Official Newsletter of the Knights of Columbus of Missouri“Protecting, Saving Lives and Changing Lives” APRIL, 2017

Knights of Columbus

Charity ~ Unity ~ Fraternity ~ Patriotism

Newsletter

GENERAL PROGRAMDIRECTOR

DOUG KISSINGER

VOLUME 3, NO 10

MEMBERSHIP DIR.MIKE GRUDZINSKI

COMMUNITYACTIVITIES DIRECTOR

JOHN MAUTINO

I am looking forward to seeingeveryone at our State convention inJefferson City, April 21, 22, and 23.We will follow the same format as themost recent Conventions. Followingmass on Friday evening we will haveour programs on display in the hotelatrium. This is a great time to see the

programs up close and talk to the Chairmen and Directors. As I travelthe state and talk to Brother Knights there are always questions abouthow a certain program works. Friday evening in the Atrium is the timeto get your questions answered about the programs from the people thatadminister them. Take advantage of this opportunity.

I love the interaction between Knights and Ladies in the atrium asthey learn about all the great programs we run in the State of Missouri.We also recognize Council and Auxiliary achievements. It might berecognition for the great job your Council or Auxiliary is doing or youmay see the great job someone else is doing. This is your chance to findout what others are doing and ask questions.Saturday morning will feature the business sessions for both theKnights and Ladies. Then on Saturday afternoon we will feature aworkshop format that is open to everyone. We try to pick topics andhighlight programs that are of particular interest to the majority ofattendees.Workshop topics include:

• Ways Your Insurance Agent Can Help You and Your Council”• “YOUTH PROTECTION PROGRAM. KEEPING EVERY

YOUTH SAFE”• “An Exciting New Direction For The R.I.B. Program”• “The Importance Of Promoting Vocations In Your Parish”• “RECRUITING YOUNGER MEMBERS. HOW TO MAKE IT

HAPPEN”• “SHINE A LIGHT ON MEMBER MANAGEMENT. HOW TO

MAKE IT SIMPLE”• “Building The Domestic Church While Strengthening Our

Parish”• “INCORPORATING FAMILIES INTO YOUR COUNCILS

ACTIVITIES”• “HOW TO FILL OUT THE NEW SP-7 AND OTHER FORMS

THAT GIVE YOU PROBLEMS”• “MEMBERSHIP ESSENTIALS”• “Autograph Session With Special Olympics Athletes”.

We hope these topics will interest you and be informative. If you haveseveral attendees from your Council or Auxiliary, try to divide up andcover as many workshops as you can. This is your Convention.Saturday evening will feature the Convention Mass and Banquet. Atthe Banquet there will be special recognition for many outstandingachievements including our State Program Service Award winners.This is one of the highlights of the Fraternal year.

See you in Jefferson City.

RCIA Candidates / HS Gradu-ates / College Graduates – Now is thetime to be talking with male RCIAcandidates about joining the Knightsafter the join the Church. These men areexcited about our faith and are lookingfor an outlet to express their enthusi-asm, and the Knights are the outlet theyneed to express their enthusiasm in a

tangible way. Make sure you talk to all male RCIA sponsors as well,and ask them to join, if they are not already Knights.

Now is the also the time to ask those young men graduating fromhigh school to join the Knights. Many of them will be going off tocollege, so the time to get them in is now! Please remember collegegraduates as well. Many of them are now ready to settle down aftertheir time in college, and we can help them to either strengthen theirbonds to the Church, or if they may have fallen away from an activepractice of their faith, to get them back into the fold. Membership inthe Knights can often times be the catalyst which reignites a man’sinterest into actively participating in the Church.

Toward this end, the State Council has an Incentive in that we willbe selecting 20 new members who take their Admission Degree priorto June 15 and fall into any of the categories above – RCIA member(who joined the church this year) or HS or College Graduates (whograduated this year). Each winner, and his proposer, will receive $25.A form documenting this must also be submitted, and that form isavailable on the State Website www.mokofc.org under the “Forms”area. Or you may contact me at membershipdirector@mokofc.org andI will get you a copy.

