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On November 3, the Knights of Columbus surpassed $100 billion of life insurance in force, cementing its position

as one of the largest life insurers in North America. Find out more at kofc.org/100

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“We are the only Catholic life insurer to have achieved

this milestone. Our members can see that the Knights of

Columbus is in a class by itself. And for our members

who have yet to take part in the insurance program, this

achievement encourages them to consider participating

in this important fraternal benefit. There has never been

a better time to turn to the Knights of Columbus

to help secure your family’s future.”

– Supreme Knight Carl Anderson


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“May the Holy Spirit today enlighten our hearts, that we may recognize in the Infant Jesus,born in Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary, thesalvation given by God to each one of us.”

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D E P A R T M E N T SBuilding a better worldThrough a new Orderwide initiative,the Knights will better serve Catholicfamilies and the Church.BY SUPREME KNIGHT CARL A. ANDERSON

Knights of Columbus NewsPolish Government Honors SupremeKnight • K of C-Produced Docu-mentaries Available on DVD

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Learning the faith, living the faithThrough spiritual and corporalworks of mercy, the Holy Fathercalls the Church to live a specialyear of grace.BY SUPREME CHAPLAIN

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F E AT U R E SFor Life and Liberty Half a World AwayKnights in Ukraine find fruitful ground for expansionand key roles serving Church and society.BY BRYAN BRADLEY

Champions of DignityWith enthusiastic K of C support at every level, SpecialOlympics athletes compete with perseverance and joy.BY MIKE LATONA

‘God Drilled That Hole’Five years after the historic rescue, Knight Greg Hall recalls his role in the mission to save 33 miners in Chile.BY COLUMBIA STAFF

In a Little Town Near BethlehemCanadian Knights give hope to Christian families by supporting students in the Holy Land.BY MARTA ZAKNOUN

The Flame of Hope is held July 24 by participants in the Final Legof the Law Enforcement Torch Run for the 2015 Special OlympicsWorld Games in Los Angeles.

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ON THE COVERA mosaic of the Nativity is pictured at the Saint

John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C.

Celebrate the Journey to ChristmasTHE POSADA is a traditional Advent celebration brought tothe New World by 16th-century missionaries. It is a prayer, playand party all in one that reenacts Joseph and Mary’s search foran “inn” or “shelter” (Spanish: “posada”). The Knights ofColumbus has prepared a new booklet on how to host a Posada.Download Journey to the Inn: An Advent Celebration (#9898) atkofc.org/posada or request the booklet by mail through theOrder’s Supply Department.

FOR DECADES, much has been saidabout the increasing secularization andcommercialization of Christmas, andrightly so. After all, amid the lack of re-ligious symbols and the accelerated paceof the “shopping season,” it can be easyfor people to forget what holiday we areactually celebrating. But this year, amedia-contrived controversy has fo-cused public discussion about the “Waron Christmas” on something as inane asa red coffee cup. If we want to celebratethe birth of Jesus with open hearts, wemight reflect on what is truly meant bythe phrase “Keep Christ in Christmas.”First of all, we know that Christmas

begins, rather than ends, on Dec. 25, andthe Church’s liturgy provides a blueprintto help us to prepare spiritually. Indeed,the season of Advent (this year Nov. 29-Dec. 24) is a penitential season and atime of interior preparation, similar toLent, as reflected in the purple vestmentsworn by priests. The hymns and OldTestament readings of Advent liturgiesreflect a longing for the coming of theMessiah promised by God. As withLent, Advent is a time in which we areencouraged to practice prayer, fastingand almsgiving; to receive the sacramentof reconciliation; and to reflect in a spe-cial way on our need for a Savior.In contrast to the hustle and bustle

around us, the Church presents Adventas a time of silence, waiting and conver-sion. Like Lent, this season includes fes-tive days as well, including theSolemnity of the Immaculate Concep-tion (Dec. 8), the feast of Our Lady ofGuadalupe (Dec. 12) and Gaudete Sun-

day (Third Sunday of Advent), provid-ing occasions for holiday gatherings. This year, the Advent season is a par-

ticularly special time, since the Extraor-dinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, which hasbeen called for by Pope Francis, beginsDec. 8 (see page 8). The Holy Father hasurged us to contemplate God’s mercy, toexamine our own need to show patienceand forgiveness to others, and to practicethe spiritual and corporal works ofmercy during this special year of grace.Pope Francis has also expressed his desirethat people experience “an oasis ofmercy” in “our parishes, communities,associations and movements” — a chal-lenge that has special relevance for theKnights of Columbus, especially as thesupreme knight is setting a new coursefor the Order, emphasizing greater inte-gration with parish life (see page 3).So, as we begin the Holy Year of

Mercy and a new chapter in the historyof the Knights, our Advent waitingtakes on even more significance. Weknow that the campaign to KeepChrist in Christmas is about more thanensuring that religious symbols andgreetings are reflected in our society, asmeaningful as these expressions are.Rather, keeping Christ in Christmasbegins in our own hearts, and extendsto those around us, especially in ourhomes and parishes. In this way, we arecalled to receive and show the mercy ofGod, anticipating and making presentChrist’s kingdom on earth.♦

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BUILDING A BETTER WORLD


Our Mission to Build theDomestic Church andStrengthen Parish Life

Through a new Orderwide initiative, the Knightswill better serve Catholic families and the Church

by Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson

On Nov. 20, I delivered the followingaddress at the Order’s midyear organi-zational meeting of state deputies inSan Antonio. I encourage all brotherKnights to read and reflect on these re-marks, in which I outline key principlesfor the future growth and work of theKnights of Columbus.

IN HIS APOSTOLIC exhortationEvangelium Gaudium (The Joy of theGospel), Pope Francis called for a newmissionary spirit among Catholics.“By her very nature the Church ismissionary,” the pope wrote. “Sheabounds in effective charity and acompassion that understands, assistsand promotes” (179). This challengehas special resonance for Knights ofColumbus, especially throughoutNorth America, where we have bene-fited in so many ways from the sacri-fice of countless missionaries.The great Catholic institutions of

our country were built by men andwomen filled with a great missionaryspirit. Although Father Michael McGivney would probably not havedescribed himself as a missionary,throughout his lifetime the UnitedStates remained “mission” territory inthe eyes of the Vatican. In this regard, we remember the

words of Pope Benedict XVI duringhis 2008 visit to the United Stateswhen he named Father McGivney asan example of the missionary spirit

that built the Catholic Church inAmerica.On that occasion, Pope Benedict

urged Catholics in America to “movetogether toward that true spiritual re-newal desired by the [Second Vatican]Council, a renewal which can onlystrengthen the Church in that holi-ness and unity indispensable for theeffective proclamation of the Gospelin today’s world.”The pope continued, “Was not this

unity of vision and purpose — rootedin faith and a spirit of constant con-version and self-sacrifice — the secretof the impressive growth of theChurch in this country? We need butthink of the remarkable accomplish-ment of that exemplary Americanpriest, the Venerable Michael Mc-Givney, whose vision and zeal led tothe establishment of the Knights ofColumbus.”This missionary spirit has been the

lifeblood of the Knights of Columbus.How else can we account for the factthat within four decades of its found-ing, our Order had spread across theUnited States and Canada and hadbegun activities in the Philippines,Mexico and Cuba?That same missionary spirit led the

Order to establish a network of facili-ties throughout Europe during theFirst World War to serve countlessmembers of the American and Cana-dian military. And then after the

Great War to open athletic facilities inRome to serve and help evangelize theyouth of that city — a work that con-tinues to this day.We see that same missionary spirit

today as the Order begins activities inPoland, Ukraine, Lithuania andKorea, and as our charitable programschange thousands of lives for the bet-ter in places like Haiti, Uganda, Viet-nam and Iraq.This missionary spirit has been a

constant dynamic throughout our his-tory. It has always encouraged us toseek new challenges and to adapt tonew situations — and to do so alwaysin faithful service responding to theneeds of our Church.

THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCILFollowing the Second Vatican Coun-cil, it became clear that the vitality ofour parishes and of our Catholic fam-ilies was being tested as never before.Thousands of priests and religious lefttheir ministries, and vocations to thepriesthood and religious life plum-meted. The widespread scourges ofno-fault divorce, cohabitation outsideof marriage, single-parent families andabortion made Catholic family life ap-pear at times as the new “terra incog-nita.” At the same time, the SecondVatican Council called upon the laityto assume a greater role in meetingthese challenges.




The Knights of Columbus re-sponded with dramatic new initiativesto better meet the needs of our fami-lies and our parishes.For example, we initiated one of the

largest vocations programs in history.Through our Refund Support Voca-tions Program and scholarships, wehave provided more than $68 millionto more than 115,000 men andwomen pursuing vocations.We also began a shift away from es-

tablishing local councils dependentupon home association facilities. In-stead, we promoted the establishmentof parish-based councils aligned withFather McGivney’s originalvision for the Order. And we began to encourage

a greater focus on programsthat would include more fam-ily members in our activitiesand would more directly sup-port Catholic family life.The result has been a

tremendous success. Thisshift has opened the door tothousands of new councilsthat could not have taken onthe financial burden of building orpurchasing a meeting hall. At thesame time, this shift opened the doorof membership to hundreds of thou-sands of new brother Knights.Similarly, many of the thousands of

priests we have helped financially arenow brother Knights who proudlyserve as our council chaplains.And this shift has done even more.

It has led to the extraordinary growthof the Knights of Columbus in thecharity we provide our neighbors —literally hundreds of millions of dol-lars and hundreds of millions of vol-unteer service hours.Active Knights of Columbus coun-

cils are bringing our principles ofcharity, unity and fraternity, as well asour energy and activities, to enlivenand strengthen thousands of parishes.During this same time the Knights

of Columbus sharpened its mission tobetter support Catholic family life.

This was always one of the core mis-sions of the Order envisioned by Fa-ther McGivney. It was the reason theOrder developed fraternal benefits tosupport widows and orphans. It led tothe establishment of thousands ofyouth and family activities, to our sup-port of parish-based Catholic schools,and to developing our spiritual andcatechetical programs directed to fam-ilies, such as our Catholic InformationService, our Pilgrim Virgin Icon pro-gram and Fathers for Good.More recently, the Order has imple-

mented a new program that brings to-gether both our support of parishes

and our support of families. It is titledBuilding the Domestic Church: TheFamily Fully Alive. Already, manythousands of local Knights of Colum-bus councils and families have begunparticipating in this program.

LOOKING TO THE FUTUREIn its 2012 document titled DisciplesCalled to Witness, the U.S. Conferenceof Catholic Bishops made clear theconnection between the parish andthe family in the new evangelization.Regarding parish life, the bishops’

document stated, “It is the responsi-bility of both pastors and laity to en-sure that [the doors of the parish] arealways open. Evangelization must re-main rooted in the parish. It is in theparish that one becomes engaged withthe Church community, learns how tobecome a disciple of Christ, is nur-tured by Scripture, is nourished by thesacraments, and ultimately becomes

an evangelizer. Successful evangeliza-tion and catechetical initiatives mustbe focused on the parish.”The document then went on to say

this about the family’s role: “A cultureof witness is sustained within theChurch through marriage and thefamily. … It is within the Sacramentof Matrimony that the husband andwife evangelize, become evangelized,and share their witness of the faith totheir children and to society.”It further noted, “The family,

called the domestic Church, is oftenthe first place where one experiencesand is formed in the faith.” And it

concluded by quoting PopeBenedict XVI’s 2011 ad-dress to the PontificalCouncil for the Family that“the new evangelization de-pends largely on the domes-tic Church.”Thus we see a providential

convergence of three initia-tives of the Knights ofColumbus: the developmentof thousands of new parish-based councils; new pro-

grams to strengthen family life, allleading to a deeper understanding ofthe family as domestic church; andour increasing commitment to servethe Church’s mission of a new evan-gelization through the parish.Indeed, each of these three initia-

tives points to the Knights of Colum-bus as the organization best situatedto enliven and strengthen parish life.We are truly positioned today to moveto a new level of service as the strongright arm of our parish churches.Now the time has come for us to ac-

celerate these initiatives as they affectour work in parishes and our work tostrengthen Christian family life.The family as domestic church is

central to both the work of the newevangelization and to the future sus-tainability of our parishes — as wellas the future sustainability of theOrder. But the Catholic family cannotperform this important mission on its

Today, the Knights of Columbusis positioned to move to a newlevel of service as the strong

right arm of our parish churches.




own. The reason is simple: As BlessedPaul VI observed, the family can onlytruly be a domestic church when itsdaily life “mirrors the various aspectsof the entire Church.” And for this tobecome a reality, the family must bemore fully integrated into the sacra-mental life of the parish.Knights of Columbus parish-basedcouncils today are not only places thatprovide invaluable support to parishlife in terms of charitable and socialactivities. They are a primary place tosupport the evangelization of familylife through the mission of the domes-tic church. Our councils can do this bymore fully integrating families into thelife of the parish through the many pro-grams of our parish-based councils.If we do this, then we will continuethe legacy of Father McGivney — alegacy which, as Pope Benedict ob-served, was to promote spiritual re-newal among Catholics bystrengthening them in holiness andunity. And as a parish priest, FatherMcGivney saw that this renewal couldbe assisted in powerful ways in theparish by the new organization he hadestablished.

THE RENEWAL OFPARISH AND FAMILY LIFE Today, we are determined to continuethis work of renewal and unity. In thisway, we will also realize the missionthat St. John Paul II identified in Ec-clesia in America: “The renewal of theChurch in America will not be possi-ble without the active presence of thelaity. Therefore they are largely re-sponsible for the future of theChurch” (44).The pastoral visit of Pope Francis tothe United States and his attendanceat the World Meeting of Families inPhiladelphia present a historic oppor-tunity for Catholics throughout theworld — and especially for Catholicsin North America.During the World Meeting ofFamilies, Pope Francis called for anew alliance between the Church

and the family in order that Catholicfamilies might receive greater encour-agement and support. “May God grant us this gift of a re-newed closeness between the familyand the Church,” the pope said.“Families need it, the Church needsit, and we pastors need it.”But for millions of Catholic fami-lies, this new alliance will become a re-ality only if they can find this greatersupport within their local parish.There is no Catholic organization bet-ter positioned for this task today inthousands of parishes than the Knightsof Columbus.Today, the Knights of Columbus is

providentially positioned to play a keyrole in the new alliance between theChurch and the family called for byPope Francis. But for us to do so re-quires that we adopt new methods.We must devote even greater effortsto our fundamental mission of charity,unity and fraternity, and we must doso with even greater attention to theneeds and the future of our parishesand our families. What is necessarynow is our greater involvement in therenewal of parish and family life. To meet this need we will have todo some things differently. Our coun-cils will have to become even more ac-tive in our parish communities. Wewill have to stop duplicating activitiesthat are more appropriately done byand through the parish. We will haveto focus more on programs that sup-port Catholic families in their missionas a domestic church.For many councils, doing thesethings will require making choices be-tween what is good and what is better.Often they may have to choose be-tween what our Catholic communitymay have needed in the past and whatit needs today and in the future.

A NEW K OF C INITIATIVE Therefore, I am announcing a newOrderwide initiative to strengthenboth our parishes and our families. Itis titled Building the Domestic Church

While Strengthening Our Parish. Thisnew initiative builds upon our pastprograms and accomplishments. Atthe same time, it requires that we dosome things differently in the future.First, this initiative requires that weaccelerate the process of moving awayfrom the home association system andmoving toward more parish-basedcouncils. We should no longer expendvaluable resources supporting homeassociations whose activities are out-side the mission of the Knights ofColumbus or of the Church.The deployment of our resourcesshould be made on the basis of mis-sion integrity with our core principlesof charity, unity and fraternity. Somehome associations, for example,served important social purposes inthe past, such as hosting receptionsand parties, as well as degree cere-monies and business meetings. How-ever, because of the need to generatea constant stream of revenue just tomaintain their buildings, many homeassociations have been forced into thefacilities rental business, in whichthey are now subject to market forces,government regulations, and liabilityrisks. Needless to say, this situationhas diluted the mission integrity ofthe councils that use those buildings.These home associations may, attimes, actually impede the work ofthe Order.For this reason, I am asking everycouncil using facilities owned by ahome association to undertake a seri-ous assessment of how that relation-ship supports the council in itsfulfillment of the core mission of theKnights of Columbus. And everycouncil using facilities owned by ahome association should, as soon aspracticable, enter into the contractualagreements required in a resolutionadopted by the Supreme Council atits convention in 2014.Second, our Building the DomesticChurch While Strengthening OurParish initiative requires that ourparish-based councils move toward




greater integration into the life of ourparishes. Councils should begin to phase out

the duplication of programs that maycompete with parish activities. In-stead, we will use our resources oftime, talent and money to strengthenparish-based and parish-sponsoredprograms.One important area where this will

occur is youth-based parish ministry.Perhaps more than at any other time,our youth are in need of greater evan-gelization, catechesis and pastoralcare. This pastoral care must takeplace within the parish and at the di-rection and supervision of itspastor. Today our youth needmore not less involvement inthe life of their parish.There is no better organiza-

tion today in so manyparishes than the Knights ofColumbus to assist our pas-tors in this responsibility.Councils should seek ways towork more closely withparish-based youth ministryprograms. And councilsshould also seek new ways to supportthe activities of parish-based schools. The Board of Directors has thus de-

cided that as part of this new initiative,local units of the Knights of Colum-bus will no longer sponsor Boy Scouttroops. Councils should move to endsponsorship as soon as practically pos-sible — in many cases by the end of2015 and in no case later than 2016.Instead, local units should encour-

age troops that they presently sponsorto become parish-sponsored troops.Such new parish-sponsored Boy Scouttroops can and should receive the vol-unteer and financial support of localcouncils. But the key change is thatthe mission and activity of scoutingwill be more properly integrated intoa comprehensive strategy of theparish’s youth ministry under the di-rection of the pastor. After consider-able deliberation, we believe that thisis the best way to provide for the fu-

ture sustainability of an authenticCatholic scouting program and of theCatholic identity of the young menwho participate in it.Additionally, councils should seek

to more closely integrate the activitiesof Squires circles and their otheryouth activities within the youth min-istry goals of the parish. Councils andassemblies in the United States andCanada that do not presently sponsorSquires Circles are encouraged not toinstitute new circles. Instead, theselocal units are encouraged to supportexisting parish-based youth ministryprograms. In parishes where youth

ministry programs can be improved,councils should work with their chap-lain and pastor to find ways to beginnew or more effective parish-basedyouth programs.In the future, youth activities of the

Order should be measured by howthey assist the overall goals of parishyouth ministry programs and howwell they are incorporated within ourBuilding the Domestic Church WhileStrengthening Our Parish program.As we move forward we will incorpo-rate many existing programs into thisinitiative.During this fraternal year, councils

that formulate their activitiesthrough the Surge with Service Pro-gram should give priority within theFamily Activity category to those ac-tivities related to our Building theDomestic Church program; theyshould give priority within theChurch Activity category to those

programs which more fully integratetheir council’s activities within thelife of their parish; and they shouldgive priority within the Youth Activ-ity category to those programs whichstrengthen or support parish-basedyouth ministry. They should alsoconsider how their activities in thecategories of council, Communityand Culture of Life may be enhancedthrough greater participation by thewider parish community.

