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1 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NH STATE COUNCIL Exemplification of the Third Degree Dover September 19, 2015 NH State Website: * ONE MEMBER * PER COUNCIL * PER MONTH * NH State Council Weekly Your NH Knights News: Cancellation of Annual State Retreat Prayer requests: Father Robert Smolley, Mrs. Marjorie E. Cork 2015 Respect Life Series Schedule 4 th Degree Invitation for La Salette Solemnity Keep Christ in Christmas Program Information Exemplification of the Third Degree in Dover, NH Sep 19, 2015 Camp Fatima Camporee, Sept 4-7, Things You May be Doing Wrong at Mass Time to Order your2015 K of C Oxford Dress Long Sleeve Shirts Insurance Delegate Report Upcoming Degree Exemplifications Notification of Exemplification of the Fourth Degree, Worcester, MA Pray for Life Center + Important Dates to Remember September 12, 2015 A Prayer Service and Hike with Bishop Libasci September 12, 2015 A Hike with Bishop Libasci September 19, 2015 Exemplification of the Second and Third Degree, Dover, NH September 26, Financial Secretary & Faithful Comptroller Office Member Management Program October 03, Invitation to the 100 th Anniversary Celebration, Council 1820, Claremont, NH October 10, 2015 New Hampshire Knights of Columbus 54 th Annual State Ball, Nashua, NH + Editor s Note: I have assumed the duties of publishing this weekly briefing. Please submit your entries to me at raylemay@comcast.net. See page 10 for more information. Page 1 of 10

2 + PRAYER REQUESTS + Brothers: Please keep in your thoughts, all our Brother Knights and their families, that need our prayers UPDATE: Assistant State Chaplain Father Robert Smolley Room change at Mount Carmel Manchester NH Fr. Smolley is currently at the Mount Carmel Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 235 Myrtle Street, Manchester NH 03104, Room 404 and is receiving visitors. Fr. Robert is in good spirits and is, realizing this will take time, anxious to return and resume his duties. Please continue your thoughtful prayers for Father Robert. Fraternally, State Warden Raymond Lemay Prayer request: Marjorie E. Cork, mother of Brother Rory A. Jakes of Hooksett Council #4961 Please keep Marjorie E. Cork, who passed away on August 5, 2015 in Lewiston, Montana in your prayers. Services were held on August 11, 2015 in St Leo s Catholic Church, Lewiston, Montana Respect Life Series Schedule August 27, Joe Williams - Home for Pregnant Women September 24, Jacqueline Hynes - Euthanasia October 22, Cheryl Falon - Birthright Previous Respect Life Sessions can be seen on our YouTube page linked below: The Respect Life Series, sponsored by the Windham Council 7572 Knights of Columbus, takes place at Saint Matthew's Church, 2 Searles Road, Windham NH. Mass is at 7:00pm followed by the Respect Life Series talk. For more information, contact Mike Mrvos at mikemrvos@gmail.com or From: David Carignan <djcarignan@yahoo.com> To: Wayne Griffin <wpgrif@aol.com>; F Gesek <fgesek@yahoo.com> Sent: Sun, Aug 16, :04 am Subject: 4th degree invitation for La Salette solemnity Dear Worthy S.D. and D.D. Fr. Rene Butler has tasked me to see about having a 4TH degree honor guard at our celebration of the Solemnity of the Apparition of Our Lady of La Salette on September 20. Bishop John McCormack will be presiding at the 11:00 AM Mass followed by a procession to the hillside for devotion and followed by a social. I am not sure who to address the request to at the Lebanon and possibly Claremont Assemblies and at the State level. I tried to Bert Blais a week ago and have gotten no response as yet. If either or both of you can assist me in doing this contact or letting me know the contact persons, it would be much appreciated. Thank you. I ll be letting my local council know. David J. Carignan, MS La Salette of Enfield, Inc. 410 NH Route 4A P.O. Box 420 Enfield, NH Phone: Page 2 of 10

