Official Newsletter of the Knights of Columbus of Missouri“One Family United” FEBRUARY 2020

Knights of Columbus

Charity ~ Unity ~ Fraternity ~ Patriotism

Newsletter

STATE PROGRAM DIRECTORMICHAEL AUCHLY

VOLUME 6, NO 8

STATE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORDOUG KISSINGER

How is your Council progressing towards re-ceiving the Star Council Award? Have you lookedat the Form SP-7, the Columbian Award applica-tion? Have you completed any of the requiredprograms? You only have 5 months left to com-plete all of the programs needed to earn this pres-tigious award. I am leading off with this as I wantall Councils to make sure they are tracking their

status and scheduling the necessary programs and activities needed in order toearn this award. Whatever you do, don’t wait until the last minute to look atthis form or wait to conduct your programs.

While you are looking at your completed programs and planning the rest ofyour fraternal year I bet you have at least one phenomenal program that you arereally proud of or is extremely successful! Every member reading this can attestthat their council does some sort of program (or programs) which have apositive effect on peoples’ lives in their area; but they might not feel that theseprograms are worthwhile of winning an award because it is just another act ofcharity they perform. EVERY program you perform which positively affectssomeone in your community is worthy of recognition! I would like everycouncil to submit an application for an award in at least one of the areas listedabove. Pick what you feel is the program which best exemplifies your commit-ment to performing acts of Charity. One winner will be selected in each of thefollowing four categories: Faith; Community; Family; and Life. State winnersare then submitted on for the Supreme Contest. The application form (#STSP)is available on both the Supreme Council and Missouri State Council websites.The deadline for submission to the General Program Director is March 15,2020.

State Convention is just around the corner, April 24-26, 2020. MissouriKnights of Columbus delegates will travel to Jefferson City to participate in the119th Missouri Knights of Columbus State Convention. With just a couple ofmonths to go there is much preparation work to be done. You will be receivingnumerous pieces of mail about the Convention, each is as important as the other.Please read each and follow up with the work that is required. A highlight ofthe weekend is the announcement of the Service Award Programs. Wouldn’tit be great to be a State Service Program Award winner?

While you are conducting your programs always remember to use them asa membership recruiting opportunity. We need to continuously be looking forand asking potential candidates if they would join the Greatest CatholicFraternal Organization for Men in the World! Membership is what drives everyprogram and activity in the Knights and without new members we struggle toprovide exceptional charitable works for our communities, families and ourparish families.

One last thing is to make sure that your Council send in your Form #1728,the Fraternal Activities Survey. This is also a requirement in order to be eligiblefor the Star Council Award. This report is essential for the Knights of Columbusto maintain their tax status as it tracks the contributions to charity in both dollarsand man hours. This was due on January 31, 2020 but even if you missed thedeadline you still need to submit this form ASAP. As always, please Rememberto Celebrate Everything!

This is a very important time in our quest toreach Circle of Honor. We are asking everyCouncil to hold a recruiting event in February,March or April. This is extremely important if weare to reach our Membership Goal.

This recruiting event can take many differentforms. It can be a traditional Church Drive or a

new Delta Church Drive. Your local Field Agent can help you hold a benefitnight. If a church drive doesn’t work in your Parish, try a nontraditional ap-proach. How about a family ice cream social? A Super Bowl party? Whateverworks in your Parish start planning it now. Every Council must participate.

We also encourage you to schedule an Admissions Degree or the newExemplification of Charity, Unity and Fraternity to coincide with yourrecruiting event. Invite the entire parish to join you and learn more about theKnights of Columbus. We need to include everyone if we are to continue ourgrowth.

Keep in mind the challenge put forth by State Deputy Bob Hawkins. Hechallenged the Knights in the State to earn Circle of Honor for SupremeDirector and Past State Deputy Mick Gilliam. Mick is finishing his final termon the Supreme Board of Directors. Mick has served in almost every positionon the local and state level. Now he is serving the Order on the highest level.Lets send him out in style at his last Supreme Convention while serving on theBoard of Directors.

We are halfway to our Circle of Honor goal. Let’s take a big step toward thatgoal by planning a recruiting event in every Council between now and April’sConvention. Make it happen and let your Membership Team know how we canhelp. EVERY PROGRAM IS A MEMBERSHIP OPPORTUNITY

STATE FAITH DIRECTORLUCAS VOLKMAN

I hope all of your families had aMerry Christmas and Happy NewYear! As we enter the final fivemonths of the fraternal year, thereare plenty of opportunities to in-crease your faith programs andachieve the Columbian Award.