THE NEW EVANGELIZATION When St. John Paul II spoke of thenew evangelization he explained that

the content of evangelizationwould not be new, but thatthis would be an evangeliza-tion “new in its ardor, meth-ods and expression.” This is this same dynamic

that guides our missiontoday. The “content” of theKnights of Columbus hasnot changed. We are aCatholic brotherhood basedupon the principles of char-ity, unity, fraternity and pa-

triotism. We are dedicated to faithfuland unparalleled service to theChurch. But what will change is the“expression” of that service so that ourwork may become even more relevantand effective. The changes outlined here may be

difficult for some. Change is nevereasy. But the proven record of the pasthalf century is clear: The closer theKnights of Columbus becomes toparish life, the closer we work withour parish priests, and the more wesupport Catholic families, the moreour Order grows in membership andcharity.The challenge of effective leader-

ship is to lead change, not to be led bychange. The leadership of the Knightsof Columbus has always succeeded inleading change. And this is what I amconfident you and I will succeed indoing in the days ahead.

Vivat Jesus!

The ‘content’ of the Knights ofColumbus has not changed.

What will change is the ‘expression’ of that service so

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In reCOGnITIOn of his “outstanding achievements incharitable activities” and for his “contributions to promot-ing the legacy of John Paul II,” Supreme Knight Carl A.Anderson was honored by the Polish government with theOfficer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the republic ofPoland.

The award, one of the first honors authorized by the re-cently elected Polish President Andrzej Duda, was conferredOct. 16 at the embassy of Poland in washington, D.C.

“There is no nation — other than my own — that is moremeaningful to me from which to receive such an honor thanPoland. It touches me deeply, and I am very grateful,”Supreme Knight Anderson said in his acceptance remarks.

In a letter read at the award ceremony, Polish Ambassa-dor ryszard Schnepf praised the supreme knight’s leader-ship in developing the Saint John Paul II national Shrine,which operates under the Knights of Columbus. Theshrine, the ambassador said, “is a living monument dedi-cated to the life of the pope” who “was able to change theworld” by helping to bring down communist rule in east-ern europe and liberate Poland.

In remarks during the event, Bishop Janusz Stepnowskiof Łomża, Poland, congratulated the supreme knight forreceiving the honor. A member of the Bł. Ks. Michała Pi-aszczyńskiego Council 15652, the bishop said he is pleasedto have the Order’s presence in his diocese, which will alsohost the 2016 Poland State Convention.

Under Supreme Knight Anderson’s leadership, theKnights of Columbus established a presence in Poland in2006 — the first international expansion of the Order inmore than a century. The K of C in Poland has grownsteadily, with nearly 4,000 Knights in 82 councils in thecountry today.♦

Polish Government Honors Supreme Knight

Minister Counselor Maciej Pisarski of the Polish Embassy in Washing-ton, D.C., applauds Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson after conferringthe Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit Oct. 16.

The new K of C-produced doc-umentary film, Guadalupe: TheMiracle and the Message, presents acomprehensive and inspiring ac-count of the historical events andlegacy of the 16th-century appari-tion of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

“The message of Our Lady ofGuadalupe helped to build bridgesbetween cultures and worlds, andbegan the transformation of our continent into a Christiancontinent of hope,” said Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson,the film’s executive producer.

narrated by actor Jim Caviezel, the film brings history tolife through modern reenactments, 3D animations and in-terviews with leading theologians, historians and scientists.

Airing as part of ABC’s Visions and Values Series, the doc-umentary will be broadcast in certain markets through Dec.10. For more information, including broadcast times andthe DVD release, visit guadalupethefilm.com.

A second K of C-produced doc-umentary, John Paul II in America:Uniting a Continent, has gained in-ternational recognition. narratedby actor Andy Garcia, the film ex-plores the transformative impact ofSt. John Paul II’s papal trips to theAmericas.

The film enjoyed a PBS distri-bution earlier this year and was

aired on Catholic TV networks. It has also been selected toscreen at a variety of film festivals.

John Paul II in America has received a number of awards,including for Best Documentary at the Glendale Interna-tional Film Festival in California and the Special JuryAward from the International Film Festival for Peace, In-spiration and equality. It also received multiple honorsfrom the Global Independent Film Awards, including forBest Documentary. For more information or to purchasea DVD, kofc.org/jpiifilm.♦

K of C-Produced Documentaries Available on DVD


LEARNING THE FAITH, LIVING THE FAITH


EARLIER THIS YEAR, during aLenten penance service, Pope Francisannounced that the Church wouldcelebrate an extraordinary jubilee yeardedicated to God’s mercy. The HolyYear of Mercy begins Dec. 8, thesolemnity of the Immaculate Concep-tion, and will conclude Nov. 20, 2016,the solemnity of Christ the King.Last April, on the Second Sunday

of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday),Pope Francis published a letter aboutthe holy year titled Misericor-diae Vultus (The Face ofMercy). In the first words ofthe document, the Holy Fa-ther invites us to look uponthe face of the Lord Jesus asthe face of God’s mercy. It isJesus of Nazareth, God’s eter-nal Son, born of Mary, whohas revealed the Father’smercy to us “by his words, his ac-tions, and his entire person” (1).Pope Francis also invites us to con-

template God’s mercy “as the wellspringof joy, serenity, and peace,” callingmercy “the ultimate and supreme act bywhich God comes to meet us” (2).Mercy is “the fundamental law thatdwells in the heart of every person wholooks sincerely into the eyes of hisbrothers and sisters on the path of life”and “the bridge that connects God andman, opening our hearts to a hope ofbeing loved forever despite our sinful-ness” (ibid.). With these moving words,the pope brings us to the heart of theGospel, namely, that Jesus Christ is therevelation of the Father’s merciful love.

MERCY AND CHARITYLike his predecessors, St. John Paul IIand Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francisdoes not present God’s mercy as merelya soothing ointment designed to make usfeel better about our sins while still livingin them. Rather, mercy is God’s way ofreaching out to us, offering us a newchance to look at ourselves, to convert,to believe. Mercy is also the foundationof the Church’s life — God’s mercy iswhat the Church preaches; what the

Church dispenses in the Mass and thesacraments; and what the Church prac-tices in works of charity, healing and ed-ucation. In a world that all too oftenchooses violence and severity over mercy,we are all called to be authentic signs —and, indeed, missionaries — of the Fa-ther’s mercy. Pope Francis has thus cho-sen the “motto” of this holy year as:Merciful like the Father (14).In Misericordiae Vultus, Pope Francis

recalled the words of St. John XXIII atthe opening of the Second VaticanCouncil when he said that the Churchpreferred “the medicine of mercy” to“the arms of severity.” Even more to thepoint, he noted what Blessed Pope Paul VI said when he closed the council

in December 1965: “We prefer to pointout how charity has been the principalreligious feature of this Council ... theold story of the Good Samaritan hasbeen the model of the spirituality of theCouncil” (4). Pope Francis also recalledthat St. John Paul II, in his encyclicalDives in Misericordia (Rich in Mercy),

observed that we always experi-ence God’s love — his charity —as mercy. The pope’s challenge, then, is

for all of us to be practitioners ofmercy, not only by contributingto charitable efforts, but also inour personal lives. “Love, afterall, cannot be an abstraction,” hewrote. “By its very nature, it in-

dicates something concrete: inten-tions, attitudes, and behaviors that areshown in daily living” (9).

THE SACRAMENT OF MERCYIt is easy to see how this special holy yearis tailor-made for the Knights of Colum-bus family, whose first principle is char-ity. Following the lead and inspiration ofour founder, Father Michael McGivney,the charity that the Order puts intopractice is a matter of serving one’sneighbor and finds its source in God’smercy. Whether it’s reaching out to abrother Knight and his family in timesof trouble, aiding in disaster relief efforts,providing wheelchairs to people withdisabilities, distributing winter coats or

The Holy Year of MercyThrough spiritual and corporal works of mercy,

the Holy Father calls the Church to live a special year of grace

by Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William E. Lori

The pope’s challenge is for us to bepractitioners of mercy, not only bycontributing to charitable efforts,

but also in our personal lives.


Offered inSolidarity withPope Francis

LEARNING THE FAITH, LIVING THE FAITH

HOLY FATHER’SPRAYER INTENTIONS

UNIVERSAL: That all may ex-perience the mercy of God, whonever tires of forgiving.

EVANGELIZATION: That fam-ilies, especially those who suffer,may find in the birth of Jesus asign of certain hope.

CATHOLIC MAN OF THE MONTH


scholarships, or advancing the protec-tion of unborn life through ultrasoundmachines, the charity of the Knights ofColumbus seeks to restore and affirmour wounded human dignity. Furthermore, our works of charity

are meant to convey the mercy of God,which is at the heart of the Gospel.Prospective members and their familiesare most attracted to the Knights ofColumbus when they see the Orderengaged “in service to one, in serviceto all.” More importantly, it is oftenthrough the practice of charity that welead others to Christ and his Church.

For the Order to take full advantageof this special Holy Year of Mercy, thefirst step is for each Knight to openhimself personally to the God who is“rich in mercy.” Jesus is looking at uswith the eyes of mercy, asking us tobelieve in him and trust him. He isn’tmerely asking us to assent to a seriesof abstract truths, but instead to en-trust our lives to him, confident thathe will forgive our sins and open forus the door of mercy in the house ofhis heavenly Father. Even more than the vastness of cre-

ation, the mighty power of God is re-

vealed in his mercy and endless capacityto forgive our sins, giving us new life byhis own eternal newness. During thisholy year, Pope Francis especially urgesus to “place the sacrament of reconcili-ation at the center once more in such away that it will enable people to touchthe grandeur of God’s mercy with theirown hands” (17).May this Holy Year of Mercy be for

our beloved Order, for each of us per-sonally, and for our entire Church atime of grace and joy. And may Mary,the Mother of Mercy, accompany usalong the way.♦

JOHN CARROLL was born into aprominent Maryland family on Jan. 8,1735. At age 13, he was sent to north-ern France, where he attended a Jesuitschool with his cousin, Charles, a futuresigner of the Declaration of Independ-ence. He joined the Jesuits in 1753 andwas ordained in 1761. Father Carrolltaught in Europe until the Jesuit orderwas suppressed in 1773.The young priest set out to minister

to the Catholic population in Maryland.Sympathetic to the U.S. colonial causefor the freedom and what it would meanfor the Church, Father Carroll was askedby the Continental Congress in 1776 toaccompany Benjamin Franklin and oth-ers in an effort to win over support fromCanada. Following the ratification ofAmerican independence in 1783, hewrote, “Freedom and independence ac-quired by the united efforts, and ce-mented with the mingled blood ofProtestant and Catholic fellow-citizens,should be equally enjoyed by all.” In 1789, Father Carroll was named

bishop of Baltimore, thereby becomingthe first bishop of the United States. Anexceptional administrator, he estab-

lished a seminary in Baltimore andfounded Georgetown College (todayGeorgetown University). He also pro-moted religious life, personally encour-aging a future saint, Elizabeth Seton, toestablish the Sisters of Charity for theeducation of girls.In a unanimous vote, Congress chose

Bishop Carroll to deliver a eulogy forPresident George Washington at St.Peter’s Church in Baltimore in 1800. When near death himself, then-Arch-

bishop Carroll shared one of his greatestconsolations: “that I have always beenattached to the practice of devotion tothe Blessed Virgin Mary and have estab-lished it among the people under mycare.” Archbishop Carroll died peace-fully on Dec. 3, 1815.♦

Archbishop John Carroll (1735-1815)

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When he was a young pastor, Archbishop Stefan Sorokaof Philadelphia (Ukrainian) was impressed by how a

new Knights of Columbus council energized the faith andleadership of many men.

“The power of fraternal prayer and works of charity in anatmosphere of unity with patriotic love of God, Church andcountry transformed these men,” he recalled in a homily dur-ing the Supreme Convention in Philadelphia last August.“This in turn inspired these Knights and their families toreach out in service to the needs of others.”

Today, as head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholics in theUnited States, Archbishop Soroka is thrilled to see a similar

transformation underway in Ukraine, the land of his father’sbirth. This time, though, it is about giving a boost of Chris-tian life not to just one parish, but to a country of more than40 million people after 70 years of Soviet oppression and 25more of mainly oligarchical misrule.

Members and councils have multiplied in Ukraine since theOrder established a formal presence there over two years ago.And as the country struggles with pro-Russian rebels and ves-tiges of corruption to consolidate recent democratic gains,local Church leaders say the Knights showed up with materialand spiritual assistance when it was most needed.

“The presence of the Knights of Columbus in Ukraine

For Life and LibertyHalf a World AwayKnights in Ukraine find fruitful ground for expansion and key roles serving Church and society

by Bryan Bradley

For Life and LibertyHalf a World Away



seems to me the action of Divine Providence,” said Arch-bishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki of Lviv, in western Ukraine.“They’ve come with so much help in the struggle with themany difficulties.”

CALLED TO BE PRESENTThe origin of the Knights’ expansion into Ukraine goes backto 2005 at the 123rd Supreme Convention in Chicago. It wasthere that Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, then major archbishop(now emeritus) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, ap-pealed for a “transplanting” of the Order to Ukraine. The Knights’ way of practically living the faith was needed

to help heal “deep wounds” in Ukrainian society, the cardinalsaid. Communist persecution, he added, could not kill thefaith in people’s hearts, but it did largely eliminate it fromhabits of daily life.Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson took the request seriously,

according to Supreme Director Larry W. Kustra of Winnipeg,Manitoba. Beginning in 2009, Past State Deputy Lawrence Sos-nowich of Washington, D.C., laid groundwork for the Order’sexpansion while Kustra was tasked with preparing a team toconduct degree ceremonies in the Ukrainian language. It helpedthat Manitoba had nine Ukrainian Greek-rite K of C councils,though none of the Ukrainian speakers had any degree experi-ence, Kustra said.During an initial trip to Ukraine in the spring of 2012, the

team initiated Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, whosucceeded Cardinal Husar in 2011 as head of the UkrainianGreek Catholic Church, together with Archbishop Mokrzy-cki, head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine and for-mer personal secretary of St. John Paul II. The team also gavepresentations on the Order to priests and groups of laymen.They received additional support from Knights in Poland

and returned to Ukraine in May 2013, this time initiatingseveral dozen men in Lviv and in the capital, Kyiv. Now witha critical mass, the first councils could be formed. Thesupreme knight announced the Order’s formal start inUkraine and Lithuania at the 131st Supreme Convention inSan Antonio in August 2013. It was the first international ex-pansion since councils were chartered in Poland in 2006.Major Archbishop Shevchuk welcomed the news as bolster-

ing the ability of Ukraine’s Catholic communities — includingroughly 5 million Greek-rite Catholics and 1 million Latin-rite Catholics — to help renew Christian life in the country. “The cherished and practiced ideals of the Knights of

Left: On Jan. 24, 2014, Orthodox priests pray as they stand between pro-European Union activists and police lines in central Kyiv, Ukraine. • Above:When the Euromaidan protests began, an ecumenical prayer tent was or-ganized with the help of Knights and K of C chaplains. After riot policelater burned the makeshift chapel, many others joined to construct a largertent to serve the protestors with liturgies, confession and spiritual guidance.

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Columbus resonate deeply in the soul of a Church and apeople experiencing a vivid resurrection in its spiritual andmoral life,” the major archbishop said in a video address tothe convention.The Greek-rite St. Volodymyr Council 15800 in Kyiv and

Latin-rite John Paul II Council 15801 in Lviv were estab-lished in September 2013. On Nov. 6, Major ArchbishopShevchuk celebrated a Divine Liturgy to commemorate thehistoric expansion. In his homily, he reflected on the Order’smission, and said, “We rejoice that knighthood is taking rootin the life of our Church.”Later that month, the approximately 125 members in

Ukraine were caught up in dramatic historical events thatwould put their newly forged commitment to the Order’s prin-ciples of charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism to the test.

TRIAL BY FIREOn Nov. 21, 2013, just weeks after Bogdan Kovaliv andYouriy Maletskiy became the charter grand knights of the firstK of C councils in Kyiv and Lviv, respectively, protesters filledMaidan Square in Kyiv to start a “revolution of dignity”

against corruption and Russian influence, and in favor of Eu-ropean integration.Amid freezing temperatures and police repression, the so-called

Euromaidan movement suffered dozens of casualties before theold authorities ceded power in March 2014. Since that time, vi-olence has continued as a result of Russia annexing Crimea andseparatists in eastern Ukraine fighting to break away.Members of Council 15800, meeting just five blocks away

from Maidan during the protests, set to work tending thewounded, providing food and warm clothes, interceding forthose who were arrested, and assisting families of people whodied. Knights also set up a prayer tent at Maidan to offer spir-itual support, thus bolstering the Christian presence of thosestruggling bravely for change. Knights from Lviv traveled 300miles (500 km) to assist these efforts.According to Kovaliv, no one hesitated to offer aid. “Vol-

unteer efforts, solidarity and support for those in need alldemonstrate the Knights of Columbus principles for action,”he said. “And these initiatives probably helped the active de-velopment of the Order.”Meanwhile, awareness of the Knights grew in Ukraine.

Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki of Lviv (left), former personal secretary of St. John Paul II and head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine,talks with Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, after taking the First and Second Degrees togetherin May 2012 in Lviv.



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Seven new councils in six cities have been added over the pasttwo years.

“At first, it was a little difficult, but after many, many pre-sentations, and after giving a lot of information to the priestsand the bishops, we now have 400 Knights in this country,and I hope we’ll soon have 500,” said Maletskiy, noting thatplans are underway to charter additional councils.

The Knights of Columbus is unique in Ukraine for unitingGreek-rite and Latin-rite Catholics in charitable, fraternal andspiritual activities. For historical reasons, the two communi-ties have tended to stay apart, with little interaction and, attimes, an element of mistrust.

Serving as a force for Church unity in Ukraine was alwaysan objective for the Knights, and the joint initiation of thearchbishops for the two rites set the tone, according to Kustra.Now the Order’s principle of unity is teaching men to worktogether in specific projects.

“By simply being together, we start to remove the misgiv-ings in the minds of some people,” Maletskiy said. “TheKnights of Columbus is definitely helping people to under-stand better and begin to show publicly that we are the sameChurch and we take part in the same Catholic work.”

VITAL ASSISTANCEThe work of the Knights for the Church and the people ofUkraine has been intense at both the local and internationallevels. Supreme Knight Anderson touched on this realitywhen he said at this year’s Supreme Convention that theOrder’s members “are committed to defending life and libertyfor all: for those on the margins of our communities, and forthose on the margins half a world away.”

