March 2017 Voice of the Spirit

IN SERVICE TO ONE. IN SERVICE TO ALL MONTHLY PUBLICATION FOR THE OHIO STATE COUNCIL

“THROUGH HIM, WITH HIM, IN HIM”

YEAR 2 MONTH 9 MARCH 2017

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STATE DEPUTY Brother Knights, A little about membership…

Brothers we have rebounded a bit but looks like our Membership Plan went on vacation again in February. It wasn’t a total loss but not exactly what we were looking for at the State Council. It will take some undoing but I still believe in you Brother Knights throughout Ohio to come to the task and get the job done.

Our efforts statewide in Ohio placed us in a tie for second place with New York in the February Supreme Council Membership Contest being bested by our good friends up north. We finished with 7.15% intake and our best intake in several months. This should earn us a check for $750.00 in Supreme Council bonus money.

We will have several Membership Incentives working this month. The current month’s incentive, the Traveling State Deputy incentive, and the first leg of the Special Spring Bishop’s Incentive for March and April that I have previewed at all of the Super Cash Bonanza Road Show stops.

Be sure your Council Membership Director is fully aware of the contest and what is at stake for a good two months intake in new members.

Please see the State Membership Director Nick Gresko’s article for details or look for his Membership Eblasts earlier this month.

Gross Intake - February 28th numbers (New Member Recruitment) We are currently 46th of 74 Jurisdictions in the Order with a 48.09% of intake goal. To date we have recruited but 1082 new members in the first eight months of the Fraternal Year.

This places us 6th among the Division 1 Jurisdictions, but only about 4% behind them. To put this into perspective we should be at 68% of gross intake or 1530 new members. We will have to continue to step up our recruiting pace

to get back on track in January. In real numbers we will need in Ohio 296 new members per month over the next 4 months to retain our Circle of Honor status. With just a little extra effort I know that together we can make this happen.

Net Intake (New Member Recruitment less Suspensions and Withdrawals) We are currently 39th of 74 Jurisdictions in the Order with a 49.09% of intake goal. To date we have retained but 786 of those new members in the first eight months of the Fraternal Year. This places us 3rd among the Division 1 Jurisdictions but again just about six percentage points behind. Again to put this into perspective we should be at 68% of our net goal or 1071 members retained.

Net/Net Intake (New Member Recruitment less Suspensions, Withdrawals and Out of State Transfers) We are currently 59th of 74 Jurisdictions in the Order with a -130% of intake goal. To date we haven’t retained any of the new members in the first eight months of the Fraternal Year and have lost an additional 130 members. Again most of losses this month were due to member deaths.

There was an unusual amount of deaths recorded again in February. This again places us 4th among the Division 1 Jurisdictions. Again to put this into perspective we should be at 68% of our net/net goal or +68 members retained.

Again on the positive side we still have another 4 months to recover our losses.

With a good membership plan and an aggressive approach to church drives and new council development we can get back on track. It does however raise the bar each month now to try to rundown and catch up with our goals.

Think back a few weeks ago; the New England Patriots didn’t win the Super Bowl by tossing “Hail Mary” passes downfield. They won because they

stuck to their game plan. Yes they fell behind with what seemed to be a no win situation, but no one paniced. They just went back to work executing their game plan to the max. What’s our game plan? Parish Drives, Open Houses, Insurance Nights, 1 on 1 recruiting, 2 on 1 recruiting... the same plan we have had since 1882. It works.

Get back to business, back to the game plan, and back to success.

Keep scheduling those 1st Degrees.

Every District Deputy is required to schedule and conduct a 1st Degree in his district every month. Our Degree Page on the State Website should be “Busting’ Out” and overflowing with degree information. Right now I see a good number of Admission Degrees scheduled in the month of March; I should see 83. This tells me still need a little work setting up Admissions Degrees in the majority of our districts.

Successful Councils, Districts, and Diocese have a good practice of frequent degree work, and I have the records to prove it. This is not the practice as laid out and requested of me rather by the Supreme Knight. We also will need each of those degrees to be productive so everyone may help us reach our goal of 2,250 new members.

