photos by Spirit Juice Studios

In North Carolina (left), Georgia (center), Florida (below) and surrounding states, Knights have been hard at work collecting, transporting and distributing food, water and necessary supplies for the hardest hit communities following Hurricanes Florence and Michael.

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At V National Encuentro, Supreme Knight Reflects on Gifts of Hispanics for U.S. Church SUPREME KNIGHT Carl A. Anderson spoke as a featured panelist in Grapevine, Texas, at the V (Fifth) National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry. The national event, which took place Sept. 20-23, welcomed 3,000 representatives of dioceses, ecclesial movements, schools and Catholic organizations throughout the United States.

The supreme knight noted in his remarks that the Knights of Columbus has hundreds of Spanish-speaking councils and a rich history among Hispanic Catholics. The Order expanded to Mexico in 1905, and the first Spanish-language U.S. council was chartered in Los Angeles in 1927.

“When I became supreme knight,” Anderson said, “I declared Our Lady of Guadalupe to be the patroness of the Knights of Columbus and put every council in the world under her protection. And today, every Knights of Columbus rosary has the image of Our Lady of Gudalupe on it.”

The supreme knight then recalled what Pope Francis said to Hispanic immigrants during his 2015 visit to the United States: “Like those who

came here before you, you bring many gifts to this nation,” and “you should never be ashamed of your traditions.”

Similarly, Anderson observed, “one of the missions of Encuentro is to tell the other Catholics in our country that Hispanic Catholics have many gifts to give.”

He further noted the central message of the book Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mother of the Civilization of Love, which he co-authored with Msgr. Eduardo Chávez in 2009: The Virgin Mary’s miraculous appearance in 16thcentury Mexico is “not a historical

event, no longer relevant.” To the contrary, “She is very relevant today and there is a Guadalupe miracle today in our country.”

Lastly, the supreme knight recalled that when Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared, “much of the United States was part of New Spain” — including Texas and California.

“I think the future of America is the future of Guadalupanos and Guadalupanas,” he said. “Someday, the bishops of America will declare Our Lady of Guadalupe Patroness of the United States, and the sooner it happens the better.”♦

TOP: Photo by Juan Guajardo — BOTTOM: Photo by Chucho Picón

Mexican Knights, Families Participate in Annual Pilgrimage to Guadalupe Shrine Knights of Columbus and their families are pictured outside the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City Oct. 7. Hundreds of K of C pilgrims had arrived by bus from throughout the country.

Led by the state deputies of Mexico Central, Mexico South and Mexico West, they processed through the streets to the basilica, where Father Rodrigo Benítez-Flores, associate state chaplain of Mexico South, celebrated Mass.

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Charity in a Time

of War A century after the Armistice, the Knights’ work during World War I remains one of the Order’s greatest legacies

by Cecilia Hadley

Knights of Columbus Multimedia Archives/Mole & Thomas Studios

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he United States, after years of debate, mobilized for war in the spring of 1917. The Supreme Council had a momentous decision to make: Should the Order mobilize, too?

A year earlier, councils in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona had responded spontaneously to assist National Guardsmen sent to the U.S.-Mexico border. The Knights established recreation halls, which were open to all “regardless of creed or color,” and facilitated Mass for Catholic servicemen.

With the world at war, could the Order expand the program to a global scale? Some Council members thought it unwise to attempt, but support for the idea swelled at the grassroots level.

Councils in Missouri and Vermont, for

example, quickly raised thousands of dollars to open K of C recreation centers near local military installations.

Canada had entered the war in 1914, and Canadian Knights were also raising funds to support troops.

So, in May 1917, Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty sent a letter to President Woodrow Wilson, proposing to establish centers “for the recreation and spiritual comfort” of servicemen. The proposal was readily accepted, and the Knights’ hut program became the flagship initiative of the K of C Committee on War Activities.

The Knights eventually established approximately 250 recreation centers in Europe, as well as 450 in the United States, each with the slogan: “Everybody Welcome, Everything Free.”

Opposite page: The words “K of C Every Body Welcome” are formed by Army officers, men and camp activity workers at Camp Wheeler outside Macon, Ga., 1918. • Above: The Knights of Columbus Board of Directors adopted this “War Emblem of the Order” in 1918 for use in conjunction with the Knights’ World War I activities.

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(approximately $200 million today) was raised by the Knights of Columbus Committee on War Activities during World War I, after an initial goal of $1 million.

$14 million

More than 1,000 K of C secretaries served overseas, where they established 250 huts. Nearly 2,000 additional “Caseys” served the troops in more than 450 sites at home. Well over 100 priests also served with the Knights as chaplains.

Nearly 15,000 baseballs, in addition to more than 1,600 footballs and 2,200 sets of boxing gloves, were freely distributed at K of C recreation centers during the first months overseas.

40,000-60,000 doughnuts were

made daily at the K of C club in Coblenz, Germany.

More than 300,000 veterans found jobs after the war thanks to a K of C employment campaign.

Some 400,000 men joined the

Knights of Columbus between 1917 and 1923, doubling the pre-war membership.

From top: Doughboys gather in the reading room of the large K of C hut in Dijon, France, circa 1918. • American and French soldiers participate in a K of C-sponsored boxing match at the Nouveau Cirque de Paris on March 14, 1919. During and after the war, the Knights recruited professional sports stars such as baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Evers and Olympic marathon champion Johnny Hayes to oversee thousands of K of C sporting events designed to promote competitions, boost morale, build physical endurance and strengthen fraternal bonds among the troops.• Men load a truck with crated supplies in front of the K of C clubhouse in Lourdes.

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ABOVE LEFT AND LOWER RIGHT: Knights of Columbus Multimedia Archives/J.C. Hemment — LOWER LEFT: Knights of Columbus Multimedia Archives/National Archives/Sergeant Polk

HUTS: HOMES AWAY FROM HOME Knights of Columbus recreation centers, or “huts,” took different forms, adapted to varying needs and means: spacious halls near stateside bases, hostels with hundreds of beds in New York City and Boston, rented space in European hotels, and tents or bombed-out buildings near the front.

Whatever form they took, the huts were meant to serve the whole man — body, mind and soul. A serviceman could find a warm drink or free cigarette and perhaps take a shower. To combat boredom, he might watch a movie, play cards, join a baseball game or even take a math class; to combat homesickness, he could write a letter on free stationery in front of the fireplace.

Catholics could find even deeper comfort in Mass and the sacraments.

William Almon Wolff, writing in Collier’s magazine in April 1919, described the atmosphere that set Knights of Columbus huts apart from other recreational facilities: “I have talked to a great many returning soldiers and marines, and they all say about the same thing. Those K.C. huts had personality — that’s about as close as you can come to defining it.”

TOP: K of C Multimedia Archives/Caulfield & Shook — RIGHT: K of C Multimedia Archives/National Archives/Lieutenant R.W. Sears

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‘CASEYS’ CALLED TO SERVE The men who ran the Knights of Columbus huts — officially called “secretaries” and affectionately known as “KCs” or “Caseys” — were carefully chosen. Their work required the ingenuity and initiative to solve problems, the stamina to work long hours in often difficult conditions, and the charity to serve others cheerfully. For the hundreds of secretaries assisting at hospitals, it also required a strong stomach.

Most Caseys were past military age; the Order prided itself on not claiming service exemptions for its workers and valued the fatherly approach of relatively older men. Secretaries Joseph “Uncle Joe” Kernan and Frank “Pop” Bundschu were particularly beloved for their work bringing provisions and other comforts to the men on the front lines. Bundschu participated in the inaugural run of the first “roller kitchen,” an unwieldy contraption with nominal brakes.

Their work sometimes consisted of writing letters and finding priests for dying men. One secretary recalled consoling a soldier and feeding him chocolate as he was operated on without anesthetic.

All told, more than 1,000 Caseys assisted servicemen “over there,” while nearly 2,000 served the troops at home.

K of C field secretaries stand together in front of an auditorium at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Oct. 8, 1918. • Joseph “Uncle Joe” Kernan, a K of C secretary from Utica, N.Y., gives chocolate to an injured refugee boy in SaintPierremont, France, Nov. 7, 1918.

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Above: A K of C “roller kitchen” serves infantry in Siberia, near Vladivostok, Russia, in November 1918.

• Left: A K of C poster encourages donations to the United War Work Campaign, a funding drive the Order participated in with other service organizations to provide entertainment for U.S. troops.

Father Francis Patrick Duffy (center, with helmet), a Canadian-born chaplain who served in the Irish “Fighting 69th” battalion of New York, stands with soldiers and Caseys in front of a bombed building in Apremont, France, circa 1918. The most decorated military chaplain in U.S. Army history, Father Duffy helped poet Joyce Kilmer, a Knight from New Jersey, join his unit. He later read “Rouge Bouquet,” a famous poem Kilmer penned in the trenches, at a memorial tribute to the late poet, who was killed in action.

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THE CHALLENGE OF CHAPLAINS Father Joseph Quillien, a K of C chaplain, wrote from the French port of Brest in March 1918: “My hands are full from morning to night.”

Hundreds of troops had contracted pneumonia on the crowded transport ships, and Quillien was busy offering consolation and last rites to scores of dying men.

With the military chaplain corps stretched thin, Quillien and other priests volunteered with the Knights to step into the breach. They celebrated Mass in trench dug-outs, heard confessions at all hours, and anointed the dying both in the hospital and on the field.

Father Osias Boucher, one of the first K of C chaplains to arrive in Europe, received the Croix de Guerre for his valor administering last sacraments amid a German barrage. Also heroic, if less dramatic, was the work of stateside chaplains by the beds of flu victims in the deadly epidemic that swept the world in 1918.

In all, approximately 100 priests served overseas as volunteer chaplains through the Knights, and scores more volunteered at U.S. camps.

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Canadian Catholic chaplains are pictured with Bishop Michael F. Fallon of London, Ontario (front row, center) following a meeting at Corps Headquarters in France circa 1918. Major Rev. John J. O’Gorman, the Ottawa-based priest who spearheaded the Canadian Catholic Army Huts program, appears in the first row, second from right. program in 1917. The Knights raised more than $1.2 million Canadian dollars for the program, led by Joseph L. Murray and George H. Boivin, state deputies of Ontario and Quebec, respectively. They eventually operated about 40 huts in Canadian cities, plus several dozen in England, France and elsewhere in Europe.

The legacy of the Canadian Catholic huts extended to World War II. Dr. Claude Brown of Ontario, a decorated military dentist during World War I who later served on the K of C board of directors, revived the program in 1939. Two years later, Brown died as a result of wounds received in a German air raid on London.

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CANADIAN CONTRIBUTIONS Canada accounted for scarcely more than 5 percent of the Order’s 350,000 members during World War I, but Canadian Knights accomplished much.

As a member of the British Commonwealth, Canada entered the war more than two years before the United States.

Canadian Knights began by opening halls as social centers for mobilized troops, and furnishing servicemen with rosaries and chaplains with portable altars. As these chaplains deployed to Europe, they saw a need for Catholic recreation huts and appealed to the Knights for help.

Canadian councils began supporting a Catholic Army Huts

Women field workers, each wearing a cape with a K of C emblem, are pictured circa 1919 with three Caseys, including William M. Cavanaugh (left) and Joseph J. Gramling (right), directors of the famous “doughnut factory” in Coblenz, Germany.

WOMEN AND THE WAR Supporting the Caseys in numerous ways, women had an important role in the Knights of Columbus war effort.

For example, the Knights employed 36 female office staff in its Paris headquarters. A 1920 account of the Order’s work pays tribute to the women’s skill in handling transatlantic communications and supply chains, even as the occasional mortar landed nearby.