As Lent will begin at the end ofthe month, you should make a sub-stantial effort to pray as a councilalong with your families and fellowparishioners – prayer is the bedrockof a good spiritual life.

The Faith in Action programsfrom Supreme, especially the HolyHour and Rosary programs, can helpyou here. Get with your pastor toimplement these programs. If yourparish already sponsors holy hoursor publicly says the rosary, encour-age everyone to attend, especiallyduring Lent.

Though, if you need suggestionsin getting a Lenten spiritual pro-gram together, contact our faith en-richment chair, Fr. Rick Jones.

On Sunday, February 16th, therewill be a pilgrimage in western Mis-souri, in Gower at the Benedictinesof Mary, Queen of the ApostlesMonastery. The pilgrimage will beset up as a retreat, an excellent wayto prepare for Lent.

Let pilgrimage chair Don Allenor Kansas City-St. Joseph diocesanchair Chris Bradfield know if youare interested in attending. This willbe an excellent opportunity to fulfillthe Spiritual Reflection requirementfor Star Council.

A great way to help your localparish or Catholic school is throughthe Msgr. Mancuso Catholic Edu-cation Grants. The March 1st dead-line is coming up, so encourageyour religious education program toapply. When you do so, be sure thatthe request for funds is for the reli-gious education of children frompre-K through high school.

The forms are on the state websiteand chairman Fr. Joe Weber canhelp you if you have questions.

Do not forget to send in yourdonations to the Missouri ReligiousVocations Fund, which helps ourdioceses promote the priesthood andreligious life among the young. Fi-nally, do continue to pray for thesuccess of your parishes, councils,families and for the Church.

Through the intercession of OurBlessed Mother and our founder,Fr. McGivney, we can indeed workto build up the Church in our com-munities.

STATE COMMUNITYDIRECTOR CHRIS TEEL

Welcome to Missouri’s KofC CommunityActivities Newsletter Section for February 2020. As we are off and running in 2020 alwaysremember your Community Activity Chair-men are available to you in helping your Coun-cils to participate in Programs that help ourbrother and sisters in need. The Community Team would like to high-

light the following Chairmen this month working hard here in Missouri for allof you.

Anthony “Tony” Battles, our Website Coordinator Chairman is yourcontact this year for our State Website. Tony will be your contact to updateinformation for District Deputies, Grand Knights, Financial Secretaries,Faithful Navigators, Faithful Controllers, etc. for the State. He will be gladto work with you if there is a glitch not allowing you to access information onthe State website. For questions please contact Tony at (636) 352-6600Email: webmaster@mokofc.org

Bob Hook, our Communications/Technology Chairman is again yourcontact for assisting with State and Council forms used to submit yourdonations and volunteer hours for State Programs through fillable reports.Bob will work to update these forms so that they are easily used by membersto document our State Programs. Children ages 9 – 14 can compete at theCouncil, District, Regional and State levels. Times, dates, and places will beposted on the State Council website. For questions please contact Bob at (636)677-2262 Email: technology@mokofc.org

Chris Nelms, our Publicity/Social Media Chairman is your contact thisyear to keep us all update Socially. Chris will be keeping the Missouri Knightsinformed through social media like Face Book. You can send him photos ofyour events to be posted and a short story that will inform others that arewatching the Knights on their electronic devices.

For questions please contact Chris at (314) 303-5365 Email:publicity.socialmedia@mokofc.org

I would like to say to All of my Brother Knights and Lady Auxiliarymembers I wish you a wonderful Lenten Season as we approach AshWednesday on February 26th. Remember that you are dust, and to dust youshall return. The Team members here with Community Activities are here toserve you. “One Community, Serving Our Family” God Bless

Amy and I hope all had a wonder-ful January and were able to attend

your District Deputy’s area meetings, through this cold weather. We are sure theywere able to provide some very informational material gathered at the Mid-Yearmeeting held in Branson by our Worthy State Deputy Bob Hawkins, State Direc-tors and State Chairmen, District Deputies, Grand Knights, Faithful Navigatorsand Auxiliary Presidents we would like to thank each of you for your great sup-port for each other. During our time as State Chairpersons we hear of the strongsupport from everyone that is thoughtfully given to do these wonderful services.These could not be accomplished without all of you working together and know-ing there is a greater purpose for us all. Please continue to do these awe-inspiringacts of Charity.