A thought on Degree Work: I have attended some degree work throughout Ohio and need to address one observation. An Admission, (Continued on page 3)

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Formation, or Knighthood Degree is no place for a Stranger, Candidate or Brother Knight in t-shirts and shorts.

Please have the respect to the Order and the Ceremonials to dress appropriately.

Golf or polo shirts with Dockers type slacks are a minimum dress that should be worn to any one attending these degrees. Please inform all attending degrees to dress the same.

Degree Work: I would like to extend my deepest congratulations to the Cincinnati Chapter and DD #13 Andrew Nuckols for certifying a new Formation Degree Team.

Patriotic Degree: Master Edward Ponder has instituted two new Assemblies in Ohio District Two. They are Brother Hugh Henderson CPPS, Assembly #3691 in Norwood and Fr. Emil Kapuan Assembly #3694 in Sandusky. Congratulations to all involved.

I have also afforded myself the time to attend many of the Spring Exemplifications throughout Ohio. I look forward to seeing not only you but the new Sir Knights we will welcome into our ranks.

118th State Convention: The 1st Call to Convention by the State Secretary is just a few days out. Make sure your Council is prepared to register for the State Convention when your information packet arrives. This convention returns to Columbus but will feature a new location and several other facility changes that weekend. Please as always read over all material sent to you for this convention.

One other note on the convention, we will be electing a new State Warden that weekend. Four Brother Knights have announced their candidacy for the position of State Warden. They are in alphabetical order: State Web Master Robert Gilliland of St. Dominic Fenwick Council #13586 State Membership Director Nicholas Gresko of Brook Park Council #13984

State Retention Director – East Michael Jordan of Campbell Marian Council #3813 State Church Activities Director Jeffrey Kiliany of Leetonia Council #1569

dhelmstetter@bright.net

More names and emails needed: We have the ability to reach every Brother Knight in the state with this monthly electronic newsletter, the Please make every effort to invite them “Voice of the Spirit”. If you are a Grand to a Chapter Meeting or a Candidates Knight, Financial Secretary, or District Night to hear what each has to offer our Deputy receiving this publication you State Council. may obtain a list of email from your council or councils and forward them to State Media Chairman Brother James State Council Finances: At the present time the State Council Maslach at his email address; finances are in good shape. The only kofcdd19@gmail.com. Brother Jim will liabilities we have to date are the current place you on the email list and then be “Pennies for Heaven” contributions and able to receive this publication along the 20% of the 2016 Measure Up with other important and informative Campaign. The 20% Measure Up memos from the State Council. monies will be moved to a separate account and disbursed before April 15th. District Deputy On-line Training I would ask that any of the District Deputies that have not completed the New State Website feature: I have instructed State Web Master Orientation Seminar please do so as Robert Gilliland to release the needed soon as possible. This training is software to allow Councils to file the available on demand at the following Fraternal Survey Form 1728 on the web address. Simply copy this text State Web site. The feature will allow a below, paste it in your browser, and fillable form with routing to the complete the required curriculum.

Supreme Council and State Deputy.

Please take advantage of this new http://goo.gl/AYjbgf feature on our web site. As always the best policy please print a copy to retain Town Hall Meetings: for your Council Records.

“Town Hall” meetings have been conducted throughout Ohio over the first eight months of the fraternal year. I Lingering Paperwork: Supreme Council records indicate that believe they have a great success and a several councils have not completed and big help to me as State Deputy. At this submitted their Form 185, their Form time I do not have any future dates 365, and their Form 1728. Look for a scheduled but I am willing to return if call in the near future from someone at requested in the months ahead. the State Council to assist in completing In closing… these three forms.

May God continue to Bless you as you continue to the work you do in Jesus Council contributions to the “Voice of name. Dedicate everything you do for Him to the honor and glory of God and the Spirit”: One feature of this monthly publication see what changes it will make in your needs are events, programs, and human life. God Bless Brothers, have a good interest events from the local Councils month and a better month than the one throughout Ohio. Any Council wanting before. Let’s all work to “Make Ohio to submit an article of interest to the Great Again”.

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STATE CHAPLAIN

Reflections from Our Worthy State Chaplain Father Edward J. Janoch For by your gracious gift each year your faithful await the sacred paschal feasts with the joy of minds made pure, so that, more eagerly intent on prayer and on the works of charity, and participating in the mysteries by which they have been reborn, they may be led to the fullness of grace that you bestow on your sons and daughters.

