August 2015 Voice of the Spirit

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AUGUST 2015

www.kofcohio.org Monthly Publication of the Ohio State Council

Brother Knights,

I hope everyone’s

summer is going well.

By this time each

administration should

have sat down together

and laid out a game

plan for the new

fraternal Year. I know

its vacation season but

we can never take time

off to improve our

councils, our districts,

and our diocese. Within

the State Council

quality programming

and membership

recruitment never take

a vacation. August is a

perfect time to conduct

a Parish Drive and

Open House. First

Degrees can be

scheduled in

conjunction with the

Assumption of Mary,

Fr. McGivney his

birthday or date of

passing.

The 1st General

Program Report period

ends in about 5 weeks

on September 5th. Be

sure your new account

is set up on the new

State Website and you

are prepared to enter

your program reports.

Remember

programming it's not

rocket science. A well

run small program will

be awarded the same

program points as a

monumental activity.

District Deputies are

required to conduct a

1st Degree each month.

That makes 82 first

degrees each month.

Our Degree Page on the

website should be

“Busting’ Out” and

overflowing with degree

information. We will

need each of those

degrees to be productive

so everyone may help

us reach our goal of

3,000 new members and

250 new members per

month. Why not plan to

conduct your degree

this month in Honor of

Mary’s Assumption into

Heaven.

Just a few reminders.

If you have not seen in

your Measure Up check

for the April - May 2015

collection please do as

soon as possible. The

Measure Up Grant

Checks should begin to

go back to the councils

sometime this month

just after the close of

Mission Statement We as men of the Knights of

Columbus, men of faith, are

called through Baptism to

grow and increase in faith.

We are thereby summoned

to serve as witnesses to that

faith in our daily lives, in

the lives of our families, and

in the lives of others

throughout our

communities.

Mission Objective Fostering men united in a

faith that will continue the

growth of Fr. McGivney’s

dream ensuring the spread

of Columbianism; becoming

more visible through the

good works of Charity,

Unity, and Fraternity;

creating an atmosphere

which encourages and calls

all Catholic men to serve

with their Brothers.

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STATE DEPUTY

the Supreme Convention.

State per capita billings were

sent to all Financial

Secretaries in early June and

the per capita dues amounts

are due now. If you have not

paid your State per capita

please make arrangements to

do so as soon as possible. A

special thank goes out to all of

the councils who have already

mailed in their check.

All the Super Cash Bonanza

Rebate checks should be

written and sent to Financial

Secretary of record by now.

Thank you to everyone who

worked to make this program a

huge success.

Football Frenzy should be in

full swing by now. We need to

sell as many tickets as

possible. No ticket should be

left on the table. I’m positive

that 58,000 Knights should be

able to sell 36,000 tickets. This

year we have made the

program more of a contest and

have added some new

incentives. A diocese must sell

an increase of 10% over last

year’s sales. The #1 diocese will

earn an additional $1.oo per

ticket sold. The #2 diocese will

earn an additional $0.50 per

ticket and the #3 diocese will

earn an additional $0.25 per

ticket. Remember a State per

capita increase at the next

state convention is looming.

Increased sales resulting in a

$50,000.00 increase in State

Council profits will negate a

State per capita increase at the

next State Convention. God

Bless you with your efforts. It's

a win - win situation for all of

us.

“Town Hall” meetings have

been posted on the State

Website Calendar. Anyone

from anywhere is welcome at

any time to come to any one of

the “Town Hall” meetings. All

meetings will begin at 7 p.m.

and last for about 90 minutes

or so. The meetings are open to

anyone as long as there a

member in good standing. A

new Knight with no experience

to an Honorary Life seasoned

veteran.

The State Officers and

delegates will be at the

Supreme Convention in

Philadelphia next week from

Monday, August 2nd through

Thursday, August 6th. Many of

the convention events such as

daily mass, the State’s Dinner,

and the Supreme Knights

opening remarks on the state

of the Order are shown live on

EWTN TV. See your local

carrier for details.

