August 2015 Voice of the Spirit

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

www.kofcohio.org

AUGUST 2015

Monthly Publication of the Ohio State Council

Mission Statement Brother Knights, I hope everyone’s summer is going well.

By this time each administration should have sat down together and laid out a game plan for the new fraternal Year. I know its vacation season but we can never take time off to improve our councils, our districts, and our diocese. Within the State Council quality programming and membership recruitment never take a vacation. August is a perfect time to conduct a Parish Drive and Open House. First Degrees can be scheduled in conjunction with the Assumption of Mary,

Fr. McGivney his birthday or date of passing.

The 1st General Program Report period ends in about 5 weeks on September 5th. Be sure your new account is set up on the new State Website and you are prepared to enter your program reports.

Remember programming it's not rocket science. A well run small program will be awarded the same program points as a monumental activity.

District Deputies are required to conduct a 1st Degree each month.

That makes 82 first degrees each month.

Our Degree Page on the

website should be “Busting’ Out” and overflowing with degree information. We will need each of those degrees to be productive so everyone may help us reach our goal of 3,000 new members and 250 new members per month. Why not plan to conduct your degree this month in Honor of Mary’s Assumption into Heaven.

Just a few reminders.

If you have not seen in your Measure Up check for the April - May 2015 collection please do as soon as possible. The Measure Up Grant Checks should begin to go back to the councils sometime this month just after the close of

We as men of the Knights of Columbus, men of faith, are called through Baptism to grow and increase in faith.

We are thereby summoned to serve as witnesses to that faith in our daily lives, in the lives of our families, and in the lives of others throughout our communities.

Mission Objective Fostering men united in a faith that will continue the growth of Fr. McGivney’s dream ensuring the spread of Columbianism; becoming more visible through the good works of Charity, Unity, and Fraternity; creating an atmosphere which encourages and calls all Catholic men to serve with their Brothers.

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STATE DEPUTY before mass on the fifth Sunday of the month. There are four of these that occur, one each calendar quarter.

Report that rosary to the State Church Director during the appropriate reporting period.

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the Supreme Convention.

State per capita billings were sent to all Financial Secretaries in early June and the per capita dues amounts are due now. If you have not paid your State per capita please make arrangements to do so as soon as possible. A special thank goes out to all of the councils who have already mailed in their check.

All the Super Cash Bonanza Rebate checks should be written and sent to Financial Secretary of record by now.

Thank you to everyone who worked to make this program a huge success.

Football Frenzy should be in full swing by now. We need to sell as many tickets as possible. No ticket should be left on the table. I’m positive that 58,000 Knights should be able to sell 36,000 tickets. This year we have made the program more of a contest and have added some new incentives. A diocese must sell an increase of 10% over last year’s sales. The #1 diocese will earn an additional $1.oo per ticket sold. The #2 diocese will earn an additional $0.50 per ticket and the #3 diocese will earn an additional $0.25 per ticket. Remember a State per capita increase at the next state convention is looming.

Increased sales resulting in a $50,000.00 increase in State Council profits will negate a State per capita increase at the next State Convention. God Bless you with your efforts. It's a win - win situation for all of us.

“Town Hall” meetings have been posted on the State Website Calendar. Anyone from anywhere is welcome at any time to come to any one of the “Town Hall” meetings. All meetings will begin at 7 p.m. and last for about 90 minutes or so. The meetings are open to anyone as long as there a member in good standing. A new Knight with no experience to an Honorary Life seasoned veteran.

The State Officers and delegates will be at the Supreme Convention in Philadelphia next week from Monday, August 2nd through Thursday, August 6th. Many of the convention events such as daily mass, the State’s Dinner, and the Supreme Knights opening remarks on the state of the Order are shown live on EWTN TV. See your local carrier for details.

Our Supreme Council has introduced the “Fifth Sunday” Rosary Program. Councils are being asked to pray a rosary

Please mark your calendars for the Ohio State Council Retreat at the Sts. Peter and Paul Retreat Centre in Newark, Ohio. The retreat will take place the weekend of February 5th and 6th. A minimal fee for the overnight event will be required. Reservations and more information will come to you in the near future.

