Fr. Kenneth St. Hilaire,
State Chaplain
January 2023
My Brother Knights, Merry Christmas! I pray that you and your loved ones are enjoying the gladness and cheer that are ours in the celebration of the Lord's birth. If you are someone who struggles to find joy at Christmas time, know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. The beginning of the new calendar year is the time when many people make resolutions to do something different than they have up to that point been doing. Some want to put an end to a bad habit or set aside some other obstacle. Others want to start doing something they've always wanted to do but never made time for, like a daily hour of prayer or participation in Eucharistic Adoration.
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Greg Mahoney,
State Secretary
January 2023
Brother Knights, I hope you celebrated a joyous Christmas last month. In all the busyness of the holidays it can be easy to ride the wave and miss the quiet moments that allow the joy of God’s gift to take root in us. I would suggest now is a time for us to take a breather and allow ourselves more quiet moments for prayer and let the joy of the Son of God becoming man sink in. May the joy that resonates from God’s gift remain with us in the New Year. Despite the challenging weather conditions in December, the Winter Mid-Year District Deputy Meeting was well attended at the Archbishop Brunett Retreat Center at the Palisades. This was the first year the State Council
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Tom Williams,
State Treasurer
January 2023
My Brothers, Happy New Year to you! I hope you had a rewarding Christmas season and made some good memories. Welcome to the second half of the fraternal year, we have put in a lot of work and had many successes, but there is a lot of time left. Remember Seahawk’s coach Pete Carrol’s mantra—you win the game in the fourth quarter! Let’s put some focus on recruiting, programs and reaching out to our communities. To those Councils who are doing that (and those who never stopped during the pandemic), my hearty thanks! To those looking for ideas, please feel free to reach out - you have your District Deputy,
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Dr. Scott Hulse,
State Advocate
January 2023
My Brother Knights We celebrate the Birth of Jesus as we approach the New Year. During Advent I have been reflecting back on the past year. These reflections, catalyzed by an opinion article, “Christmas presence: The true gift we must offer each other,” published by Fox News and written by Mike Kerrigan, an Attorney in Charlotte, North Carolina, caused me to think about the way that we approach Catholic Men when inviting them to become Brother Knights. The article contrasted the words presents and presence as well as find and make. The example in Mike Kerrigan’s article was a father, who is a West Virginia coal miner
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David Olwell,
State Warden
January 2023 My Brother Knights, Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? The tradition dates back to the Babylonians – four thousand years ago. The Babylonians started their calendar with a twelve-day festival that began on the vernal equinox. The festival, Akitu, was also the start of the farming season, and two common resolutions were the return of borrowed agricultural equipment and promises to pay debt. The Romans adapted the practice. You may recall the Janus was the two-faced Roman god of transitions, who looked both backwards for reflection and forwards towards new beginnings. His cult would begin
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Patrick Kelley,
Immediate Past State Deputy
January 2023
My Brother Knights, So far I have only been advised of a possible 9 Degree teams that have formed in addition to the State Officers team. The following Districts have reported a team or more since last year when we started recording this. 2, 4, 13, 23, 32, 33 & 34 (2 Teams?) If any other teams have formed and are currently holding Degrees, please let me know so I can keep the State Deputy up to date. Round Tables
To date, Supreme reports only 8 Round Tables for Washington.
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