DIOCESE OF PATERSON CATHOLIC COMMITTEE ON SCOUTING Bronze Pelican and St. George Award Recipients

Catholic Committee on Scouting Diocese of Paterson (A complete listing of Bronze Pelican and Saint George Award Recipients of the Diocese of Paterson.  Created November of 1999.  The Committee would like to extend its thanks to the Diocese of Paterson for allowing us to gather this information through the use of their files.  Thank You also to our Scout Chaplain, Fr. Wayne Varga for retrieving this information from the Diocese of Paterson.  THANK YOU!

BRONZE PELICAN AWARDS RECIPIENTS - DIOCESE OF PATERSON

February 1959 - James Dignall

February 12, 1967 - Henry Bondonna - St. Philip, Clifton, Frederick Brunt - St. John Cathedral, Paterson, Anthony Calvitti - St. Anthony, Paterson, Dominick DiMauro - St. Anthony, Paterson, Robert Christopher - Sacred Heart, Clifton, Frank Comfort - Lake Hiawatha, John Cuff - Packanack Lake, Joseph Denfrio -  St. Agnes, Paterson, Joseph Ziccardi - St. Agnes, Paterson, Robert Donnelly, Assumption, Morristown, Frank Falcone - St. Nicholas, Passaic, Michael Reznick - St. Nicholas, Passaic, Albert Gantz - Ringwood, John Green - St. Anthony, Hawthorne, Joseph Groshman - St. Mary, Passaic, Edward Grunder - Consolation, Wayne, Albert Hall - St. Andrew, Clifton, Raymond Reuter - St. Andrew, Clifton, Joseph Ruddy - St. Andrew, Clifton, David Hislop - Holy Family - Florham Park, Henry Holusna - Morris/Sussex Council, Nicholas Korzik - St. Bonaventure, Paterson, Donald Leet - St. Bonaventure, Paterson, Frank Loikith - St. Brendan, Clifton, Angelo Palmieri - St. James, Totawa, George Anderson - St. James, Totawa, John Picarcik - Boonton, John Zabriskie - Boonton, William Rutter -  St. Therese, Succasunna, Armando Salvini - Annunciation, Wayne, Vance Shepard - Our Lady of the Valley, Wayne, John Ventura - St. Mary Paterson

February 11, 1968 

Adult Recipients not named

February 16, 1969

Clyde Bacon, George Cipolleti, Alfred Crawford, Frank Disimino, Richard LaCourse, James Lumley, Fred Macolino, Liborio Masciulli, George Merritt, Stephan Palfy

February 8, 1970

James Baliman, William Cross, Harry Franklin, Jerome Gallagher, Alfred Hausler, Eugene Lepelletiere, Joseph Meggiolaro, William Munson, Michael Murgio, Dominick Papa, Erich Poeschl, Dennis Spencer, William Thomson, Robert Turner, Michael Vasilik, Nick Velicky, Lawrence Walsh

February 7, 1971

Stanley Burak, Edward R. Byrne, Thomas H. Cashen, Laurence Cirangle, George Darley, Thomas Decker, R. Robert Graff, Albert Hausler Sr., Charles W. Jones Jr., Thomas Kist, Edward Korkuch, Marcel L'Heritier, George E. McGowan, Herman T. Voelkner

February 6, 1972

John Abene, Nicholas Bevalaqua, Leon Busteed, John Thomas Cooke, Leon Ernst, John Kashack, Eugene Madsen, Thomas O'Hara, James Plick, Warren Purn, David Quinn, Charles Sohn, Angelo Marc Terreri

February 18, 1973 

Fr. Ralph Sodano - Diocesan Scouting Director, William Cramer Jr. St. Virgil, Morris Plains, Rudolf Gottschalk - St. Christopher, Parsipanny, John Hart - St. Philip, Clifton, Theodore Jakubowski - St. Philip, Clifton, Daniel Kelley - O.L. Mt. Carmel, Boonton, Fr. Harry Rasmussen, SDB - Don Bosco, Newton, Harry Winters

February 10, 1974

Francis Bimonte - St. Paul, Clifton, Julio Grajera - St. Philip, Clifton, Rudolph Hartmanek - St. Philip, Clifton, John Kramer - St. John Lutheran, Passaic, James Matthews - St. James, Totowa, James Penders - St. Vincent, Madison, Richard Ruffino - St. Thomas More, C. Station, Emil Soltis - SS Cyril & Methodius, Clifton, Gregory Thayer - St. Joseph, Newton

