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Brother Knights, A little about membership… Membership should be the foremost priority of every Grand Knight and Membership Director throughout this great state of Ohio. We have done a fair job so far in the first quarter of the fraternal year but we all know we could do much better. Currently about 25% of the Council's around the state are carrying the load in new membership. If the State of Ohio is to improve our membership status and grow as a jurisdiction we need the other 75% or roughly 300 councils to step up and begin recruiting. October should be a big
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month for us in Ohio. It is a month that we expect every council to conduct a parish drive. There is not a good reason that a council should not conduct a parish drive during the month of October. Growth in new membership brings new Brother Knights, new ideas, and new energy into your councils. Please get on track with your councils membership program and sign up a new member today. Congratulations to the August Membership Contest winners and all who brought in a new member that month. Contest winners should be listed in State Membership Director Nick Gresko’s column.
Mission Statement The Supreme Retention Process… Council Retention Chairmen please make sure that you are following the Supreme Retention Process exactly as prescribed. As State Deputy I receive a conservation list every from the Supreme Council. The list makes me aware of all 1845s that have been put on file by each council. If a member is on that list that does not have a phone number I will in turn asking each Grand Knight to provide one. If there is no phone number I can assume that the Council’s Retention Committee has not made their phone calls, the District Deputy has not made (Continued on page 2)
We as men of the Knights of Columbus, men of faith, are called through Baptism to grow and increase in faith. We are thereby summoned to serve as witnesses to that faith in our daily lives, in the lives of our families, and in the lives of others throughout our communities.
Mission Objective Fostering men united in a faith that will continue the growth of Fr. McGivney’s dream ensuring the spread of Columbianism; becoming more visible through the good works of Charity, Unity, and Fraternity; creating an atmosphere which encourages and calls all Catholic men to serve with their Brothers. Check Us Out At
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his phone call, nor will the State Retention Chairmen be able to make their phone calls. Then upon receipt of the Form 100 requesting suspension for nonpayment of dues; will be returned to the council and not processed for failure to follow the proper procedure of the retention process. Additionally if the council’s Form 365 does not list a Council Retention Chairman the retention process will immediately stop and the member will not be suspended.
Our Fall Fundraiser the Football Frenzy Sweepstakes…
Some thoughts on degree work… Please continue to schedule frequent degrees. Our requirement is one 1st Degree per District per month, statewide. Every District Deputy is required to schedule and conduct a 1st Degree in his district every month. District Deputies or Grand Knights should be listing all of the degrees on the State Website. The degree posting page should be overflowing with scheduled degrees yet day after day I see few degrees are being posted. There should be a minimum of 80 degrees per month posted on the State Website. If you schedule them they will come. If you post them others can see them and they will come. Please discuss with your candidates about the proper dress attire when they come to take any of the degrees. A candidate in t-shirts and shorts is just not an acceptable dress for a candidate making a degree. They should be dressed at the very minimum some type of Dockers or dress pants and a
The Football Frenzy Sweepstakes is coming to a close this month. Council sales returns are due to Past State Deputy Gary Eckstein. Remember an increase this year of $50,000 in profits at the State Council will negate the $1.00 per capita increase that will be proposed to the delegates at the next state convention. Please do all you can do to the sell your share of these Football Frenzy tickets. Consider it your hedge fund against the per capita proposal. I just can't believe it's that difficult for 58,000 Knights to sell 35,000 tickets. Supreme Council Icon Program… The Holy Family Icon program will begin during the month of October. Four icons will circulate through the State of Ohio over the next 20 months. The Icon should be scheduled in each district for an entire month. This should give you some time to set up services in your district for each council.
Look further in this issue of the “Voice of the Spirit” for the schedule and when the icon will come to your district. Please take full advantage of this prayerful opportunity within your console and parishes. State Council Financials… The State Council has paid out all 2015 Super Cash Bonanza Rebates. The State Council has also paid to date all 2015 Measure Up Grant Checks except to those councils that may have sent in a late check during the month of September. At first opportunity we will issue these Grants Checks and get them back to their respective councils. The State Council has also paid to date all 2015 State Convention Delegate Mileage and Per Diem checks. The checks have been set to the Financial Secretary of record. The only checks that may not be paid are the councils who have recently sent in the State Per Capita check. Remember that the 2015 Convention Mileage and Per Diem check is not paid until the State Council receives the State Per Capita check. A little about the Statewide Retreat… Please reserve the weekend of February 4th and 5th, 2016 for the Ohio State Council State Retreat. A Reservation Form, event costs, rooming and rooming availability will be available in the next issue of the “Voice of the Spirit”. Please make every effort attend this 24 hour day with your Brother Knights in some fraternity, meditation, and prayer.
