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1 One Nation Under God! C H A R Y U N Y Wisconsin Knights of Columbus Notes F R A E R N Y P A R O C Pride in the Family Editor: imothy L. Genthe State Diocesan Membership Fraternal Year March 2012 Membership Memo Wow! What a great month new members, giving us 145 new members more than at this same time last year. hank you, thank you, thank you to everyone that went out of their way to recruit new members. know there are some members that would like to see how we are doing overall. Even with our positive growth, our net is 375, and our net net is -206 for a state membership of 37,201. Unfortunately we still have 107 councils that have yet to recruit a new member. f you need help in recruiting, feel free to contact me, your District Deputy or Diocesan Membership Coordinator. Green Bay La Crosse Madison Milwaukee Superior otal Quota /29/ % 86% 55% 30% 77% 54% Percentages for the February quotas are: Green Bay 62%, La Crosse 184%, Madison 101%, Milwaukee 68%, Superior 360%, State 118%. Let's bring some luck of the rish to the March recruiting and remember, membership is your responsibility and mine! Daniel Spencer State Membership Director Message from the State Deputy Chaplain Report hank you to the Councils that have helped achieve and surpass the membership goals in the Superior, La Crosse, Green Bay, and Madison Dioceses in February. We have four months in which to reach the Circle of Honor goal of 1368 new members in Wisconsin for this fraternal year. We can and will meet this goal as there are dedicated brother Knights to help all of our Councils reach their membership quotas. All you have to do is ask. s your Council planning some sort of Founders Day activity? his may be just the event your council needs to get out of the winter blues and spring forward into spring. Benefit programs, as you know are experiencing some shortages of Field Agents in our fine State. he General Agents are trying to fill these positions with capable Knights to help serve each and every one of your needs. hey need our help to find them men in your area that you think would fit into the Knights of Columbus Program. When your Council is ready to host a Benefit Program give these Agents plenty of advance notice so they are able to get you on their schedule. he Agents are our link with Supreme and the State in explaining what there is to offer in the Knights of Columbus along with the nsurance. We still have about 45 Councils that have not sent in their Fraternal Survey Report as of last Friday. hese reports may seem useless to you and a pain to fill out but this report is what Supreme compiles the data that the RS requires organizations (Continued on page 3) A s write, the March winds are blowing aggressively against and through my slightly opened windows. While winter has been a fizzle, as far as am concerned, spring is boldly making its appearance. Amongst the current dynamics of national political campaigns, serious weather threats, international social upheavals and economic instability, there remains the evident track record of human survival and development. We humans are created in the image and likeness of God. Our God is Dynamic Love always has been and always will be. he on-coming presence of spring reminds us once again that Life triumphs over death. he example of Jesus Christ himself demonstrates that reality most clearly. Several times this morning ve looked out my window to observe geese flying into the strong winds now prevailing. he flyers didn t do well; but they did not give up either. hey merely altered their flight direction slightly to advance more strategically at a reasonable angle. With the grace and wisdom of God we do the same thing in our daily practical living. he season of Lent calls us to look more critically at the society in which we live and exercise more conscientiously our Christian Faith within that society following more closely the words and example of Jesus with which we are blessedly endowed. We move from ashes to Easter in step with the living Body of Christ, of which we are members. Both Easter eggs and bunnies are down-to-earth symbols of the prodigious Life extended to us by God. Under the four ban- (Continued on page 4) 1 March 2012