3 Worthy Grand Knights, Worthy Council KCIC Chairman, Worthy District Deputies, The 2015 KCIC program materials are available on the NH State Council Web Site. There are eight (8) KCIC documents available to provide you all of the information needed to begin your 2015 KCIC Program in your council. NOTE: In order to read and download the KCIC documents you must create an account with a password on the NH State Council web site. A reminder that the 2015 KCIC Assortment Kits are discounted until September 25, 2015, so don't delay, order your kit as soon as possible! Only one discounted kit per council. KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS! Dave Wilson Knights of Columbus NH State Council KCIC Chairman tknightnow@aol.com (after 6:30 pm weekdays; anytime on weekends) Camp Fatima Camporee on September 4 7, 2015 Camp Fatima Camporee Sept. 4-7th Come have fun with Knights' families from around the state. Deadline for cabins (those from work-day) is August 15th. Send checks and paperwork (available on NH State Council website) to: Ron Metevier, 78 Batchelder Road, Raymond, NH Any questions call Camp Fatima Form Package: As of August 15 th, there are still vacancies. Contact Ron Metevier for information. 20 Things You May be Doing Wrong At Mass My Brother Knights, I consider myself a VERY TRADITIONAL/ORTHODOX CATHOLIC who believes that many things were misinterpreted from Vatican Too Much. The following are some traditional rubrics of the Mass and a few others that some of us need to be made aware of. The article with some minor editing is by David Rummelhoff and appeared in the July 31 st edition of Epic Pew Epic Church. Epic Life. God Bless, James Preisendorfer Read More things-you-might-be-doing-wrong-at-mass Page 3 of 10

4 Knights of Columbus New Hampshire State Council The shirts this year is an Oxford Style Dress Shirt. They have Long Sleeves Men have a pocket Women no pocket Color Light Blue with Black Embroidery on the upper left chest. Prices (Men and Women are the same price) S-XL $ XL 3XL $ XL 6XL $30.00 Shirts will be available at the next Quarterly Meeting in October Please order in advance so we can make sure they are available on time. Pay now or pay later Checks made out to NH State Council K of C Send or your order to: Ed McCann, PSD, and DD # Brookside Drive Merrimack, NH Emccann777@comcast.net Note: All Shirts seem to run a little small for those of us with a larger waist line then others. + State Blood Drive Committee Report - Emile Anderson "The State Council has set a State wide goal FY of increasing the collection of blood state wide from approximately 10-12% today to 30% in 2 years. Working closely with the State Red Cross organization, we believe we can accomplish this through minor changes in our parish level events and better leverage of Red Cross resources for scheduling and marketing. To that aim, all GK's are request to have their local Blood Drive coordinators (BDC) contact the new State level Red Cross Blood Drive coordinator Emile Anderson ( andersoner@hotmail.com or ) and provide the following info District (number), Council (number), affiliated parish and DD, GK and BDC contact info 2. Is your council currently conducting Blood Drives and if so how may do you do a year (including average collection amounts/drive)? Page 4 of 10

