Knights of Columbus - Dayton District at 267 Bainbridge Street, Dayton Ohio, OH 45402-2208 US - Minutes from June 2008 Meeting
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Minutes from June 2008 Meeting |
Knights of CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE FOR THE CHAPTER http://home.catholicweb.com/KofCDaytonChapter/index.cfm Chapter Minutes Chapter minutes were approved with the change of “Bill Wirtz thanking Hank Borchers for his magic show” to “Council 3724 thanking Hank for the magic show”. Chapter President’s Report President Doug Sabo reported on the state convention, commenting that the Cincinnati Archdiocese was well represented in the award winners. Ed Ponder was named District Deputy of the Year for the state. Pat Ewing was Knight of the Year. Youth of the Year was from Amelia. Chapter 4587 won Best Public Relations Statewide. Chapter 3724 won Best Pro-Life Event. The President commented that elections are next month and we need a candidate for Chapter Recording Secretary. Hank Borchers is running for Chapter President, Tim Mangan is running for Chapter Vice President and Mike Thomas is running for Chapter Treasurer. Chaplain’s Report No Report. Treasurer’s Report $ 4,409.13 in checking account as of Income for month: $ 682.60 Expenses for month: $ 479.93 Income for fraternal year: $2,779.83 Expenses for fraternal year: $3,441.96 Net decrease: $662.33 for fraternal year (Checkbook balance as of Councils paying dues: 500, 7981, 3730, 10215, 3754, 3698, 12912, 3724, 1610, 4587, 14400, 5129, 4022. 13 of 18 paid. Receipts and Bills: None Raffle tickets are available for $10.00. Effective in July. Treasurer’s Report approved by voice vote. Committee Reports Football Awards Banquet – Jim Deime No Report. Serra Club / K of C Youth Ministry Awards – Henry Borchers Hank Borchers asks that all Grand Knights remember the Youth Ministry Awards and remember to budget money for this coming year. Paul Gruhler Award – Paul Dunigan No report. Rosary Rally – Bob O’Connor Jeff Weideman reported – First meeting for the Rosary Rally will be VA Chairman’s Report – Patrick Ewing No report. Shrine / KofC Golf Stagg – Bob Babal Jim Deime reported that the 27th Annual Shrine/K of C Golf was a success. 133 golfers participated. Check for $400.00 was presented for use for mental retardation. The Shrine will use their $300.00 check for the burn unit. Members are needed to be on the committee for next year. K of C Columbian Classic – Jim Deime Columbian Classic is Monday October 13. Registration at State Ceremonials Director – LaVern Fortkamp LaVern reported that on Sunday June 22, there will be a Second and Third Degree at There will be a Third Degree at Council 14400 in Other Third Degrees are planned: - Palm Sunday – Council 500 in April - There will be 2 other 3rd Degrees in the District Deputy Coordinator- Steve Mangan No report Membership Report – Terry Cooney No report Insurance Agent’s Report – Mike Sisco No report Unfinished Business Chapter Constitution and By-Laws were passed as amended. AN OFFICIAL COPY OF THE BY-LAWS WILL BE SENT VIA EMAIL WHEN FINALIZED. Unofficial notes of debate appear below: · Article V, Section III changed · Article VII Section 1 A – Budget - after much debate, it was decided that Budget will be due in October. Hank Borchers noted that it must be published 10 days before meeting. · Pat Iacovone opined that Warden is ELECTED, not appointed. Much debate over past practice of appointing a “Warden Committee”. Ed Ponder noted that Section 242 states that ALL officers are appointed. Michael Freil offered motion to amend by-law to elect Warden. · Article III, Section 4 – Jeff Weideman motioned to change “select” to “appoint”. · LaVern Fortkamp made motion to approve amended By-Laws with changes made in June meeting. Seconded by Jeff Weideman. Motion called by voice vote with no objections. · Final copy of By-Laws will be sent out by email by Recording Secretary upon receipt. New Business i. The ii. Glenda Canfield of 1. Current contract runs out August 6 2. Current program is from 3. Glenda is a member of St. Luke Parish in 4. Radio station prefers a 6 or 12 month contract. a. 6 months (30 weeks) 30 minute program costs $780.00 (86 cents a minute/$26 a week/$130 month) b. 6 months (30 weeks) 60 minute program costs $1560.00 c. One year contracts are double the costs above. 5. Programs and announcements are all pre-recorded a. Program can state “sponsored by the Knights of Columbus” two times during 30 minute program (FCC rules) or b. May mention upcoming Knights of Columbus events many times during the program. i. Each council can do a different week or ii. Each week, many councils events may be announced. iii. Mary Piper, Radio Maria supporter, has offered pre-recorded Rosary programs for K of C use 1. Bill has some examples 2. Most are 30 minute programs we can sponsor 3. Bill opined that these may be a better fit for our “mission” – i.e., Devotion to Mary, Rosary Rally, etc. i. Bill recommends that the Dayton Chapter support financially, some level of radio programming. If trial period is successful, then the Dayton Chapter should consider adopting this communication vehicle as a core program. ii. Benefits include: community hearing the programming, public relations for the Knights. District Deputies Reports DD#4 - No District Deputy. DD#5 - No report. DD#6 - No report. DD#7 - Bill Wirtz – Dennis Brown is back, had been ill. All DDs have been tasked to collect Forms 185 and 365 DD#8 - Ed Ponder · Ed would like to have a standardized list of what candidate should have at a First Degree. · Bring Form 100 and Council representative or sponsor. June 27 – Fish Fry July 11 – Steak Fry July 20 after 11 am Mass – installation of officers John Paul II No report 1801 Fr. Schumacher No report 3698 Eaton No report July Activities: July 4 – July July 19 – State Tour July 24 – Family Fun Night July 31 – Installation of Council Officers 3730 Fr. William O’Conner July 29 – losing pastor to July 28th Spaghetti dinner in pastor’s honor. No report. 