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January-February, 2015 State Deputy

Providing charitable service, recruiting new members to help

By Ken Girt State Deputy

One of the criteria for the Star Council Award is performing charitable service through our six Service Program Activities. These include Church, Community, Council, Family, Culture of Life and Youth programs.

Charity is the first principle of the Order, as envisioned by our founder, Fr. Michael McGivney. Supreme Council reported that more than $170 million was donated to charity by the Knights of Columbus in 2013. And our members provided more than 70 million hours of volunteer service.

Both of these are records for the Order The only way Supreme can tabulate the Order’s charitable donations and hours of volunteer service is by using all the Form 1728’s, the Fraternal Survey. Your council’s activities may seem small, but when added with the other 15,000 councils, the totals demonstrate our Order’s continued commitment to charity.

As you know, Columbia Magazine lists many of our Order’s charitable activities in the “Knights in Action” section. You may have read about some of activities of our Ohio councils in past issues. Supreme’s monthly “Knight- line” newsletter recently mentioned activities of two Ohio Continued on Page 4

Halftime Report

A time to review, make adjustments to Ohio’s membership effort

By Ken Gardner, State Membership Director Jan. 1 was a great day to watch some college football. But it also marked the halfway point for the 2014-15 Knights of Columbus fraternal year.

Halftime is always a prime time to review how things went in the first half and make adjustments to plan for greater success in the second half. We can do this not only in football, but also as the Ohio State Council K of C. First, let’s look at some statistics: • A total of 824 new and reinstated members were added to our ranks from July 1 to Dec. 31, 2014. This com-

Supreme Council orders training for Knights involved in youth activities In order to maintain a strong commitment and safe environment for our youth, Supreme Council has instituted special online training for Knights involved with youth volunteer work. Supreme has stipulated that the training be taken by everyone from State Deputies, State Squires Directors, State and State Youth Directors to Grand Knights, Council Youth Directors, Columbian Squires Directors, Chief Counselors, Committee Counselors and Faithful Navigators (if their assembly sponsors a circle), according to Supreme representative George Hanna. Vice president for fraternal services.

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pares to 755 added for the same time period in 2013. So our “yards gained” were better by 69. We are moving in the right direction with this statistic!

• Our total losses due to suspensions and withdrawals was 546, compared to 343 in 2013. So we were “sacked” more often, with 203 more “yards lost”.

• Our net gain for the first half of 2014-15 was 278, compared to 412 for the 2013-14 fraternal year.

So while we are doing a better job on offense, some defensive miscues have us performing not quite up to standards. We are Continued on Page 7

Photo by Jennifer Ruhe, Delaware City Schools

Delaware Council 1056 Knights raise funds and awareness for “Wheelchairs for Honor Flight” at a street festival in Delaware. At right is Brother Knight Tom May.

Wheelchairs for Honor Flight

Delaware Knights kick off effort to help military veterans make the trip to visit war memorials in Washington D.C.

Knights of Delaware Council 1056 have kicked off a new charity effort to help military veterans make a one-day trip to Washington D.C. to visit the World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War memorials. It’s called “Wheelchairs for Honor Flight”.

The Honor Flight Network provides a one-day trip to those memorials free of charge to U.S. military veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

A member of Delaware Council -- and a Korean War veteran – Tom May took one of those trips. Legally blind, he needed a wheelchair and found out how difficult it is to obtain that mode of transportation.

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Work has begun on the May 22-24 State Convention

State Chaplain

Practicing our faith during Lent

Cincinnati is host for 115th annual meeting; councils will receive information in mid-March

By Fr. William Kraynak

The following was submitted by Immediate Past State Deputy Dave Helmstetter, chairman of the 2015 Convention of the Ohio State Council.

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“Brothers and sisters: Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are called, Jew and Greeks alike, Christ the power of God and wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.” (I Cor. 1:22-25) The above reading from the First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians is the second reading for the Third Sunday of Lent this year. It just reminds us again of how we may look to a secular world, especially during this season of Lent.

Why would we fast from food when there it is in such abundance? Why would we abstain from meat when it is so available? Why do penance when we feel we have done nothing wrong? Why take the time out of our busy day to pray when we could be busy about enjoying our leisure time?

The secular world would challenge us with these questions and many more during these 40 days. That is why, we as the people who call ourselves Christians, must really reflect on what we believe and know by faith not by reason alone.

We fast to remind our bodies that we have a relationship with the poor who were the first priority of Christ and are the first priority of the Church. We know that as Jesus said, “the poor you will always have with you but you will not always have me with you.”

In reflecting on our hunger for food we can find our hunger for Christ. By our hunger we discover that we are really hungry for; the bread of life, the body and blood, the Real Presence of Jesus Christ, who will satisfy our body and soul. We then become one with the poor, the hungry and the homeless.

We abstain because we know that God has asked us through the Holy Spirit to discipline our bodies by the discipline of our minds. Just because everything in this world is available to our desires does not make it acceptable for our souls. We must control our desires to draw nearer to God who desires us. God desires our

Day of Reflection for Ohio Knights set March 28

On Saturday, March 28 – during Palm Sunday weekend – Fr. Kraynak will offer a “Day of Reflection” for the Knights of Columbus of Ohio. It will be at the Josephinum Pontifical Seminary in Columbus. It will begin at 10:00 a.m. and end with Mass for Palm Sunday at 3:30 p,m, The reflections for the day will be centered on the Stations of the Cross. Please check with your District Deputy or diocesan State Officer for details.

love so much that he gave us his “only begotten Son” to suffer, die, and to rise again for us. That was the ransom that was paid for us because of God’s love for man. We control our desire and teach our bodies and souls to desire Jesus Christ our Savior. So no matter what it is we abstain from; meat, chocolate, soda pop, candy, or certain behaviors like listening to the radio or playing video games, we are doing it to draw our minds and souls closer to the Lord.

We pray and give alms because that is the actions that Jesus blessed and did.