2 From the State Programs Coordinator s Desk B rother Knights, We are once again starting to wind down towards the end of the year. t is not too late to turn in your Service Program Awards but the deadline is March 15, please recall that your history book entry in this area must be verified by the actual submittal of the service award to the State office or myself. have received less than 4 dozen at this time. Many of you have done some truly wonderful things this year and we want you to receive acknowledgement for your efforts. Please recall that these state awards are among the first to be awarded at the State Convention. As you know the State Youth Spring competitions, namely free throw and knowledge, will be held Saturday, March 17 in Wisconsin Rapids at Assumption High School. hope that councils are sending a representative to cheer their local representation at this event. Registration is at 9 and events are scheduled for noon. Let s support our youth in these events. Remember that in order to meet the Complete Council Award you need to fulfill your requirements in the following areas: administration, membership, church, community, council, family and youth. Many of these have paperwork to report your activity while others do not, if you have not informed your District Deputy or diocesan coordinator of activities like a memorial mass, please do so. On March 24 a group of your brother knights will be in Madison for judging of the History Books. have attended these in the past, and can assure you that many careful hours are spent reviewing your council s activities. Good luck to all of you on your history book. f your history book is not in existence, make a commitment to start one for next year. t is a great recruiting tool as it tells the reader what your council has been doing over the past year. Remember to ask, why would a new member want to join? Have you got your reservation made for the State Convention? t is less than two months away and will be here before you know it. Has your ootsie Roll Drive been scheduled yet, check with your local businesses to get permission and round up your brother knights to pitch in to this very worthwhile event. State Charity Raffle ickets are still available if you have run out and need more. can honestly say that have only been turned down by two people so far when offering them for sale. Set a goal for your own sales and visit your neighbors and friends. hope this message finds you staring at melting snow, mother nature has decided to tease us in the north country just one more time, but there has not been much so far, so we do welcome it. Hope to see you at Wisconsin Rapids. Vivat Jesus. Don Schoenherr State Programs Director/Youth Development State Secretary B rother Knights, he Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Jurisdiction is being held at the Marriott Hotel & Convention Center in Madison on April 28th and 29th. We are approaching many deadlines: Hotel rooming March 15th, Delegate Credentials March 15th, 50, plus years of membership March 15th, and Pre-registration for convention events March 15th. hese are all important dates and council need to address these dates if you have not already. hank you Worthy Grand Knights for complete the Supreme reports. At this time we have only 47 councils that have not completed the Fraternal Survey and 49 council that have not completed the December Semi-Annual Audit. (See Right) t is important that both of these are filed ASAP. he Fraternal Survey is what keep the Knights of Columbus with income tax exemption. he Semi Annual Audit allow the Supreme Council to have bonding on the Financial Secretary and reasurer of the Councils. f a council misses two audit, they will lose their bonding and fraternal benefits. Council if you need help completing either of these forms, please contact your District Deputy for help. imothy Genthe State Secretary Survey of Fraternal Activities December Semi Annual Audit March 2012

3 State Charity Raffle he Grand Knight and other Council Officers should continue to promote ticket sales at your monthly meetings and in your monthly newsletter. Remind your members of the reason why we knights need this raffle and that they should give it their complete support (Remember the lesson of the First Degree.). t is also a great way to raise funds for their councils own charity giving. Explain that for every ticket that they buy/ sell that the council will receive the two dollar rebate plus if sales meet/exceed an average of three tickets per member that there will be an additional bonus. Contact your Diocesan Charity Coordinator to obtain more tickets for your council if you run short. Stubs of ickets that have been bought/sold must be returned to the Councils Charity Raffle Charity Chairman to be recorded and processed. his is a very important part of the program so that the local council can receive the rebates and bonus. he Chairman will also keep the Second Chance Drawing stub for the councils own use. Remind your members that they must not send any checks and/or stubs to the Convention Hotel or to our State Office. We have many of our neighbors that may be in need of help that is more than the local council can provide and a good way to help them is to fill out a charity request. he blank request form is available on our State Council Website. t is important to fill out this form as completely as possible. ncomplete forms slow down the process of making the charity grants. Be sure to fill