Knights of Columbus New Hampshire State Council New Hampshire State Website: www.nhknight.org NH State Council Weekly 01/06/2019 * ONE MEMBER * PER COUNCIL * PER MONTH * This Is Your NH Knights News: Page: 02) Mission Statement: Prayer Request for Janet Goddard 03) Volunteers Needed! RTL Baby Goods Sorting 04) Partnership With Special Olympics Profile 05) State Free Throw Contest 06) Penny A Knight A Day Program 07) KCIC Poster Contest Information 08) Jan 26, 2019 combined 2 nd and 3d degree 09) Upcoming Degree Exemplifications 10) Upcoming Degree Exemplifications Continued 11) Information on 3d&4 th Degree Exemplifications Culture-of-Life Basket Drive 12) Basket Drive List of Suggested Items 13) 12 th Annual Birth Right Dinner 14) Concord March for Life!! 15) Day of Fasting and Prayer Culture of Life 16) Respect Life Essay Contest 17) East Africa Charitable Projects Fund (EACPF) 19) Laundry Basket Drive IC Nashua 20) Elisebeth Seton Free Throw Contest 21) Ressurection Parish Nashua Free Throw Contest Important Dates to Remember: Activities: Jan 26th Combined 2 nd and 3d degree Berlin Feb 2 High School Penguin Plunge Feb 3 Penguin Plunge Adult Mar 3 Special Olympics Winter Games Opening Mar 15/2019 Orders for Tootsie Rolls and Aprons must be in Reports: July 1 st Report of Officers Chosen for Term - #185 Aug 1 st Service Program Personnel Report # 365 Aug 15 Council Semiannual Audit Due # 1285 Dec 15 th Membership bills Jan 1 st Council Per Capita Tax, Catholic Advertising Fund, Culture of Life Assessment. Jan 30 th Fraternal Survey, Council Form #4584 Partnership With Special Olympics Feb 15 th Council Audit
Mar 1 st 2019 Tootsie Roll Drive Results Due 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. For Brother Knights in distress. Tim Could you put out that I am asking for prayers for Janet (Ken s Wife) as she has surgery on Tuesday January 8 to have the tumor removed from her brain. Sincerely, Kenneth Goddard Phone: 603-913-9152 Email: kennygoddard@ comcast.net
Laundry Basket Drives In the Spirit of Unity: Volunteers Needed!! Our ability to donate to our 19 pregnancy centers depends on planning and hard work. I hope laundry basket drives are going on right now. You will make your donations at the Quarterly meeting on 01/20 in Suncook We will need some help for initial sorting that day. Hopefully, this will take only about 10 minutes after the meeting. I plan on doing the next step on Saturday morning February 2nd at Suncook. We will begin about 8:00 a.m. We cannot do this the weekend before because of the combined 2nd and 3rd Degrees that day. I need a team of 12 or 13 individuals to dividing up the donations according to the centers-19 in all. Once this done, the baskets must be returned to the large storage area. The next step comes the afternoon of the Birthright Dinner on 02/09. We need about 6 volunteers to bring the items out onto the basement floor for pick up or delivery. Thus, we will have 19 staging areas. And lastly: Not all centers attend the dinner. I need volunteers to make deliveries to centers that usually don't show- Littleton, Plymouth, Laconia, Greenland, Dover, Portsmouth, Lebanon/Claremont, and Keene. There could be others. I am counting on the District Deputies to canvass for volunteers, especially in regards the sorting and the deliveries. Please let me know the results of your efforts. Without this team work we will be unable to service all the pregnancy centers The lives of women and children are dependent upon your efforts and volunteerism. To quote " Many hands make light work!" PEACE IN CHRIST, Ron Di Stasio NH Life Director
Special Olympics Council Form #4584 Due January 31, 2019 Worthy Brothers, Please be advised that Council Form #4584 Partnership With Special Olympics Profile is due for submission to Supreme on or before January 31, 2019. This form needs to be signed by the Grand Knight and the Financial Secretary of the council. Make certain that you are using the Council Form as there is a State Form that is very similar. Thanks in advance for your assistance as this is the primary source of information regarding Special Olympics council activity to Supreme. Fraternally, Wayne P. Griffin, IPSD Special Olympics Chairman NH State Council Knights of Columbus (603) 560-3824 cell Also please be aware that the following forms are also due on January 31, 2019: Form 1728 Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity, Form FT-1 Free Throw Championship Participation Form and Form #4001 Substance Abuse Awareness Poster Contest Participation Form.