PREFACE I OF LENT Roman Missal, Third Edition Another year, another Lent. How wonderful that the Bride of Christ offer us this time to repent and believe in the Gospel. As Preface I tells us, this is a time of joy as we return to God through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

Most of us are walking the path that leads to eternal life, even though there are times when we fall off the path and do our own will, i.e. sin. We are blessed to have this yearly forty day retreat to remind us and to help us to return to the path to eternal life, or to not fall off the path; which is temptation. In the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which is formatted in a question and answer format explaining the faith and teachings in the Catechism of the Catholic Church we read: 106. What do we learn from the temptation of Jesus in the desert?

The temptation of Jesus in the desert recapitulate the temptation of Adam in Paradise and the temptations of Israel in the desert. Satan tempts Jesus in regard to his obedience to the mission given him by the Father. Christ, the new Adam, resists and his victory proclaims that of his passion which is the supreme obedience of his filial love.

The Church unites herself to this mystery in a special way in the liturgical season of Lent. [Catechism of the Catholic Church 538-540, 566].

Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, USCCB Publishing, Washington, DC, 2006, p 34.

As adults, we should give up sins, not food. We can give up coffee, chocolate and sweets, and meat, but yet we still curse and swear, gossip, lie and cheat, steal and covet, and commit mortal sins. We need to repent for our sins and strive to not commit them anymore. What helps us to repent and believe in the Gospel is to perform the penitential acts of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. We become concerned for another person and it helps us to not have idle time that can lead us to entertain sin. The Compendium tells us: 301. What forms does penance take in the Christian life?

Penance can be expressed in many and various ways but above all in fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. These and many other forms of penance can be practiced in the daily life of a Christian, particularly during the time of Lent and on the penitential day of Friday. [Catechism of the Catholic Church 1434-1439].

Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, USCCB Publishing, Washington, DC, 2006, p 88.

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What we do during this universal forty day retreat is to prepare us for what we are to do every day of our lives, We do not give up sins during Lent and then on Easter Sunday, we go back to them. We are to continue the journey that we began in Lent and to carry it out for the rest of our lives. We may not perform our acts of penance as intensely as we do during Lent, but we are still to perform some act of penance each and every Friday. As Knights of Columbus, we perform our acts of penance everyday through our principle of CHARITY. May we all have a joyful season of Lent Vivat Jesus!

Fr. Edward J. Janoch Worthy State Chaplain

Mother of Good Counsel Prayer

By Venerable Pope Pius XII

O Holy Virgin, to whose feet we are led by our anxious uncertainty in our search for and attainment of what is true and good, invoking you by the sweet title of Mother of Good Counsel, we beseech you to come to our assistance, when, along the road of this life, the darkness of error and of evil conspires towards our ruin by leading our minds and our hearts astray. O Seat of Wisdom and Star of the Sea, enlighten the doubtful and the erring, that they be not seduced by the false appearances of good; render them steadfast in the face of the hostile and corrupting influences of passion and of sin. O Mother of Good Counsel, obtain for us from your Divine Son a great love of virtue, and, in the hour of uncertainty and trial, the strength to embrace the way that leads to our salvation. If your hand sustains us, we shall walk unmolested along the path indicated to us by the life and words of Jesus, our Redeemer; and having followed freely and securely, even in the midst of this world's strife, the Sun of Truth and Justice under your maternal Star, we shall come to the enjoyment of full and eternal peace with you in the haven of salvation.

Amen.

HOLY FATHER’S PRAYER INTENTIONS Offered in Solidarity with Pope Francis

March 2017 Support for Persecuted Christians.

That persecuted Christians may be supported by the prayers and material help of the whole Church.

Starting in 2017 the Pope will present only one prepared prayer intention per month, rather than the two presented before this year. He plans, however, to add a second prayer intention each month related to current events or urgent needs, like disaster relief.

