Fr. Kenneth St. Hilaire,
State Chaplain
November 2019
I mentioned in last month’s column that supreme knight Carl Anderson and supreme chaplain Archbishop William Lori had issued an urgent appeal, asking all members of the order to work diligently to restore civility in the realm of public discourse. I suggested that keeping the lines of communication open was an important first step in this work. Rather than making enemies out of anyone who offends us, we ought to pursue dialogue in order to reach a mutual understanding.
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Kim Washburn,
State Secretary
November 2019
Brothers, All the Regionals are complete and I think everyone received the training and answers they wanted. We put a lot of time and effort into these meetings and it’s all for your benefit. We still have 41 councils in arrears for our annual liability insurance premium payments. It costs money and time to send a second notice, so if you’re one of the councils that has not paid, please do so immediately. If your council is holding an event, and the insurance is not paid, you’re on your own.
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Greg Mahoney,
State Treasurer
November 2019
Brother Knights,
Please review the Exemplification Fund status chart included in this bulletin. October 21, 2019 is the cutoff date for the amounts posted in the November bulletin. A $7 fee per each new member brought into our Order is due to WSC soon after the Admission Degree. If you have a balance due, please mail your check payable to Washington State Council with Exemplification written on the memo line. Ensure your council number is on the check. Please remit your payments in a timely manner.
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Tom Williams,
State Advocate
November 2019 Brother Knights, How is your fall going? Are you paying attention to the details of your Council? There are forms to submit, men to recruit, programs to run! As we move into the fall Church Drive time and the holidays are approaching, there are many opportunities for your Council to visible and active in your community. I want to focus on some housekeeping tasks this month, we need to get some items cleaned up and get all Councils into a compliant status.
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Dr. Scott Hules,
State Warden
November 2019 We are rapidly approaching the middle of the 2019-2020 fraternal year when Councils will be completing their Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity, which should be submitted to the Supreme Council by 31 January, 2020. Grand Knights and Financial Secretaries will be asking each Knight to provide a brief summary of their individual activities during the past calendar year in December so that the Annual Survey form 1728 can be completed in a timely manner. I encourage all Knights to provide this information to their Council’s Financial Secretary because this is how the Knights of Columbus maintain their status as a charitable organization with the Internal Revenue Service.
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Bob Baemmert,
Immediate Past State Deputy
November 2019
KEEPING CHARITY SIMPLE We live in a complex world. If you don’t think so, try to update your computer or your phone. My observation is that sometimes we, as humans, make it even more complicated. Let’s take doing acts of Charity as an example. As we all know, Charity is our first principal and the key to living a charmed life. Here is the example:
A man comes up to you and asks you for some spare change or you drive by one of those people who are holding a cardboard sign asking for help. What do you do?
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