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. Laconia, NH Contact Brother Ron Keys FS Council 428 ronald623@gmail.com November 28 th 5:30pm St. Andre Bessette Parish Sacred Heart Church Hall 291 Union St. Laconia NH 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 December 17 Monday April 15, 2019 Monday January 21, 2019 Monday May 20, 2019 Monday February 18, 2019 Monday June 17, 2019 Monday March 18, 2019 Monday Epping NH, Contact: Team Capt. Rich Pimental. rickredleg21@gmail.com Epping Council 6850 will be hosting a 1 st Degree October 18 th, 7:00PM St. Joseph s Church Epping NH Candidates arrive by 6:30pm Derry NH, Contact: Team Capt. Jack Gallagher, 434-4112, jackgal03@gmail.com We hold a first degree every last Saturday of the month, except in July & August,
Please have all candidates to arrive at 9:00 AM, suit coat and tie. 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, December 14 th Friday, April 12 th Friday, January 11th Friday, May 10 th Friday, February 8th Friday, June 14 th Friday, March 8 th Manchester, NH Contact Team Capt, PGK Ray Lemay, (603) 674-0033, RayLemay@comcast.net Regular Monthly Degrees Rochester, NH -- Contact: Louie Flores, louieflo@myfairpoint.net 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 Manchester, NH Ray Lemay raylemay@comcast.net 2018 Dates 2019 Dates January 11 th Friday April 12 th Friday February 8 th Friday May 10 th Friday March 8 th Friday June 14 th - Friday Contact the Degree Team Captain to inform him of candidates & number of spectators. Second Degree: 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 Friday November 30 th Is the next Hudson 2 nd degree 3 rd Degree Schedule: For information, Contact the State Ceremonials Director Ed McCann 2018-2019 Combined 2 nd & 3d Degree Schedule Saturday 1/26/2019 Saturday 3/9/2019 Saturday 4/13/2019 Saturday 5/19/2019 Host Council CL 506 Berlin CL 5112 CL 13904 Nashua CL 819 Keene GoffsTown Location St. Anne s St. Lawrence Immaculate Conception St. Joseph s School Host DD DD # 14 Kevin Gilbride DD#6 Bob Garand DD#21 Dave Croteau DD#5 Steve Ruel
Fourth Degree: June 19 th 2019 TBD Contact 4 th Degree Secretary Hector St. Jacques, PGK to inform him of candidates & number of spectators. 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. Worthy Grand Knights: LAUNDRY BASKET DRIVES It s time to plan and carry out your basket drives for non-perishable items for babies and mommies who avail themselves of our pregnancy centers. Baskets will be collected at the January Quarterly Meeting on 1/20/2019 in Suncook. The items will be distributed at the Birthright Dinner on 2/9/2019. Remember: This is an important pillar in how we build a Culture Of Life Outreach!! Your efforts will save and change lives See the attachment on the next page! Any Questions? Feel free to contact me. Ron DiStasio Culture-of-Life Director
Worthy Sirs: Please note that The March for Life in Concord is set for Saturday January 12th. We'll start off with the Right to Life Mass at 10 a.m. at St. John's church on Main St.Then we rally at the State Capitol for the march back to the church. Show your commitment to the culture of life by attending. Show why St. John Paul II called us the right arm of the Catholic Church. If you are in the 4th Degree color guard, please come in regalia. It is important that New Hampshire sees the power and unity of the Knights of Columbus. Come help to change hearts & minds!! Peace in Christ Ron
East Africa Charitable Projects Fund (EACPF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation founded in 2014 and operated entirely by volunteer Catholics in central New Hampshire. Through donations it receives, EACPF is assisting 10 select, pro-life and charitable projects in East Africa, which include hundreds of orphans, poor families, elderly sick and poor people, unwed mothers, seminarians and activist pro-life organizations. A major focus is helping East Africa maintain traditional family and pro-life values in order to reject Secularism and the Culture of Death being imposed by large, anti-life organizations. Donations can be made on-line at eacpf.com or by making checks payable to EACPF and mailing them to: EACPF, PO Box 703, New London, NH 03257. Grand Knights interested in having a 20 minute slideshow presented at a council meeting, communion breakfast or other activity, should contact Nick Monroe at 603-748-9385 or email hnmonroe1@yahoo.com. Nick is a member of Council #4983 in Newport, NH.