February 16, 1975

Fr. Martin Connolly - Sacred Heart, Dover, Louis Baillis - Sacred Heart, Clifton, Ronald Gorun - Sacred Heart, Clifton, John Dillon - St. Mary, Paterson, Clayton Lafferty - St. Christopher, Parsipanny, Vincent Massaro - St. James, Totowa, John Sheptok - St. James, Totowa, Clarence Sikorski - St. Bonaventure, Paterson 

February 8, 1976

Fr. Eugene Boland, Robert Chekan, Frank Epps, Kenneth Griffin, Stephen Goobic, Donald Hubbard, Peter Kolb, Charles Larcom, Joseph Neapolitan, William Potter, Robert Santangelo, Leroy Stoer

February 13, 1977

Jacob DeVisser - St. James, Totowa, George Halas - Wayne, James Marrocco -  Sacred Heart, Clifton, Harold Mensinger - Notre Dame, Cedar Knolls, Arthur Peach Jr. - Notre Dame, Cedar Knolls

February 12, 1978

Fr. Robert Carroll, Fr. Joe Farias, Richard T. Clarke, Christopher R. Fattal, William L. Geiger, Howard Kral, Joseph Lawless, Louis E. Pangaro, William Shultz Sr., Raymond L. Turpin, James Westerhoff

February 11, 1979

Fr. Patrick Hurley, OSB - Notre Dame, C. Knolls, Fr. Adam Ziolkowski, OFM Conv. - St John Kanty, Robert Alliegro - St. Anthony, Hawthorne, Joseph Hoffman - Notre Dame, Cedar Knolls, William Muise - St. John Kanty, Clifton, Eugene Rycharski - St. Brendan, Clifton

February 10, 1980 

Mark Confroy, William McKenna - St. Vincent, Madison, Robert Smith - Notre Dame, Cedar Knolls, John Zimmerle - St. Catherine, Ringwood

February 8, 1981

Bishop Frank Rodimer, Fr. Edward Davey - St. Joseph, Newton, Fr. James Murray - St. Murray, Denville, Edward A. Ambrose -  Notre Dame, Cedar Knolls, William Callan - St. Joseph, Mendham, Mary Patricia Callan, St. Joseph, Mendham, Joan Checkan - St. John Canty, Barney Kabis - Holy Name, Garfield, Anthony Sawka Sr. - Notre Dame, Cedar Knolls, Richard Wisneski - Holy Spirit, Pequannock

February 7, 1982 

Fr. Edward Collins - O.L. Mt., Schooleys Mt., Tom Frawley - West Paterson, Paul F. Galluzzi - Diocesan Scouting Chairman, Peter Kusik - Cedar Knolls, Thomas F. Power - Budd Lake, James H. Smith, Schooleys Mountain

February 13, 1983

Emil Babich - Oak Ridge, Stephen Corsule - Garfield, Chester Kochan - Cedar Knolls, Gary Mafia - Budd Lake, Robert Parker, Passaic, Joseph Salko - Cedar Knolls, David Setzer - Florham Park, Louis Tufara - Clifton, Fr. Wayne Varga - Passaic

March 3, 1984 

Fr. Michael Mendl, SDB - Don Bosco, Paterson, Mary Kochan - Notre Dame, Cedar Knolls, Thomas Miller - Notre Dame, Cedar Knolls, Vincente Perez - St. Gerard Majella, Paterson, Carl Zipfel - St. Jude, Budd Lake

February 3, 1985

Fr. Joseph Cassidy - St. Jude, Budd Lake, Fr. Thomas Rainforth - St. Paul, Clifton

February 9, 1986

John Birkner - O.L. Consolation, Wayne

February 1, 1987

Fr. Keith Northridge - Diocesan Scout Director, Joseph Kuhn

February 7, 1988

Noreen Ciborski, - St. Jude, Budd Lake, Thomas Ciborski - St. Jude, Budd Lake, Kathleen Levicky - St. Philip, Clifton

February 5, 1989

Howard Polbos - Morris/Sussex Counicl

February 18, 1990 

David Cedrone - O.L. Queen of Peace, W. Milford, David Ovejero - Holy Trinity R.C. Church, Passaic

February 24, 1991

George Stutsky - St. James, Totowa, Arnold Bakey - St. James, Totowa

February 9, 1992

Fr. Joseph Goode - Sacred Heart, Rockaway, Manny Morano - St. James, Totowa, Mary Ellen Welker - Passaic Valley Council