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District Deputy Midyear Meeting… The District Deputy Midyear Meeting will be weekend of January 8, 9, and 10, 2016 at the Columbus Hilton at Easton. Supreme Council Membership and Programming Consultant Joe Ramirez and Supreme Council Training Consultant Tom Ciborski will lead the day of training on Saturday afternoon.
Norwood, Minster, West Chester, and in Dayton. All of the meetings have been very well attended. There has been excellent dialogue and debate among myself, other State Officers, State Directors and the Brother Knights in attendance. All meetings start at 7:00 p.m.
Every District Deputy is required to attend this weekend conference. Please plan to attend and clear your calendar for this all-important weekend. Later this month I will send a personal invitation to each District Deputy with his requirements needed for that weekend. Plan to provide information concerning required forms, membership, programming, and degree work that day.
WWW.KOFCOHIO.ORG The State Website is up and running for the 1st General Program grading period. Yes we have had some web issues. All problems to my knowledge have been worked out with Webmaster Brother Gilliland on a person to person basis. He has taken to task the corrections of any deficiencies that may have come along. Remember our website is only 90 days old so it’s just getting up on its feet. Please be patient with us. If you have any issues please address them to me and I'll get with you and Brother Bob to get them resolved.
Thursday, October 8, Bucyrus Council #711 Tuesday, October 13, Ottawa Council #1757 Thursday, October 13, St. Hilary Council #14551 Tuesday, October 20, Holy Angels Sandusky Thursday, October 22, Perrysburg Council #7978 Thursday, November 5, Marian Council #3813 Tuesday, November 10, Mantua Council #3766 Thursday, December 10, Garfield Council #4130 Wednesday, December 16, Greater Columbus Area Thursday, December 17, Kenton Council #1597
In closing… God Bless and continue to do the work you do in Jesus name. Dedicate everything you do for Him to the honor and glory of God and see what changes it will make in your life.
Bob Collins State Deputy
“Town Hall” Meetings… The “Town Hall” meetings seem to be working well. I have attended four meetings in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Meetings have been conducted in
HOLY FAMILY ICON "There has been a delay in the printing and design of the Prayer Books and Online Program for the Holy Family Icon at Supreme. At this time I am not sure when those will be printed and sent, although I suspect that it will be at the end of October 2015. Therefore please know that there will be a delay in the start of the Holy Family Icon traveling schedule in Ohio. I will let you all know when will start, as soon as I am told". Fraternally, Larry Droesch, State Warden and Ohio Icon Coordinator 3 | VOICE OF THE SPIRIT | OCTOBER 2015 | WWW.KOFCOHIO.ORG
REFLECTIONS FROM OUR WORTHY STATE CHAPLAIN
STATE CHAPLAIN REPORT close their hearts and become selfish.”
Fr. Edward Janoch
"How beautiful is the family The Month of October is the that recites the Rosary every secondary month dedicated to evening." Our Blessed Mother, because October 7th is the day we “Freedom consists not in remember Our Lady of the doing what we like, but in Rosary. This month is also having the right to do what we dedicated to Life. Thirdly, the ought.” feast day of St. John Paul II is on October 22nd and he was a great “As the family goes, so goes the defender of Life. So this month I nation and so goes the whole have supplied us with some world in which we live.” quotes from St. John Paul II on the Blessed Virgin Mary, the “From Mary we learn to Rosary, life, family and marriage. surrender to God's Will in all things. From Mary we learn to Enjoy. trust even when all hope seems “Mary is the sure path to our gone. From Mary we learn to meeting with Christ. Devotion love Christ her Son and the to the Mother of the Lord, Son of God!” when it is genuine, is always an impetus to a life guided by “Love between man and the spirit and values of the woman cannot be built Gospel.” without sacrifices and selfdenial.” “Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be "The cemetery of the victims of squandered, as a talent which human cruelty in our century must be used well.” is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of “Marriage is an act of will the unborn." that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the "Euthanasia is a grave spouses and binds them to violation of the law of God, their eventual souls, with since it is the deliberate and whom they make up a sole morally unacceptable killing family - a domestic church.” of a human person." "Abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, for example, risk reducing the human person to a mere object: life and death to order, as it were!" “The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people
‘The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times." “The Rosary is my favorite prayer.” Did you know St. Pope John Paul II’s love of the Rosary inspired Pope Francis to pray at least 15
mysteries every day? In 2005, he recounted participating in a 1985 Rosary led by the saint. Pope Francis said “I felt that this man, chosen to lead the Church, was following a path up to his Mother in the sky, a path set out on from his childhood. And I became aware of the density of the words of the Mother of Guadalupe to Saint Juan Diego: ‘Don’t be afraid, am I not your mother?’” As Knights we have all received the weapon against evil. It is this devotion that will strengthen us along our way in life. We are called to have this rosary in our hands and in our pockets wherever we go. Let us not forget this. Let us conclude with a prayer by St. John Paul II from his Encyclical: Evangelium Vitae (Gospel of Life). O Mary, bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living, to you do we entrust the cause of life. Look down, O Mother, upon the vast numbers of babies not allowed to be born, of the poor whose lives are made difficult, of men and women who are victims of brutal violence, of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy. Grant that all who believe in your son may proclaim the Gospel of life
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with honesty and love to the Vivat Jesus! people of our time. Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel as a gift ever new, the joy of celebrating it with gratitude throughout their lives, and the courage to bear witness to it resolutely, in order to build, together with all people of good will, the civilization of truth and love, to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and lover of life. Amen. Our Lady of the Rosary, Pray For Us! St. John Paul II, Pray For Us! Bl. Michael J. McGivney, Pray For Us!