For all Delegates and Attendees at our upcoming State Conven-tion, please stop by the Membership table in the Atrium on Fridayevening. Myself, and members of the Membership Team, would bevery happy to talk to you. Plus we will have copies of some Supremerecruitment brochures which you can take. We all want our councilsto succeed, and conducting service programs and being active recruit-ers are both crucial to a council’s short-term and long-term success.

Did You Know…In 2015-2016, Missouri Knights of Columbus• …gave out $11,000 in College Scholarships to students

across the state.• …hosted fun events for Knights and their families including

St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals baseball games, and aMissouri Mavericks Hockey game.

Additional State IncentiveCouncils:

Church Drive / Admission Degree Incentive• Through April 30, for every Admission Degree hosted by

a council which brings in at least one new member, that councilwill be entered into a drawing for $300. Four winners will bechosen at random. A Form 450 MUST be submitted in order to beeligible. Remember, you should have at least two AdmissionDegrees scheduled in conjunction with your Spring Church Drive.The more Admissions Degrees you hold, the better your chancesare for winning!

If you ever have membership questions, please contact yourDD, Regional Membership Chairman or any Membership Teammember. We are here to help!

We have not yet received FinalReports from all of the Councils. It’slooking like we will have anothergood year, but we need to have all ofthe Final Reports (and checks) inorder to know. Even if your Councildid not have a Drive this year, pleaselet us know. Contact your pleasecontact your Chairman, DaveBramman (East) or Roland Cretel,Jr. (West) with any questions or lastminute help in preparing the FinalReport, submitting the Drive pro-ceeds, or completing your Council’sTurnaround Funds Disbursementforms. If your Council didn’t’ have aDrive this year, these guys standready to help your Council preparefor a Drive for next year. Finally,please keep in mind that all fundsgenerated from the Drive must passthrough Columbian Charities. Thisis not only important from account-ing and legal perspectives, but it isalso critical in order to maintain theintegrity of this program.

All Councils should have re-ceived the appeal letters for AgapeHouse/Prison Concern, and theAmerican Wheelchair Mission.Please consider making a donationto these worthwhile programs. Pleaselet Life Services Chairman Matt Grayknow if your Council knows of any-one who needs a wheelchair. Thenext shipment should arrive thismonth, so we will be eager to getthem distributed to those in need.Also, if your Council has room tostore some wheelchairs, please letMatt or I know. We want to make itas easy as possible to get these dis-tributed. The SummerGames for Special Olympics-Mis-souri are scheduled for June 2 – 4thin Springfield. Please contact Chair-man Lou Holtmann about ways thatyou and your Council can help.

I hope to see many of you at theConvention later this month. Pleasestop by and see your CommunityActivities team in the foyer on Fri-day afternoon, in the workshops onSaturday, or in the hospitality room.We are eager to get feedback andhelp!

ReminderPlease AttendConventionWorkshops

We Look Forward To Seeing

Everyone At The

116th Annual State Convention

In Jefferson City on

April 21, 22, 23, 2017Santa and Mrs. Claus greeted over 150 Children at AscensionCouncil 11139 Parish Breakfast on 12/11 and took time for a pic-ture with the Ascension Knights and Ladies.

Salem Council #7501 annual Christmas breakfast with mem-bers of the community.

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COUNCIL ACTIVITIES DIR.MIKE TESMER

Inspiring, Honoring & Uniting

RESPECT LIFEACTIVITIES DIR.JERRY HERBERT

R. I. B. DIRECTORMIKE AUCHLY

YOUTH DIRECTORLUCAS VOLKMAN

Our 116th State Convention isright around the corner and I can vouchfor the State Officers and Directors thatwe are working hard to make this an-other great convention. We hope thatyou can gain some very valuable infor-mation at the convention to have a great

finish for your Council goals.Now is the time to make sure that you have notified Larry

Lackamp, Sympathy Card Chairman, of your deceased Brother Knightseither by submitting the form on the Missouri State Website or by theform in the program guide. This way your Brother Knight’s name canbe read at the Memorial Mass on Sunday morning of the Convention.The State Council does not get alerted when your Financial Secretarysends a form 100 into Supreme to notify them of his passing, so be sureto get the information to Larry. If you also want his name on theMemorial Board that will be displayed at the Convention and Statemeetings, be sure to send in a minimum donation of $25 to Larry or toBook Lawrence, Catholic Education Fund Chairman. The donationsto the Memorial Board help with the administration of the Fr. MancusoCatholic Education fund. Larry also makes sure the surviving familymembers receive a sympathy card from the State Deputy and StateChaplain.