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STATE MEMBERSHIP

Commit to Membership Nick Gresko

I Need HELP From NonRecruiting Councils Each month I put into my monthly update with all the winners, top diocese and top councils the following statement, “Remember the goal is +250 for the month. Inspector Membership knows we can do it! What are you going to do for March - keep the same from last or go out pound the pavement helping Team Ohio be #1 again? Will your diocese make a leap towards being #1? That is all up to you! Well there is still 83 councils that have done the same thing month after month since July 1st. Do you know what the same thing they have done? If you said they have not recruited a new member yet you would be 100% correct. Our Worthy State Deputy and I need these councils to jump

on board and bring in a new member. If they did just think what our numbers as a state would look like. A lot of times getting that first member in is all you need to get a few more especially if you promote the Shining Armor Award. This encourages the new members to bring in a new member and if you make a big deal at your council about it trust me the new members will come!!!

March, April and May with the land of 1000 members incentive there is not a better time than to bring in a new members because recruiters and councils all can bring in some serious cash. The state could give out $10,000 + in these 3 months. This could be some great extra cash to spend on vacation or make a home improvement that you have been putting off. I’m hoping that we can

have this list down to less than 35

by June 1st. Below you will find all of the Councils that have not recruited a new member as of 3/1/2016.

Form 100’s Within 3-7 days of a degree any Form 100’s should be emailed to the Supreme Council at membershiprecords@kofc.org Supreme is able to process the Form 100 much quicker this way and you have a receipt that they were sent in your sent mail. Plus this saves your council the cost of a stamp every time new members are brought in.

DVD Admissions Degree Worthy Grand Knights and Financial Secretaries it is extremely important that you are talking to your District Deputy and that he knows when you are planning these because he needs to submit a Form 450 and this is not happening all the time right now. Please get this information to your District Deputy so that he can do what he needs to do and to insure you get credit for the work that you are doing when it comes to degrees.

Form 450 is like GOLD!!!

District Deputies please make sure within 3-7 days of holding a degree in your District the Form 450 is turned in. This is extremely important because this allows us to track if Supreme actually processed your Form 100’s!

If you took the time to bring in a new member the State Membership Team wants to make sure you get credit for your hard work and effort.

The Form 450 can be filled on line at the State Website and then it automatically sends it to who it needs to go to. Take advantage of this!!!

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Every Council Active by Diocese—2/23/17 Non Recruiting Council-No Gains for the Fraternal Year Cincinnati (20 of 85) - 23.53% Mike Felerski- DMD Larry Droesch – State Warden Springfield Fr. Butler Greenville Fr. Sourd Harrison Eaton Saint Remy Fr. Anthony Wolf Lasalle Saint Martin Deporres Glenmary Fr. John Roettele Fr. John J Wenzel Saint Mary Saint Paul Saint Benignus St. Lawrence - Price Hill Fr. Gustav Brotzge Holy Name of Jesus St. Isidore

Cleveland (15 of 72) - 20.83% Jerry Nowesnick- DMD Bob Collins- State Deputy 624 968 1796 2423 2633 3698 3890 4378 5621 5624 5674 8115 10003 10149 13874 14092 14545 14665 15330 16348

Stuebenville (15 of 26) - 57.69% Tom Offenberger- DMD Bob Byers- State Treasurer Immaculate Heart of Mary Bellaire Mother of God Fr. Jessing Fr. Frank Patala Toronto Saint. Anthony Our Lady of Peace Saint Catherine Saint Mary's Our Lady Assumption Pieta Bishop John King Mussio Saint Francis Cabrini Saint Gabriel

Akron Northeast Brooklyn-Parma Bishop Hagan Southeast Northeast Akron Trinity Don Bosco John F Kennedy Saint Elizabeth Ann Seaton Saint Cosmos-Damian Saint Peter's Lasagrada Familia Saint Vincents St. John of the Cross

Columbus (17 of 72) - 23.61% Keith Dunnigan- DMD Kevin Miller- State Secretary 547 2786 2803 3126 3222 3529 4217 4801 5506 11464 11831 13601 13640 14054 15737

Toledo (26 of 69) - 37.68% Jim Collins-DMD Mark Siracusa- State Advocate 472 1246 1421 1664 1716 2187 2262 4243 4590 5174 5250 5583 9804 11195 11380