When Jesus saw the widow contributing to the Temple from her want, he blessed her action as putting God first ahead of her own wants and needs. Frequently in the gospels we find Jesus in prayer speaking to his Father and our Father, on our behalf. Jesus when asked by his disciples how to pray taught them. We need to pray. We need to talk to God and especially listen and be open to hear God in our prayers. Prayer is a conversation not a monologue in which we are the speaker. Sharing our feelings, desires, fears, and joys with God is praying. Just like learning any skill we only get better at it, the more we do it. During Lent we take more time to practice our faith and improve our communication with God.

Grand Knights are reminded that the annual Ohio State Convention will be held May 22-24. In mid-March, a mailing from State Secretary Robert Collins will provide delegate, registration, hotel and other convention information for councils. Guidelines for submitting resolutions and bylaw changes will be contained in the mailing and are also listed below.

The 115th annual convention will be held at the Millennium Hotel in downtown Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Convention Committee is planning the annual event.

In addition to the import business sessions, we are working on providing additional training sessions for Knights and activities that should also interest their family members.

One of the many convention highlights will be Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis Schnurr, who will be main celebrant at the Sunday Mass (8:30 a.m.) in the St. Peter of Chains Cathedral located near the hotel.

Convention activity begins Friday, May 22, with the annual Super Cash Bonanza drawing at 7 p.m. in the hotel’s Grand Ballroom. Also adding to the excitement during the weekend business sessions will be the delegates voting to elect a new State Warden.

Following is the official wording on submission of resolutions to the convention (Ohio State Council By-Laws, Article VII, Section D): “Resolutions regarding matters other than any By-Law Amendments shall be presented to the State Secretary at least thirty (30) days prior to the Annual Convention. It must be submitted on Council letterhead paper (8 1/2” x 11”) and be typewritten. The resolution must show the date the council approved the resolution and be signed by the Grand Knight attesting to the Council vote. The State Deputy, State Officers, Subordinate Councils, and Standing Committees of the State Council may present resolutions in the same manner set forth herein. Only resolutions submitted in the prescribed form will be recognized for presentation to the Resolutions Committee. The Resolution Committee shall review and make recommendation on each properly submitted resolution to the State Convention. A majority vote is necessary for approval.” (Need to be postmarked

by April 24, 2015.) “Resolutions for By-Law Amendments shall be presented in the same manner except they must be presented to the State Secretary at least sixty (60) days prior to the Annual Convention and require a two-third (2/3) vote to pass.” (Need to be post marked by March 26, 2015).

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State Deputy issues ‘Isabella Challenge’

State Deputy Ken Girt issued an “Isabella Challenge” when it comes to membership recruitment. He made the comments at the January District Deputies’ Meeting.

“At the June, 2014, District Deputies Meeting, I mentioned that sometimes we overlook our potentially most powerful recruiters – our lovely ladies,” he said. “I called attention to Amy Buehner, wife of District Deputy-23 Tom Buehner, who mentioned that she knows great men through work and other activities who would make wonderful Knights. I followed up with Amy and she was proud to share that she identified and directed two men to her husband, who sponsored them at their First Degree.

“This is a great example of how sometimes a woman can inspire men to explore new things – just like Queen Isabella’s excitement for exploring the New World made it possible or Columbus to begin his famous journeys,” he continued.

So Girt proposed a new recruitment challenge to the leadership of the Ohio State Council.

“Using Amy’s recruitment efforts as a baseline, every state officer, director, diocesan chairman, state staff and District Deputies will be encouraged to personally match or exceed the number by May 1,” Girt announced. “Anyone exceeding the ‘Isabella Total’ will receive special recognition at the State Convention. And you better start now – her total is already at two!”

He suggests that the “Isabellas” in the lives of Brother Knights – wives, daughters, sisters, friends – help.

“If an ‘Isabella’ in your life helps you with your recruiting, she will receive special recognition at the State Convention as well,” he said.

Ohio’s District Deputies study was to improve membership recruitment, Star Council status

Ohio’s District Deputies gathered in Columbus in early January for their semi-annual meeting, with concentrated emphasis on membership recruitment and Star Council status.

State Deputy Ken Girt changed the usual format this time, placing more emphasis on seminar-type discussions with the District Deputies’ diocesan officer.

“For over six years now, our District Deputy meeting agenda has been pretty much the same,” said Girt before the weekend gathering. “And since it appears we are heading into our sixth year of declining growth, I would like to change things around a little.

The state officer in each diocese can do a lot better training his District Deputies in smaller gatherings.”

While much of the weekend centered around membership, the State Deputy also continued his emphasis on council achievement of Star Council status, something he has preached since taking office in the 2013-2014 fraternal year, having the District Deputies discuss ways in areas of need for councils to achieve the Star Council status.

Pennies for Heaven closer to $1 million mark after strong first turn-in

Ohio Knights of Columbus councils are responding enthusiastically to the 2014-2015 Pennies for Heaven campaign which is just shy of the $1 million mark after the first turn-in, according to Immediate Past State Deputy Dave Helmstetter, chairman of this year’s campaign.

First turn-in results were more than $59,000, an increase of more than $21,000 over last year, said Helmstetter. “It’s great to see the support of our membership with this program. Our first turn-in was an increase of 37% over last year’s,” he added, noting that Ohio should easily exceed $100,000 for the fourth straight fraternal year.

So far, approximately 135 councils have participated in the campaign. During the annual program tours last July, Helmstetter set a goal of $125,000 for this year’s effort -- which would establish a record effort by Ohio Knights.

“We’re already at 57% of last year’s total and slightly under half of our goal,” he said.

Councils are reminded that the final deadline for Pennies for Heaven is May 1, 2015.

Checks should be made payable to the Ohio State Council, Knights of Columbus and should be sent to Helmstetter at 5421 County Road 33A, St. Marys, OH 45885.

Ohio needs a little more than $26,000 to exceed the $1 million raised since 2002 with the program and slightly more than $66,000 to reach this year’s goal of $125,000.