Please get in the habit of using your Fraternal Leader Success Planner. Each month in a calendar format important dates and deadlines are listed.

The opposing page has a list of reminder notes and expected accomplishments for the current month and the month to come. It is a great tool for success. Take every advantage of this Fraternal Planning guide.

Our theme “Through Him, With Him, In Him” is taken to task at every sacrifice of the mass. Take this theme to heart. Give up everything you do for the honor and glory of God and our potential for success just becomes immeasurable.

God Bless Brothers, have a good month.

Bob Collins State Deputy

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STATE CHAPLAIN

CATHOLIC DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE Rev. Edward J. Janoch, State Chaplain With the recent Supreme Court decision on Marriage, I thought that I would remind all of us what Marriage, as defined by the Catholic Church, is. Instead of becoming angry at the Court’s decision, let us inform everyone of what marriage is in the “eyes of God” from the Catholic Church.

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Marriage is: 1601 “The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament.”

love: agape and eros.

In the above definition the agape love of self-sacrifice [a dying to self] is for the good of the spouses. This giving of one’s self for the other is the love that Christ showed to His Church, His Bride, by his dying on the cross for her. Spouses are to give freely of themselves and sacrifice their selves for the other. This is the mutual caring and sharing for each other.

The eros love is the expression of the agape love in the flesh. Created as physical beings, man and woman by their differences complement each other in their self-donation of their physical self in the creation of a new life; procreative. The two physically become one in their sexual intercourse with each other; unitive.

The sexual act between husband and wife is to be both unitive and procreative according to nature. The Catechism of the Catholic Church There are many who say that if two tells us: people love each other than that is marriage. The problem with this view 2366 Fecundity is a gift, an is that marriage involves two types of end of marriage, for conjugal love naturally tends to be fruitful. A child does not come from outside as something added on to the mutual love of the spouses, but springs from the very heart of that mutual giving, as its fruit and fulfillment. So the Church, which is “on the side of life,” teaches that “it is necessary that each and every marriage act remain ordered per se to the procreation of human life.” [Humane Vitae 11] “This particular doctrine, expounded on numerous

occasions by the Magisterium, is based on the inseparable connection, established by God, which man on his own initiative may not break, between the unitive significance and the procreative significance which are both inherent to the marriage act.” [Humane Vitae 12] Well, some will say that new life can be created without the self-donation of the two becoming one flesh, physically. Science has created the means to create life in the laboratory.

Other means can be done with persons who are not the husband or wife.

The Bride of Christ, the Church, tells us that if an act of selfdonation in the flesh that is not unitive and/or procreative, then it is not to be done. If a third or more persons have to be involved in the creation of new life, then it is not of the Natural and Divine Law and is not to be done by anyone. Only a man and a woman can naturally and divinely create a new human life.

There are some websites that can help us to learn more about marriage and our Catholic Faith. You can visit catholic.com [Catholic Answers], marriage.catholic.com, ewtn.com, or vatican.va [The Holy See].

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STATE CHAPLAIN (Continued from page 3)

Vivat Jesus!

Fr. Edward J. Janoch State Chaplain

Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition, ¶1601 -1666, pp. 400-415.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition, ¶2331 -2400, pp. 560-576.

Bl. Pope Paul VI, Humane Vitae, 1968. gave me a father and a mother who were more worthy of heaven than of earth.”

In 1877, at age 45, Zelie Martin died of breast cancer.

Louis and his daughters moved to Lisieux. Gradually his This couple is best known as the daughters left to enter the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux convent. Despite his loneliness (the Little Flower), but they are he said: “It is a great, great models of holiness in their own honor for me that the Good right. They are only the second Lord desires to take all of my married couple to be beatified. children. If I had anything better, I would not hesitate to offer it to Louis was born in 1823 in him.” Louis died in 1894 after Bordeaux. When his hope of entering religious life was thwarted suffering greatly, including a threeyear stay in a psychiatric hospital. he became a watchmaker. Zelie Guerin was born in 1831. She, too, Louis and Zelie Martin were hoped to become a religious, but beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in eventually understood that it was 2008. Their feast day is July 12. not God’s will. She became a successful lace-maker.

