MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE OHIO STATE COUNCIL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
State Deputy News and Notes
for the coming fraternal year – as many of you have already heard or read about in our Knights’ publications, the “Surge with Service” program, which has served Kevin Miller as our programming guideline for many years, has been replaced with Welcome to the 2018-19 fraternal the new “Faith in Action” year! I know that everyone is program. As is the case with any excited with the possibilities and potentials of the coming year: many significant change, this has caused some concern for many councils and councils have new Grand Knights, new officers, new program directors their leadership – but rest assured, and new ideas to grow their councils this new program is a positive and, in turn, our Order. While some transformation, better aligning us to address future challenges in our of us may be apprehensive in parishes and communities. assuming new duties, I encourage them to be bold in their efforts, “Faith in Action” is the natural strengthened by the fact that they program evolution of the “Building work in service to our faith, our the Domestic Church to Strengthen church, and our communities. or Parishes” initiative begun several Our Supreme Council is also excited years ago. While “Building the
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Domestic Church” provides a bold, new blueprint that governs our work – working to build our parishes, Catholic families, better, faith-filled Catholic men – “Faith in Action” is the manifestation of this plan; a method and approach to fulfill this new, more focused vision of how we, as Knights should serve, and how we can be more vital within our faith communities. With that in mind, the first thing to remember is “Don’t Panic!” -- the new program is not that dramatically different than “Surge with Service.” We are already doing an outstanding job in providing service our parishes, and many of the activities we currently provide still fully integrate
CHARITY | UNITY | FRATERNITY | PATRIOTISM
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few adjustments, your goal of Star Council can still be easily into the new program. There are now achieved. And for the 2018-19 four service areas instead of six – fraternal year, there will be no Faith, Community, Family and Life – significant changes to the Ohio State and former Council and Youth Council’s “In His Honor” program, activities have “rolled in” into the so any plans to participate in the state new service areas. Supreme has program can stay in place. developed many new programs to assist you and to emphasize features As always, your District Deputies are of the new program – you should critical resources to your success in review and consider all of them, but navigating through this new your current activities that serve your program. Also, many resources and parishes still apply. much information can be found about Faith in Action at https:// As you consider how “Faith in www.kofc.org/en/programs. As the Action” impacts your achieving year progresses, you will continue to Supreme awards, notably Star hear about the new program and how Council, there has been some it can contribute to the success of adjustment in achieving the your council and the long-term Columbian Award: 16 reported success of the Knights of Columbus. activities instead of 24, and a required activity in each category Faith In Action | Knights (Spiritual Reflection Program, Helping Hands, Consecration to the of Columbus www.kofc.org Holy Family, and Novena for Life) are the most significant program Knights around the world know that changes. Supreme has also added the chance to roll up our sleeves and safe environment certification demonstrate our faith through requirements for a few critical council positions; obtaining these are service is as powerful as it is rewarding. That said, the demands of also required to qualify for Star Council in the new program. With a life today make it difficult to find time
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to live out the calling of our faith and our desire to serve. Our always-on smartphone means that work follows us home where we also juggle household chores and frenetic kids’ activities. Free time is precious and dedicated to family. I wish all of you success in the coming year – use these program to spread the word about the Knights! Let all know what we represent and what we stand for! Constantly challenge other men to join us and stand with us in our cause! Let’s all work to achieve Father McGivney’s vision! In His Honor, Vivat Jesus!
men were setting out to protect Catholic families, but especially wives and children. Today, we remain committed to this mission by offering James Valent insurance products and th This July 4 we celebrate our fraternal benefits designed with that goal in mind. One nation’s independence and give thanks to those brave men specific policy rider that you and women who have served may not know about is called Spousal Waiver of Premium. our country to protect our This rider is unique to the freedoms. We also thank the military families who support Knights of Columbus their loved ones serving. Some philosophy of helping our widows. of those courageous soldiers paid the ultimate price and gave their lives in that pursuit, This rider is available on most permanent and Discoverer leaving behind widows and plans purchased at standard children. rates by a member and his wife When the Order was founded on the same day. When both spouses apply, the rider in 1882, Father Michael J. McGivney and the other brave provides for waiver of premiums on the spouse’s
contract in the event of the insured’s death. Best of all, for members and spouses ages 18 to 60, this waiver can be added for no charge. The rider stays in effect until the spouse attains age 65 or certain other triggering events occur. Thank you again to all who have and are serving our country and the families that love them.