Back at home, the large “service houses” the Order operated in major cities, offering free beds and hospitality to hundreds of servicemen daily, depended largely on the labors of local Catholic women.

In addition, many Caseys turned to women for help entertaining the troops. In New York City, for example, women arranged elaborate programs for the Longacre hut in Times Square.

Elisabeth Marbury, a famous theatrical agent and producer, was sent in 1919 on a three-month tour of K of C huts in France. “Mother Casey,” as the troops came to call her, later said of her overseas work, “I found the best spirit prevailing everywhere in the huts of the Knights of Columbus.

The magic words ‘Everyone Welcome, Everything Free’ did the trick.”

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Above: Servicemen surround a K of C secretary as they consider job openings in front of the Order’s Longacre hut in Times Square. • Below: U.S. servicemen kneel during a Mass of Peace and Thanksgiving celebrated at the K of C clubhouse at the Camp Sherman clubhouse in Chillicothe, Ohio, Nov. 28, 1918.

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AFTER THE ARMISTICE The war was over in November 1918, but the work of the Knights was not. More than 420 K of C secretaries moved with the Army of Occupation into Germany, establishing more than 100 huts there.

About 150 Caseys were dispatched to the ports to help men headed in the other direction. Troops embarking on homeward ships received tobacco, shaving kits and other comforts. K of C postcards were addressed to their families with a single sentence: “I’m safe and sound.”

These postcards answered the question that mattered most to loved ones, but the returning men had other questions: What comes next? Can I find work?

The Knights helped answer these, too.

Under a broad employment campaign, the Order tapped its 1,700 local councils to act as de facto employment bureaus, connecting veterans to jobs on farms, in factories and in offices. By the time the campaign ended in 1921, the Knights had found jobs for more than 300,000 veterans.

Another area of help — unique among relief organizations — was postwar education. The Knights established approximately 150 evening schools, which operated until 1925. The Order also ran a series of correspondence courses in 85 subjects until the late 1950s. One WWI vet paid grateful tribute to these classes in a 1974 letter to the Supreme Council: “It offered the only ‘diploma’ for educational matriculation we ever received.”♦ CECILIA HADLEY writes from Falls Church, Va.

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Faith and Valor on the Front Lines A snapshot of four of the 100,000 K of C servicemen who put their lives on the line during World War I

by Ed Langlois

Allied troops advance under fire during a World War I battle in France.

Photo by Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images

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arine Sgt. Major Daniel Daly stood 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighed just 132 pounds, but he was larger than life. More than a century ago, during World War I, he singlehandedly captured a German machine-gun nest, taking 14 prisoners. Daly was no stranger to courage. He had twice received the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award, before the war had even begun.

Unlike many of the doughboys around him, Daly had surpassed the intoxication of youth. He could calculate the consequences. He knew he might die and what a poignant sacrifice it would be. The same could be said of 1st Lt. Chaplain John B. DeValles, who heroically served, and saved, numerous wounded soldiers on the front lines.

So, too, the first and last U.S. officers to die in the war — 1st Lt. William T. Fitzsimons, a doctor, and 1st Lt. Chaplain William F. Davitt, a priest — tirelessly cared for others, body and soul.

In addition to being brave, each of these men was also moved by charity, and they represented the Knights of Columbus well. And like many other notable Knights who served in the Great War, their actions were defined by their faith in Jesus Christ and their decision to follow his example of self-emptying sacrifice.

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Semper Fi Personified MAJ. GEN. SMEDLEY BUTLER called him “the fightingest Marine I ever knew.” Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune called him “the most outstanding Marine of all time.”

A member of Loyola Council 477 in Middle Village, N.Y., Sgt. Major Daniel (Dan) Joseph Daly grew up on Long Island, where he lost his Irish immigrant father and became the family breadwinner at a young age. He learned to tussle for the most profitable corners to sell newspapers and later entered the ring as a prizefighter. He joined the Marines in 1899 as another way to help his mother, sending her his paychecks.

Daly carried habits of servant leadership onto the battlefield, and always put his men first.

During the Battle of Peking in 1900, Pvt. Daly held a position alone overnight against “Boxer” rebels hell-bent on attacking Chinese Christians. All he had was a rifle, bayonet and his fists, but when reinforcements finally arrived the next morning, some 200 enemies lay dead outside the perimeter.

In 1915, during the Battle of Fort Dipitie in Haiti, Sgt. Daly led his men out of an insurgent ambush to safety while crossing a river. He then returned and dove into the river to locate and retrieve their only machine gun.

On another day, he tunneled under a jail wall to free a squad of captured Marines.

Daly’s heroics continued in France after he received Medals of Honor for his service in China and Haiti. Some young Marines were surprised to learn he was real, not merely a legend like Paul Bunyan.

In a desperate firefight during the Battle of Belleau Wood in June 1918, the Marines were outnumbered, outgunned, and pinned down. Unbelievably, Daly ordered an attack.

Leaping into the fusillade with his rifle held high, he hollered to his exhausted men, “Come on! Do you want to live forever?” The U.S. victory in that battle would be a turning point in the war.

Sgt. Major Daniel Joseph Daly (1873-1937) Many thought he deserved another Medal of Honor, but Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, reportedly believed that Daly had been honored enough.

Daly himself refused promotions, saying he’d rather be “an outstanding sergeant than just another officer.” He dodged publicity and called medals “a lot of foolishness.”

After the war, he took a job as an armed bank guard. He never wed, and died in 1937 at age 63.

A GENERAL ONCE WITNESSED Father John B. DeValles work for hours on end carrying injured men. The strap that bound the chaplain’s hand to the stretcher had worn through flesh to bone, mingling the priest’s blood with that of the wounded.

A native of the Portuguese archipelago of Azores, Father DeValles was ordained for the Diocese of Fall River, Mass., in 1906. Soon after founding the first Portuguese-language parochial school in the United States, he was among the first five K of C chaplains who shipped to France in 1917. They would be joined by nearly 50 more by the war’s end.

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of his primary duties was to leave the trench at night to retrieve wounded and dying soldiers in “no man’s land,” often under artillery and machine-gun fire. German or American, he gave them all first aid, and spiritual and material comfort.

One night, Father DeValles didn’t return as expected. The next day, searchers found him unconscious on the ground next to a dead soldier he’d been trying to help.

Only months into his service, the French government awarded Father DeValles the Croix de Guerre for bravery.

The priest posted a hand-lettered sign outside his dugout: “Father John’s Office.” It was an invitation to doughboys to come for sacraments or counsel. The men loved and trusted

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‘Angel of the Trenches’

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him because he lived among them and asked for no special protection. They told him their deepest dreams and fears, and Protestant and Catholic alike begged him for blessings.

“The spiritual feeling is strong in such trying hours when death lurks everywhere,” the priest told a reporter. “There are no denominational lines out there.”

The tools of Father DeValles trade were bandages, a thermos of tea, cigarettes and a last rites kit. As he saw injured men off to the field hospital, he often said, “Courage, lad.

God bless you. Think of God and your mother.”

He even organized regular entertainment for the regiment, using an upright piano captured from a German officer’s quarters.

Weakened by mustard gas during his wartime ministry, Father DeValles died at age 41 in 1920, soon after receiving the Distinguished Service Cross. He was buried with full military honors and was remembered as the “Angel of the Trenches.”

Father John B. DeValles (1879 - 1920)

First and Last to Fall A MEMBER OF Kansas City (Mo.) Council 527, Dr. William T. Fitzsimons was a zealous physician and a hard worker. Friends called him Fitz.

In 1914, he shipped out as a civilian with the Red Cross to aid Allied soldiers in England and Belgium. He had joined the Medical Officers’ Reserve Corps by 1917 and landed in France that June as an Army first lieutenant.

German planes bombed the hospital tent where Fitzsimons had been waiting for more wounded on the night of Sept. 4. He was 28.

Within a week of his death, a memorial parade in Kansas City ended with Mass at a crowded Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

The Jackson County Medical Society stated, “His mission 1st Lt. William T. Fitzsimons was not that of a combatant, (1889-1917) but one wholly of mercy.”

In 1922, an image of 1st Lt. Fitzsimons was featured on the cover of Columbia’s September issue. “His sacrifice was the inspiration for the innumerable sacrifices that led to victory,” the cover story declared.

When Fitzsimons’ mother, Catherine, led a 1930 delegation of Gold Star mothers and widows to visit graves in France, the women chose her to lay a palm at the Arc de Triomphe. ✼✼✼

When football was a young sport, William F. Davitt knocked heads on the line as a tackle for the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts. By 1918, he was a priest on the front lines in France.

Father Davitt was ordained in 1911 for the Diocese of Springfield and later volunteered as a wartime Knights of Columbus chaplain.

In August 1918, while serving in France, he heard reports of 40 wounded Americans stranded in a Father William F. Davitt ravine and led a successful rescue (1886-1918) party under a barrage of German machine-gun fire. Two months later, he was seen dashing out of a trench, bullets whistling past him. He retrieved three wounded men from “no-man’s land,” dragging them to safety one by one.

He did all of this while also hearing confessions, celebrating Mass and giving last rites.

On Nov. 11, 1918, Father Davitt unpacked a U.S. flag he’d been carrying in his bedroll for months and brought it to his commanding officer to be raised at 11 a.m. to celebrate the war’s end. As the handsome 31-year-old priest returned to his field office, the Germans fired a late artillery shell. Shrapnel instantly killed Father Davitt at about 9:45 a.m.

To this day, football players at the College of the Holy Cross receive awards named in Davitt’s honor.♦ ED LANGLOIS is managing editor of the Catholic Sentinel and its Spanish-language edition, El Centinela, newspapers of the Archdiocese of Portland, Ore. NOVEMBER 2018

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An interview with U.S. Air Force Captain Julian Gluck about his service to country and neighbor

by Columbia staff

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or Julian Gluck, an Air Force captain and B-52 aircraft commander with the 20th Bomb Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, “downtime” is anything but that.

Gluck, 28, has found every opportunity to make a difference in the community, whether during training or deployed overseas. This spirit of service was the driving force behind his selection as the Air Force Times’ 2018 Airman of the Year.

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Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 2009. The next year, Council 8200 received the Outstanding College Council Award while Gluck served as grand knight. He went on to serve as chairman of the Knights of Columbus College Council Advisory Board in 2011.

Now a member of Holy Family of Barksdale Council 9085 in Shreveport, La., Gluck has most recently served as the young adult director of the Louisiana State Council. In 2017,

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Photo by Airman 1st Class Gerald R. Willis

Capt. Julian Gluck, Air Force Times’ 2018 Airman of the Year, is dedicated to service in the air and on the ground.

he helped the state council organize activities of more than 33,500 Knights across 300 locations. Combined, they volunteered nearly 2 million hours of service and distributed more than $2.5 million in charity.

During the College Councils Conference in New Haven in late September, Capt. Gluck received the inaugural Distinguished Alumnus Award, and Columbia had a chance to speak with him about his faith and service.

COLUMBIA: Please describe your family background and the role faith played in your early life.

CAPT. GLUCK: I come from a multireligious family — half Catholic, half Jewish — and the importance of faith, tradition and giving back to others was something we learned since childhood from our parents and grandparents. We all receive different gifts, and it’s important to do what we can for those who are less fortunate and in need.

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I feel blessed to have grown up in a nation where my parents were able to provide a stable life for my younger brother and me. As kids, we moved to various states for my father’s work, which led to great exposure to different regions and cultures.

COLUMBIA: What led you to choose a career in the military?

CAPT. GLUCK: My family has a long military history, going back several generations. Both of my grandfathers, my father and more than a dozen family members have served during wartime or in combat.

