Knights of Columbus New Hampshire State Council New Hampshire State Website: www.nhknights.org NH State Council Weekly 02/04/2018 * ONE MEMBER * PER COUNCIL * PER MONTH * This Is Your NH Knights News: Page: 2) Mission Statement: Prayer Request for 3 fallen Knights Venue Change for Bedford s February Degree 3) Venue Change for Bedford s February 1 st degree Thank You for KofC Day of Fasting Youth Programming 4) Free Throw Contest Page 1 5) Free Throw Contest Page 2 6) Upcoming Degree Exemplifications 7) Upcoming Degree Exemplifications Continued 8) June 4 th Degree Exemplification 9) Information on 4 th Degree Beret Patch 10) E-member Announcement 12) Students for Life February Video Schedule 13) 40 Days for Life Flyer 14) Granite Award Flyer 15) Granite Award Ad for Ad Book 16) Granite Award Ad Book Application 17) Remember the Date! Testimonial Dinner for PSD Wayne Griffin. Important Dates to Remember: Activities: February 17 th PSD Wayne Griffin Testamonial March 1 st 2017 Tootsie Roll Drive Results due. March 3d Granite Award Dinner Please get your award submissions in! March 15 th 2018 Orders for Tootsie Rolls Due. March 25 - Prolife Seminar June 18th 2018-10:30AM 4 th Degree Exemplification Reports: December 15 th Council Billing Remember the Penny A Knight A Day! January 30 th Fraternal Survey 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.nhknights 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 Prayer Requests: Brothers, Just wanted to keep you up to date on the passing of two Brothers at 10662. John Ficco passed away after a long illness on Saturday. John was the charter GK at Pease AFB Council in the old days. He was responsible for getting the NH degree team up to Alaska to open another military council up there. John joined 10662 when Pease finally closed. They plan to bury John over at the Vet's cemetery in your town. Sam Cataldo was killed in an auto wreck on Saturday. Sam transferred to 10662 from Lawrence, Ma. Sam served in the NH Legislature for several years and also in the NH Senate. Funeral data is not clear at this time. Joel Plante
Prayer request for my brother Brian Kingsley a 4 th degree knight in Massachsetts. He s landed in the Hospital again. He s taken 4 pints of blood over night last night. Prayers for his healing and for his wife and daughter Thanks Tim Kingsley SW. Venue Change for Bedford s February 1 st Degree!!!! The Msgr. Joseph M. Donahue Council 12988, Bedford First Degree Team will be changing the VENUE and DATE for the month of February ONLY in order to accommodate a disabled candidate in Henniker. The First Degree will not be held at St. Elizabeth Seton on Monday, February 19, but at St. Theresa Church, 158 Old West Hopkinton Rd., Henniker on Sunday, February 18, 3:00 pm. In other words no degree at St. Elizabeth Seton on Monday, February 19. Please ensure this notice receives wide distribution within your council. Dave Wilson Member First Degree Team Council 12988 THANK YOU -- --KofC Day of Fasting, Rosary, Benediction for Respect Life 21 22 Jan 2018 Thanks to all who helped out on this 24 hours of fasting, adoration, Benediction event for Respect Life. Please pass on to your respective councils. It was again very successful...i counted folks from 7 parishes, and more than 40 people covered the 24 hour time slots.thanks again. John Mat 6949, Londonderry Youth Programming Request: State Basketball Free Throw Contest March 3d 1:00pm to 4:00pm St. Elizabeth Seton Parish Activity Center
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: February 18, 3:00 pm. Venue Change!!!! St. Theresa s Parish Henniker! March 19, Monday Back to St. Elizebeth Seton Bedord April 16, Monday May 21, Monday June 18, 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 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-degree-rochester 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 raysr93989@gmail.com 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: Degree Date Host Council Location Host DD Saturday 1/27/2018 Council 1624 Lancaster Gate of Heaven DD#16 Adam Smith Saturday 3/10/2018 Council 5112 Goffstown St. Lawrence DD#6 Paul Roy Saturday 4/14/2018 Council 10943 Belmont St. Joseph DD#13 Mark Messier Saturday 5/19/2018 Council 819 Keene St. Joseph School DD#5 Steve Ruel Fourth Degree: Saturday June 18th 2018-10:30AM St Jude Parish 435 Mamoth 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 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 18, 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 Day s Schedule of Events, Subject to change as needed 11:30AM 12:30 PM: Registration / Social 12:30PM 1:00 PM Candidates to Anti-Chamber 12:45PM 2:30 PM Ladies Program 1:00PM 3:00 PM 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)