Ukraine has been a country in transition since the SovietUnion’s collapse in 1991. It has worked slowly to develop bet-ter medical care, for example, and build a basic social safetynet. Recent unrest, with recurring fighting in the east, has hitthe already struggling country hard. Inflation is runningabove 50 percent, and the World Bank says that the economycontracted some 15 percent this year. An estimated 3 millionpeople have fled their homes.

In response, spiritual support has not been lacking. Knightsthe world over responded generously to the supreme knight’sFebruary 2014 call to pray for peace in Ukraine in solidaritywith Pope Francis and the country’s Catholic bishops.

As this prayer campaign has continued, material help hasalso been crucial. “The Ukrainian government is very poorthese days and cannot provide any significant social help. Formany people, the only thing they have left is to rely onmercy,” Archbishop Mokrzycki said in August, adding thatthe local Knights, with help from abroad, “are surroundingthem with care in the daily struggle for survival.”

Knights in Ukraine have raised money locally and channeleddonations from Chicago, Philadelphia and elsewhere to buymedicine and equipment for hospitals. They have also pur-chased and distributed 1,500 wheelchairs through the Knights’partnership with the Canadian Wheelchair Foundation and

From top: Edward J. Shawchuk (left), past state deputy of British Columbiaand Yukon, and Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Ken Nowakowski of NewWestminster, B.C., participate in a wheelchair distribution in Ukraine. •Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, major archbishop emeritus of the UkrainianGreek Catholic Church, meets with Supreme Treasurer Michael J. O’Connorin August 2013 to discuss the recent expansion of the Order to Ukraine.

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have provided aid to a children’s hospitalin Lviv.Local Knights have likewise assisted

Caritas efforts by collecting food andclothes for the needy and helping to trans-port materials and volunteers. And theyhave helped refurbish abandoned homesfor refugees and visited troops at Easter,bringing care packages and cheer. A dele-gation from Ukraine even joined the 57thAnnual International Military Pilgrimageto Lourdes.Last February, the Knights of Columbus

Christian Refugee Relief Fund disbursed$400,000 for charitable efforts inUkraine. The country’s Greek-rite Churchand Latin-rite Church each used half ofthe funds to provide emergency food,medicine and shelter for refugee childrenand families. In November, the Supreme Council an-

nounced a second gift of the same amountfor the Church’s continued efforts assist-ing refugees in Ukraine.As in every jurisdiction, the Knights in

Ukraine also actively serve their localchurches. They assist in parish liturgiesand with practical needs, like repairs, andeven helped build a village church. At theconsecration of the Patriarchal Cathedralof the Resurrection in Kyiv in 2013,Knights provided an honor guard.“They’re showing themselves as real

Catholic role models,” Kustra said. “Menand their families are becoming stronger intheir faith, living their faith. And societyin Ukraine is benefitting from the charityworks. Given the political situation in thecountry, they’re doing really well.”The supreme director and past state

deputy is not sure if he will be making anymore trips to Ukraine, though he expectsthe degree ceremonies that he helped adaptwill be getting a lot more use there. Andhe certainly feels enriched and inspired bythe Ukrainians he has gotten to know.“To have the opportunity to go over

and bring the Knights of Columbus andmake a bit of history for the Order reallyaffected us all,” Kustra said. “It’s been theexperience of a lifetime.”♦

BRYAN BRADLEY is a member of St.Ignatius Council 15900 in Vilnius,Lithuania.


Grand Knight Bogdan Kovaliv (above, left) and members of St. Volodymyr Council 15800distribute food and Easter baskets to families in Kyiv last spring.

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ON OCT. 2, Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, the longtimepersonal secretary of St. John Paul II and now archbishopof Kraków, Poland, made his first visit to the Saint JohnPaul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C. The occasionwas a Mass and dedication of the main altar of the new Re-demptor Hominis Church.Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington served as prin-

cipal celebrant and homilist of the Mass, which was con-celebrated by Cardinal Dziwisz, Supreme ChaplainArchbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore and other bish-ops and priests. Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson andPatrick Kelly, executive director of the Saint John Paul IINational Shrine, as well as other K of C officials were alsoin attendance.The shrine has recently undergone a major renovation,

which included the creation of the Redemptor HominisChurch and a reliquary chapel. Both chapels house altarsfeaturing representations of the Twelve Apostles, created bynoted Italian sculptor Edoardo Ferrari. Together, the twoaltars contain first-class relics of 11 saints connected to St.John Paul II or the evangelization of North America.The walls of both sanctuaries feature mosaics designed

by Jesuit Father Marko Ivan Rupnik. Based in Rome, Fa-ther Rupnik and the Centro Aletti community of artistshave installed mosaics in more than 100 sanctuariesthroughout the world. The new mosaics at the Saint JohnPaul II National Shrine were completed in September.

Drawing hundreds of visitors, the Mass and altar ded-ication in the Redemptor Hominis Church marked a sig-nificant step forward in the life of the shrine, which wasdesignated as a national shrine by the U.S. Conferenceof Catholic Bishops in 2014 and is a place of prayer andpilgrimage.In prepared remarks following Mass and altar dedication,

Cardinal Dziwisz reflected on the “polyphonic” legacy ofSt. John Paul II’s holiness. “Holiness in a sense is a synthesisof all who John Paul II was,” the cardinal said. “He wouldstand every day before God, to contemplate his face, andGod led him to serve the Church and the world.”Among the many titles that St. John Paul II earned, Car-

dinal Dziwisz highlighted that he was known as the “popeof the young.” “I take this opportunity to invite the young people from

the United States and Canada for the 2016 World YouthDay in Kraków, the city of John Paul II, the spiritual capitalof Divine Mercy,” he added.Those in attendance were also invited to view an ad-

vanced screening of a new K of C-produced documentary,Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Com-munism, and to visit the shrine’s permanent exhibit, “A Giftof Love: The Life of Saint John Paul II,” which allows vis-itors to walk in the footsteps of John Paul II by exploringthe major events of his life and themes of his papacy. For more information visit jp2shrine.org.♦

Former Papal Secretary Dedicates Altar at John Paul II Shrine

Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, archbishop of Kraków, who served as St. John Paul II’s secretary in Poland and throughout the pope’s nearly 27-yearpontificate, prepares to dedicate the altar of the new Redemptor Hominis Church at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C.

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They’ve already authored many success stories in theirlives, so it’s hardly surprising that Patrick Gulbranson of

Iowa, Chris Dooley of Maryland and Catherine Partlow ofOntario rose to the occasion at the Special Olympics WorldGames in Los Angeles.Representing the United States last July 25-Aug. 2, Gul-

branson netted three top-six performances in bowling, andDooley claimed a third and a fourth place in kayaking. Forher part, Partlow took home three gold medals in track andfield for Team Canada.These finishes were the

latest in a series of personalachievements related toSpecial Olympics, whichprovides athletic and socialopportunities for youth andadults with intellectual dis-abilities.“It gives me courage, and

I can show other athleteshow I perform and inspirethem,” said Partlow, 32, re-flecting on her experience asa Special Olympics athlete.Special Olympics has

benefitted from major fi-nancial and volunteer sup-port from the Knights of Columbus throughout its nearly50-year history. This year, the Knights covered the costs ofevery athlete from the United States and Canada — morethan 400 total — who participated in the World Games.“Our support exemplifies our commitment to the dignity of

every person, our dedication to assisting with our neighbors’needs whatever they may be, and our deep appreciation for thegreat work done by Special Olympics,” Supreme Knight Carl A.Anderson said when announcing the Order’s $1.4 million

pledge in 2014, at which time the Knights of Columbus wasnamed a “Founding Champion of the World Games.”

A SEA OF SUPPORTDeputy Supreme Knight Logan T. Ludwig led a delegation ofK of C representatives and volunteers to this year’s SpecialOlympics World Games, beginning with the Opening Cere-mony at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Over the next week, more than 6,500 Special Olympics ath-

letes from 165 countriescompeted in 25 sports atthe World Games. The sec-ond largest sporting eventin the world after theOlympic Games, it drewmore than 30,000 volun-teers, 500,000 spectatorsand millions of televisionviewers. Taking place everytwo years, it was the firsttime the international eventwas held in North Americasince 2009.The Knights’ support of

Special Olympics extendsback to 1968, when theOrder helped Eunice

Kennedy Shriver and her husband, Sargent, a long-timeKnight, host the first international Special Olympics SummerGames in Chicago.Since that time, the Order has raised and donated more

than $600 million to programs for people with intellectualand physical disabilities. Their efforts are reflected at thecouncil level by numerous fundraising events for SpecialOlympics, which uses sports to foster a greater sense of dignityand inclusion.

Champions of Dignity

With enthusiastic K of C support at every level, Special Olympics athletes compete with perseverance and joy

by Mike Latona



“This vision fits perfectly with what the Knights of Colum-bus stands for,” Deputy Supreme Knight Ludwig said. “As acreation of God, each human life has a special value, and as acharitable and family organization, we respect life in all of itsstages — from the unborn to the end of life and everywherein between.”Mark Tisl, who is a fellow member of Stuart (Iowa) Council

1961 with Patrick Gulbranson, noted that, with the help oftwo other Knights they collected more than $425 in a mere90 minutes during their council’s annual “Tootsie Roll” drivethis year.“When the people asked us what we were collecting for, we

told them that the Knights are a big supporter of SpecialOlympics and helping the underprivileged,” Tisl said.Gulbranson, who was born with Down syndrome and is

now 28, said that participation in both the Knights and Spe-cial Olympics has given him a stronger sense of identity.“I can be who I want to be,” he said.Gary Harms, president and CEO of Special Olympics Iowa,

befriended Gulbranson during this year’s World Games. Amember of St. Francis Council 12422 in West Des Moines,Harms called the Knights’ link with Gulbranson “a great ex-ample of the inclusion and fellowship that is part of ourbrotherhood.” When Special Olympics athletes like Gulbranson are given

opportunities, Harms added, “they simply blossom and excel.”

Last year, Gulbranson was even invited to join Tisl’s bowl-ing team.“He fits right in with the rest of the group,” Tisl said.In addition to financial assistance, Knights actively staff

Special Olympics events as volunteers. One such volunteer isJim Jennings, a fellow member with Chris Dooley of ReginaCoeli Council 2274 in Easton, Md.Jennings noted that Special Olympics athletes are always

cheered on “no matter whether they finish first or last,” addingthat brother Knights in their council readily support Dooley.Dooley, 32, said he cherishes the camaraderie he enjoys

among his brother Knights, fellow athletes and supporters.“You make a lot of friends,” he said.Dooley’s mother, Peggy, a longtime special education

teacher who adopted him when he was 7 years old, is espe-cially grateful for the support of her son’s council.“They really, really care about Chris,” she said. “I’m always

thanking them for being patient with him. And they’ll sayback to me, ‘No, we want to thank you.’”

LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLGlenn MacDonell, president and CEO of Special OlympicsOntario and a member of St. Patrick’s Council 12782 in Mis-sissauga, observed that the Knights of Columbus enjoyed con-siderable positive exposure with the World Games, adding thatthe partnership between the organizations is “a perfect fit.”

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Yet the biggest winners, emphasized MacDonnell, who hasknown track-and-field star Partlow for many years, are theathletes themselves.“They deal with the athletic successes and the failures so

well,” he said. “Maybe it’s because they’ve already dealt withsomething much more difficult.”Facing steep competition from athletes around the world,

Gulbranson, Dooley and Partlow saw their training and prac-tice pay off in their respective events.In bowling, Gulbranson earned fourth place in team com-

petition, fifth in individual, and sixth in doubles by throwingwell over his 124 average, including a 176 game.“I couldn’t believe it. That had to be the best moment of

my life. I felt great,” Gulbranson said. Dooley was equally thrilled with his bronze medal in the

200-meter kayaking race and fourth place in the 500. “I feltawesome, and proud of myself for accomplishing a lot,” he said.Dooley, who trains under Jack Brosius, a member of the

1972 U.S. Olympic kayaking team, noted that his sport isvery challenging: “You have to be in very good shape. Andyou have to keep steady or you’ll flip over.”Whereas Los Angeles marked the first World Games for

Gulbranson and Dooley, Partlow was making her fourth ap-pearance after competing in Dublin in 2003, Shanghai in2007 and Athens in 2011. This year, with first-place wins inthe 100- and 200-meter dashes and 1,600-meter relay, sheequaled her number of gold medals from previous WorldGames combined. And she was particularly happy with therelay win.“It was the best relay we could have put together. I was very

proud of everyone on my team,” Partlow said.Like many Special Olympics athletes, Partlow, Dooley and

Gulbranson have participated in multiple Special Olympics

sports over the years — that is, when they aren’t busy workingor volunteering. In addition, all three serve as global messen-gers, promoting Special Olympics through various commu-nity appearances.“I like the social atmosphere of [Special Olympics], and it’s

given me a great opportunity to travel,” Partlow said.“It’s been amazing to see her confidence develop and to

have the opportunities to broaden her horizons,” said her fa-ther, Tom Partlow, a member of Msgr. Gerard Breen Council8309 in Whitby, Ontario. He added that Catherine is a natural in her public-relations

role. “She’s definitely at home in front of a microphone.” Peggy Dooley said that she has taken Chris to almost every

available Special Olympics event and venue. “It’s just openedup a whole new world to him,” she said with pride, adding,“He’s gained a lot of friends, and I have, too.”John Gulbranson, Patrick’s father and a member of Council

1961, reflected similarly on the impact that Special Olympicshas had on his son’s life.“The inclusion and the self-esteem that come from Special

Olympics have played a huge part in his development,” hesaid. “He wouldn’t be anywhere near where he is without it.”Through all their trials and triumphs, the athletes ulti-

mately cast a spotlight on the beauty and dignity of humanlife.“They inspire and show us all what is really important in

life, no matter what the challenge,” said Deputy SupremeKnight Ludwig. “What I always admire about them is thatthese athletes don’t ask to be treated special — they just wanta chance.”♦

MIKE LATONA, a staff writer for the Catholic Courier in theDiocese of Rochester.

Chris Dooley, a member of Regina Coeli Council 2274 in Easton, Md., is pictured at the World Games after winning a bronze medal in kayaking.



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Five years after the historic rescue, Knight Greg Hall recalls his role in the mission to save 33 miners in Chile

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On Aug. 5, 2010, a catastrophic collapse at the San Josécopper and gold mine in northern Chile trapped 33

miners 2,300 feet underground for more than two months.Greg Hall, a member of Anton J. Frank Council 8771 inHouston, ultimately led the operation, known as “Plan B,”that freed the men on Oct. 17. Drilling under extreme scrutiny on a job made more com-

plicated by the depth, the unstable ground and the degree ofthe borehole combined created a nearly insurmountable taskthat Hall says he and his team were able to accomplish onlywith God’s help. Five years after the disaster’s successful

outcome, the miners’ story has beenbrought to the big screen in a film titledThe 33, staring Antonio Banderas, LouDiamond Phillips and Juliette Binoche.Based on the book Deep Down Dark byPulitzer Prize-winning journalist HéctorTobar, the film was released Nov. 13.Because Hall’s role in coordinating the

rescue was largely behind the scenes, hewas not represented as a character in themovie, though he was involved as a con-sultant. In October, Columbia spoke toHall about the rescue and the moviebased on the ordeal.

COLUMBIA: How did you become in-volved in the operation to rescue the 33trapped Chilean miners in 2010?

GREG HALL: I’ve had a company [inChile] since 1992. We manufacture equipment and give tech-nical services to the drillers. When the collapse happened, thegovernment quickly found out that if the miners were alive,they would be somewhere between 400 and 800 meters down.The drill rigs they were bringing in to try to find the minersdidn’t have enough equipment to reach those depths, so wewere contacted to equip all those rigs to get there.

COLUMBIA: Can you give us a better understanding of justhow daunting this situation was?

GREG HALL: After we had found [the miners] on day 17 andwe came home, I was hearing all the plans that were being de-veloped to save them. The government was talking about several

months — months and months and months. And, of course,the ground was shifting and the miners were in danger. I had been able to see the personal messages they gave to

their families, and that made me feel like we were family. I re-member telling my wife, “You know what we would do if thatwere our son or brother down there — we would go downthere and try to dig them out with our hands.”So I decided to try to develop a plan using whatever equip-

ment was available. All the calculations, all the simulations wemade showed that it couldn’t be done. But again, what would

you do if that was your brother? So fi-nally we did that, and the governmentcalled it “Plan B.”

COLUMBIA: It sounds like you andyour team were really motivated by loveand concern. Can you say more aboutthat part of the story?

GREG HALL: Up until that time, wehad only drilled for profit, never for peo-ple. So there was an awesome weight onus. Plus we had the family watching usevery minute. They would be calling tous, “Don’t let our son die. Don’t let ourbrother die. Please save our daddy.” So there was a lot of pressure besides

the technical, and the job itself was morethan we were capable of doing. At onepoint we were about 140 meters fromthe bottom of the hole and we got stuck.We could not get out, and there was

nothing we could do. The miners were calling to us askingwhat was going on. I didn’t have the heart to tell them that wehad failed. At the time, I remembered thinking that we weren’t alone,

that the Lord had been with us. So I actually said the words,“Lord, we’ve done everything we can. If you want them out,you’re going to have to send your angels down and dig thebit out.”And then the bit started moving. I’ve had many people who know the business come up to

me and say that that hole was impossible to drill. One of myfriends said, “God drilled that hole.” That’s when I said, “Goddid drill that hole, and I just had a good seat.”



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COLUMBIA: You obviously possess very specialized train-ing. Did it occur to you at any point that you were preparedfor this remarkable opportunity to save lives? GREG HALL: I guess I just figured it was so strange for a per-

son from Texas to have a company in Chile and then all of asudden be involved in this. After it was over, one of the news-casters asked me, “Greg, how did this job change your faith?”And I said, “My faith changed the job.” We realized prettyquickly that it was going to be providence if this was going tohappen. Things that are impossible for us are possible for God.

COLUMBIA: Tell us about your membership in the Knightsof Columbus. What inspired you to join and in what wayshas being a Knight impacted your life?GREG HALL: I joined about 10 years ago. I haven’t been as

active as I’d like because I was in seminary. I became a perma-nent deacon and now I teach at the seminary. But I love theKnights. Whenever somebody’s in trouble or the church needssomething or I need something as a deacon, we call theKnights and they’re always right there.It’s one thing to sit in your house and pray for people, which

is obviously really important. But you also have to get outthere. Christ calls and sends. The Knights are sent, and I al-ways know I can rely on my brothers. They’re people wherethe rubber meets the road.I always recommend that all Catholic men join the Knights

because it’s a way to really be in family and fraternity. God

calls us to be in communion and to go help — that’s what theKnights do.

COLUMBIA: What can you tell us about the film The 33?Why should people go see it?GREG HALL: The film does a great job of showing the heroic

people who were involved in this. And the heroes were the minersand their families. [The filmmakers] do a tremendous job show-ing that they had a lot of differences, but they pulled together. And our team was the same way. We had people who spoke

different languages, who had different life experiences, and weall pulled together. The film shows the heroism of the familiesas well as what we can do when we work together.