Our Supreme Council has

introduced the “Fifth Sunday”

Rosary Program. Councils are

being asked to pray a rosary

before mass on the fifth

Sunday of the month. There

are four of these that occur,

one each calendar quarter.

Report that rosary to the State

Church Director during the

appropriate reporting period.

Please mark your calendars for

the Ohio State Council Retreat

at the Sts. Peter and Paul

Retreat Centre in Newark,

Ohio. The retreat will take

place the weekend of February

5th and 6th. A minimal fee for

the overnight event will be

required. Reservations and

more information will come to

you in the near future.

Please get in the habit of using

your Fraternal Leader Success

Planner. Each month in a

calendar format important

dates and deadlines are listed.

The opposing page has a list of

reminder notes and expected

accomplishments for the

current month and the month

to come. It is a great tool for

success. Take every advantage

of this Fraternal Planning

guide.

Our theme “Through Him,

With Him, In Him” is taken to

task at every sacrifice of the

mass. Take this theme to

heart. Give up everything you

do for the honor and glory of

God and our potential for

success just becomes

immeasurable.

God Bless Brothers, have a

good month.

Bob Collins State Deputy

(Continued from page 1)


STATE CHAPLAIN

With the recent Supreme Court decision on Marriage, I thought that I

would remind all of us what

Marriage, as defined by the Catholic

Church, is. Instead of becoming angry at the Court’s decision, let us

inform everyone of what marriage is

in the “eyes of God” from the Catholic Church. From the

Catechism of the Catholic Church,

Marriage is:

1601 “The matrimonial

covenant, by which a man

and a woman establish between themselves a

partnership of the whole of

life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the

spouses and the procreation

and education of offspring; this covenant between

baptized persons has been

raised by Christ the Lord to

the dignity of a sacrament.”

There are many who say that if two

people love each other than that is marriage. The problem with this view

is that marriage involves two types of

love: agape and eros.

In the above definition the agape love

of self-sacrifice [a dying to self] is for

the good of the spouses. This giving of one’s self for the other is the love

that Christ showed to His Church, His

Bride, by his dying on the cross for her. Spouses are to give freely of

themselves and sacrifice their selves

for the other. This is the mutual caring and sharing for each other.

The eros love is the expression of the

agape love in the flesh. Created as physical beings, man and woman by

their differences complement each

other in their self-donation of their physical self in the creation of a new

life; procreative. The two physically

become one in their sexual intercourse with each other; unitive.

The sexual act between husband and

wife is to be both unitive and

procreative according to nature. The Catechism of the Catholic Church

tells us:

2366 Fecundity is a gift, an

end of marriage, for

conjugal love naturally

tends to be fruitful. A child does not come from outside

as something added on to

the mutual love of the spouses, but springs from

the very heart of that mutual

giving, as its fruit and fulfillment. So the Church,

which is “on the side of

life,” teaches that “it is

necessary that each and every marriage act remain

ordered per se to the

procreation of human life.” [Humane Vitae 11]

“This particular doctrine,

expounded on numerous

occasions by the Magisterium, is based on

the inseparable connection,

established by God, which

man on his own initiative may not break, between the

unitive significance and the

procreative significance which are both inherent to

the marriage act.” [Humane

Vitae 12]

Well, some will say that new life can

be created without the self-donation

of the two becoming one flesh, physically. Science has created the

means to create life in the laboratory.

Other means can be done with persons who are not the husband or

wife. The Bride of Christ, the

Church, tells us that if an act of self-

donation in the flesh that is not unitive and/or procreative, then it is

not to be done. If a third or more

persons have to be involved in the creation of new life, then it is not of

the Natural and Divine Law and is not

to be done by anyone. Only a man and a woman can naturally and

divinely create a new human life.