5 3. Are you using/registered with RC on their website platform including using Red Cross DB to market/advertise? If so, is the Red Cross DB consistent to parish DB? 4. What is working and what is not in your drives (KofC and Red Cross control operations - both) including how you are keeping the experience on running drives in your Council - mentor, rotations etc? What is Blood Drive Coordinator current time in the position? 5. Do you have experience/affiliation with your local Public Cable Access TV to run RC service announcements Insurance Delegate to the 133 rd Supreme Convention Report August 18, 2015 The 133rd Supreme Convention opened with a Concelebrated Mass by many Cardinals, Bishops, and many, many priests including two of our own State Chaplain, Fr. Aggie Jean and Fr. Richard Kelley from St. Christopher in Nashua and deacons. Held in the city of Philadelphia, the birth place of American Liberty at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight announced the theme of this 133rd Supreme Convention. "Endowed by their creator With Life and Liberty." Father Michael J. McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus to financially protect Catholic families. This year for the 14th consecutive year, our program of "insurance by brother Knights for brother Knights" set a new record. We issued $8.24 billion in new insurance sales. This is a result of the hard work and integrity of our insurance agents. We are proud that the Knights of Columbus was again recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as a 2015 World's most Ethical Company. The knights of Columbus is one of only three recipients honored in the Life Insurance Category this year. For the 40th consecutive year the Knights of Columbus earned A. M. Best's highest rating of A++ (Superior). We also continue to place among America's largest companies ranking 939 on this year's Fortune 100 list. Our assets grew 4.5 percent last year to more than $21.5 billion. Our surplus ratio is 11.1 percent, which is consistent with the average for the top 25 life insurance companies. Our insurance in force reached $96.7 billion, an amount that has more than doubled in the last 12 years. Last year, our insurance in force grew by $4.1 billion. We issued 73,000 life certificates last year, surpassing our closest fraternal benefit society competitor by more than 30,000. Our success continues to outpace the industry, our insurance premiums increased 3.7 percent more than doubled the industry rate of 1.8 percent. Our annuity deposits were at $531.6 million. We paid more than $290.5 million in dividends to our life insurance contract holders. We have over 2 million certificates in force. Every day our professional agency force of more than 1,500 brother Knights helps Catholic families plan for their financial future. These brother Knights serve only Knights and their families, they share the commitment of every Knight to our Order's principles. I want to thank my brother Knights, delegates to our Annual State Convention voting for me to represent the New Hampshire State Council as the insurance delegate. Anna and I had a wonderful time. Thank you again. Edward F. Mele Jr., PSD Insurance Delegate edwardmele@myfairpoint.net Page 5 of 10

6 Upcoming Degree Exemplifications ALL FIRST DEGREES: Please contact First Degree Team Captain as soon as possible to inform him of candidates and number of spectators. Please do not delay in making arrangements for your candidates. The Degree will be cancelled unless enough candidates are registered by the Friday immediately preceding the scheduled date. The Degree Team reserves the right to limit the class size. The dress code is suit jacket and tie with appropriate footwear for all candidates and spectators. The principle of this degree is Charity, so let your council show their enthusiasm and support for these candidates by their attendance at this First Degree. All Knights who are Spectators must present a valid membership card in order to be admitted to the Degree Ceremonial. Each attending council must bring the following: Council Constitutional Rolls unsigned by candidate. Form 100. A membership kit consisting of pin, rosary and booklet These Men They Call Knights. A First Degree membership card signed by the Grand Knight and Financial Secretary. Please contact the First Degree Team Captain if you have any questions. Degree Locations (See Links for details) (If available) First Degree: Contact the Degree Team Captain to inform him of candidates and number of spectators. There currently are no First Degrees pending, please contact the below listed Team Captains for Degree date information. Berlin NH Contact: Team Capt. Ronald Cote, , the.nh.cotes@gmail.com Epping NH Contact: Team Capt. Mike Annis, , judyannis55@gmail.com Derry NH Sat. Aug. 22, 2015 Contact: Team Capt. John Dowd, , derryjpdowd@gmail.com Hudson NH Sept. 11, 2015 Contact: Team Capt. PGK Wayne Nadeau, , wnadeau.kofc@comcast.net Portsmouth NH Contact: Team Capt. Frank Sheehan, , frank.sheehan@comcast.net Second Degree: Wed, Aug. 26, 2015 Contact: Team Capt. Frank Sheehan or frank.sheehan@comcast.net Second Degree: September 19, 2015 Contact District Deputy Paul McManus (603) or surferbuzz@comcast.net. St Mary s Church, 25 Third St, Dover, NH Degree commences at 9:00 a.m. with a Third Degree to follow. Page 6 of 10

