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DD Reminder goes digital in March
District Deputy Reminder will continue to be posted online at www.kofc.org in a printable format on the first
working day of the month. No internet capability? Let us know and we will mail it to you. Send your name,
address, town, state, postal code and country with your district number to Richard McMunn, Knights of Colum-
bus,1 Columbus Plaza, New Haven, CT 06510.
District Deputy ReminderFebruary 2012
Celebrate the Order’sbirthday with new members
Founder’s Day, March 29, 2012,is the 130th anniversary of theOrder. On that date in 1882 the
Knights of Columbus was chartered
by the State of Connecticut.
Councils should celebrate the
Order’s birthday by bringing in at
least one new member in March.
The Orderwide intake goal is13,000 new members in March.Help reach that goal by schedul-
ing a First Degree and aFounder’s Day Mass in honor ofFather McGivney in each councilin the month of Founder’s Day.
As district deputy be sure to fileForm #450 or Form #450C (filed
by the host GK or FS) after each
degree in your district.
Make certain the councils havepermission from their pastor torecruit at the parish on the week-
end before Founder’s Day (March
29), or a weekend that is more
agreeable to the parish’s schedule.
Remind your councils of the
Blessed John Paul II medallions the
recruiters may earn.
For each month a Knight recruits
a new member or members, he re-
ceives a small medallion. He will
earn a large medallion with a
wooden display stand if he recruits
at least four new members during
2011-12 fraternal year.
Let us hear from you. Use the new Supreme Council mail box for district deputies: [email protected].
Fraternal Survey needed now!
In 2010, Knights of Columbus councils, assemblies and circles do-nated nearly $155 million to charitable causes as well as 70 millionhours of volunteer service.
These numbers will be even more impressive for 2011 with yourhelp. Just 78 percent of councils, assemblies and circles completed
the 2010 Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity (#1728) and returned it to
the Supreme Council office. The 2010 statistics could have been much
better, but the charitable activities of 22 percent of Knights of Columbus
were unreported.
The deadline for returning the 2011 survey form was Jan. 31,2012. The goal for this year is to have 100 percent of all units report-
ing. To reach the goal we need the help of our district deputies. Please
make sure all your councils file the Fraternal Survey. It is not too late!The Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity Form (#1728 for councils and
#1728C for assemblies and circles) can be filled out and filed online,
printed from kofc.org/forms and mailed or it may be found in each of the
Report Forms Booklets (#1436 for councils, #325 for assemblies and
#401 for circles).
Make sure that each council in your district has filed the Fraternal
Survey Report. If they haven’t, insist that they do so immediately. If the
council is dormant or inactive, fill out and file the form yourself.Simply write the council number and the words “dormant” or “inactive”
on the form and sign it as district deputy.
If any of your councils sponsor Squires circles make sure the coun-cil sees that the circle form is filed. If the circle is dormant or inac-
tive follow the same procedure as above.
Why is there so much emphasis on the Fraternal Survey?
These are the vital statistics of the Order. The Knights of Columbus
can accomplish the charitable work it does in part because the Order isa tax-exempt fraternal benefit society. The Fraternal Survey provesthe exemption is deserved and should continue.
The numbers promote the Order and membership recruitment,while giving the Order the information needed to preserve its tax ex-
emption.
So, please, do it now!
New Councils and Circles
District DD Name Jurisdiction Council Location 33 Ronald P. Yeamans Missouri 15433 JosephvilleC-40 Francisco E.J. Atienza Luzon 15464 Lalud, Calapan CityM-85 Eduardo F. Factor Mindanao 15465 Lanton, Apopong4 Ismael Prado Delaware 15436 Greenville23 Dennis D. Quigley Indiana 15437 IndianapolisI-56 Nicolas Y. Pameron, Jr. Mindanao 15438 Perfecto Roseller T. Lim14 Jeffry J. Cypher Michigan 15439 Kalamazoo8 Tomasz Wawrzkowicz Poland 15440 ZamosoT-48 Ruben J. Salvador Luzon 15441 Dugo, CamalaniuganP-44 Atilano M. Casintahan, Jr. Luzon 15442 Taguig City UniversityV-73 Warlito B. Alagao Visayas 15443 Cabucgayan
District DD Name Jurisdiction Círcle Location 26 Joseph W Henkels Iowa 5552 Granger30 Joseph I Reich Ohio 1299 Akron166 Jose Garza Jr Texas 5553 Harlingen62 Patrick J Mock California 5554 Porterville13 Thomas M Kowalski Connecticut 1307 Sandy Hook67 Earl L Hoffman Jr Pennsylvania 5555 Waynesboro67 Frank J Gallant Ontario 5556 Oakville
40 for cans for LentHunger knows no season or holiday. It is with us al-
ways and even more so in these troubled economic
times. As part of the Food for Families effort, councilsare encouraged to hold a 40 Cans for Lent program.
The goal of the program is to ask each member of the
council and of the parish(es) the council serves to do-nate one can of food for each day of Lent which be-gins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22. Grand knights have
already received a letter describing the full details of the
40 Cans for Lent program.
If the council collects and distributes a minimumof 1,000 pounds of food and contributes 100 man-hours of service to the program, it will satisfy all therequirements for the Family Activities category ofthe Columbian Award application which needs to be
received at the Supreme Council by June 30, 2012.
The council should submit both the Food for Families
Form and the Columbian Award Application form (these
can be found at www.kofc.org/forms). For more informa-
tion, contact Jason Porrello at (203) 752- 4571 or e-mail
him at [email protected].
Day of the Unborn ChildOn Sunday, March 25, 2012, the Order will observe
the Knights of Columbus Day of the Unborn Child.
Knights of Columbus families are asked to pray, fast
and work to restore respect and protection for unborn
children. The Day of the Unborn Child prayer card
(#4665) is available in English, French and Spanish
from the Supply Department. For more information, visit
www.kofc.org.
February 2012
Constitution Day (Mexico)
St. Valentine’s Day
Semi-Annual Audit Report (# 1295) due
Presidents’ Day (USA)
Ash Wednesday
Independence Day (Dominican Republic)
March 2012
St. Patrick’s Day
Annunciation of the Lord/ KofC Day of the Unborn Child
Founder’s Day (March 29. 1882)
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