out the section that asks how the local council is helping. f you have any questions, please contact your Diocesan Charity Committee member of the Committee Director. Keep up your good works so we can make our goal of sales of Five ickets per member in the State of Wisconsin. SPECAL OLYMPCS CONVENON NEWS MEE HE AHLEES Star Athletes to Sign Autographs at 2012 State Convention hose attending the upcoming 111 th annual Knights of Columbus State Convention will get a special treat as Special Olympics Wisconsin (SOW) will have sports stars from the Special Olympics 2010 USA National Games on hand to chat with and sign autographs. You won t want to miss this rare and exciting opportunity! Stay tuned for more details in next month s newsletter. Stop by the Special Olympics booth on Saturday to meet these athletes. On behalf of the state s nearly 10,000 athletes, SOW would like to say thank you to the Wisconsin Knights of Columbus for their strong support. Councils are reminded to fill out the Form 4584 for all the wonderful donations and volunteer hours given! he Knights of Columbus cell phone, inkjet and toner recycling project, ootsie Roll program and various other projects help to provide funding for SOW athletes training and competition. he 2014 national games will be held in Newark, NJ at Princeton University. For more information on the Knights and Special Olympics, contact coordinator John Benisch. Special Olympics FORM 4584 hank You to all the councils that filed the partnership with Special Olympics Form 4584 for the year We had 90 Councils file this form, reporting $62, But 32 Councils that had either recycling income or donations did not file the form, which would have added another $3, to the total. did send a report to the Grand Knights of record the amounts that showed in late Dec. that should be reported. Grand Knights please when you receive this report go to the forms book and enter the figures, add any other amounts the council may have done along with volunteers and hours and file by Jan 31 st. All councils should file the form whether they make any donations or not. Mark Wagner State Charity Committee Director John Benisch KC Special Olympics Coordinator. (Continued from page 1) like ours to maintain our tax exempt status. Your District Deputy is a phone call away; he is able to assist you in the completion of filling out all reports. he Semi Annual Audits are overdue to Supreme. Check to see if you re reasurer and the rusties have completed your council Audit. f not get it done, now. With the State Convention a little over a month away be sure you have made your Hotel reservation and that you have sent in all the required paperwork to the State Office. am receiving Columbian reports. hat is a good sign. You don t have to wait until the end of June to rush a get them in. hank you to the newly established hird Degree eams as they are stepping up and covering the four corner of the State with Degrees. f you would like to host a hird Degree contact Erv Jankowiak or Roland Ransom to arrange it. With St. Patrick s Day falling on Saturday this year and everyone becoming a little rish on that day please be safe and enjoy the day. Daniel E. Hull State Deputy 3 March 2012

4 A Man s Country is not a certain area of Land, of Mountains, Rivers, and Woods, but it is a Principle. Patriotism is Loyalty to that Principle. Patriotism is the Principle of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. Love of our Country, Church, and the Order is the foundation. Brother Knights now is the time to step forward and proclaim your Catholic American heritage and join nearly 300,000 Sir Knights and become a member of he Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus. he opportunities to join are threefold with two this spring and another in October. he Eastern and Western Districts will each host a spring Exemplification: April 14, 2012 at the Milwaukee Marriott West in Waukesha and May 19, 2012 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Onalaska. he fall Exemplification is at the Mead Hotel and Convention Center on October 27, 2012 in Wisconsin Rapids. Every hird Degree member in good standing and with 6 months as a member of the Knights of Columbus is eligible to join. he need for strong role models has never been greater. f the sanctity of life, family values, and true religious freedom are to survive, democratic nations need greater commitment from people of faith. hat s what the Fourth Degree represents. For information on becoming a Fourth Degree member ask your Grand Knight or contact one of the Wisconsin District Masters. Exemplification nformation for April 14, 2012 Location: Milwaukee Marriott West, W231N1600 Corporate Court, Waukesha. Date: Saturday, April 14, ime: Registration starts at 11:30 am Exemplification starts at 12:15 pm. Candidate Fee: $70 for everyone except $35 for Priests (ncludes one banquet ticket, social baldric and lapel pin). March on for Patriotism Banquet: Cost is $28 per person and starts at 7 pm. Mass: 4:15 pm Ladies Luncheon and Program: Starts at 12 noon and cost is $14 per person. Dress is daytime casual. Hotel Reservations: Make reservations directly with the hotel, (877) Group rate is $85 for run of the house rooms. Cutoff date is April 1, after that the rooms will be released to the general public. Dress: Men: Black tuxedo (NO ALS); plain white tuxedo shirt (Shirt collar No wing tip collars) w/black bow tie; social baldric; black cummerbund (NO VESS); black footwear. Ladies: Cocktail or long dress for banquet. Eastern District Annual Meeting: Friday, April 13, 2012, at 7:30 pm. Send all reservations and candidate form 4 s to Faithful Comptroller of the Assembly. Faithful Comptroller sends all reservations, checks and forms to Master of Eastern Wisconsin District. Carl E. Duch Jacob J. Grzywacz Eastern District Master Western District Master 1001 Keats Circle 1354 County Road X Oconomowoc, W Mosinee, W Ph. (262) home Ph. (715) home (414) cell (715) cell carlduch@ameritech.net djwacks@mtc.net he Fraternal Activities Report #1728 is past due. f you haven t completed this form please do so ASAP for the good of the order. t is important! hank You. State Charity Grants O ur State Officers recently approved the following charity requests: $1,500 to a 61 year old widower from the Madison Diocese that lost his wife due to ovarian cancer. He is self-employed and incurred many medical and funeral expenses. He was not able to work since he took time off to take care of his wife. $2000 to a 37 year old mother from the La Crosse Diocese who tripped and fell down stairs falling to the bottom. Airlifted to Marshfield Hospital. She had 3 brain bleeds, two rib fractures and five facial fractures. $2,000 to the parents of a 2 year old from the Madison Diocese that was born to rare birth defects; called Micotia (small ear ) and Artresia ( no canal) He will require surgeries to try to correct these problems. $1,500 to the parents of a baby from the Superior Diocese that was born with a hole in her heart and will need surgery and more surgeries on her heart as she grows. $2000 to a 37 year old widower with four children, from the Green Bay Diocese, that was disabled in a car accident and will need reconstructive surgery. (Continued from page 1) ners of Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism first hoisted by Fr. McGivney and his original Knights we, too, are called upon to provide Christian witness and service in our day and in our particular locale. Vivat Jesus! Onward Christian Soldiers! Fr. Pete Renard, O.Praem State Chaplain 4 March 2012

5 Wisconsin State Council s DOCESAN FAMLES OF HE MONH February 2012 Green Bay Diocese Marvin & Robyn Krall Council 1957 / 12 wo Rivers, W. La Crosse Diocese Andrew & Mary Recke Council / 26 Soldiers Grove, W. Madison Diocese homas & Mary Olszewski Council 6690 / 48 Watertown, W. Milwaukee Archdiocese Laurance & Christina Bangs Council / 68 Muskego, W. Superior Diocese Mike & Marge McCardle Council 8985 / 87 Webster, W. Family of the Month Report W ith the Family of the Year selections made, hope your council s nomination was the one that the Family of the year committee selected from your diocese. he selection process is always a difficult thing to do, because there are always excellent well deserving families that are nominated. f your family s nomination was not chosen, please during the State Convention, stop by the Family exhibit and pick up the nomination your family director sent in. f you would like, take this nomination next year and update it, send it back for consideration next year. During these past few months, while serving as Family coordinator, the things see, do, and hear, are many times viewed thru the eyes of Family coordinator. ask myself, how do these actions by others and myself, affect my family and the families of others? Since we consider ourselves Christians, how can we prove that we are Christian? go to Mass every Sunday does that prove that am a Christian? am baptized and confirmed does that prove am a Christian? don t think it does. As a Knight of Columbus, we are issued a membership card, and this states that we are a member of the Knights of Columbus, a Knight. f we have a library card, that means we are a member of that particular library system. So don t have a card that says am a Christian, how do prove that am? here is, in my opinion, a simple answer, by my actions. Am doing what Jesus Christ teaches us to do? Am putting considerations for others before considerations for myself. Have been blessed with an excess, and have shared that excess freely and generously with others less fortunate. Do visit people that can t get out, to take them shopping and lift their spirits. Do obey the en Commandments or