June 1, 2018
Brothers,
I hope each of you
had a relaxing Memorial Day Weekend. To
those members of our Patriotic Degree that participated in Color Corps callouts
at the Catholic Cemeteries throughout the State I say thank you. I have always
found it very rewarding and humbling to be part of the Mass and events to honor
not only members of our Armed Forces who gave of themselves for us to enjoy the
freedoms we hold precious, but also those that served and were able to return
home.
As we begin our final
month of this Fraternal Year it is now time to follow through and complete our
Programs, bring in those men who have been hesitant, find all the Form 100’s
and submit them. Sandbagging until July
not only hurts the Order and your Council, it could have catastrophic impact on
the members family should an accident happen.
If Supreme has not recorded the Form 100, the Accidental Death Policy
that each member receives for just paying his dues does not go into effect.
Speaking of Programs
don’t wait until the end of June to submit your SP-7 form. Submit it now. If you still have 1 or 2 programs that won’t
finish until late in the month go ahead and list it now and submit the
form. Supreme staff has told State
Deputies to encourage this. Their
attitude is that if the program is listed they are sure that Catholic Gentlemen
will complete the program already reported.
Now is the time to
think about what is left to do to qualify for Columbian, Founders, McGivney and
Star Council Awards. For those that tell
me they don’t do it for the awards I remind them that the Award lets
current and future members, along with the
Pastor and Parish Community, know that you are active and relevant to the
Church.
Many Councils are
very close to several of these awards.
All of these begin with our members, and the more active members we have
the more we can do. Go ahead and bring
in the new guys now. If you don’t have a
degree team or there is not once close by, use the DVD. Remember to notify your DD that you conducted
a Degree, so the Form 450 can be sent to Supreme, and send in the Form 100.
If prospects are
still unsure, suggest they join by E-Membership. They will be Knights and then
only need to complete their Admission degree and transfer to your Council. When
they do this, you still get credit for a new member.
Our Field agents are
working to assist those Councils that need Insurance members to reach Star
Council status. It is still the
responsibility of our Grand Knights and Financial Secretaries to promote our
Insurance benefits.
Not wanting to look
beyond this year until we complete our work, we still need to make plans for
the upcoming State Organizational meeting.
Our State Deputy Elect Tom Kalisz is planning to offer additional
training for Grand Knights, Financial Secretaries, and other Council Officers
during the District Deputy Training.
Look for the Message from State Training Director Bob Julien for details
and visit the state website for more information. Also, at the recent State Convention our
State PR Director John Garcia introduced some concepts for updating our State
Website and asked you to review the proposals and cast your votes. The sites were listed on the flyer passed out
to the delegates and our SD Elect needs your input by June 15th.
Arizona has the
reputation of being strong finishers.
Let’s live up to that reputation and surpass our Supreme Knight’s goals
for Arizona in new members and Star Councils.
As in past years, you
will be getting a few more messages from both me and our State Membership
Director Kevin McCarthy this month.
Please don’t just trash these but review and work with your Councils to
fulfill the legacy of our Founder, the Venerable Fr. Michael J. McGivney.
Thank you,
Sean
Halpain
State Deputy
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