For reflection Louis and Zelie met in Alencon and In a Christian marriage spouses were married in 1858 after a three- strive to lead each other to holiness. month courtship. For almost a year Louis and Zelie Martin show how a marriage not only benefits the the couple lived as celibates, but couple, but their children, the the advice of a confessor changed Church and society. their minds and they decided to raise as many children as possible Taken From: USCCB “For Your for the glory of God. Zelie gave birth to nine children, five of whom Marriage” entered religious life.

(Vatican Radio) 26 June 2015 Pope Francis approved on Saturday The family lived a comfortable lifestyle, but they also suffered the the decrees allowing for the loss of four children at an early age canonization of Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese and had to deal with a rebellious of the Child Jesus (of Lisieux). daughter. Their devotion never wavered, however. The couple lived The Holy Father approved the modestly, reached out to the poor decrees allowing Louis and Zelie and the needy, and led daily Martin to be canonized during the prayers in the household. St. Ordinary Consistory in the Therese would later write: “God

Apostolic Palace of the Vatican.

The couple will be the first to be canonized together as husband and wife, giving testimony to their ‘extraordinary witness of conjugal and familial spirituality’, said Cardinal Angelo Amato, the Prefect for the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints.

As Cardinal Amato presented the soon-to-be canonized couple to the Holy Father, he said that their lives ‘positively impacted their historical context through witness to the Gospel for the renewal of the face of the earth’ The Prefect also emphasized their ‘exemplary life of faith, dedication to ideal values united to a constant realism, and persistent attention to the poor’.

Louis Martin (1823–1894) and Zelie Guerin (1831–1877) were blessed with nine children, four of whom died in infancy. The remaining five girls all entered religious life, one of whom is St. Therese of Lisieux.

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MEMBERSHIP

TEAM MEMBERS

In the March 2015 Knightline, there is an article on the new membership Supreme App for Both iOS (iPhone, iPad, etc.) & Android Operating Systems. For your convenience, you can find this article pasted below. This can be a great way to help you tell our story when you are trying to talk with someone to join the Knights of Columbus. Please consider loading this app on your smartphone and tablet with iOS (iPhone, iPad, etc.) or Android operating systems. I was able to easily search for and download on my iPhone and iPad, by using the words Knights of Columbus Join Us in the App Store search field.

Hopefully, this will help you strengthen the Order with new members. Please forward this email to everyone in your Council.

Nick Gresko “Inspector Membership” State Membership Director

“Why Join the Knights of Columbus?”: New membership app lets prospects know what the Order offers The new Knights of Columbus “Join Us” app shows what the Order has to offer eligible Catholic men and their families. The app is now available, free of charge, on both iOS (iPhone, iPad, etc.) and Android operating systems. This app features an overview of the Knights of Columbus’ work in providing security to families, as well as our charitable and faith-based programs. It’s a concise and engaging way to share with prospects the good works and top-rated insurance protection made possible by joining the Order. Through the app, one can also access the online form interested prospects can complete as the first step in becoming a Knight of Columbus. This tool is available for download on any compatible device. Download this app and encourage your fellow Knights to do the same. With such a convenient recruitment tool available at our fingertips, we can all the more easily show qualified Catholic men what the Knights of Columbus can provide for both him and his family.

Get your Knights of Columbus license plate. This is another great way to let others see us. This might just be the conversation piece to get some new members.

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John Brown New Council Development William Wirtz Retention Director (West) Michael Jordon Retention Director (East) Raymond Darr Ceremonials Director

DIOCESAN MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORS Richard Chunnic Cincinnati Jerome Nowesnick Cleveland George Jones Columbus Thomas Offenberger Steubenville James Collins Toledo Dave Bender Youngstown

MEMBERSHIP NEW COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT

succeed and grow – all you need to do is ask.