COLUMBIA: Is there anything else that you’d like to share?GREG HALL: In Chile, one of the miners asked me, “Greg,

why did people care about us? We’re just little Chilean miners.”I thought about that and realized that it’s really because we’reall created in the image and likeness of God. The whole worldcared because we’re all brothers and sisters, we’re all family. The other thing is that if people go to see the movie, it will

help the miners. The miners didn’t receive any money from[their ordeal]. They were left completely high and dry. That’s why I’m involved in the PR for the movie, because if

it reaches a certain level, some of the money will go to the min-ers. So anyone who wants to help the miners in a real way cango see the movie. Plus it’s a great movie. So it’s a win-win.♦

Lou Diamond Phillips (far left) as Don Lucho and Antonio Banderas (center) as Mario Sepúlveda star in Alcon Entertainment’s true-life drama The33, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. • Opposite page: Greg Hall, a member of Anton J. Frank Council 8771 in Houston and coordinator of the2010 rescue of 33 miners trapped for 69 days in a Chilean mine, holds a piece of a drill bit that broke off during the rescue efforts.



On Sept. 6, the harmonious sound of hymns in Arabic,Greek and English filled Jesus the King Melkite

Catholic Church in Markham, Ontario, as more than 300parishioners and Knights welcomed Archbishop Joseph-JulesZerey of Jerusalem for a special eucharistic celebration.Archbishop Zerey’s visit marked the fifth year since Jesus

the King Arab Christian Council 15045 launched itsJerusalem Students project, an initiative to help the MelkiteCatholic Patriarchate in Jerusalem provide scholarships tochildren of needy Christian families in the Holy Land. The project, spearheaded by Grand Knight Hikmat Dan-

dan, was awarded the Inter-national Youth ActivityAward at the 2013 SupremeConvention in San Antonio.Since its start, the initiativehas invited donors in theToronto area and beyond tosponsor students studying atthe Greek Catholic Patriar-chate School in Beit Sahour,near Bethlehem. ArchbishopZerey traveled to the Melkiteparish in September to per-sonally deliver new studentfiles to the sponsors and tospeak about the situation ofChristians in the Holy Landtoday.“We are living horrible

days in the Middle East, especially in Syria and Iraq,” thearchbishop said in his homily. “In the name of the Church, Ithank the Knights of Columbus and all the parishioners ofJesus the King who are making large efforts to help therefugees as well as the Christians in the Holy Land, especiallyfor your donations to the students of Beit Sahour who cannotafford tuition.”

HELP FOR THE HOLY LANDThe initial inspiration for the Jerusalem Students initiativecame from a talk that Archbishop Zerey gave to parishionersat Jesus the King Church in 2010.“The archbishop explained to us the hardships that families

were enduring, specifically in the little town of Beit Sahour,”

recalled Dandan, who is a native of Lebanon and a MelkiteCatholic. “The Greek Catholic Patriarchate School was in se-rious financial difficulty and might have had to close down.” Beit Sahour, whose name means “place of the night watch,”

is a small town two miles east of Bethlehem and five milessoutheast of Jerusalem. It is the site of the “Shepherds’ Fields,”where, according to tradition, angels appeared to the shep-herds to announce the birth of Jesus (cf. Lk 2:8-15).Speaking at Jesus the King Church, Archbishop Zerey said,

“I always consider that our parishioners are the great-great-great-grandchildren of the shepherds.”

With a population of ap-proximately 14,000, Beit Sa-hour is 80 percent Christianand 20 percent Muslim. Resi-dents work largely in the reli-gious tourism industry and asartisans, using olive wood,mother of pearl and embroi-dery to make religious andother handmade items.In recent times, however,

many families have struggledto make ends meet. Thedecades-long Palestinian-Is-raeli conflict and a precariouseconomy have taken a heavytoll on people in the HolyLand. Many have emigrated,hoping to find more stability

abroad. Since 2000, the already tiny percentage of Christiansin the region has halved — dropping from 2 to 1 percent.After listening to the archbishop’s presentation in 2010,

Dandan felt an urgency to respond.“I went home and as a Knight I started thinking of how I

could help,” he said. “As Knights, we cannot accept that theland where Jesus and the Apostles walked and preached be-come a ‘museum of Christianity’ without Christians.”One way to sustain the Christian presence in the Holy

Land, Dandan realized, was to give parents hope for the futureof their families. This meant helping them provide a good ed-ucation for their children and supporting Christian schools.With the archbishop’s blessing, Dandan set to work by

creating a website — jerusalemstudents.org — and giving

In a Little Town Near BethlehemCanadian Knights give hope to Christian families

by supporting students in the Holy Land

by Marta Zaknoun



presentations in local parishes and councils, ultimately gath-ering sponsors for needy students at the Greek Catholic Patri-archate School in Beit Sahour.Sponsors are asked to pledge $500 to help families in need

cover the annual tuition of approximately $900 per student.Each sponsor then receives a student profile, including a pho-tograph and a personal letter of gratitude. Sponsors also re-ceive homemade cards from the student at Christmas andEaster. According to Sawsan Istephan, principal of the Greek

Catholic Patriarchate School, the school currently enrolls 655students ranging from kindergarten through grade 12, ap-proximately 80 percent of whom are Christians, as are mostof the teachers.“Our school strives to serve the Christian minority, preserve

the Christian spirit of the school and better communicate itsGospel values,” she said.The school follows the local curriculum and maintains the

highest standards and teaching methods in the liberal arts, sci-

ence and technology. While most classes are conducted intheir native language, Arabic, the students are also taughtEnglish and German from an early age.Integral to the school’s mission is to provide an educational

environment where Christian faith is cultivated and can belived fully.“Our students receive a strong formation in love, forgive-

ness, acceptance, respect and sacrifice, which are transmittedthrough our religious education classes, Mass and prayers inthe morning,” Istephan explained. “Children who attendother schools, such as the public ones, do not receive a Chris-tian education and are frequently deprived of it, as they mustattend school on Christian holidays.”It is also very important for parents that the school offers

students the opportunity to participate in extracurricular ac-tivities, such as music, drama, ballet and sports programs. “In this way,” Istephan said, “parents do not have to enroll

them in other institutions or centers, and they can use themoney they save on the basic necessities of life.”

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Melkite Catholic Archbishop Joseph-Jules Zerey of Jerusalem delivers a sponsored student’s file and gifts from the Holy Land to Armando Gamboa, grand knightof St. Justin Martyr Council 11708, as Ontario State Deputy Alain E. Cayer and Grand Knight Hikmat Dandan of Jesus the King Arab Council 15045look on. • Below and opposite: Students are pictured at the Greek Catholic Patriarchate School in Beit Sahour.



INVESTING IN OUR CHILDRENSo far, 40 students have been spon-sored through the Jerusalem Studentsinitiative, and 123 more still need help.The majority of sponsors thus far havebeen Knights — including 16 individ-ual members and eight councils.One such council is St. Justin Martyr

Council 11708 in Unionville, Ontario,which has sponsored a boy namedRamez, now in grade 10, since 2013.Because Ramez’s father suffers from aphysical disability, the family has noregular income.“When we read about Ramez on the

website and his tough circumstances,we recognized that this is a real boots-on-the-ground situation,” said RandyGalluzzi, financial secretary of Council11708. “Here’s an opportunity to pro-vide support not just for one year, butthrough his academic career at theschool.”Council 11708 currently donates

$750 for Ramez’s annual tuition, andfor the past two years council mem-bers have communicated with Ramezthrough letters and photographs.Ramez has also sent the council anolive wood crucifix and a rosary ingratitude.Ramez’s father, Imad, described what

the sponsorship has meant for his son.“Ramez feels loved and accompa-

nied because of the sponsorship,” hesaid. “He has gained more self-confi-dence, and he feels more responsiblebecause he does not want to disap-point the people that are investing inhis education.” As a graduate of the Patriarchate

school himself, Imad has a keen awareness of the value of theeducation his son is receiving. “This is the school I went to as a child, and I know that

Ramez’s capabilities can be cultivated here,” he said. “It iswhere he can be prepared to pursue studies in all major uni-versities in the Holy Land and abroad.”Following the Mass at Jesus the King Church in September,

Ontario State Deputy Alain E. Cayer addressed the sponsorswho were about to receive student files containing their per-sonal letters. “As you will realize today, you have made a difference in

someone’s life,” he said, adding that the Jerusalem Studentsinitiative is much more than a fundraising project. “This is anopportunity for Christians in North America to sustain the

presence of Christians in the Holy Land by investing in themjust as they do with their own children.”Indeed, according to Galluzzi, members of Council 11708

feel as if they are supporting a member of their own family,and they are blessed to know how much their support makesa difference.“We feel that it’s like an uncle helping his nephew with his

education,” said Galluzzi. “It is fundamental for people whoare committed to living in the Holy Land, and have been therefor generations, to have the opportunity not only to survive,but to flourish, to blossom.”♦

MARTA ZAKNOUN, a Maronite Catholic, was born andraised in Jerusalem. She is a journalist in Toronto.



CAPITAL IDEAPrince of Peace Council13457 in Flowery Branch,Ga., raised nearly $3,100 forthe capital campaign at Princeof Peace Church through apartnership with a localhockey team. Knights soldmore than 560 tickets to oneof the team’s hockey games.

BARBECUE PIT RAFFLE

St. Joseph’s Council 15760 inAlice, Texas, raffled a barbe-cue pit that had been do-

nated by a local iron workscompany. The raffle raised$5,000 for St. Joseph Churchand School.

FLAG INSTALLATIONMary, Queen of KnightsCouncil 10142 in Glenwood,Ill., purchased a flagpole andflag for St. John Church.After installing the pole onparish grounds, Knights at-tended the first flag raisingceremony, which included aspecial blessing of both theflag and pole.

FEAST DAY LIGHTSSt. Louis Council 11851 inLouisville, Colo., helped in-stall lights at St. LouisChurch. The lights will beused on feast days to high-light the importance ofliturgical holidays. Knightsorganized both the purchaseand installation of the lights.

HOLY INNOCENTSPRAYER SERVICE

St. Paul (Minn.) Council 397and Father Timothy VakocAssembly in St. Paul heldtheir annual “Holy InnocentsPrayer Service” outside of alocal abortion facility. TheKnights have held this eventannually since 2005 to prayfor mothers and their unbornchildren.

CLAY SHOOT BENEFITOur Lady of Lourdes Coun-cil 6577 in Sparta, Ill., held asporting clay shoot to benefitHospice of Southern Illinois.Through additional sportinggames and with the help oflocal businesses, Knightsraised $5,850 for the facility.

ON THE ROADLeechburg (Pa.) Council6715 collaborated with 12area K of C units and theGreensburg and Pittsburghdiocesan chapters to raisefunds for a local child withdisabilities. Knights raisedmore than $7,500 to pur-chase a handicapped-accessi-ble van for the child’s family.

CELEBRATION OF LIFE

St. Elizabeth Ann SetonCouncil 11143 in Carnegie,Pa., sponsored a “Celebrationof Life” prayer service. Thecouncil invited local studentsand their parents to pray therosary together, followed byan evening of games and re-

KNIGHTS ACTION REPORTS FROM COUNCILS, ASSEMBLIES AND COLUMBIAN SQUIRES CIRCLESIN

freshments. During theevent, the Knights providedlots of information on be-coming involved in the localpro-life movement, as well asthe opportunity to sign pro-life petitions.

FIRE RESPONSEEdward Douglass WhiteCouncil 2473 in Arlington,Va., put out an urgent re-quest for donations to assist afamily following a deadly firethat destroyed their home.Knights raised $15,500 to as-sist the surviving familymembers and to help themwith ongoing needs.

CARPET REMOVEDSt. Sebastian Council 14255in Akron, Ohio, came to theaid of a parishioner who wasrecovering from cancer treat-ments. To help facilitate theparishioner’s convalescence,Knights were asked to tear outold carpeting that had becomean environmental hazard inher home. Council membersremoved the carpet andpadding and cleaned the woodfloor beneath — all in one day.

SIGNS OF LIFE

Members of Father Robert Connor Council 6101 inOwensboro, Ky., secure the wooden framework for anew pro-life billboard that they erected on US-60. Thedouble-sided billboard includes an inspirational mes-sage and the phone number of a pregnancy hotline.

Members of San PabloApostol Council 3723 inMonclova, Mexico Northeast,hand down “care buckets”from the back of a truck fordistribution to needy mem-bers of the community.Knights handed out food,toys and clothing to vulnera-ble populations in the region.

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STAR COUNCIL WINNERS

Star Councils Awarded

Nearly 2,200 councils earned the Star CouncilAward, the highest distinction available to a

local K of C council, for the 2014-15 fraternal year. These councils, led by the grand knights listed

here, conducted the required charitable and fraternalprograms in the “Surge … with Service” areas andalso achieved their membership and insurance quo-tas. Each council will receive an appropriately en-graved plaque from the Supreme Council inrecognition of its accomplishment.

Of these councils, 350 earned the Double StarCouncil Award for meeting 100 percent of their in-surance quota and 200 percent of their membershipquota. Numbers in red indicate councils thatachieved the Double Star Council Award.

There is also a new Triple+ Star Council Awardfor councils that met 100 percent of their insurancequota and 300 percent or more of their membershipquota. These honorees, 311 councils in total, are in-dicated in blue text.

Finally, 5,072 councils earned the ColumbianAward for excellence in programming; 3,516 at-tained the Father McGivney Award for meeting theirmembership quota; and 2,960 earned the Founders’Award for meeting their insurance quota.

ALABAMA 635 Frank N. D’Alessandro 764 Brian M. Lagasse 3038 Thomas M. Ruli Jr. 3227 Patrick D. Quillian 8551 Jake A. Romano 9550 Charles D. Moore Jr. 9862 T. John Martin10354 Kenneth T. Friedrich10903 James A. Yaskowich12011 Mark A. Nau13085 Griffin H. Shreves13339 William A. Chambers13446 Stephen P. Stack14507 David A. Galloway15810 James M. Johnson

ALASKA 5011 Timothy A. Jones 8308 Frederick A. Villa10798 Kevin P. Adler12290 David R. Mitchell12431 Mark A. Terhune13566 James G. Villano

ALBERTA 1938 Richard F. Duguay 4503 Bernard F. Burke 8470 Kenneth J. Waldron 8636 Peter R. Joy10065 Karl J. Senger12353 Dennis P. Stansfield12419 Geraldo Oliverio14492 Daren D. Farnel14497 Aleksander A. Gurgul15290 Maurice K. Prefontaine15688 J. Stephen Fischer

ARIZONA 1229 George L. Sedillo 3136 Thomas L. Harbin 3419 Daniel Martinez 4339 Nicolas Aragon Jr. 4737 Pasqual L. Rudolfo 7159 John W. Tiffany 7465 Howard A. Birnbaum 7562 Hector Gonzalez 7626 Ron D. Pfannenstiel 7904 Timothy G. McDonald 8305 Jerome J. Whalen

9380 Leo R. Smith 9446 Afam G. Ugbor 9482 Daniel C. Stoecklin 9485 Alfonso A. Muglia 9800 Rich K. Hainsworth 9995 Walter L. O’Brecht10050 Gerard A. Bianco II10062 Douglas Peter McCarty10070 Enrique B. Rivera10441 Charles A. Wright10540 Christopher A. Schwarz10762 Emmanuel M. Steenbakker10799 Gary L. Imdieke11738 Ronald M. Stevens12078 Doug Sturm12144 Michael J. Geerling12164 Michael D. Smalley12246 Paul L. Hagert12696 Robert M. Sullivan13272 Richard M. Robinson13836 Kenneth A. White13841 Jesse J. Gonzales14230 Gary L. Alvarez14583 Oscar M. Pena14804 Jesus J. Martinez15001 Gregory T. Vanek Sr. 15164 Luis L. Leyva15497 Joe F. Fonseca15704 Samuel J. Shummon

ARKANSAS 812 William M. Rios 1153 Michael A. Barbarotto 2780 David L. Straus 6140 Douglas M. Collins 6398 Wayne A. Eastman Jr. 6419 William E. Anderson 6834 John M. Donahue Jr.10167 Paul W. Lewis Jr.10208 Robert F. Honzik10908 Jeffery P. Zimmerman11604 Dale A. Olivo12458 Allen K. Crow12875 David E. Wewers14010 Gregory N. Timmerman14609 Francisco J. Gamboa15453 Margarito Zamudio

BRITISH COLUMBIA 2552 Deogracias R. Edmilao 3842 Richard B. King 5423 Mike Malsegna 5540 Peter T. Elliott 5566 Alfred J. Czengery 6232 Cannaan Khoza 6767 Brian J. McNeil 7934 Mark F. Redchurch 7973 James W. Schwab 8520 Andrew P. De Pieri 8535 Armand M. Giroday 8853 Robert H. S. Tan 8927 Ernie Merz 9125 Richard J. Gagne 9846 Mark Pan 9990 Gerald M. Laporte10277 Antoni Piech10500 Kin Wah Lee10681 Federico S. De Castro10889 Melvin E. Greencorn11244 David H. Short11587 Rudy N. Van Berkel11748 Edgar C. Sullano13040 Cornelius P. Seyts13356 Peter Daniels14652 Jacek Walkowicz14723 Terence P. Brennan14994 David G. Matick15564 Edgar D. Nacar

CALIFORNIA 621 Jaccoma Maultsby 750 Frankie A. Delgado 1346 Steven L. Heitzman 1849 Dennis L. Shortino 1898 Robert E. Deaves 1990 Carl P. McKnight 2475 Manuel S. Valencia 2540 Donald M. Keegan 2677 Ethelbert R. Onyewuenyi 2956 Allan J. Graff 2989 Diosdado A. Alejo 3073 Edgar Martinez 3162 Allen B. Hartman 3254 Kerry D. Erickson 3265 Robert U. Velazquez 3449 Oswaldo I. Cruz 3487 Matthew J. Kuczkowski 3522 Juan R. Salazar 3570 Edwin R. Braxton 3571 Steve V. Pulone 3585 George A. Bagley 3589 Simon R. De Maggio 3629 Paul R. Martinez 3648 Jose R. Ponce 3667 George L. Cesena 3687 Stephen Demeo 3744 Paul M. Condran 3978 Daniel Villegas 4038 Joseph R. Dewars 4112 David E. Bunger 4258 Jose F. Gomez 4440 Nestor D. Yalong 4443 Steve Martinez 4901 David H. Dawa Jr. 4970 John C. O’Donnell 5271 David J. Medrano 5385 Leonard N. Gonzalez 5696 Ronald B. Hale 5803 Andrew Prete Jr. 5811 Jay P. Becker 6038 Charles E. Cooper 6039 James E. Smithwick 6322 Anthony J. Arjil 7142 Forrest B. Eckhoff 7155 Brian A. McKinley 7164 Keith A. Solomon 7683 Fabio J. Dias 7950 Timothy P. Montgomery 8072 Grant W. De Smet 8800 Ernest J. Morales 9202 James J. Cofer 9314 Albert Martinez 9445 Kenneth P. Deluca 9498 Albert Gonzalez 9665 Boreas Volbeda 9667 Carlos G. Cisneros 9710 Barry M. Nally 9969 Daniel Thompson10117 Alejandro Cazares10180 Robert L. Villarreal10414 Pablo V. Quiba III

