First Posted: 2/24/2008

Msgr. John Bendik, pastor of the Parish Community of St. Casimir, St. John the Baptist, St. John the Evangelist and St. Joseph, was named Man of the Year by the Slovak Association of Northeast Pennsylvania.
Msgr. Bendik is shown as he received the award. Also pictured are officers, left to right, District Magistrate Joseph Carmody; Treasurer George T Hizney; President Robert M. Chmarney; Modrerator Msgr. John Bendik; Trustee David Ciotola; Secretary Leonard Zavada; and Sgt. of Arms Joseph Servernak.
Absent from photo: Vice President Andrew Barilla; Trustee Eugene R McKeweon; Trustee George Nisky and Chaplin Richard Kolman.