John Brown

If what you’ve done for years isn’t working; it’s time to change, to shake things up; to get the fraternal juices flowing again. That doesn’t mean you’re doing things wrong, but if what you’re doing isn’t working – change what you’re doing.

So, you say you don’t get guys at your meetings any more. Nobody wants to do anything. You have to beg to get guys to help at council functions. Your membership numbers are not what they should be. Your presence in the parish has dwindled. Your treasury is empty.

Call your District Deputy and ask him to help. DDs love this stuff.

Sound familiar? Well, there’s a cure He’ll contact the Diocesan for that. It’s called revitalization.

Membership Director and the Sometimes what a council needs is general agent. These gentlemen a shot in the arm. Council (most of them are anyhow) will revitalization can be just what the meet with you and the Pastor to doctor ordered. It’s not a difficult plan the rebirth of your shiny, new, process and it doesn’t take forever. state of the art council. You’ll have Your Diocesan membership to beat prospective members away Director, District Deputy and your with a stick. The heavens will open, general agent are there to help you the choirs will sing and multiple

RETENTION Mike Jordon and Bill Wirtz The State Tour weekends have come to an end with Bill WirtzWest covering the East tour and Mike Jordon- East coving the West tour, this was a great way for both of us to meet our brother Knights that we would not normally meet.

July 1st not only kicked off our New Fraternal year it also brought us new changes from Supreme concerning Withdrawals and Membership. During the weekends we talked about the new Withdrawal Conservation Program of 60 days before a member will be officially withdrawn. We must remember that we are a Fraternal Order and that our members are very important to us.

be from the member themselves and not a form letter that the member signed.

2. The Council Retention Team should contact the member before the letter is sent in to see why and how they can help their brother remain a Knight.

stars will fall from the sky.

You say it can’t be that easy.

Anything worth doing takes some effort, but you are not alone. The Order is behind you. The State team is standing right beside you.

Your Diocesan team is there for you. The next time you talk with your District Deputy ask him how to go about cranking up your council. If you don’t get appositive response, call me directly at 330.610.0308 or email me at trouter0523@gmail.com.

AUGUST MEMBERSHIP MISSION

With the points above being stated that brings us to this month’s feature program:

Form a Retention Committee: This committee is tried and true if put into action. An effective retention committee would contact every member 2-3 times a year, the new and seasoned alike.

Recommend the Deputy Grand Knight chair the Committee while leading an active group of We need to stress that our members recognized council members, i.e. the are important and some points that Trustees and the Financial all Grand Knights and Financial Secretary. The committee should be Secretaries must remember are as trained, or mentored, in activities follows: commensurate with good communications.

1. Withdrawal letter must

August is heating up as we hit those dawg days of summer and the Inspector has some sizzling incentives to help. Click the video for your mission. If you choose to accept, you will be greatly rewarded for your efforts with new members full of enthusiasm and energy.

Which diocese will be on top…Which District Deputy will climb the mountain…How high can we go?

Everyone is back in now so let us put the pedal to the metal and rock this world!

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GENERAL SERVICE PROGRAMS Brothers,

TEAM MEMBERS

August is an exciting month, and a busy one. With the Birthday of the Venerable Michael J. McGivney’s on the 12th, and then the Memorial of his death on the 14th, have you considered doing some type of program to Honor Our Founder?

REPORTING DIRECTORS Robert Walsh General Program Director

Family week is also at this time, there are several programs, in the State Program that will support a Council program. The feast of The Assumption of Mary is on August 15th, this would be a great way to gather your Council and honor Our Mother Mary at Mass.

Gary Anderson Culture of Life Jeff Kiliany Church Stewart Vetter Family Tom Buehner Council

Remember that to receive the Administration points, your Service Personal Form #365 and the Council Audit Form #1295 is due on August 15. While getting these forms together for Supreme, consider ordering your Coats for the Coats For Kids program, and the kit for the October Church drive. On the weekend of August 29 & 30 th consider having a Corporate Communion.