Attending the Air Force Academy and becoming an Air Force officer were goals of mine since I was young. Rather than an obligation, it felt like a calling to join the family profession of arms and serve others through the defense of the United States and its allies.

My brother is currently in his final year at the Academy, and I have a cousin who is an Army officer.

opportunities for giving back to others.

It started with a clothing distribution program for migrant workers on our base from the Philippines and elsewhere.

Then I noticed that people sent care packages to the airmen and soldiers at our base, but a lot of the food and supplies were going unused.

I found a mission in Doha that served hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who had nothing but the clothes on their backs. A chaplain and I secured a vehicle, loaded it up with boxes and drove it to the off-base site for delivery, so that we were able to do as much good as possible instead of letting the goods go to waste. That distribution would not have happened without the Knights of Columbus.

COLUMBIA: You graduated from the Air Force Academy with a degree in political science and a minor in Japanese.

How have you used this academic background?

CAPT. GLUCK: The role of an aviator often requires understanding the culture of the places we go, and a background in political science has been beneficial when working with our international partners. While TRY TO REFLECT ON deployed to Guam, it was useful being a Japanese speaker, as I was able to help CORE VALUES LIKE THE with mission planning and visits from the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force.

COLUMBIA: How did you first hear about the Knights of Columbus, and what inspired you to join the Order at the Air Force Academy?

CAPT. GLUCK: I had a vague familiarity with the Knights of Columbus as a kid, but it was on retreat as a freshman at the Academy that I first really heard K OF C PILLARS OF CHARITY, the spiel on what the Knights are about. We were at an encampment in COLUMBIA: Have the Order’s princiUNITY, FRATERNITY AND the Rockies and listened to a talk on ples played a role in your day-to-day PATRIOTISM EVERY DAY.” what virtue meant for us as cadets and service? as men of action. I took it to heart, and CAPT. GLUCK: I try to reflect on toward the end of the academic year core values like the K of C pillars of when some buddies were recruited, I charity, unity, fraternity and patriotdecided to join and become involved in the volunteering and ism every day. They inspire an innate desire to do good. fellowship, and maybe get a cool sword.

Being a member of the armed forces provides an avenue to live out these principles, such as by aiding those who were COLUMBIA: What are your most significant memories of struck by the plague of ISIS. being a college Knight?

ISIS had wrought an incredible amount of devastation in CAPT. GLUCK: We had some great events like skiing and the Iraq and Syria, and good people of all different faiths in these College Conference, but the defining moments for me related countries experienced things that would be difficult for people to volunteer activities. in the United States to imagine. I’m very grateful for the work For example, we had the opportunity to chop wood in the that we were able to do with our multinational partners in the winter for an organization in the mountains that provided sup- liberation of Mosul and Al-Raqqah. plies and lodging for young mothers who didn’t have the financial means to care for their children. So we cadets put on COLUMBIA: Is there anything else you would like to share our lumberjack shirts, grabbed axes and chopped cords of with your brother Knights or with men who are considering wood for the rustic home. joining the Order?

CAPT. GLUCK: The good that the Knights of Columbus does COLUMBIA: You’ve also managed to carve out time to volun- throughout the world, from disaster relief to helping in parish teer during your military service. Do any experiences stand out? life, is incredible.

CAPT. GLUCK: One experience I’m proud of took place “I especially encourage young adults, military members and when I was deployed to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar for combat college students to take a look at joining volunteer organizamissions in Operations Inherent Resolve and Freedom’s Sen- tions like the Knights and discovering what you’re able to actinel. Many of the Knights from various branches and bases complish. There’s something in it for everyone, no matter what stationed there gathered together after Mass and identified you’re passionate about. I’m proud to be a member.♦

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College Knights Called to Lead by Faith in Action UNITED IN BROTHERHOOD, Knights are equipped to witness in a culture that is often hostile to the Catholic faith. This was the message celebrated by Knights gathered in New Haven, Conn., for the 53rd College Councils Conference Sept. 28-30.

With more than 250 participants representing nearly 100 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada, the conference welcomed more students, chaplains and schools than ever before.

During the opening awards banquet, Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson thanked the men for their leadership and commitment to the Church. The Knights of Columbus and its principles, he said, helps a man “to live his faith as an example to others and to be a missionary disciple.”

The supreme knight noted that while much of society looks with suspicion, if not disdain, upon the Church today, Knights are called to be faithful.

“You are the Church’s defense now,” he said. “You’re evangelists and disciples now.”

Super Bowl champion Matt Birk, a 15-year veteran of the NFL, gave similar words of encouragement during his keynote address.

“You guys on college campuses are on the front lines,” he said. “You need to lead, and you need to lead by putting your faith in action.”

Birk, who is a member of Father Lucien Galtier Council 4184 in West St. Paul, Minn., asked, “Why am I a Knight? I’m one of 2 million Knights.

There’s strength in numbers. If you’re going to fight a war, you better have an army.”

Citing the Order’s pro-life work and support of persecuted Christians, Birk said that the witness of charity is a primary reason he is a member.

“The Knights of Columbus is steeped in the Catholic tradition of

Members of the University of Maryland Council 13295 stand with Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson, Super Bowl champion Matt Birk and Capt. Julian Gluck, USAF, after receiving the 2018 Outstanding College Council Award. helping the last, the lost and the least, from the very beginning helping immigrants and widows,” he said. “I’m also a Knight because I want to be better.

Proverbs 27:17: ‘Iron sharpens iron.’”

At the conclusion of the banquet, awards were presented to college councils for exceptional programs and activities, as well as for membership and insurance growth.

This year’s Outstanding College Council Award was presented to the University of Maryland Council 13295 in College Park, Md. The council’s many activities have included a car show to benefit the Order’s Christian Refugee Relief Fund and a weekly Bible study. The UMD Knights also achieved the distinction of Triple Star Council for the third consecutive year.

Capt. Julian Gluck of the U.S. Air Force received the inaugural Distinguished Alumnus Award. A former chairman of the College Councils

Advisory Board and past grand knight of Our Lady of the Skies Council 8200 at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., Gluck was recently named the Air Force Times’ 2018 Airman of the Year (see interview on page 18).

In addition to attending a series of talks, breakout sessions and fraternal activities, the Knights gathered for Mass at St. Mary’s Church, the birthplace of the Order. There, they also prayed at the tomb of the Order’s founder, Father Michael J. McGivney.

Following a fraternal dinner prepared by the parish’s K of C council, conference participants returned to the church for a holy hour, and council chaplains made available the sacrament of reconciliation. Finally, the Knights prayed together a Consecration to St. Joseph, a component of the new Faith in Action program model for college councils.♦

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105 Years Young Fred Rom, a long-time member of the Knights, looks back at more than a century of life experience The world has changed dramatically since April 3, 1913, when Fred M. Rom was born in New York City. But the values he learned as the son of Catholic immigrants in early 20th-century America have stayed with him. After serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II, Rom married, started a family and joined the Knights of Columbus. Today, he is a member of Our Lady of Grace Council 14765 in Indian Land, S.C., where he has lived since 2010 with his daughter, Maryann, and her husband. Rom recently shared with Columbia some of his experiences of the past 105 years.

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y parents were from the Gottschee region of AustriaHungary, and we spoke German at home. We were a typical Catholic family and my parents had religious pictures around our house. After Mass on Sundays, we often got together with other German families for picnics.

I was a small child during World War I, but I was aware of my parents’ concern for the well-being of our relatives in Europe. I also remember the little maps in the newspapers showing where battles had taken place.

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My family moved a number of times during my childhood.

We lived for a time in a fifth-floor tenement without an elevator or electricity and only one bathroom for four families.

When my father got a job as an autoworker, we moved to Toledo, Ohio.

During the Depression, I remember seeing the food lines and unemployed neighbors standing at street corners selling apples to survive. Our family was frugal, so it didn’t affect us as much as others.

My father was briefly unemployed for a time, and he made me quit school at age 15 to help make ends meet. He felt that the most important thing was to support one’s family.

then transferred to San Francisco and sent to the Pacific.

During the war, I kept my promise to pray daily and attended Mass as much as possible. This was not difficult as chaplains were usually available.

In the Philippines, I was involved in the Luzon campaign.

I remember torpedos coming at the ship, and one of them just missed us. I received the Bronze Star for my service there, and General Swift put this medal on me. I was very proud.

I was then sent to Australia, and the day before we were scheduled to go into Japan, the atomic bomb was dropped, and the war was over.

FAMILY AND FAITH During my three years in the Army, Agnes wrote daily letters to me. After THE 1930s I returned home, I slipped an engageAt age 23, I developed pneumonia. ment ring on her finger, and we were Because we didn’t have antibiotics married July 4, 1946. in those days, I was sick for two We had two children and lived on years and out of work as a result.

Long Island. Our focus was having a During my hospital stay, I had a close-knit family devoted to God. chance to examine my life. I promFamily prayers and the rosary were ised God that if he healed me I part of our daily lives while the chilwould attend daily Mass whenever dren were young, and we saved our possible in thanksgiving. money to send them to Catholic Later, while I was recovering at schools. home, I heard the Hindenburg was As we started a family, Agnes arriving from Germany. Since I helped me to become more involved owned a car, I drove to Lakehurst in our parish and its religious organNaval Air Station in New Jersey and izations. In 1953, I joined the watched it float in (on May 6, Knights of Columbus to socialize 1937). All of a sudden, it went up and grow in faith with other in flames, and I could see people Catholic men. The Knights offered falling. I turned away and left the the perfect opportunity to serve the area as police and firemen frantiparish and community. cally arrived on the scene.

I was also very involved with the That was also the year that I Third Order of St. Francis. In the met my wife (Agnes Magdeline 1960s, I was honored to meet Dr. Fred Rom, who served as a master sergeant for the U.S. Martin Luther King at a Third Order O’Brien), who lived in Newark. We Army Signal Corps during World War II, is pictured in conference where he received an started dating, but I decided that uniform above. For outstanding service in the Philippines award. I had the opportunity to shake the drive from Long Island to New in 1945, he was awarded this Bronze Star.

Jersey was too long. We broke up his hand and congratulate him. for a couple years but resumed datAgnes and I also volunteered with ing prior to World War II. the Catholic Medical Mission Board in New York. In the late I had grown up watching Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth at 1970s, we had the privilege of meeting Mother Teresa of CalYankee Stadium, and in 1939, I was there to hear Gehrig’s cutta during one of her visits there. farewell speech.

For 38 years, I was blessed to be married to a wonderful Catholic woman who inspired me to deepen my faith. After WORLD WAR II my wife’s death in 1985, my activities centered around our Because of my health, I was initially deemed unfit for military parish in New Jersey, where we had moved in 1979. I continservice when I was summoned to the draft office. But after ued to attend daily Mass and adoration, and volunteered at the bombing of Pearl Harbor, I was inducted into the Army the local hospital and nursing home. and sent to Fort Dix. My unit was supposed to serve in EuRemain close to the Lord, and live with moderation. That rope, but when the day came to ship out, I was sick. I was is my secret for a happy life.♦ NOVEMBER 2018

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Pope Benedict XV: Prophet of Peace Despite opposition, a farsighted pope repeatedly appealed for reconciliation during the Great War

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Pope Benedict XV welcomes a delegation of 235 Knights of Columbus to the Vatican Gardens Aug 29, 1920. Standing to the right of the Holy Father is Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty.

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t a time when World War I was called “the war to end all wars,” Pope Benedict XV was a lone voice of peace.

Elected Sept. 3, 1914, just three months after becoming a cardinal and one month after the beginning of the war, Benedict XV was the first pontiff to witness a total war that brought an unprecedented threat to civilian populations.