3873 Fr. William Howard No report. 4022 Maria Joseph June 27 – picnic Our Lady of Peace June 22 and 29 – Corporate communion June 29 – losing Chaplain, Fr. Ray Taylor. June 30 – project at hall July 13 – installation of officers July 20 – installation of officers July 28/29 – painting storage shed with Rush group at Our Lady of Good Hope. 5129 July 10 – installation of officers July 19 – State Tour 6144 A.J. Shulte No report. No report. 10215 June 25 – 1st Degree at July 4 – playing Marshals at 12912 Fr. Aufderheide Elections June 20. Installation at discretion of DD. K of C asked to hand festival parking. DDs should meet and decide on 2 open dates for 3rd Degrees – who will host and when. New 3rd Degree team will be ready soon or LaVern will want part of the team captain’s anatomy cut off. Kids are recycling – K of C hauls - $1200 taken in. No report. 14400 Charles E. Menthrup No report. 14504 St. Francis of Fr. Joe Rigali – 50 years as priest. Chaplain for 10215. Having hot dogs and hamburgers. Celebration this Sunday. Assembly Reports Fr. Kulhman – (Paul Dunigan) 8/24 – Exemlification at 7/12 – 4:30 Mass at St. Anthony in Msgr. Buckley – No Report Msgr. McNary –. No Report Bishop Ford –. (Bill Wirtz) 4th Degree Exemplification at Cardinal Joseph Bernadin – July 12 is installation of officers for 3 Assemblies in Archbishop Karl J. Alter - Installation at Maria Stein – Gaspar de Bufalo Insurance Agent’s Report – Mike Sisco No Report State Personnel Reports No Report Pennies for Heaven No report. Good of the Order Joseph Jones – lung cancer – stage IV. (thought he had the flu) Father Gail Poynter – seriously ill Bob Whipple – Bell’s Palsy – blind in one eye Bob Wilhem – pacemaker installed Pat Flynn’s dad – 2 months in Prayers for new officers Raffle Tickets $20- _Bob Whipple $10- _Dan Dziekan This was the last raffle from the past year’s tickets – new tickets take effect in July. 50/50 Tickets Amount: $0.00 Winner No Drawing Closing Prayer Meeting was closed with prayer and adjourned at NOTE FROM RECORDING SECRETARY: In light of our interest in supporting local radio programming, I have attached to this report, two articles detailing the Holy Father’s support of Catholic radio. The articles appear below. Pontiff Says Radio Has Special Apostolic Encourages Transmission of Word That Brings Hope The Pope said this today when he received participants in a symposium titled "The Identity and Mission of Catholic Radio Today." The symposium was organized by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and is under way through Saturday. In his address, the Holy Father said, "The words that you broadcast each day are an echo of that eternal Word which became flesh. [...] The incarnation took place in a distant village, far away from the noisy imperial cities of antiquity. Today, even though you make use of modern communication technologies, the words you broadcast are also humble, and sometimes it may seem to you that they are completely lost amid the competition of other noisy and more powerful mass media. "But do not be disheartened!" he added. "The words you transmit reach countless people, some of whom are alone and for whom your word comes as a consoling gift, some of whom are curious and are intrigued by what they hear, some of whom never attend church because they belong to different religions or to no religion at all, and others still who have never heard the name of Jesus Christ, yet through your service first come to hear the words of salvation. This work of patient sowing, carried on day after day, hour after hour, is your way of cooperating in the apostolic mission. "If the many forms and types of communication may be seen as a gift from God to help individuals and all humankind to develop, then radio, through which you exercise your apostolate, brings words and music to people in order to inform and to entertain, to announce and to denounce, but always respecting the truth and with the clear aim of educating in truth and hope. Jesus Christ gives us the truth about man and the truth for man and, on the basis of that truth, a hope for the present and future of humanity in the world." Exhilarating prospects The Pontiff expressed the view that "radio, due to its association with the word, participates in the mission and visibility of the Church, but it also establishes a new way of living, of being and of making the Church; this brings with it various ecclesiological and pastoral challenges. It is important to make the Word of God attractive, giving it consistency through your transmissions so as to touch the hearts of the men and women of our time, and to participate in transforming the lives of our contemporaries." "What exhilarating prospects your commitment and your work open up," the Holy Father added. "Even now, your networks can be a small but real echo in the world of the network of friendship that the presence of the risen Christ, the God-with-us, inaugurated between heaven and earth and among mankind of all continents and epochs. "In this way, your work will become a full part of the mission of the Church, which I invite you to love deeply. By helping the heart of each person to open to Christ, you will help the world to open to hope and to that civilization of truth and love that is the most eloquent result of his presence among us." Evoking the Word The congress has gathered representatives from 50 countries and some 63 Catholic radio stations at the In his greeting to Benedict XVI, Archbishop Claudio Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, said