Rosary similar to the one I received from St. John Paul II on 1 March 1999
SAINT OF THE MONTH St. John Paul II October 22nd Karol Josef Wotjtyła was born in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. After his ordination to the priesthood and theological studies in Rome, he returned to his homeland and resumed various pastoral and academic tasks. He became first auxiliary bishop and, in 1964, Archbishop of Krakow and took part in the Second Vatican Council. On 16 October 1978 he was elected pope and took the name John Paul II. His exceptional apostolic zeal, particularly for families, young people and the sick, led him to numerous pastoral visits throughout the world. Among the many Papal Audience with St. Pope John Paul II, on 1 March 1999, fruits which he has left as a heritage to Vatican City, Italy the Church are above all his rich Magisterium and the promulgation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church as well as the Code of Canon Law for the Latin Church and for the Eastern Churches. In Rome on 2 April 2005, the eve of the Second Sunday of Easter (or of Divine Mercy), he departed peacefully in the Lord. On 1 May 2011 he was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI. On 27 April 2014 he was canonized by Pope Francis, in Rome.
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BUILDING THE DOMESTIC CHURCH
Because God rested on the seventh day, we want to celebrate Sunday together as a family. For Families Sunday is the Day of the Lord in which we remember and give thanks for the work of creation, his gift of the Holy Spirit, and the joy of our faith.
The Holy Family of Nazareth is truly the “prototype” of every Christian family which, united in the sacrament of marriage and nourished by the Word and the Eucharist, is called to carry out the wonderful vocation and mission of being the living cell not only of society but also of the Church, as sign and instrument of unity for the entire human race. Pope Benedict XVI Angelus Address, Dec 31, 2006
1. What does it mean to Celebrating the sacredness of me to see the rest of the family this holy day each week pray or attend Mass with me? together as a family strengthens us in our vocation to holiness. 2. Why might God want me to be a part of this particular Meditation family, giving me these people to In the Gospel we do not find love and care for? discourses on the family but an event which is worth more than 3. How can I help my any words: God wanted to be friends and family members born and to grow up in a human discover God’s plan for them? family. . . . How might they help me do the same? When he was 12 years old, he stayed behind in the Temple and it took his parents all of Family Project three days to find him. With this act he made them Sunday is a special day, a “miniunderstand that he “had to see Easter” during which we to his Father’s affairs,” in other celebrate Christ’s victory over words, to the mission that God sin and death. had entrusted to him. This Gospel episode reveals the most authentic and profound vocation of the family: that is, to accompany each of its members on the path of the discovery of God and of the plan that he prepared for him or her.
follow the Lord. Blessed are all who fear the LORD. and who walk in his ways. What your hands provide you will enjoy; your will be blessed and prosper: Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your home, Your children like young olive plants around your table. Just so will the man be blessed who fears the LORD. May the LORD bless you from Zion; may you see Jerusalem’s prosperity all the days of your life, and live to see your children’s children. Peace upon Israel!
