Knights of Columbus Council 6793

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Good Brothers and Gentle Ladies: Each of you who participated in any of our Council events this fraternal year shares the accolades showered on Council #6793 at the 112th Maryland State Convention on Saturday, May 15, 2010! Our combined time, talents, energies, and creativity garnered no fewer than nine awards, which I was proud to accept on your behalf! Convention photos will be posted to our website ASAP! Also, see the "Awards" article in this issue.

Time well spent - That's what I can attest to as I write this, my final message as your Grand Knight. Many of my predecessors counseled that I would know far more about what it meant to serve in this post upon the completion of this fraternal year. They were so right! I also have a greater appreciation for the importance of planning ahead and reaching out to "you" my Brother Knights and families to gain the wisdom of your input. My sincere thanks also go to Rev. Father John Nguyen, Chaplain, Rev. Deacon Thomas Cioffi, Associate Chaplain, Rev. Father Thomas Kalita and Rev. Msgr. Kevin Hart for their counsel, guidance, and support throughout this fraternal year. We look forward to continuing our Council's proud traditions and to new projects we will enjoy accomplishing together. Vivat Jesus!

Here we are, nearly at the end of this fraternal year and looking forward to the new one beginning in July. There is still time to bring in those last few members that you need to hit your goal. District Warden Jack Giacalone and Phyllis join us in thanking everyone for two great years of service to our parishes, priests and the Knights of Columbus.

We wish all of you continued success as we move forward and continue to build our councils and our Order. A very, very special thank you goes to all wives for their support and help with everything that happens in the District. We Need You!

(1) Your 2010 membership card was generated by a new database maintained at the Supreme Council. We have been notified by Supreme that the Degree designation shown on the card may not be correct. WE NEED ALL MEMBERS TO CHECK THEIR 2010 MEMBERSHIP CARD (now) to see if their degree designation is correct. Please compare it to your (old) 2009 membership card. Call me or write me an email (preferred) to let me know if a change is required. If you have previously done this, I thank you.

(2) On a related matter, THE COUNCIL NEEDS YOU TO PROVIDE YOUR CURRENT EMAIL ADDRESS TO THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY. This will help us communicate with you on important council activities and administrative items. We currently have 150 email addresses from our 385 total council members. The council now has the ability to send email to all members through the Supreme database. WE NEED EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EFFORT, even council members who have previously provided us with their email address. Please send an email (preferred) with your email update to the Financial Secretary, Donald Hemke. (see below)

Your current address and phone number update would also be most helpful. We recognize not all members have access to email, so please contact the Financial Secretary by phone to let him know your situation.

We need every council member to participate, because we certainly want to be confident our council database is accurate. Thanks in advance.

Donald Hemke -Financial Secretary Council 6793 -Phone 301-774-7511 or 301-919-4470 (cell) gumpermd@verizon.net

The nominations for Council Officers of the coming fraternal year beginning July 1, 2010 are in! The slate of 2010 - 2011 Officers is posted here. The Nominating Committee includes: Chairman, Homer Chen at (301) 460-0580, Bob Mazonkey at (301) 253-6274, and Innocent d'Almeida at (301) 871-6156. Elections will take place at the Wednesday, June 9, 2010 Business Meeting at 7:30 PM at OLGC-HS. Nominations will remain opened until the time of the election.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, we are almost through this fraternal year and preparing for the years ahead, as your Chaplain, I am so proud and graceful for all the things that you do. I pray and hope that God will continue to shower down his grace upon each one of you and send into your heart his great love so that each of you may always lives and walks in His present.

As we continue "The Year of The Priest," Let us ask the Lord Jesus Christ, our High Priest, to bless us and to give us His wisdom and love. And in respond to Christ's love toward each one of us, let us committed ourselves to the work that we do and be faithful to what we believe. Let us dedicate our life to serve God and others by willing to observe the Words of God and put them into action. These are the words of God that I use to remind myself:

Finally, my mentor once told me that "when we take the time to quietly reflected on our works, we sometimes experience special grace." since we are about to end this fraternal year, I invite all of us to take advantage of these times that God gives us and quietly reflect upon God's words and the works that we had done in the past and then formulate some concrete plan for the upcoming years. May almighty God bless us the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Keep Wednesday, June 23, 2010 open! It's our final Social event of this fraternal year. We'll gather at St. Patrick's Parish Hall at 6:30 PM on Muncaster Mill Road to share a meal and recognize those High School Seniors being awarded college scholarships. We'll also draw the lucky winners' names for the three (3) cash prizes in our Spring Raffle!