Councils have plenty of time to send in contributions with the May 1 deadline. Those collecting more than $1,000 will receive special recognition at the annual State Convention in Cincinnati next May.

Matching Funds presentations (from left) State Deputy Ken Girt; Chris Hoag, Cleveland Diocese; Barbara Walko, Youngstown Diocese; David McCutcheon, Toledo Diocese; Barbara RomanelloWichtman, Columbus Diocese; Paul Ward, Steubenville Diocese; Ken Gleason, Cincinnati Diocese; and State Advocate Bob Byers, 2014 Matching Funds chairman.

$59,233 in Matching Funds are distributed for religious education

“We have demonstrated our continuing support of religious education. The spirit of Columbianism is alive in Ohio.”

State Advocate Bob Byers used those words at the January District Deputies Meeting to describe his feelings about the 2014 Matching Funds Campaign, of which he was chairman.

A total of $59,233.60 was raised to support the many agencies, programs and schools throughout Ohio that provide religious education services to the parishes and schools in each diocese. A total of 226 councils and 10 assemblies participated in the campaign.

“The real success of this annual campaign will be measured by the educational materials that the Catholic people of each diocese will continue to receive in the years to come,” added Byeers.

Matching Funds provides funds for religious education purposes in parish schools.

The Ohio Knights of Columbus Charity Foundation matches the first $25,000 that is raised by councils and assemblies in the state. In 2014, the K of C units raised $34,263.60, which was matched with $25,000 from the foundation. Checks were presented to religious education directors of Ohio’s six dioceses at the January District Deputies Meeting. The checks issued in each diocese were: • Columbus Diocese: $13,688.12 presented to Religious Education Director Barbara Romanello-Wichtman.

• Cincinnati Diocese: $11,773.88 presented to Religious Education Director Ken Gleason.

• Toledo Diocese: $11,201.74 presented to Religious Education Director Dave McCutcheon.

• Cleveland Diocese: $7,982.21 presented to Religious Education Director Chris Hoag.

• Youngstown: $7,852.76 presented to Religious Education Director Barbara Walko.

• Steubenville Diocese: $4,169.89 presented to Religious Education Director Paul Ward.

Delphos Knights generate funds from golf outing

An annual K of C/St. John’s Parish Golf Benefit has been held by Delphos Council 1362 for 26 years, generating more than $250,000 in that time, which has been donated to the Delphos St. John’s schools.

A total of 168 golfers participated in the 2014 event last summer at the Delphos Country Club. It raised $14,000, the largest amount ever generated. The funds will be used by St. John’s schools for technology advancement ….. The Delphos Knights also have raised $3,000 in a raffle that was donated to the Wounded Warrior Fund.

St. Martin Deporres Council celebrates 50th Anniversary

St. Martin Deporres Council 5624, Cincinnati, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014. Keynote speaker at a special celebration was Jessie Thomas, a community leader working to improve the lives of the elderly members of society. She holds a Doctor of Ministry degree, the first African-American female to accomplish such an achievement in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

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Fourth Degree

Our veterans still need our help

By Don Hall

Vice Supreme Master

The Veterans Administration system is obviously at best strained, and it has been for a long time. Major shortcomings have now surfaced, and are a produce of longtime problems within the VA. There’s a big residual effect after 13 years of war ….. upwards of 50,000 service members who have been injured – 398,000 pending disability claims. From 2002-2012, more than 103,000 cases of veteran post-traumatic stress disorder were documented.

During that same period, there were 1,715 battle injury amputations. Think of the never-ending stress on families and caregivers for our wounded.

One pressing need due to constant in-house use by veterans is new wheelchairs.

They often have been loaned for home visits and not returned by resident veterans.

The Sandusky and Georgetown Ohio veterans homes are both in need of wheelchairs.

Randall O’Connell, provincial VAVS director for the Fourth Degree, is currently seeking funds to assist each of these homes to purchase new wheelchairs. Pricing of new quality chairs averages $300 each. Donations can be sent to: Randolph W. O’Connell, Provincial VAVS Director, 834 Michaels Dr., Franklin, OH 45005.

The Ohio Knights of Columbus, spearheaded by the efforts of O’Connell, provides services to our veterans at five medical centers, three outpatient clinics, 30 communitybased outpatient clinics, and eight veterans centers in Ohio. It is impossible to calculate the amount of caring and sharing that VAVS volunteers provide to patients. VAVS volunteers are a priceless asset to our nation’s veterans.

I ask you …. What will you do?

If every K of C council and every assembly made it a priority to seek out, identify and assist military families and veterans who may have special needs because of their service, we would have a much-reduced problem within the veterans’ community.

Everyone can do something through the VA volunteer services.

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May learned that on every flight 50-60 veterans need wheelchairs, and many of them have to wait for a “wheelchair spot” to become available. He had been one of those who had to wait, and learned that each year some of the veterans sadly pass away before a wheelchair spot becomes available.

So he announced the need for such wheelchairs at a meeting of Delaware Council.

By coincidence, it also was the night the council was planning to launch a wheelchair fundraising effort supported nationally by the Knights of Columbus through the American Wheelchair Mission.

Thus, Brother Knights May and Mark Fowler became co-chairmen of the council’s “Wheelchairs for Honor Flight” effort, according to Grand Knight David Ayscue. May is the council’s contact with the Honor Flight Network while Fowler works with the American Wheelchair Mission. The team also arranged for donations to be handled by the nonprofit Delaware County Foundation to handle contributions, send donation acknowledgment letters to contributors and organize information for tax purposes.

“We’ve had our Knights contact local businesses and charity groups here in Delaware,” said Fowler. “We’ve had some councils and assemblies contribute to the cause. But we need other businesses, charity groups and Knights of Columbus councils to help answer this need to help honor our veterans.”

The cost for one pallet of 15 wheelchairs is $2,250. The council’s goal is to have 10 pallets – 150 wheelchairs – donated by Memorial Day 2015. The wheelchairs will be sent to the Columbus hub of Honor Flight Network.

