Fourth of July Rosary for America

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Knights in Action - Tucson

Caption: Bishop Francis J Green Council 11855 Knights refinish the Msgr. Gramer Hall Kitchen Walk-In Cooler at Saints Peter & Paul Parish in Tucson. The cooler is 40+ years old and in serious need of refinishing. Seven Knights spent six hours on the project. 

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Mass Shooting in Orlando

In response to this morning’s mass shooting in Orlando, Arizona State Deputy Larry Becker made the following statement, “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims in Orlando. Join us in praying for the Orlando community and our nation in this difficult time.” #PrayforPeace #PrayForOrlando

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New Twitter Feed!!

88 left to go for Circle of Honor for AZ. Have you asked a man at church to join the Knights today?

— AZKofC (@az_kofc) June 13, 2016

from Twitter https://twitter.com/az_kofc

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New Twitter Feed!!

Congratulations to the 141 Sir Knights!! @az_kofc

— AZKofC (@az_kofc) June 11, 2016

from Twitter https://twitter.com/az_kofc

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New Twitter Post!!!

96 new 3rd Degree Knights @azkofc

96 new 3rd Degree Knights @azkofc

— AZKofC (@az_kofc) June 5, 2016

June 05, 2016 at 01:23PM
via IFTTT

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Leadership Transition Webinar

What can your council do to ensure a smooth leadership transition? Learn more by attending our webinar this Saturday at 2pm!

https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&referrer&eventid=1184976&sessionid=1&key=D4DAC9A5179EA84D8904011AD69C2122&regTag&sourcepage=register 

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Circle of Honor - Together We Can Make It!

Worthy Grand Knights and Brothers all,

Wow!   We are so close! The fraternal year-end is fast approaching. Since the beginning of this fraternal year, we have been working to help you and your councils earn the Star Council Award. We would love to have your councils earn a multi-Star Council Award level! Star council is based on a balance of membership and insurance, programs, forms submitted, and assessments paid. Council leaders and every member in each council should be driving your councils to success and earning the Star Council Award.

As State Deputy, I am doing likewise, in driving the jurisdiction to earn the Circle of Honor Award. This award is a balance of membership and retention quotas, and programs through Star Council attainment throughout the Arizona jurisdiction. Every council in Arizona has a stake in earning this award.

 

The area that I need your help in is membership. As of today, we are only 112 new members short of making this goal. In June 2015, we had 117 new members join our Order in Arizona. Based on this, I believe that together, we can meet our goal. If every council in Arizona recruited just 1 or 2 additional new members above where they are today, have them attend an Admissions Degree, and submitted their Form 100’s to Supreme via email, by June 24, we will meet the goal.

 

Remember that the Admissions Degree can be completed by utilizing either the production DVD or on-line. You don’t have to wait for a memorized or a read degree ceremony. Please make every effort to bring candidates through the degree as soon as they are voted on at the council’s meeting in June. If you have Form 100’s for candidates waiting for a degree ceremony, please schedule one as soon as possible and bring them to the ceremony yourself. A very effective way to get candidates to a ceremony is to pick them up at their home and drive them to the ceremony.

Please submit all the new member Form 100’s you may already have. Some councils are holding them for the next fraternal year. Don’t wait! These new members cannot enjoy the fraternal benefits that the Order offers them until they have their Form 100 processed at Supreme, and your councils can’t benefit from the strength and energy of these new members. Please do not mail the forms to Supreme. Submit them via email to membershiprecords@kofc.org 

 

I know I sound like a broken record, but we are so close to earning the Circle of Honor, that it would be a shame to miss it. Arizona has not earned this award in seven years. It is time to be winners again. Together, we can do this!

 

Thank you in advance for your support.

 

Vivat Jesus!

 

Larry Becker

State Deputy

Arizona State Council

 

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Arizona Rosary Celebration - Phoenix

Dear Friends of the Arizona Rosary Celebration  PHOENIX,

 

 

REMINDER!

 

This Saturday,  June 4, 2016, 9:00 a.m., there will be a ARC General Planning Meeting at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, 400 E. Monroe Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004.

  

Be sure your Parish, Group, Praesidium, Council and Assembly are represented at this meetings.

 

Also, be sure you have marked your Calendars for this years Arizona Rosary Celebration which will take place on October 22-23, 2016. 

 

Knights of Columbus

Arizona Rosary Celebration

 

If you wish to have your name removed from our mailing list, please respond to this email with the word REMOVE and YOUR NAME.

 

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State Deputy Message - June 2016

June 1, 2016

Brothers,

In the Catholic Church, the month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  The Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Friday following the second Sunday after Pentecost. The "Sacred Heart" is Christ, the Word Incarnate, and Savior, intrinsically containing, in the Spirit, an infinite divine-human love for the Father and for his brothers.

There are some key dates in June to note. Perhaps one of my favorites is June 2, National Rocky Road Ice Cream Day. (Yum, this is my favorite ice cream flavor!) Flag Day is on June 14. Disneyland opened on June 17, 1955. Father’s Day is on June 19. The Summer Solstice is on June 21. The Pledge of Allegiance was first recognized by Congress on June 22, 1942. And June 30, is Father-In-Law Day.  And lastly, June 30 is also the last day of the Knights of Columbus fraternal year.

In just four short weeks, is the end of this fraternal year. Have you done everything you can to earn the Star Council Award? If so, can you stretch to reach the next level of a multi-Star Council Award? Did you submit your Columbian Award Application SP-7 to report on all the great service programs your council did this year? Did your council hold elections for the council officers for the next fraternal year? You should not delay on these items. Submit your council’s year-end forms early. You deserve the recognition for a job well done. We are all looking forward to earning the Supreme Circle of Honor Award for the Arizona jurisdiction. If we all do our part, together we will all succeed!

This is my last State Deputy’s monthly message. In writing 24 of these messages over the last two fraternal years, my hope was that they were meaningful and helpful to you. I made every effort to be honest and transparent, while trying to have fun and conveying messages to help drive our great State to success. I enjoyed writing these, as I opened my heart and soul onto the printed page. I will miss writing these messages. I will also miss being your humble servant as your State Deputy. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting and working with everyone in Arizona and in the Order. I am truly blessed to have served in this capacity. Thank you for the honor. I wish the very best to next year’s State Officers and leadership team. I promise to keep my head in the game until June 30, when I hope to announce Arizona’s success as a Supreme Circle of Honor Award winner! Then, we can all enjoy a “Rocky Road” ice cream cone to celebrate!

St. Michael the Archangel, pray for us!

Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns.

Vivat Jesus!

Larry Becker

State Deputy

Arizona State Council

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