Knights of Columbus New Hampshire State Council New Hampshire State Website: www.nhknight.org NH State Council Weekly 06/10/2018 * ONE MEMBER * PER COUNCIL * PER MONTH * This Is Your NH Knights News: Page: 02) Mission Statement: Prayer Requests 03) Bob Jursik Funeral Info 04) State Directory Information Needed 05) Raffle Ticket Announcement 06) State Shirt Purchase Program flyer 07) Keep Christ in Christmas Program 08) Upcoming Degree Exemplifications 09) Upcoming Degree Exemplifications Continued 10) June 16 th Degree Exemplification 11) Be a Hero for Team NH Special Olympics 12) Pamphlet on Being a Hero 13) Pledge form 14) Annual 2018 Retreat: Camp Bernadette 15) Retreat registration form 16) Faithworks 17) Man, Women and the Pill 50 Years after Human Vitae 18) The Christian Man and the Love of the Father 19) Winning the World for Christ A Knights of Columbus Perspective Important Dates to Remember: Activities: June 16 th July 21 st July 22nd Reports: June 30 th 10:30AM 4 th Degree Exemplification 2018-2019 Summer DD Meeting Summer GK Quarterly Meeting SP-7 Columbia Award Application CANNOT BE LATE Editor s Note: I have assumed the duties of publishing this weekly briefing. Please submit your entries to me at tjkingsley23@gmail.com For Local & State News, and Degree Information, visit us on the web at: www.nhknight.org
Mission Statement: The purpose of the NH State Council Weekly Briefing is to provide to the membership, timely information from your State Officers, District 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. Submissions must be submitted to tjkingsley23@gmail.com and received by no later than 3:00 pm in order to 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! Grand Knights and Faithful Navigators, please remember to share these briefings by forwarding them to your email rosters and refer to the information at your business meeting
Please get your council information into the State Directory. The directory can only be as good as the information you give us!! You can find the form on the state web site www.nhknight.org
I just wanted to update you on the disbursement of the 2018 State raffle tickets. As of today I have 1,425 books left out of the 5,000 I had printed. I will be bringing them to the July Meeting. If you know of anyone looking for tickets, please have them contact me. TIME TO ORDER YOUR 2018 STATE RAFFLE TICKET Tickets for the 2018 NH Knights of Columbus State Charity Raffle are now available to order. To pre-order tickets, please complete an order request form, which is available on the State Website, and send it to State Council Director, Kerry Johnson. Please send your completed request form via email to kdjohnson83@myfairpoint.net. Tickets will be distributed at the 2018 July Quarterly Meeting. Tickets may also be ordered and picked up at the 2018 July Quarterly Meeting. Please complete your charity selections section on the order form. Vivat Jesus! Respectfully submitted, Kerry L. Johnson, FDD State Council Director Knights of Columbus New Hampshire State Council
The 2018 Keep Christ in Christmas (KCIC) The 2018 KCIC program documents are now 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 2018 KCIC Program in your council. 1. 2018 KCIC Christmas Card Program April 13 - Explains program in detail 2. 2018 KCIC Council Chairman Nomination Form MASTER (Word only, not pdf) 3. 2018 KCIC NH State Council EMAIL Order Form MASTER (Word only, not pdf) 4. 2018 KCIC Promotional Material 5. 2018 KCIC Retail Price Brochure 6. 2017 KCIC NH Sales Figures 7. 2017 NH KCIC Cumulative Sales Figures 8. 2017 KCIC International Sales Figures * 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. If you have difficulty creating an account or logging into the State Web Site, please contact the State Web Master s directly: Greg Taillon: G.Taillon@comcast.net and Robert Jones: REJonesjr@comcast.net Click on blue tab at top left "Main Menu" Click on "Forms Directory" Click on "Keep Christ in Christmas" Note: Please keep in mind that the KCIC Chairman Nomination and Email Order forms must always be emailed to me in MS Word and not a pdf. A reminder that the 2018 KCIC Assortment Kits are discounted until September 25, 2018, so don't delay, order your kit as soon as possible! Only one discounted kit per council unless you support more than one parish. Contact me if you still need assistance! KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS! Dave Wilson Knights of Columbus NH State Council KCIC Chairman yeoldknight@comcast.net 487-5037