Donations can be made online at the Delaware County Foundation at www.delawarecf. org with the memo designation of “Knights 1056 Charity”. After the need is met at Columbus, additional wheelchairs will be sent to other hubs in the network.

For more information, contact Knights of Columbus Council 1056 fundraiser Cochairman Fowler at (216) 298-3864; May at (740) 201-3319, or GK Ayscue at (740) 417-3519. Or email kofc1056@gmail.com. *

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North Olmsted Council 4731 purchased and donated 10 wheelchairs to community areas, including St. Augustine, St. Angela Merici, St. Bernadette, St. Brendan, St. Christopher, St. Clarence St. Ladislas, St. Raphael, St. Richard Catholic churches, and to the Veterans Administration Hospital at Wade Park, Cleveland.

Archdiocese of the Military Mass

The Archdiocese of the Military celebrated a Mass for Peace at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral, Cleveland, on Nov. 29, with Archbishop Timothy Broglio the main celebrant. A reception after Mass was a fundraiser for the archdiocese, as it has no other way for income. Fortynine Sir Knights from 15 area assemblies participated. In attendance were, from left, Bishop Neal J. Buckon, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese; Archbishop Broglio; State Deputy Ken Girt; Ohio District 1 Master William Studenic, and Hennepin Province Vice Supreme Master Don Hall.

Veterans honored at Christmas dinner

Approximately 75 U.S. veterans from northeastern Ohio were honored at the Annual Veterans’ Christmas Dinner sponsored by Pope Pius VII Fourth Degree Assembly on Dec. 17 at the Immaculate Conception Parish hall in Ravenna.

During dinner the veterans were serenaded by the Rubber Capital Harmonica Club, and afterwards they played some bingo. Girl Scouts from Troop 632 helped with the serving. As the veterans left, the were given gift bags filled with personal items. There also was an assortment of books available to them, donated by the Streetsboro Library.

Immaculate Conception is the home parish of State Chaplain Fr. William Kraynak.

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councils --Fairborn Council 3724 and Msgr. Jessing Council 1664 in Pomeroy.

You can continue to read about our charitable fundraisers and service projects in our monthly online “Lighthouse” newsletter and our bimonthly Buckeye Bulletin.

Keep in mind that membership to our Order is essential if we want help in conducting our charitable programs. We have fallen behind in our state membership goals, but some councils are doing quite well. Has your council recruited one new member for this fraternal year?

You may have learned that I have challenged the Knights of Columbus leadership in Ohio to match the recruitment effort of the wife of one of our District Deputies. Last June, she told me that she knew of five Catholic men in the office where she worked.

She recruited two of them and they took their first degree in September.

With that in mind, we created the “Isabella Challenge” recruitment drive for all the Knights of Columbus leaders in Ohio. They will be challenged to match or exceed the number of new members that this District Deputy’s wife brings into the Order, by May1.

And it is working. One of our state directors’ wives recruited five members and one of our state officers also has recruited five members to the Order.

If our wives realize the good works of the Order and what membership means to us, by all means, they should recruit and let other Catholic men know the benefits of membership to the Knights of Columbus.

Let’s continue to be the Light of Ohio in all our charitable donations and service.

And let us (and our wives) continue to ask eligible Catholic men to join us and help us with our work.

Let’s continue to be the Light of the World here in Ohio and let’s be proud of our service activities.

And don’t forget to order your Knight of Columbus license plates!

Be the LIGHT!

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Cleveland Diocese Auxiliary Bishop and Former State Chaplain Edward Pevec passes away

Culture of Life

Ultrasound Initiative is a critical program

By Gary Anderson

State Culture of Life Director

Most Rev. A. Edward Pevec, Former State Chaplain of the Ohio State Council Knights of Columbus, auxiliary bishop in the Cleveland Diocese, and a priest for 64 years, passed away last Dec. 14. He was 89.

He served as State Chaplain during the two-year administration of State Deputy Roland Bator in 2007-2009.

Bishop Pevec was ordained in 1950 and was named auxiliary bishop by Pope John Paul II in 1982. He became an auxiliary bishop emeritus in 2002. After ordination, he initially served at St. Mary’s Parish, Elyria. From there he served in a number of teaching and pastoral roles in the Cleveland Diocese, including rector-president of Borromeo College.

Knights of Columbus Insurance

Tempus Fugit ….. Memento Mori

By James Valent, F.I.C.F., General Agent State Insurance Liaison

Tempus Fugit ….. Time flies. The older we get, the more that statement seems to ring true. Especially as we ring in another New Year. I pray that 2014 was a healthy and prosperous year for you and your family.

If you’re like most people, you’ve made some resolutions for the New Year. If I may, I’d like to add to your list of resolutions by two.

First: Write them down. A resolution is really a goal for the year and, until you commit a goal to writing, it’s nothing more than a wish. So write your resolutions down. Whether they be to lose weight, contribute more time and money to charity, read more or watch less television, you’re more likely to stick to them if you write them down.

Second: Schedule some time to visit with your professional Knights of Columbus Family Financial Representative. The “Financial Check-up” that we provide (free of charge, by the way) will quickly identify any gaps in your family’s Estate Planning program. And you’ll want to correct those gaps now, not later. Because, unlike many other products, you need more than money to obtain Life Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance or Comprehensive Disability Insurance. You also need good health, and no one will ring a bell warning you when your health is about to change.

The Knights of Columbus offers something precious few other financial products can offer ….. GUARANTEES. We call that “Peace of Mind”, and that is (as they say in that credit card commercial) Priceless.

Aurora Knights help scout earn Eagle award With the help of Knights from Our Lady of Perpetual Help Council 14186, Aurora (Cleveland Diocese), Boy Scout Jacob Jancsurak has earned his Eagle Scout award.