There are some websites that can help us to learn more about marriage and

our Catholic Faith. You can visit

catholic.com [Catholic Answers],

marriage.catholic.com, ewtn.com,

or vatican.va [The Holy See].

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CATHOLIC DEFINITION OF

MARRIAGE Rev. Edward J. Janoch, State Chaplain


STATE CHAPLAIN

Vivat Jesus!

Fr. Edward J. Janoch

State Chaplain

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition, ¶1601

-1666, pp. 400-415.

Catechism of the Catholic

Church, Second Edition, ¶2331-2400, pp. 560-576.

Bl. Pope Paul VI, Humane

Vitae, 1968.


Blessed Louis

and Zelie

Martin This couple is best known as the

parents of St. Therese of Lisieux

(the Little Flower), but they are

models of holiness in their own

right. They are only the second

married couple to be beatified.

Louis was born in 1823 in

Bordeaux. When his hope of

entering religious life was thwarted

he became a watchmaker. Zelie

Guerin was born in 1831. She, too,

hoped to become a religious, but

eventually understood that it was

not God’s will. She became a

successful lace-maker.

Louis and Zelie met in Alencon and

were married in 1858 after a three-

month courtship. For almost a year

the couple lived as celibates, but

the advice of a confessor changed

their minds and they decided to

raise as many children as possible

for the glory of God. Zelie gave

birth to nine children, five of whom

entered religious life.

The family lived a comfortable

lifestyle, but they also suffered the

loss of four children at an early age

and had to deal with a rebellious

daughter. Their devotion never

wavered, however. The couple lived

modestly, reached out to the poor

and the needy, and led daily

prayers in the household. St.

Therese would later write: “God

gave me a father and a mother

who were more worthy of

heaven than of earth.”

In 1877, at age 45, Zelie

Martin died of breast cancer.

Louis and his daughters moved

to Lisieux. Gradually his

daughters left to enter the

convent. Despite his loneliness

he said: “It is a great, great

honor for me that the Good

Lord desires to take all of my

children. If I had anything better, I

would not hesitate to offer it to

him.” Louis died in 1894 after

suffering greatly, including a three-

year stay in a psychiatric hospital.

Louis and Zelie Martin were

beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in

2008. Their feast day is July 12.

For reflection

In a Christian marriage spouses

strive to lead each other to holiness.

Louis and Zelie Martin show how a

marriage not only benefits the

couple, but their children, the

Church and society.

Taken From: USCCB “For Your

Marriage”

(Vatican Radio) 26 June 2015

Pope Francis approved on Saturday

the decrees allowing for the

canonization of Louis and Zelie

Martin, the parents of St. Therese

of the Child Jesus (of Lisieux).

The Holy Father approved the

decrees allowing Louis and Zelie

Martin to be canonized during the

Ordinary Consistory in the

Apostolic Palace of the Vatican.

The couple will be the first to be

canonized together as husband and

wife, giving testimony to their

‘extraordinary witness of conjugal

and familial spirituality’, said

Cardinal Angelo Amato, the Prefect

for the Congregation for the Causes

of the Saints.

As Cardinal Amato presented the

soon-to-be canonized couple to the

Holy Father, he said that their lives

‘positively impacted their historical

context through witness to the

Gospel for the renewal of the face of

the earth’

The Prefect also emphasized their

‘exemplary life of faith, dedication

to ideal values united to a constant

realism, and persistent attention to

the poor’.

Louis Martin (1823–1894) and Zelie

Guerin (1831–1877) were blessed

with nine children, four of whom

died in infancy. The remaining five

girls all entered religious life, one of

whom is St. Therese of Lisieux.


MEMBERSHIP

In the March 2015 Knightline, there is an article on the new membership Supreme

App for Both iOS (iPhone, iPad, etc.) & Android

Operating Systems. For your convenience, you

can find this article pasted below. This can be a

great way to help you tell our story when you are

trying to talk with someone to join the Knights of

Columbus. Please consider loading this app on

your smartphone and tablet with iOS (iPhone,

iPad, etc.) or Android operating systems. I was

able to easily search for and download on my

iPhone and iPad, by using the words Knights of

Columbus Join Us in the App Store search field.