Make the day special by sharing a special meal as a family. You might also consider planning a Sunday trip to visit an adoration chapel to spend time together as a family adoring God, truly present to us in the Eucharist. On the last Sunday of the month, discuss as a family Scripture Reading of the which Scripture verse stood out Month the most for each member. Psalm 128, 1-6
Mary and Joseph taught Jesus primarily by their example: in his parents he came to know the full beauty of faith, of love for God and for his Law, as well as the demands of justice, which is totally fulfilled in love. . . . Happiness comes to families who
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PILGRAMAGE OF ST. MARIA GORETTI
Ohio Wednesday October 21, 2015 Saint Joseph Cathedral 212 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 224-1295 Public veneration of St. Maria begins: 11:00 am Solemn Mass celebrated in St. Maria’s honor: 7:00 pm Public veneration ends: 11:00 pm While St. Maria is universally known as the Patroness of Purity, her greatest virtue was her unyielding forgiveness of her attacker even in the midst of horrendous physical suffering, a forgiveness that would completely convert him and set him on a path to personal holiness. In March His Holiness, Pope Francis, announced an Extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy beginning December 8th. This visit of the major relics of St. Maria Goretti is an effort on the part of her Basilica Shrine, the Congregation of the Causes of Saints, and Treasures of the
Nicholas (now known as the Sanctuary of St. Maria Goretti) in her birth town of Corinaldo. It was with her right arm that Maria defended her purity and prevented Alessandro Serenelli from raping her. The arm is contained within a reliquary above the high altar. A Transformation to God St. Maria Goretti's heroic story of love and forgiveness would not be complete without one of its first miraculous fruits: the conversion of Alessandro Serenelli, Maria's murderer.
Immediately after his brutal assault on young Maria Goretti, Alessandro was imprisoned temporarily in Nettuno and then transferred to Regina Coeli prison in Rometo to stand trial. After vehemently denying his guilt, he Church, to prepare and catechize finally broke down in the face of the United States for this great overwhelming testimony. Since he celebration in the life of the was a minor, he was sentenced to Church. only thirty years hard labor. St. Maria’s remains are inside a glass-sided casket. Inside the casket is a wax statue within which repose her skeletal remains. None of her sacred remains are visible. Nevertheless, the skeleton is complete save for some small fragments that have been taken for placement in altars and for use in the Church’s ministry (e.g., in exorcism). In addition, her mother permitted her right arm to be donated to the Church of St.
symbolic of purity. From that moment, peace invaded Alessandro's heart, and he began to live a constructive life. After serving his sentence, Alessandro took up residence at a Capuchin monastery, working in the garden as a tertiary. He asked pardon of Maria's mother and accompanied her to Christmas Mass in the parish church where he spoke before the hushed congregation, acknowledging his sin and asking God's forgiveness and the pardon of the community. Forty years later, on June 24, 1950, Maria was canonized at St. Peter's basilica in Rome, with Alessandro's heart now firmly converted to the Lord. A miraculous fruit of Maria's life, indeed! Testament of Alessandro Serenelli
Alessandro Serenelli died on May 6th, 1970 in the Capuchin convent A priest came to see him soon of Macerata. He left the following afterward, and he turned on the testimony, dated May 5, 1961, as cleric in rage, howling like a his spiritual legacy: maniac and lunging at him. "I'm nearly 80 years old. I'm about In the days which followed, to depart. Alessandro lost his appetite and grew nervous. After six years of "Looking back at my past, I can see prison, he was near the brink of that in my early youth, I chose a despair. Then one night, Maria bad path which led me to ruin appeared to him in his cell. She myself. smiled at Alessandro and was surrounded by lilies, the flower (Continued on page 17)
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MEMBERSHIP October 1 marks the beginning of the 2nd quarter of our fraternal year. Let’s not wait. The time to start recruiting is now, today, not later. Let’s start recruiting new members today and help keep the vision of our founding father, Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney alive. We need to continue to work with our Bishops and Priests and provide them with our solidarity and support. Recruiting new members is essential to the continued growth and wellbeing of your council and the Order. Offering a man membership in the Knights of Columbus gives him the opportunity to improve his own life and his community. Membership allows him to experience the fraternal bond that Knights share while growing closer to his family and faith. Time and again Carl Anderson, our Supreme Knight has stressed that we have nothing less than a moral obligation to offer membership in the Knights of Columbus to every eligible Catholic man. To accomplish this, he is asking dedicated brother Knights like you to be ambassadors, to reach out to Catholic men and their families and invite them to become part of our Order. The Servant of God Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney founded our Order more than 120 years ago, and yet we have only just begun to realize our true potential. New members are essential to our success; the Order’s tomorrow depends on our recruitment today!