• Auxiliary Reports: End of Year Ladies Auxiliary Report, Due. NewsletterAward submittal, Lady of the Year submittal, all Due in March. We would like tohighlight an award especially for the K of C Councils, Ladies Auxiliaries here inMissouri. This would be the Outstanding Ladies Auxiliary/Assembly Award,fraternal year 2018-2019. Please see below the award guidelines for the LadyAuxiliaries.Missouri State Council Ladies Auxiliaries/Assemblies“Helping Knights, Help Others”

• Hot Pink Sheet mailed/postmark by June 1, 2018• RSVP and attend a Ladies Auxiliary Area Meeting• Participate in the Missouri Religious Information Bureau (R.I.B.) State

Program (Minimum $35 donation)• Participate in two Pro-Life Activities• Participate in the Drive for Persons with Developmental Disabilities• Participate in the Missouri Religious Vocations Fund (MRVF), (100%

participation, $0.50 per member)• Plus, two activities in each of the following five categories:• Church • Community • Auxiliary • Family • YouthThese activities are to be submitted on the End-of-the-Year Report due to the

State Auxiliary Chairpersons by March 15, 2019. Ladies there are no additionalsubmittals needed for the Ladies Auxiliary of the Year Award once the End-of-the-Year Report has been submitted.

Remember Knights and Ladies, we are here for you ALL, God Bless.

STATE LADIESAUXILIARY

CHAIRCOUPLERON & AMY

MATHIAS

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FAMILY LIFE DIRECTORPETER NICASTRO

Feb./Mar.Degree Schedule

I’ve been – and at the time I haveto submit this newsletter section –will attend a number of other Dis-trict meetings. The welcome I re-ceive everywhere has been fantas-tic, for which I’m very thankful.I’ve talked in these fora about twothings. First, I highlighted the op-portunity of our statewide familyevents for what they are, fun oppor-tunities for our members’ familiesto get together with other families toappreciate the fraternity that weshare with one another. Events likethe Royals or Cardinals game, thebarbecue contest, horseshoes,cornhole, softball, build bridgesacross our state and help us appreci-ate the diversity of approaches andexperiences that make up our Mis-souri Knights. There are winners,but that’s not really the point. Forthe Cardinal game, I even passedthe event details over to the FamilyDirector in Illinois, to be sharedwith southern Illinois Knights whomight be Cardinal, not Cub, fans.

Finally, I discussed how, whenleverage family events toward mem-bership and building our order, wemust make sure that our events arecentered on bringing families to-gether in our parishes and commu-nities. Whether we’re chalking ourlintels in recognition of theEpiphany, caroling or using thePosada to celebrate Advent, or in-viting families to come up to churchas part of the Good Friday FamilyPromotion and then creating a fam-ily-supporting environment inchurch, we’re telling families that

Monday, February 37:00 PM Salem

Fr. Clem Weiss Council #7501Wednesday, February 5

6:30 PM CameronSt. Munchins Council #11107:00 PM Montgomery City

Montgomery City Council #2044Saturday, February 810:30 AM WashingtonFr. Seisl Council #1121

