Brothers,
We have now completed 1/3
of our Fraternal Year. Four
months done, only eight left. How are
you doing on your Council Action Plans?
Are you serving your Parishes and Pastors? Is your Community better now than it was on
July 1st? Are you becoming
the Leader of Your Domestic Church?
As a State, we were in the money for the first three months. Supreme has continued State Membership
Incentive contests. In July, August and
September we qualified for some additional funds that we will put back into
Membership growth programs.
Surprisingly we came up short in October. I say surprising as October is one of our two
Membership Drive months. To help us we
even asked our Supreme Membership & Program Consultant to come to Arizona
and give us some additional training to help us come from behind the table and
do what we all knows is the best way to recruit a man to join the Knights; Ask
him!
I trust that those efforts will be reflected in November and
December growth as we bring those we asked to join complete their Admissions
Degree. Don’t wait until our April Church Drives to use these new skills.
Recruit now. Can you think of a better
way to help another man experience Advent than to become part of a group of
Catholic men dedicated to our Lord and our Church?
Don’t get down. We
still have two months before our midpoint which gives us plenty of time to get
back on track. Look at our State Website
or ask your Grand Knight about the Incentive programs we have in place to
reward those who bring a man into the Knights.
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Members may not realize this but we do listen to what is
being said at the Council Meetings, during the Pancake Breakfasts, at Officer Installations and by word of
mouth. I had thought that the Star
Recruiter Program, and in particular the Star Recruiter Pin, had run its course
and we needed to look for something new.
I was wrong!
At least 8 other States picked up this program begun by IPSD
Larry Becker. We are bringing the
program back but with some changes. You
no longer will need to fill out the card and mail to receive your Star
Recruiter Pin. Working with Supreme we
now have a way to capture your name from the Form 100 and we will be sending
the Star Recruiter Pins you have earned.
To enhance this program we now have a Star Recruiter Key Chain for those
who bring in three or more new members.
Start recruiting now so we won’t need to push to reach our
goals for Star Council in May and June.
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Do you buy stuff from Amazon? Are you a member of Amazon Smiles? Did you know you can help our State Charity
to receive additional donations? When
you check out remember to pick Arizona Knights of Columbus Charity Inc.
A special thank you to State Treasurer Mario Vassallo for setting this
up.
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How is your Prayer Life?
Are you struggling to evangelize our faith? On Saturday November 5 the Tucson Men’s
Conference will be held at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish. On February 4, 2017 the Phoenix Men’s
Conference will be presented at Xavier College Prep. Both of these events are a chance to come together
not only with Brother Knights, but with other Catholic and Christian Men to
publically express your faith. If you
have been to either of these you know that you, through the Arizona State
Council, help to Sponsor these events.
Both will culminate with a Mass celebrated by each Dioceses Bishops.
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COMING SOON! More on
the Domestic Church initiative announced by our Supreme Knight at the 2015
State Deputy meeting. This effort is
continuing, was part of the inspiration for our State Theme, and will soon
become part of our Surge with Service programs.
Supreme will be announcing the details soon but get a jump and have your
Council get involved in the Building the Domestic Church while strengthening
your Parishes.
Start a study group using Bishop Olmsted’s Apostolic
Exhortation “Into the Breach” If you
don’t have a paper copy then download it from Supreme’s CIS site.
Invite Families to follow the “Families Fully Alive”
program. Make this a part of your
recruiting efforts to bring in young men just starting their families.
Here are more programs on Supreme’s Website to help us enact
our Supreme Knights vision. Journey to
the Inn, Keep Christ in Christmas Campaign, Food for Families, Coats for Kids,
Family Week Celebrations.
Remember the Holy Family Icons and the Marian Prayer
program? This program is still going and
we have two Icons in Arizona for you to use.
Contact District Master Bryant Sayers for more information and to
schedule one of these Icons at your Council, Parish, or School.
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It has been also brought to my attention that the State
Council, our Program Directors, and me in particular need to communicate more
information to our membership using our State Website along with strategic bulk
email broadcasts. Future messages will
include short bits of information from our Pro Life Chair couple, Habitat for
Humanity Chairman, Community Director & programs you can take to your
communities. If you would like topics
covered please let me know.
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We begin and end our meetings with prayer. For meetings and events I ask that you recite
the Leader’s Prayer that is part of our State Theme to “Be The Leader of Your
Domestic Church”. On a daily basis
please remember to keep your Brother Knights and their families in your
prayers. Many are suffering, most in
silence, and we can serve each other in no better way that to pray for each
other.
Vivat Jesus
SD Sean Halpain
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