Worthy Faithful Navigators and Faithful Comptrollers, With the introduction of the new Fourth Degree unit=form there seems to be some difficulty with ordering the correct beret patch. Please follow the procedure posted below when placing your order(s). All beret patches are ordered at: suprememaster@kofc.org This site is manned by a clerk who will need the following information to mail a patch; Member name, Member number, Full mailing address, Position held Patch color requested. We ask about positions because members are requesting patches that do not go with their position. Again, there is no red patch. Regular members wear the beret with just the gold pin, no patch. All issues with the uniform can be addressed at: knightsgear@kofc.org Thanks for all you do! Joel Plante, District Master
e-membership Introduction Letter Brothers, The new e-membership website is up and running. Please take a minute to take a look. Kofc.org/joinus Please let me take this opportunity to answer a few questions about e-membership, starting with our vision statement. While our mission is to carry forward our founder s vision. Our vision for the New Hampshire Knights of Columbus is to create a Catholic, family, fraternal service organization consisting of a council at every Parish and a member in every Catholic family, who carry forward the teachings and values of our Church, while serving the needs of our members, and our communities. Why recruit through e-membership? This new membership class offers possibilities for those men who are not yet ready to fully commit to council membership and the responsibilities required. This especially applies to those Catholic men who are currently working to build careers and families, both of which require major time commitments. It allows men the opportunity to participate in our service functions as desired, to strengthen their and their families faith and to financially protect their Catholic families. It allows us the opportunity to act as mentors to these Catholic men and their families, while encouraging the strengthening of the domestic Church while providing benefits to our Church and our communities. It allows an opportunity for e-members to get to know us and the Order prior to making the full commitment of council membership. How do we apply e-membership into our recruitment efforts? Let me propose three ideas: 1) It is our duty as Knights to invite every eligible Catholic man and his family to join our Order but not every Brother is comfortable recruiting. To some approaching an unknown person and asking him to join can be nerve wrecking. So let me propose e-membership recruiting in its simplest form. This week take a couple KofC prayer cards and write the website Kofc.org/joinus on the front. When you attend Mass this week, simply hand the prayer card(s) to your fellow parishioner and his family. Commenting something like You should be a Knight. Check out our website when you have a minute. In this case the website is going to do the sales work for you. 2) How many times have we received a completed prospect card or Form 100 from an enthusiastic candidate and in the time it take us to organize an admission committee meeting and the first degree he loses interest? In today s fast paced world, immediate action has become the norm. So let s not make him wait, simply use e-membership as the first step in the process. Have him use his own smart phone to register at Kofc.org/joinus right there. As he is doing so, you can explain the first degree process and the importance council membership plays in his Parish and community. 3) We are constantly discussing the importance of the prospect list. E-Members are men, known to us, who have a vested interest in our Order. They receive regular emails from Supreme. They receive regular visits from field agents. And, they should receive regular invitations to participate in state and local Council activities. While some may not become council members immediately, they will become council members eventually. How does e-membership count towards our council membership goals? E-Membership does not currently count towards the state or local council goals. However, as I mentioned above, if we employ the right strategies they will eventually become council members. Councils will receive credit as a new member when e-members transfer into their council.