10611 George E. Westinghouse10667 Jacob S. Billeter10694 Joey B. Castiglione Sr. 10948 Ildefonso S. Vocal11033 Edwardo O. Yanson11465 Norbert P. Mafnas11612 Jose D. Gutierrez11632 Guy N. Caruso11790 Michael A. Heimerl11829 Keith R. Cunningham12055 Jesse R. Martinez12221 Artemio F. Leonardo Jr.12394 Art J. Aguilar12587 William J. Barbanica12719 Edward A. Lugo Jr.12805 Samuel Q. Duque12834 Kenneth H. Doll12845 Ronald L. Bankofier13124 Matthew M. Hillerud13180 Salustiano D. Ramirez Jr.13184 Jason G. Lucero13555 Kevin M. McLean13620 Daniel Paz13899 Michael J. Stoiber13944 Raymond A. Herrera14007 Douglas G. Estona14292 Joe Robles14754 Michael A. Neal14783 Norberto J. Literte14818 Jerome L. Gacula14879 Salvador Flores14945 David R. Guerrero15002 Daniel A. Mills15089 Enrique Guzman15242 Reynaldo E. Go15317 Ronald C. Ytem15499 Robert W. C. Anthony15515 Rosauro G. Ancheta15589 Salvador Lira15620 Julio A. Iraheta15625 Richard J. Baker15671 Steven H. Storbakkon15693 Jordan J. Ruiz15719 Darnell Wyrick15733 John A. Somers15736 James G. Gutierrez15965 Robert Ramos16028 Manuel J. Diaz16073 Eddie S. Madueno16112 Rodney D. Myers

COLORADO 557 Manuel C. Armijo 1225 Mark A. Jakubowski 2160 Robert A. Martin 4732 Miguel Z. Oliva 5757 James W. Espy 7502 Byron M. Day11514 Robert W. Hoette11575 Charles W. Rohrer Sr. 12228 Alan M. Batey12392 Jason M. Pasionek13131 Joshua R. Dalcher13981 Ronnie D. Nielsen14398 Edward D. Newell15751 Mark D.C. Nelson

CONNECTICUT 7 Daniel R. Sanstrom 8 David J. Robertson 11 Gustavo A. Lopez 42 Georges M. Haddad 49 Clifford C. Soucy 185 Joseph C. Rahtelli 1155 Joseph R. Congdon 1253 Matthew S. Skidd 5467 Andrew A. Bucci III 5779 Stephen G. Leslie 5780 Arthur P. De Cillis 6190 Gary L. Corliss 6376 Ronald Johnson 7118 Brandon A. Pool 8013 John Angiolillo10537 Jon C. McCabe10705 Robert G. Rauch11077 Michael P. Lauzon12080 Daren E. Thornberg12968 Joseph L. Simons13459 Stephen R. Fontaine14209 Ronald A. Nadeau14216 Christopher R. Randall14360 George R. Ribellino Jr.14664 George Zocco

DELAWARE 3751 Brian E. Hurst11796 James R. McAllister Sr.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 224 Maj. Andrew A. Gorman 417 Gregory J. Cole 7530 Ryan P. Mulvey 9386 Ray A. Crawford 9542 Joshua R. Bryant10008 Renard E. Blanchard Sr.11302 Patrick K. Abbott11496 Alexander Unankah14823 Ryan K. Roseberry15723 Kenneth A. Brown15795 Jose L. Alejandro- Cruz

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC12333 Lazaro B. Rodriguez- Cabrera

FLORIDA 611 Col. Allen J. McCaffery III 648 Gary J. Neill 667 Ronald E. Haebig 1648 James H. Campagna 1768 Brandon G. Courtade 1895 Gary J. Anderson 2505 Joseph F. Grates 3080 John J. Moorman 3393 Thomas P. Brand 3521 Vaughn L. Mikeworth 4826 Louis W. Lenhart 4892 Robert Gibbia 4934 Fran B. McGrath 4998 Thomas J. Cruz-Wiggins 5131 Ronald F. Debiase 5399 John W. Kukulski 5407 Shawn L. Hartsfield 5604 James P. Vanderhorst 5635 Manuel Diaz 5737 Thomas J. Meyer 6032 Charles B. Fitch 6168 Vincent J. De Maio 6988 Simone M. Milazzo 7109 Frank J. Di Mattei 7131 Fred Corelli 7272 Kris Elliott 7402 Norm Wallace 7621 Joseph M. Gerek 7667 Thomas F. Elsesser 7826 Daniel J. Bulinski 8086 David P. Dollieslager 8120 Carl M. Woodworth 8612 Ralph P. Galera 9916 Robert E. Sorrell10055 Nelson Vital10157 Jorge L. Antunez10197 Celigny Bastien10201 Felipe I. Cabase10318 Dennis M. Robinson10415 Samuel P. Bain10572 John E. Murphy10663 Benjamin R. Flores10757 Richard N. Sampson10850 John F. Holechek Jr.10853 Rodolfo W. Solares11046 Ronald E. Miller11125 James D. Smith11189 Robert J. Knof11211 James V. Neal11241 Joseph Zahran11295 Timothy E. Gardner11328 Michael R. Shea11421 Brian E. White11448 Kevin J. Shortelle11497 Charles P. Hope11566 Michael R. Dougherty11669 Paul S. Turner11961 Joseph D. Jurec11967 Hans F. Perry12240 Jude E. Hodges12306 Richard D. Kenyon12322 Nicholas F. Ferrara12402 Jason A. Gingras12456 Andrew J. Moran12569 Raymond W. Siracusa12619 Bassam F. Batshone12664 William C. Baker12746 Edward J. O’Mara




12951 Thomas W. Root13105 Christopher R. Paynter13142 Anthony G. Vining14885 Juan A. Huizar14895 Michael J. McLaughlin15092 Kevin M. Sitzman16008 Christopher M. Helfen

IOWA 568 William B. Brune 1115 Jeffrey L. Anderson 1228 Jerald C. Katzer 1570 Lawrence T. Benda Jr. 1961 Wayne J. Nosbisch 4236 Ronald T. Fagan 5389 Michael J. Tigges 5677 Victor A. Randolph 7823 Anthony J. Grebner 8178 David Sanger 8269 Dennis H. Ihrig 8592 Allen R. Goche 9574 Daniel J. Jones 9632 William J. Wieland10035 Andre A. Couture10069 William J. Griffin10558 Paul M. Martin10761 Ronald A. Galles10805 Brian K. Bowers11392 Bradley D. Mollet12193 James D. Crawford12674 Timothy E. Ezzell12855 Billy J. Van Hunnik13108 John C. Frank13109 Brian D. Wernimont13960 Jose A. Alvidrez14695 John A. Loussaert14987 Johnathan W. Langenberg15060 Gary L. Bailey15254 Joseph M. Kelley15336 Robert S. Ferguson15347 Brian J. Pottebaum15430 Timothy P. Carroll15725 James A. Herrington15813 Thomas R. Ochs15853 William E. Kieffert15921 Scott R. Wing

KANSAS 675 Richard W. Miller 976 Carl F. Antle 1142 James E. Wahlmeier 1149 Claude J. Straley 1370 Karl J. Singer 1372 Duane S. Boor 1392 Jackie L. McCue 1539 Riley D. Schmidt 1769 Vernon J. Reitz 1901 Anthony E. Hermreck 1913 Jon P. Reboulet 1993 Fred L. Hall 2114 Travis D. Wurtz 2608 Jose P. Hernandez 2647 Jerad W. Lange 2906 Byron G. Noeth 2937 Tracy F. Thul 3146 Thomas E. Johnson 3316 Bryan D. Horgan 4113 Dale R. Pfannenstiel 5387 John F. Mondero 6618 Joseph M. Hagood 6665 Denis R. Juenger 7607 Joseph F. Murnane 7769 Thomas M. Mock 8059 John P. Anguiano 8316 Michael L. Robinson 8488 Kevin R. Roberts 8511 Joseph A. Roth 9856 Donald R. Catron10344 James P. Fenton10755 Gerald T. Freeby11067 Michael J. Gorman11352 Donald M. Bronec12049 Joseph P. King Jr. 12093 Jeffrey S. Bittner12546 Troy D. Schumaker12577 Zachary F. Doerfler12858 Jon R. Prange12932 Eric C. Ganson12960 Joseph A. Smith III13087 Bryan G. Schmitz13354 John A. Schatzel15134 Timothy J. Baxa15865 Robert Z. Sibia16027 Timothy V. Schmidt

4758 Samuel C. De Vera 5018 Pastor S. Jacobe Jr. 5327 Robert D. Simeon 5377 Victor E. Dizon 5579 Isagani G. Dominguez 5617 Denis S. Umpacan 5708 Juan D. Pizarro 5739 Crispulo G. Bautista 5741 Vladimir C. Serrano 5896 Rodel O. Dominguez 5916 Remigio C. Gamo 5922 Francis X. Martinez 5973 Alfredo P. Abesamis 5996 Rolando A. Fernandez 6060 Eleddoro T. Gaera 6071 Eduardo A. Jarcia 6072 Ruel C. Almario 6080 Ramon T. Asprer 6085 Rolando R. De Leon 6102 Gerard A. Peregrino 6105 John R. Llasus 6116 Jorge P. Felipe 6122 Jun E. Rampas 6167 Cesar B. De Leon 6178 Gregorio C. Del Prado 6183 Sotero R. Esguerra 6185 Ivan R. A. Viray 6238 Ramon M. Racoma 6259 Bonifacio De La Cruz Velasco 6291 William T. Valenzuela 6387 Rizalio Valencia 6613 Nestor S. Ferrer Sr. 6632 Jerryel R. Meim 6655 Domingo G. Reyes 6681 Renato A. Javate 6732 Benedick C. De Mesa 6745 Gene Paul G. Gallardo 6775 Ronaldo P. Sta Maria 6830 Hector A. Balon Jr. 6843 Virgilio Noel B. Cosca 7037 Geobert M. Reyes 7111 Enrico Anda Alva 7126 Alberto C. Marzan Jr. 7415 Ronilo S. Barashari 7594 Heraldo A. Dacayo Jr. 7631 Phil B. Dumlao 7632 Manuel S. Vergara 7664 Nonito C. Evaristo 7806 Jose G. Josol 7844 Homero O. Diaz Jr. 7957 Ramil C. Veracruz 7995 Antonio V. Palaya 8014 Cesar A. Santiago 8210 Wilson S. Chua 8219 Isabelo Froilan B. Banda 8234 Edilberto B. De Castro 8235 Roel L. Olivar 8256 Nathan V. Lazaro 8412 Artemio De Leon Cabuya 8421 Aproniano Errol R. Flores Jr. 8444 Arsenio C. Adriano 8449 Quirino C. Macapallag 8451 Orlando P. Reyes 8456 Lyndon V. Candelaria 8475 Reynaldo P. Lucas 8492 Albert D. Pervera 8693 Anacleto A. Hermogenes 8724 Criscel D. Espaldon 8751 Felixberto B. Dela Cruz 8753 Eric R. Juan 8754 Alfredo C. Dacanay 8825 Gil G. Balaoro 8833 Jaime B. Delos Santos 8834 Ricardo M. Felix 8942 Eduardo E. Testa 8987 Dennis G. Copada 8994 Leonito P. Zulueta 8996 Lutgardo C. Espeleta 9011 Danny I. Pamatian 9026 Martin E. Obrero 9071 Rodolfo L. Follero 9104 Raul M. Madrigal 9122 Elenito C. Militante Jr. 9189 Atilano P. Roldan 9348 Manuel E. Teodoro 9353 Jose Natividad De Jesus Jr. 9366 Luisito D. Pahita 9390 Ferdinand C. Semilla 9440 Jerimeco S. Dulalia 9459 Ricardo T. Soriano

12761 Carmine M. Bravo12929 Herman L. Hoppe13018 Paul A. Koneski13037 Anthony W. Labay13097 Michael A. Garcia13207 Dale J. Smith13240 Frank P. Regiacorte13283 Edward R. Kirkby13307 Wayne G. Brewer13337 David G. Penney13338 Charles L. Knight Jr.13341 Robert J. Hellner13355 John G. Rebescher13525 Don R. Coryell13571 Martin E. Harper13654 Gustavo T. Navarro13900 Bradley J. Nartowt13996 Todd W. Gallo14132 Richard L. Joossens14178 David M. Kanaszka Sr.14203 Aloys W. Wieser Jr.14212 Orlando Martins14278 Steven G. Jarosz14295 Kenneth E. Dalton14365 Joseph T. Galea14391 Ronald Fortin14456 Ernest L. Comeau14697 Jeffrey R. Ball14698 Peter J. Chiaravalle14730 Salvador Romo-Fragoso14815 Jose J. Carrera14845 Michael C. Kirby15007 Bryan A. Parker15132 Michael J. Lyons15224 Omar A. Diaz15231 Joseph A. Scalise15266 Michael L. Falk15332 Arthur K. Reilly15366 Brian D. Swan15425 Arthur C. Pione15429 Robert J. Cuddy Jr.15619 Kevin W. Flinn15624 Raymond P. Agnese15779 Clifford J. Barteaux15781 Scott A. Galletto15821 David J. Ceinski15836 James M. Davis15862 Kevin Riskowitz

GEORGIA 677 Kenneth W. Redd 1939 Manuel J. Carbonell 4410 Gerard J. Quigley 5484 Larry Williams 6517 Neil T. Johnson 6532 Joseph Duffy 6622 Alex Garza 6920 John M. Capies 7416 Bradley J. Phelps 8081 Christopher W. Lacey 8376 James C. Boyle 8495 Andrew T. Von Plinsky 8972 William M. Thornton 9792 Robert T. Damon 9942 John E. Pfaff10355 Donald A. Cirino Jr.10579 Patrick M. McMahon10632 Joseph M. Trovato10633 Michael R. Dawkins10821 Thomas A. Fagbamiye11058 George W. Casey11402 Dean L. Trantow11461 Russell V. Ross11637 Jerry M. Worley12126 Donald J. Wirtz12386 Harold M. Garrett12580 Joseph A. Calderara12826 Mark G. Kujak12883 Patrick M. McCusker12942 Michael E. Artzer13052 Michael Sackmann13161 Mark A. Meade13437 Jonathan A. Von Plinsky13808 Henry J. Liebeck14275 Lawrence S. Price14439 Joseph M. Bahm14496 Jarad J. Heimer14625 Wayne A. Rose14773 William L. Priddy15161 Todd A. Walker15238 John H. Baist15848 Robert G. Jobson15996 Gregory L. Bohling

HAWAII 5000 Michael J. Bauer 6302 Maximino R. Velasco Jr. 6734 Carlito D. Sapaden 6906 Nicholas A. Sherrouse12733 Michael M. Madix13663 Gary W. Nishijima14663 John T. Cleghorn Sr. 15124 James A. McMichael16002 Gabriel Perez IDAHO 1663 George L. Mesina 3086 Darwin L. Schweitzer 8930 Keith J. Riemersma12516 James L. Jensen12560 Don E. Beck

ILLINOIS 382 Richard A. Foecking 735 John W. Fisk 997 Eugene R. Labelle 1077 Michael F. Callahan 1712 Richard A. Krypciak 1846 Thomas H. Cipich 1952 Anthony A. Schenk 2782 Christopher A. Simon 2964 Nicholas C. Schrementi 2967 Joseph M. Killday 3602 Michael P. Marcolini 3627 Jeffrey E. Jurczyk 3674 James G. Patula 3761 Joseph C. Santschi 3880 Scott D. Popp 4024 Mark D. Bates 4330 Brian P. O’Reilly 4698 John T. Lavin 4741 William J. Holdener 5751 Jeffrey R. Amour 5754 Jack W. Rigney 5866 Louis M. Vidales 6483 Michael J. Kalkowski 6521 James V. Fiore 6993 Richard S. Ciancio 7118 Brandon A. Pool 8070 John W. Ainsworth10142 Joel F. Krezman10276 Robert J. Karbach II10858 Steve J. Haraf10884 Michael C. Blackburn11110 Daniel A. Ribbing11232 John J. Melone11666 Donald J. Moore11977 Michael J. Vidmar11981 Glenn K. Yamamoto12005 Christopher J. Cox12014 Thad F. Stewart12497 Fredric L. Karl12576 Preston H. Zawada13123 Robert R. Tetzloff13476 Gerard P. Weber13598 Richard B. McFarlin14171 Christopher H. Prazak Sr.14463 Thomas L. Hebert14553 Stephen W. Urbaniak14562 Howard E. Kaufman14649 Kenneth J. Kosowski14795 Mario Velazquez15037 Thomas F. Dorsey15158 Stephen T. Rossi15175 Jeffrey D. Lopez15422 Richard L. Allen15530 Daniel J. Morgan15732 Stephen P. Petrouske15746 Paul M. Storment III15763 Salvador A. Rios15822 Christopher S. Ross15855 Clyde G. Gaffney

INDIANA 726 James A. Wiltshire 1172 Clarence Franchville 1584 Steven P. Luegers 1755 Larry S. Koby 4511 Daniel H. Hampton 4620 James F. Landers 5584 Jose E. Espinosa 8052 Patrick L. Donovan 8080 John F. Breslin 9114 Daniel Lopez 9706 Robert C. Becker12177 Gary W. Wolfe12510 Gary Q. Weisenbach12741 Thomas B. Shutt

KENTUCKY 5453 David R. White 7831 Charles R. Buchanan Sr.10682 Michael L. Milligan10725 Edward L. Sullivan11453 John E. York11470 James P. Galvin12502 Charles F. Bunton Jr. 12965 David M. Tilley13053 John R. Banbury13304 Joseph Liedtke14130 John C. Luketich14234 Timothy M. Gahlinger14372 James H. Wharton14604 Danny E. Parker15211 Christopher A. Puckett15452 Samuel B. Meffert15525 Eugene W. Block Jr.15613 Mark T. Kelder15699 Michael A. Kuchenbrod15914 Anthony Carmona15931 John B. Hulsmeyer15979 Richard J. Burns Jr.