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Nick Gresko “Inspector Membership” State Membership Director John Brown New Council Development William Wirtz Retention Director (West) Michael Jordon Retention Director (East)
We must be creative in our recruitment efforts, and our Supreme Knight along with his team of Supreme officers has given us a tool to aide us. Please encourage prospective members and their families to visit the “Why Join?” feature at their convenience and in the comfort of their own homes. In doing so, they can see why being a Knight of Columbus truly is an experience of a lifetime. So with record numbers in charity and charitable works, we as Knights should not relax on our charitable works this should be a call for all of us to strive to increase these numbers to even greater levels. To help keep us moving in the correct direction we need to look at all possible avenues to increase these numbers, for some it may be to help at one more event and for others it might be to bring in new members or ask non-members to help. As Supreme Knight Carl Anderson says we should offer the (Continued on page 9)
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Raymond Darr Ceremonials Director
DIOCESAN MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORS Richard Chunnic Cincinnati Jerome Nowesnick Cleveland George Jones Columbus Thomas Offenberger Steubenville James Collins Toledo Dave Bender Youngstown
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a membership activity. This can be as easy as just having a experience of being a Knight of membership table at each event Columbus to all eligible Catholic with pamphlets and information men over 18 years of age. When about your council. we do bring in a new member don’t just bring him in, but help mentor and listen to what they Our efforts should be focused on have to say. They may have a Recruiting, Retention, New good idea of new events or even Council Development and how to revitalize an older event Council Retention. With these if it has been declining over the goals, we can surely keep the last few times you have tried it. vision alive and ensure the Remember to make all activities continued growth of the Knights
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Thank you in advance for your efforts to bring new members into our ranks. Working together, we are confident that the Knights of Columbus will continue to thrive as the preeminent lay Catholic organization in the world and in our GREAT state of Ohio, “The Membership State.”
EXTENSION OF PROMOTION! RECRUITER’S AWARD 2ND QUARTER—2015
(All jurisdictions) NO need to fill out a form, just recruit 12 new members between July 1st and December 31, 2015 and your council wins 20,000 VIP points .
IN HONOR OF POPE FRANCIS DISTRICT DEPUTY AWARD ONE FIRST DEGREE PER DISTRICT PER MONTH 2ND QUARTER OCTOBER 1, 2015—DECEMBER 31, 2015 Do at least one First Degree per month or more! Conduct one First Degree in your district per month and receive 15,000 VIP Points. Conduct one First Degree in your district 2 of the 3 months and receive 10,000 VIP Points. Conduct one First Degree in your district 1 of the 3 months and receive 5,000 VIP Points. For every additional degree each month, receive 2,500 VIP Points per degree. * Must submit all Form 450s by January 15, 2016 to receive credit for each degree; additionally, each degree must have at least three new members.
In honor of Pope Francis, we are extending the special incentive to all recruiters. Between July 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015, you will receive 2,000 VIP points for every new or former member recruited in this time period in addition to a medallion similar to the one above for the first new or former member recruited only. If you’ve already received a medallion for the 1st quarter, you will continue to receive 2,000 VIP for any member recruited in the 2nd quarter. Examples: 1. You recruit 1 new member in this time frame: you get only one medallion plus 2,000 VIP points. 2. You recruit 5 new members in this time frame: you get only one medallion plus 10,000 VIP points.
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MEMBERSHIP PROACTIVE RETENTION gives us the opportunity to help Michael Jordon & William Wirtz, Jr.
our Brothers who are struggling. We all know that in schools we have the “No Child Left Behind” parents and teachers are responsible that all children have the same opportunity to learn. It is the same with our program. We should never leave a Brother behind. The Helping Hands program fits into our theme so well “Through Him, With Him, In Him”.
It’s hard to believe that the first quarter of our Fraternal Year has come to a close. This quarter has been a strong one for membership and that is great and let’s keep it up. As we start the second quarter it’s time to take a look at another program that should play an important part in our councils and that program is the For questions and assistance Helping Hands Program. Why is please don’t hesitate to contact this program vital to us as Brother Knights? This program
NEW COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT Congratulations are in order for Ohio’s newest council – Mary Queen of Peace Council in Cleveland. Installation of Officers took place Sunday, September 27. District Deputy Tom Buehner has been a very busy man. Not only has he started two new councils within the past year, he’s a new dad too – talk about muli-tasking…
the Ohio State Council Retention Directors. Michael Jordan State Retention Director East 2325 Innwood Drive Austintown, OH 44515-7317 330-540-7317 mtjordon@yahoo.com William Wirtz, Jr. State Retention Director West 2221 Vienna Parkway Dayton, OH 45459 937-470-7795 billjoyce1@sbcglobal.net
but there are many more opportunities out there to bring Fr. McGivney’s dream to life. That can only happen if we all work toward the same goal. The great state of Ohio has awakened from her long slumber. A better way to state that is that you guys are doing an amazing job. Fr. Janoch’s letter to pastors across the state has produced several opportunities – some for new councils and some to revitalize current councils.
buildings at a single bound. OK, I can’t promise that last one, but the other two are definitely doable.