On page 31 of the “Through Him, With Him, In Him” Program Book, there is a section on “Conducting A Successful Program”, please review this section to help your Council Activity Directors plan and achieve State Honors and Star Council awards.

Mike Nau Youth Tom Forsthoefel Community

NON-REPORTING DIRECTORS Joe Mackos Vocations & Round Table Harding Christ Editor “Buckeye Bulletin”

When holding activities for your Council or Parish invite some non-members to see how well your council works with each other, and enjoy doing these activities for others.

During Mass, when you hear the Priest say these words “Through Him, With Him, In Him” is the time to renew your pledge given to our State Deputy to grow your council, and activities.

Let’s make August Great!

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Marty Schumacher Squires Robert Gilliland Website Jim Maslach Social Media

GENERAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CULTURE OF LIFE

topical activities. One of them that is of the utmost importance is ProGary Anderson mote Teen Chastity, (Activity #52).

Never before, have our youngsters This is the best time of year for your been under such intense, ongoing, council pro-life chairman and com- diabolical attack as they are now mittee to lay out the upcoming fra- coming from many different directernal year and plan the many, tions such as music, social media, critically important events and ac- TV, movies, etc. tivities that are coming up over the course of this new fraternal year. If The centerpiece of this activity is a you do not yet have a pro-life/ 12-segment DVD program entitled, culture life/respect life committee, Theology of the Body for Teens, now is the time to make it happen. based on St. John Paul II's monuEvery council is needed to do its mental writing, Theology of the part in the cause for Life.

Body, that focuses on the beauty of

available on pages 67-68 of the General Program Book.

purity and chastity. The program has been adapted to teens to provide them with the real-world instruction and support they need as they approach adult life and uses John Paul's vision for love and life to answer the tough questions kids are asking about God, sex, and the meaning of life. It is available in both high school and middle school editions.

The fall 40 Days for Life campaign (Activity #47), which runs from September 23 to November 1 is just ahead as well. Be sure to contact your local Right to Life group for the location of your local campaign and to schedule your council's prayer time at the abortion facility.

And let's not forget the critically important

It did not take long after the U.S. Supreme Court's June decision affirming same sex marriage for another earth-shaking event to take place: the release of undercover videos of top Planned Parenthood doctors cavalierly discussing the killing of unborn babies and the harvesting of their organs for profit. We can only hope and pray that federal and state officials and legislators will seize this opportunity to once and for all strip away all public fundingto the tune of $500 million per yearfrom this most evil organization.

The 2015-2017 Culture of Life Activities program has been updated with a few brand new, timely, and CHURCH Jeff Kiliany As I mentioned briefly at all the stops during the recent State Tour, the Church Program offers numerous suggestions to help tend to the “Spiritual” needs of you council’s membership. As men of Faith and part of a CATHOLIC men’s organization, we should plan activities that stress and nurture our Faith as Catholic gentlemen. Activity # 2 ,”Religious Devotions,” and Activity #5, “Deepen Our Faith” have several suggested activities that do just that.

Some traditional activities that many councils do every year that

The objective of this activity is very simple: to provide a copy of the DVD program to your parish and/or parish school, with the permission of your pastor or school principal.

The entire program can be purchased for under $200. Details are could be included in Activity #2, “Religious Devotions”, include: 

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Reciting the Rosary before meetings, Mass, for a special intention or as a special service Corporate Communion Conduct or participate in Lenten Stations of the Cross Services The Knights of Columbus Supreme Icon services – The Holy Family Icon will be shared with Councils throughout the State of Ohio during the next 2 fraternal years

Finally, there are a couple of upcoming events to be aware of and to plan for. The National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children (Activity #50) is coming up on September 12. On that day, prayer vigils are held at the gravesites of the unborn or memorials to the unborn all across the U.S. For a complete list of gravesites/memorials around Ohio, as well as program details, visit the event website.