What is e-membership in comparison to council membership? E-Members are placed into a State Division, a holding place overseen by the State Council. They pay dues ($30) directly to the Supreme Council. The State Council in turn bills Supreme for State Per-Capita payments. E-Members are encouraged to participate in local council s meetings, service projects and social meetings. As they have not received their first degree, they are unable to vote or hold council positions (officers or directors). Also discretion must be exercised when discussing degrees at meetings. E-Members are issued traveling cards. These cards are easily distinguishable from the regular council membership cards. What is required to convert an e-member to a council member? As mentioned above, e-members have not received their first degree. Admittance should be handled similar to that of a new candidate. The admission committee should interview the e-member and present his application to the council for approval. Following council approval he must attend a first degree to become an official council member. His Form 100 should be scanned and emailed to membership@kofc.org as soon as possible, following the degree, noting a transfer from the State Division to the local council. At this point, new membership credit is given to the state and local council. As with any transfer, Supreme Council will credit the local council for dues paid by the e-member. This new class of membership will no doubt change the way we operate. As with any new process, there will be changes and adaptations made along the way to help make this an even better opportunity going forward. This initiative has the possibility to expedite our Orders growth exponentially in New Hampshire. Note that there are well over 100,000 Catholic men in New Hampshire who are not yet Knights. It is up to us as fraternal leaders to adapt this growth into strong councils that are the go in to ministry of our Parishes and our communities. Vivat Jesus! Greg Taillon, PSD E-Membership Chairman New Hampshire State Council Knights of Columbus G.Taillon@Comcast.net
February Video Schedule Information Brother Knights, This is the February video schedule that will be broadcast in Nashua, Hudson, Salem, Pelham and Concord. Week of Feb 5 th Week of Feb 12 th Cleaning Up the Mess of the Sexual Revolution by Dr. Jennifer Morse Homosexuality and the Catholic Church by Jason Evert repeat broadcast from last year Week of Feb 19 th Couples Praying Together Daily by Fr. Al Lauer repeat broadcast from last year Week of Feb 26 th The Long March: A Century of Attacks Against the Church by Michael Voris I think you all got links for these videos except for the last one which is below. https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/talk-the-long-march-a-century-of-attacks against-the-church Bryan Donovan Hudson, NH
William D. McCarthy, PSD, FM Add Book Chairman New Hampshire State Council Knights of Columbus P. O. Box 271 Derry, NH 03038 January 11, 2018 (603)434-7787 Email: kcpgk@comcast.net To: All State Officers, Past State Deputies, District Deputies, Grand Knights and Faithful Navigators Subject: Granite Award Ad Book My Worthy Brothers It is time to place your ads for the 2018 Granite Award Ad Book. The three sizes of ads are Full Page for $60.00 for councils and assemblies or $70.00 for a commercial ad with the $10.00 going back to the selling council or assembly. You can place a half Page ad for $30.00 for councils and assemblies or $40.00 for commercial with the $10.00 going back to selling council or assembly. You can place a patron ad for $10.00 per person. I would ask at this time if you would place the information on a patron ad in your newsletter and encourage your members to help support the book. All Proceeds from the ads go towards the New Hampshire State Council Kidney Fund. Without your continued support of both the Granite Award Banquet and the Ad Book there would be a greater need for funds to support the patients that we currently support. I would ask you to consider placing your ad as well as purchasing tickets to the banquet. All of the information for placing your ad is on the application enclosed with this letter. As in the past you can email your ad to kcpgk@comcast.net and send your check to the address on the letterhead. Thank you in advance for your support of this very worthwhile program. Vivat Jesus William D. McCarthy, PSD, FM Ad Book Chairman IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR PRIESTS
Granite Award Program Book Information Enclosed is the 2018 Granite Award Ad-Book Application for your Council/Assembly to use for their ad. Patron listings will enable your members and friends to have their names in the Program Book for $10.00. Full Page Ad $60.00 Half Page Ad $30.00 Patron Ad $10.00 Deadline is February 23, 2018 Make Checks Payable To: NH State Council K of C Mail To: William D. McCarthy, PSD, FM PO Box 271 Derry, NH 03038 Granite Award Program Book Application Council/Assembly Name & Number Contact Person s Name Contact Person s Address Please type or print information as you wish it to appear in the book. To avoid mistakes in retyping you may send ads electronically to kcpgk@comcast.net and send checks by regular mail. Amount of Attached Check Remember, Deadline Is February 23, 2018