February 7, 1993

Joseph Saltamachia - De Graff Dairy, Edward L. Welker, - Passaic Valley Council

February 13, 1994

James Osborne - Holy Spirit, Pequannock

February 12, 1995

Carlo Comito - Mt. Carmel, Passaic, Mary Jean Muzyczyn - St. John Kanty, Clifton

March 3, 1996

NONE

February 9, 1997

Patricia A. Cedrone - O.L.Q. of Peace, W. Milford, Josheph A. Christen Jr. - St. Anthony, Hawthorne, Jerry Lee Gonzalez - Holy Trinity, Passaic

February 22, 1998

NONE

February 28, 1999

Werner Buchhalter - St. George, Paterson, John Christiaens - St. Andrew, Clifton, John Hayes - St. Andrew, Clifton

February 9, 2003

Maria Cytowicz, Pack 9 and Franciscan Brother Father Boniface Hanley, Troop 114, both St. Joseph, West Milford; Edward Keane, Pack 108, Our Lady of the Valley, Wayne; Jeff Mantell, Troop 109, St. Matthew, Randolph; and Debbie Wickham, St. Thomas the Apostle, Oak Ridge, and Catherine Zanotti, St. Joseph, Bound Brook, both of Patriots Path Council.

February 15, 2004 

Mr. Steven Fitzsimmons, Troop 30 - St. Anthony, Hawthorne

Mr. Patrick Foley, Troop 139, St. Lawrence Martyr, Chester

Mrs. Maryellen Gabay, St. Joseph, West Milford

Mr. James Scheidemann, Our Lady of the Valley, Wayne

February 6, 2005

Bernadette Bishop - O.L. Valley, Wayne

Karl Groggard - Immaculate Conception, Franklin

Jeffrey Matz, - St. Thomas of Aquin, Ogdensburg

Lori Scheidemann - O.L. Valley, Wayne

Michael J. Wickham - St. Thomas, Oak Ridge

February 12, 2006

Thomas Gibbons, Long Valley

Linda Hodgson, Paterson

Michael Marconi, Succasunna

February 11, 2007

Timothy Connors, Randolph

David Fitzsimmons, Hawthorne

February 17, 2008

ST. GEORGE AWARD RECIPIENTS DIOCESE OF PATERSON

St. George Legend and Background

The National Catholic Committee on Scouting and the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America approved the St. George Emblem in l955. St. George, who died a martyr in the year 303, was the patron saint of knighthood and of England. The principle order of knighthood in England was placed under the patronage of St. George. The feast day of St. George, April 23, was a national holiday and holy day of obligation for English Catholics for many years.

Early stories of St. George’s knighthood describes his public witnessing of his faith, his arrest, brave suffering, and martyrdom. A later legend, which added a description of St. George as a knight who rescued the king’s daughter in Libya, was probably responsible for much of the popularity given to St. George as a defender of virtue, even at the risk of life itself, and as a person who spent his own life in the service of others.

St. George is an appropriate patron saint for Scouting, whose ideals describe many of the virtues demanded of those who would be knights. Likewise, Scouts and Scouters are called upon to make a public commitment to their ideals. The St. George Emblem identifies and gives recognition to members of the laity and clergy, Scouters and non-Scouters alike, who have made significant and outstanding contributions to the spiritual development of youth in Catholic Scouting programs.

1956

Lawrence Boeglen Sr., Andrew J. Pisarik, Peter Roe

1957 

William J. Corcoran

1958

Alexander J. Craig, Godfrey M. Meyer

1959

Harold W. Lehmkuhl

1960

Frank Marakowitz

1961

James M. Corcoran, John F. Donnellan, James L. Filler, George Flynn, Daniel Marinaro, George A. Repsher

1962

John J. Dugan, Gilbert Leifer

1963

Louis J. Bihr, Albert Kent

1964

Fernando Rivera

1965

NONE

1966

Gerald Fitzpatrick, Walter J. Fleisher

February 7, 1967

John P. Byank - St. Nicholas, Passaic, Edward J. Jordan - St. Therese, Succasunna, Frank A. Montini - St. Christopher, Parsipanny, Edward F. Tyburski - O.L. of the Valley, Wayne