New Council Development is not a puzzle. It’s not brain surgery. It As I write this, three new is definitely not that difficult. We councils are in the works (there have a proven process that just may be more, but these are the If your council has become less works. Its’ been proven time and ones I know about right now) – than dynamic, we have a way to time again across this great state two in the Cleveland Diocese and help cure that. The same process and across the country. The only one in the Archdiocese of we use to start new councils can way the process doesn’t work is if Cincinnati. I think our Worthy work wonders to revitalize your you don’t try it. Contact your State Warden is looking to regain council. Turn your council into a Diocesan Membership Director that “Dynamo” label – rumor has force for good in your parish and or me with any questions. We’d it he’s working Richard your community. For information love to help you strengthen and Chunnick (Membership Director and help on turning things grow your council. Oh yeah, we for the Archdiocese) hard. So, if around, you can contact me or won’t turn down any new my math is correct, and these your Diocesan Membership councils either… three in the works come to Director. Together we will work John Brown – fruition, that will make five for to make your council stronger, trouter0523@gmail.com – 330the year – by December. Be still more vital, able to leap tall 610-0308 my heart. That’s a great start, 10 | VOICE OF THE SPIRIT | OCTOBER 2015 | WWW.KOFCOHIO.ORG
MEMBERSHIP There still are 250 councils that have not recruited a new member this year so far! We would like for this list down to be 200 or less by the end of October. Lets work hard at accomplishing this. We can do this together!
DD's if you see one of your councils on this list help them this month get a new member. Diocesan Membership Directors if you see councils in your diocese pay them a visit this month or get on the phone and call them and help them recruit a new member this month. Grand Knights if you see your council on this list what are you going to do this month to recruit a new member into your council?
Remember—MORE Knights bring MORE hands and hearts, to raise MORE funds and to evangelize, doing God's good works helping MORE people! Go out there and get a bunch of new members this month! Inspector Membership knows we can get this list to 200 or less by the end of October!!! The Inspector will be on the phone this weekend helping councils. What is your council or district going to do to decrease this list?
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GENERAL SERVICE PROGRAMS Congratulations to the July, and August Family of the Month from Supreme. In July from Council 1756 in Versailles is the Travis and Carolyn Wilker Family. For August, from Council 7879 in Perrysburg, is the Robert and Carol Warnimont Family. This program from Supreme is a great way to recognize the families that work hard for your Council. Just submit your Monthly winner at the Council level.
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Remember the second reporting period ends at the end of the month, and are due by November 5th to the Reporting Director. Also remember to review the comments made by the Directors and make sure that he did not return it for more information. Is your Council using the poster given on the State Tour to keep track of your programming? It will make filling out the SP#7 form for the Columbian Award easier.
Robert Walsh General Program Director
October 3rd thru 11th was designated Charitable Service Outreach Week. What will your Council be doing for your Community and Church? Consider doing a worthy project even if it takes longer than this week. Mike Nau, the Youth Director, would like for me to remind the Diocesan District Deputies that it is their responsibility to hold the Regional Soccer Challenge and send him the winners from the contest. By the end of October your Council should be ordering the Free Throw Championship Kits from Supreme. Looking ahead to November it will be time to order the Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest, and Christmas Poster Contest. The work your Council is doing will only strengthen the Community, and Church in the area your Council serves.
A few weeks ago, it occurred to me what a Each Sunday at mass I beautiful sight this truly see the same woman. is, what a great example She has some ailment, possible the remnants of it is, and how blessed I a stroke, that causes her am to see it each week. This woman fights and difficulty in walking. struggles each week to She sits in the back so make it to the altar on her walker can be put her own two legs to against the wall and is receive our Lord. She assisted to communion keeps her eye on the by a gentleman I can Eucharist the whole only assume is her time. She puts her heart husband. He holds her and soul into that arm the whole way to struggle just to stand the altar while the walker stays against the before her savior and receive Him. What an wall.
Gary Anderson Culture of Life Jeff Kiliany Church Stewart Vetter Family Tom Buehner Council Mike Nau Youth Tom Forsthoefel Community
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incredible example of love and respect for his sacrifice! Her struggle made me aware of my shortcomings. Do I work that hard to get to our Lord? Do I accept the struggle each week to give my all to make it to Him? Do I keep my eye on Christ during the struggles of my week? It was quite humbling. The whole time her husband is right there at her side; holding her up
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Joe Mackos Vocations & Round Table Harding Christ Editor “Buckeye Bulletin� Marty Schumacher Squires Robert Gilliland Website Jim Maslach Social Media
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and assisting her to reach the altar and the salvation of the Eucharist. Are we that spouse? Are we that support within our families? Are we the force that assists others in reaching Christ in their daily lives? You might be asking yourselves what the heck this has to do with
family programs and with the Knights of Columbus? Honestly, I don't know. I could struggle for a loop in but it would be painfully transparent as me reaching to tie it in. Every time I thought about what to write this month my thoughts always came back to this observation and the revelation it brought me. I couldn't shake the feeling that
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this must be shared especially with our theme; Through Him, With Him, In Him. So dear brothers, I can only trust that the Holy Spirit inspired me to share this so that it touches one of you and is the catalyst for some good that God needs done.