LOUISIANA 1108 Larry C. Beaubouef 1208 John A. Manes 1286 John M. Fruge 1724 Mance Tutt 3411 Patrick J. Guise 3642 Martin A. De Seamus Jr. 3779 Kenneth G. Birch 3857 Harry L. Guillory Jr. 4156 Terrence L. Carter 4927 Curt M. Degeyter 5747 Francisco R. Gonzales 5755 John M. Jackson 6103 Lemar Vincent 6170 Mark E. Belanger 6753 Randall W. Millet Sr. 6958 Matthew J. Arceneaux 7856 Charles C. Savoie Jr. 8342 Charles L. Schexnaydre 8703 Nolan J. Encalade 8878 James R. Robert Sr. 9000 Jacob T. Verdin 9247 Floyd F. Sones 9415 Leo V. Suane Jr. 9623 Michael A. Abbate Sr. 10080 Jeffery L. Richards10455 Mark S. Adamski10728 Mark E. Owen12997 Robert M. Aitken III13145 Vicen A. Alvarez13425 Peter J. Caperino Jr. 13931 Richard J. Stutes14614 David W. Wilson15006 Louis A. Gaudet15064 Matthew J. Depaula15133 Thomas W. Cooper16094 Rey A. Pangatungan

LUZON 1000 Jun S. Florendo 3468 Aureo B. Bacay 3692 Luis M. Jamlang 3693 Remigio M. Ancheta 3694 Ernesto S. Domingo 3704 Rolando T. Diwa 3705 Frederick S. L. Cadatal 3710 Ronnie G. Nabong 3711 Bernard A. Tuliao 3748 Eduardo P. Dela Torre 3937 Carmelito B. Atillo 3939 Ramon M. Ramos 3951 Oscar B. De Ramos 4072 Louie A. Chin 4073 Godofredo P. Sarmiento 4103 Antonio B. Dictado 4104 Angel P. Subillaga Jr. 4105 Avedel V. Francisco 4110 Fortunato D.G. Dela Cruz Jr. 4206 Dennis R. Ocampo 4234 Bonifacio F. Prudente 4267 Meliton P. Zabat 4277 Leonardo P. Cabiedes 4317 Severino C. Toledo 4318 Rodrigo A. Gutierrez 4610 Francisco G. Bernabe Jr. 4640 Antonio R. Samaniego




8169 Charles Aberasturi 8186 Kenneth A. Warzybok 8284 Hans K. Hansen 8291 Bruce W. Kelly 8605 Robert T. Kuch 8710 Adam L. Smith 9909 Joel R. Meintsma10542 Kenneth E. Balcer10992 Edward W. Forgeron11099 Thomas J. Fox11581 Christopher J. Booth11772 Gary E. Kopp12102 James F. Frenza12295 Kenneth M. Anderer12479 Lawrence Radgowski12985 Kodi R. Schulist13340 Julius A. D’Ambrosio13360 Lawrence P. Donnellon13419 James A. Kortes II13453 James A. Manzo13485 Joseph L. Bishop13499 Randall S. MacGeorge13579 Michael L. Lewis Jr. 13600 Mark S. Sroczynski13634 Timothy J. Starzynski13641 Michael A. Menardie13673 Patrick J. Rogers13749 Robert L. Taylor13793 John F. McGrath13799 Anthony D. Regier13810 Gioseppe S. Zeolla13930 Mark A. Bowker13958 Howard J. Super13980 Donald G. Smith14056 Bobby D. Ellis14211 Kenneth R. Forsyth Sr.14404 Andrew R. Snider14427 Richard P. Bennett14598 Richard M. Ruemenapp15337 Willie P. Rahrig15352 Steven W. Atwell15439 Robert E. Smith15548 Claude C. McManus15691 John P. McLaughlin15692 Carl M. Kaczmarski15889 John A. Falicki15937 Gerald E. Montry15967 Robert F. Reinelt

MILITARY OVERSEAS15700 James P. Federline

MINDANAO 3364 Francisco C. Galvadores 3463 Fernando G. Tidalgo 3504 Joel R. Cadelina 4409 Romeo A. Patan 4639 Emmanuel Jose R. Barroso 5339 Serafin L. Ramos 5831 Emeterio R. Orteza 5907 Antonio M. Bahian 6023 Benjamin Charlon 6603 Raul P. Cabiasa 6738 Edilberto G. Garay 6960 Avelino G. Herrera 7639 Ruel M. Nazareno 7852 Elmer T. Buquia 8006 Charlito V. Albana 8068 Hans J. Hernandez 8069 Jovencio Z. Napoles 8202 Paciencio S. Bagotsay 8206 Flor Dhendro G. Dasilao 8212 Ernesto J. Buenaflor 8389 Eriberto Hallarsis 8587 Alfredo C. Destreza 8764 Romeo G. Pandapatan 8777 Dionaldo M. Tapispisan 9480 Venauro U. Unson 9517 Nicasio C. Venci10457 Eliezar A. Bayocboc10549 Raul N. Birador11031 Rodolfo C. Lajon Sr.11032 Ariel L. Lumbad11412 Danilo B. Tin12109 Rosalino E. Lumamba12506 Rodrigo M. Pelegro12608 Roel L. Layog

15444 Felix Osornio- Ontiveros15570 Jose D. Fernandez- Hernandez

MEXICO NORTHEAST 2081 Liborio Quintana- Morales 2312 Jesus Santos Chapa-Guerra 3723 Eleazar Benavides- Ayala 4559 Miguel A. Ruiz- De Los Santos 4573 Ramon Herrera- Sanchez 5159 Roberto C. Martinez- Ramos13570 Artemio Lopez- Cardoza14793 Sostenes De Hoyos- Martinez14854 Adolfo Soto-Lopez15218 Sergio A. Delgadillo- Montano15431 Samuel M. Garza- Hernandez15695 Derly Daniel Gallegos-Arredondo15890 Juan Diego Villarreal- Avalos

MEXICO NORTHWEST 2367 Emilio Gutierrez-Diaz

MEXICO SOUTH 1891 Omar Espinosa- Carrillo 3443 Ignacio Carrillo-Ortiz 4214 Carlos J. Galvan- Castro13963 Rogerio Ortega- Canton15815 [No officer listed]

MEXICO WEST 2101 Francisco Eusebio Sanchez-Garcia 3338 Mauricio Jimenez- Carrillo 3552 Marco Antonio Nava-Zavala 4062 Ricardo Del Toro-Farias 4637 Gerardo Franco- Gonzalez 4910 Salvador Romo- Alvarez 5593 Abelino Bautista- Farias 5848 Juan Manuel Mata-Sandoval13531 Gustavo Alejandro Gomez-Barrera15284 Francisco Alonso Moreno-Munoz15354 Gerardo Munoz- Campos15449 Martin Torres-De Anda15476 Carlos E. Espinoza- Nino

MICHIGAN 305 Delmar J. Harkenrider 414 Terry F. Doyle 744 Brian D. Hein 2934 Daniel J. Sterbenz 2966 Paul C. Lux 3029 Matthew C. Benic 3191 Marco P. Zerilli 3956 Ray J. Bilyk 3959 Othmar J. Lenze II 4064 Daren J. Sugars 4232 John T. Czymbor 4401 Marc T. Wilkins 5981 Kevin G. Komara 6293 Randolph G. Dulany III 6549 Joseph D. Williams 7011 James A. Pawlik 7115 Thomas W. Weber 7239 Ronnie S. Thompson 7545 Bernard V. Kazyak 7761 David S. Lawrence 7891 Michael W. Radelt 8071 Patrick A. Fedewa

8144 Richard L. Goulet12941 Michael A. Bolduc15791 Denis C.J. Dancoes

MANITOBA 5870 Frederick W. Kazina 9425 Edouard W. Nizio10569 Gerald M. Pronyk15596 Renerio G. Carino

MARYLAND 1365 Celestine W. Shannon 1384 James F. Ryan Jr. 1960 Scott J. Luco 1965 William L. Powell VI 2002 Lucas A. Lakatta 2797 James A. Caufield 3849 Matthew J. Lamb 5263 Roland C. Fisher 5317 Edgar Garay Sr. 5381 Donahue A. Aitcheson 5482 Charles T. Johnson 5567 William R. Newbrough 6021 Lawrence T. Horlamus 6901 Donald J. Patti 7914 Craig I. Judd 8159 Thomas L. Taylor 8251 Richard K. Phillips 9258 James M. Huse 9815 Mark H. Mooney 9968 Anthony F. Spadarella10100 Walter Novicki10525 Dale J. Solarz10648 Wallace L. Sheckells11105 Rodrigo Ibacache11106 Wilfred J. Legato11341 Patrick C. Brim11372 Gregory J. Ward11422 Thomas F. Matthews III11552 Jeremy M. Shutt11618 Jay C. Schaefer Sr.11898 James M. Garippa III12054 John H. Planert12127 Thomas R. Firestone12128 Jesse N. Graybill Jr. 12524 Thomas J. Ebaugh12796 David L. Crum13008 Tom Beck13091 Anthony L. Cruz13295 Avellino Ernestanto13463 Zenon Fernandez13859 Richard E. Moorman14099 Paul C. Schneider14189 Thomas A. Jasick14455 Kenneth M. Zemrowski14535 Dominic N. Pompa14572 Christopher A. Lindsey14775 Ronald G. Nahas15084 Stephen P. Holowenzak15768 James A. Goldbeck15985 Jose R. Rector

MASSACHUSETTS 1116 Robert D. Williams Sr. 1232 Thomas J. Finn 3535 Gary G. Bourbeau 5188 Lloyd C. Hammer 5406 James G. Capurso 6063 Michael F. Lancaster10877 Dennis J. Vecchi13966 Brian D. Chamberlain14236 Christopher Pereira14842 Keith M. Jackson14940 William T. Taylor15125 Hector Maldonado15197 Theodore J. Tudryn15829 James A. Laren15864 Robert C. Bys15962 Brian M. Smith

MEXICO CENTRAL 2062 Ricardo Alberto Lepe-Zepeda 3566 Alfredo Jaramillo-Ruiz13787 Gerardo Velasco- Gonzalez14720 Jose Carmen Alvarez- Luna14721 Luis Rivas-Gomez15230 Rafael Herrera-Cruz

13549 Romeo M. Pagdanganan13553 Wilfredo R. Casao13616 Jose E. Elicanal13618 Vicente P. Cantanero13628 Reynaldo L. Lojo13668 Petronilo B. Cruz13709 Michael V. Caceres13722 Gernan V. Angeles13725 Percival C. Doctor13726 Rogelio D. Colting13776 Avelino C. Miclat13777 Ernesto V. Parada13805 Leonilo D. Battung13852 Ethelbert M. Serrano13855 Bernardo D. Santos13889 Andrew V. Barnes13919 Manuel T. Hormigas13949 Guillermo E. Resma14019 Rodelon I. Temporaza14072 Teofisto D. Lapasaran14108 Michael E. Roxas14137 Tagumpay C. Cruz14160 Danilo G. Pecho14227 Louie Chito A. Rosell14258 Joel C. Diego14314 Crispin S. Gutierrez14323 Arby E. Moselina14381 Jose B. Arrogancia14389 Bernardito S. Alcantara14405 Luis R. Ricaport14424 Ricardo R. De Jesus14467 Renato M. Gonzalez14669 Valerio B. Sacramento Jr.14670 Rodolfo A. Velmonte14766 Mario C. Alcoreza14779 Gomer B. Carta14800 Jefferson N. Celis14901 Camilo A. Tolentino14904 Cesario Del Mundo De Sagun14907 Guillermo R. Alayan15055 Aureuo F. Cambaya15079 Servando A. Alvano15080 Gorgonio G. Ferrer15081 Rodolfo D. Diokno15097 Vicente N. Tanguilig15139 Gil Badrina Canillas15140 Facundo A. Cuajao15166 Edgar I. Arellano15167 Reynaldo A. Andula15169 Romeo T. Ramos15298 Mario B. Bayot15311 Jimmy A. Alama15318 Lauro A. Palma Jr.15323 Rufino C. Dolipas15370 Benjamin O. Vito Jr. 15385 Reynaldo M. Conaco15387 Alfredo P. Zuniga15419 Averell R. Aggabao15428 Hermolope H. Dacanay15432 Ferdinand L. Santiago15441 Wilfredo U. Martinez15481 Arthur F. Ledesma15506 Ricardo R. Dela Cruz15508 Restituto V. Ramos15517 Jonathan L. Limpiada15529 Domiciano M. Mendoza15542 Eduardo R. Mangadap15560 Eduardo Q. Rivero15572 Henry M. Enerio15628 Leandro J. Natividad15641 Eduardo B. Joson15660 Jhonrey A. Taneo15663 Oscar L. Duque15697 Carlos R. Bairan Jr.15702 David M. Marfil Jr. 15758 Gerald A. Vargas15842 Alden L. Ingua15875 Jesus S. Timpug15902 Roberto O. Montano15928 Johnny Monang15939 Rodolfo T. Tagayun15948 Francisco T. Milo Jr. 15957 Romulo G. Gapuz15988 Gil B. Baldorado16045 Ferdinand T. Ilag

MAINE 101 John M. Brown 136 John Ferraiolo 3942 Philip G. Carthage

9468 Antonio R. Verzo 9582 Reynaldo M. Egsao 9588 Virgilio B. Llorens 9620 Avelino C. Belliza 9636 Glorioso F. Rosales Jr. 9866 Ruben P. Erestain 9877 Bernardo A. Abanador 9934 Antonio T. Animo10165 Claro A. Ramirez Sr. 10166 Serafin Y. Bernardino10187 Jesus S. Garcia10227 Ramon B. Alcid10353 Simon M. Guinid10383 Edelmiro P. Banan10399 Alfredo O. Fajardo Jr. 10476 Serafin A. Encinas10527 Edward B. Aguilar10538 Michael C. Navales10548 Armando F. Caguitla10695 Cesar S. Divinagracia10734 Pablo L. Marquez10845 Evangelista P. Oreta10971 Jose Malate Burgos11031 Rodolfo C. Lajon Sr.11124 Eduardo N. Urbina11183 Diosdado M. Macaraeg11203 Monchito P. Roldan11249 Jesus Pajo Igar11290 Federico M. Joyas11297 Lauro B. Villafuerte11367 Leoncio A. Baguling11368 Antonio M. Manzo11519 Jesus M. Maat Jr.11594 Baraquiel M. Bacus11624 Benruben R. Anonuevo11705 Ricardo B. Lumagbas11753 Marianito Esmeralda11765 Alex P. Coronacion11791 Salvador B. Buena11885 Tomas F. Atilano Jr.11894 Bienvenido B. Abano11923 Adonis N. Dolorito11953 Petronilo P. Magno11954 Nicanor P. Rongavilla11971 Ricardo A. Abundo11990 Alexander S. Arucan11993 Edgar B. Hilbero11996 Dionisio G. Marcelo11997 Jacinto I. Mateo12041 Antonio T. Garcia12125 Emilio R. Dela Torre12171 Juan G. Desuasido12204 Reynaldo S. Gallos12308 Danilo F. Del Rosario12330 George B. Anog12342 Ceferino C. Blanco12351 Nilo D. Macapanpan12352 Quintin N. Co12405 Victorino C. Rovero Jr.12443 Jessie R. Vite12464 Herminio D. Licub12508 Reynaldo C. De Guzman12513 Rodolfo C. Acay12548 Emiterio Hernandez12568 Andrew L. Sagubo12595 Adolfo B. Barruga12624 Ronaldo D. Nicdao12625 Tereso M. Montero12715 Armando M. De Ocampo12770 Gerardo B. Non Jr. 12794 Reynaldo C. Maranan12810 Nonilon C. Lopez12844 Gersonito R. Quinto12890 Felix Berto T. Dizon12892 Antonio P. Ramirez12908 Efren D. Catayoc13009 Leopoldo L. Gallardo13057 Florencito F. Sumayao13059 Gemmo G. Guillermo13077 Raul T. Carreras13137 Maximino C. Junio13150 Mark Anthony R. Rivera13213 Benito P. Aguinaldo13274 Cleovie A. Orno13292 Pablito S. Toribio13298 Danilo D. Del Rosario13332 Norvic B. Flores13344 Jesus S. Ibe13536 Roy L. Sangalang13538 Arnel A. Croox




7786 Harry M. Murray 8700 Sean A. Carroll10599 Patrick G. Power

NEW HAMPSHIRE 807 Paul H. Butler 5112 James R. Finn 5162 Adam C. Florczak 5163 Michel A. St. Onge 7533 Wayne C. Richards 7572 Robert F. Guyre Jr. 8016 Mitchell J. Preedom10943 Mark W. Messier13904 Ronald A. Barnovsky

NEW JERSEY 335 Raymond M. Mastapeter Sr. 355 Kenneth E. Rhodes 475 Christopher Kuhn 589 Nicanor A. Flordeliza 636 Nathan P. Eberle 816 Sebastian P. Vaccaro Jr. 1082 John M. Sherry 1179 Bruce L. Sirak 2188 Joseph M. Laquidara 2355 Robert L. Barricella 3512 Antonio Diaz 3550 John E. Quaregna 3962 Alexander J. Stecyna 5486 Roger E. Frick 5730 Seth McQuillan 5903 Anthony J. Pluchino 6041 Francesco C. Sacchetti 6139 John J. Trahan 6320 Frank J. Wos 6343 Michael J. Heller 6354 James J. De Luccia 6522 Frank C. Pielhau 6530 Vincent E. Schnell III 6930 Gaspar P. Tiranno 7000 Vito A. Pulito 7333 John A. Reynolds 7429 William E. Maronski 8415 John J. Coghlan 8603 Robert J. Livingston 8733 Gary R. Williams 9199 Edward P. Delaney 9852 Robert E. Weber10627 Kevin J. Loughney10899 Bernard J. Ernst10994 Oren M. Carrol Jr.11017 Gregory P. Varga11378 Steven Reitano11585 Thomas Gonnella11660 John J. Bajor11873 Anthony Riccardella12092 Anthony F. Armentani12868 Matthew F. Printy13259 Fredrick G. Buehler Sr.13677 Frank W. Masters15217 Edward M. Schilke15808 Ryszard Smykowski15907 Anthony J. Scalamandre15958 Andrew J. Ventura15964 Donald A. Pisano

NEW MEXICO 804 Manuel A. Carrillo 1707 Stephen E. Hauf 1783 David F. Montoya 3137 Stephen A. Ciddio 4227 George A. Martinez Sr. 6696 Geoffrey T. Stamp 9105 Vince A. Gallegos 9340 John L. Chavez 9527 Daniel J. Fernandez10560 Ezequiel L. Ortiz10697 Anthony J. Chavez II10835 James E. Waters11218 Daniel M. Riley13479 Patrick E. Montano14999 Clifford R. Stephenson15381 Julian V. Gonzales15578 Lorenzo M. Alba Jr.15651 William A. Powers15788 J. William Romero Jr. 15854 Miguel M. Vigil Jr.