do justify my actions in business by saying, haven t broken any state or national laws, or by saying everyone does it. could go on and on but think the way we prove that we are Christians, is by doing, and trying to be like Jesus Christ. he Knights of Columbus is an organization that helps me focus on other people and helping other people. hope the Knights of Columbus is making a difference in yours and your family s life. Larry Julson State Family Coordinator Report of the State Family Coordinator he Wisconsin Winners of the Supreme Council s Drawing for the Holy Family Plaques for January are: Ronald & Corine Bien Family Council 2422 Durand Peter & Alvina Depa Family Council 4634 horp James & Enid Neubauer Council 7096 Cashton Eric & Becky Zunke Council Sussex Francis & Karen Guidry Council Plover Growth is our duty W e are dedicated Knights, as are all of you who read this column. As the Supreme Council nsurance General Agents for your councils, our role as a Knight is somewhat different than yours. Our goal is to have an assigned Field Agent for every council and have him meet with each of his assigned members at least once a year to make sure their insurance needs are covered. n addition to this, we have a number of smaller goals that help us accomplish our main one. Among these is the need to recruit new members. We want to help our councils achieve the coveted Star Council Award. We want all the eligible Catholic males in the area to become Knights so they and their families can be part of this great Order. o that end, we are here to help councils with recruiting efforts. Remember, most men who could join but haven t yet are merely waiting to be asked. hey likely do not know about the many good deeds done by the Order and its members on an annual basis. t is our job to ask them and tell them that with minimal commitment, they too could be Knights. We would be more than happy to speak with any potential candidates, especially those who may be right under your nose. s your father, brother, cousin or neighbor a member? How about the man sitting in the next pew at Mass? Strike up a conversation and see where it goes. o fulfill Father McGivney s vision is our goal. Growing the Order and educating all members about the benefits of being an insured member is the way to do it. Call us today. Fraternally, he Supreme Council nsurance General Agents serving the State of Wisconsin; Dan Baxter Ed Knolmayer Joe Molosky Ken Sosnowski March 2012

6 Faith Development Empathy During Lent o show empathy is to identify with another s feelings. t is to put yourself emotionally in the place of another. Lent is a good time to practice more empathy in our lives. As knights we place special emphasis on being charitable. One way we can practice charity is to show empathy for those who are afflicted. his past fall my neighbor passed away. He was well known and liked in the community, and always took time to chat with us when doing our yard work at the same time. Over the past 18 years we ve been neighbors and how busy life tends to be, we didn t get to know each other well. Now, when look out back seeing his home directly in my view, his newer pick-up sport utility vehicle standing still in the driveway, that so often waved to him while he drove by, wonder how his widow and their children feel and live from day to day with this reality. Visions of the sadness expressed by them and those attending his funeral help me to pray for his soul and his surviving family. his makes me want to do something thoughtful or kind for them; and hopefully can respond appropriately when the opportunity becomes available. As knights we also place special emphasis on unity. hough empathy is usually used when sensing someone else s painful feelings, we can likewise show empathy in someone else s positive feelings of their accomplishments, success, achievements and joyful moments. Recently my youngest son, who some of you met while at the Supreme Convention in Denver, got a new job with increased salary and benefits. hough several instances of misfortune have occurred in his life, and most recently the engine going bad in the used vehicle he just purchased this past December, him getting this better paying job with benefits is a positive occurrence of which we can reinforce, be thankful and happy for him. After all, there are many citizens out of work or for various reasons can t work. When informed, thanked God because had been praying about this for him. hese and similar examples have taught me how empathy leads us to prayer. As knights we practice fraternity. Empathy is closely related to compassion, but precedes it. magine for a moment putting ourselves within the passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, experiencing His joys and sorrows. Did Our Lord not have empathy for all of us? o answer this question, think of the first sorrowful