Ultrasound Initiative campaign (Activity #45) through which we supply free, life-saving ultrasound machines to qualified pregnancy care centers. Please keep your eyes and ears constantly on watch for such centers in need of a machine.

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Additional activities that you may

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The Silver Rose is currently making its way around the State, host a Service or participate as a council at another Service in your area.

Talk to your Chaplain about holding a prayer service such as the Liturgy of The Hours, the daily prayers of the Church which are a meditative dialogue on the mystery of Christ, using scripture and prayer.

Provide an Honor Guard and arrange a schedule

SERVICE PROGRAMS (Continued from page 9)

to have members present at the Hours of Adoration on Holy Thursday

website is a great reference and can provide you with ideas and information on many other services and activities that your council can do. It is a great site to share with your members.

him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, to the glory of God the Father. And Our Blessed Mother helps us to do this, just as she helped St. John and many other saints throughout the ages." — Fr. Michael Gaitley

More information about the Liturgy of the Hours can be found on the “US Conference of Catholic Bishops” website http://www.usccb.org this

"Like Mary, we’re all called to stand at the foot of the Cross at Mass, join Please call or e-mail with any quesourselves with Jesus’ sacrifice, and tions. I will be happy to assist you offer ourselves through him, with and your council.

FAMILY

verge of falling away from the Church. Even a small donation to help these struggling families who want their children to know our Catholic faith is helpful.

Stewart Vetter As we head into the dog days of summer, thoughts begin to turn toward kids and teachers returning to school. This can be a very stressful time for families as they buy supplies, clothes, and pay tuition. Many councils use this time of year to donate to their Catholic school tuition fund. But what about where there isn't a school or the parents choose public school? We often forget these families may need help because the CCD programs often charge tuition too. Many of these children are on the fringe of not knowing their Catholic heritage and CCD is their only exposure to faith. We should be reaching extra far for them because they are on the

SOCIAL MEDIA Jim Maslach Social media is the fastest tool of communication in human history. It has changed the way people interact so much: tweeting, blogging, texting, live chatting, posting on Facebook and other social networks, sharing their views and opinions with the world. They share their minds instantly.

As the excitement and stress builds towards school beginning, a family picnic is a great end of summer stress reliever. This is a great way to have our K of C families interact and relax. This is also a fantastic candidate activity because his family gets to know other K of C families and the wives can become friends.

August is a good time to schedule your memorial mass too. Set up the date with your local parish, usually in November, and begin getting members to volunteer for the parts.

Ask the local fourth degree to provide an honor guard. During Facebook users worldwide is 1.2 billion and that 98 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds use social media.

Social media evangelism is the new frontline of evangelism, based on Christ’s method to mingle with people where they are, sympathize with them, meet their needs, and invite them to follow Jesus.

Mass, read the names of the members that have passed in the last year. If possible, have all your members sit together. This is a great show of brotherhood and fraternity to potential members. If you have arm bands or 3rd degree baldrics, have the lector, ushers, and Eucharistic ministers wear them so everyone can see that the Knights of Columbus is present in every part of the parish.

These personal relationships will form the bonds necessary to create the community that brings people back time and time again to our social media evangelism network.

This network goes beyond mere digital relationships. Ultimately every disciple you create will become a real member, in a real church, Our intention, every step of the way, somewhere in his or her local is to treat each visitor and contact as community and potential a member a potential candidate. We take a of the Knights. This is the goal of Social media gives you the personal interest in their lives. We social media evangelism: opportunity to make new take time to disciple a small group of digital connections with real connections online. The world lies at people and build disciples, leading to new your fingertips. You can reach out to personal relationships. membership in circles, councils and a large number of users. Statistics assemblies—worldwide. show that the total number of

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ADMINISTRATION My Brother Knights, as we continue the journey into this Fraternal Year, proper Administrative Forms need to be submitted. If your council has any roster changes throughout the year especially in regards to your Grand Knight please submit the correction or addition on the appropriate form. As always communication is the key to success in any endeavor.