Hopefully, this will help you strengthen the Order with new members. Please

forward this email to everyone in your Council.

“Why Join the Knights of Columbus?”: New

membership app lets prospects know what the

Order offers The new Knights of Columbus “Join Us” app shows what the Order has to offer

eligible Catholic men and their families. The app is now available, free of charge,

on both iOS (iPhone, iPad, etc.) and Android operating systems. This app features

an overview of the Knights of Columbus’ work in providing security to families, as

well as our charitable and faith-based programs. It’s a concise and engaging way to

share with prospects the good works and top-rated insurance protection made

possible by joining the Order. Through the app, one can also access the online form

interested prospects can complete as the first step in becoming a Knight of

Columbus. This tool is available for download on any compatible device. Download

this app and encourage your fellow Knights to do the same. With such a

convenient recruitment tool available at our fingertips, we can all the more easily

show qualified Catholic men what the Knights of Columbus can provide for both

him and his family.

Get your Knights of Columbus license plate. This

is another great way to let others see us. This

might just be the conversation piece to get some

new members.

TEAM

MEMBERS

Nick Gresko

“Inspector Membership”

State Membership Director

John Brown

New Council Development

William Wirtz

Retention Director (West)

Michael Jordon

Retention Director (East)

Raymond Darr

Ceremonials Director

DIOCESAN

MEMBERSHIP

DIRECTORS

Richard Chunnic

Cincinnati

Jerome Nowesnick

Cleveland

George Jones

Columbus

Thomas Offenberger

Steubenville

James Collins

Toledo

Dave Bender

Youngstown


MEMBERSHIP

NEW COUNCIL

DEVELOPMENT John Brown

So, you say you don’t get guys at

your meetings any more. Nobody

wants to do anything. You have to

beg to get guys to help at council

functions. Your membership

numbers are not what they should

be. Your presence in the parish has

dwindled. Your treasury is empty.

Sound familiar? Well, there’s a cure

for that. It’s called revitalization.

Sometimes what a council needs is

a shot in the arm. Council

revitalization can be just what the

doctor ordered. It’s not a difficult

process and it doesn’t take forever.

Your Diocesan membership

Director, District Deputy and your

general agent are there to help you

succeed and grow – all you need to

do is ask.

If what you’ve done for years isn’t

working; it’s time to change, to

shake things up; to get the fraternal

juices flowing again. That doesn’t

mean you’re doing things wrong,

but if what you’re doing isn’t

working – change what you’re

doing.

Call your District Deputy and ask

him to help. DDs love this stuff.

He’ll contact the Diocesan

Membership Director and the

general agent. These gentlemen

(most of them are anyhow) will

meet with you and the Pastor to

plan the rebirth of your shiny, new,

state of the art council. You’ll have

to beat prospective members away

with a stick. The heavens will open,

the choirs will sing and multiple

stars

will fall

from the

sky.

You say

it can’t

be that

easy.

Anything worth doing takes some

effort, but you are not alone. The

Order is behind you. The State

team is standing right beside you.

Your Diocesan team is there for

you. The next time you talk with

your District Deputy ask him how

to go about cranking up your

council. If you don’t get appositive

response, call me directly at

330.610.0308 or email me at

[email protected].

RETENTION Mike Jordon and Bill Wirtz

The State Tour weekends have

come to an end with Bill Wirtz-

West covering the East tour and

Mike Jordon- East coving the West

tour, this was a great way for both

of us to meet our brother Knights

that we would not normally meet.

July 1st not only kicked off our New

Fraternal year it also brought us

new changes from Supreme

concerning Withdrawals and

Membership. During the weekends

we talked about the new

Withdrawal Conservation Program

of 60 days before a member will be

officially withdrawn. We must

remember that we are a Fraternal

Order and that our members are

very important to us.