Formation & Knighthood – 1:00 PMWashington – Fr. Seisl Council #1121

Sunday, February 91:00 PM Licking

St. Gabriel Council #12650Unified – 1:00 PM Ballwin

Marian Council #95226:00 PM Gladstone

Fr. Robert A Hager Council #7064Monday, February 10

6:30 PM SpringfieldImmaculate Conception Coun. #13681

7:00 PM CottlevilleFr. William Pezold Council #7198

Tuesday, February 116:30 PM Warson Woods

Ste. Genevieve du Bois Coun. #157757:00 PM Gerald

Fr. Jerry Jakle Council #94657:30 PM St. Louis

Santa Maria Council #2619Wednesday, February 12

6:00 PM WarsawJay Harris Council #86206:30 PM Jefferson City

Fr. Helias Council #1054Thursday, February 13

6:00 PM SmithvilleGood Shepherd Council #9272

6:15 PM Kansas CityHoly Family Council #14266

6:30 PM MonettMonett Council #1075

6:30 PM LeopoldSt. Isidore Council #5898

Sunday, February 162:00 PM Cuba

Msgr. C. J. Hornsey Council #8920Monday, February 17

7:00 PM St. CharlesHarvester Council #9625

7:00 PM Kansas CityArchBishop O’Hara Council #4387

Tuesday, February 187:00 PM Columbia

Newman Center Council #7231Thursday, February 20

7:00 PM O’FallonO’Fallon Council #2269Tuesday, February 25

6:45 PM Richmond HeightsArch. John L. May Council #11437

7:30 PM SilexMillwood Council #2009

Sunday, March 112:30 PM Marshfield

Holy Trinity Council #10844Monday, March 2

7:00 PM ChillicotheSt. Columban Council #1084

7:00 PM SalisburyPope Pius XII Council #4679

Thursday, March 57:00 PM Hermitage

Fr. Donald Powers Council #13786Saturday, March 7

Patriotism – 9:30 AM St. LouisSunday, March 8

1:00 PM St. CharlesSt. Charles Borromeo

Council #17106Monday, March 9

6:30 PM RollaSt. Patrick Council #26277:00 PM Rich Fountain

Fr. Robert J Arnold Council #106907:00 PM Parkville

Pope John Paul I Council #7199Tuesday, March 10

6:30 PM Warson WoodsSte. Genevieve du Bois

Council. #157757:00 PM Lee’s Summitt

Our Lady of the PresentationCouncil #6819

Wednesday, March 116:30 PM Jefferson City

Bishop McCauliffe Council #129927:00 PM Wentzville

St. Gianna Council #145617:00 PM Fulton

Precious Blood Council #4544Thursday, March 127:00 PM Shrewsbury

St. Michael the Archangel Council #16619

Friday, March 137:00 PM St. Louis

Bishop’s Council #10490Sunday, March 15

2:00 PM CubaMsgr. C. J. Hornsey Council #8920

6:00 PM GladstoneFr. Robert A Hager Council #7094

Tuesday, March 177:00 PM Shrewsbury

Webster Groves Council #21197:00 PM West Plains

St. Mary’s Council #9892Wednesday, March 18

7:00 PM BeltonPope John XXIII Council #5586

Sunday, March 2210:30 AM Bloomsdale

Bloomsdale Council #184810:30 AM Smithville

Good Shepherd Council #9272Formation & Knighthood

1:00 PM BloomsdaleBloomsdale Council #1848Formation & Knighthood

1:00 PM SmithvilleGood Shepherd Council #9272

Tuesday, March 247:00 PM Louisiana

St. Joseph Council #6473Wednesday, March 257:30 PM Mount Vernon

St. Sussanne Council #7516Thursday, March 267:30 PM Old Monroe

Old Monroe Council #10144Sunday, March 29

Unified – 1:00 PM St. JosephSt. Joseph Council #571

March continued

the church and the Knights are wel-coming to them. We need to maxi-mize the number of our events thatare family-welcoming – and whenwe market events that are men only,like a smoker or a poker night –we’re telling families who want tostay together, to stay home. FamilyFully Alive is a monthly templatethat Councils can use, and pick fromoutside the monthly schedule, asideas for a parish centered activity.

This last month we suddenly lostone of the Family Chairmen, RonStuppy. Ron was the State Activi-ties Chairman since 2013, but moreimportantly was one of the go-to-regional guys in southeast Missouri.His will be missed. I offer my deep-est condolences to Sue and Aaron,and the rest of the Stuppy family.

Sixty Knights families will watchthe Kansas City Mavericks takethe rink against the Idaho Steel-heads on Saturday, January 25, (af-ter press time,) at Silverstein EyeCenter Arena in Kansas City.

Of course, the Kansas City gamewill feature a sumptuous buffet pre-pared by Chuck Paquette and histeam, as well as a $5 donation to theSpecial Olympics Training Centerrepair fund. Box score from thegame – and a review of the tailgate-next month.

There is still time to register forour inaugural State Cornhole Tour-nament, February 7 – 9, hosted bySt. Joseph Council #6420 in ScottCity. Play will begin on Fridaynight for local teams, Saturday forCouncils further afield, and con-clude on Sunday as needed. Athrower must be Knight, wife, son,or daughter of a Knight to be eli-gible. Note that kids are also wel-comed: a family-friendly youth tour-nament for eligible members’ chil-dren, 14 & under, will parallel thatfor adults. Entry is $40 per two-person team, but free for the youthtournament participants.

Also upcoming is the State Bowl-ing Tournament, at O’Fallon andFrontier Lanes in O’Fallon, March

14 – 15. More information is avail-able on Facebook under the grouptitle, Missouri Knights of Colum-bus State Bowling Tournament.

Scholarship applications for the2020 – 2021 school year are alsonow available online. College-bound families, this is free money!We offer eleven, $1,500 one-yearscholarships in various categories,for seminary-, college-, and voca-tional education-bound students.The scholarship is for one year only.The deadline for applications is Feb-ruary 20. Judging will occur inMarch, with winner confirmed bythe time of Convention.

We did not have a NovemberSupreme Family of the Month con-test winner, due to an administrativeerror in New Haven. The prize forwinners is the same: a print of theHoly Family, accompanied by a con-gratulatory missive from the Su-preme Knight; but only one winnerwill be chosen from each state, eachmonth. The next deadline for theupdated Supreme Family of theMonth is February 15, while ournext state fraternal recognition pro-grams deadline is March 15. Onlinenomination form may be found onthe state website forms pages.

