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I am a Charter Member and Past Grand Knight of Reverend George P. Ettorre Council #13662 in Norristown, PA - a Fourth Degree member of Father Tomko Assembly #934 in Bridgeport-Lansdale PA - and District Warden of Pennsylvania District #27.

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Rev. Ettorre Council #13662

Reverend George P. Ettorre Council #13662 is a Parish based Council founded at Saint Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church in Norristown, PA in 2004.  I was pleased to be a Charter Member when it was founded by Jim Cahill and Father Trautner, Pastor of St. Francis.  Fr. T was our first Chaplin, Jim was the first Grand Knight, and I was the first Treasurer.  Thanks Jim . . . we had some really good times serving the parish, school and community.

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Saint Francis of Assisi
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Fr. Tomko Assembly #934

Father Joseph C. Tomko Assembly #934 was originally based at the Camelot Ballroom facility in Bridgeport PA when I got my Fourth Degree in 2005.  The building was owned by the Knights of Columbus, but a few years later they sold it, and the Assembly moved its meetings to the Pius IX Council Home in Lansdale, PA.  Jim Cahill was instrumental in making that move, when he was the Faithful Navigator.

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Camelot, Bridgeport Pa
It just occurred to me as I'm working on this webpage, that I'm spending all this time making this website, and I'm just going to die, and all of these links will change, and you'll be sitting there clicking away on the links and getting error messages, thinking, doesn't this guy ever update his website.  How frustrating it will be for someone.  Well, I'm sorry.  I'm dead now.  You'll just have to move on to something else.  Oh yeah . . . then my website will expire too, and it will all have been for naught anyway.  2/16/2010

So here's a few pix that remind me of some of the good times we had, or events we sponsored, etc. . .

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Fr. Ettorre & Fr. Trautner enjoying a St. Paddy Party
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Rev. Kevin Trautner in his office
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Jimmy Cahill taking tickets at the door at our St. Paddy Party at the SFA Gym.

Here's a favorite of mine, Father T with the Cardinal . . . 

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Fr. Trautner with Cardinal Rigali at the Presidental in East Norriton
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Fr. Trautner was a 4th Degree long before I knew him.

One of my favorite events is the Christmas Parties for our Sisters.

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Bob Criste, Jim Cahill, Kevin Sugalski, and me
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Here we are at the after-party of Kevin's Fourth. Jim can throw a pretty good party.

Father Trautner passed away on 13 March 2007, and some loving people made this tribute of a new organ possible.  Fr. T wanted a new organ for the longest time.

Rev. Vincent Welsh
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Fr. Welsh looking happy at our new "Fr. Trautner Memorial Organ"
Fr. Tomko Color Corps. 2007
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I think I took this picture of our Color Corps at the Blue Mass at Saint Helena's in Blue Bell.

More to come . . . (I hope)

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