Benedict, as the spiritual leader of approximately 124 million Catholics on the Allied side and 64 million on the Central Powers side, chose to remain impartial throughout the conflict, rejecting the dichotomy between just and unjust war.

He was vilified for his stance and accused of concealing his true leanings. While the Allies feared pro-German tendencies, the Central Powers nicknamed him the Französische Papst (French pope).

The pontiff did not take sides, but he was indeed an active participant — as a transnational actor strenuously urging peace while sending material aid to the victims of war.

Benedict XV’s European diplomacy ended in failure, but after the guns fell silent, his moral authority was elevated and the Church was strengthened. The past century has shown his perspective about justice and mercy to be prophetic, and his successors have carried on his mission of unity and dialogue.

THE SUICIDE OF EUROPE A few days after his election in 1914, Pope Benedict XV issued an exhortation to the Catholic world, calling for an end to the war.

“We hold it a duty imposed on us by the Good Shepherd … to embrace with fatherly affection all the lambs and sheep of His flock,” he wrote. “We are firmly resolved to leave nothing undone to hasten the end of this calamity.”

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authority. The further promotion of a day of prayer Jan. 10, reconciliation. What was desperately needed, he argued, was 1915, was also ignored. “to humanize the harshness of justice with the gentleness of After Italy entered the war on the side of the Allies in May mercy and compassion.”

1915, the Holy See reoriented its foreign policy. On July 28, Benedict also believed that peace should be attained an apostolic exhortation titled “To the Belligerent Peoples and through the unification of Europe as a project of reconciliatheir Rulers” signaled a turning point. Relinquishing his pre- tion. He called for an “association of nations,” a league invious pacifist approach, the pontiff launched a new phase of spired by Christian principles of morality, integrity, and active diplomacy — a peace offensive. He called for “an end forgiveness. at last to this horrible slaughter, which for a whole year has When Germany was refused membership in the League of dishonored Europe.”

Nations, the new center of multilateral diplomacy, the pope Benedict’s “Peace Note” of August 1917 to the leaders of lamented that the first real international organization failed the warring nations was even more pointed, calling the war to eradicate the rivalry between states. The Holy See, too, was the “suicide of civilized Europe.” Still, the document was met denied a seat at the table. with contempt by governments, lay people and even clergymen around the world.

‘AN ENTERPRISE OF JUSTICE’ The pope’s position also left the Holy See in an uncomfort- Pope Benedict XV’s essential message remained unchanged. able position to ask for military support for its relief efforts. He urged the League of Nations to consider forgiveness and The Vatican spent more than 80 reconciliation as foundational princimillion gold lire, including the majorples in order to avoid resentment and ity of the pope’s personal wealth, to future violence. fund humanitarian assistance. A He was a visionary who understood French essayist dubbed the Holy See a that the Treaty of Versailles of June HERE CAN BE NO “Second Red Cross,” for it had tracked 1919 was not a peace treaty to end all and secured the exchanges of thouwars but “a peace to end all peace.”

STABLE PEACE OR LASTsands of prisoners of war, aided tens of Two decades later, the Second World ING TREATIES … UNLESS thousands of wounded and sick men, War would be a direct outcome, as the and rescued civilian populations from pontiff had foreseen.

THERE BE A RETURN OF destitution and starvation.

His actions paved the way for John However, the pontiff ’s call to alleviXXIII’s encyclical Pacem in Terris MUTUAL CHARITY.” ate the suffering of prisoners and his (1963) and the Second Vatican Counrequest to the Ottoman Sultan to bring cil’s Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et an end to the massacre of the ArmeniSpes, which stated, “Peace is not merely ans in 1915 fell on deaf ears. the absence of war. ... Instead, it is rightly and appropriately called an enterprise of justice” (78).

UNITY AND DIPLOMACY These teachings were reiterated by Paul VI and John Paul II, After the failure of the papal diplomatic efforts and the Peace and in 2005, Pope Benedict XVI said he chose his name “to Note of 1917, Vatican diplomacy reached its low point. create a spiritual bond with Benedict XV,” whom he called “a As stipulated in the Treaty of London of 1915, upon Italy’s courageous and authentic prophet of peace.” demand, the Holy See was barred from participating in the He added: “Treading in his footsteps, I would like to place post-war settlements. Thus, the pontiff was not invited to the my ministry at the service of reconciliation and harmony beParis Peace Conference that convened Jan. 18, 1919, to es- tween persons and peoples.” tablish the peace terms for the defeated powers and devise the Pope Francis, too, has taken up the challenge. Speaking to rules of the new international order. the Vatican diplomatic corps in 2014, he said, “Everywhere Nonetheless, Benedict XV urged the Allies, who were de- the way to resolve open questions must be that of diplomacy vising the Treaty of Versailles, to avoid imposing excessive de- and dialogue. This is the royal road already indicated with mand for reparations on Germany, warning that it would utter clarity by Benedict XV when he urged the leaders of the create long-term resentment and undermine the rule of inter- European nations to make ‘the moral force of law’ prevail over national law. The pope fought for a post-war settlement that the ‘material force of arms.’” would guarantee a just peace for the future.

Now, the question remains, whether present and future In Pacem, Dei Munus Pulcherrimum, his 1920 encyclical on world leaders will take to heart the lessons of history and folpeace, Benedict XV insisted that “there can be no stable peace low Benedict XV’s “royal road” toward peace.♦ or lasting treaties … unless there be a return of mutual charity to appease hate and banish enmity.”

AGNES DE DREUZY holds a Ph.D in Church History from Against the retributive model of justice and the shortsighted The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and culture of nationalism, the pontiff proposed a restorative jus- is also a graduate from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, tice, a long-term constructive forgiveness that would lead to where she specialized in foreign affairs.

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FAT H E R S F O R G O O D

‘From Your Loving Dad’ Letters to his son reveal the heart of a K of C secretary serving overseas

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hen the United States entered the Great War in April 1918, Edward J. Delaney, 44, signed up as a secretary for the Knights of Columbus Committee on War Activities. During his 14 months in France, before and after the Armistice of Nov. 11, he helped establish eight K of C recreation huts and traveled with an infantry division, providing practical items to soldiers on the front lines.

Before shipping out to Europe on July 30, 1918, he stopped at a New York K of C office to write the first of many letters to his teenage son, John W. Delaney, back home in Oklahoma City. Here are excerpts from letters the elder Delaney wrote from “over there”: Aug. 11, 1918 — Liverpool, England “I think of you, Dear, every moment and only wish I could put my arms around my ‘Brother,’ John W. … Pray for me, Son, and you can bank your life I am going to do my best to help the Boys win the War.”

Nov. 25, 1918 — St. Aignan-Noyers, France “Well, I guess you are glad as well as every living Man and Woman that the Old War is over, THANK GOD. …

Son, I have seen some awful sights, sights never to be forgotten. Many a time when I knelt down on my knees to say a prayer before going to Bed, if you would call it such, I thought that I was praying for the last time. But so far I never got a scratch, and how I escaped was only an act of Providence. … I trust you are getting along fine at school, and now that you know you won’t have to go to War you can get right down to Business and Study hard.

By the way, have you gotten to be a Football player yet?”

Jan.14, 1919 — Paris “They call me ‘the live wire’ here, for when something has to be done I do it or see that it is attended to right away. Oh, that is the spirit that Won the War. Do it. Do it. Do it. … I am enclosing you an Express Cheque for $10.00 for your Birthday February 11th 1919.

Sweet 18.”

Feb. 16, 1919 — Paris “I have this place pretty well organized and we are opening our new huts. On the last night we opened one, we estimated that about 3,000 were in and around the building. We set the hour to open for 7:30 pm and about 6:15 the men began to line up. … We did not charge any admission, everything free.”

Knights of Columbus Supreme Council Archives/ Edward Delaney Papers

Edward J. Delaney, a K of C field secretary, poses in front of a backdrop during World War I.

Aug. 23, 1918 — France “I received my assignment today. I will be in charge of several Men at the Front so I will need your Prayers … I expect by the time you get this you will be about ready to go to St. Mary’s in Kansas. Be a good Boy and study hard. Always say your prayers and don’t forget Dad, but I know you won’t, Dear. How I miss you.”

Oct. 7, 1918 — France “Your Old Dad & another Secretary and a chaplain were near going too far. We were only 1 1/2 miles from a German town and thought that the Americans had occupied it, but the [Germans] were there, and shells and bullets fell around us as we were making our retreat. … We opened a Hall and had it running inside of one hour from the time I got permission from the French Major.”

June 19, 1919 — Paris “How did you like the [rosary] Beads I sent you from Lourdes? You can’t miss saying your prayers now. … Oh, how I have wished to have you over here. Son, you don’t know it, but I pulled every string I could to get you over. … Well, some day we will take a good trip together.”

After his return to the United States in September 1919, Edward J. Delaney became a master of the Fourth Degree, a position later held by his son.♦

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Star Councils Awarded

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early 1,350 councils earned the Star Council Award, the highest distinction available to a local K of C council, for the 2017-18 fraternal year. These councils, led by the grand knights listed here, conducted the required charitable and fraternal programs in the “Surge … with Service” categories and also achieved their membership and insurance quotas. Each council will receive an engraved plaque from the Supreme Council in recognition of its accomplishment. Of these councils, 214 earned the Double Star Council Award for meeting 100 percent of their insurance quota and 200 percent of their membership quota. In addition, 183 earned the Triple Star Council Award or higher.

• Numbers in red indicate councils that achieved the Double Star Council Award.

• Numbers in blue indicate councils that achieved the Triple Star Council Award or higher.

Finally, 2,596 councils earned the Columbian Award for excellence in programming; 3,098 attained the Father McGivney Award for meeting their membership quota; and 2,276 earned the Founders’ Award for meeting their insurance quota.

ALABAMA 2736 Derrick C. Perdue 2737 George A. Huth II 3038 Jacob A. Lyons 4888 Nicholas A. Young 5597 Alan R. Whaley 7584 John H. Cooper 9676 James Mark Woodard 10064 John A. Walston 10232 Joseph C. McCarty 11537 Gerald L. Buford 11672 Michael Edward Weist 12011 Christopher M. Ducote 13415 Alexander L. Herren 14507 Richard Keith Klusman 16400 Davis L. Smallwood 3553 Christopher S. Rehman

ALBERTA

1229 5133 7159 7465 9446 9482 9995 10070 10799 11536 11738 12246 12708 12851 13272 13278 13719 13779 13836 14101 14121 15164 16277 16856

Jose A. Gallegos Joe A. Pacheco Daniel F. McCarthy III Kevin R. Barnes Richard Areyzaga John B. Simpson Sr. Michael R. Godinez Thomas E. Murphy Russell L. Godsil Daniel R. Desjardins Randall L. Hughes Hal E. Dobson Martin B. Pueyo Joseph D. Andrea Jr. Albert E. Hanson David R. Foster Fred T. Green Thomas P. White Mark D. Recker Robert D. Padia Sr. John A. Sharpton Roberto R. Castro Richard A. Roush Lawrence E. Swanson Sr.