In order to complete a service project requirement, Jacob wanted to do something for the church he attends, Our Lady of Perpetual Help. He led a crew of more than 35 men from the council to clear a large area of woods and brush in an effort to improve visibility and line of sight safety for motorists exiting the parking lot. After clearing the area, he spent the next several weeks working with Scouts from his Boy Scout Troop 269 to build a garden and shrine to Saint Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals

The Culture of Life Activities Program features an array of effective programs and activities to help build a culture of life. But perhaps the most critical of them all is, arguably, the Ultrasound Initiative program, through which qualified pregnancy centers are presented with ultrasound machines at no cost by Knights of Columbus units, be they councils or chapters. (Note: the Ultrasound Initiative is the cover story in the January issue of Columbia magazine.)

Last July, at the outset of this fraternal year, we set an ambitious Ohio goal of funding at least 10 more ultrasound machines by June 30, 2015. As of the end of December, we are nearly half way to the goal. The unofficial count as of now is five fully-funded machines, although presentation and ribbon cutting ceremonies are still not scheduled for several of them.

With the addition of the five new machines, the total number funded in Ohio since the program’s inception in 2009 is around 25. Only five more are needed to hit our annual goal and to crack 30. That would be a monumental achievement, since only five states have hit that mark, Michigan being one of them with 30. And in true Buckeye spirit, we’ve got to catch the Wolverines!

Yes, we can have a little fun while carrying out this most critical, life-saving campaign, but it is important to keep in mind the oft repeated statistic: nearly 90% of pregnant women considering abortion who view the sonogram from an ultrasound exam will have a change of heart and deliver their babies!

Is there anything more effective than that? NO! Thousands upon thousands of babies are being saved by the 500 machines placed by the Order around the United States since 2009. Countless more innocent lives will be saved with the presentation of every additional machine.

There is still plenty of time to conduct an Ultrasound Initiative campaign during this second half of the 2014-2015 fraternal year. See pages 79-80 of the General Program Handbook for details. I certainly will assist if asked.

There is now an organization founded by Brother Knights whose sole purpose is to act as a liaison in assisting councils and chapters in conducting ultrasound campaigns: In His Image Ultrasound. Their representatives are also pregnancy center directors, so they know their stuff and can be there every step along the way. For more information on I.H.I.U., call Joe Dalton at 573-647-9530 or email him at joe.dalton@ihiu.org. *

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Supreme Council announced that in November, 2014, a Baltimore pregnancy center was the recipient of the 500th ultrasound machine donated under the Knights of Columbus Initiative.

Did you or any of your council members attend the March for Life in Washington D.C. on Jan. 22? If so, we’re looking for Brother Knights and their families who are willing to provide first-hand accounts of their experiences. Those interested in sharing their stories should forward them to the State Culture of Life Director via email at: garyanderson5656@yahoo.com, subject line: March for Life Experiences.

Final Immaculate Conception icon schedule is posted

Jacob Jancsurak

and the environment.

Jacob, the son of Gary and June Jancsurak, of Aurora, and attends Aurora High School. He also is a member of the youth group at Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

State Warden Mark Siracusa has listed the final dates for passing the Immaculate Conception Icons through their schedules through the end of the current fraternal year.

He asks that councils make sure that the icon gets to the next District Deputy on the schedule, and that they be returned at the State Convention or to a state officer.

Assigned Icon 1 Icon 2 Icon 3 Icon 4 Date DD # DD # DD # DD # Feb. 10 55 50 33 25 Mar. 10 61 49 n/a 23 Apr. 14 62 48 n/a n/a May 19 54 n/a n/a n/a Cincinnati Chapter’s Coats for Kids The Cincinnati Chapter was well represented at a Coats for Kids Giveaway in conjunction with the St. Vincent de Paul Chapter of Cincinnati last Dec. 6. All coats were given away to deserving families with children. “It was a life changing experience,” said Cincinnati Chapter President Jim Klatte. “We were honored to have the privilege of helping.”

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State General Program

We want to hear from You!

By Jeff Kiliany

State General Program Director

We are now in the 2nd half of the Light of Ohio General Program, with three of the five reporting periods completed. And we have one problem that needs discussion: Nearly half of the councils across the state have not yet reported a single program activity.

We need to hear from these councils. It’s not too late to report on some of the programs and activities that your councils are doing. We have asked our District Deputies to encourage each of their councils to report at least one activity in each of the six program areas.

Please remember: NOW is the time to start checking your status online and making sure that your council’s stats match up with the state director’s Master Stat Sheet! If you want to be in the running for the Top 5 councils in your division, you will want to check and verify your total program points.

You will see the top 10 councils in the state in each division listed on this page of the Buckeye Bulletin and on the home page of the state website. If your stats don’t add up and agree with the state’s figures, please call the respective director and find out where the differences are.

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Please check your council’s standings on the state website to see if you have turned in your Form185, Form 365, Semiannual Audit 1295, Annual Fraternal Survey 1728. You also can see your Membership and Insurance Quota, Gains, Losses, Net, and Percent.

And finally, you can see if you paid your Supreme and State Per Capita Taxes. All of these standings are updated monthly.

It is also time to start laying the groundwork for choosing your Best of the Best.

Please start the planning now. It is a good idea to get nomination forms out to your members and set a late February deadline for turn in so your nomination committee can tally these and prepare them for voting. These nominations must be received in the mail by April 1, 2015.

Jeff Kiliany can be contacted at 559 Walnut St., Leetonia, OH 44431; email: jtktg@ yahoo.com; phone: (330) 427-9874.

Youth Activities

Congratulations to Soccer Challenge winners

By Robert Walsh

State Youth Activities Director

Congratulations to the winners of our 2014 Ohio Knights of Columbus State Soccer Challenge, which was conducted last fall. The winners are: Girls Age Name Score Sponsoring Council 9 Summer Zeleznik 210 St. Adelbert Council 15901 10 No Winner -- -11 Megan Brenner 185 Our Lady of the Light Council 14891 12 Jenna Daniel 175 Middletown Council 1610 13 No Winner -- -14 No Winner -- -Boys Age Name Score Sponsoring Council 9 Carter Seyle 180 Msgr. Kuenle Council 5239 10 Andrew Leopold 190 Painesville Council 947 11 Kevin Brun 210 Our Lady of the Light Council 14891 12 Luciano Serraglio 220 Fr. Andrew Hohman Council 5253 13 Zachary Leopold 220 Painesville Council 947 14 John Luke Brun 245 Our Lady of the Light Council 14891 *

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It’s Free Throw time: The state finals of the 2015 Ohio K of C Free Throw Contest will be held at Bishop Ready High School, Columbus, on Saturday, March 21. Council contests were to be held in January, with District and Regional contests in February …..