browser), then find the clear history or delete history option. Here are windows from Internet Explorer and FireFox. If you have any problems, or need any help, please feel free to email me at BobG@sceinet.com. Robert Gilliland State Website Director
Your browser also helps make your Internet web faster by keeping a copy of the web page you visited on your computer for faster retrieval. This is called a “cache”. After a while these copies can take up disk space and also cause your browser to perform incorrectly. It will sometimes use the copy on disk and not see the page on the Internet, or it will windows. take time to see going through all of the files in the Cache to see if There are some sections of the the page you are visiting is State Council website that use already on disk, and the browser popup windows, such as in will seem slower as a result. So, viewing programs, that will open a just like “Spring Cleaning”, you new window to allow you to view can clear out the old history by multiple programs at once. The deleting the browsing history, main “View Programs” window cookies, etc. in your browser. Go to will stay open and cause a new your browser settings and find the browser window to open. If your Internet history or Internet browser is not allowing popups, History (depending on your then it will not work properly. To 14 | VOICE OF THE SPIRIT | OCTOBER 2015 | WWW.KOFCOHIO.ORG
ADMINISTRATION My Brother Knights, Administration Forms are a requirement and their timing of submittal is critical for Star council and Special Program awards in the individual State Programs. Administration Forms should be submitted to the proper Supreme address and copies whether paper or electronic should be submitted to the State Forms Chairman based the Table below: Form Number
on
Form Title
Form Due Date
185
Report of Council Officers
365
Service Program Personnel
August 1 2015
1295
Semi-annual Council Audit Report
August 15 2015
1728
Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity
January 31 2016
1295
Semi-annual Council Audit Report, (December Report)
February 15 2016
SP7
Columbian Award
July 1 2015
July 30 2016
Please utilize the Table above and the Forms Checklist provided in the General Program book on page 30. This checklist is an excellent tool to help you succeed this next year. Copies should be sent to the State Forms Chairman: Richard Royle 13942 Olde Orchard Rd. Strongsville, Ohio 44136-8342 My phone is 216-210-5247 and via email at kofcroyle@gmail.com.
There are several requirements you need to work on in October. They are summarized below and listed in the District Deputy Manual. Remember the monthly reports are due by 11:59PM on the 5th of every month. We need a 100% on-time turn in. Also these reports are to be done on line. The link will either be on the website or sent out by your Diocesan Coordinator. If you are having trouble contact your diocesan coordinator for assistance. The numbers for this report should be for September ONLY. October Requirements Contact all your councils and get the total number of Measure- Up Rulers needed. Send the total number you need for your district
DISTRICT DEPUTIES to the State Warden. Hold your District Soccer Challenge during the first two weeks in October. Help with Regional Soccer Challenge during the last two weeks in October.
Thank you for all the great work you do. George Metz District Deputy Director
Remember to schedule at least one 1st Degree in your District every month. Submit the Supreme Form 450 for all Degrees in your district to Supreme, the State Membership Director and to the District Deputy Director. Turn in October DD Monthly Report to your coordinator and District Deputy Director on or before November 5th.
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FUND CRAZR FOOTBALL SWEEPSTAKES JULY KICKOFF until OCT. 27, 2015 Over the past thirteen years, Ohio State councils have sold over 165,000 tickets earning councils over $500,000 in rebates from the Football Sweepstakes program. These are rebates that councils may use to pay expenses that they choose to cover from their proceeds. Last year there was a nearly 5% increase in tickets sales and a 15% increase in rebates to participating councils. This is a “Win-Win” situation for councils – a win - where $1000 is awarded to weekly winners and a win where councils will receive rebate proceeds. And you get all of this - 10 weeks of excitement for only $10.00 a ticket.
FOOTBALL FRENZY the diocese that has the second greatest increase in sales, and an extra .25 for the diocese with the third greatest increase in sales. MINIMUM OF 10% INCREASE !!
week. It makes no difference whether teams win or lose. Total prizes awarded for the 10 weeks are $10,000.00. A winners’ list will be posted on www.fundcrazr.com – Password is going to your ticket number.