ARIZONA

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6680 Conrado De La Paz III 8410 Chad C. Coffman 11097 Benjamin C. Brewer 14619 Larry J. Koch 16947 Charles M. Byrd ARKANSAS

1406 Gerrard R. Giles 1560 Robert J. Tremblay 5402 Peter G. Clayton Carroll 5566 Edward G. Monteiro 6232 Josef M. Hanrath 7015 Brian W. Hoven 9846 Ernesto C. Alcala 10500 Kai-Lung Albert Lee 10681 John F. Braganza 10889 Reynaldo Verzosa 11244 Richard W. Finnegan 11359 Alfredo S. Yano 11916 Eddy K. Ho 12118 Brandon Z. Bong 12861 Teodoro P. Parejo 14225 Darrell J. Mcleod 15574 David B. Anctil 16692 Douglas L. Dang BRITISH COLUMBIA

874 Benny N. Beltran 953 Adam M. Struck 1349 Christopher M. Wamsley 2692 Alejandro Moreno 3159 Valentin Rodriguez Jr. 4112 Tom J. Pearson 4588 Thomas E. McCaffrey 5137 David Loera Sr. 5978 Robert R. Guerin 7390 Paul D. Sellers 7773 Louis R. Gervais 7987 Edgar J. Bradbury 8238 Paul A. Carnegie Jr. 8599 Rolando D. Arenz 9076 Rudolfo G. Mabolo 9665 Christopher Morales 9969 Michael L. Lo Collo 10667 Samuel A. Simpliciano

CALIFORNIA

NOVEMBER 2018

11137 Thomas James Tighe Jr. Joe Barron Alfred P. Glover David K. Simpson Steven M. Mormann William R. Kundinger Rodello P. Gregorio Daniel Sapien Bruce J. Waelbrock Bethram I. Ogoke John M. Diaz III Javier Baro Ramiro S. Gonzalez John C. Toomey Michael John Briski Richard Contreras Lionel C. Ignacio Teodoro A. Ortega Ronald J. Ytem

11837 12055 12587 13765 14754 15034 15339 15625 15679 16028 16154 16293 16452 16488 16570 16584 16687 16770 582 8539 10961 11514

Timothy S. O’Connor Graham W. Haworth Gary M. Thomas David L. McCloy

COLORADO

4 Robert J. Falkevitz 7 Joseph K. Loban 31 Christopher C. Gonzalez 36 Michael A. Gimmelli 1090 Vincent A. Gualtieri 7054 David A. Heiny 10705 Thomas J. Perretta Jr. 12968 Anthony J. Azzolino 13266 William G. Grimm 14360 Scott J. Criscuolo 14664 William J. Murray 16858 James A. Brino CONNECTICUT

11302 Jack J. Heretik 14823 Merrill F. Armstrong 15723 Anthony H. Bigesby DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

3080 3521 5441 5845 6391 7131

Austin E. Scott Jerome P. Todd Dr. Peter A. Barone Randall W. Mcclure Victor Fee Greco Richard A. Hellenbrand Joseph W. Lennon Robert S. Burgess Matthew A. French Johnnie L. Turner Robert Kwiecinski Timothy Mell Victor E. Perez Jay M. Young Kevin J. Lynch Dennis M. Robinson Edwin B. Thompson Michael J. Kelly Anthony J. Gasparino David J. Nagy Robert B. Bloom Charles W. Glass Jose O. Calderon James Richard Bledsoe John W. Funk Dwight D. Glinton John J. Picucci James W. Schalk Richard A. Bohnen Norman J. Fortson Mark J. Stephenson Sean M. Cooper Kevin T. Flannery Samuel R. Bastianelli Gustavo T. Navarro

FLORIDA

7272 7408 7667 7826 8009 8086 8120 8791 9924 10318 10415 10462 10514 10718 11125 11211 11241 11448 11483 11755 11961 12165 12456 12746 13243 13307 13338 13341 13654

13900 Christopher E. Wagner 14132 Timothy D. Swisher 14217 William A. Mattingly 14278 Jack O. Claypoole 14485 James K. Fitzsimmons 14697 Edward J. Sweeney 14839 Víctor E. Romero 15225 Robert M. Huard 15231 Mark S. Gallagher 15332 Dale A. Haas 15624 Vernon V. Schwieterman 15675 David E. Farrugia 16492 Robert L. Conlon 1019 6514 6517 6920 7416 7923 8495 9915 9975 10633 11340 11402 11458 11746 12000 12287 12580 12826 12862 12942 13229 13437

16513

Jaime E. Herras George S. Johnson David M. Denning Stacy M. Chadwick Robert E. Watson Mark R. Davis Dennis S. Crowley John S. Mead Richard M. Staley William J. Moon Frank R. Foster Nicholas P. Fahey Thomas F. Cox Ronald U. Chmiel Harry J. Schnirring Steven F. Pfaff Frank H. Moran Timothy P. Esola Sr. Anthony J. Oresteen Alan G. Fralick Sr. Donald E. Hasel Jonathan A. Von Plinsky Emory A. Montgomery Charles E. Williams Gerald M. Hohman Matthew H. Jarrard Christopher J. Maisano John J. Jedlicka

6734 10475 11485 14620 15124 16002 16109 16267

Edmundo A. Ubante Alex G. Ty Gary K. Jose Paul F. De Vos Michael A. Owen Cicero T. Seisdedos José R. Aranda Randall Tom

GEORGIA

13457 14122 15212 15716 15996

HAWAII

899 Vernon A. Bauer Jr. 1389 Max B. Nuxoll 1416 Karlton W. Corbin 1663 Daniel M. Hunt 10581 Walter J. Donovan Jr. 12172 David J. Hammes IDAHO

282 Joseph T. Kunnengode 690 John A. Burkardt 1143 James M. Jatcko 1369 John E. Zabinski 2874 Richard T. Walk 4330 Martin J. Reyes 4977 Bruce A. Alesi 5572 Zachary D. Rohm 6521 Louis A. Nicpon 9768 Gregory J. Kassen 11027 Richard J. Clish 11112 Thomas B. Rusnak Jr. 11666 Phillip C. Miller 12152 Scott R. Chambers 14463 William T. Mahaney ILLINOIS

15037 15119 15168 15296 15732 15822 16011

Frank M. Reveles Kenneth G. Kish Patrick J. Sarb Sr. Jeffrey Richig Anthony J. Carlino Jr. James P. Kutak Michael Antho Maziarek 16126 Robert A. Bentel 16350 Henry B. Fischer 16660 Terry L. McCully 738 1542 7235 10811 16065

Michael P. Finley Jason G. Sarver Anthony S. Flanagan Alan L. Neff Mark A. Corral

1354 2663 5389 5660 8269 8384 11222 11468 12432 13108

Anthony W. Althaus Brian L. Schwenker Timothy J. Dempsey John J. Staiert Steven L. Eganhouse Scott R. Meissen Clifford J. Grant Robert J. Thys Jeffrey D. Meyer Christopher P. Rubley Tristan T. Marlow William J. Schmitt Vincent F. Meis Matthew A. Vajgrt

976 1142 1181 1368 1370 1901 1913 2296

Michael E. Ruggiero Joseph D. Reedy Daniel C. Anderes Michael L. Norman Matthew J. Wilber Anthony E. Hermreck Douglas R. Svatos Michael Kuestersteffen Robert S. Borgmeyer Garrett R. Kapelski Rodney L. Honn J. Michael James Scott M. Glaves Trystan M. Mies Justin P. Baalmann Luke J. Pfeifer Ryan A. Werth Michael D. Pollock Anthony J. Cruzeiro James P. Morgan III Martin D. Shibler Robert A. Plant Larry J. Winter

INDIANA

IOWA

14987 15347 15813 15921

KANSAS

2408 4708 7446 7485 8316 8511 10044 10211 12093 12577 14799 16027 16168 16595 16700 390 6368 6743 13053 14604 15181 15452 15525

Paul V. Tadatada [No officer listed] Jason R. Higdon David R. Such Patrick J. Murta George F. Barber Ethan T. Reynolds Brother William J. Harp Sr. 15841 Michael D. Lohuis 15979 Michael H. Saylor 16179 Michael J. Radmacher KENTUCKY

1134 1286 1337 2436

Edwin F. Hadley John M. Fruge Jeffrey W. Harkey Garland J. Remondet Jr. 3411 Patrick J. Guise 3465 Lynn Boudreaux Jr.

LOUISIANA

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S TA R C O U N C I L W I N N E R S 3622 Benjamin McDaniel Jr. 4508 Joseph J. Matherne Jr. 4663 Harold Engle 6753 Robert J. Clouatre 7275 August A. Gallo 8779 Charles D. Boudreaux 8843 Michael P. Gary 8906 Lonnie P. Arceneaux 9247 Michael D. Haskins 9623 Michael A. Abbate Sr. 10176 David R. Cooper 10728 Paul D. Malloy 13425 Steven E. Geiling 13505 Ian D. Kho 13819 David J. Neal 15892 Duane E. Martinez 3692 3694 3710 3711 3888 3939 3941 4073 4105

Andres V. Ruiz Renerio J. Totol Mark A. Bautista Alex Duque Donato D. Talento Alexander N. Aberin Arturo C. Tuazon Rommel S. Ramos Benedicto E. De Jesus Roilan P. Francisco Alberto Siasat Fidel C. Cruz Lawrence L. Lusung Christopher V. Garcia Gil T. Gonzalez Arthur U. Bulan Santiago B. Urmatan Narciso M. Pote Chito V. Lamigo Rolando R. Tugade Robin A. Barillos Victor S. Gaspar Jr. Roland G. Africano Crisostomo M. Torralba Ceasar A. Mercado Alfredo S. Atraje Hesiquio R. Mallillin Jose Y. Carlos Adriano C. Gabriel Jerico B. Aguinaldo Julio G. Faustino Ruben M. Dizon Rodolfo A. Felipe Patrick N. Ngaya Alfredo F. Gonzales Jr. Jimmie C. Eslabra Fredrick L. Ocampo Mark Francis R. Tamayo Oscar P. Oledan Deograuas M. Dumaua Matias V. Defensor Jr. Percival C. Austria Teddy B. Limbawan Bayani T. Romana Edgardo F. Puselero Numeriano D. Sagun Evaristo D. Bonifacio Rogelio M. Asuncion Teodoro D. Aytona Jr. Domingo D. Dallo Noel R. Marcelo David B. Encinas Rufino Q. Tizon Gary T. Gombio Ricardo S. Mendoza Jr. Gualberto B. Serafica Troy Alexander G. Miano Carl Paulo A. Fernando Isaias L. Acuzar Rodrigo B. Lauzon Rogelio J. Garma

LUZON NORTH

4206 4233 4277 4278 4317 4318 4506 4610 4710 4758 4911 5018 5310 5379 5443 5691 5775 6080 6085 6105 6116 6613 6704 6818 6956 7126 7158 7178 7653

8014 8111

8205 8373 8444 8753 8801 8804 8825 8830 8833 8834 9006 9010 9057 9087 9101 9119 9155

9353

9366 9390 9459

9489 9630 9691 10039 10132 10173 10227 10353 10368 10399 10582 10639 10695 10738 11124 11867 11979 12042 12051 12125 12262

12316 12369 12462 12507 12511 12513 12568 12648 12810 12879 12890 13059 13147 13183 13292 13332 13344 13549 13616 13644 13723 13725 13726 13751 13772 13774 13892 13919 13920 14177 14194 14226 14569 14876 15097 15166