Faith In Action Supreme Council
A new program model, titled Faith in Action, will take effect as the umbrella for Knights of Columbus-related activities beginning with the 2018-2019 fraternal year. Faith in Action replaces Surge… with Service, which was introduced nearly 50 years ago. “This model is an evolution of the Building the Domestic Church While Strengthening Our Parish initiative that was introduced in November 2015,” Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson wrote in a letter to state deputies April 6. Faith in Action, the supreme knight explained, “embodies a simplified overall program structure, featuring four instead of six categories.”
Refund Support Vocations Program (RSVP) Into the Breach Marian Icon Prayer Program Building the Domestic Church Kiosk Rosary Program Spiritual Reflection Program (new) Holy Hour (new) Sacramental Gifts (new) Food for Families
Developed by the Supreme Council’s Fraternal Mission department, the Faith in Action model carries the Order’s unchanged mission into the challenges of a changing world. It includes a strong call to action and focuses on programs in four categories: Faith, Family, Community and Life. Some other key points regarding the updated program model are: •
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Councils should appoint individual faith, family, community and life directors. They will no longer need to appoint a youth or council director, as the Youth and Council categories have been consolidated into the Community, Faith and Family categories. The new model reduces the requirements to earn the Columbian Award, which recognizes excellence in programming and charitable outreach, to completing four programs in each of the four categories. To earn the award, there is one required program in each category, designed to enrich the spiritual life of the council, family and community. These are: a Spiritual Reflection Program; Consecration to the Holy Family; Helping Hands, and a Novena for Life. All current Supreme Council priority programs — denoted in bold below — will continue. Nine new recommended programs will be introduced.
For additional information about the new Faith in Action program model, including answers to frequently asked questions, visit kofc.org/faithinaction.
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Family of the Month/Year Keep Christ in Christmas (Posada, Poster Contest, etc.) Family Fully Alive Family Week Consecration to the Holy Family Family Prayer Night (new) Good Friday Family Promotion (new) Coats for Kids
Global Wheelchair Mission Habitat for Humanity Disaster Preparedness Free Throw Championship Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest Soccer Challenge Helping Hands (new) Marches for Life
Special Olympics Ultrasound Program Christian Refugee Relief Silver Rose Mass for People with Special Needs (new) Pregnancy Center Support (new) Novena for Life (new )
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Measure Up 2018
We encourage councils to conduct other fundraisers throughout the year, not just on these particular 2 Jeff Kiliany, State Advocate weekends. You can do such things for instance, as a solicitation after There is still time for Masses, with the permission of your Pastor, a solicitation of local your council to businesses & clubs such as the Measure-Up American Legion, or a council fundraising event that involves your The 2018 Measure-Up Campaign was members & their families. I will be officially conducted on the weekends accepting Measure Up checks for this of April 26-29 and May 3-6. That is year’s program up to November 1st, when we obtained a statewide 2018. liability insurance policy to cover other parties from any negligence About 100 councils have already sent from K of C councils during their in their Measure Up checks. I thank collections. We do realize that a you for your promptness in sending council is not always able to conduct these in. I am encouraged by the their collection on these particular checks I am receiving and comments weekends. Your council can do its’ from councils about the success of Measure Up solicitations anytime their Measure Up campaigns. throughout the year, but will not be Hopefully this will be another great covered under this particular policy. year for Measure Up in Ohio! There
Matching Funds 2018 Jeff Kiliany, State Advocate
“Plant the Seeds” to make a difference for Catholic Education!
still are another 250 Councils that have not submitted their Measure Up contribution. I certainly hope that your council is planning on making a contribution to this year’s Measure Up program. Councils are asked to send one check with their total collections, making it payable to Knights of Columbus Ohio State Council and mailing it to: Jeff Kiliany, State Advocate, 559 Walnut St., Leetonia, OH 44431. Eighty per cent of the collected funds will be returned to the councils for their charitable contributions to agencies of their choosing. The other 20% is distributed by the Knights’ Ohio Charity Foundation to statewide agencies which assist those with developmental disabilities, such as Special Olympics.
program. All council donations and council dollars matched by the foundation will go to that council’s Diocesan Religious Education Department.