Bellevue Rosecrans/Willard Msgr. Lang Saint John Neuman Clyde New Washington Bryan Saint Joseph Attica West Toledo Infant of Prague Blakeslee Fr. Deveaux Saint Jude Saint Lawrence Vermillion Holy Cross Van Wert Walter Keppler Our Lady of Lourdes Saints Francis/Gasper Saint Joseph Saint Joseph Chaplain Fr. John Duffy Saint Clement Holy Trinity Our Lady Queen of the Most Holy Rosary

Coshocton MacGahan Discovery New Philadiphia Santa Maria Assumption Fr Holtzapfel Victory Holy Trinity Buckeye Lake Holy Family Fr. Raymond Bauschard Christ the King Saint Christopher Saint Peter in Chains St. Mark's Fr. Charles Griffin at St. Peter's

994 1065 1341 2372 2898 3727 10284 12900 13081 13379 13428 13581 13705 14342 14346 15447 15793

Youngstown (20 of 59) - 33.89% - DMD Ken Girt-Immediate Past State Deputy 752 885 1039 1117 1175 1718 1915 2584 3062 3122 3617 3883 3904 4169 4539 5139 6034 8357 10063 10749 11370 12224 12807 13636 15043

Youngstown Canton Wellsville Carroll Warren Kent Niles Louisville Girard Fr. Joseph Gallagher Lisbon Jefferson Fr. Lambert J Andrews Our Lady of Lourdes Saint Peter's Saint Mary's Saint Paul the Apostle Saint Robert Bellarmine Saint Dominic Fenwick St. James

274 341 507 509 620 1411 1681 2530 2935 3144 4049 4212 4433 4533 5173 5589 11551 11646 13586 14491

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Mission #21: State-Wide Membership Drive TO: Great State of Ohio FROM: Inspector Membership Worthy Brothers Across the State of Ohio: The March Membership Drive is upon us as we continue to head toward the end of the fraternal year. We cannot give up and let Dr. Arceo win.

We have the luck of the Irish on our side this month as many of us will be looking forward to corned beef, cabbage and some adult beverages. Use that as an opportunity to help recruit a new member - ANYONE WILL DO! Inspector Membership is encouraging all of us across Ohio to run your Membership Drives, setup Open Houses, have a First Degree and roll in the cash.

BONUS Mission: Bishop's Recruitment Drive A great mystery has been brought to the attention of Chief Collins and Inspector Membership. It appears that, all across the Great State of Ohio, members are missing. They figure it is time to bring in the big guns and deputize all of you to help solve the case.

The attached flyer will explain the mission in better detail. The linked video below will also provide you with some inspiration to help crack this case. Cracking this case will require a higher power - we need to crack this case for all of the Bishop's throughout the state. With them and the power of God, we will be able to bring more men to our Order and strengthen our cause. Let alone, the Bishop with the most new members at the end will have a little something special - courtesy of the Knights of Columbus.

So, get on board - forward this email to all your members and "WE WILL RECRUIT YOU" will sing over the entire state.

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STATE GENERAL PROGRAMS

General Service Program Robert Walsh As we enter into the final reporting period, I need to remind you that it is a short one ending on April 15th and all reports are due by April 20th.

Please review your programming points, and if you have any question check with the appropriate director or myself to help resolve your issues.

Since we are nearing the end of the program year, it is time to honor those that have upheld the principles of our order, have helped out in the community, council, and parish. The deadline for these submissions is April 1st and submitted to the appropriate director. When submitting your honoree please give the Directors as much information about them as possible. You can find the form for

submittal on the web site under the Council headline.

Is there a program your Council did that also promoted the principles of our order (i.e. helped out in the Parish, Community, Council, Youth, Culture of Life, Family, Membership, and Retention). It is also time to turn them in to the appropriate Director. These are also due by April 1st 2017.

With the end of the Programming year coming there are many deadlines to watch for besides the ones listed above, on April 15th your Pennies for Heaven report is due, this is part of the Administration program. Are all your assessments

Culture of Life

children. Suggested activities for this program are to sponsor a Mass, novena, rosary, Holy Hour or other prayer service for the unborn.