15167 15236

15273 15311 15315

15387

15428 15481

15503 15517 15542

15545

15554 15559

15580

Jose R. Flores Sonny T. Apigo Napoleon C. Macasieb Valentino C. Caballero Ramonito C. Aba Michael K. Del Poso Pedro E. Salvador Fabian B. Awal Rommel S. Tanguilan Ernesto B. Lindo Ernesto V. Mariano Froilan Cruz Bautista Aquilino S. Viernes Jr. Patrocinio L. Apilado Ricardo N. Estrella Jaime P. Pe Benito Jr. Ronald M. Mangsat Armando M. Solis Rolando A. Reyes Antonio M. Go Francisco G. Agwayas Albert G. Olidan Leo Bernardine T. Serquina Raul C. Nacu Michael Vincent C. Perez Orlando C. Ato Willard N. Grageda Tomas A. Polking Victor Emmanuel G. Callangan Edmundo D. Condecido [No officer listed] Ferdinand M. De Leon Alexander M. Cid Sr. [No officer listed] Romulo V. Caducoy Jr. Jun P. Villanueva Agustin I. Mallari Jesus S. Ibe Christopher R. Alipe Clare P. Cueto Basilio C. Munar Jr. Rogelio A. Mangaliman Juanito M. Bautista Richard H. Kinnud Juanito L. Cajipo Jr. Prospero B. Corpuz Jaime V. Galleta John Phillip T. Fenequito Leonardo A. Rojo Mario O. Jacla Brother Richard A Mislang Erenio A. Escuadro Ricardo C. Salamera Ramil S. Katipunan Victorino E. Gatdula Abner B. Baldonado Armin L. Alimboyogen Leopoldo De Marquez Prudencio L. Lacasandile June I. Cruz Cornelio M. Montalla Crisostomo M. Biscarra Gemiliano M. Pacheco Ramil B. Rimorin Carlo H. Comendador Pedro P. Molitas Leonardo M. Perlas Eduardo R. Mangadap Luke Primo M. Gawisan Jaime M. Nastor Francisco I. Fulgueras, IV Johnny I. Adjaro

15599 15629 15697 15702 15709 15898 15933

15948 16045 16110

16131 16136 16149 16242 16272 16302 16323 16416 16476 16597 16632 16737 16755 16789 16847 1000 3469 4290 4350

Rojay Z. Ignacio Efren I. Buencamino Manuel V. Laurio Edgar M. Gonzales Reynerio L. Morado Jerome P. Chua Rolando D.C. Mendoza Jimmy B. Galawen Pedro G. Delos Santos Oswaldo B. Panggayan Cesar C. Tadi Leovigildo D. Aguinaldo [No officer listed] Leo C. Ayasao Jaime S. Agoncillo Gervacio Q. Baltazar Asisclo B. Avestruz Nolito T. Guina Leonardo A. Lachica Jessie Filizardo Renosa Jose C. Bugayong Jr. Mark Jayson G. Santos Aurelio B. Cajulao Paul Martin P. Mangulabnan Cornelio Cagurangan Orlando H. Gonzaga Severino V. Maaliw Joel M. Rayos Ampliado G. Labrague Marceliano L. Abante Renato R. Bade Primo E. Guballa Antonio C. Katindig Emilio Jose A. Contreras Angelito A. Aguda Luis A. Ortega Federico M. Correa Reynold N. Eleazar Eduardo S. Rebote Elmer P. Panganiban Steve D. Bering Jose Mari A. Delada Cesar V. Mateo Efren B. Sulit Joel M. Marababol Joselito T. Taylo Dennis A. Diaz Domingo B. Sevadera Jr. Delfin D. Salvador Alfredo D. Ignacio Renato B. Tabernilla Rey Reyes Roces Conrado S. Valdellon Jr. Carlito D. Acta Rolando D. Esguerra Pedro C. Magnaye Jr. Allan P. Pagaduan [No officer listed] Henry P. Belano Joseph S. Geron Myron E. Tahimic Rico S. Martinez Roberto P. Quinto Freddie P. Caneva Alden S. Marilao Roberto C. Dagaas Jr. Rodolfo B. Rivera Norberto P. Abilagoyo Ricardo D. Almeda Virgilio S. Palpal Latoc Wilfredo A. Datinguinoo Fernando B. Carullo Oscar B. Maneclang Jr.

LUZON SOUTH

4407 4640 5124 5183 5311

5377 5433 5576 5579 5610 5622 5688 5774 5857 6072 6102 6115 6122 6155 6178 6238 6300 6387 6953 7037 7147 7189 7631 7806 7995 8176 8256 8412 8421 8456 8942 8987

9027 9160 9181 9189

9233 9516 9588

9595 9636 9656 9926 9977 10228 10397

10527 10845 10971 11417 11418 11444 11519 11705 11711 11753 11791 11945 11996 12205 12318 12351 12370 12442 12508 12787 12878 13020 13031 13057 13137 13150 13213 13274 13536 13538 13553 13554 13618 13668 13722 13777 14020 14381 14467 14669 14670 15079 15080 15081 15140 15215 15385 15386 15434 15508 15541 15549 15663 15667 15758 15875 15957 16025 16118 16133 16135 16245 16360 16439 16589 16602 16711 16844

Danilo. C. Fabroa Joselito B. Roldan Amador M. Magana Saturnino D. Agas Leonardo P. Tordilla Julio S. Oliva Christopher O. Palevino Atanacio G. Zara Avelino Q. Francisco Jr. Romeo P. Ibarrientos [No officer listed] [No officer listed] [No officer listed] Jorbert O. Diaz Jose Banares Emmanuel R. Carta Renz G. Bungay Firmo M. Torres [No officer listed] Cezar V. Marquez Roberto A. Maquiling Nestor M. Gregory [No officer listed] Godofredo M. Caldamo Jr. [No officer listed] [No officer listed] Lester T. Ribunal Teodorico C. Buco Manuel B. Cruz Leonardo B. Patilleros Jr. Isagani T. Tod Jose R. Cuba Willy A. Pabellano Leonardo J. Santiago Mario S. Baldovino Marcel Magsino Francis I. Cristobal Agapito M. Kabigting Moises R. Floren Jr. Leonardo R. Asprec Clodualdo L. Jadaone Eduardo C. Celso Armando S. Tejada [No officer listed] [No officer listed] [No officer listed] [No officer listed] Edgardo P. Pajarillaga [No officer listed] [No officer listed] Servillano C. Torres Feliciano R. Baluyo Jr. Alexander O. Ballo [No officer listed] Dindo T. Saballo Rodney Ambon Amarillo Ladrillo D. Ordonez Deflin B. Gutierrez Manuel A. Catudio Jr. Antonio P. Placente Nelson O. Asagra Rael A. Evangelista Rony D. Togonon Emiterio S. Malabad Sandie A. Diones Hector M. De Guzman Resurreccion F. Estorninos Wyne Aldren O. Masarol Arante V. Alosnos Antonio D. Corpuz Angelito R. Adeva Cesar Luis A. Moran Manuel P. Claveria Alberto P. San Buenaventura Samuel M. Punay

9425 Roger M. Schmorn

MANITOBA

205 1393 2002 5567 6021 8251 9462 10525 10957 11171

Peter D. Hammerer Melvin F. Szymanski Michael C. Landolt Danilo C. Orino Carl Fredrick Sauter Frank V. Klein D’Gee E. Abad James I. Moser Michael A. Holton Christopher James Page John E. Weaver Jr. Paul M. Kane Christopher C. Iheanacho Sr. Mr Wilfrid J. Amisial Christopher A. Wilcox Matthew J. Hollister Barry J. Catterton Noddie B. Barrion David P. Ofstead Paul T. Greb Jr. Oscar R. Velásquez

MARYLAND

11259 11341 11787

13008 13091 13295 14612 15084 16104 16304 16611 80 85 1611 2612

Michael C. Mason Jay A. Woodman Paul J. Deeley Channing W. Lefebvre Albert Scaramella Robert G. Hunt Robert L. Gaffney Joseph R. Simoneau

MASSACHUSETTS

14224 14298 16241 16480 4674 5107

Rafael Larraga Ocejo José Luis Hernández Moya Félix Gerardo Gámez Barajas Jesús R. López García Juan José Cruz Martínez Magdaleno Valerio Fuentes Jorge Aguilar Arredondo Luz Gerardo Mejía Chávez Jorge García González

MEXICO CENTRAL

12062 13787 15570 16379 16620 16653 16799

2081 Jaime De León Ledezma 2312 Ernesto Chapa Rangel 2348 Jorge Ramírez Garza 3588 Filadelfo Medellín Ayala 4543 [No officer listed] 4559 Jorge Alberto Farias Gomez 5159 Oscar Armando Menchaca Saucedo 14854 Víctor M. Zamora Macías 15103 José A. Segovia Galvan 15218 Arturo Díaz Rangel 15565 Juan J. González Castillo 15695 Francisco J. Gutiérrez Soria 15890 Juan Diego Villarreal Avalos 16139 José E. Sánchez Hoy 16378 Luis Gastón Manríquez Moya 16537 Manuel Saldaña García 16538 Raúl Alanis Beltrán 16715 Heriberto Moncada Medina MEXICO NORTHEAST

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S TA R C O U N C I L W I N N E R S 2367 Renato Arturo Santos Hernández 14963 Miguel Ángel Barraza Sandoval 15328 Adelfo Fernández Terrones 15555 Moisés Loya Pérez 15581 Ramón Iglesias Lucero MEXICO NORTHWEST

15924 [No officer listed] MEXICO SOUTH

4062 Ricardo Del Toro Farias 4134 Francisco Javier Romo Cervantes 4637 Miguel Arcángel Cetina Góngora 4703 José A. De La Torre Gutiérrez 5593 Abelino Bautista Farias 13531 Oscar Armando Gómez Barrera 15284 Jesús Armando Zuloaga Elías 15449 Juan Luis Onate Carrillo 16231 Sergio F Valencia Sandoval 16573 Salvador Pérez Lizama 16588 Sergio E. Vázquez Rodríguez 16613 Rafael Cueva López 16761 Eduardo Mares Del Río MEXICO WEST

2632 2900 3111 3956 4354 4693 7237 8669 11099 11658 12295 13703 13793 14928 15439 15548 16169

Michael J. Klein Robert C. Small Samuel E. Chansler Ray J. Bilyk James H. Burch William G. Izydorek Andrew Rademacher Mark D. Briggs Brian J. Milam Robert K. Long Ryan S. Bosn Donald E. Faxlanger John F. Mcgrath La Verne R. Newman Peter J. Yanik Michael G. Maguire Brian J. Zahn

11987 13945 15700 16306 16678

Richard Ramos Elijah R. Lopez David W. Brown Michael S. Beighley John K. Kirby

MICHIGAN

MILITARY OVERSEAS

3418 3504 4269 4576 4639

Jupider Correos Jaime G. Anito Antonio S. Tabanao Restituto A. Brana Antonio Abenoja Adtoon Mario S. Raut Medardo S. Balansag Nelson B. Absin Rolly M. Catigbac Albino E. Basilio Jr. Edgardo B. Caday Rene Y. Gamolo Domingo C. Dacuycuy Jr. Jose P. Malinao Mario P. Cacabelos

