KOCOA Newsletters

District Deputy's: 

May submit award applications for: 

         1) Council-of-the-year - Form COUNCIL-YEAR

         2) Grand-Knight-of-the-Year - Form GK-YEAR 18-19 

         3) Raul Navarrete Vocations Award - Form RAUL-NAV 18-19 

IMPORTANT NOTE

Each application has a heading, which lists: 

         1) Title of Award.

         2) The District Deputy submitting the application.

         3) The name nominee.

         4) Nominee Council Number. 

Once you have completed the heading, please DO NOT use the council name, parish name, nominee’s name, city or any wording that could identify the person, council or your location. If you do these references will be redacted (be blacked-out). This will make your document difficult to read and lessen its chances of being selected. We suggest that you write what you wish to say and then go back over your draft and remove any references in the write-up which could identify your nominee.  Liberally use the pronouns like he, him, his, them, they, or the parish, the church, or this family, they, them, or Father, the priest, etc.

Applications do not have to be typed, however please keep in mind that the applications do need to be neat, clear, concise, and readable. The best way of assuring this is if they are typed. If additional pages or attachments are provided, please make certain that they are identified as a continuation page for a particular award. 

Please keep write-ups to 500 words or less. The time frame to be considered for all Service Project awards is April 1, 2018 - March 31, 2019.

MOST IMPORTANT! THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF YOUR COMPLETED APPLICATIONS IS SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2019. Please plan wisely and submit your completed applications before the deadline. Application received after April 15, 2019 will not be considered. 

Please complete/ edit submissions on your computer before submitting. 

ALL Award Applications can be found on the State Website at: https://kofc-az.org/ . Or the direct link is: https://kofc-az.org/state-forms%2Freports We can also email you a copy in WORD or as a PDF; send an email request to AzKnights@Q.com.

The preferred method for submitting application documents is email. Send the documents to: AZKnights@Q.com 

Or you may mail the complete applications to your State Awards Chairman. 

Knights of Columbus 

State Awards Chairman

14175 W Indian School Rd

Suite B4-626

Goodyear AZ 85395-8369

Thank you everyone for all that you do for the good of the order and for your cooperation.

Vivat Jesus!

Rick Garrison

State Awards Chairman

480-522-7064

KofCRick@Q.com

The 2018 National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors was hosted by the Phoenix Diocese.

Attendees were scheduled to arrive between Thursday September 13 and Tuesday September 18, 2018.

Fr. Paul Sullivan, Vocations Director for the Phoenix Diocese, with Bishop Olmstead’s blessing, requested assistance from the Knights of Columbus with transportation of the attendees from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to the Hyatt Regency in Scottsdale, which would include Priests, Deacons, Nuns and Lay persons from the entire United States, Canada and Mexico. The one-way distance was 18 miles.

After an initial meeting with Fr. Sullivan, SD Tom Kalisz, IPSD Sean Halpain and myself, a plan was formed, and a request was sent out through the appropriate District Deputies in the Phoenix area. 

The request was for drivers and escorts from various councils in the Phoenix area. The idea being that a two-person team could, after being advised to come to the terminal for pickup, drop the escort in the baggage claim area while the driver would wait in the designated cell phone parking lot. Once the escort had collected the passengers, there may be one, two, three or in a few cases four passengers to be collected for a run to the conference site. The driver would drop the passengers at the conference and return for another load, approximately a one-hour roundtrip. The plan was to have a coordinator (myself) in the terminals, as well as an assistant which would allow us to cover two terminals simultaneously. The attendees were instructed to text the coordinator upon arrival in Phoenix. With two knights in the terminals to direct the attendees to the baggage claim area, the passengers could be collected in a common area to minimize delays in their transport.

The Diocese Vocations office, particularly Ms. Margo Gonzalez, was instrumental in making a list of attendees that included the date of arrival, airline flight number, arrival time, name, cell phone, email address and home city. This allowed us to judge when and which terminal they would arrive at and group the arrivals, so the drivers could be scheduled properly.

Through a six-day period, the knights transported nearly 150 attendees by making approximately 70 round trips which totals a staggering 2500 miles, and over 250-man hours not counting commuting from home to the airport.

A total of 35 knights and their wives participated in this mission. They represented the following councils; 4339, 11738, 9312, 16277, 10062, 15497, 13836, 13286, 13779, and 11675.

Feedback from the vocation’s office has been positive, I will attempt to get feedback from the drivers and escorts to look for ways to improve the operation for those who would like to perform a similar mission.

Respectfully submitted, 

Leonard Rheaume

602-738-5607

Lrheaume@msn.com

For the latest news and information from the 136th Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention please visit our special convention website. Also, all of our special media channels – Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for coverage.

In addition, the of Columbus Supreme Convention will be broadcast by four popular Catholic media outlets. Live coverage will be provided by the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), Canada’s Salt and Light Television, and Boston-based CatholicTV. SiriusXM Radio’s The Catholic Channel will also broadcast from the event, taking place at the Baltimore Convention Center.

The three television networks will broadcast the proceedings throughout opening day, Tuesday, Aug. 7, and all the Wednesday and Thursday morning Masses. Events begin at 9:30 a.m. EDT with the Opening Mass, celebrated by Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore. The convention’s Opening Business Session, featuring Supreme Knight Carl Anderson’s annual report, begins at 1 p.m. and the States Dinner starts at 7 p.m.

The Mass on Wednesday, Aug. 8, to be celebrated by Cardinal Gérald Lacroix, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada, with homily by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, begins at 8 a.m. EDT, as does the Memorial Mass on Thursday, Aug. 9, to be celebrated by Supreme Chaplain, Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore.

Streaming coverage will be available on each network’s website.

EWTN: http://www.ewtn.com/multimedia/live.asp
Salt and Light: https://saltandlighttv.org/live/
CatholicTV: http://www.catholictv.org/watch-live
Two regular satellite radio programs from The Catholic Channel will originate from the convention city: Conversation with Cardinal Dolan (Tuesday at 2 p.m. EDT) and Busted Halo (Monday and Tuesday at 6 p.m. EDT). Streaming is available through SiriusXM, https://player.siriusxm.com/welcome (subscription).

A Higher Purpose 

Spread devotion to Our Lady and pray for our brothers and sisters of faith who are at risk around the world through the Marian Icon Prayer Program. As the new Marian Icon is brought on pilgrimage through the jurisdiction, councils will host the Our Lady Help of Persecuted Christians Icon for a prayer service at their parish. 

Overview 

The 2018-2019 Marian Icon Prayer Program presents the 18th Marian Icon sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. Like its predecessors, the program features a Marian image, this time of Our Lady Help of Persecuted Christians. Each Knights of Columbus jurisdiction receives several Marian images, which serve as the centerpieces for prayer services conducted in churches and council meeting places throughout the Order for the duration of the initiative. This year, the prayer service is intended to raise awareness of the plight of Christians persecuted for their faith and to stand in prayerful solidarity with them   

Chairman Role and Responsibilities 

• Work with your pastor and the jurisdiction Marian Icon Prayer Program chairman to obtain their recommendations and to plan for the event. 

• Identify council and parish members to fulfill the various roles required in the service. 

• Order supplies through Supplies Online, the supply ordering portal available on Officers Online. 

• Promote the event! 

• Ensure that the Icon is successfully received by your council and handed to the next council. 

• In partnership with your council Christian Refugee Relief chairman, consider planning an event in conjunction with your prayer service. 

• Complete and submit all associated reporting forms to the Supreme Council Department of Fraternal Mission.