District Deputy Message (Posted Aug 29) Worthy Grand Knights and Faithful Navigators:
REGIONAL/MULTI-DISTRICT TRAINING. The Virginia State Council will conduct a short training session from 9:00am – 12:00 noon on 11 September at Father Nudd Council 7369, Chantilly. This training will supplement that presented at the Pre-Organizational Meeting and the Organizational Meeting. General Question and Answer sessions and small group opportunities will be offered in addition to seminar-type presentations including Membership, Programs, Administration (forms/reports, ceremonials/meetings, etc.), and concurrent training for Financial Secretaries. Council members, committee chairs and other officers that do not normally attend State meetings may also attend to enhance their development as future leaders in the Order. All councils are strongly encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity; especially those council officers who were unable to attend the prior sessions due to scheduling conflicts.
VIRGINIA STATE COUNCIL MEETING. The Virginia State Council Meeting will be held at St. Edward’s in Richmond on October, 2, 2010. This is also the Annual VKCCI Meeting during which elections will be conducted. All Grand Knight and Past Grand Knight Delegates are expected to attend. (Ensure you VSS-4s are current.). There will be Membership and a Financial Secretary Breakout Sessions in the morning. A breakout session will also be held to continue training from the Multidistrict training sessions on the Supreme’s Membership Management System,. A Ceremonials Breakout session will be held in the afternoon. Degree Team Captains and Members will benefit from the opportunity to meet with the State Ceremonials Chairman during this session. Upcoming degree competition will be discussed. Encourage your Membership Chairman, Recruitment and Retention Chairmen, Financial Secretary and Degree Captains to attend.
MEMBERSHIP PLANNING. The State Deputy requires that you develop a Council Membership Plan. DW Frank Guest has forwarded to you a Template and REMINDERS to complete your plan and forward to us as soon as possible. We need your plans before the State Meeting in October.
FOOTBALL SWEEPSTAKES. The 2010 Football Sweepstakes check, ticket stubs, unused tickets, etc. must be returned to the Football Sweepstakes Chairman not later than October 2, 2010. The funds generated by the sweepstakes will be used to offset the rising costs of operations within the State organization. Keep $2.00 from each ticket sold for your Council.
SOCCER CHALLENGE. The District championship will be held on Saturday, October 23 at Saint Mary of Sorrows. The field is located at the corner of Zion and Sideburn Roads in Fairfax, just down the street from Robinson Secondary School. Council events are being held at St. Bernadette’s on 11 September, St. Mary’s on 03 October and Holy Spirit on 16 October. Other council may join one of these events for their council competition. The State championship is scheduled for November 6 in Virginia Beach.
FAMILY OF THE MONTH. FOM (August) is due not later than September 15th! Remember that your submission must be sent to the Supreme Office in order to meet the requirement. If filed on the Supreme website with correct e-mails, a copy of the form will be forwarded automatically to the District Deputy and the State Council General Programs Director. Your council has worked hard. Your Knights and Families deserve to be recognized! FORMS R' US - Always send a copy of all reports to the DD for our information and in case a report is "lost" or ends up "missing" in the process of submitting reports to a State Officer, Supreme Office, etc. An electronic version, e-mail, or "snail mail" will do.
COMMUNICATIONS. Ensure that both DW Frank Guest and myself are on your council e-mail list for receipt of your council newsletters. This will keep us informed of your council activities and recognition of members. E-mail addresses: Johnny D. Restivo dd_14VA@verizon.net and Frank Guest III fbguest@aol.com. Some of your website are well out of date and unusable for obtaining current information. Update your WebPages with current officer and contact information. Ensure your district web links are to the new D14 website at www.kofc8600.org/dd14. REMINDER. Go to the State Council website to get the latest State Council newsletter.
DISTRICT NOMINATOR. According to the Virginia State By-Laws Article VIII, the selection of the District Nominator should occur in the first few months of the Fraternal year and be reported to the State Deputy by 1 November of each year. Accordingly, all councils should nominate a candidate for District Nominator not later than your 1st Business Meeting of October 2010. We will elect a District Nominator and Alternate during a short district meeting in October. More details will be provided in separate correspondence.
DEGREES. The following Degrees are schedule in the District/Local Area: 14 September 1st Degree St. Mary of Sorrows Council 8600 Old St. Mary's Hall 8:00pm 21 September 1st Degree Holy Spirit Council 11922, Holy Spirit School Rm 1, 7:30pm 22 September 2nd Degree Fr. Sikora Council 7992, holy Spirit Scholl Rm 2 , 8:00pm 25 September 3rd Degree, D13, Mt. Vernon Council 5998, Council Hall, Alexandria 11:15am
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Johnny D. Restivo
District Deputy Message (Posted Aug 8) Worthy Grand Knights and Faithful Navigators:
As announced at the State Council Organizational Meeting, our annual Kings Dominion Family Fun Day will be held this year on Saturday, October 9th.
The flyer for this event can be found on the State Council website by following this link:
http://www.vakofc.org/userimages/KingsDominion.pdf
The ticket price is only $25 per person, which is well below the going rate for admission to the park. In addition, this is a fundraiser for Virginia Knights of Columbus Charities, Inc. (VKCCI) in that VKCCI will receive $1.00 from the purchase price of each ticket. Remember that every dollar we receive goes to help someone who is in need of our financial assistance.
Since we partner with the Verizon Telephone Pioneers on this event, checks should be made payable to Telecom Pioneers and mailed to:
Verizon Telecom Pioneers 1028 Manchester Avenue Norfolk, VA 23508
We ask that you please circulate this e-mail to all of your members and also include the flyer in your Council and Assembly newsletters. This event is not restricted to Knights and their families, so please encourage your members to invite their friends, neighbors and co-workers to join us as well. Maybe your Pastor will also allow you to post it, but please check with him before doing so. A black and white copy of the flyer is attached to this e-mail for this purpose.
I hope to see as many of you as possible at Kings Dominion on October 9th.
As always, thanks for your ongoing support of VKCCI.
Fraternally, Richie Head VKCCI, Vice President Fund Raising
District Deputy Message (Posted Jul 28) Worthy Grand Knights,
State Deputy Bill McCarthy has kicked off a program to reinforce our belief that Charity is the heart of everything we do. The issues of Life, Marriage and the Family need to be a major focus for all Knights. The Virginia State Council has inaugurated a program to urge Knights, their families, parishes and other groups in their communities to pledge one million Rosaries for Life, Marriage and the Family. He reminds Councils to say the Rosary each time they meet --- what a tremendous impression that gives our Blessed Mother.
Brother Rick Dowsett, FDD, outlined the pledge program at the State Organizational meeting. This information is also available on the State website at http://www.vakofc.org/page.asp?id=40. Visit the state website and enter the total monthly rosaries pledged to Our Lady. Your pledge target is shown on the input form; this is approximately 12% of the council saying the rosary daily. The new, revised pledge cards are available on the website.
Please direct questions on the pledge program to rosarypledgeprogram@vakofc.org.
Fraternally, Jim James Green, FDD Virginia State Council Communications Director Pray the Rosary
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