mystery of the Holy Rosary: he Agony in the Garden. Our Lord had so much empathy that his sweat turned into drops of blood. When we attend Mass, pray the Holy Rosary and participate in the Stations of the Cross, we are showing empathy for our Lord. here is a saying when you re feeling down in life, pray for something or someone else and it will help you cope with your particular instance. his doesn t mean we are happy that we don t have it as bad as someone else, but to simply show feelings and concern about others. t can be of either a painful or joyful experience, or a prayer of gratitude. During this Lenten season brother knights, let us focus more on the feelings and needs of others. Eternal Father, offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Amen. Vivat Jesus, Karl Vandenberg Faith Development Coordinator MOR Award (Most Outstanding Round able) t s that time of year again when our Round ables in the State of Wisconsin have an opportunity to compete for the Most Outstanding Round able. his award will be presented to the winning Council s Grand Knight at this years State Convention. Please fill out form 2630 and send it to the State Office, Supreme and/or myself by March 15 th. t has been a pleasure these past three years to review the submitted forms and read about the many different projects we are doing for our many different Parishes. One of the comments have made many times is that our Councils do many good deeds and donate time and money in support of our Parishes. Maybe you don t always fill out the paperwork, telling the rest of the world what good things you are doing (you knew was going to make a comment about this). Maybe now would be a good time to fill out Form 2629 and form 2630 (forming a Round able and reporting what the Round able has done this year)... both forms are to be filled out annually. Remember, please get form 2630 to me by March 15. f you would like, can forward a copy to the State Office and the Supreme Office for you. hanks Again... Mike Michael G Jordan Your State Round able Director 6 March 2012

7 D ear Brothers in Christ, Many of you are speaking out about the cold, calculated attack on religious freedom we are currently experiencing. Several have asked if there would be a resolution at our convention regarding this. Although was tasked with writing such a resolution, one of your brothers beat me to it. What Council 3099 in Sauk City submitted was so well written it would have been foolish of me to offer another version. his is your convention and, rightfully so, your resolution. You are invited to come, into the very shadow of Madison, the home of the infamous Freedom From Religion Foundation, and have your council s voice be heard and your council s vote be counted. Many of you have already guessed that what we are currently experiencing is not a single, isolated event. t is instead part of a carefully developed strategy, and a plan that has been in the making for many years by those opposed to what we all hold very dear. hey are very clever in that they cover their true intentions with high-minded rhetoric. With eternal patience, they turn up the heat to boil us only a little at a time; and many, even many of our own brothers in the Knights of Columbus, still fail to admit that the rising heat is being purposefully applied to them. Pray that they be Message from the PSD M y Brother Knights, he lesson of the NEW 3 rd Degree ceremonial is being taught in all five Dioceses. Currently we have (6) teams that have Exemplified new 3 rd Degree members. Here is a list of the CO s; District Deputy Don Leu (#48) Madison, District Deputy James Zoellner (#30) La Crosse, Don Daniewicz, (Public Relations), Madison, Charles Silver, (History Book), Superior, Michael Angeli, Milwaukee, Dan Stunger, Green Bay. We are still in the process of fine tuning the procedure for a council requesting a 3 rd degree. have a new form and it has been approved by the state officers. We hope to have this on the state web-site ASAP. A request Notes from the State Advocate open to the Gift of Wisdom. do not know the entire strategy, but can predict parts of it. Elements will include the time honored methods of war known as thrust and parry and divide and conquer. hese methods are being used brilliantly against us. hrust and parry involves attacking to force your opponent back so as to gain ground, and then stepping back, not all the way, but only a bit to parry the counter attack, holding some of the gained ground. n this case your enemies parry will also be used to divide and conquer us. Here is what they will do, but only if we are able to sustain our counter attack. f forced to give back even a little ground, and right now they are so successfully winning the battle to frame the debate as one of women s health care issues and not religious freedom that they may have no need to give back any