We need to stress that our members

are important and some points that

all Grand Knights and Financial

Secretaries must remember are as

follows:

1. Withdrawal letter must

be from the member

themselves and not a

form letter that the

member signed.

2. The Council Retention

Team should contact the

member before the

letter is sent in to see

why and how they can

help their brother

remain a Knight.

With the points above being stated

that brings us to this month’s

feature program:

Form a Retention Committee:

This committee is tried and true if

put into action. An effective

retention committee would contact

every member 2-3 times a year, the

new and seasoned alike.

Recommend the Deputy Grand

Knight chair the Committee while

leading an active group of

recognized council members, i.e. the

Trustees and the Financial

Secretary. The committee should be

trained, or mentored, in activities

commensurate with good

communications.

AUGUST

MEMBERSHIP

MISSION

August is heating up as we hit those

dawg days of summer and the

Inspector has some sizzling

incentives to help. Click the video

for your mission. If you choose to

accept, you will be greatly rewarded

for your efforts with new members

full of enthusiasm and energy.

Which diocese will be on top…Which

District Deputy will climb the

mountain…How high can we go?

Everyone is back in now so let us

put the pedal to the metal and rock

this world!

https://youtu.be/X4ocPEN4BUg


GENERAL SERVICE PROGRAMS

Brothers,

August is an exciting month, and a

busy one. With the Birthday of the

Venerable Michael J. McGivney’s on

the 12th, and then the Memorial of his

death on the 14th, have you

considered doing some type of

program to Honor Our Founder?

Family week is also at this time,

there are several programs, in the

State Program that will support a

Council program. The feast of The

Assumption of Mary is on August

15th, this would be a great way to

gather your Council and honor Our

Mother Mary at Mass.

Remember that to receive the Administration points, your Service

Personal Form #365 and the Council Audit Form #1295 is due on August

15. While getting these forms together for Supreme, consider ordering

your Coats for the Coats For Kids program, and the kit for the October

Church drive. On the weekend of August 29 & 30th consider having a

Corporate Communion.

On page 31 of the

“Through Him, With Him,

In Him” Program Book,

there is a section on

“Conducting A Successful

Program”, please review

this section to help your

Council Activity Directors

plan and achieve State

Honors and Star Council

awards.

When holding activities

for your Council or Parish

invite some non-members to see how well your council works with each

other, and enjoy doing these activities for others.

During Mass, when you hear the Priest say these words “Through Him,

With Him, In Him” is the time to renew your pledge given to our State

Deputy to grow your council, and activities.

Let’s make August Great!

TEAM

MEMBERS

REPORTING

DIRECTORS

Robert Walsh

General Program Director

Gary Anderson

Culture of Life

Jeff Kiliany

Church

Stewart Vetter

Family

Tom Buehner

Council

Mike Nau

Youth

Tom Forsthoefel

Community

NON-REPORTING

DIRECTORS

Joe Mackos

Vocations & Round Table

Harding Christ

Editor “Buckeye Bulletin”

Marty Schumacher

Squires

Robert Gilliland

Website

Jim Maslach

Social Media


GENERAL SERVICE PROGRAMS

CULTURE OF LIFE Gary Anderson

This is the best time of year for your

council pro-life chairman and com-

mittee to lay out the upcoming fra-

ternal year and plan the many,

critically important events and ac-

tivities that are coming up over the

course of this new fraternal year. If

you do not yet have a pro-life/

culture life/respect life committee,

now is the time to make it happen.

Every council is needed to do its

part in the cause for Life.

It did not take long after the U.S.

Supreme Court's June decision af-

firming same sex marriage for an-

other earth-shaking event to take

place: the release of undercover vid-

eos of top Planned Parenthood doc-

tors cavalierly discussing the killing

of unborn babies and the harvesting

of their organs for profit. We can

only hope and pray that federal and

state officials and legislators will

seize this opportunity to once and

for all strip away all public funding-

to the tune of $500 million per year-

from this most evil organization.