MINDANAO

5307 5351 5863 5907 6023 6510 6535 6591 6603 6960

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6974 Julius V. Labanon 7004 Alexander B. Bulahan 7191 Arthur O. Mercado 7610 Nolito T. Navarro 7658 Roderick L. Morales 7824 Romeo L. Espanol 7905 Raymundo D. Apatan 8068 Jesus F. Macaso Jr. 8069 Remegio G. Salanatin 8134 Jimmy B. Ong 8202 Jonnel Jimenez 8212 Inocencio D. Ragunton 8352 Julius Ceasar A. Talle 8389 Vicente D. Serame 8426 George B. Billones 8474 Charlito R. Tocmo 8518 Edwin S. Ronquillo 8531 Jose D. Inot 8543 Abundio G. Yumang Jr. 8764 Edwin B. Pelaez 9047 Gil L. Alpas 9063 Matildo M. Raman 9157 Felixberto M. Aya-Ay 9424 Edgardo E. Seguerra 9517 Leonardo D. Villarico 9688 Henry O. Valenciano 9747 Bernardo M. Delos Santos 9867 Ignacio R. Pascua 10059 Vengie L. Reyes 10124 Kim Bune P. Cong 10159 [No officer listed] 10219 Andrew P. Jalagat 10229 Moises L. Jubane 10255 [No officer listed] 10262 Jose T. Elihay Jr. 10457 Noel I. Unipa 10507 Ricardo F. Saavedra 10549 Eduardo L. Campana 11048 Gaudencio C. Aranes 11283 [No officer listed] 12284 Hector T. Cadavero 12304 Nestor D. Zabala 12356 Rico L. Ignacio 12357 Eric R. Calangi 12506 Jerome Cris A. Valledor Jr. 12536 Avelino L. Yamomo 12736 Galmer A. Taban 12790 Honorio P. Albano 12920 Vivencio E. Dinopol 13098 Eugenio Adaos Ragadio 13246 Renato A. Salares 13414 Judito C. Entero 13648 Gualberto V. Canoy Jr. 13706 Mauro T. Pontillas 13718 Jose Ma A. Sta Teresa 13736 Josefino C. Landar 13815 Virgilio M. Flores 13817 Edgar F. Llagas 13858 Raymundo Leornas Cajes 14126 Juanito A. Rojas 14179 Oscar Q. Abecia 14180 Reynaldo B. Sabellano 14286 Rodrigo V. Buot 14370 Dominador R. Ello 14740 Antonio O. Morales 14843 Venancio C. Quilaton 14889 Carlos C. Albatera 14971 Rolando G. Gregorio 15202 Dominador B. Pancho Jr. 15356 Melchor L. Santonia 15378 Manolo Alimodian 15383 Levi A. Lagura 15409 Joselito Hidalgo Monares Jr. 15534 Arnold B. Ablao 15546 Jekerson A. Aranjuez 15601 Vergilio C. Embate

NOVEMBER 2018

15602 15664 15839 15879 15961 15973 15984 16007 16040 16085 16117

16607 16615 16621 16638 16646 16669 16683 16684 16686 16695 16696 16747 16780 16794 16806 16830 16862 16876 16880 16925

[No officer listed] Gregorio V. Sergas [No officer listed] Armando U. Ato [No officer listed] Ricardo E. Gaan [No officer listed] Restituto P. Dufro Jr. Danilo O. Lerio Nestor M. Gerona Januario A. Hallazgo Jr. [No officer listed] Sixto H. Uypala Felipe S. Rafols Alex M. Gracia Charlito L. Bagobaldo Jairo M. Emar Isagani P. Jose [No officer listed] Reynaldo F. Demavibas Elmerado L. Viernes Sr. Luisito J. Herrera Ryan C. Romaldon Ian Philip T. Balatico Norberto M. Bonatchita [No officer listed] Hernan B. Villasis Charlemagne P. Amando Rodrigo J. Lumaya Michael R. Yap Jessel E. Garsula Alexius C. Ycong Robert Roquito N. Jugao Marcelino M. Quinientos Ryan Tristan O. Digan Nestor G. Villalon Melchor P. Maramara Manuel E. Guablas [No officer listed] Alfonso S. Demasuay [No officer listed] Jose Arnold L. Alferez Arnel I. Padayhag Elegio E. Dacobar Sr. Conrado H. Abian Jr. Jubernadin S. Panes Eric A. Lumactod [No officer listed] Roger A. Sara [No officer listed] Cerilo H. Masalig Michael D. Lagunde Elmar T. Militar Abbott V. Tumaub Leonard T. Faura

1491 1575 3473 3827 4914 5101 5199 9657 9905 11679 11965 13001 13359 14616

Keith C. Gadacz Chad A. McGowan Mark D. Greninger Brad J. Riebel James K. Spieker Lee A. Auers Joseph J. Kummer James J. Lee Donald A. Hohn Brian J. Bordwell Jeffrey S. Hemler Robert E. Bazinet John H. Yaeger Kenneth C. Sinclair

1522 4472 7910 8038 11541 14051 16433

Michael A. Kersanac Jose A. Diaz Del Valle John M. Barnes Daniel K. Nelson Robert W. Pyle Leonard L. Temple Jay V. Gamble

16160 16177 16276 16284 16303 16307 16336 16339 16357 16473 16478 16489 16515 16539 16540 16545 16548 16549 16553 16554 16557 16562 16587 16592

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

979 1088 1752 5401 6470

Steven F. Duncan James E. Mcgrath Jr. Justin K. Friedrich Jesse A. Moore Edward L. Johnsonbaugh Timothy B. Muldoon Sr. Terry D. Hildebrand James R. Fleeman Michael L. Thompson Anthony G. Beier Christopher J. Williams James A. Cunningham Russell J. Olewinski Peter K. Baxendale Daniel J. Baltz Matthew D. Dolechek Keith R. Mertz Robert M. Holland Edward J. Thomas Robert M. Drake Harrison D. Backer Keith E. Chadwick

MISSOURI

6525 6871 8931 9272 9533 9981

12022 12650 13604 13748 13750 13786 14414 14489 14745 15294 16869

9395 Sylvester M. Barros

MONTANA

1309 5143 7034 9518 9563 9939 10163 10305 10607 10795 10909 11001 11879 14077 14685 14914 15407 15647 15944

David A. Mahler Marvin C. Nordhues Vern A. Ortmeier John B. Feda Alvin D. Raef Stephen J. Schutte Jason S. Preston James J. Hubschman Daniel L. Strong Ronald J. Frisse Robert R. Cronin Mitchell W. Lowery Patrick J. Brennan Daniel K. Leonard Dean L. Wieseler Edward G. Biwer Paul B. Bauer Steven J. Tvrdy Kenneth W. Schmid

NEBRASKA

13969 15618 15977 16804

Jaime M. Flores Paul F. Owens Michael J. Ransom Walter Martinez

277 794 1059 1445 1992 3536 3676 3892 4255 4661 4952 5091 5103 5343 5814 6134 6652 6844

Pete Romani Charles A. Shami Daniel J. Sweeney Brian L. Moser Edward Byrne Jeffrey A. Phillips Philip R. Barcomb Michael F. Maher Joseph D. Jensen Anthony Pacchiano Lloyd R. Van Duzer Edwin J. Schantz Gerald O’ Callaghan James P. Scarry Eugene A. Johann Louis Stuto Joseph A. Lemark Richard A. Neubauer Jr. James A. Robinson Maurice L. Bonnier Thomas P. Winterberger Nicholas E. Ulrich Robert T. Guida Bart J. Giuliano III John D’ Arcangelis William L. Scheuermann Rudy G. Gonzales Louis L. Larsen Charles J. Shelley Edward J. Buckley Richard P. Pahopin Michael F. Reali Jesus M. Gomez Edward R. Legrow John J. Veloski William T. Quirke

NEW YORK

7085 7248 10013

11227 11836 11950 12993 14560 14622 15518 15728 15917 16134 16261 16334 16365 16411 16674

NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR

5902 Philip J. Hurley

4928 Steven P. Schiwart 9102 Tom Villardi 10577 Brother John W. Byrne 12877 Christopher J. Pennington 13456 Daniel C. St. Pierre 13754 Joel P. Sodano 14144 Kenneth L. Chipman 16207 Mauricio Solorio

3390 7343 9549 9847 11101 11966 12266 12610 14087 15265

Donald K. Hester Brian J. Allio Marc F. La Clair Laborn D. Sullivan Jr. James P. Duffy Michael J. Ihnat Dennis A. Puntel Stephen A. Grimaldi Jack C. Faulkner Oswaldo R. Vargas

7572 George R. Fredette 13904 Thomas M. Kennedy

4553 5451 9126 16402

Randall J. Gaebe Andrew Lewis Lyons Kenneth L. Dieter Christopher I. Riedman

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

636 3644 6139 6424 6520 6551 7032 7046 9193 11378 15964

Joseph A. Bendas Grzegorz S. Zagaja Mark E. Baczewski Gerard D. Ambrosio John M. Zawatcki Dominic J. Cotugno James F. Beutel Joseph A. Charmello Thomas A. Skelly David A. Pinto Anthony J. Perrone

NEW JERSEY

7633 Raymond K. Chavez Sr. 9928 Kenneth G. Blumenthal

NEW MEXICO

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

6633 Derek J. McAlduff 16817 Peter Bonner NOVA SCOTIA

310 1195 1801 3123 4212 4324 4378 4603 4733 5801

OHIO

Shaun O. White Thomas J. Hahn Martin E. Shaver Thomas K. Jones Michael R. Penzenik Richard E. Eichner Steven E. Warniment Kenneth W. Walker Frank D. Kohring Charles R. Porter III

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S TA R C O U N C I L W I N N E R S 8320 10043 10863 10936 11216 11354 12772 13813 13984 14416 14502 14995 15009

16279 16376 16461 16561 16706

Matthew R. Sasala Edward G. Mendez George D. Schreibeis J. Patrick Rynd Howard J. Ubert Douglas A. Stelmach Todd H. Thobe Philip J. Wentzel Brad A. Fronek Steven M. Hupp Joseph S. Hartle Forrest K. Betche Andrew W. Wisniewski William J. Eichenmiller Joseph A. Didonato John E. Slewitzke Ernest J. Winnestaffer Michael E. Pfaffinger

1287 5266 11135 11959 13313 14248

Alan J. Glanzer J. Chris Stoner Michael E. Matousek Jon M. Lawrence Kenneth R. Dorsch Matthew E. Dedonder

4555 6074 7743 9005 9235 9447 11886 12820 13417 16005 16859

Tim J. Chevalier Julio O. Navarro Joel F. Bouchard Roger A. Sweet Carlo DiCarlo Richard D. Brown James R. Laudanski Robert C. Gauthier Jaime A. Libaque Daniel E. Boyer Maxime M. Salman

OKLAHOMA

ONTARIO

1577 Jonathan P. Keefer Jr. 2255 Juan Perez 3484 David P. Bernklau 15640 Gregory A. Dahinden

OREGON

4052 Michael H. Arment 4057 John W. Schlusser 4160 Michael M. Dougherty 4226 Dennis M. Haezebrouck 4245 Richard M. Moyer 5947 William J. Vedro Jr. 8075 William F. Edmiston Jr. 10474 Robert D. Farabaugh 10502 Jack R. Yanni 11143 Robert J. Greek 11434 Brad M. Calligari 11454 Gregory E. Sweigard 11935 Herbert J. Gass 12384 Arthur Calvo 12572 Brian C. Hallock 12788 Francis V. Crupi 12811 James F. O’Shea 14397 David W. Paulus 15929 Christopher A. Gibble 16071 Arthur L. Bobbouine 16544 Paul Edward Kalejta 16745 Joseph R. Dusko Jr. PENNSYLVANIA

14001 14004 14023 14955 15117 15128

Paweł Put Jacek Grzegorzewski Zbigniew Bętkowski Andrzej Bera Kazimierz Cegłowski Grzegorz Mielecki

POLAND

15142 Piotr Taras 15160 Witold Zmysłowski 15195 Dariusz Kołodziejczyk 15267 Marcin Michal Wojciechowski 15268 Roman Popek 15279 Maciej Jaworski 15299 Jacek Janusz Furmanczyk 15416 Marian Styczeń 15527 Robert Kupc 15588 Bogusław Kucab 15631 Jacek Bartosiewicz 15649 Tadeusz Kwiatkowski 15820 Jacek Perłak 15915 Krzysztof Pikul 15940 Dariusz Świderek 16014 Eugeniusz Rakoca 16031 Marian Gniecioszek 16038 Jan Pokrywka 16100 Łukasz Padło 16128 Antoni Kamiński 16181 Tadeusz Rzońca 16266 Robert Wolski 16300 Grzegorz Saleta 16380 Ryszard Kosturek 16405 Jakub Cybulski 16462 Kazimierz Grzywacz 16483 Marek Dębski 16727 Janusz Szkodny 16766 Leszek Bogatek 16964 Daniel Wróblewski 5950 Greighton F. Torres Rodríguez 9572 Noel De León Lozada 13291 Antonio Ortiz-Ramos PUERTO RICO