No later than Wednesday, June 16 please call Paul McFarlane (301-570-5508) to let him know if you'll be attending. Council families with a last name beginning with the letters A through M are asked to bring an entrée to serve 8. Families with a last name beginning with the letters N through Z are asked to bring a side dish or salad to serve 8. Please mark all dishes and serving utensils with your name. The Council will provide, plates, napkins, utensils, desserts and drinks.

On Thursday, April 29, 2010, at 7:30PM, Grand Knight McFarlane and Jack Giacalone, DW were honored to attend the Junior Scholarship program at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School to present a $1,000 scholarship and certificate, in the name of Ms. Savannah Godbey on behalf of Fr. Peter Paul Maher Council. This was the first time we have done this and plan to do so for the next several years. The scholarship recognizes a deserving junior student, rising to senior and aides the candidate in covering the cost of Catholic High School tuition. We received a welcome recognition from the OLGC student body. Thanks go to Brother Giacalone and Arthur Ramos of OLGC for arranging this scholarship. Ms. Godbey, a stellar scholar, was extremely grateful!

Father Peter Paul Maher Council will hold its 4th Annual Charity Golf Outing at Laytonsville golf course on Friday, June 11th at 9 AM. All profits from the event will go to the council's Seminarian Support Fund, which offers a $500 stipend to as many Seminarians as we can afford to help. In 2009 we supported 9 seminarians; we hope to equal that in 2010! The format would be a four-person scramble and the cost is $75 per person of all skill levels. The $75 includes continental breakfast, lunch from Damon's, golf cart, beverages, prizes, a welcome bag and lots more!

Key to the success of this Golf Outing is to have at least one sponsor for each hole. Sponsorships are $100 per hole and can be business or individual sponsors. (Also, 4 individual sponsors @$25 each will sponsor a hole.) Each sponsor will have their company name or individual name/s prominently displayed at each hole they sponsor. Please contact Marc Long for any questions, to reserve your tee time, to sponsor a hole or to make a donation. You can contact Mark at 301-208-7134 or 301-518-1040 or ramair320_129@msn.com. You can also visit our web site at www.kofc6793.org/golf/index.php?align_header=left to print out a sign-up form. Please help us achieve our goal!

Today, you are giving your children the best education you can buy. Today, your wife is living comfortably and not worrying about making ends meet. Will that be the scenario when you are gone? If you have life insurance, the answer is a definite ... yes! With life insurance, your family is taken care of; as if you are still with them. The family won't have the financial burden that comes with the passing of the breadwinner. Life insurance will be there to handle all the family financial needs. There is no undue stress on the family. Isn't that how you would want? The end result -Life goes on for your family almost as if you were still there. Now, that's the gift of love! Call today, for an appointment.

On Saturday, May 15, 2010, our Council received the following nine (9) awards at the 112th Maryland State Convention. These awards are for the period October 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010 and relate to the 2009 to 2010 Fraternal Year. They represent the dedicated efforts and participation of every member of Council #6793. Congratulations and kudos to a most-deserving membership!

* Participation in the Surge.with Service Program	* First Place . Division A - Family Activities Award
* First Place Senior Citizen Award One -Time Event	* Second Place - Division A - General Excellence Award
* Second Place Division A - Church Activities Award	* Second Place . Division A - Council Activities Award
* Third Place Division A - for Community, Pro-Life and Youth Activities Awards

The Knights of Columbus passed a significant milestone on April 30, 2010, when its membership exceeded 1.8 million. At the end of the last day of April 2010, the official tally of Knights of Columbus around the world stood at 1,800,445.