And for councils conducting Essay Contests, please let your District Deputy know that you are participating. I must have all entries by March 1.

Knights volunteer at soup kitchen

The Coalition of Concerned Christians has been serving meals to the needy of the Barberton-Norton area for nearly three decades. Fifteen area churches provide teams that cook in rotation at the Presbyterian Church in downtown Barberton every Tuesday and Thursday. Prince of Peace Parish provides one of those teams which includes Knights from Prince of Peace Council 14111 and its Ladies Auxiliary. On Dec. 23 a Christmas meal was prepared by the Prince of Peace team. Brother Knight Joe Urbanski and his wife, Jane, played the role of Santa and Mrs. Claus to distribute socks to those at the meal, while Brother Knights John Vincent and Frank Somodi and his wife, Carol, played elves, passing out goodie bags.

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“Just as any of us would want the most effective safeguards in place to protect our children and grandchildren from sexual abuse, the Knights of Columbus has always made the safety of the young people participating in its programs and activities its highest priority,” wrote Hanna in a letter to Knights’ leaders. Now ….. the Knights of Columbus has continued this strong commitment to the safety of young people by launching its updated Knights of Columbus Safe Environment Program.”

Hanna explained that the Knights of Columbus Board of Directors has adopted a policy that requires all State Deputies, State Squires Chairmen, State Youth Directors, Grand Knights, Council Youth Directors, Columbian Squire Chairmen, Chief Counselors, Committee Counselors, and Faithful Navigators (if the assembly sponsors a Squires Circle) to take the special online training.

Members serving in these designated leadership roles were notified of this new requirement either by email or letter beginning on Jan. 5.

“Your completion of these online training modules, as well as fulfilling your specified duties, demonstrates your commitment to protecting children,” Hanna said.

Top 5 Councils in Programming as of January 1, 2015

Division 1 Council Holy Family 15056 Fr. John Kempf 10829 St. Dominic-Delhi 15533 Prince of Peace 14111 (tie) St. Margaret 12939 Division 3 Council Marysville 5534 Mantua 3766 Fr. Maruskin 10936 Mac Gahan 1065 Fr. Mentrup 14400 North Olmsted 4731 Msgr. Dooley 4361 Ray McKowen 1362 Fr. Hohman 5253

Division 2 Council Location Fr. Sheldon Kelly W. Jefferson Fr. Reidy 1786 London Msgr. Gilligan 14882 Dayton Fr. Klueber 2565 Caldwell (tie) Eaton 3698 Eaton Division 4 Location Pts. Council Location Marysville 525 Maria-Joseph 4022 Kettering Mantua 500 St. Francis 10792 Strongsville Hudson 500 Delaware 1056 Delaware N. Lexington475 St. Andrew 11275 Columbus Franklin 450 North Ridgeville 7970 N. Ridgeville Division 5 N. Olmsted 600 Msgr. Lang 1039 Defiance Mingo Junc. 525 Fr. Ragan 3269 Avon Delphos 500 Fairborn 3724 Fairborn Reynolds. 500 Location Parma Dresden Cincinnati Norton Columbus

Pts. 600 525 500 450 300

Pts. 575 550 500 475 475 Pts. 600 600 500 500 475 475 475 475

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Membership Shorts

By Ken Gardner, State Membership Director Here are a few short notes about membership programs and issues in Ohio: Council Recruitment Brochure Contest The November-December issue of the Buckeye Bulletin had a complete story about the Council Recruitment Brochure Contest that will recognize the top council produced recruitment brochures at the State Convention in May. The best brochure for one council in each division and one statewide winner will be awarded a plaque during the Saturday morning awards session. The deadline to enter your council’s brochure is February 28, 2015. See the last issue of the Buckeye Bulletin for all the details or check the flyer that has gone out with the last several state mailings. Mail your brochure to: Ken Gardner, 321 Greenwell Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45238.

March Church Drive Formally called the “March Blitz”, this is an orderwide effort to have recruitment drives in every parish worldwide during the month of March. For detailed information on how your council can hold a successful Church Drive, go to the Supreme website at www.kofc.org and type “Church Drive” in the search block. This will take you to a page that covers everything you need to know. It’s as easy as these ten steps: 1. Get permission from the pastor to hold the drive 2. Advertise the drive in the parish bulletin 3. Order recruiting materials from the Supreme Council Supply Department or use your own 4. Organize plenty of members for the drive weekend 5. Contact your council’s field agent to get his assistance 6. Schedule a First Degree exemplification within one month of the recruitment drive 7. Arrange for the membership recruitment announcement to be made during Mass 8. Have members at the entrances of the Church or other appropriate area, to talk to prospects about joining and help them complete a Membership Document (#100) or a Prospect Card (#921-A) 9. Within 48 hours, council members contact every prospect who expressed interest in joining.

10. Inform prospects of the date, time and location of the open house and invite families to attend as well. Also, let them know the date, time and location of the First Degree exemplification.

Membership Recruitment Training By the time you read this issue of the Buckeye Bulletin, the new Membership Recruitment Training PowerPoint should be available. The purpose of this training is to take recruitment training down to the grassroots level of the order, the individual council chambers. This training will explain to your members how to use an “Ask Yourself First” process to believe in what they are doing when recruiting, how to build relationships with potential recruits, and how to respond to negative feedback when asking a gentleman to join our ranks. Statistics show that less than 2% of all Knights in Ohio actually recruit in any given year, our goal is to change that! If you have not heard about this training, ask your District Deputy for more details.

