Knights of Columbus New Hampshire State Council New Hampshire State Website: www.nhknight.org NH State Council Weekly 08/19/2018 * ONE MEMBER * PER COUNCIL * PER MONTH * This Is Your NH Knights News: Page: 02) Mission Statement: Prayer Request PSD Fred Mercier Eileen Kennedy: wife of GK Geoffrey Kennedy 03) Eileen Kennedy Obituary 04) Safe Environment Program 05) Membership Forum 9/15 06) Faith in Action Message 08) State Polo Shirt Order Form 09) Keep Christ in Christmas Program 10) Upcoming Degree Exemplifications 11) Upcoming Degree Exemplifications Continued 12) Marian Catholic School Project 13) Annual 2018 Retreat: Camp Bernadette 14) Retreat registration form 15) Retreat Schedule 16) NH Soccer Challenge 17) Community program suggestions Important Dates to Remember: Activities: Sept 1 st Sept 7-9 Sept 11 Sept 25 Oct 6 th Summer Camporee Camp Fatima Men s Retreat World Day of Prayer (Supreme Program) Membership Forum St. Mary s Dover State Ball 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 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 Sad News for Freddie Mercier Worthy Brother Knights: I received a phone call from PSD Louie LaSalle in Florida. Louie had checked in on PSD Freddie Mercier and was able to talk to his wife. Freddie and his wife are in the same nursing home where she gets to see him during the day. It was her opinion that Freddie may only have a few more days to live. She continued to tell Louie that if funeral services are to be held that they will be in Manchester, NH. Only time will tell so please keep Freddie and his wife in your prayers. As soon as I hear any info I will transmit it to you. thanks PSD Ed McCann Brothers, Please pray for the soul of Eileen Mullen Kennedy, wife of GK Geoffrey Kennedy, Suncook Council #4666 and the Kennedy family, as well as sister to Concord Council #112 Brother Knight, Bob Mullen. I am attaching her obituary. Fraternally, Tony Noce, GK
Remember the Safe Environment Program!! Grand Knights, remember that the youth council or director need to need to take the Supreme Office of Youth Protection - Safe Environment Program training! For more information: http://www.kofc.org/en/members/programs/youth-activities/safe-environment-program.html List of officers required to take the training! Worthy Brothers, Grand Knights, Youth Directors, et al, are registered for the Safe Environment training through the Knights of Columbus Supreme office at the start of the Fraternal year. All these Directors, Grand Knights, et al, should have received an auto generated email with login information for the training. If you have not received your login information to access this training, please contact the Knights of Columbus Youth Leader by phone: 203-800-4940 or youthleader@kofc.org If you are in a different role, for example Youth Counselor for the Squires, the process is similar. Please contact the Knights of Columbus Youth Leader by phone: 203-800-4940 or youthleader@kofc.org; please also cc the NH State Youth Director when you email the Supreme Youth Leader. Visit www.kofc.org/safe or the Officers' Desk Reference for more information regarding the training. Fraternally yours, Thomas Fallon State Youth Director Knights of Columbus New Hampshire State Council (978) 270-8404 cell
Membership Forum September 15 Worthy Grand Knights & Council Membership Directors, This is a reminder and an invitaon to each of you to join us, on Saturday, 9/15/18, in Dover, at St Mary's church hall, for a Membership Forum. The gathering will be from 10am - noon me and will be facilitated by Greg Taillon and Mark Messier. We would like as many councils as possible to parcipate, so we can maximize the problems experienced, ideas and soluons to be shared. The Forum will be in two sessions. During the first hour segment, councils will break out in to small groups to develop a list of challenges and concerns, and questions about membership recruiting and retention. From this activity a master list will be compiled by each group. Each group will present their list to everyone. During the second hour suggestions and solution options will be reviewed. This will include customizing action plans for specific councils and current parish challenges. GKs who have had success with specific techniques and processes for recruitment and retention will be asked to share their experiences as well. The hope and intent is to help those who may be struggling or are unsure how to go about recruiting new members in their parishes whether it be planning and executing a membership drive or information night, or talking with the parish priest for support, or whatever the difficulty may be. To all GKs, please send email to Mark Messier if you will attend end this Forum. We would like to know who is coming by no later than Friday, 9/7/18, so we can be sure to have enough space and materials for everyone. Thanks to the Dover council and GK Pat Pilewski and DD Paul Mcmanus for offering to host this Forum. We look forward to seeing everyone there. Thanks Mark Messier State Membership Director District Deputy 13
Faith in Action Message from SD Glenn Camley My Brother Knights, While your Delegates to the Supreme Convention and I, along with our wives, are attending the big event in Baltimore, Maryland, I wanted to send you some additional exciting news to read up on and share with your Brother Knights within your Council's. "Faith In Action" is one of the most exciting initiatives to come out of Supreme, in recent years. In fact, the program, if followed faithfully, will assist you in reaping your greatest rewards. This program, in addition to the energy that we kicked the 2018-2019 fraternal year off on, at our Summer Quarterly Meeting in July, will guide you to great success. In eliminating some Directorships, the Knights of Columbus has allowed for greater strength, in enhancing roles and responsibilities. No loss is experienced, because all of the Chairmanships that existed under Youth and Council Directorships, coordinate and enhance each other, when promoted properly. Together, we will celebrate great success! If you have any questions or need any support, please don't hesitate to reach out to either myself, State Program Director, Bob Jones, or State Training and Development Director, Greg Taillon. Have a great day and we'll see everyone soon. Glenn Glenn P. Camley State Deputy Knights of Columbus New Hampshire State Council 287 Daniel Webster Highway Boscawen, NH 03303 (603)682-5318 cell (603)796-2381 fax