Brett Gissel As the fraternal year is winding down, it is time to review our council programming for the year to see if we have the met the minimum requirement of four programs in each programming category for the Columbian Award, which is the programming piece of the Star Council award. Whether your council is in need of suggestions to meet this requirement in the Culture of Life activities or looking to do more, here are some suggestions for completing the program: The Order Wide Day Of The Unborn Child (Pr ogr am #49) will be on March 25. This is a day when we unite in prayer for a return of respect and protection of the unborn

The 40 Days For Life campaign (Program #47) started on Ash Wednesday (March 1) and runs through April 9. To date the 40 Days For Life program has documented 12,668 lives saved. If your council is holding vigil outside of an abortion clinic, thank you for committing to this. The silent witness continues to show our resolve in ending the atrocity of abortion. These vigils are not the only way a council or individual can participate in the campaign. Prayer and evangelization are also part of the campaign. One can pray and fast in private with the intention of ending abortion. Promoting the program among your parishes is

to Supreme and the State paid up?

Are you reviewing your programs to make sure you max out the State General Program, and all the requirements for Star Council Award? Please do not wait to the very end to get these in.

Is your Council participating in the 40 Cans for Lent or doing some kind of Council Outreach at the end of March in Honor of Father McGivney?

another way to engage members and non-members alike to get them involved and to recruit. Include any people that participated, regardless of if it was at a clinic or not.

Some councils have held diaper drives for local pr egnancy center s that do not perform abortions.

These pregnancy centers provide such necessities to their clients as a service to help them choose life.

Providing diapers for these families is a way of helping them choose life.

Holding a collection is also a way to evangelize about the need to your parishes. Collections of diapers or other needs of pregnancy centers can be reported through the Council Choice (Programs 53 and 54).

Although this is late in the fraternal year to begin and complete work on (Continued on page 14)

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Community Tom Forsthoefel As the month of March has arrived our Lenten Season has started as well.

Lent doesn’t have to be wanting to sacrifice for the wellbeing of ourselves. Lent can be looking at our inner being and see how we can improve our spiritual growth and how we can help others as well.

The State Knights of Columbus programs for the past year and a half plus have been to put charity first in our everyday life for ourselves and for the less fortunate we interact with on a daily basis. Has your council been working on this spiritual growth in these areas as we all prepare ourselves during this time? Lent is actually a wakeup call of what you should be doing

Council Tom Buehner Knight of the Year and Lady of the Year Nominations Please submit formal nominations for Knight of the Year and Lady of the Year to me. Please put effort into the nominations so I have a clear understanding of why the nominated individuals should be the Knight or Lady of the year for the whole State of Ohio! These

everyday of your life.

If your council has been working on helping others in your parish and community continue to do these good works for your fellow man. If your council has been struggling up and down in this area and has not been completing all the projects and goals you set up at the beginning of the fraternal year it is not too late to get back on track and finish out the fraternal year on a good note. Use the Lenten Season as a springboard to put charity first in helping those in your parish and community whether it is youth, elderly, the less fortunate or the homeless.

Your council at this time should be looking at your end of the year honorees you want to recognize.

Every council should be able to honor the men, women and youth that have been outstanding in your

communities. Many of these people have been the leaders around you that have put charity first in everything they do for the wellbeing of others. Please try to come up with the best of the best for the following areas: Blue Coat of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Knight of the Year, Youth of the Year, Family of the Year, Religious of the Year, Best Patriotic Activity & Lady of the Year. Use the Lenten Season as an incentive to complete your membership & insurance quotas for Star Council Award.

Start working now to complete all the areas of necessity for your council’s growth and completion towards a successful finish of the fraternal year.

nominations should be submitted to me by April 1st.

the Council program – Please get these in!

Progress Report: I wanted to update everyone on where the State stands in regard to reported Council activities.

Please remember to take the time to submit your activities on the State website and reach out to me with any questions!

As of March 4, 2017, there are 158 councils that have reported at least one Council program activity – only 38% of all councils in Ohio. 24 councils only need one more Council program activity to max out

Vivat Jesus!

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group of councils to purchase an ultrasound machine. Although these are expensive, seeing the child in the womb is the single most effective way for women and families to choose life. Placing and replacing ultrasound machines helps save lives!

I have found on Supreme’s website.