Form 100’s We have recently received feedback from Supreme Council that as many as 50 Form 100’s are received at the home office each day that must be returned to the council because they cannot be process due in being illegible or not completely filled out. This delays a new member of receiving all of the great benefits of being a Knight and makes it more likely that the membership document gets lost or misplaced and never entered in the Supreme database. When submitting a Form 100 to Supreme Council, normally through the Financial Secretary, ensure that the form contains all of the information necessary and can be read. The most important parts are Section 1 that contains the council number, location, date the Form 100 was read, date elected, and 1st Degree date, and Sections 3 and 4 that contains all of the information about the candidate. Also ensure that all of the signatures required in Section 6 are present and that the candidate has indicated if he will be applying for a K of C annuity is Section 5. Other parts of the Form 100 help the Admissions Committee determine the interests of the candidate and details about his family. In a nutshell, if there is a block or line on the From 100, it should have some information in it.

Ohio State Council website www.kofcohio.org

Ohio State Council Membership as of January 1, 2015 Diocese

Year to Date Gain

Year to Date Loss

453 312 286 81 409 209

187 171 209 35 135 87

101 130 97 19 68 131

86 41 112 16 67 -44

19.0% 13.1% 39.2% 19.8% 16.4% -21.1%

367 271 174 65 342 253

1,750

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546

278

15.9%

1472

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Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Steubenville Toledo Youngstown TOTALS

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Percent of Quota

Needed

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moving the ball in the right direction, but we are not reaching the red zone.

The good news is that our Defensive Coordinators -- Jim Klatte and Nick Gresko, who serve as our State Membership Retention Directors -- have put together an excellent second half game plan. As of this writing, we have only 53 potential losses over the next few months.

The linemen (individual council membership retention committees) will need to dig in and help stop losses for the remainder of the second half. We need to gain 2,500 new and reinstated members to reach our Supreme Council quota for the fraternal year.

Now let give some recognition for some individual “players” that played a great first half. These councils already have achieved, or surpassed, their Supreme Council Quota for the entire fraternal year and are on their way to being named a STAR COUNCIL: John Carroll University Council #8320 (400%), Josephinum Council #15009 (375%), St. Adelbert Council #15901 (300%), St. Joan of Arc Council #15905 (220%), Gibsonburg Council #2280 (200%), Msgr. Gerdes Council #3123 (170%), Fr. Charles Griffin Council #15793 (125%), Saint Joseph Council #12772 (117%), Fr. Kunkler Council #2158 (116%), Msgr. Mears Council #3930 (114%), Our Lady of Charity Council #14406 (112%), St. Anthony Council #14093 (100%), St. Mary’s of the Falls Council #14416 (100%), Holy Family Council #15056 (100%), St. Ambrose Council #15569 (100%) and St. Mary’s Council #15942 (100%).

Our top offensive players with the most gains are: Fr. Kunkler Council #2158 with 22, Msgr. Gerdes Council #3123 with 17, John Carroll University Council #8320 with 16, Josephinum Council #15009 with 15, and Ottawa Council #1757 with 13. These stars really know how the game is supposed to be played and are racking up some impressive numbers.

Don’t forget: this is a team game and everyone needs to contribute in their own way. It is great to report that 239 councils “gained yardage” and brought in at least one new member in the first half. Now that they have a little sweat built up, they can continue to contribute to the team and push the ball down the field. Sadly, not everyone is in the game, as 134 councils have yet to contribute to the effort, with zero new members. Our secret play is what used to be called the “Blitz”.

It’s now called the March Church Drive. All councils in Ohio should be drawing up their own game plan for this big play and break one loose for some big gains.

Diocesan Top 5 Councils in Membership as of January 1, 2015

Cincinnati Diocese Council Location Net Fr. Kunkler 2158 Minster 22 Msgr. Gerdes 3123 Cincinnati 17 Fairborn 3724 Fairborn 12 Fort Recovery 3324 Ft Recovery 9 St. Joseph of the 3 Rivers North Bend 8 Columbus Diocese Council Location Net Josephinum 15009 Columbus 15 St. Brigid of Kildare 10863 Dublin 9 (tie) Portsmouth 741 Portsmouth 8 (tie) St. John Neumann 14457 Sunbury 8 (tie) St. Jude 5801 Gahanna 7 (tie) New Albany 10941 New Albany 7 (tie) St. Joseph 12772 Plain City 7 Toledo Diocese Council Location Net Ottawa 1757 Ottawa 13 St. Joan of Arc 15905 Holland 11 Gibsonburg 2280 Gibsonburg 8 (tie) Norwalk 626 Norwalk 6 (tie) St. Patrick Heather. 14155Toledo 6 (tie) East Toledo 14344 Toledo 6

Cleveland Diocese Council Location Net John Carroll Univ. 8320 University Hts 16 St. Adelbert’s 15901 Berea 12 Our Lady of Charity 14406 Broadview Hts 9 James Martin 637 Lorain 8 St. Mary’s of the Falls 14416 Olmsted Falls 7 Steubenville Diocese Council Location Net (tie) Marietta 478 Marietta 4 (tie) Bishop Watterson 1405 Ironton 4 (tie) Cambridge 1641 Cambridge 4 (tie) Fr. Klueber 2565 Caldwell 4 (tie) St. Ambrose 15569 Little Hocking 4 Youngstown Diocese Council Location Net Msgr. Mears 3930 Austintown 8 (tie) Holy Martyrs 4733 Canton 4 (tie) Geneva-Madison 5286 Geneva 4 (tie) St. Phillip-James 11037 Canal Fulton 4 (tie) St. Michael 15458 Canton 4

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The “Measure Up” Campaign It’s not just a two-week street collection

By State Warden Mark Siracusa

Chairman, 2015 Measure-Up Campaign

How will we as Knights of Columbus in Ohio continue to support our Measure-Up Campaign in 2015? We’re hoping that the interest will continue as it has in past years.