7 Third Degree: September 19, 2015 Contact District Deputy Paul McManus ( or St Mary s Church, 25 Third St, Dover, NH Degree commences promptly at 12:30 p.m. Fourth Degree: Contact 4 th Degree Secretary Hector to inform him of candidates & number of spectators. Hudson NH Saturday, Nov Contact: Hector St. Jacques PGK, , Hstjpgk@aol.com Councils and Assemblies: Don t forget to post your degree information on the website: nhknights.org Do you have degree information you would like to see in this newsletter? Post your notification on the State website before Sunday afternoon. I will attempt to link to your degree timely and as space permits. State Warden Raymond Lemay Sr, RayLemay@comcast.net June 7, 2015 Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree Bishop James A. Healy Province Michael J. Donnelly, Vice Supreme Master Charles J. Murphy, Master Massachusetts District Worthy District Masters, State Deputies, State Officers and Brother Sir Knights: The plans for our Fourth Degree Exemplifications for the Fraternal Year have begun. Bishop Daniel P. Reilly, Bishop Emeritus, Diocese of Worcester has graciously accepted our invitation to be our honoree for a Provincial Exemplification to be held on Sunday November 1, 2015, All Saints Day. All Districts that are members of the Bishop James A. Healy Province are invited to bring candidates for this degree to honor Bishop Reilly. Due to the potential space restrictions and the potential need for additional space, We will be offering seating in the following areas. The Great Hall, where seating is limited and will be directed by the State Deputies and the Jurisdictional Masters. The priority will be given to candidates. Washburn Hall, which will feature buffet service complete with simulcast. Finally Mezzanine seating will be offered as an alternative for a nominal $10 charge. After dinner in Washburn Hall attendees will be invited to join us in the Mezzanine for post dinner activities. Enclosed please find an Order Form that should be used to process applications for Exemplification Candidates. This form is also used to obtain additional Banquet tickets and Ladies' Brunch tickets. All Candidates application forms must be included when returning this completed form. Please submit the entire Candidate application form. Make sure all required signatures have been obtained. Applications will be signed and dated by the Master and appropriate copies returned to the Assembly Comptroller. The Initiation Fee for each Candidate is $70 which includes one Banquet ticket, a Social Baldric and Fourth Degree Lapel Pin. Additional Banquet tickets can be ordered at $45 each. Ladies' Luncheon tickets are $35 each. There is no financial obligation for Priest other than his Banquet ticket of $35 which should be paid for by either his Assembly or his Council. The deadline for ordering is: October 1, Page 7 of 10

8 Applications and Fees for Exemplification, additional Banquet tickets and Ladies' Luncheon tickets should be ordered and processed through the Assembly Comptroller. Upon receipt of the order form, together with full payment of the appropriate fees, a packet will be prepared for each Assembly and will provide the necessary tickets for each Faithful Comptroller. These items will be delivered to the Faithful Comptroller the morning of the Exemplification. A block of rooms has been reserved at several hotels in Worcester. Details for all hotels are on a Hotel Information Sheet included. Please submit all forms, applications and checks by October 1, 2015 (made payable to: Master Fourth Degree Massachusetts District). Mail this to FDD Herman Millet, Secretary to the Master, 205 Ruggles St., Westborough, MA Please note each assembly should send ONLY one check. All fees should be made payable to the assembly and the assembly should cut one check. Please do not hesitate to contact Herman with any questions; he can be reached at Preliminary Agenda for Exemplification, November 1, 2015, Mechanics Hall, 321 Main Street, Worcester, MA: 10:15 A.M. Exemplification Mass, St. Paul s Cathedral 11:30 A.M. Process to Mechanics Hall (Weather Permitting) 12:30 1:30 P.M. Candidate Registration Mechanics Hall 12:30 P.M. Ladies Luncheon Registration Mechanics Hall 2:00 P.M. Commencement: Exemplification 4:00 P.M. Reception 5:30 P.M. Introductions of Dignitaries 6:00 P.M. Dinner **Mandatory dress code for candidates is Black Tuxedo or First Class Dress Uniforms for Military, Police, Fire Personnel & Emergency Medical Technicians. Vivat Jesus! Michael J. Donnelly Vice Supreme Master Charles J Murphy Master Massachusetts District Pope Francis thanks Knights for their support of Christian Marriage My Brother Knights, I am so proud to be a Knight as a member of the World s largest fraternal organization that supports traditional marriage and fights for rights of the speechless unborn. At our 133 rd Supreme Convention, Pope Francis thanked the knights of Columbus for their support of Christian marriage. The letter comes less than two months before the Pope s visit to the United States for the World Meeting of Families at the end of September. Jim Preisendorfer, State Family Director Read More Page 8 of 10

