Saint Kateri hold ceremony

SPARTA — The Saint Kateri Knights of Columbus Council #13677 recently hosted a second and third degree ceremony at the Sparta parish.

Grand Knight Frank Masters congratulated Dominick Bartolomeo, Billy Bliss, Frank Bliss, Vinny Carlesi, Frank Cutrone, Jim Dowd, Tom Gallagher, Tom Gallagher Jr., Tyler Gallagher, Ed Lisi, Rich Markferding, Brian Tully and Marty Viegas on achieving this status.

Several other Knights from local councils attended along with New Jersey Knights state secretary Bruce DeMolli.

The Knights of Columbus are the world’s largest fraternal Catholic volunteer organization with over two million members worldwide. Their core principles include charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism.

For more information on the Saint Kateri Knights visit www.saintkaterikofc.org and for the New Jersey Knights visit www.njkofc.org.

Knights celebrate after conclusion of ceremony. Seated from left: Marty Viegas, Ed Lisi, Rich Markferding, Vinny Carlesi, Frank Cutrone, Billy Bliss, Francis Bliss, and Dominick Bartolomeo. Standing from left: Jerry Scanlan, Past Grand Knight Bob Medina, Grand Knight Frank Masters, Tom Gallagher Jr. Brian Tully, Jim Dowd, State Secretary Bruce DeMolli, Phil Tangorra, Dominick Bartolomeo, Tom Gallagher, and Tyler Gallagher.