Dates for this year’s campaign are the weekends of April 24-26 and May 1-3. But councils should understand that there is more to the campaign than just the two-week general public collections.

There are actually four major fundraising areas -- or phases.

We are currently in the “Gimme Five” collection phase, when we ask councils to actively solicit a donation of $5.00 (or more) from each of their members. Financial Secretaries were given “Gimme Five” flyers to be mailed out with their 2015 membership dues notices.

Secondly, we are again asking local councils to contact businesses within their home area through a “general mailing campaign” and solicit from them a financial contribution. Make sure the letter explains how their contribution will assist those with mental retardation in the community.

Thirdly, some councils may want to do some type of fundraiser to gain additional funds. It can be extremely beneficial if there are difficulties in obtaining permission to conduct a street or storefront collection in your area.

Finally, the traditional street (or storefront) collection is still the most familiar and easiest way to raise funds for the campaign. This has been the mainstay of soliciting funds from the general public for a long time.

Make every effort to contact your local merchants for permission to collect in front of their stores and businesses. Have a signup sheet available at the council on meeting nights to allow members to volunteer for time slots during the street collection phase.

A Measure-Up ruler should be provided to every potential donor, whether or not they offer a donation.

Our goal in Ohio this year is $450,000 and a total 100% participation by our councils.

Brother Knights, we ask you to support our “flagship” charity and to put Columbianism into action for our “special” friends.

Josephinum Knights attend national college conference

St. Nick and the children

Massillon Council 554 was one of many Ohio councils sponsoring children’s parties during the Christmas Season. Massillon’s was called “Breakfast with Santa”, served to more than 60 children.

Pictured are Mike and Debby Szillat and their nine children. Mike is a Past Grand Knight of Council 554 and current youth director and Squires circle chief counselor, where three of the boys are members.

With them is St. Nick, who is State Deputy Ken Girt, also a Past Grand Knight of Massillon Council.

Million Dollar Baby Super Cash Bonanza Road Shows Information & Ticket Distribution Meetings

The following was submitted by State Treasurer Kevin Miller, chairman of the 2015 Super Cash Bonanza Charity Campaign.

The Super Cash Bonanza Road Show team will meet with councils in each of the six Ohio dioceses in February to kick off the 2015 Million Dollar Baby Cash Bonanza Charity Raffle. We have selected eight locations around the state so that all council leaders might attend one of the meetings. Big Daddy (State Treasurer Kevin Miller, 2015 Charity Campaign chairman) and other Charity Campaign team members will share thoughts, information and ideas on how to conduct a successful campaign.

Each council is asked to have two members – preferably the Grand Knight and Charity Campaign chairman – present at one of the diocesan meetings. By doing so, the council will receive a special 10-cent attendance rebate (one of many rebates available) on each ticket sold.

As in the recent past, 25 cash prizes will be awarded to winners at the final drawing, which will be held on Friday, May 22, in conjunction with the State Convention. Top three prizes, respectively, will be $49,680, $18,780, and $12,720.

Tickets sell for $5.00 each. Of that, $2.40 is automatically retained by the council to use for local charities. Based on rebates, it is possible for councils to retain $4.60 per ticket sold.

The following schedule lists the meeting sites, dates, and times.

Members of Pontifical College Josephinum Knights of Columbus Council 15009, Columbus, attended the 2014 Knights of Columbus College Council Conference in New Haven, Conn. They included Grand Knight Brett Garland, Deputy Grand Knight Nathan Baldwin, and Chancellor Bryant Haren, who joined more than 200 other students from 87 college councils from across the United States.

They heard talks by Knights of Columbus leaders and had the opportunity to collaborate with Knights from across the nation on ways to serve the Church, grow the Knights on campus, and grow in our Catholic faith, said Baldwin.

“One of our goals in going to the conference was to bring back for our brothers at the seminary an enriched knowledge of the Knights and a vision and mission for our council,” Baldwin continued. “Our Grand Knight has a clear and precise vision for the Josephinum Council. We know that, in many parishes, the Knights of Columbus is often the primary avenue through which a pastor can reach out and evangelize the men of his parish. If, God-willing, we are ordained as priests, many of us will serve as council chaplains. Thus, we should learn how to be effective council chaplains while in seminary, so that as pastors we may work with the Knights to maximize their potential as evangelizers.”

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On Jan. 14, Josephinum Council welcomed Fr. Jonathan Kalisch, Knights of Columbus Director of Chaplains and Spiritual Development, for a special meeting.

Fr. Kalisch gave an inspirational talk to the Seminarians, including both Knights and prospective new members, about an inspirational young priest of the 1880s, Fr. Michael J. McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus at St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Conn., where Fr. Kalisch currently calls home.

Fr. Kalisch also is editor of the Chaplain’s Report, published monthly by Supreme.

He also has been appointed Director of the St. John Paul II shrine and museum in Washington D.C., and will lead the English-speaking venue at the 2016 World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland.

One result of this special program was the recruitment of new members. At least three Form 100s were submitted to the council at the end of the evening.

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Friday, February 13 Toledo Diocese. Tiffin Council 608, 49 E. Perry St., Tiffin Tiffin Council 608 will host a Soup Night from 5-7 p.m. for those who wish to come early.

Saturday, February 14 10:00 a.m.

Toledo Diocese. Msgr. Lang Council 1039, 111 Elliott Rd., Defiance 3:00 p.m.

Cincinnati Diocese. Bishop Fenwick High School, 4855 St. Rt.122, Franklin Sunday, February 15 2:00 p.m.

Columbus Diocese. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Council 11187, 600 Hill Rd., Pickerington Friday, February 20 7:00 p.m.

Steubenville Diocese. Msgr. Joseph Dooley Council 4361, Legion Drive,

Mingo Junction Saturday, February 21 10:00 a.m.

Youngstown Diocese. St. Joseph-Randolph Council 2039, 2697 Waterloo Rd., Randolph Cleveland Diocese. Garfield Council 4130, 10806 Granger Rd., Garfield Hts.