If you have a member of your Ladies Auxiliary that has passed,please send her name to the Ladies Auxiliary couple Chris & LindaTeel so her name can be read at the Memorial Mass as well. Chris andLinda also send a sympathy card to the surviving family members. If you are going to the State Convention, I hope you have a chance tovisit the Council Activities tables we will have. Historian DavidKiesling will be displaying a few items of interest from our Statemuseum. Our Ladies Auxiliary Chair couple will be available toanswer any questions on starting a Ladies Auxiliary in your Council orto answer questions about your Auxiliary. Our State Athletics Chair-man Ennis Hinkebein will be available to give you information on allthe exciting sporting events coming up in 2017. State Activities/Eventchairman will have information on the BBQ contests, Clown Clubs andKnights on Bikes. Fr. McGivney Guild Chairman Francis Strope willhave information and materials about Venerable Fr. Michael J.McGivney and be able to sign you up for the guild if you are not amember.

Don’t forget to check out all of our Missouri State Council socialmedia sites. This is a great way for you to share your accomplishmentswith all of your Brother Knights in Missouri and social media is a greatway to recruit. The sites are: Facebook - www.facebook.com/MissouriKnightsOfColumbus, Twitter - www.twitter.com/mokofc andInstagram - www.instagram.com/mokofc.

Hope to see you at the State Convention!Vivat Jesus!

I hope that all of you reading

this newsletter are having a

blessed Lent. One of the thingsthat we do during Lent is reflect

on our lives and how we can be

better Catholics. As leaders withinthe Knights of Columbus, we have

been entrusted with awesome re-

sponsibilities as the caretakers ofour positions to improve on what

we inherited. All of us must look

at ways to better our councils anduse our efforts within the Knights

to bolster Holy Mother Church.

Our state youth team is doing justthat, and we encourage all of you

to do the same on the council or

district level.In the upcoming April issue

of the Mariner there will be a list

of the winners of both the stateposter and free throw competi-

tions. Please read my article to

see more about those activities.Owing to the publication dead-

line, the list of state scholarship

winners will not be published inthe Mariner. Before listing the

winners, I would like to thank

chairman Mike Deamos and histeam for going through the appli-

cations. We received a large num-

ber and several difficult decisionshad to be made as many of the

applicants were well-deserving

of the honor. Here are the win-ners:

It’s hard to believe we are in theheart of the Lenten season. Easter is justaround the corner. Our hope for all is thatyou are having a meaningful Lenten sea-son. For me Lent is the time to focus onwhat can make me a better person. Howcan I make a difference in someone’s life.

We normally give something we love up for Lent. The idea is to donatethe cost of what we gave up to charity. Why not give to Meet Life! Notonly will you be helping to support the elimination of abortion. But youjust may save the life of an infant who would have not had a chancewithout our program.

April is also time for our annual State Convention in Jefferson Cityon the 21st, 22nd and 23rd. As always on Friday evening the Atriumof the Capital Plaza Hotel will be buzzing with exhibits of our programsthe Knights support. Respect Life is no different, our team will againbe there to answer your questions, discuss ways your council orauxiliary can help in the Culture of Life. We may have reached ourfinancial goal, but we are a long way off from ending abortions.

The end of this fraternal year is right around the corner. We arealready moving into the next phase of the Meet Life program. Over thenext several years our goal is raising enough funds to allow Meet Lifeto be self-supporting. We have already received a significant startingdonation to begin the fund. The rest is up to us. While you are at theState Convention, take a moment to talk to our Insurance Agents onhow easy it is to leave a portion of your death benefit for the Meet Lifeendowment.