There are several ways to fund your council’s donation to the Brother Knights, I am asking you to Matching Funds Program: help us to “Plant the Seeds” to make a • Donate a portion of your Super Cash Bonanza Charity Ticket rebate difference for Catholic Education” • Host a council fundraising event through our 2018 Matching Funds with proceeds earmarked for the fund Program. Your council’s, • Pass the hat for donations at council Assembly’s, or Chapter’s contribution to the fund will assist in meetings strengthening the Catholic Education • Ask your members to make a personal pledge to the Matching efforts in every Catholic school, in every religious program, and in every Funds Program. RCIA program of your diocese. Your Here are several ideas for a donation can provide books, AV, successful campaign within your Social Media, brochures, teaching council: supplies, teaching materials, and • Appoint a chairman and set goals, many other things that will help develop a plan, complete the plan, set promote and educate our youth and and meet your deadlines. adults about our Catholic Faith! • Set a goal of at least 10% higher than last year The Matching Funds Program will • If your council did not participate run from September 1, 2018 through last year, please at least consider a November 15, 2018. The Ohio token contribution of Charity Foundation, Inc. of the Ohio $25, which will be matched to State Council is matching the first make a $50 contribution to your $25,000 donated to this year’s
Diocesan Religious Ed Dept. • Contribute early in the campaign so that your donation will be matched • Send your council’s donation to me between September 1 and November 15, 2018. The Matching Funds Contribution Form will be sent out with a Kickoff letter to your council and will also be available on the State Website for you to download. 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 to “Plant the Seeds” to make a difference for Catholic Education”!
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State Membership
per month. This can be done very easily by scheduling them just prior to your regularly scheduled business Frank Iannaggi meeting. Every grand knight should request that every member be a The journey begins recruiter and take advantage of Supreme Council new incentive for July 1 was the start of our new individual proposers of 5 new fraternal year with grandiose things members from July 1 thru sept 1 with happening in the great state of Ohio. a gift card of $50 dollars towards The diocese of Youngstown as set the Knights gear. The Ohio state Council bar with a new council located in has created council incentives for the Kinsman Ohio, council # 5063 and same period. We will forward $100 to pledge to start a second council by your council with the intake of 4 new October. A huge thanks to Michael members for the period of July 1 Jordan and Jeff Killiany. We are September 1. The intake of 8 will tasked with the development of 6 new guarantee $250. We all know that we councils and 6 reactivations in this recruit for the love of the Order and fraternal year. not monies, and so we suggest that these monies can be used to aid your The goal for intake of new members council projects or simply pay new in this fraternal year remains the same members dues etc. as last, that is, 1 new member per council per month. With 383 active If your council has not had any intake councils the above goal could yield of new members in the past fraternal over 4500 new members how year, now is the time to start awesome this could be. To attain such recruiting and build the ranks of a goal, we are urging that every your council with new members and council schedule 1 admissions degree brother Knights that stand in
solidarity with our priest and religious as well a friend for life. Be positive and deliberate when asking a brother to join our ranks because it is truly the sharing of the experience of a lifetime.
General Programs
number of activities and some terminology. However, it must be noted that there are now required Safe Environment training requirements for certain Council Officers and Directors requiring just a couple hours of online training. The State “In His Honor” General Program is the same as last year with the 7 Programs, and 5 activities in each: 2 mandatory required activities, and 3 council choice activities, except Membership with 3 mandatory activities and 2 council choices.