9 Ever wonder why you are alive at this time? He got tired of waiting and decided to see what we had to say. He is 20 years old and brought his 19 girlfriend for an abortion. They are both going to school and just aren't going to change their future plans. Adoption is not something they would consider. He said when he becomes an electrician "I'll have 20 kids". We explained that future children can never replace the life that is being ended today. While we were talking with him the abortion was already performed. Less than 30 minutes later we saw them drive away. The car had veteran plates and one of the men praying (a veteran) took notice of the middle-aged couple in the front seat. Later that afternoon, when the couple was returning to Planned Parenthood from the local store, they stopped and told their sad story. They were opposed to their daughter aborting their grandchild, but still drove her to PP. The young woman was enlisting in the military, and they were unable to get her to wait and have her baby. Please consider becoming a "sidewalk advocate". Training is available. Ever wonder why you are alive at this time? Maybe someone counseling abortion bound women is the reason. Penacook Pregnancy has joined with Macy's once a year Shop For A Cause. Purchase a $5.pass for one day only, Saturday Aug. 29 at any Macy's and receive 30% off. Available at PennacookPregnancy.org Cathy Pray for Life Center The Adventure and Crisis of Marriage Gilbert Keith Chesterton wrote The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis. Nowadays, there is a new crisis in the crisis of marriage that is hardly a source of pleasure because it is an identity crisis. The challenge is to refrain from despairing over the institution of marriage by Page 9 of 10

10 remembering, with Chestertonian optimism, that marriage cannot be destroyed. Though marriage can be called gay, it cannot make marriage any less gay (in the true sense of the word). Marriage is perpetual, even if it is a perpetual crisis, and that is something to take pleasure in. What God has enjoined, no man can put asunder. And though days are dark, Catholics must arm themselves with that joy Chesterton called, the joy of giants, the joy without a cause. God Bless, Jim Preisendorfer, State Family Director Read More NH State Council - Weekly Briefings Mission Statement: Purpose of the NH State Council Weekly Briefing is to provide to the membership, timely information from the Officers, Deputies, Directors, Chairman, Councils, and Assemblies of the NH State Council. The Goal is to provide short term, up-to-date newsworthy articles, notices, & communication, in cooperation with the NH State Council Granite Knight Newsletter and the NH State Council Website. The deadline for entries is Sunday afternoon. Prepare and submit timely for each Monday issue. Please plan your submission requests accordingly. Your article should be sent as a ready to go completed submission preferably in a Word Document. PDF s are acceptable; however, if there are errors or corrections needed for a PDF it will be returned to the sender to fix. PS: Spread the word! GK s and FN s please remember to share these briefings by forwarding them to your rosters and refer to the information at your business meetings! For Local & State News, and Degree Information, visit us on the web at: From Your New Hampshire State Council, Raymond A. Lemay Sr State Warden NH State Council Knights of Columbus 36 Brock St, Manchester, NH (603) RayLemay@comcast.net Page 10 of 10

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12 New Hampshire Knights of Columbus Presents the 54 th Annual State Ball Join your Brother Knights in presenting: The Bishop Matthew F. Brady Scholarship Awards Location: St. Joseph the Worker Council # West Hollis St. - Nashua, NH Date: Saturday, October 10, 2015 Time: Social 6-7 pm Dinner: 7:00 pm Price: $25.00 p/p Tossed Salad - Rolls & Butter Chicken Cordon Bleu w/chardonnay Sauce Roasted Pork Loin w/cranberry Port Wine Sauce Roasted Red Bliss Potatoes - Harvest Roasted Potatoes Sheet Cake Coffee-Tea-Soda-Water Please make checks out to NH State Council K of C Please send your reservations to: Ticket Chairman Edward A. McCann, PSD, DD # Brookside Drive Merrimack, NH Emccann777@comcast.net Table of 8 will be reserved if fully paid for in advance. Dress Code Black Tie / Tux (Social Baldric) Tickets will be mailed out to every Council, etc Next Week

