STATE PRAYER
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
Our Lady of Guadalupe,
mystical rose,
Intercede for the
Church,
Protect the Holy Father,
Help all who invoke you
in their necessities.
Since you are the ever
Virgin Mary
And Mother of the true
God,
Obtain for us from your
most Holy Son
The grace of a firm and
a sure hope
Amid the bitterness of
life,
As well as an ardent
love
And the precious gift
Of final perseverance.
AMEN.
STATE DEPUTY'S MESSAGE
My brothers all,
I am reminded of the theme of
this year’s Supreme Convention, “I Am My Brother’s Keeper “. This was such a powerful theme that Cardinal
Justin Rigali, the Archbishop of Philadelphia, tailored his homily around it
during the convention Mass where he was the main celebrant and the
Philadelphia Archdiocese’s newspaper, The Catholic Standard and Times,
reprinted the homily in its entirety a week
or two later.
When you think about it, this
theme falls right in line with the four principals of our Order.
· Patriotism –When our Fourth Degree Sir Knights and our
councils work with and visit our veterans that are confined to a military
hospital or home and run programs to support them. We are in essence being our Brother’s keeper.
· Fraternity – When we conduct our affairs whereby we are
taking care of one another and supporting the widows and children of our fellow
brother Knights. We are in essence
being our Brother’s keeper.
· Unity – When we work with unity of purpose and
direction in all we do to protect the unborn, the culture of life and to defend
our Church. We are in essence being our
Brother’s keeper.
· Charity – The first and most likely the most important and
gratifying principal of our great Order.
When we reach out and help those that are less fortunate than ourselves
we are truly being our brother’s keeper as we live out the dream and purpose of
Fr. McGivney’s founding of the Knights of Columbus.
However, just because we have a
vast track record of accomplishments, we need not sit back on our laurels and
rest. Cardinal Rigali, during his homily,
acknowledged these accomplishments, but rightfully charged us to do more, to
get more involved in our Church and our communities and to reach out to those
less fortunate. But how do we do this,
it’s not easy ,it means more work, more hours spent away from our families and
many of our Councils are already stretched thin.
There is only one way that we can
live the dream of Fr. McGivney and continue to run and add programs to better
help our fellow man and that it is to grow our great Order. Take a minute to think about it, if each
council in Pennsylvania were to grow its membership by 10 members during this
fraternal year, that’s less than one member a month, we would increase our
membership by well over 5000 members, allowing us to more easily spread the
work load and to better serve our Church and community.
The October Membership Blitz will
very shortly be upon us; please do all you can to jump start your council’s growth
so that we, as a State Council, can pick up the charge of Cardinal Rigali and better
serve our Church and communities.
Vivat Jesus
NOTICE
To all 3rd
Degree Teams Captains and any other interested party
State Ceremonial Chairman, PSD Aaron “Ron” Cubbage, has a new
e-mail address: kofcaa@hotmail.com
MEMORANDUM
TO: All State and
Local Councils and Assemblies in the United States FROM: Supreme Advocate's Office DATE: August 20, 2010 SUBJECT: 2009 ANNUAL FEDERAL TAX
INFORMATION *****************************************************************************************************************************************************
The following PDF file attachment contains
information regarding the filing of Form 990 for taxable year 2009.
As I am sure you are all aware, the IRS
will revoke the tax-exempt status of a council and/or assembly which has not met
its annual filing requirement for three consecutive years. For those who have
never filed a Form 990-N, the final deadline is October 15th. The IRS has
provided a list, open to the public, of groups in each state who fall into this
category. http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=225889,00.html
If you find your council or assembly on
this list, please submit your Form 990-N before October 15th. If you find your
council or assembly on this list but have already submitted your Form 990-N,
check to be sure you received a written acceptance of your filing form the IRS.
If not, please call the IRS at 1-877-829-5500 to confirm that your filing was
successful. (Please keep your approval/transmittal receipts in a safe place in
your council/assembly file.) If you find your council/assembly on this list
with a different EIN than what you successfully filed with, please notify us so
we can ask the IRS to cancel out the additional EIN. If you have any questions, please direct them to the
Supreme Advocate's Office. Filing Packet
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Columbus Chapel
The
Columbus Chapel at
Boal Mansion Museum in Boalsburg Pennsylvania -- the
most important and historical Columbus site in the United States of
America -- will be featured in a 25 minute program aired
by the Pennsylvania Cable Network on Sunday, October 4, 2009, at 7:30
pm.
The
Columbus Chapel is America’s Columbus connection. It contains an
Admiral’s Desk that belonged to the world’s most famous explorer, fine
European religious paintings and statues dating back to the fifteenth
century and two pieces of the True Cross of Jesus given to the Columbus
family in 1817 by
the Bishop of Leon from the Monastery of St. Toribius in
Spain.
The
Columbus Chapel was brought to America from Spain 100 years ago by Boal
descendants of Christopher Columbus. It is located at the Boal Mansion
in Boalsburg, the family home of the Boals since 1789 and now a museum
open to the public. For details about the museum, access the museum web
site at http://boalmuseum.com
Previously,
BBC-TV filmed the Columbus Chapel and broadcast its story throughout
the United Kingdom, and more recently Belgian National Public TV filmed
it and broadcast the story to one million viewers throughout Europe. Many residents of
Pennsylvania are unaware of this unique historical asset in their home
state.