Because it is Lent, and for me prayer is one of the most powerfultools as Catholics and Knights we have. I would like to post ourPRAYER TO END ABORTION Lord God, I thank you today for thegift of my life, And for the lives of all my brothers and sisters. I knowthere is nothing that destroys more life than abortion, yet I rejoice thatyou have conquered death by the Resurrection of Your Son. I am readyto do my part in ending abortion. Today I commit myself never to besilent, never to be passive, and never to be forgetful of the unborn. Icommit myself to be active in the pro-life movement and never to stopdefending life. Until all my brothers and sisters are protected, and ournation once again becomes a nation with liberty and justice not just forsome, but for all. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

See you all at Convention!

Happy Springtime and HappyEaster to everyone! How nice it isto get outside and enjoy the warmweather while possibly doing somework around the house or yard.This is a busy time of the year,even for the Knights of Colum-bus. Our Spring Appeal Letterwritten by Fr. Ron Hoye has beensent and if you don’t already haveit you will be receiving it shortly.Fr. Hoye has done a great job inexplaining in simple terms the re-lationship between your contribu-tions to the Religious InformationBureau (R.I.B.) and how thosefunds are used to support theCatholic Home Study as they pro-vide the study materials and booksto those seeking more informationabout our Catholic Faith.It is through your generous, taxdeductible, contributions to theR.I.B. that we are able to providethe funding which provides theVeritas Series pamphlets fromSupreme free of charge to yourCouncil or Ladies Auxiliary.These funds also make it possiblefor Catholic Home Study to offertheir series of 9 books and studyquestions free of charge to anyonewishing to take the courses. Yourcontributions are also used to ad-vertise the availability of these

books via magazines, newspapersand multiple on-line advertisingmediums. Please take the time toconsider making a donation toR.I.B. via the Spring Appeal Let-ter using the self-addressed enve-lope that was provided with Fr.Hoye’s letter.

April is also the time of yearthat we gather annually for ourMissouri State Convention. Forthose Councils and Auxiliaries thatsubmitted their contributions at orabove their 100% or 125% levelsprior to the March 31 deadlinewill be able to pick up their Circleof Honor Commemorative Cer-tificate of Recognition. GrandKnights whose councils have at-tained 125% of their quota will behonored with the R.I.B. ApostolateCross pin as well. Please remem-ber that your Council or Auxiliaryhas until the end of the fraternalyear (June 30th) to reach it quota.The Circle of Honor designationis a way to recognize those whohave met their goal early. Even ifyou do not receive the Circle ofHonor you can still reach yourquota and earn recognition for yourCouncil or Auxiliaries hard work.

We are busy this month tally-ing up the contributions and pre-paring certificates and plates foryou to pick up at the State Con-vention so please take the time tostop by and see us on Friday nightin the atrium. We will have yourcertificates and pins along withother material and information youcan take back to your Councils.Eric, Fr. Hoye and myself lookforward to seeing you at the end ofthe month and wish you a BlessedEaster. As always, Remember toCelebrate Everything!

AprilDegree

Schedule

Formation and Knighthood DegreesApril 2 – Tipton - Tipton Council #1360

April 30 – Moberly - Monsignor John C. Mahoney Council #995April 30 – Chesterfield - Incarnate Word Council #9981

Admission Degrees:April 2 – Tipton - Tipton Council #1360

April 4 – Chesterfield - Ascension Council #11139April 5 – Cameron - St. Munchin’s Council #1110April 5 – Farmington - St. Joseph Council #12332

April 6 – New Haven - Pope John Paul I Council #7475April 8 – Hermitage - Father Donald Powers Council #13786

April 11 – Dardenne Prairie - Dardenne Council #2273April 11 – Arnold - Pope John XXIII Council #6018

April 12 – Maryville - Maryville Council #1339April 12 – Valley Park - Sacred Heart Council #8887

April 12 – Imperial - Pope John Paul II Council #13762April 12 – Blue Springs - St. Robert Bellarmine Council #14745

April 13 – Kansas City - Holy Family Council #14266April 17 – Kansas City - Archbishop O’Hara Council #4387

April 17 – Warrensburg - Jubilee Council #12631April 18 – Columbia - Newman Center Council #7231

April 18 – New Melle - Fr. Wenceslaus Klaric Council #11656April 19 – Lexington - Bishop Lillis Council #4300

April 20 – Park Hills - Fr. Ambrose Stratman Council #11882April 24 – Springfield - St. Agnes Cathedral Council #13682

April 25 – Wentzville - St. Patrick’s Council #10154April 30 – Moberly - Msgr. John Mahoney Council #995

Finally, thank you for all thatyou do for the youth in our par-

ishes and communities.