"Achieving this milestone in membership is a testament to the high regard in which the Knights of Columbus is held among Catholic men everywhere," Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson said. "We offer a unique opportunity to serve our church and our communities as one of the most active service organizations anywhere in the world. We truly offer the 'experience of a lifetime,' to join brother Knights in a common effort to become better fathers, better husbands, better citizens and better Catholics, together with the opportunity to provide financial protection for their families."

Membership in the Knights of Columbus grew from 1.7 to 1.8 million in less than five years (59 months), and continues a growth trend in which the number of Knights has grown every year since 1973. The United States jurisdictions adding the largest number of new members were Texas, California, Florida, Michigan and Illinois, accounting for 15,506 new members since the beginning of the current fraternal year on July 1, 2009. In Canada, jurisdictions in Quebec and Ontario recruited 4,640 new members. In the Philippines, Luzon led all jurisdictions with 7,669 new members recruited, fully one-half of all new members recruited there. In Mexico, the Mexico South jurisdiction recruited 515 new members, more than one-third of all new members recruited there. The Order's newest jurisdiction, Poland, also grew briskly, recruiting 291 new members and increasing its membership by more than one-third in less than a year. The Dominican Republic added 221 new members. Over the past 10 months, the Knights of Columbus recruited 70,310 new members worldwide. Councils have two more months to recruit new members before the end of the fraternal year on June 30. A final tally of Knights of Columbus membership for the 2009-2010 fraternal year will be announced in July. The number of new members recruited will be offset by deaths and withdrawals, and thus net growth in membership will be slightly lower.

On Sunday, May 16, 2010, at the 112th State Convention in Ocean City, Maryland, Honorable State Deputy, Richard V. Siejack presided over the election of new Maryland State Council Officers for the fraternal year 2010 to 2011. Following are the election results:

NAME	CURRENT POST	NEW POST
Peter R. Davio	State Secretary	State Deputy
William C. Kuchmas, III	State Treasurer	State Secretary
Stephen J. Adamczyk	State Advocate	State Treasurer
Stephen M. Cohen	State Warden	State Advocate
Dale W. Trott	State Membership Chairman	State Warden

Besides Dale W. Trott, the field of contenders for State Warden included three other active Catholic gentlemen, they are, Michael J. Sallese, Vince Grauso, and Gil Boisvert. Incoming State Deputy, Peter Davio remarked that it was great to see that there are several men "in the pipeline, ready and willing to serve as State Warden." Installation of Maryland State Officers will take place on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 4 PM at Immaculate Conception Church, Towson, Maryland.

Guests with last names beginning in A - N bring Side Dish or Salad
Guests O - Z bring Dessert

There will be games for the little ones and plenty of exercise for the rest of us!

JUN 2 (WED)	Council Executive Meeting, Cottage on Marians Grounds, 7:30 PM
JUN 9 (WED)	Council Business Meeting, OLGC** 7:30 PM, Room #120
JUN 11 (FRI)	Council's 4th Annual Charity Golf Outing*
JUN 14 (MON)	Flag Day - Unfurl the stars and stripes and show your country.s colors!
JUN 20 (SUN)	Fathers' Day - "God bless all the Dads in our lives!"
JUN 21 (MON)	First Day of Summer - "Bathing Suit Season Officially Opens!"
JUN 23 (WED)	Final 2009-2010 Council Social - Spring Raffle Drawing, Scholarship Awards & Potluck Dinner at St. Patrick.s Parish Hall at 6:30 PM*

JUL 4 (SUN)	Independence Day - Proudly display your red, white, and blue!
JUL 7 (WED)	Council Executive Meeting, Cottage on Marians Grounds, 7:30 PM
JUL 14 (WED)	Council Business Meeting, OLGC** 7:30 PM, Room #120
JUL 24 (SAT)	Seminarians' Picnic - St. Patrick's Church Grounds, 10:30 AM
JUL 25 (SUN)	Council 6793 Family Picnic - St. Patrick's Church Grounds, 2-6 PM
JUL 28 (WED)	Council Social, OLGC** 7:30 PM, Room #120

*Look for details of this event elsewhere in this newsletter or on the Council website.
**Our Lady of Good Counsel High School (See Council website for directions.)
For information or to participate in any of the above events call Paul McFarlane, GK on 301-570-5508

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