9592 Jean-Guy Lajeunesse 10171 François Huard 14693 Crescenzo A. Di Lena QUÉBEC

379 Walter E. Smith Jr. 5295 Richard J. Bourbonnais II 12312 Robert J. Chesney RHODE ISLAND

9859 Dan W. Devers 11429 Marte Clemente Marquez Nogot

SASKATCHEWAN

11910 Thomas V. Demars Jr. 14475 Richard A. Engel 14765 Anthony J. Bilello SOUTH CAROLINA

815 1532 3640 4002 4133 4213 4813 5738 6117 6605 7079 7681 7911 8844 9375 10546 11739 13302 13400 15457

Kurtis J. Nelson Blaine M. Mccance Stephen P. Gent Robert A. Rennolet Linus F. Zach Robert A. Reecy James W. Slunecka Dwight R. Gutzmer Ryan R. Fowler Curtis M. Blasy Johnathan C. Gehlsen Royce L. Grimsrud Ryan J. De Haan Richard T. Waits Steven J. Leber Peter J. Franck Brian J. Voss Darrell J. Sieve Tom L. Chase Toby J. Mallmann

SOUTH DAKOTA

15748 15817 16017 16230 16759 16802

Jeffrey M. Donovan Nicholas S. Nielson Michael D. Bruske Tim J. Vavra Scott R. Kolousek Ervin J. Fromm

3537 6321 9132 11074 12012 15196 15585

Raymond G. Hynson Ricky D. Ancar Timothy J. Kolp Martin Ryan Jr. James H. Kiser Timothy P. McNeive Brian T. Baldwin

TENNESSEE

2771 4101 4868 5192 7175 7264 7323 7445 7512 7563 8225 8954 9151 9868 9902 10209 10240 10524 10816 11107 11343 11862 11937 12148 12300 12327 12480 12661 13408 13523 14512 14617 14679 14700 14943 15105 15240 15262 15320 15852 16047 16078 16103 16730

Sanford C. Valentine James N. Shehan Jr. Mark Bunte Ernesto Aguilar Sr. Kenneth D. Oefinger David J. Straka Sebastian J. Luna David J. Hobson Dwayne A. Machicek Fernando T. Silva Gilbert Garza John R. James Gerald W. Kammerer William R. Otto Richard Martinez Jr. Cruz A. Villegas Manuel Ibarra Lawrence E. Pfeifer Daniel Delgado Rudy Ortiz Jr. Duong Nguyen Chris D. Fowler William A. Peirson Daniel Garza Raymond Zavala Jefferson J. Gillispie Mark A. Johnson Robert Dimas Randy R. Koslovsky Joseph G. Moreno Michael A. Stolarski Lawrence A. Prahin Jeffrey J. Jendel Thomas J. DeGeorgio Michael D’Antonio Zachary R. Fink Jaime Piedra Baldomero Ozuna Ricardo P. Villa Brian L. O’Donnell Zeb H. Genn Roger G. Darisse Bernard D. Bixenman James Marshall Parrott 16748 Alejandro R. Guerra TEXAS

15802 16130 16250 16417

Mykola Dmytrovskyi Ihor Vanyuk Stepan Dhus Wiaczesław Majdan

UKRAINE

602 Jaime Gomez 1136 James L. Arguello 16127 Alan T. Gibson UTAH

2284 Gregory P. Clairmont 9146 James Schromm, IV

VERMONT

418 Michael D. Ives 459 William Warren Beach 670 John C. Wirth

VIRGINIA

2473 5332 5476 6589 7992 8183 8403 10015 10515 11262 11264 11710 11781 12589 14034 15244 15794 16226 16234 16793

Joseph T. Baker John P. Masarick Richard A. Witty Corry J. Scalone Carlos Perez Jr. Eric J. Kasiski Donald J. Yetman David W. Wyble Sr. Stanley W. Schnell James B. Marstall Lester M. Casto Carl E. Wolf José A. Vélez Michael W. Price John M. Leyo Jeffrey R. Cuiper Dwayne C. Owens David Brin Raymond W. Bradish Gregory P. Murray

3171 3708 4164 4327 4575 5028 5196

[No officer listed] Joel F. Verona [No officer listed] Crescente V. Garvez Luzaro C. Codiamat Efrain L. Peralta Leowil Zacarius Y. Miroy Roy A. Sudario Van J. Gubala Gilbert P. Moises Vito K. Navarra John G. Poticar Joel F. Jaranilla Giovani N. Rios Leopoldo B. Piczon Dannyl N. Yap Jr. Renato C. Gacuma Jesus Evans S. Demorito Randy T. Tanamal Isidro C. Vedad Jr. Ricardo P. Ilanga Nelson L. Leornas Mario E. De La Pena Sotero E. Fajarito [No officer listed] Jose Rex S. Pilador Virgilio S. Nacion Oscar M. Raquit Prancisco E. Allaga [No officer listed] [No officer listed] Judex T. Obiado Romulo O. Macanas Eduardo D. Padronia Efren C. Dala Danilo L. Abellana Rolando A. Batino Armando T. Panique Marcelo B. Alinab Wilson K. Allona Auselmo C. Avelino Wilson O. Oxemer Edgardo G. Galvez [No officer listed] Cheron O. Reyes Silverio C. Esid Ruperto R. Suralta [No officer listed] Juvenal D. Beniga Timoteo I. Judaya Avito G. Petarco Edwin V. Antonio Jonathan C. Vipinosa Leo C. Loste Joseph C. Amascual Inocencio O. Inoc Roel B. Bustillo Gerry R. Giducos Rodrigo P. Libunao Dionisio R. Basadre Jr. Rodolfo B. Bacalocos John Rey F. Torrento Miguel P. Calama An Andres T. Cabial Derek Gonzaga

VISAYAS

5215 5434 5577 5614 5639 5665 5672 5805 5822 5847 5889

5894 6036 6047 6109 6129 6152 6235 6400 6675 6840 7005 7154 7182 7815 7861 7936 8326 8362 8423 8730 8816 8929 9013 9051 9091 9117 9179 9209 9214 9306 9329 9359 9387 9466 9694 9779 9931 10089 10095 10099 10110 10164 10759 10953 11131 11331 11339

11698 12077 12324 12363 12396

12411 12728 13013 13054 13075 13190 13472 13493 13528 13530 13660 13715 13866 13878 13972 13974 14120 14273 14363 14782 15072 15150 15159 15316 15468 15718 15784 15989 16019 16098 16114 16309 16313 16319 16343 16569 16616 16682

Ildefonso A. Dolorino Eusebio T. Obina Jr. Jon E. Caldeo Gallardo N. Lazo Angelito Tabo Tabo Nawanao Ric P. Porras Sabiniano B. Pableo Freddie P. Cardinav Edgar B. Vargas Jovencio M. Espino Mario G. Manulat Jr. [No officer listed] Bonifacio P. Napoles Jr. [No officer listed] [No officer listed] [No officer listed] Edgar Allan D. Del Rosario Noli Merla Dejaros Renato R. Jomillo Godofredo L. Tubaurs Victor B. Arcenas [No officer listed] Juluis S. Decipulo Quirico A. Lagana [No officer listed] [No officer listed] Edsel T. Tordecillas Arvin G. Terado Ireneo A. Justiniane Jr. [No officer listed] Francis Devind S. Paulino [No officer listed] Nelson A. Tamayo Jose G. Parnada Jr. Arlen M. Gaitan Nilo P. Udtohan Carpio B. Bajado Joselin O. Flores Gilberto F. Magallon [No officer listed] [No officer listed] Ersyl T. Biray Jerome I. Rufon

8476 Gary W. Cloninger 8872 Scott Allen Charleboix 11253 Michael J. Sniadoski 11789 John F. Guerrero 12175 Paul J. Morel 14268 Stephen G. Sommer 14689 Jerome L.G. Cloft 16361 Walther B. Hoffman 16690 Stephen G. Schweyen WASHINGTON

8288 Nathan A. Williams 12195 Thomas J. Burke 12634 Donald R. Van Lehn WEST VIRGINIA

1647 1840 3492 3562 4240 4586 5008 5127 6567 6568 6587 7798 9360 12467 12588 12609 12662 15659 16444

Robert F. McCormick Stephen L. Mercaitis Brian L. Parker Thomas A. McGilvra Michael D. Elmer Richard T. Raulin Barry W. Poole Keith E. Krebsbach Steven G. Rochel Matthew A. Salm Dennis M. Pieters Thomas H. Block Matthew J. McDonald Dale A. Balkam Kenneth J. Zautcke James A. Otto Herman P. Steinert William F. Wehnert Matthew R. Poje

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Knights of Columbus Commemorative Ornament 2018 This ceramic ornament is decorated with the message of Isaiah 9:6 — “For unto us a Child is born” — and a manger scene in silver. The back reads “KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 2018” in silver. It is packed in a soft velveteen tray in a shimmering silver box. The star measures 3 1/8” x 3 1/8” x 1/8” and has a tie string for hanging. It makes a great addition to any K of C ornament collection. — $6 each

Holy Family Figure This beautiful faux wood figure of the Holy Family is the perfect addition to any room at Christmas. In soft colors, it depicts Mary, Joseph and the child Jesus. The resin figure measures 7.5” H x 4.5” W x 4” D. — $12 each

knightsgear.com Questions? Call: 1-855-GEAR-KOC (855-432-7562) Additional shipping costs apply to all orders. Please call before mailing in an order.

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Knights of Charity Every day, Knights all over the world are given opportunities to make a difference — whether through community service, raising money or prayer. We celebrate each and every Knight for his strength, his compassion and his dedication to building a better world.

Members of Immaculate Conception Council 14405 in Cainta Rizal, Luzon, brave monsoon thunderstorms in “bancas” (makeshift boats) to rescue stranded neighbors. The island of Luzon was inundated with torrential rains in late summer, forcing thousands to flee to emergency shelters. Waist-deep flood tides rendered streets unnavigable by vehicles and perilous for those on foot.

TO BE FEATURED HERE , SEND YOUR COUNCIL’ S “K NIGHTS IN A CTION ” PHOTO AS WELL AS ITS DESCRIPTION TO : C OLUMBIA , 1 C OLUMBUS P LAZA , N EW H AVEN , CT 06510-3326 OR EMAIL : KNIGHTSINACTION @ KOFC . ORG .

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PLEASE, DO ALL YOU CAN TO ENCOURAGE PRIESTLY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

K E E P T H E FA I T H A L I V E

‘THE SHEPHERD NEVER STOPPED CALLING.’

SISTER CHRISTIANA MARIE RENE Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church Spokane, Wash.

Photo by J. Craig Sweat

I grew up in Haiti as the first child in a family of cradle Catholics. I heard stories about how my dad discerned the priesthood before he married my mom, and I witnessed the humanity of the religious sisters who taught me in school. This faith-filled environment sowed the seeds of my religious vocation, and as a young girl I believed I was called to be a sister.

Years later, after my family settled in the United States, I became a lost sheep on a college campus, as I struggled to hear the voice of the Shepherd. Thankfully, he never stopped calling. In 2008, I began to go to daily Mass, participated in eucharistic adoration, and found a spiritual director.

With guidance, I began to hear the Shepherd’s voice inviting me into a deeper relationship with him. My discernment journey took me to many communities until, in 2010, I knew that the Lord was asking me say “yes” to him through the Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church.