www.nhknight.org www.facebook.com (Knights of Columbus New Hampshire State Council) ********************** A note letting you know that kofc.org has been updated to fully incorporate Faith in Action. Website: You can access all the resource by vising kofc.org/faithinaction directly or by clicking "Programs" once you visit kofc.org. Addionally, the Domesc Church secon of the website has been updated to be foundaonal and supporve of Faith in Action. I hope that you enjoy this more streamlined website experience for programs and find the resources we've prepared, valuable. Printed Resources: We are finalizing the print versions of all 186 resources (in English) and have sent them to WebbMason (our print vendor) so they can begin the process of preparing them for print and ordering. The Supplies Online portal will be updated to reflect Faith in Acon, allowing for greater ease of locang those resources. At this point, if councils are looking to order Faith in Acon print resources the shipping of Faith in Acon resources will be delayed. I will let you know once Supplies Online is ready. Addionally, Councils will soon be able to order both the Faith in Acon Guidebook (EN, FR, SP) for $2.00 and the Faith in Acon Collecon for $15.00, shipping included. Translaons: All resource have been turned over to our translaons department. Our target for all translaons to be complete is the end of August and updated to the website and print in early September. Please excuse our Dust: Surge with Service has been with us for a long me and we know there is a lot that we have likely missed and are sll in the process of finding, update or eliminang all the printed and web resources. We need your help. As you find things, if they do not relate directly to Faith in Acon, or they seem inconsistent, please let myself or someone on my team know by sending a note to fraternalmission@kofc.org. Your help is greatly appreciated. R. Scott Read Senior Director - Programs and Brand Management Fraternal Mission Department Knights of Columbus 1 Columbus Plaza New Haven CT 06510-3326 +1 (203) 800-4961 scott.read@kofc.org
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 August No Degree Scheduled September 17 th Monday October 15 Monday November 19 th Monday December 17 - Monday January 21, 2019 Monday February 18, 2019 Monday March 18, 2019 Monday April 15, 2019 Monday May 20, 2019 Monday June 17, 2019 Monday Epping NH, Contact: Team Capt. Rich Pimental. rickredleg21@gmail.com 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, September 14th Friday, October 12th Friday, November 9 th Friday, December 14 th Friday, January 11th 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 2018 Dates 2019 Dates September 14 th Friday January 11 th Friday October 12 th Friday February 8 th Friday November 9 th - Friday March 8 th Friday December 14 th Friday April 12 th Friday May 10 th Friday June 14 th - Friday 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: For information, Contact the State Ceremonials Director Rich McDermott
Fourth Degree: November 17 th 2018 Hudson NH St. Kathryn s Parish 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. Marian Catholic School Project Marian Devotion for Catholic schools is underway: This past Wednesday Ron Di Stasio and his wife, Mary Ann presented the statues of Our Lady of Fatima to the principals of New Hampshire's catholic schools. This was the meeting with superintendent Dave Thibault to prepare for the start of the school year. Ron spoke about the contribution and involvement of the Knights of Columbus, and Mary Ann highlighted the importance of praying the Rosary to strengthen the family and develop Catholic citizenship. She also stressed the need for Mary as our intercessor with Christ. Superintendent Thibault already has a plan for the principals and teachers for this special devotion. The Bishop most definitely wants Our Lady to travel from home to home. Attached is a group photo of the principals, Superintendent Thibault, his assistant Nancy, and Father Eric Delisle of St. Hedwig's. Fr. Eric blessed all the statues right before they were distributed. Thank you for your donations and a thank you in advance to councils who will donate in the near future. I know this will be a success, and I know Bishop Libasci is very pleased. Peace in Christ Ron
NH Knights of Columbus Retreat 2018 Schedule Friday, September 7 3:30-5:45pm Sign-in & Cabin selection Dining Hall 6:00pm Angelus & Dinner Dining Hall 7:30pm Conference 1 Chapel 8:15pm Night Prayer Chapel 8:30pm Rosary (optional) Chapel Saturday, September 8 7:30am Morning Prayer Chapel 8:00am Angelus & Breakfast Dining Hall 9:00am Conference 2 TBD 11:00am Holy Mass Chapel 12:00noon Angelus & Lunch Dining Hall 3:00pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy Chapel 3:15pm Conference 3 TBD 5:30pm Evening Prayer Chapel 6:00pm Angelus & Dinner Dining Hall 7:30pm Open Questions & Night Prayer TBD 9:00pm Rosary (optional) TBD Sunday, September 9 7:30am Morning Prayer Chapel 8:00am Angelus & Breakfast Dining Hall 9:00am Conference 4 TBD 11:00am Holy Mass Chapel 12:00noon Angelus & Lunch Dining Hall 12:30 /1:00pm Departure
New Hampshire Soccer Challenge Worthy District Deputies, Grand Knights\Faithful Navigators, Brothers all, Please inform the State by replying to this email if your Council will or will not be holding a Soccer Challenge this 2018 Fraternal year. Please keep in mind with the Soccer Challenge, or ANY Youth activity, that anytime even one child can benefit from something we do as Knights, we have succeeded at what we do best. For detailed explanation of the Soccer Challenge, please visit this link: https://www.kofc.org/en/members/programs/youth-activities/soccer-challenge.html If your Council has a youth activity you wish the State to be aware of, when replying please include the activity(s). Fraternally yours, Tom Thomas Fallon State Youth Director Knights of Columbus New Hampshire State Council (978) 270-8404 cell www.nhknight.org www.facebook.com (Knights of Columbus New Hampshire State Council)
A word from Community Director Paul Roy