February 11, 1968

Thomas M. Cooke, Robert P. Dunham, Charles E. Ramirez

February 16, 1969

Gerald J. Danco - Morristown, Bernard Shor - Wayne

February 8, 1970 

James Dignall - Clifton, Edward Oles - Passaic, Robert Purder - Dover

February 7, 1971

Stanley Usinewicz, Vincent F. Zelenka

February 6, 1972

Stephen Biro, Joshua Monego

February 18, 1973

Bishop Lawrence B. Casey, Peter Librizzi, Joseph Ruddy - Aheka Area Chairman

February 10, 1974

Joseph Bednarz - Holy Rosary, Passaic, Joseph Esser- St. Paul, Clifton, James Plick - Sacred Heart, Dover

February 16, 1975

William Cross - St. Philip, Clifton, Dennis Spencer - St. Vincent, Madison, Nicholas Velicky - St. Philip, Clifton

February 8, 1976

William Jones - St. Mary, Denville, Michael Murgio - O.L. Mt. Carmel, Passaic, Rev. Ralph Sodano - Diocesan Scout Director

February 13, 1977

Fr. Raymond Kupke - Assistant Scout Director, St. Philip, Clifton

February 12, 1978 

Robert Chekan, Frank A. Epps Jr., Arthur E. Peach Jr.

February 11, 1979

George Cipolletti - St. James, Totowa, J. Harold Mensinger - Notre Dame, Cedar Knolls, Emil Soltis - St. Cyril & Methodius, Clifton

February 10, 1980

Fr. John E. Hewetson - First Diocesan Scouting Director 1939-44, William Schulz - Notre Dame, Cedar Knolls

February 8, 1981

Bernard Harold Donahue - St. Brendan, Clifton, Leon Ernst - St. Mary, Pompton Lakes, Eugene Lepelletier -St. Philip, Clifton, William Muise - St. John Kanty, Clifton

February 7, 1982

John Abene - St. James, Totowa, Robert Alliegro - St. Anthony, Hawthorne,  William L. Geiger- St. Vincent, Madison, Joseph Hoffman - Notre Dame, Cedar Knolls

February 13, 1983

Bishop Frank Rodimer, Jane Boyle - Hawthorne (1st woman to receive S.G. Award), Fr. Patrick Hurley, O.S.B. - Notre Dame, Cedar Knolls, John Sheptok - St. James, Totowa

March 3, 1984

Fr. William Cramer - O.L. of the Lake, Sparta, Barney Kabis - Mt. Virgin, Garfield, Thomas Power - St. Jude, Budd Lake

February 3, 1985

Rev. Thomas Rainforth - St. Philip, Clifton, Chet Kochan - Notre Dame, Cedar Knolls

February 9, 1986

NONE

February 1, 1987

Gary Mafia

February 7, 1988

Fr. Edward Collins - St. Mark Mission, Schooleys Mountain, Eugene Madsen Jr. - Sacred Heart, Clifton, Carl Zipfel - St. Jude, Budd Lake

February 5, 1989

Fr. Wayne Varga - Holy Trinity, Passaic

February 10, 1990

Robert Parker - Holy Trinity, Passaic

February 10, 1991

Fr. Keith Northridge - St. Therese, Succasunna

February 9, 1992

John Birkner - Our Lady of Consolation, Wayne, James Marrocco - Sacred Heart, Clifton

February 7, 1993

Fr. Dan Kelly - St. Nicholas, Passaic, David Ovejero - Holy Trinity, Passaic

February 13, 1994

Noreen Ciborski - St. Jude, Budd Lake

February 12, 1995

George Fedor, Sacred Heart, Wallington

March 3, 1996

Fr. Mark Olenowski - Resurrection Parish, Randolph

February 9, 1997

NONE

February 22, 1998

NONE

February 28, 1999

James Osborne - Holy Spirit, Pequannock

February 20, 2000 

Jerry Lee Gonzalez - Holy Trinity R.C. Church, Passaic

If you happen to notice a spelling error in any of the names on this list, please contact the committee through our e-mail address ccsdop@hotmail.com. Thank You.

February 9, 2003

Matthew Kudla, Troop 1, Holy Rosary R.C. Church, Passaic, NJ.

February 15, 2004

NONE

February 6, 2005

Joseph D. Wickham - St. Thomas, Oak Ridge

February 12, 2006

Maria Cytowicz, St. Joseph, West Milford

Msgr. John Demkovich, St. Mary's, Passaic

February 11, 2007

Patrick Foley, St. Lawrence, Chester

John Hayes, St. Philips, Clifton

Mary Ellen Gabay, St. Joseph, West Milford

February 17, 2008

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