May 23, 2018
Brothers,
Our State Convention
has concluded, and I believe it was a great success!
Our State Officers
for the 2018-2019 Fraternal Year will be.
State Deputy – Tom
Kalisz
State Secretary –
Mario Vassallo
State Treasurer –
Luigi Baratta
State Advocate – Tom
Kato
State Warden – Kevin
McCarthy
Immediate Past State
Deputy – Sean Halpain
Congratulations and
good luck to each. I trust our membership statewide will support these men as
they undertake the challenges of a new position while transitioning their
current responsibilities to their successor. The time after Convention is very
busy for both the State Secretary and the State Treasurer.
At the State
Convention we conducted a Council Roll call to get some information about how
many new members are expected to join our order between the Convention and June
30, 2018. We also asked if a Council
expected to earn Star Council status. I
want to thank all the Councils that responded.
State Officers will be calling those Councils that were not able to
attend the Convention to get this information from them.
I ask each of you to
continue your efforts to grow your Councils and our Order so that we can
continue to be able to respond to our Bishops, Pastors, and Parishes when they
call on the Knights.
Looking forward, I
let you know in an earlier message that the Surge of Service Program that had
been used for years was being retired.
In its place will be the Faith in Action program. Key changes are ending Council and Youth
categories and combining them in with the categories of Faith, Family, Community, and Life.
The following is a link to the revised Form 365 Service Program Personnel Report. Our State Deputy Elect will learn more at his
June State Deputy Orientation meetings.
If you have more questions, bring them to your District Deputy after
they return from the State Organizational meeting being held beginning on June
30th in Phoenix.
Our State Assistance
Membership Director Ken White has been working for several weeks on a concept
for “2 Man Teams”. The concept, first brought
to us by Supreme in August, is to create some dedicated teams to assist
Councils with their Membership Recruiting efforts. We put this on hold when Arizona was
selected to be one of the 7 pilot states for E-Membership. Continuation of this program, or a variation,
will be decided by our State Deputy Elect and his Membership Director. Regardless, the information Ken has assembled
in preparing for this will only help our State going forward. Thanks to any that
assisted Ken in this ground work.
Check your brief
cases and notebooks. Make sure all Form
100s for men that have completed their Admissions Degrees are completed
accurately and submitted to Supreme as soon as possible. We owe this to these men, so they can realize
the benefits they are now entitled to receive.
Finally, now is the
time to look at your programs to see if you have any that need to be completed.
I realize not every Council will achieve Star Council Status, but with the
Supreme Columbian, Founders, and McGivney Awards I believe that every Council
has the potential to earn one of these.
Regardless of the Award, it is very gratifying to be presented one of
these by your District Deputy, a State Officer, or our State Deputy.
Vivat Jesus,
Sean Halpain
State Deputy
Council 8386 (Prescott Valley) sends our congratulations to our new State Officers.
ReplyDeleteLexy A. Larez, Grand Knight