*FROM OUR GRAND KNIGHT*

My Brother Knights:

The new fraternal year is upon us. I would like to thank all the officers who were able to attend our officer’s installation. Our Worthy District Deputy Thomas Ketchum with the assistance of Fr. Tom Brown conducted the impressive ceremony. Before the Mass, we gathered together as a family and prayed the Rosary. As parishioners from Sacred Heart filed in for Mass, they joined in and recited the decades along with us.

The annual picnic and golf outing will be coming up on August 9th. I hope to see many of you there. The picnic has grown quite a bit since our first one and we would like to see all our members attend. The Knights of Columbus is a family organization, it would be a shame to deprive you and your family the opportunity to get to know your Brother Knights and there families better. The Council will be supplying the meat. You will need to bring a dish to pass and your table setting. We will be contacting you to find out how many will be attending. The Golf outing will start promptly at 9:00 AM at Fairway Farms with the Picnic starting at 1:00 PM at McGraft Park.

Sacred Heart Parish will host their Block Party on August 17th. If you haven’t had the time to participate in one of our events recently this will be a fun and easy project to participate in. We will need help in running the rosary and information booth, making popcorn and helping with the Tootsie Roll train.

We will also be getting prepared for the first Membership Blitz of this fraternal year. I plan to make membership a priority this year. We need to continue to bring in new members in order to continue to meet the needs of the parishes we serve, we need to get more participation from current members and we need to focus on programs that will give us incentive to remain active as members.

I will be personally involved in contacting members with regard to some observations I have made. I believe that the best leaders listen to their men. If there is anything that is bothering you about our council, or perhaps you may have some input on how to better our effectiveness as a council, please feel free to contact me. I have made many new friendships and that is free to all of our members but you have to show up and suit up to reap these benefits. Remember Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism are not just words; they are the ideals that we strive for in the order.

Yours in Christ,
Garret A. Kelenske
Grand Knight

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