I look forward to seeing asmany of you as possible at the

state convention later this month.

Luke E HartMaria L. Calvert 5898 St.

Isidore Leopold, Mo.Michael K. Haynes 7231

Newman Center Columbia, Mo.Briley K. Vessell 1037 Ste.

Genevieve, Mo.Anna R. Massman 1171

Westphalia, Mo.Missouri State

Anna M. Starke 2027 BonnotsMill, Mo

Meaghan F. McConkey 1339Maryville, Mo.

William L. Grant 1893 Gen-eral Shields Carrollton, Mo.

VocationMitchell C. Baer 2440 St.

Paul’s Fenton, Mo.Benjamin K. Roth 1037 Ste.

Genevieve, Mo.Technical

Zachary D. Hampton 1061Boonville, Mo.

FAMILY LIFE DIRECTORPETER NICASTRO

LADIES AUXILIARYCHAIRCOUPLE

CHRIS AND LINDA TEEL

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CHURCH ACTIVITIES DIR.ROCKY GAMBON

It’s spring! For spring breakthis year, Ellen and I took ourtwins to Kansas City, where wevisited some family and friends,splashed at the pool, saw ourBrother Knights in Kansas City’sSt. Patrick’s Day Parade, and tookthem to Kansas City’s World WarI Museum. Of course the story weknow of the First World War wasof the KofC huts, where everyonewas welcome, and everythingfree. We were a little nervous,seven year olds in a museum aboutthe Great War, but the kids werereally engaged by how the warstarted and what drew the UnitedStates into the fight, and we andthey walked away, after we closedthe museum three hours later, witha greater understanding of whattrench warfare was really like forthe soldiers a century ago. Thosesoldiers, sailors and marines weretrue patriots!

I mention the museum, thehuts, and our family because sum-mer is coming, and now is the time

for your Council to plan summerevents that engage not just themen, but also the families who areyour Council members, and yourCouncil’s potential members.Every month, your Council canleverage the Building the Domes-tic Church programs, or designyour own programs, to do some-thing that invites your parish’sfamilies to have fun while per-forming service or building theirown faith in fraternity and fellow-ship with other families and yourBrother Knights. Family men andtheir spouses who are comfortablewith the Knights, our programs,and how membership benefits theirfamilies will be more receptive toan invitation to join our number.When you find a member, or afamily, or a young member ofyour community, worthy of rec-ognition, please tell us all aboutthem in a Family, Knight, or Youthof the Month nomination. We stillonly receive a few nominationsevery second month. Shortly,we’ll be selecting a Family and aYouth of the Year from among themonthly contest winners. Whileany submitted after this newslet-ter will be considered for the pe-riod ending May 31, new winnersare eligible for the annual awardfor next year’s convention. Also,submit a family in your Council tothe Supreme Family of the Monthdrawing, which is not a contest buta random draw where winners re-ceive an elegant Holy Family im-

age from the Supreme Knight.We’ve planned two events for youto join in that fellowship with thebody of larger Knights families.Coming up soon, on June 4, adelicious tailgate outsideKauffman Stadium will precedethe face-off between the Royalsand the Cleveland Indians. Thetailgate will start at 10 am – plentyof time to enjoy fellowship withKnights families – and first pitchis 1:15 pm. Contact Dave Dillonwith your order for one of only250 tickets available for this game,at $36 apiece, including the ticketprice, tailgate, and a $5 donationto Special Olympics. We’ll beseated in sections 403 – 407, onthe third base side.

There’s no space for a tail-gate in St. Louis, but we hope toagain be able to offer some pre-game event away from the sta-dium for families to gather prior tothe September 30 Cardinal gameagainst the Milwaukee Brewers.We’ll be seated in a great space,the shaded left field porch, adja-cent to the luxury boxes and be-low Big Mac Land, and its ScottRolen Bobblehead Day on thepenultimate day of the regular sea-son. First pitch is 3:15 pm firstpitch, at Busch Stadium in St.Louis. 150 tickets are availablefor this game, at only $25 apieceand a $5 donation to the Knightsof Columbus Developmental Cen-ter. Contact me, Peter Nicastro,with your ticket order.