The 2015 sweepstakes involves the last 10 weeks of games played by the National Football League this season – games that will be Tickets that are sold can be played between Nov. 1 and Jan. turned in any time before October 27, which is the final deadline. Sold tickets, and money, are to be sent to: PSD Gary Eckstein, 1498 River Trail Drive, Grove City, Ohio 43123. You also may contact me at 614-679-4238 for additional tickets. Winners will be notified and paid automatically each week by the Ohio State Council.
Remember: participants must print legibly their name, address, telephone number, and name and 3. Donations are $10.00 per Once again, the basic incentives number of the selling council, on ticket. There are 32 NFL teams will remain the same as in the ticket stub. The stub, and and each ticket has four different previous years, so over $125,000 $10, is turned in. The participant teams each week No other ticket in rebates can be earn, simply by selling these football sweepstakes has the same teams in any given keeps the rest of the ticket. week. tickets. The bottom line is that the more tickets sold the larger A total of $1,000 in prizes is the rebate to your council. awarded each week to ticket EXTRA BONUS REBATE: A holders with the four teams that bonus rebate of an extra $1.00 score the most – or the least – per ticket will be given to all councils in the diocese that show number of points in that given week of games. The scores from greatest increase in sales – the previous week’s games are minimum of 10% increase over used for teams that are not 2014. A bonus rebate of .50 for scheduled to play on any given 16 | VOICE OF THE SPIRIT | OCTOBER 2015 | WWW.KOFCOHIO.ORG
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"My behavior was influenced by print, mass-media and bad examples which are followed by the majority of young people without even thinking. And I did the same. I was not worried. "There were a lot of generous and devoted people who surrounded me, but I paid no attention to them because a violent force blinded me and pushed me toward a wrong way of life. "When I was 20 years-old, I committed a crime of passion. Now, that memory represents something horrible for me. Maria Goretti, now a Saint, was my good Angel, sent to me through Providence to guide and save me. I still have impressed upon my heart her words of rebuke and of pardon. She prayed for me, she interceded for her murderer. Thirty years of prison followed. "If I had been of age, I would have spent all my life in prison. I accepted
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Angel and her mother, Assunta.
to be condemned because it was my own fault. "Little Maria was really my light, my protectress; with her help, I behaved well during the 27 years of prison and tried to live honestly when I was again accepted among the members of society. The Brothers of St. Francis, Capuchins from Marche, welcomed me with angelic charity into their monastery as a brother, not as a servant. I've been living with their community for 24 years, and now I am serenely waiting to witness the vision of God, to hug my loved ones again, and to be next to my Guardian
dear
"I hope this letter that I wrote can teach others the happy lesson of avoiding evil and of always following the right path, like little children. I feel that religion with its precepts is not something we can live without, but rather it is the real comfort, the real strength in life and the only safe way in every circumstance, even the most painful ones of life." Signature, Alessandro Serenelli More information can be found at mariagoretti.com.
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MATCHING FUNDS I have chosen “Providing needs for Catholic Education” as the theme of the 2015 Matching Funds Program. Your council’s contribution to the fund will assist in strengthening the Catholic Education efforts in every Catholic school, in every religious program, and in every RCIA program of your diocese The Matching Funds Program will run from September 1, 2015 through November 15, 2015. The Ohio Charity Foundation, Inc. of the Ohio State Council is matching the first $25,000 donated to this year’s program. My goal for the 2015 Matching Funds Program is $70,000 combined with a100% participation of our Ohio councils. I would hope that all councils across this great state will contribute as generously as they have in past years. There are several ways to fund your council’s donation to the Matching Funds Program: Donate a portion of your Super Cash Bonanza Charity Ticket rebate Host a council fundraising event with proceeds earmarked for the fund Pass the hat for donations at council meetings Ask your members to make a personal pledge to the Matching Funds Program. Here are several ideas for a successful campaign within your council: Appoint a chairman Set a goal of at least 10% higher than last year Contribute early in the campaign so that your donation will be matched Send your council’s donation to me, Bob Byers, between September 1 and November 15, 2014. The Matching Funds 2015 Contribution Form is printed on the back of this letter for your convenience. All awards will be presented to the District Deputies at the January mid-year meeting for distribution to the Councils. The following is a list of this year’s awards: The highest donation overall by a council The highest donation by a council in each diocese The highest donation per member by a council in each diocese The highest donation by a chapter, an assembly, or a squires circle will each receive an award For those district deputies with 100% council participation in their districts. Please pray for the success of this year’s Matching Funds campaign. In advance, may God bless you for your work for religious education and for “Providing needs for Catholic Education”. Thank you. Fraternally, Mark Siracusa State Advocate 2015 Matching Funds Chairman
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