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 1st Degrees pending, please contact the listed Team Captains for Degree info. Bedford, NH, Contact: Team Capt. Chris Bond, bondchrisg@gmail.com http://nhknight.org/index.php/en/home/state-calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2017/09/18/406/-/1st-degree-bedford 2018 Dates 2019 Dates June 18 th Monday January 21, 2019 Monday July No Degree Scheduled February 18, 2019 Monday August No Degree Scheduled March 18, 2019 Monday September 17 th Monday April 15, 2019 Monday October 15 Monday May 20, 2019 Monday November 19 th Monday June 17, 2019 Monday December 17 - Monday Epping NH, Contact: Team Capt. Rich Pimental. rickredleg21@gmail.com Derry NH, Contact: Team Capt. John Dowd, 426-7017, derryjpdowd@gmail.com Hudson, NH, Contact: Team Capt. Jay Malette Cell: (603) 867-4917 j4y.ma1ette@gmail.com 2nd Friday of the Month - No Degree July or August 2018 2018 Dates 2019 Dates Friday, September 14th Friday, January 11th
Friday, October 12th Friday, November 9 th Friday, December 14 th Friday, February 8th Friday, March 8 th Friday, April 12 th Friday, May 10 th Friday, June 14 th Manchester, NH Contact Team Capt, PGK Ray Lemay, (603) 674-0033, RayLemay@comcast.net Regular Monthly Degrees Rochester, NH -- Contact: David Deworken, (603) 759-5715, ddeworken@aol.com http://www.nhknight.org/index.php/en/home/state-calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2017/07/11/379/-/1st-degreerochester Tilton, NH, Contact Team Capt. John Bruno, (603) 286-3240, jeabru85@metrocast.net Second Degree: Contact the Degree Team Captain to inform him of candidates & number of spectators. Manchester, NH Ray Lemay raylemay@comcast.net Belmont, NH Contact: Aaron Boudreau, aaron.boudreau@cfosolutions.com, (603) 998.2806 Or check the State Calendar Hudson NH Contact: Ron Distasio, rddistasio@comcast.net, (603) 595-7837 Home Normally held on the 3d Friday of the Month 3 rd Degree Schedule: Finished for the fraternal year Fourth Degree: Saturday June 16th 2018-10:30AM St Jude Parish 435 Mammoth Road Londonderry, NH 03053 Contact 4 th Degree Secretary Hector St. Jacques, PGK to inform him of candidates & number of spectators. Contact: Hector St. Jacques, PGK (603)888-4590 Hstjpgk@aol.com Councils and Assemblies: Don t forget to post your degree information on the website: www.nhknights.org Do you have degree information that 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.
Joel D. Plante, Master, District of New Hampshire Will Proudly Provide an Exemplification of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus Date: Saturday, June 16, 2018 10:30 AM Host Assembly: Bishop Bradley (Assembly 626) Manchester Location: St. Jude Parish, 435 Mammoth Road Londonderry, NH 03053 Honoree Military Chaplains Price Schedule: Candidates Must be in dark suit, white shirt with dark tie or Service Dress Uniform - $70 this includes the banquet, social baldric and a 4 th Degree Pin Spectators - (4 th Degree Members of the Knights of Columbus) Dinner -$40 Non-4 th Degree Knights, Wives & Girlfriends Ladies Program, Dinner - $40 All Checks Must be made Payable to: Joel D. Plante, District Master And mailed to: Joel D. Plante 13 Dick Dame Lane Farmington, NH 03835 Deadline: June 11, 2018 Days Schedule of Events Subject to change as needed. 11:30AM 12:30 PM: 12:30PM 1:00 PM 12:45PM 2:30 PM 1:00PM 3:00 PM Registration / Social Candidates to Anti-Chamber Ladies Program Degree Exemplification 3:15 PM to 3:30 PM Pictures 4:00 PM Mass 6:00 PM 7:30PM Social and Dinner: Seating for the banquet will be by reservation. Meal tickets will be given out at the registration table. (Completed applications, meal requests and checks must be sent to the District Master)
My Brother Knights, as Fr. Kalish states below we are ALL fathers. We need to step-up to the plate and be FATHERS and MEN of Christ. WE need to be the positive role models for all children, not some athlete being paid millions of dollars to not stand and honor our flag. My Brothers, be a MAN! Vivat Jesus. God Bless, Jim Preisendorfer <>< DD #15, PFN, PGK The Christian Man and the Love of the Father Father Jonathan D. Kalisch, O.P. Director of Chaplains and Spiritual Development Every man even those who don t have children of their own is called to fatherhood. His fatherhood consists of nurturing the vocations of those for whom the Lord has given him care and responsibility. In his recent apostolic exhortation on the call to holiness in today s world, Gaudete et Exsultate, Pope Francis highlights the central importance of the grace of discernment which seeks a glimpse of that unique and