The month of June marks the final month of our fraternal year; the final month to accomplish the goals we have set as a state, as a council or personally-whether it be as a State Officer, State Director or Chairman, District Deputy or Grand Knight.
Has your Council or District achieved your membership objectives? Have you reached Star Council or Star District status? If the answer is “yes”, then congratulations and a heartfelt thanks are in order to you and your membership. If, however, the answer is no and you still need additional members to attain Star Council or Star District, then you still have a month to “beat the bushes” and reactivate those former members, recruit those graduating seniors, RCIA candidates or those men you have been meaning to ask and encourage to join, but just haven’t taken the time to do it.
Tom Trieb
Council #1832 - Manhattan
Ralph & Judy Lundin Family
Council # 657 - St. Mary’s
Leon & Rita Schroeder Family
Council # 1645 - Tipton
Glenn & Cindy Ziegler Family
Council # 4113 - WaKeeney
As we near the end of this fraternal year and the start of a new one we must complete the necessary paperwork to ensure a smooth transition from one year to the next. The “Surge with Service” kit contains the report forms booklet with everything you need to submit the forms to the Supreme Council. If you prefer to submit the forms electronically, please visit the Supreme website at http://www.kofc.org. Click on “For Officers,” then on “Forms,” and finally on “Council.” To get there even faster, bookmark the following link in your favorite browser: http://kofc.org/un/eb/en/officers/forms/council.html. Finally, the Supreme forms can be accessed through the state website at http://www.kansas-kofc.org by clicking on “Forms” in the menu on the left, then choosing “Supreme.”
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The results are in for Membership Madness!! Kansas was victorious over Minnesota in the month of May and we are the overall winner in the Fraternity Bracket. Kansas--149 Minnesota--127. This has brought us the $1000 prize to use in our membership program next year, but more importantly, this contest has shown that Kansas has a group of men that work together through teamwork and that Columbianism is alive and well in Kansas. You men were called upon to respond to the challenge at hand and you have done a tremendous job!! My hat’s off to each and every one of you!
Congratulations also to the Super District Deputies and the Runner Up Super District Deputies. The brackets and final results can be seen by clicking on the links below.
Now that Membership Madness is behind us, we must move on to the next challenge at hand. Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI issued a challenge to the faithful in his U.S. Papal Visit to: “Follow Me, Help Us Build Up The Church”. Our Knights of Columbus members in Kansas have responded well and we still have one more month left in this fraternal year. We have received reports of many first degrees scheduled across Kansas during this month of June. There are major degrees (all include 1st degrees) in Wichita (St. Pats) and Hays (St. Marys) this Sunday, June 7th. There is another major degree in Leawood (Cure of Ars) on June 14th. Let’s work hard to make all these degrees very successful, finish this year strong and strengthen and enlarge our Band of Brothers so we can answer the challenges our Lord will set out before us in the coming year.
Thanks again for being part of a tremendous effort and may God continue to bless you all and the great work you do through the Knights of Columbus.
Vivat Jesus.
Francis Drouhard
State Deputy
Final Results
Round 3 Bracket
Round 2 Bracket
Round 1 Bracket
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