The 2015-2017 Culture of Life Ac-

tivities program has been updated

with a few brand new, timely, and

topical activities. One of them that

is of the utmost importance is Pro-

mote Teen Chastity, (Activity #52).

Never before, have our youngsters

been under such intense, ongoing,

diabolical attack as they are now

coming from many different direc-

tions such as music, social media,

TV, movies, etc.

The centerpiece of this activity is a

12-segment DVD program entitled,

Theology of the Body for Teens,

based on St. John Paul II's monu-

mental writing, Theology of the

Body, that focuses on the beauty of

purity and chastity. The program

has been adapted to teens to pro-

vide them with the real-world in-

struction and support they need as

they approach adult life and uses

John Paul's vision for love and life

to answer the tough questions kids

are asking about God, sex, and the

meaning of life. It is available in

both high school and middle school

editions.

The objective of this activity is very

simple: to provide a copy of the

DVD program to your parish and/or

parish school, with the permission

of your pastor or school principal.

The entire program can be pur-

chased for under $200. Details are

available on pages 67-68 of the Gen-

eral Program Book.

Finally, there are a couple of up-

coming events to be aware of and to

plan for. The National Day of Re-

membrance for Aborted Children

(Activity #50) is coming up on Sep-

tember 12. On that day, prayer vig-

ils are held at the gravesites of the

unborn or memorials to the unborn

all across the U.S. For a complete

list of gravesites/memorials around

Ohio, as well as program details,

visit the event website.

The fall 40 Days for Life cam-

paign (Activity #47), which runs

from September 23 to November 1

is just ahead as well. Be sure to con-

tact your local Right to Life group

for the location of your local cam-

paign and to schedule your council's

prayer time at the abortion facility.

And let's not forget the critically

important

Ultrasound Initiative campaign

(Activity #45) through which we

supply free, life-saving ultrasound

machines to qualified pregnancy

care centers. Please keep your eyes

and ears constantly on watch for

such centers in need of a machine.

CHURCH

Jeff Kiliany

As I mentioned briefly at all the

stops during the recent State Tour,

the Church Program offers numer-

ous suggestions to help tend to the

“Spiritual” needs of you council’s

membership. As men of Faith and

part of a CATHOLIC men’s organi-

zation, we should plan activities

that stress and nurture our Faith as

Catholic gentlemen. Activity #

2 ,”Religious Devotions,” and Activ-

ity #5, “Deepen Our Faith” have

several suggested activities that do

just that.

Some traditional activities that

many councils do every year that

could be included in Activity #2,

“Religious Devotions”, include:

Reciting the Rosary be-

fore meetings, Mass, for

a special intention or as

a special service

Corporate Communion

Conduct or participate

in Lenten Stations of

the Cross Services

The Knights of Colum-

bus Supreme Icon ser-

vices – The Holy Family

Icon will be shared with

Councils throughout the

State of Ohio during the

next 2 fraternal years

Additional activities that you may

consider:

The Silver Rose is cur-

rently making its way

around the State, host a

Service or participate as

a council at another

Service in your area.

Talk to your Chaplain

about holding a prayer

service such as the Lit-

urgy of The Hours, the

daily prayers of the

Church which are a

meditative dialogue on

the mystery of Christ,

using scripture and

prayer.

Provide an Honor Guard

and arrange a schedule


SERVICE PROGRAMS

FAMILY Stewart Vetter

As we head into the dog days of

summer, thoughts begin to turn

toward kids and teachers returning

to school. This can be a very

stressful time for families as they

buy supplies, clothes, and pay

tuition. Many councils use this time

of year to donate to their Catholic

school tuition fund. But what about

where there isn't a school or the

parents choose public school? We

often forget these families may need

help because the CCD programs

often charge tuition too. Many of

these children are on the fringe of

not knowing their Catholic heritage

and CCD is their only exposure to

faith. We should be reaching extra

far for them because they are on the

verge of falling away from the

Church. Even a small donation to

help these struggling families who

want their children to know our

Catholic faith is helpful.