NEW YORK 265 Christopher M. Hallenbeck 277 Pete Romani 281 Allen D. Lukowski

15085 Nelson C. Amsler15250 Sompaul Vorapanich15265 David J. Brockman

NORTH DAKOTA 1260 Philip A. Kraemer 4778 John J. Popp 5055 [No officer listed] 5057 Carl F. Hoffarth 5298 Allen L. Wald 9996 Rev. William F. McDermott10496 Robert A. Koppinger10829 Mathew D. Gerving10837 Kevin T. Boehm10982 Scott C. Seltveit14816 James A. Keller

NOVA SCOTIA 1060 Raymond J. Doucet 9404 Titus S. Gomez11625 Jacques P. Proulx

OHIO 637 William T. Argenti 1056 David T. Ayscue III 1234 Michael A. Clouse 1597 Christopher E. Spiese 1641 Craig J. Stickelmeyer 1757 Marcus J. Roof 1801 Donald J. Howell 2158 Timothy L. Bertke 2280 Michael A. Peter 2565 Michael P. Nau 2640 Nathan P. Helmstetter 3123 James F. Herweh 3698 Joseph M. Saluke 3724 Herman L. Karhoff 4733 Donald J. Boron Jr. 5128 Michael D. Shaffer 5239 Jerry M. Mceldowney 5559 Jerold A. Bruce 5628 William J. Berry 5801 Jeffrey A. Bernard 5899 Shawn P. Murray10941 Michael E. Kelley11216 Jerome P. Henderson11224 Charles L. Nelson11354 Michael P. Murphy11445 Patrick J. Rosmarin11550 Richard P. Joesting12359 Walter J. Walling12772 Robert E. Hess12939 Matthew K. Thomas13429 Keith W. Johnson13608 Ronald E. Ramhap13813 Philip J. Wentzel13984 Michael Higgins14093 Christopher M. Deakin14155 Robert A. Malone14282 David C. F. Davisson14344 Jason W. Tabb14345 Marion E. Smithberger14406 Daniel A. Szabo14457 Douglas P. Costello14502 Michael J. Feldkamp14714 Frank N. Yurkovich14834 John Lang14882 Roger R. Hesselbrock14962 Daniel M. Cleary14995 Edward J. Leschansky15009 Brett R. Garland15043 Ronnie A. Whitehead15056 David S. Neuzil15401 Daniel A. Hitchcock15447 John A. Brunney15458 Robert M. Craft15533 David R. Wandstrat15569 John B. Rauch15614 John L. Antel15793 Robert N. French15824 Robert F. Rodgers15901 David F. Rickman15905 Michael W. Bragg15942 Arthur J. Oleksiak

OKLAHOMA 965 Paul J. Brown 1018 Michael T. Piggott 1104 Conrad C. Bergschneider 1302 Peter M. King 4026 Bernardo Z. Contreras Sr. 4598 Donald L. Carpenter 4721 Joe F. Deere 5160 Nicholas J. Cheper

12693 Carlito P. Remoreras13246 Gaudencio C. Acma Jr. 13258 Nicasio T. Mancia Sr. 13547 Samuel V. Bentoy13706 Mauro T. Pontillas13728 Edilberto A. Amores13736 Bernie C. Naguita13768 Felix R. Encarnado13769 Magno D. Lanaria Jr.13770 Jose T Tabosares13817 Peter P. Laurente13898 Alie P. Buna14288 Nelson M. Demecillo14718 Tito M. Abestillas14812 Julius C. Palomar14893 Joseph I. Montejo14971 Jonathan B. Balambao15277 Lulo U. Cuarteros15285 Alenogines L. San Diego15409 Manuel Vimoya Buen15480 Thomas F. Baloyos15537 Rev. Stephen M. Brongcano15973 Dante R. Cababaraban16032 Nemesio G. Loayon16036 Nicasio P. Guilao16102 Gegi G. Irong16119 Hernan M. Perez MINNESOTA 397 Marcus G. Stoick 1076 Keith A. Marti 1575 Christopher W. Pierce 1608 Thomas S. Riordan 1632 Thomas M. Thul 1636 Michael L. Pachan 2029 Matthew L. Johnson 2751 Thomas A. Roble 3657 Anthony J. Angelo 3949 Daniel R. Gawarecki 4184 John F. Rutz 4374 Michael W. Braun 4564 Scott N. Schettler 5141 Terry M. Wagner 5647 John T. Share 5926 Howard H. Kron 9096 Steven J. Dahl 9307 Robert R. Vouk 9585 Matthew P. Gilderhus 9905 Kelly J. Summerville11949 Daniel R. Williams III13001 Greg M. Wattenhofer13122 Timothy J. Steuck13359 Patrick J. Farrelly13529 Kelvin D. Torkelson14013 Michael R. Renckens14250 Melvin A. Brandl14460 Paul J. Mertes14574 Bernard J. Saletel14616 Thomas L. De France14832 Richard P. Fillmore15807 Robert D. De Crans15819 Timothy J. Neft16016 Carl J. Schollmeier

MISSISSIPPI 848 Ivan Lambert 1244 Paul J. Arguelles 1522 Paul D. Pitts Jr. 7087 John G. Cuevas 7120 Theodore E. Lander 7910 Hugh R. Frazier Jr. 8054 Larry A. Maniscalco 8912 Larry D. Gann 9094 Jeffrey M. Riopelle 9543 Dewey T. Vandevender10216 David A. Carpenter10901 Jeremy B. Nichols11995 Paul R. Minnaert13471 Joseph B.Tullos15121 Bernard L. Nowak15131 David J. Fisher15382 Od L. Landrum

MISSOURI 995 David A. Yowell 1037 Donald J. Stuppy 1529 Clayton J. Vogl 1893 Randal W. Miller 2117 David A. Renard 3430 Francis R. Marble 3511 Kevin Vescovo 4300 Thomas F. Beck 6470 Patrick Lee Guidry

6794 Michael A. Mayo 7198 Kevin J. Loos 7307 Jeffery P. Shriver 7841 Larry J. Ryan Sr. 8334 Gary J. Beier 8588 Frank J. Roser 8865 Timothy D. Colf 8931 Stephen J. Hubbert 9272 Richard J. Boyle11382 William L. Echelmeyer12022 John J. Butler12288 James T. Rooney12934 Steven P. Winschel12986 Patrick K. Brennan13604 James Klarsch13681 Michael L. Calliotte13748 Frank R. Barchak14266 Norman A. Schmalz Jr. 14414 David A. McIntosh14745 Tommy A. Webb14750 Jacobose V. Ammons14906 Daniel L. Bernskoetter14972 David L. Chapman15935 John H. Moore

MONTANA 1413 Christopher G. Budeski 1518 Anthony D. Sandau 2360 Gerald J. Solwey 6200 Michael T. Henning 9395 Dean A. Erickson13022 Daniel J. Conway13050 Mark J. Ball

NEBRASKA 833 Ronald R. Schinkel 975 Jerome J. Smith 1233 Trent T. Becker 1723 Rodney L. Benson 1739 Anthony P. Kusek 1793 James E. Arens 1833 Andrew P. Kauffold 1904 Alan R. Kenning 1966 Patrick M. Carroll 2681 Richard L. Forsstrom 4434 Joshua F. Whitney 5143 Randy T. Korth 5287 Timothy J. Kiuntke 5439 Randolph P. Baumert 6750 Todd J. Pella 7614 Jason J. Stinson 7740 Win N. Lander 8579 Paul F. Fehringer 8625 Kevin D. Kollars 9704 Ron S. Grose 9898 Gary L. Brabec 9939 Chad P. Kneifl10047 Marty W. Stednitz10108 Dennis J. Podjenski10795 William S. Yosick10894 Phil F. White10895 Jonathan P. Daly10909 Brent J. Kollars11001 Paul H. Dion11364 James E. Reisinger13015 Levi G. Baus13576 Steven P. Becker13584 Gerald P. Smith14077 Craig S. Vavak14914 Edward G. Biwer15101 Gregory D. Barry15407 Paul L. Bouffard

NEVADA 2511 Michael D. Stirm 4928 George A. Minter 4997 Jerome D. Winter12543 Stephen C. Okosisi12845 Ronald L. Bankofier13392 Edmundo C. Verceles13924 Michael L. Sartore14144 Vincent F. Gorski14784 Joseph W. Cerame

NEW BRUNSWICK 1942 Robert E. Gerard 5619 Amedee Lebreton 7948 Roger Pellerin 8213 Kenneth R. McBride 9270 Paul J. Cyr

NEWFOUNDLAND &LABRADOR 1930 Desmond J. McCarthy 2581 Keith M. Kean 5904 George J. Burke

340 Thomas W. Hobbs 462 Joseph J. Schuka 599 James R. Ammon 1059 Brandon J. Baldwin 1119 Patrick A. Wilson 1675 Karl R. Emigholz 1816 Brian K. Evans 1974 Vincent C. Mastroianni 1992 Leonard J. Pfister 2122 Thomas J. Mayerhauser 2548 Richard P. Carl 2626 Nicholas J. Nicolich 2852 Thomas J. Liddy 3102 Vincent C. Russo 3481 Danny Ramos 3892 Dennis A. Viele 4065 Alfred A. Ronda 4565 Stephen M. Duschaneck 4629 Jaime Varela 4651 Robert A. Powers 4746 Walter J. Loveless 4810 Charles F. Sorrentino 4884 Antonio Corso 5091 John G. Rooney 5252 Arthur G. Blum 5723 Michael A. Trimarco 5872 Ralph M. Cefalo 5890 Kevin M. Strommer 6041 Francesco C. Sacchetti 6062 Stephen Loccisano 6556 Leslie A. Small 6652 Scott J. Cunliffe 7248 Maurice L. Bonnier 7278 Louis J. Borriello 7875 John J. Fumo III 8637 Anthony La Spina 9254 Paul J. Plate 9602 Brian K. Frear10332 Neil J. De Rosa10904 Mark R. Monica11160 Robert J. Rugar11544 George H. Lamb Jr. 11621 Matthew J. Karp11968 Thomas R. Humel13378 Deo W. Read III13661 Mark J. Morgante14279 Juan C. Munoz14666 Michael Mitts14991 Richard Jagdeo15113 Daniel J. Sion15192 Donald F. Mackenzie15446 Benedetto Schiraldi15471 Vito J. Vitelli15493 Steven J. Brundage15638 Matthew R. Grosodonia15728 Rev. Michael L. Gelfant15745 Hugo Sosa15809 John H. Russo15917 Thomas R. Shanahan16134 [No officer listed]

NORTH CAROLINA 1074 Robert Macaluso 3574 Gerald G. Brandon 6451 Robert E. Hall 7024 Norman J. Wilson 7186 Paul L. McGrath 7225 Lee P. Pittman 7259 Kent B. Best 7343 Steven J. Coradini 7406 Tracy V. Neumann 9579 Michael G. Buff 9847 Joseph M. Gelin10389 Mervin J. Jenkins10783 Jose Luis J. Mendoza11076 Justin H. H. Rick11946 Frank J. Kopenec12025 H. Bryant Stoneham12119 Clarence J. Butler12281 Thomas J. Stracuzza12610 Bernard A. Gerstemeier12640 William M. Hoadley12832 Daniel K. Rains12885 Thomas W. Rice13016 William P. Graham13220 David A. Ratte13236 David J. Wiese13488 Dennis P. Hill13812 Walter T. Preddy Jr.




8738 Roberto E. Castorena 8771 Hugo A. Pena 8975 Rickey E. Flanary 9268 Glenn A. Gaddy 9291 Richard D. Richter 9463 Ruben C. Alvarado 9674 Carlos M. Ortega Jr. 9681 Timotheo T. Zepeda 9765 Paul J. Boldy 9817 Robert D. Fief 9982 Armando Flores10181 Samuel Munoz10224 Justin C. Hold10256 Richard D. King10258 Charles D. Grant10405 Ignacio Gonzalez Jr.10420 Joseph H. Segapeli10463 Stanley A. Miller10609 Ruben J. Samaniego10646 Mark D. Nightingale10790 Austin B. Thurman10875 Stephen G. Larock10940 James L. Abshire11012 Joe A. Martinez11023 Donald G. Payne11070 Ruben Flores11093 Jeffrey P. Allen11169 Robert F. Miller III11472 Stephen J. Novak Jr. 11695 Steven J. Fournier11807 Herman J. Hernandez11862 Mike J. Courtney11864 Jose A. Bustillos II11897 Benito C. Garcia11980 Jesus Lopez12040 Mario L. Guerra Jr. 12091 Javier J. Pina12153 Doyle C. Phillips12160 Roman Bustillos12292 Ernest S. Pauda12385 Emmerico T. Nepomuceno12535 Ernesto A. Galvan12553 Bret C. Curran12642 Courtland B. Namken12661 Ramiro Loya12748 Joel G. Syzdek12803 Stevan Perez12869 Pedro G. Martinez12955 Kevin J. Bradford13044 Michael C. Gilligan13133 Antonio Rangel Jr. 13158 Ernesto Valencia13322 Javier V. Rodriguez13363 Myron Walker13447 Cruz H. Delgado13514 Pablo B. Florez13520 Harry S. Storey13534 Ernesto Soriano13824 Jimmy P. Flores13902 Walton C. Hering Jr.14025 Donald B. Dawkins14050 Ismael Fernandez14166 Joseph A. Jimenez14412 Aloysius E. Novogradac II14426 Jaime J. Villarreal14568 Alfredo O. Cervantes14584 Pedro J. Ramon14617 Howard G. Bishop14679 Charles A. Levitt14700 Robert B. Goss14943 Chester J. Dombrowski15017 Arturo Saenz15105 Anthony C. Austria15262 Julian Perez15322 Octavio Gomez15362 Abelardo J. Leal15448 Jose A. Zavala15512 Herman H. Rodriguez15661 Samuel C. Smith15783 Ricardo Gonzalez15789 Michael A. Moore15882 Robert J. Theisen16042 Robert L. Theimer16047 Robert M. Franze

UTAH 1129 John F. Cunniff 5502 John N. Nielson14399 Mark E. Dylla16127 Richard A. Jones

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1772 Collin K. Newton 2676 Jared R. Soukup 2679 Mike D. O’Dea 2977 Christopher J. Larson 3482 Lee W. Pulse 3640 Danny J. Foerster 5738 Jerrod J. Gutzmer 6537 Melvin M. Reiser 7079 Phillip V. Thompson 7433 Francis H. Hauger 9809 Steven M. Soulek10296 William R. Grocott11315 Michael A. Dailey11739 Doug R. Deffenbaugh12617 Brian J. Deruyter13302 Brian L. Cooper13400 Paul R. Kern15457 Carl R. Vondrak15748 Patrick G. McCue15817 Donald J. Wenande16017 Chad G. Schulte

TENNESSEE 3431 Bruce J. Rawson 4563 William G. Strebel 5207 James P. Dee 6645 Mark S. Uker 7764 Ronald R. Kempf 8241 John D. Denham 9168 Charles C. Logsdon 9211 Kevin S. Caddigan11074 Martin Ryan Jr. 12012 Patrick E. Kelley12256 Steven R. Fennell Sr. 14931 Jose De Jesus Baeza15196 Michael J. Esposito15706 Mark A. Clubb15837 Vincent D. Federico Sr. 16088 Michael P. Wilkiel

TEXAS 830 John A. Hanel 1003 Col. Ernest L. Harper Sr. 2597 Federico G. Lopez 2687 Thomas M. Cabello 2785 Ernesto Rodriguez 2801 Kenny E. Kocich 3203 Gregory J. Dutchover 3245 David Puente 3365 Pete D. Gutierrez 3367 Leo Canales Jr. 3404 Timothy M. Allen 3494 Juan J. Benavides Sr. 3686 Joe Ruiz 4497 Carlos A. Samaniego 4577 Michael A. Melancon 4779 Rodolfo H. Garcia 5077 Rodolfo Ordaz Jr. 5192 Juan Billalobos Jr. 5211 Robert L. Cantu 5598 George L. Ramirez 5656 Sean G. McMullen 5678 Alex O. Anyikam 6402 Nicholas Flores 6456 Daniel R. Gregory 6527 David M. Dettling 6812 Mark L. Jasek 6878 Gregory G. Forestieri 6978 Armando Montes Jr. 7099 Eric T. McKuzes 7264 Norbert E. Stanislav 7435 Jason R. Graham 7438 Bert A. White 7563 Hector M. Ortega 7573 Johnny G. Heredia Sr. 7736 Ferdinand Gonzales 7840 Paul F. Braun 7882 Marcus C. Arenivaz 7953 Tommy R. Flores 7975 Robert Rizo 8024 Scott M. Fleming 8085 Robert S. Sebesta 8097 Raymond C. Armenta 8131 Jaime Guerra 8135 Tony L. Moore 8170 Richard L. Marcantonio 8298 Oscar A. Prieto- Armendariz 8302 Henry C. Gonzales 8306 Philip T. Loverde 8327 Charles R. Grout 8512 Michael J. Dellies 8521 Michael J. Lecocke

13206 Alberto Olmo- Albaladejo15528 Javier Melendez- Pineda15849 Damaso Neris-Flores

QUEBEC 446 Pierre Plamondon 2909 Francois Duhaime 3096 Pierre Lebeau 3441 Joseph Blais 3567 Andre Simoneau 7161 Laurent Cormier 9452 Daniel Paquet 9554 Pierre Falardeau 9592 Daniel R. Des Coeurs 9954 Leonile Carrier12339 Andre Giasson13881 Reynaldo M. Ramos14693 Paolo Stea15491 Carlos R. Villarroel

RHODE ISLAND 57 Philip J. Shea 113 Jeffrey A. Gaulin 181 Jeffrey R. Guyette 256 Thomas R. Nasser Jr. 322 Paul R. Gebhart 1528 Michael P. De Angelis 2235 Louis Parente 3623 Gus C. Morelli 4005 Edward K. Cummins 5273 Herbert R. Knott 5295 Joseph Robenhymer 5702 Joseph Medeiros 7110 Robert A. Pardi 8977 Lee V. Rossetti12821 James F. McManus16053 Shaun Rodrigues Sr.