that radio "is fully integrated, through its multiple network connections, among the new means of communication." "However," he added, "it is undoubtedly a medium that is closer to and more familiar with words, that is, the first and most important form of communication between human beings. The word evokes the Word, the God made flesh that the Church has the mission to communicate to the world." The archbishop affirmed, "We are aware of having to explore with ever increasing intensity all paths that lead to a communion worthy of man, as image and likeness of the Savior God." Conference Reflects on Medium's Identity, Challenges The Pontifical Council for Social Communications opened today the first world congress of Catholic radio stations. The council's president, Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, told ZENIT that the conference has brought together people from some 50 countries representing 63 stations to "talk together, reflect and understand what the identity and mission of a Catholic radio station is in today's world." The congress runs through Saturday at the "The guests will not just hear conferences but will have the opportunity to talk among themselves in virtue of what is suggested by some round-table discussions," Archbishop Celli explained. "It will be very important that all the participants, who come from different contexts, from This event seeks to analyze the present with sights set on the future, the prelate said, so that initiatives arise "that little by little make the service of a Catholic radio station in the world more efficient." Noting how the Internet has changed the world of media, Archbishop Celli said, "I believe we must discover what is in store for us." Fascination Archbishop Angelo Amato, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave the inaugural address today. The prelate suggested that despite the widespread use of TV, "radio still has its strength and usefulness." "Jesus arrived as a great master of communication of the word," Archbishop Amato said. "For him, three years were enough to educate his disciples, not only to listen to his word, but above all, to live with him and for him." Radio, the "The benefit of radio comes from the freedom that it leaves to the listener, who is drawn in not so much from the obligation to hear, but from fascination with the word," the prelate noted. From here arises the need for communication to be "clear, professional and accompanied by the testimony of an existence coherent with the evangelical message." Facing challenges For Archbishop Amato, "the microphone of Catholic radio could be considered a modern version of the pulpit." "It is about an authentic and personal spirituality of listening," he added, "[to which should correspond] a spirituality of communication." After his address, the prelate clarified that "this service of the Word also implies building up the listeners with indications from the magisterium of the Church, above all, with the words of the Pope." He highlighted the importance of a variety of programs, all in harmony with one another. In this line, the archbishop said, this "Catholic pluralism" should continuously motivate the "personal experience of faith faced with the challenges of contemporary culture, [such as] the challenge of abortion, divorce, biotechnology, [and] biopolitics with government interventions that do not seem adequate regarding man and respect for humanity." Catholic Radio "Is Not Propaganda" Prelate Sums a First-of-Its-Kind Symposium Archbishop Claudio Celli affirmed this when he closed the first world symposium of Catholic radio, focused on "The Identity and Mission of Catholic Radio Today." The symposium was organized by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications at the
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VATICAN CITY, JUNE 20, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI says Catholic radio stations can play a part in spreading hope in the world, and they can do it by relaying the truth.
By Claudia Soberon and Miriam Díez i Bosch
Archbishop Celli told Vatican Radio that an awareness of the role of radio in evangelization was one of the important conclusions from the symposium.
"One of the riches of this congress has been bringing us to rediscover that, beyond technology and professionalism, there exists a gift of God in announcing the Word; there is a grace of preaching," the prelate said. "It is God who intervenes in the heart of man to welcome the Word.
"This means that when one sets out to announce the Word through radio, he should have this awareness and this deep humility at knowing that he is the messenger of something bigger than himself."
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Archbishop Celli noted that another conclusion of the conference was the need to focus on the role that radio can have in the promotion of man.
From the symposium, he said, "the idea arose [...] that Catholic radio should be the voice of him who does not have a voice."
According to the prelate, this presupposes the capacity to react to "the problems and situations in which man is denied the possibility of being man, those in which the dignity of his humanity is not recognized."
Another proposal was offered by the theologian of the Pontifical Household when he addressed the congress.
Dominican Father Woyciech Giertych suggested that Catholic radio needs to be sustained by prayer.
"A good way of ensuring the spiritual fruitfulness of a radio that may be envisaged will be the tying of this mission with a monastic contemplative community that in a hidden way will carry spiritually the mission of the radio station," he suggested. "While the radio is offering its programs, the unseen religious community may support it with its ardent prayer."