Hello Brother Knights and Lady Aux-iliary Members,

Linda and I have great news for activi-ties at this year’s State Convention for theLadies. On Saturday come and hear from“The Girls”, this speaker will explain howyoung ladies are turning their lives around and have an opportunity topurchase handmade jewelry. On Sunday morning, we will be sewingpillow cases for a wonderful group called Ryan’s Cases for Smiles. Thisorganization is dedicated to helping sick children cope with their illness ina more positive way, cheerful pillow cases. We look forward to seeing youall there and for your help!!

Auxiliary Presidents please continue to submit your Auxiliary YearEnd, Outstanding Lady and Newsletter reports for your groups, these arevery important for our State records. We are approaching the final deadlinefor your Auxiliary to receive credit and be eligible for awards at the StateConvention please mail or e-mail those reports to Linda and I(auxiliary@mokofc.org).

2 Month Planner & Events:• Knights of Columbus State Convention: April 21st to 23rd in

Jefferson City, MO.• Family Activities: Family of the Month, submit applications by the

15th of each month. See P34 in Program Manual.• Council Activities: Mariner Articles due by May 5, 2017. See P23

in Program Manual. Please submit to your District Deputy.• Auxiliary Reports:End of Year Ladies Auxiliary Report, Due

March 15, 2017, Newsletter Award submittal, Due March 15, 2017, Ladyof the Year submittal, Due March 31, 2017

• Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention: August 1st to 3rd inSt. Louis, MO.

We would like to highlight the volunteer hours the wonderful Mis-souri State Council Ladies Auxiliaries have participated in this fraternalyear. Please keep in mind that not all of the auxiliaries have submitted theirreports when the April Newsletter was published. Thank You All and whata great dedication the Ladies show here in Missouri!!

Volunteer Hours:Community Activities 51,443Council Activities 23,887Auxiliary Programs 40,407Church Activities 45,169Youth Programs 10,841

171,747 HOURSReactivated Auxiliary:St. Francois Council #1088 Ladies Auxiliary in Bonne Terre, MO. has

been reactivated and working with the Knights, parish and community.Thank you to Mike Bone DD#43, Grand Knight James McGrath, AuxiliaryPresident Jeanette McGrath and the wonderful Ladies at Council #1088that are there working hard to get this Auxiliary back on its feet. Good LuckLadies!!!

Missouri State Council Ladies Auxiliaries“Helping Knights, Help Others”

Knights and Ladies, Linda and I are excited to see you all at the StateConvention in April. Everyone please be safe and enjoy this Lenten season.

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

I must say that April is one ofmy favorite months. April is aclear sign that we have let go ofwinter and everything begins toturn green again. Most often, Eas-ter tends to fall in the month ofApril and this year is no excep-tion. From the memories of thesacrifice of Jesus brought forth inthe Friday Stations of the Crossto Easter Sunday when Jesus risesonce more, April can be an espe-cially spiritually uplifting month.With that in mind, I want to leteveryone know of plans for theupcoming State Convention inJefferson City. On Saturday, April22nd, State Chaplain Fr. RickJones will conduct a Rosary start-ing at 7:30am.

Following the Rosary, Fr.Jones will place the Blessed Sac-rament in the prayer chapel forAdoration. All Knights, theirwives and family members areinvited to come and spend sometime in silent prayer with the

Blessed Sacrament. The chapel islocated near the south end of theCapital Plaza. Exposition willcontinue until 4:00pm. I hope youtake some time to come be withthe Lord to pray, reflect, and ap-preciate all he has done for you.

I want to thank everyone thatpassed on the word to your SOR orParish School of Religion to applyfor a $500 or $1,000 Msgr.Mancuso Catholic EducationGrant. This year we had anotherrecord turnout of applications. Thecommittee will be hard at workgoing through these applicationsand qualifying the amounts re-quested. The list of grant recipi-ents will be available at the StateConvention and monies distrib-uted hopefully shortly after.