SASKATCHEWAN 1517 Morris P. Lucyshyn 2031 Theodore J. Osicki 2725 Michael J. Sutter 3177 Guy L. Perrault 3802 Colin K. Aikens 4704 Raul T. Roduta 5238 James D. Ledding 5256 Maurice C. Champigny 5259 Rhys N. Beaulieu 5479 Trevor P. Himmelsbach 5788 Ronald J. Holaday 5858 Elmer Flaman 6068 Ronald J. Koberinski 6594 Frank E. Lipinski 7336 Andre C. Bonneau 8279 Abel A. De Sa 8896 Norbert J. Philippe 9859 John P. Lebersback10317 Jerald F. Weber10580 Mitchell J. Smith10797 Gordon Stopanski10856 Real D. Pouliot11429 Paulino D. Pabello11888 Bradley S. Burt13129 David C.M. Rybinski15955 Brad E. R. Lulik

SOUTH CAROLINA 724 Donald M. Van Borsch 2207 Paul V. Burchell 3067 William J. Kennedy 6756 Raymond J. Howard 7129 Wilfred J. Vaudreuil 7289 Dennis P. Mahoney 8980 Gilbert T. Cushing 9475 Frank J. Osage 9576 Anthony J. Kwietniewski11325 Craig P. Viers11471 Kevin M. Skero11910 Joseph W. Friend11991 Steven P. Gearhart12366 Adam A. Zollinger12995 Mark E. Wright13112 Joseph G. Moody13713 Paul S. Jeanmougin14475 Richard A. Engel14892 Arthur D. Simoneau15611 Milton S. Delair

SOUTH DAKOTA 703 Rick J. Wisser 1079 Douglas L. Timmer

7208 Robert M. Angiulo 7515 Kurt M. Schanbacher 7996 Gerald M. Teed 8222 Bobby L. Anderson 9164 Robert G. Repsch 9715 Richard J. Ray10175 Michael J. Macri10411 Richard J. Seman10685 Jerome P. Wood10921 John J. Geosits11279 Robert J. Osso11319 Robert V. Blasiotti11434 James J. Kruzynski11564 William J. Robinson11838 John T. Linnane12250 Bruce E. Kocsis Jr. 12355 Gary L. Williard12551 Richard J. Bonitz12571 James Marino12703 William G. Brown13141 Daniel J. Condron13427 John C. Altman13710 George E. Spannbauer13752 Stephen G. Glinane13832 Francis J. Kovscek14035 Paul A. Scarlata14078 Paul J. Edwards14081 David G. Maass14090 Richard J. Tesar14474 Peter H. Starz14722 Mario Mancini14786 James K. Seibert15351 Dean M. Brockmole15373 David P. Swierkosz15456 Samvil B. Whitehouse Sr.15590 Francis J. Puchino15655 Michael L. Shanebrook15687 Quang H. Mac15912 Frank S. Riegler15929 Stephen M. Waller

POLAND14000 Sławomir Wójtowicz14004 Marek Podlewski14332 Krzysztof Maciejewski14955 Andrzej Bera15015 Włodzimierz Majchrzyk15078 Marek Rojek15117 Jerzy Warasiecki15160 Michał Tworuszka15195 Grzegorz Więckowski15216 Krzysztof Jędra15267 Marek Kiełbasa15268 Lucjan Kosturek15281 Marcin Piętak15299 Bronisław Grabowski15416 Stanislaw Ściana15440 Kazimierz Skiba15500 Tadeusz Tyc15520 Leszek Ziółkowski15527 Marek Ziętek15588 Bogusław Kucab15631 Jacek Bartosiewicz15649 Marian Duda15652 Zbigniew Brzósko15672 Bogdan Kawecki15726 Stanisław Chmura15894 Mariusz Zaborski15915 Krzysztof Pikul15947 Henryk Grzywna16014 Eugeniusz Rakoca16015 Cezary Drzazga16100 Franciszek Florek16101 Hubert Kania16165 Paweł Zaczek

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND10808 Basil J. Favaro

PUERTO RICO 1719 Jose R. Davila- Rodriguez 2033 Eduardo Santiago- Castro 5014 Justino Cruz-Vega 9572 Noel De Leon-Lozada10906 Wilfredo Morales-Lugo11081 Felix E. Vargas- Rodriguez11706 Pablo A. Ocasio- Gonzalez

5396 D. Chris Bolding 7392 Bertebranio D. Armendariz 8204 Fred M. Crump 8633 Raymond J. Rudnicki10388 Paul D. Louderback10822 William P. Kelch11135 Kevin A. Gasperino11237 Nicholas J. Caporale Jr. 11959 Christopher M. Victor12108 John J. McCarthy13313 Leo W. Reding13366 Dennis M. Nauman

ONTARIO 1429 Norman Monteiro 2092 Robert A. Griffith 3554 Mario S. Figliomeni 4895 Frederick F. Shady 4915 Daniel C. Frank 5073 Marc J. Morneau 5333 Jean G. Leclair 6579 Chester K. Kras 8309 Adriano O. Solis 8668 Michael A. Genua 8715 Lucien L. Brunet 8951 Christopher M. Lazure 9494 Gino L. Di Pede 9544 Bryon J. Milliere 9553 Michael A. Cusick 9645 Jesse R. Shuster 9780 Dean MacDonell10364 Gregory J. Maltby10416 Stephen G. Maloney10561 Patrick G. Lavigne10888 Dennis Tomini11528 Larry G. Hallihan11725 Stephen J. C. Dillabough11813 Alex C. Arokiam11825 Luc M. St. Jean12401 Paul F. Chenard12454 Roque M. Barreto12582 Josefino M. Canlas13094 John J. Pickett Sr.13244 John R. Heywood13390 Randall G. Pineault13405 Ken P. St. Denis13701 Bruce G. Doucette14421 John G. Van Troost14676 Narciso V. Rodrigues14727 David C. Watson14969 John F. Cappucci15045 Tarek Marroushi15333 Patrick A. O’Neil15840 Odilio L. Ferrer15920 Donald C. Prescott15922 Romulo F. Anastasio Jr.15945 Kevin M. O’Connor15995 Michael G. Meady

OREGON 1577 Michael S. Woody 2221 Mark J. Stupfel 3509 Michael E. Cline 3591 Scott R. Young 6266 Steve L. Purves 8129 Reed D. Gould13851 Donald Dravis15263 Dinh V. Mai15526 Van Do15640 Henry A. Taylor15773 James E. Friese

PENNSYLVANIA 604 Dennis C. Garrett 954 David L. Mandarino 1083 David A. Roessler II 1381 Lawrence Barkowski 2068 Paul J. Fagan 2600 Charles A. Brooks 3291 John Serbak Jr. 3780 William L. Houser 3979 John R. Shade 4067 Brett N. Yonish 4123 Jeffrey M. Skarzenski 4282 Edward F. Rossner 4545 James G. McHugh 4644 George M. Lightner Jr. 4649 Joseph B. Miller 5367 Edgar H. Schuring 5947 Ronald J. Ciucci 6299 Bruno A. Mediate 6353 William A. Schreiber 6611 Anthony A. Dalasio




15465 Jovencio E. Eclipse15488 Peter John B. Gangoso15516 Eduardo Loyola Padit15532 Dominador C. Martizano15562 Ricky L. Desuyo15566 Elenuel T. Genova15586 Rolando E. Llamelo15598 Clement Patrick M. Soro15609 Bernardo C. Lumen Jr.15635 Arnel L. Del Cruz15718 Bernardo T. Sildo15724 Felicisimo D. Besorio15764 Gene C. Hernal15770 Ronel T. Ajusan15772 Rodante F. Andres15784 Jeremias B. Benecio15860 Consolador Blanco15884 George A. Ramirez Jr.15946 Ernesto J. Toniza15989 Danilo O. Palma

WASHINGTON 809 Mark K. Jensen 829 Kevin J. Schmid 894 Keith M. Qunell 1606 Clarence D. Williams 1643 Darren E. Johnson 1674 Patrick K. McGuire 3598 Donald B. Hall 4322 Paul A. Swortz Sr. 6686 Daniel F. Treichel 6706 Alan J. Kempen 7863 Rodolfo B. Vital 7907 David T. Johnson 7908 Raymond A. Vankat 8136 Tony J. Goedde 8137 Thomas A. Shields 8150 David B. Blair 8872 Arthur C. Smalley10653 Armando Trenti11642 Paul C. Robertson11736 David D. Foley11780 Thomas E. La Cour11948 Michael R. Hodson12002 Kenneth F. Rodrick12273 William G. Danekas12483 Augustine H. Lopez13794 Stephen G. Schweyen14394 Joseph G. Wienclaw14689 Carl W. Gerling15143 David M. Simboli Jr. 15689 Eugene T. Boring15730 Robert F. Schwarz

WEST VIRGINIA10011 Heriberto G. Rodriguez10545 Leslie E. Halapy12036 John A. Capriolo12191 Michael F. Stanger15610 Roger L. Lantz

WISCONSIN 531 Michael R. Schultz 719 Wayne Wilke 973 Jason C. Rusnak 974 Jason W. Martell 1257 Kevin J. Friederichs 1647 Robert F. McCormick 1709 Les A. Kostera 2055 Dennis W. Marach 3249 Edward D. Chura 4106 Thomas Goetz 4706 Robert S. Rinka 4902 Joseph W. Raehsler 4948 Josh P. Sedlacek 6585 Bradley Seibel 7775 Dale T. Freund10714 Michael W. Donart10774 Robert J. Grzyb11155 William A. La Berge12467 Victor E. Alvarez12677 Robert J. Depover13880 Guy E. Barber15229 Jeffry F. Robinson15659 William F. Wehnert15665 Brian L. Daniel

WYOMING 4031 Alex H. Sitz III 9917 Ronald M. Morris

8423 Filmer A. Garrido 8443 Eustaquio C. Jata-As 8584 Joselito P. Longcanaya 8656 Elmer P. Togoto 8730 Armando T. Panique 8856 Lauro I. Yatar 8929 Jeremy D. Sartorio 9091 Leo S. Navidad 9183 Jose Mosquite 9209 Silverio C. Esid 9218 Rolando E. Artiaga10099 Clifford J. G. Ninal10101 Charlie J. Sinepete10164 Romulo C. Barbasa10222 Antero G. Layog10767 Conrado V. Mesias10970 Jacobo P. Demanawa Jr.11131 Miguel P. Pamplona Jr.11331 Roberto S. Borra11517 Erden C. Florentino11562 Florentino P. Alor11903 Nicanor G. Parreno Jr.11920 Robert James Michael S. Lapining12039 Vicente B. Dangan Jr. 12075 Pablito B. Bacong12230 Anacleto M. Esotto Jr. 12279 Amador Gilo Gestoso12324 Luther B. De Asis12349 Romeo S. Supiter12363 Enrique L. Estribo Jr. 12411 Higimo B. Tuballes12477 Alberto B. Baclayon Jr. 12593 Renante G. Maquiling12727 Hector Villarba Lugtu12771 Francisco B. Sabili13013 Virgilio M. Hapitan13054 [No officer on file]13273 Gilbert L. Larona13280 Felipe C. Mendoza Jr.13346 Ignacio G. Colinares13385 Jose Crisanto A. Loable13493 Nilo A. Mora13528 Jose I. Bretana13594 Leogardo J. Dabocol13611 Pedrito T. Untal13714 Samuel E. Sesbino13745 Renato J. Palotes13746 Raymund Anthony I. Toledo13866 Romeo V. Gepilga13878 Nelson P. Martir13879 Ed Kenneth O. Pacheco13972 Gaudencio R. Villosa13974 Rogelio T. Arceno14043 Djarvin T. Pancho14116 Ray G. Mercolino14120 Mario Pabon14151 Antidio B. Anino14152 Danilo B. Perez14173 Rolando D. Bais14196 Benjamin M. Clavel14229 Miguel C. Baysa Jr. 14256 Randolf John E. Baloco14273 Juluis S. Decipulo14363 Ireneo D. Pecina14367 Wilbert M. Solina14444 Claudio D. Ojacastro14559 Roque P. Pacaco14605 Romeo A. Ala14627 Jose Maria B. Aujero Jr.14705 Nelson G. Cabus14759 Mariano D. Antenor Jr.14911 Cristino Zenas C. Renegado Sr. 14912 Delfin B. Lisondra14939 Joar Ampalaya14976 Ariel B. Matias14985 Josiedore O. Balderas15072 Benjamin P. Solis15087 Renante D. Gonzaga15088 Rodrigo T. Gegueira15123 Martin A. Bolonia15150 Renato T. Tordecillas15159 Dante B. Tecson15316 Rodrigo C. Sepe15355 Joaquin Ervin G. Taculin

VERMONT 810 Timothy M. Perry 3664 William J. Scott10830 Peter C. Fitzgerald

VIRGINIA 459 Charles F. Coates Jr. 595 John J. Nauful 2473 John M. White 3572 William F. Herlihy 4522 Cesar A. Anchiraico 5476 Paul L. Kitchen 5561 Robert B. Bodenschatz 6153 Joseph N. Tiago 6189 Tony P. Meyer 6538 Steven C. Ogilbee 7538 Steven P. Mohring 7771 Jon A. Anderson 7877 Daniel Bolas 8240 Stephen J. Clock Jr. 8403 Andrew M. Stoss 9002 Charles D. Flathers 9056 Joseph R. Bernotas 9407 Bruce D. Jones 9953 Ronald R. Barsalou10015 Robert T. Ahlers10515 James J. Martino10723 George S. Vogen10754 John F. Eschmann III10806 Connor M. Xavios11136 William F. Talamantes11678 Thomas A. Smith11710 Rick H. Wildes11806 Mark N. Clemente11947 Kelly J. Niernberger11958 Raymond Vazquez11984 James A. Neary12117 Kenneth C. Levins12378 Jerry Foronda12434 Robert T. Jones Jr. 12579 Russell A. Nero12791 Clyde H. Slick12982 Dean B. Overman13467 Michael G. Lemoine13468 Thomas N. Curran Jr.13784 Arthur A. Fritz13860 Leonard D. Whitehead14059 Lan H. Nguyen14129 George M. Sprosty15256 Thomas F. Starchville Jr.

VISAYAS 3288 Roberto B. Billate 3346 Gregorio M. Rubias 3596 Raul Z. Lloren 3597 Felipe H. Irinco 3707 William R. Anonuevo 3708 Lorenzo N. Prialda Jr. 4164 Odith A. Acedera 4612 Benedicto R. Jumao As 5028 Felix L. Tabano 5123 Alfredo F. Nacida 5215 Dominador A. Bingco 5550 Rolando A. Tolores 5602 John B. Serra 5614 Ludovico L. Martelino Jr. 5639 Pablo Gamayao 5665 Alfredo C. Mapano 5684 Severino S. Tayor Jr. 5762 Genaro S. Abello 5889 Jesus Evans S. Demorito 5894 Nestor C. Harder 6046 Luzberto T. Beatingo Jr. 6048 Isidoro M. Espinosa 6109 Procopio T. Galido 6235 Rex A. Bajade 6255 Eric C. Camposano 6278 Ulysses L. Valdez 6400 Alberto C. Barrido 6675 Jose Ma Camarista 6807 Enrique T. Bentoy 6990 Joel A. Flordelis 7005 Beato E. Galaraga Jr. 7507 Edieser A. Noriel 7639 Ruel M. Nazareno 7651 Rarjie G. Gilbaliga 7730 Nelson W. Duller 7861 Rogelio B. Permejo

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1. Publication Title: Columbia2. Publication No.: 12-37403. Date of filing: September 20154. Frequency of issue: Monthly5. No. of issues published annually: 126. Annual subscription price: $67. Location of office of publication: 1 Columbus Plaza New Haven, CT 06510-33268. Location of publisher’s headquarters: 1 Columbus Plaza New Haven, CT 06510-33269. Names and address of publisher, editor and managing editor. Publisher: Carl A. Anderson 1 Columbus Plaza New Haven, CT 06510-3326 Editor: Alton J. Pelowski 1 Columbus Plaza New Haven, CT 06510-332610. Owner: Knights of Columbus Supreme Council 1 Columbus Plaza New Haven, CT 06510-332611. Known bond holders: None.12. For completion by nonprofit organizations authorized to mailat special rates. The purpose, function, and nonprofit status ofthis organization and the exempt status for federal income taxpurposes (check one):

(If changed, publisher must submit explanation of change withthis statement.)13. Publication name: Columbia.14. Issue date for circulation data below: October 201415. Extent and nature of circulation:

A. Total no. copies (net press run): 1,666,908 1,658,561B. Paid and/or requested circulation1. Outside-county mail subscriptions stated on Form 3541: 336,818 325,7632. Paid in-county subscriptions stated on Form 3541: 0 03. Sales through dealers and carriers, street vendors, countersales and other non-USPS distribution: 1,000 1,0004. Other classes mailed through the USPS. 1,330,089 1,332,798C. Total paid and/or requested circulation: 1,667,908 1,659,561D. Free distribution by mail (samples, complimentary and other):1. Outside-county as stated on Form 3541: 0 02. In-county as stated on Form 3541: 0 03. Other classes mailed through the USPS: 5,000 5,000 4. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution outside the mail (carriers orother): 0 0 E. Total Free or Nominal Rate distribution (Sum of (15d, (1), (2),(3) and (4): 5,000 5,00 0F. Total distribution (sum of 15c and 15e): 1,672,908 1,664,561G. Copies not distributed: 300 300H. Total (sum of 15f and 15g): 1,673,208 1,664,861I. Percent paid and/or requested circulation (15c / 15f x 100): 99.7% 99.7%16. Paid electronic copies 0 0

I certify that the statements made by me above are correct andcomplete. ALTON J. PELOWSKI, Editor 9/18/2015

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Stephen H. Smith (center right) of St.Francis Council 11746 in Blairsville, Ga.,is handed a mud-baked brick by a fellowvolunteer while working to build a homein Masaka, Uganda. Smith led an 11-member mission team to Masaka that builttwo homes with local bricks. Volunteersalso visited a prison, provided food andclothing to orphans, and assisted at a walk-in clinic. Council 11746 raisedfunds for the mission trip through a charitydinner.

Building a better world one council

at a timeEvery day, Knights all over the world aregiven opportunities to make a difference— whether through community service,raising money or prayer. We celebrateeach and every Knight for his strength,his compassion and his dedication tobuilding a better world.


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

‘MY VOCATIONHAD TRULY COME

FROM GOD.’I was born in Kerala, India, to Catholic par-

ents. They valued family prayer and the rosary,but never openly encouraged vocations. It wasonly through an informational brochure that Ifirst heard God’s call. At age 16, I secretly wrote a letter to the sis-

ters, who — to my surprise — showed up at ourhouse three days later! At first, my parents werenot supportive, but they finally let me go for ayear with the promise that I would return homeif I were ever unhappy.That never happened. I knew I wanted to be

a missionary sister, and I took my final vows in1997. By this time, my parents were very sup-portive because they knew my vocation hadtruly come from God.Since coming to the United States 15 years

ago I have received many joys and graces. Toleave the comfort of friends and family is a chal-lenge, but I believe the words of Christ: “Every-one who has given up houses or brothers orsisters or father or mother or children or landsfor the sake of my name will receive a hundredtimes more” (Mt 19:29).

SISTER JOSSY JACOBSisters of Mary ImmaculateLeechburg, Pa.

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‘HEWANTED TOBUILD UP CATHOLIC

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$100 billion achievement. This insuranceprogram is very much his program. He waslooking for a solution to the never-ending fi-nancial suffering of widows and orphans inhis parish. He labored over the details of theoriginal insurance program. He studied otherfraternal benefit societies to see what theirprograms looked like. He knew this benefitwas needed, and he knew that it could pro-vide tremendous value.

Don’t forget, he himself was a man whohad to leave the seminary and return homewhen his father died unexpectedly. The needfor this type of fraternal benefit was very realto him.

He wanted to build up Catholic families— in faith, in fellowship, in charity, but infinances, too, and I think he would betremendously proud of how his organizationhas carried on his mission.

– Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson

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