As the excitement and stress builds

towards school beginning, a family

picnic is a great end of summer

stress reliever. This is a great way to

have our K of C families interact and

relax. This is also a fantastic

candidate activity because his family

gets to know other K of C families

and the wives can become friends.

August is a good time to schedule

your memorial mass too. Set up the

date with your local parish, usually

in November, and begin getting

members to volunteer for the parts.

Ask the local fourth degree to

provide an honor guard. During

Mass, read the names of the

members that have passed in the

last year. If possible, have all your

members sit together. This is a great

show of brotherhood and fraternity

to potential members. If you have

arm bands or 3rd degree baldrics,

have the lector, ushers, and

Eucharistic ministers wear them so

everyone can see that the Knights of

Columbus is present in every part of

the parish.

to have members pre-

sent at the Hours of

Adoration on Holy

Thursday

More information about the Liturgy

of the Hours can be found on the

“US Conference of Catholic Bishops”

website http://www.usccb.org this

website is a great reference and can

provide you with ideas and informa-

tion on many other services and ac-

tivities that your council can do. It

is a great site to share with your

members.

"Like Mary, we’re all called to stand

at the foot of the Cross at Mass, join

ourselves with Jesus’ sacrifice, and

offer ourselves through him, with

him, and in him, in the unity of the

Holy Spirit, to the glory of God the

Father. And Our Blessed Mother

helps us to do this, just as she

helped St. John and many other

saints throughout the ages." — Fr.

Michael Gaitley

Please call or e-mail with any ques-

tions. I will be happy to assist you

and your council.


SOCIAL MEDIA Jim Maslach

Social media is the fastest tool of

communication in human history. It

has changed the way people interact

so much: tweeting, blogging, texting,

live chatting, posting on Facebook

and other social networks, sharing

their views and opinions with the

world. They share their minds

instantly.

Social media gives you the

opportunity to make new

connections online. The world lies at

your fingertips. You can reach out to

a large number of users. Statistics

show that the total number of

Facebook users worldwide is 1.2

billion and that 98 percent of 18- to

24-year-olds use social media.

Social media evangelism is the new

frontline of evangelism, based on

Christ’s method to mingle with

people where they are, sympathize

with them, meet their needs, and

invite them to follow Jesus.

Our intention, every step of the way,

is to treat each visitor and contact as

a potential candidate. We take a

personal interest in their lives. We

take time to disciple a small group of

people and build

personal relationships.

These personal relationships

will form the bonds necessary to

create the community that brings

people back time and time again to

our social media evangelism

network.

This network goes beyond mere

digital relationships. Ultimately

every disciple you create will become

a real member, in a real church,

somewhere in his or her local

community and potential a member

of the Knights. This is the goal of

social media evangelism:

digital connections with real

disciples, leading to new

membership in circles, councils and

assemblies—worldwide.

http://www.usccb.org


ADMINISTRATION

My Brother Knights, as we continue the journey into this Fraternal Year,

proper Administrative Forms need to be submitted. If your council has

any roster changes throughout the year especially in regards to your

Grand Knight please submit the correction or addition on the appropriate

form. As always communication is the key to success in any endeavor.

Forms submitted to Supreme and copies to the State Council are a vital

component of this communication process.