ground. Still, to completely implement their longer range goals will take a few more years, so think they will give back the ground and further divide us to ensure their ultimate success. What they will give back is sterilization and abortion inducing drugs. hey will retain the mandate on contraception and many Catholics will once again be duped. hey will say, See, we are willing to compromise, but the Catholic Church is intransigent. You just can t work with form must be submitted to me so can assign a 3 rd degree team. When a team is assigned the CO will work with the host council with details/items needed for the 3 rd degree. Most council s should have these items. he cost for the degree is $5.00 for the medallion each new candidate receives during the degree, and $1.00 for each candidate, for miscellaneous expenses for the 3 rd degree team. f there is a lunch for the degree this cost is determined by the council. A lunch should be provided for the team. here is no mileage cost imposed on the host council. he CO will bring the medallions to the degree. We need more 3 rd degree teams throughout the state. State Deputy Dan Hull had 16 Brother Knights who indicated they would put a team together, so far only (6) have them. Of course they know that informed Catholics not only know that the use of contraception is a mortal sin, but we even know why. We have armed ourselves with the most powerful weapon in this war, and that is the ruth. he ruth is available on Relevant Radio and EWN. t is available from OneMoreSoul where you will find the work of Dr. Janet Smith, the present holder of the K of C endowed Chair of Life Ethics at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Michigan. t is available from heologyofthebody and from the USCCB as well as from the KofC. Why is this important? By dividing Catholics they can gather more power. hey know that we can not cooperate with evil and with this move they will force Catholics to stop providing medical care to many of those most in need in our country. his will create a crises which they will step in to alleviate, thereby taking over, in one fell swoop, 20 percent of the country s hospital system. n this information age war an uninformed Catholic is an unarmed Catholic. hose who have ears ought to hear the call to arms. My Brothers, arm yourselves. Vivat Jesus, Ron Faust State Advocate stepped up to the plate. believe there are 2-3 more teams being assembled, but we need more. f you are interested, please contact our State Deputy. On behalf of the State Officers, would like to thank all those who have committed to a NEW 3 rd degree team. Congratulations to the NEW 3 rd degree members and thanks to all those who came to support there candidates. Since the first NEW 3 rd degree lesson was taught in Marshfield, over 300 members have been exemplified. By the time you read this newsletter two more NEW 3 rd degrees will have taken place. f you have further questions in regards to the 3 rd degree you can contact me. Roland Ransom PSD 7 March 2012

8 Green Bay Mar 10 - Green Bay Packer Stadium La Crosse Wisconsin Knights of Columbus Scheduled First Degrees Madison Milwaukee Mar , South Milwaukee May , South Milwaukee Superior Apr , Hudson Apr , ony Second Degrees: Date ime Council Location District Deputy elephone March 10, Sparta Donald Milbach DD #23 (608) March 17, Fond du Lac James enpas DD #60 (920) March 18, De Pere Jerry Rubia DD #8 (920) April 14, :15 AM 1762 Hudson Mike Frase DD #81 (920) hird Degrees: Date ime Council Location District Deputy elephone March 10, Sparta Donald Milbach DD #23 (608) March 17, Fond du Lac James enpas DD #60 (920) March 18, De Pere Jerry Rubia DD #8 (920) April 14, :30 AM 1762 Hudson Mike Frase DD #81 (920) Fourth Degrees: Date Location Eastern or Western District elephone Apr 14, 2012 Marriot West, Waukesha Eastern District (262) May 19, 2012 St. Patrick s Parish, Onalaska Western District (715) Oct 28, 2012 Mead nn, Wisconsin Rapids Western District (715) Apr 13, 2013 Paper Valley Hotel, Appleton Eastern District (262) o schedule a Second or hird Degree in your Council/District, Contact PSD Erwin Jankowiak (414) State Officers State Chaplain Rev. Peter Renard St. Joseph Priory 103 Grant Street De Pere, W (920) prenard@wikofc.com State Deputy Daniel E. Hull 206 E. Rusch St. horp. W (715) dhull@wikofc.com State Secretary imothy L. Genthe 803 S School St Cuba City W (608) tgenthe@wikofc.com State reasurer imothy J. Guski E5618 County Rd V Ridgeland, W (715) tguski@wikofc.com State Advocate Ronald Faust 2129 Caesar St Cross Plains, W (608) rfaust@wikofc.com State Warden Gordon Kremer 605 Mulberry Drive Cassville, W (608) gkremer@wikofc.com mmediate PSD Roland C. Ransom 1131 Rainbow Ct. Mukwonago, W (262) rransom@wikofc.com W State Council Office: Phone: , Fax: , Eileen Ripp-Emerson, Administrative Manager, eripp@wikofc.com 8 March 2012