Fr. Kenneth St. Hilaire,
State Chaplain
We’ve made it through the first half of Lent. Do we still have the energy with which we started the season? It’s never too late to renew our commitment and resolve to embrace the spirit of penance and to persevere with our regimen of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
It’s good for us to keep in mind (as I mentioned in last month’s bulletin) our reason for engaging in penance during these weeks. The Church certainly recommends prayer, fasting, and almsgiving all throughout the year--these are like medicine for the soul--but especially in this time she sees penance as a way of preparing ourselves.
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Patrick Kelley,
State Secretary
April 2019 My Dear Brothers, It is spring and all is well—at any rate, nearly ¾ of all Councils have already paid their Per Capita assessments and many of them also donated to the Pennies For Heaven Fund based on their Goal statements. Thank You again for this support and timely action! I do however feel the need to repeat at least a paragraph from last month’s article as follows as many Councils don’t seem to be paying attention to detail in regard to checks for Pennies For Heaven: While explicitly stated on the “Goal Statement,” as well as in every notice of these changes sent to all DDs,
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Kim Washburn,
State Treasurer
April 2019 Brother Knights, My favorite time of year is upon us…Easter. I hope that your Lenten journey is going well. I know it is for me. The Convention is upon us, too. Our Exemplification graph attached (all checks received as of March 15) show we are doing much better than last month. Three councils, in particularly, are quite a bit behind (see graph). One is a new council, which might not be aware of this new member fee. Remember, a $7 fee per each new member brought into our Order is due to WSC from the receiving council. This payment is to offset a small portion of our 3rd Degree Exemplification expenses. Just the medallion alone is $5 per member.
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Greg Mahoney,
State Advocate
April 2019
Annual Meeting / Safe Environment Program Compliance: May Deadline Annual Meeting: As May approaches, so does the Convention. GK’s and FS’s should plan to send representatives to this important meeting. Send in your Election of Delegates to our Worthy State Secretary. Encourage Third Degree Knights to attend and participate. I look forward to seeing many Knights at the Bellevue Hilton. Safe Environment Program (SEP) Compliance: May is the deadline for SEP compliance. The following charts show fraternal leaders who are compliant (green box with ‘X’), fraternal leaders who are non-compliant (red box with “O”),
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Tom Williams,
State Warden
April 2019 My Brothers, I hope your Lent is going well and you are preparing yourself for Easter. I know many Councils are hosting a fish fry or soup night for their parish, and I thank you for your contribution to support our communities in their preparations. Be sure not to neglect yourself and your own spiritual preparations during this busy time! Convention time is getting closer and closer, and I hope your Councils are taking care of their business. I just saw the resolutions have been mailed out, and Council delegates are due to the State Secretary. The Convention is our celebration of everything that we have accomplished over the past year
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Eddie Parazoo,
Immediate Past State Deputy
April 2019
There is no April message from IPSD Ed Parazoo.
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