The February theme for FamilyFully Alive – hey, it’s the month forSt. Valentine’s Day – is the Sacra-ment of Marriage. The activity forthe month is to discuss with yourchildren, who need not be young,particularly, memories of your wed-ding day, why you are grateful foryour marriage, and how you seeChrist as present in your marriage.The kids might then share some-thing they appreciate about theirparents’ marriage, and you mightshare what you appreciated aboutyour parents’ marriages. Explodethe theme to your parish by askingyour pastor to offer the Affirmation(not the Renewal) of WeddingVows, still available on theinterwebs, over the St. Valentine’sDay weekend, and recognize themarriages of your parish families.

I want to thank everyone for their participation in the Roses for Life Weekendand for those of you that either went to Washington D.C. for the March for Lifeor participated locally here in Missouri in some manner or another. We hadanother great showing of support as we continue to keep the importance of thisissue in front of our legislatures. Hopefully you are all on the Missouri StateCouncil Facebook page and saw the many photos and stories about the impact ofthe March that were shared! Along with your Roses for Life distribution in January, we suggested including

a Novena for Life at the same time. If you had a chance to do this, we would be interested in how you did it andif it was successful. The more information we can get to enhance our programs, the better. Send your responsesto chairman Ed Spence at HYPERLINK “mailto:roses@mokofc.org” roses@mokofc.org. Having a Novena forLife is a requirement for your Councils Columbian Award under the Life Program from Supreme so make sureyou make plans to do this before the fraternal year is over.

On the Meet Life program side, we have just placed two new ultrasounds. One ultrasound has been placedin St. Joseph for an outreach to Cameron and a second one in Parkville as that center grows in numbers of womenvisiting. Parkland is working on replacing theirs which was placed at the beginning of our Meet Life Campaign.So far, funds from our endowment is helping significantly in placing ultrasounds but we still need everyone’s helpwith supporting Vitae, maintenance on ultrasounds, new ultrasounds and our grants. I just had a Knight ask me,what if every Knight in Missouri just gave $5 a year? Simply put, that would fund our budget each year! So pleaseconsider your Council doing a baby bottle campaign or a simple fundraiser for the Meet Life Campaign so wecan save lives. Personal donations to the Meet Life Phase II can be made online at: HYPERLINK “http://www.continuetogive.com/meetlifep2” www.continuetogive.com/meetlifep2. If you want a personal website foryour Council for donations, let me know and I will make you one.

I am pleased to announce that we are now at $1,125,928.67 on our $1.2 million pledge for the Special OlympicsTraining for Life Campus pledge that ends this year at the end of our fraternal year. So, we are at 94% of our goal!Please do everything you can to finish your Council pledge if you have one and if not, donate just $500 or moreif you can. The Training for Life Campus is not just about athletics. The campus focuses on the whole familywith health programs and even programs teaching parents about their babies in the womb who have been earlydiagnosed with intellectual disabilities. As soon as I get a report on the reconstruction progress, I will share itout to the District Deputies and in the next newsletter. I know we are all anxious to hear how it is going.

I know the athletes are! If you want to make a personal donation to the TLC, you can do it online at:HYPERLINK “http://www.continuetogive.com/trainingforlife” www.continuetogive.com/trainingforlife.

I sincerely hope that your Council turned in the Profile for Special Olympics form #4548 that was due January31st. If you have not, do so soon and hopefully it will be recorded. Our state gets credit for every form turnedin regardless of the support to Special Olympics. So, if you did not support this year, it is OK to place zeros onthe report and turn it in. We could get up to $8,000 if we are the highest jurisdiction turning in this report. I hope your Council has signed up for the Cornhole Tournament in Scott City on February 7, 8th & 9th! Proceedssupport the SOMO Training for Life Campus. Vivat Jesus!

STATE LIFE DIRECTOR MIKE TESMEROur Mission, Defending Life

The CHIEFS are going to the Super Bowl.Congratulations to you Chiefs fans out there.

The R.I.B sponsored programs are doingwell throughout the State according to thedioceses reports. All of our four Bishops arevery thankful for the support the Knights aregiving them.

The fall appeal went well and the springappeal letters will be coming out soon and

will include the option to donate online through the continue to giveprogram.

Just a reminder that all councils/ladies auxiliaries and assembliesthat meet their quota by the deadline will receive their award at theState convention in April.

As we get ready to start the month of February I ask that each of youmy brother Knights ask 1 person to join our order and ask 1 person thatis already a Knight to join you at your next council meeting.

Vivat Jesus

STATE RIB DIRECTOR BRIAN ZIEGLER