mysterious plan that God has for each of us (170). A father plays a key role in showing his children the love of God the Father, through which they experience, on a supernatural level, the knowledge of the unrepeatability of their own unique lives. Before a man is ever a spouse or a father, he himself is first a beloved son of God the Father. This is the mystery of discipleship our Lord Jesus Christ, especially in the Gospel of John, reveals over and over again. Knowing that he is a beloved son of the Eternal Father gives a man ordered priority to his life and relationships: first God, then his spouse and, finally, his children. Pope Francis reminds us that God s unique plan for each of us involves more than my temporal well-being, my satisfaction at having accomplished something useful, or even my desire for peace of mind. It has to do with the meaning of my life before the Father who knows and loves me, with the real purpose of my life, which nobody knows better than he (170). Reading these words, we cannot help but think of the ways in which our paternal and spiritual fathers assist us on the path of encounter with God the Father. Let us remind our brother Knights of their unparalleled role in revealing to their sons and daughters the treasure of the meaning of their lives in light of the love of God the Father. Vivat Jesus!
Winning the World for Christ A Knights of Columbus Perspective Staring down a challenge and conquering it is a monumental feat which takes courage, determination, and grit. Now, we ve been given one by Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori. In May s Columbia magazine he makes this bold statement: the Knights of Columbus, as the world s largest Catholic lay organization, can and should take the lead in bearing witness to and spreading the Gospel. How do we accomplish that? We start by bringing a little P.R. to every event and project -- PRepare, PRomote, and PRoclaim. PRepare How many of you would paint your kitchen w/o first scraping off the loose paint, patching holes in the walls, and taping around the windows? Why, then, would you start a council project without thinking it through? Let s say Father Paul asked your council to spruce up the inside of the church. By thinking the project through you can get more guys involved and energized about helping, since you re asking for their input and making them feel needed. More Knights involved means more of their friends they talk to about what they re doing that weekend means the more people you ve reached out to about our faith. PRomote It s not always enough to simply put a blurb in your parish s bulletin or in the Mass announcements. Contrary to popular belief Bishop Lebasci outlawed invisible fences that zap you when you leave church grounds. Telling others what your council has planned isn t bragging. It s letting everyone know you re a Catholic organization that isn t afraid to help others. Why does our Order exist, if we re afraid say what we re about? When you PRepare the event, think of who you re trying to reach and PRomote it where they are. Maybe you re holding a raffle for Special Olympics. Special Olympians are athletes, right? So ask the local soccer league to hand out flyers to its players and coaches. Talk to other churches (Catholic or not) about putting notices in their bulletins. And don t forget about newspapers, radio stations, and local Cable Access TV. PRoclaim If you ve PRepared well and PRomoted the event as effectively as possible, you re going to draw people to attend and participate. Once they re there, do something radical talk to them! Let them hear in your voice and see in your eyes that you re doing this for Christ and His Church. Don t just shuffle through the motions. Get excited!!! Let your actions evangelize. Let the Holy Spirit light a proverbial fire in you and inspire others to ask why you re so alive for the Catholic faith. Then, tell them and ask them to join you! We are often too afraid to talk to others about Christ because we don t know what to say. Don t let that stop you. Remember, Jesus sent the disciples out, ordinary men as they were, and they changed the world! St. James tells us Show me your faith without works and I will you show you my faith through my works. Let those words be your inspiration. We can bear witness to the Gospel. We can lead our brothers and sisters to the glory of Heaven. We can win the world for Christ. I m willing to take up the challenge. Will you join me? Vivat Jesus, Ron Barnovsky, State Public Relations Chairman 603-809-6768 or barnovsky@comcast.net