Forms submitted to Supreme and copies to the State Council are a vital component of this communication process.

Administration Forms are a requirement and their timing of submittal is critical for Star council and Special Program awards in the individual State Programs. Administration Forms should be submitted to the proper Supreme address and copies whether paper or electronic should be submitted to the State Forms Chairman based on the Table below: Form Number 185

Form Title Report of Council Officers

Form Due Date July 1 2015

365

Service Program Personnel

August 1 2015

1295

Semi-annual Council Audit Report

August 15 2015

1728

Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity

January 31 2016

1295 SP7

Semi-annual Council Audit Report, (December Report) Columbian Award

February 15 2016 July 30 2016

Please utilize the Table above and the Forms Checklist provided in the General Program book on page 30. This checklist is an excellent tool to help you succeed this next year.

Copies should be sent to the State Forms Chairman at the indicated address below: Richard Royle 13942 Olde Orchard Rd. Strongsville, Ohio 44136-8342

WEBSITE YOU’RE A CLICK AWAY Bob Gilliland Entering Programs. Once you have logged into the State website at http://www.kofcohio.org, you can enter the programs that your Council participates in throughout the fraternal year. Make sure that you have JavaScript enabled and you are not blocking popup windows.

Click on “Programs” in the main

menu and then “Enter Programs” to populate the appropriate program enter a Council Program. activity in the Program Activity On the next screen, enter the down. program information, the Council Select the Program Activity you are reporting on and fill in the description of the program that the Council participated in. number is displayed on the green line.

Enter the number of Knight Hours and Total Number of Knights First, select the Reporting Period present at the activity. and then select the Program Group from the dropdown list. This will Click on theActivity Date field (see

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WEBSITE program and the program director has not yet graded it yet. picture) to bring up the calendar The second status is “Returned”, control that will allow you to select which is when the program director the date of the activity. Click on the returns the program back to the date of your activity in the calendar Council for more information and control and it will populate into the clarification. This status will also date field accordingly.You can reflect any feedback the program advance forward and backward in director is giving to the Council for the Calendar Control to find the clarification. date you want.

The third status is “Graded”, Enter the submitter’s information which shows the points awarded (name, phone number) in the and the director’s comments. bottom two fields.

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Any active member of the Council can enter a program into the State website for that Council, however the Council General Program Director should oversee and coordinate all program entry to make ensure accuracy.

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

Click on the “Upload Pictures” tab at the top (see picture) to upload any pictures related to your program activity.

When you are finished entering the information for this activity, click the “Save Program and Photos” button to submit your program for grading.

You will notice three (3) types of program statuses when you display your Council programs.

The first status is “Pending”, which is when you first submit your

STATE DISTRICT DEPUTY DIRECTOR Worthy District Deputies, There are several requirements you need to work on in August. They are summarized below and listed in the District Deputy Manual.

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1. The forms for the DD Monthly Reports are now on the State 6. website. The July monthly report needs to be filled out by August 5th.

2. Complete the Installation of Officers for all your councils.

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3. Order the Soccer medallions from Supreme if you are going to have

a District Soccer Challenge.

They can be ordered by calling (203)752-4016.

Get your councils to order the Soccer Challenge Kits if they are planning on holding a Soccer Challenge Work with your councils to ensure each council establishes and maintains an active admissions committee and an active retention committee.

Follow up with your councils to be sure the Semiannual Council Audit, "Supreme Re-port Form 1295", is completed and sent in

by August 15.

Council Membership Plan due to State Membership Director September 1st

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8. District Membership Plan sent to Diocesan District Deputy Coordinator due September 1st.

Establish a DD newsletter for your District.

Ensure that each council is your district has a newsletter that includes all council activities.

Develop a council health check list for each council.

Submit the Supreme Form 450 for all Degrees in your district to Supreme, the State Membership Director and to the District Deputy Director.

August DD Monthly Report is due

by September 5th.

George Metz District Deputy Director

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