Fr. Kenneth St. Hilaire,
State Chaplain
September 2019
I attended my fourth Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus last month in Minneapolis, and my expectations were well met. The celebrations of the sacred liturgy were extraordinarily beautiful, as always. Supreme Knight Carl Anderson’s annual report was inspiring, as always. The overall spirit of the convention was very upbeat and energizing, as always.
After all that, I have only one regret… as always! I wish more Knights from our jurisdiction could have been there. In fact, I wish ALL our Knights could have not only witnessed the grandeur
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Kim Washburn,
State Secretary
September 2019
Brothers, Councils have now been billed for their annual liability insurance premiums. About 50% have paid and I’m certain the rest will follow in a timely manner. There was an error in my SIX MONTHS letter. The DD meeting is December 6th through the 8th. No matter how many times I proofread, something always gets by me. That being said, I reworked the SIX MONTHS letter to update and include many items that had not been covered before.
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Greg Mahoney,
State Treasurer
September 2019
Brother Knights, As you might expect, I do not have much to report this month. My goal is to process your checks as soon as I can. The Exemplification Fund status chart is as of August 22, 2019. 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.
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Tom Williams,
State Advocate
September 2019 Brother Knights, Happy Labor Day and welcome to the new school year! I hope that you will have had a relaxing weekend as we come to the end of summer and the children head back to school. I want to provide an overview about Safe Environment training, and why it is so important for you to meet these requirements. Supreme tracks this information and the state receives a monthly update for all Councils and all positions that require. This should be a review for most of you, but it is important that we are all on the same page.
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Dr. Scott Hules,
State Warden
September 2019 The Washington State Council Summer Leadership Training Meeting is behind us. Now what?
By now every Council should have an operating plan and, at the very least, a preliminary budget for the 2019-2020 fraternal year. A good way to check your operating plan for the fraternal year is to lay it beside the Monthly Service Program Report template provided by the Washington State Council and the Fraternal Planner that was sent to all Councils by the Supreme Council. This will enable your Council members to identify and understand how your goals conform with expectations of the Supreme and Washington State Councils
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Bob Baemmert,
Immediate Past State Deputy
September 2019
Hi Brothers,
I sure did enjoy this last month’s living!!! I went to the Summer Leadership Meeting and got a chance to hear all about becoming a Financial Secretary. It seems like a job that takes a lot of commitment and most guys who do that job seem to do it for a long time- that may be just right for me.
I also went to the 137th Supreme Convention. We had a great cadre of guys from Washington and I had quite a bit to do in the whole thing. I was on the Distribution Committee, which meant I got to pass out a bunch of handouts and wake up early every day to do it.
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