Newsletter of The Archdiocese of Cincinnati
The Arch
Knights of Columbus – August 2021
Celina - Coldwater - St. Henry - Fort Recovery - Sidney - Versailles - Greenville - Russia Covington - Wapakoneta - St. Marys - Minster -Russells Point - McCartyville - Spring eld Urbana - Bellefontaine Fairborn - Eaton - Huber Heights - Vandalia - Englewood - Piqua Troy - Tipp City - New Carlisle - Dayton - Xenia - Beavercreek -Centerville - Kettering Hamilton - Fair eld - Harrison - North Bend - Monroe - West Chester - Carthage - Sharonville New Burlington - Norwood - Shandon - Wilmington - Morrow - Mason- Lebanon - Milford - Loveland - Spring el Middletown - Miamisburg - Franklin - Trenton - Cincinnati - Ripley - Fayetteville - Hillsboro - Green eld - West Union - Waynesville
The Dog Days of Summer Another State Tour is in the books and now we enter the “Dog Days of Summer”. I would like to thank Father Aufderheide Council for hosting this year’s tour stop for the Archdiocese. It went a little long but we normally don’t pass out the awards from the State Convention during the stop. Congratulations to all the councils who won awards. Thank you as well to all the councils not winning an award but working just as hard on your successful programs
This month there are several opportunities to sit in on the COUNCIL EXPERIENCE training webinar. Here is a quick synopsis of this one hour offering
By the time this reaches you the 2021 Measure Up Campaign will have concluded. If you have any questions about this year’s program feel free to reach out to State Advocate Jim Maslach. His contact information and others can be found on the last page of The Arch each month
Council Experience is being offered on the following dates & times
The 2021 Matching Funds Campaign will begin promptly at midnight on September 1st. So drop you checks in the mail on around the 29th-31st of this month to grab that “Match” from the Ohio Charity Foundation. The money received for Matching Funds comes back to the Archdiocese along with any match and is given to the Of ce of Evangelization whose director is Sean Ater. Sean is very appreciative of our donations in support of Catholic Education here in the Arch. We do make a difference
You can nd links to register on our website under FOR MEMBERS > TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
It’s never too late to start planning for the October Blitz! Let’s hope that all this talk of the “Delta variant” doesn’t cause churches to be locked down again. The “delta” we do like is the Delta Church Drive. As of publication there are no speci c dates scheduled for Delta Church Drive training but keep checking the training page on the state website for updates: KofCOhio.org > FOR MEMBERS > TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES > SUPREME TRAINING. You can also contact our State Membership Director, Michael Freil for help as well if you want to get a head start on it
Why members join our Order, how to ensure we meet member’s needs. All Council Of cers, Financial Secretaries, Membership Directors and Online Membership Directors/Chairman or anyone interested may attend
Saturday August 14, 202 @ 10:00 A Wednesday August 18, 202 @ 7:00 P Wednesday August 25, 202 @ 7:00 P
Finally, August has become even more special for the Knights of Columbus. Traditionally it is our “Family” month where we host and promote our family programs. It is also the month of our founder Blessed Michael McGivney’s birth and day of his passing, August 12th and 14th respectively. And now August contains the feast day of our founder on the 13th. Our founder’s beati cation last year and feast day on Aug. 13, 2021, are certainly causes of celebration for our Order I see the Dog Days of Summer as the start of hitting the ground running to do those things we do as Knights to help our communities, parishes, and our families throughout this new fraternal year in spite of adversity. Together let’s make it a great fraternal year Vivat Jesus Michael Felersk State Treasurer
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Congratulations to our own Ed Ponder for being named Vice Supreme Master of the Hennepin Provence