13 New Hampshire State Council Knights of Columbus P. O. Box 271 Derry, NH August 18, 2015 To: All State Officers, Past State Deputies, District Deputies, Grand Knights and Faithful Navigators Subject: State Ball Ad Book My Worthy Brothers It is once again time to place your ads for the Annual State Ball Ad Book. The three sizes of ads are Full Page for $60.00, half Page for $30.00 or a 2 line patron ad for $ All Proceeds from the ads go towards the New Hampshire State Council Bishop Brady Scholarship Fund. Without your continued support of both the State Ball and the Ad Book this very worthwhile program could not continue and be as successful as it has been in the past. As in the past you can your ad to kcpgk@comcast.net and send your check to the address on the letterhead. Deadline for placing an ad is September 30, The deadline for the book must be adhered to due to the time it takes to arrange this book. It is the first book of the fraternal year and all of the changes of elections and appointments have to be made. Thank you in advance for your support of this very worthwhile program. Vivat Jesus William D. McCarthy, PSD Ad Book Chairman IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR PRIESTS

14 Financial Secretary & Faithful Comptroller Office Member Management Program Sign-ups are now being taken for any Financial Secretaries or Faithful Comptrollers that are interested in participating in a seminar on the Office Member Management Program This online application links directly to the Supreme Council providing a program for FS s & FC s to manage their paperwork, vouchers, and membership records. Although designed for any FS s or FC s not currently using the program, current users are welcome to provide support & feedback on their experiences. Location: Littleton Council #1835 O Neil Columbian Center (Littleton) Profile Road, Bethlehem, NH Date & Time: Saturday, September 26, :00 am 2:00 pm Expectations and Responsibilities Notify Hector St Jacques no later than September 22, 2015 at HSTJPGK@comcast.net OR CALL Fraternally, Hector St Jacques State F. S. Consultant

15 Prayer Service and Hike Mt Kearsarge with Bishop Libasci Saturday September 12, 2015 Location & Time: Rollins State Park, Warner, NH Park opens at 9:00am and prayer service with Bishop starts at 10:00am Event: Prayer Service -- 10:00 am to 10:30 am (Prayer Service with Bishop Libasci, featuring Morning Prayers sung by Northeast Catholic College schola) Hike to the Summit -- Starting at 10:45 am Rollins Trail is only.5 mile and takes less than an hour Prayer Service will take place at Rollins picnic area, right off parking lot. No hiking required for prayer service Park entrance fee: Under 5 and Free Ages $2.00 Ages $4.00 Hosted by: Knights Council #13904 Event description: Prayer service with Bishop from 10:00-10:30am, park available for hiking and picnicking. Items needed: Bring own seating if needed for prayer service along with food & drinks for picnic and boots for the hike following prayer.

16 FR. COTE Council TH CLAREMONT, NH Knights of Columbus Nov. 28, 1915 Nov. 28, 2015 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FATHER COTE COUNCIL,1820 P.O. Box 1674 Claremont, NH INVITATION Fr. Samuel Cote Died December 27, 1924 Members and wives of your council are cordially invited to our 100th anniversary celebration on Saturday - October 3, The celebration will start with the opening Mass at 4:00 PM in St. Mary s Church on Central St. in Claremont, NH. Mass will be followed by our celebration banquet at 6:30 PM at the Claremont Senior Center - 5 Acer Heights Rd. in Claremont, NH. Guest speakers will be State Deputy Wayne Griffin and Rick St Hilaire, Assoc. General Counsel Office of the Supreme Advocate. Cost: $25.00 per person. Dress code: Men - business suit or sports jacket, slacks, and tie. Ladies - semi formal. As this invitation can be copied, reservations for those who wish to attend must fill the RSVP form below! Thank you, Norman Lessard, DGK 100th Anniversary Chairman Cut and remit this form with payment to: Knights of Columbus Fr. Cote Council 1820 PO Box 1674 Claremont, NH Print all information. Name of Council: Name of member: How many: Choice of menu: Chicken Fish Pork Amount enclosed: $ Remit by: September, 12, 2015