The activity should be one that purchasing an ultrasound machine focuses on “defending the right to for a pregnancy center, councils can life of every human being, from the get started on this for the 2017-18 moment of conception to natural fraternal year – if your council is death” and involve volunteering, already working on one for this educating, advocating, donating, and fraternal year, please make sure to praying. This should be your guide submit the report (Program #45). on what constitutes a Culture Of Life Providing ultrasound machines is a If you need help in coming up with program. If you have any questions featured program through the Culture Of Life programming, please about Culture Of Life programs, Supreme Council. The matching of contact me. The guide I use for please contact me at funds makes it easier for a council or Culture Of Life programming is what BrettGissel@gmail.com.

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STATE WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA

You’re One Click Away Robert Gilliland Submitting the Various Honoree of the Year Forms.

Brother Knights, the Honoree of the Year Forms (Chaplain/Religious, Volunteer, Blue Coat, Knight, Family, Lady, and Youth) are all online on the State website.

You can reach these forms by clicking on “Forms” on the menu bar of the dashboard, once you are logged in, and then you will be taken to the “Forms” page.

Scroll down to the “Council Forms” section and you will see links to the various forms.

Click on any of the links to obtain access to the respective form.

These are taken from the General Program Book and each link is a separate page from the book.

If you have any problems, or need any help, please feel free to email me at bobgkofc@gmail.com.

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INSURANCE

We Stand Strong on Ethical Ground Some people believe that ethics in business is a contradiction in terms. They think that in order to be profitable, a company and its leaders must abandon morality and embrace the dark, greedy side that they see so often in the news and in movies.

At the Knights of Columbus, we know this isn’t true. A business can be both ethical and successful. We are.

As a Catholic organization, we understand the value and importance of our core beliefs and the original mission of Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney. In fact, much of the strength and financial security we provide to members and their families can be attributed to our ethical, moral standards.

More than 96 percent of Knights who buy our life insurance keep it, year in and year out. The Order takes this commitment to our members very seriously. This means carefully planning when it comes time to invest. Our professional staff researches all transactions to insure that they fall in line with Catholic values. If a transaction makes them uncomfortable, they don’t make it.

“We exclude any company engaged in activity that conflicts with Catholic moral teaching: companies directly involved in abortion, contraception, human cloning, embryonic stem cell research, for-profit health care that pays for any of these, or pornography,” said Supreme Knight Carl Anderson. “There are many companies in the pharmaceutical and communications industries that would undoubtedly provide excellent returns for us, but which are not in our portfolio because they engage in research and development or programming in ways that violate the sanctity or dignity of human life.”

In the end, the Knights of Columbus investment strategy is motivated by morality, not money. Yet, each year we remain profitable, increase our assets and stay dedicated to this vision that will keep the Order financially sound for generations to come.

But don’t just take our word for it. In 2016 the Knights of Columbus was named a “World’s Most Ethical Company” by the Ethisphere Institute for the third year in a row. We were one of only two life insurance companies to earn the honor.

“Faithful Catholics have choices when buying life insurance,” said the Supreme Knight. “But they know that at the Knights of Columbus their policy is supplied by an insurer that shares their moral and ethical values and is guided in all of its investment and sales practices by those values.”

Take steps to protect your family and your financial future.

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OHIO KNIGHTS IN ACTION COUNCIL 5253 CONTINUES GREAT TRADITION OF SUPPORTING VOCATIONS

COUNCIL 8369 CELEBRATION COUNCIL 1065 SOUP OF WORLD MARRIAGE SATURDAY WEEKEND

Members of Father Andrew H. Hohman Council 5253 in Reynoldsburg have great record of supporting seminarians. They give seminarians $500 annually to help defray the cost of books and supplies.

Council 5253 is active in the Pennies for Heaven campaign collecting between $6,000 and $7,000 annually.

Last year, they sent 29 Christmas cards that included a gift card and words of encouragement. Over the last several years, St. Pius X parish and the council worked closely with seminarian Robert Johnson. On New Year’s Day, Robert had the honor of serving mass for Pope Francis, helping vest him before the service and receiving a rosary from him.

Along with several other classmates at the Josephinum, Robert was part of a retreat at Assisi.

Celebration of World Marriage Weekend at Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in Grafton, Ohio.

