Grand Knights Message
September 2026
Frank Tansey, Grand Knight
Dear Brother Knight, Sister Columbiettes,
Family, and Friends,
I hope that all of you have been enjoying
the summer and it has been restful, replenishing and fun. As the days grow
shorter and the heat slowly wanes, we at Stolzenthaler are
just warming up for our Season of Giving.
In the Fall we really gear up with our event schedule and fund-raising
opportunities in
order to
continue to give to our charities and support those in need. Our C & B Program has gotten off to a
strong start. We were able to send up
approximately 87 chance books up to Villa Roma for the Quick Draw Raffle
Drawing. More continue to come in for the Early Bird Drawing on 9/26/26. I
encourage you to send in your books if you have not done so already, and if
possible, take more for yourselves or to sell.
A good portion of that money comes back to our council, and the portion
that goes to the state goes to very worthwhile charitable endeavors, as it does
at the council level. I will have chance
books with me at every meeting and function.
On Friday July 17th we gathered for one of the marquee
events of not only the summer but of our whole Columbian Year- Steak and Cigar
night. We had a little over 100 men and
a few ladies this year who came out to enjoy a Manhattan Steakhouse worthy
dinner, hand rolled cigars and a dessert straight from Naples Italy! A Special Thanks to Brother Joe Barbieri for
the acquisition of those scrumptious steaks as well as cooking them to
perfection! It was a great night and a
huge success! I would like to recognize
and thank its coordinator Faithful Guard Sal Curto and his co-coordinator PGK
Dennis Maragliano. They worked very hard to make the event the
success it was, once again. A grand
event like that requires many hands to make it all possible, from kitchen crew
to wait staff. I would like to thank all
who participated and worked so hard:
***Joe Barbieri, Rich Scalise, Joe Vigiani,
Steve Burgerella,
Kevin Marshall and our wonderful wait staff: Heather, Christopher, Nick and
Anthony.
On Saturday August 29th we will once again close our summer
season with the Annual Billy Caputo Memorial Family Picnic on 12p-5p. It’s a great day to get together and
celebrate another year of working together in the spirit of charity, unity and
fraternity at a great picnic in our beautiful picnic grounds. This year’s will be extra special with the
addition of a whole hog roast with special thanks to Joe Barbieri for making it
all possible. We have another special
addition in store with live music and Karaoke courtesy of Crystal Image!! It’s going to be a fun-filled and musical
afternoon of American Idol- Stolzenthaler
Edition!!
A solemn and beautiful event is coming up
next month- our Combined Installation of officers for both the Knights and Columbiettes on
Sunday 9/13. The day starts with mass
being celebrated by our own Chaplain Fr Patrick Anthony at 3pm in the hall
followed by the Installation of the Officers of both the Council and Columbiettes. Afterwards we will enjoy Sunday Supper
together. Everyone is invited and
welcome. The event is free to attend
all I ask is that you RSVP to myself in advance so that we can accommodate one
and all.
On a more personal note, we received word
that Brother Chris Conheeney’s wife
had suffered some complications from a back procedure and spent 67 days in the
ICU! She has recently been downgraded to
a regular room in preparation to enter a rehab facility in
order to
resume her previous level of function with her eyes towards her love-filled
home. Please keep our brother, his wife
and family in our thoughts and prayers that she continues her courageous battle
to resume the joy filled life she had been enjoying before this setback.
Thank You All for Your Continued Support
and Spirit of Charity, Unity and Fraternity.
VIVAT JESU!
In Fraternity,
Frank Tansey
Grand Knight