participate in the State General Program “In His Honor.” The Supreme Star Council Award requires achieving the Columbian, Father McGivney and Founders’ Rod Anderson Awards. And the State In His Honor General Program consists of What Will Your Council Commit completing activities in seven To Accomplish This Fraternal programs: Church, Community, Year? Council, Culture of Life, Family, A new fraternal year with a new cadre of Council Officers, Directors Membership and Youth. The Supreme Columbian Award used and Chairmen brings a crucial to be based on completing 4 activities challenge for every Council: “what in each of 6 Surge With Service are our goals for the Council this year?” Of course, your Council will categories. That has changed beginning this year to completing 4 want to provide service to your activities in each of 4 Faith In Action Pastor, your Parish, and your categories: Faith, Family, community, and fulfill Father Community and Life. Each of these McGivney’s vision for charity and 4 categories has one mandatory financial security for Catholic required activity, and 3 additional families. But what is the Council’s “council choice” activities, unless the plan to do these things? One way to accomplish these goals is Council completes a Supreme to follow the plans already designed Featured Program plus one “council and provided to you by Supreme and choice” activity. So not much has really changed for the Columbian the State Council: work to achieve Award activities, just a change in the the Star Council Award and
Let us hit the road running towards a successful fraternal year for membership growth. The very existence of your council and our Order depends on each member asking a friend to join the order. Remember also that our Order was started by the Venerable Father Michael McGiveney, soon to elevated to the status of sainthood as we pray of his canonization. Below are the current Statewide statistics by diocese. We can, with your help achieve all the goals set for this fraternal year, simply because, all that we do, we do IN HIS HONOR!
NOTE: Almost all of the Council activities under the State “In His Honor” General Program will also fulfill requirements for the Supreme Faith In Action Columbian Award! So, will your Council this year plan to meet the challenge to max the State In His Honor General Program and complete the Supreme Columbian Award and receive the Star Council honor?
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Community Robert Walsh
With the start of the new Fraternal year, your council should be looking ahead for the year. Plan your activities to improve, help, or bring enjoyment to the community around your Council. This can be accomplished by going out and looking at the needs of the area. You can start out small, like doing yard work for the elderly, make small repairs around their house. Collect for the food pantry and get the community involved with these activities. All your programs will show the community that you care for them, and showing them our faith in action, by helping others. I am looking forward to seeing your reports on the work that is being done. About half of the councils reported at least one activity, I would like to see this number go up this year. Thank you for the work you’re doing “in His Honor”.
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new service model, Faith in Action. Also, use the tools given to you by Tim Mangan both supreme and state. Such as the new fraternal planner. Use this Happy new fraternal year my Brother planner to write down your notes for Knights! If you are an outgoing grand your upcoming monthly business knight, thank you for your services meeting, keep track of due dates and and serving as the CEO of you fill in the calendar with your council council. Hopefully, your council had and state activities. This fraternal a successful fraternal year under your planner is designed to help you leadership. If you are a re-elected or succeed! newly elected grand knight, congratulations on being elected as Also, follow the “In His Honor “State the new CEO and leader of your Program! This state program will also council! Your job is very important! help you be successful this fraternal The future of the council depends on year and help you grow your council you! So, if you are a newly elected as well! Speaking of the state grand knight, I know you have program, you will still be reporting questions about your new job and will your council program activities to me. be learning as you go! Weather it’s a social event, fraternal recognition activity or public To help you out, be sure to register on relations, you will want to report Supremes’ website and attend their these types of activities to me to get monthly webinars. Supremes’ website credit for them and help you max out and webinars will have so much the state general program this information to help you along the fraternal year. way, especially when it comes to their
For the benefit of you new grand knights, you have two mandatory activities and three council choice activities to report. The first mandatory activity is Knight of the Year. This is a write up that is due to me, along with supporting documentation, by April 1st. The second mandatory activity is submitting to me a copy of your SP-7 Form, Columbian Award Application. This form is due to me by April 15th. Then, you have three council choice activities to report. These are up to you! You decided what three council activities you want to report. You have between now and April 15th to get these turned in to me. If you have any questions about Knight of the Year, the SP-7 Columbian Award Application or any council program activity, please don’t hesitate to contact me. You can reach me at 937-347-2085 or by e-mail which is tim@tdltool.com . I look forward to working with you this fraternal year!