Brother Knights of Council 8369 purchased over 300 flower seed packets and assembled each with a note relative to World Marriage Weekend “ May the planting of the seeds from this packet be symbolic of your marriage. With loving care and nurturing, beauty will bloom forth for all to see and cherish”

Brother Knights from Council 1065 held a Soup Saturday at St. Bernard Parish in Corning Ohio on February 11th. We served Chili, Potato and Pasta Fagioli Soup and raised $276.00 to purchase school supplies for St. Rose Grade School in New Lexington Ohio.

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MEASURE UP CAMPAIGN MEASURE UP STARTS NOW - with the advent of the big box stores cutting some councils out from collecting outside their stores, the State has decided to extend the deadline for turn in from June to August. They are asking councils to hold other fundraisers that can take the place of the box stores. If your council holds one in the summer, your funds will not be late. So if you are still allowed to collect at your local box store, feel free to do another fundraiser in addition.

If you would like the State Deputy to send the management of a box store a letter to help enable you to collect there again, please email him (rfcollinsjr@gmail.com) with the name, title, address, city, state, and zip. He will then get that out and alert you so you and the State can track the progress of the letter. Also there are some more ideas on how you can raise funds inside the 2017 Measure Up Campaign Book. Your DD will receive those books or more of them at the Super Cash Bonanza ticket distribution on Feb. 18th. So call him and reserve your copy, if you have not already received one.

So let's get out there and start collecting to help our developmentally disabled friends from Ohio.

Larry J. Droesch, State Warden Ohio State Knights of Columbus 1758 Prairie Road Wilmington, OH 45177 937-728-7783 cell and text 937-383-3680 home ldroesch@msn.com Find ways to Include instead of exclude!"

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SUPER CASH BONANZA

Plant the Seed to Grow CASH for Charity The 2017 Super Cash Bonanza Charity Campaign Super Cash Bonanza Charity Raffle Tickets and posters were distributed during the Ticket Distribution Meetings throughout Ohio the weekends of February 17,18,18 or 24,25 (2017).

Please make sure that all who are in charge of the 2017 Super Cash Bonanza Charity Campaign have read the materials provided to the council, especially, the information booklet.

Significant income for charity can be earned by your council (far surpassing the basic rebate of $2.40 per ticket), but you must adhere to the “rules” as presented in the information booklet.

Some rebates require meeting attendance, while others require meeting First Phase and Final Phase quotas. Here are some of the key points: 

A minimum of two members from your council must attend the Diocesan Ticket Distribution Meeting. The two-member requirement does not include the District Deputy, State Directors and Chairs, or a State Officer to qualify for these rebates.

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The sold tickets and one check from your council must be sent to the State Treasurer by the published deadlines. The two turn-in dates are Saturday, April 15 (2017) and Friday, May 13 (2017). Your council must meet these deadlines with the required number of sold tickets per member in order to qualify for the different rebates.

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Most methods of shipping are acceptable. UPS, FedEx or the US Postal System all have good record of timely delivery of small packages. Please do not send your package by a method requiring my signature.

These often go back to the delivery agent’s warehouse and await pickup. Please use durable-strength envelopes or cartons to avoid damage during shipment.

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Please make every effort to have all of your council’s tickets submitted by the second turn-in deadline.

Tickets brought to and delivered at the convention might create a processing problem. With the drawing taking place that weekend, there is very little time for late arrivals. We cannot guarantee your rebates on tickets received more than a few days after the final turn-in date of May 13, 2017.

Extra materials and tickets can be obtained from your District Deputy or Diocesan Officer. Any questions concerning the 2017 Super Cash Bonanza Campaign should be directed to me, Robert Byers, State Treasurer and Chair, by email at robert_byers@hotmail.com or by calling me at 740-706-0044 cell or 740-373-7154 home.

Plan early, promote, and partner! We are here to help you work toward the success of the 2017 Super Cash Bonanza charity campaign at your local council.

Thank you to all my brother knights for helping me “Plant the Seed and Grow CASH for Charity.” Additional information is also available on the Ohio State Council state website at www.kofcohio.org.

Fraternally,

Farmer Bob Bob Byers, State Treasurer 18

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