New York Chapter - Knights of Columbus

06/07/2023

Happy birthday to Archbishop Teran who was a guest of the New York Chapter KofC back in March 2023.

Hoy nuestra Iglesia merideña, en el marco del Centenario de elevación a Arquidiócesis, se llena de júbilo al celebrar el don de la vida de nuestro Padre y Pastor Excmo. Mons. Helizandro Terán OSA.
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En comunión con nuestro Obispo Auxiliar Mons. Luis Enrique Rojas, sacerdotes, diáconos, religiosos y religiosas, seminaristas, pastorales arquidiocesanas y todo el Pueblo de Dios le deseamos un ¡feliz cumpleaños!
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Encomendamos su vida y ministerio episcopal a la intercesión de nuestra Madre, la Inmaculada Concepción.

04/20/2023

Rest in peace Dr. Brescia!

Our dear friend, family member, comforter, and healer, Dr. Michael J. Brescia – often and rightfully described as the soul of Calvary – died last evening at home surrounded by members of his immediate family. He was 90.

Dr. Brescia, Emeritus Medical Director, established Calvary as we know it today. After co-achieving a medical breakthrough in the 1960s that saved tens of millions of lives – the Brescia-Cimino fistula, which provided safe and reliable vascular access for dialysis that continues to save lives today – Dr. Brescia devoted his medical career and life to people whose lives could not be saved, defining modern day palliative and hospice care in America here at Calvary and positioning Calvary Hospital as a global leader in end-of-life care.

He was a great scientist, doctor, colleague – and the most deeply compassionate, faithful, merciful man who I have ever known. Dr. Robert Brescia says that Calvary’s history is that of miracles and saintly people. Dr. Michael certainly shaped not just what we do, but who we are at Calvary. Our purpose, as he would say, was simple: to serve where the need is greatest among those who suffer most, to equally relieve their physical, emotional, and spiritual pain.

He journeyed with thousands of patients, and their families, on their personal roads to Calvary – carrying their crosses with them while raising their spirits.

Nothing was more important to Dr. Brescia than family – his family at home and his Calvary family. If you had the honor of knowing Dr. Brescia, for five minutes or 50 years, you knew how deeply he loved and cared for others.

There will be opportunities for us to come together to celebrate Dr. Michael Brescia’s life and his contributions to Calvary and to our community.

Arrangements for the Dr. Brescia’s wake and funeral follow.
Wake: Saturday, April 22 & Sunday, April 23, 2pm to 8pm
Yorktown Funeral Home
945 E Main St, Shrub Oak, NY 10588
Parking Available

Funeral: Monday, April 24, 10am
St. Patrick's Church in Yorktown Heights
137 Moseman Rd, Yorktown Heights, 10598

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to the Calvary Fund. https://www.calvaryhospital.org/bresciamemorial/

03/16/2023

Excellent chapter meting last night with a special visit from Archbishop Helizandro Teran of Merida, Venezuela. Thank you to everyone who attended and donated to support his ministry.

12/31/2022

“The human family grieves the passing of this erudite, wise, and holy man, who spoke the truth with love; the family of the Church especially mourns his death, while grateful for the gift he was of a good shepherd and Holy Father..."

Read more: https://thegoodnewsroom.org/catholic-news/statement-of-cardinal-timothy-dolan-on-the-passing-of-pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi/

10/05/2022

“From all sour faced saints, deliver me O’ Lord. I don’t want to be with a grouch, a crab, a crocodile in a moat. The grumps are a small minority. But they’re vocal. Yes, the grumps are vocal. They have unresolved things, maybe from their childhood. They’re not disconnected from God. But they’re wrestling with him. Not a bad thing, mind you. Not a bad thing. But I want to hang out with people who enjoy life. At home I have a sunshine file; it’s just a plastic box. Inside are all the letters people have written me over the years: teenagers in the youth group, widows who lost their husbands. People who I was able to make a difference in their life. For two years I was chaplain on the children’s ward of the cancer hospital. What can you say? You can’t explain why some things happen. Only that it’s a mystery. And a mystery is reality, imbued with God’s presence. One Christmastime there was a ten-year old girl from Ireland, dying of leukemia. All this girl wanted was a Cabbage Patch Doll. Ugliest doll you’ve ever seen in your life, seventy-five dollars. Seventy-five dollars! And sold out everywhere. The mother told me:’ I’ve looked in every store.’ That same day a family from my parish asked what I wanted for Christmas. I say: one Cabbage Patch Doll, and two walkie talkies. They said: ‘Father, are you sure?’ I told them: ‘Yes I’m sure. I was a kid once too!’ The Cabbage Patch Doll went to the little girl. Then I gave one walkie-talkie to her, and one to her twin brother. So they could speak while she was in isolation. After she passed away the mother wrote me a letter. I keep it in my sunshine file. It said: ‘Those walkie-talkies were the best medicine she ever had.’”

08/07/2022

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