Administration Forms are a requirement and their timing of submittal is

critical for Star council and Special Program awards in the individual

State Programs. Administration Forms should be submitted to the proper Supreme address and copies

whether paper or electronic should be submitted to the State Forms Chairman based on the Table

below:

Please utilize the Table above and the Forms Checklist provided in the General Program book on page

30. This checklist is an excellent tool to help you succeed this next year.

Copies should be sent to the State Forms Chairman at the indicated address below:

Richard Royle

13942 Olde Orchard Rd.

Strongsville, Ohio 44136-8342

Form

Number

Form Title Form Due Date

185 Report of Council Officers July 1 2015

365 Service Program Personnel August 1 2015

1295 Semi-annual Council Audit Report August 15 2015

1728 Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity January 31 2016

1295 Semi-annual Council Audit Report, (December

Report) February 15 2016

SP7 Columbian Award July 30 2016

WEBSITE

YOU’RE A CLICK AWAY

Bob Gilliland

Entering Programs. Once you have

logged into the State website at

http://www.kofcohio.org, you can

enter the programs that your

Council participates in throughout

the fraternal year. Make sure that

you have JavaScript enabled and

you are not blocking popup

windows.

Click on “Programs” in the main

menu and then “Enter Programs” to

enter a Council Program.

On the next screen, enter the

program information, the Council

number is displayed on the green

line.

First, select the Reporting Period

and then select the Program Group

from the dropdown list. This will

populate the appropriate program

activity in the Program Activity

down.

Select the Program Activity you are

reporting on and fill in the

description of the program that the

Council participated in.

Enter the number of Knight Hours

and Total Number of Knights

present at the activity.

Click on theActivity Date field (see


WEBSITE

Worthy District

Deputies,

There are several

requirements you

need to work on

in August. They

are summarized

below and listed in the District Dep-

uty Manual.

1. The forms for the DD Monthly

Reports are now on the State

website. The July monthly re-

port needs to be filled out by Au-

gust 5th.

2. Complete the Installation of Offi-

cers for all your councils.

3. Order the Soccer medallions from

Supreme if you are going to have

a District Soccer Challenge.

They can be ordered by calling

(203)752-4016.

4. Get your councils to order the Soc-

cer Challenge Kits if they are

planning on holding a Soccer

Challenge

5. Work with your councils to en-

sure each council establishes and

maintains an active admissions

committee and an active reten-

tion committee.

6. Follow up with your councils to

be sure the Semiannual Council

Audit, "Supreme Report Form

1295", is completed and sent in

by August 15.

7. Council Membership Plan due to

State Membership Director Sep-

tember 1st

8. District Member-

ship Plan sent to Diocesan District

Deputy Coordinator due Septem-

ber 1st.

9. Establish a DD newsletter for

your District.

10. Ensure that each council is your

district has a newsletter that in-

cludes all council activities.

11. Develop a council health check list

for each council.

12. Submit the Supreme Form 450 for

all Degrees in your district to Su-

preme, the State Membership Di-

rector and to the District Deputy

Director.

13. August DD Monthly Report is due

by September 5th.

George Metz

District Deputy Director

STATE DISTRICT DEPUTY DIRECTOR

picture) to bring up the calendar

control that will allow you to select

the date of the activity. Click on the

date of your activity in the calendar

control and it will populate into the

date field accordingly.You can

advance forward and backward in

the Calendar Control to find the

date you want.

Enter the submitter’s information

(name, phone number) in the

bottom two fields.

Click on the “Upload Pictures” tab

at the top (see picture) to upload

any pictures related to your

program activity.

When you are finished entering the

information for this activity,

click the “Save Program and

Photos” button to submit your

program for grading.

You will notice three (3) types of

program statuses when you display

your Council programs.

The first status is “Pending”,

which is when you first submit your

program and the program director

has not yet graded it yet.

The second status is “Returned”,

which is when the program director

returns the program back to the

Council for more information and

clarification. This status will also

reflect any feedback the program

director is giving to the Council for

clarification.

The third status is “Graded”,

which shows the points awarded

and the director’s comments.

Any active member of the Council

can enter a program into the State

website for that Council, however

the Council General Program

Director should oversee and

coordinate all program entry to

make ensure accuracy.

If you have any problems, or need

any help, please feel free to email

me at [email protected].


mailto:[email protected]

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August 2015 Voice of the Spirit