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Culture of Life
such clinics. Their success comes from showing compassion and winning over the mother with their love. If you are Brett Gissel one of the people that does such work and you are reading this, thank you for Win Them Over With Our Actions the great work you are doing! If you are One of the more well known Pro Life activities is protesting at abortion clinics. interested in this counseling work, check Unfortunately, one of the reasons this is with your local Right To Life group to see what opportunities there are. more well known is because of the negative publicity when someone breaks the law while protesting. The negativity Perhaps you are not cut out for that work. I know I am not. associated with these protests may be you from wanting to protest because you would be “guilty by association.” I ask Pro Life people are often accused of only caring about the child from the moment you to consider changing that narrative of conception to birth. Our Order’s work by winning over people by our actions. with Coats For Kids, Food For Families, Aside from protesting, I know there are Special Olympics, and many other similar local activities show that we do some people that try to counsel women care about children after birth too. Many that are coming into a clinic that times the woman is taken to another performs abortions. This can only be nearby pregnancy center – one that does done within the confines of the ever not perform abortions – to counsel changing laws related to speech near
them, offer aid, and offer other alternatives to abortion. Please support these pregnancy centers with donations or cash and items that families will need for their newborn. We are not only interested in making sure the child is born, but both that and providing aid for them. Help out these centers, continue to provide aid through various community activities, and win over people with our Faith In Action. When people notice our Faith In Action, they may become interested in helping or joining. As we build a culture of life, we can make it stronger by growing our councils to do more for our parishes.
L-R Me Jessica Stewart President & CEO, Rob DuVall - V.P. of Marketing & Development, Special Olympics Ohio and Gary presenting check for $20,000.00.
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You’re A Click Away Robert Gilliland
Entering Council Programs on the new Program Entry Form and Using New State Email Addresses for Emailing Forms to State and Supreme!!!
can see in the image below, I have selected program number 2 (Support our Seminarians) in the Group Church, so the program number is 1.2. This will be the new numbering system for all of the programs in this fraternal year.
Entering Council Programs This month of July starts a new fraternal year and there is a new and improved Council program Entry form. It is like a fillable PDF and all you need to do is select the Reporting Period, the Program Group and then the appropriate programs appear for you to select the program you are reporting on. If you select a different group in the fillable form, the program options will change accordingly.
Using New State Email Addresses for Emailing Forms to State AND Supreme!!!
If you are submitting printed or scanned forms from your Council, the State Council has several “Hot” email addresses, one for each type of It is important to note that each of the form submitted (Council and District Deputy). The State Deputy now has a program in the State General special StateDeputy@kofcohio.org program is represented by a special number. The numbering system has email address for you to send forms or Council communications to the been set up by the State General State Deputy. Program Director, Brother Rod Anderson. The first digit represents the Program group (1 = Church, 2 = It is preferred that everyone use these Community, 3 = Council, 4 = Culture new email address to send the of Life, 5 = Family, 6 = Membership, respective Council and District forms to both the State Council and and 7 = Youth. The second part of the numbering system represents the Supreme Council. These new email address AUTOMATICALLY program number on the State Program grid (from 1 to 5). As you
SEND TO SUPREME, and they are considered “Hot” emails. Council Level email addresses (Forwards to both State and Supreme): form100@kofcohio.org (New Member Form 100) form185@kofcohio.org (Report of Council Officers) form365@kofcohio.org (Report of Program Directors) form1295@kofcohio.org (Council Audit) form1728@kofcohio.org (Fraternal Survey) formsp7@kofcohio.org (Columbian Award Application) form2629@kofcohio.org (Report of Round Table Coordinator) form2630@kofcohio.org (Round Table Report) District Deputy Level email addresses: form133@kofcohio.org (Notice of intent to start a New Council) form136@kofcohio.org (Notice of institution of a new Council) form133@kofcohio.org (Notice of intent to start a New Council) form450@kofcohio.org (Degree Exemplification Report) New State Level email addresses: StateDeputy@kofcohio.org identical to CouncilForms@kofcohio.org StateMembership@kofcohio.org to be used to email the State Membership Director (Frank Iannaggi) and State Insurance Liaison (James Valent). Please feel free to email me at bobgkofc@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Not Receiving the Voice of the Spirit!!! GK and FS receive a copy and can forward or you can get your own. Send your name and email to osckofc@gmail.com.
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