While numbers are not yetavailable, I would like to thankevery single council for their will-ingness to support seminarians andpostulates throughout the statewith the Refund Support Voca-tions Program (RSVP). I’ve beentold that Missouri often rankspretty high on the list for RSVPsupport and I personally thank youfor an outstanding job. I know thatmany of you are supporting semi-narians or postulates and I thinkthis number will even be higherthis fraternal year. The refundamount from Supreme was over$20,000 and wouldn’t it have beengreat if this amount would havebeen donated to our own state pro-

gram, the Missouri Religious Vo-cation Fund?

And speaking of the MissouriReligious Vocation Fund(MRVF), your appeal letter shouldnow be in the hands of your GrandKnight, Ladies Auxiliary Presi-dent and Faithful Navigator.

If you did not get your appealletter, please let me know atchurchdirector@mokofc.org andI will get one to you. ChairmanJoe Stoverink has been personallycontacting all of the Grand Knightsafter the appeal letters were sentout throughout the year. Joe hasreported that there is still somemisconception that a donation tothe RSVP Supreme program quali-fies for a donation to the MRVF.

This is not the case. TheMRVF is a separate State Pro-gram to help fund future voca-tions by sending donations equallyto each of our four Dioceses.Please prayerfully consider eithersending in the $.50 per membergoal or by making a larger com-mitment to vocations by sendingin $1.00 per member. Your dona-tion can be sent to Joe Stoverink at2341 Burns Avenue, Overland MO63113.

Once again, I thank all of youfor your hard work and dedicationto the church. Without you, theKnights of Columbus could notdo the great work that they do.Thank you so much and may Godbless each of you.

2016 State Bowling ResultsTeam Event Men

1st place – Leopold Council #5898 – Score - 3331; 2nd place – Fredericktown#1 Council #1321 – Score - 3094; 3rd place – O’Fallon #1 Council #2269 –Score – 3037; 4th place – 4 Hinks’ and the Beav Council #6405 – Score –30335th place – Bishop Timon #1 Council #6405 – Score – 2996

Team Event Ladies1st place – Fredericktown #1 Council #1321 – Score – 2898; 2nd place

– Bishop Timon #3 Council #6405 – Score – 2750; 3rd place – 4 Hinks’ andthe Beavette Council #6405 – Score – 2618; 4th place – Fredericktown #3Council #1321 – Score – 2535; 5th place – Fredericktown #2 Council #1321– Score – 2527

Singles Event Men1st place – Shaun Mell - Council #1321 – Score – 719; 2nd place – Trace

Gardner – Council #2269 – Score – 717; 3rd place – Terry Scholl – Council#6405 – Score – 676; 4th place – Don Mays – Council #1321 – Score – 665;5th place – Bob DeBroeck – Council #2269 – Score – 657

Singles Event Ladies1st place – Amy Allgier – Council #1321 – Score – 701; 2nd place –

Kendra Allgier – Council #1321 – Score – 626; 3rd place – Nan Allgier –Council #1321 – Score – 595; 4th place – Alyssa Brown – Council #1321 –Score – 520; 5th place – Kathy Allgier – Council #1321 – Score – 516

Doubles Event Men1st place – Kevin Hudnut – Trace Gardner- Council #2269 – Score –

1477; 2nd place – Rusty Allgier – Joey Allgier – Council #1321 – Score –1339; 3rd place – Don Mays – Dave Ward – Council #1321 – Score – 1338;4th place – Loy “Beaver” Shrum – Terry Scholl – Council #6405 – Score –1269; 5th place – Ryan Allgier – Ray Allgier – Council #1321 – Score – 1259

Doubles Event Ladies1st place – Kendra Allgier – Amy Allgier – Council #1321 – Score –

1294; 2nd place – Miriah Allgier – Nan Allgier – Council #1321 – Score –1132; 3rd place – Kathy Allgier – Betsy Mell – Council #1321 – Score -1059;4th place – Alyssa Bown – Lisa Allgier – Council #1321 – Score – 997; 5thplace – Lisa Allgier – Brenda Allgier – Council #1321 – Score - 937

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Hail MarysFor The EndOf Abortion

For more informationwww.fathermcgivney.org

orFrancis Strope at 573-694-6575

FR. MICHAEL J.MCGIVNEY GUILD