Grand Knight's Report - JULY

Thanks & Congratulations
Thank you, Grand Knight Felipe Cuesta, council officers, and all of the members of our Blessed Antonio Rosmini Council #14278, for an outstanding Fraternal Year 2009-2010! The multiple awards which GK Fil and PGK Miguel Molina brought back from the State Convention recognized the great job we have all done on many levels, and indicated to many others that we have a strong council. Your dedication and hard work made our achievements and growth possible. Thank you for doing your part!

We closed out the year with a couple of excellent June events. First, we celebrated the Knights’ Memorial Mass at 4:30pm on Saturday, June 5th. The mass was offered for our late brother, Joe Suppa. His widow, Bernadette, was in attendance and greatly appreciated the many knights who attended. On Wednesday, June 23rd, we fed seventy hungry souls at our bi-monthly “Feed the Needy.” We had an excellent volunteer turnout from the council, as more than a dozen knights and their family members worked in the kitchen! Thank you!

Also, congratulations are in order to our newly-elected/renewed council officers for Fraternal Year 2010-2011! In addition to myself, they are as follows:

Deputy Grand Knight- John Mabe
Chancellor- - - - - Ron Zeigler
Recorder- - - - - - Robert Voor
Financial Secretary- Chito Ocampo
Treasurer - - - - - Jose Quintas
Advocate - - - - - - Michael Garrido
Warden - - - - - - - Chuck Mulhearn
Inside Guard - - - - Dennis Alfano
Outside Guard - - - Cornelius Egwuatu
Trustee, 1-Year Term- Charlie Homs
Trustee, 2-Year Term- Miguel Molina
Trustee, 3-Year Term- Felipe Cuesta

As great as 2009-2010 was, we certainly have the ability to build on success and reach even higher heights in this new fraternal year. As your Grand Knight, I will give you my best. I call on each of you to continue to do the same for the council and each other.

Opportunity Knocks
What called you to become a Knight? Fellowship with other Catholic gentlemen? The chance to serve Christ, the church, and the parish? How about developing character in our Catholic youth? Or protecting your family’s future with the Order’s financial products? Or simply the chance to help others in need? Take a look at the opportunities we have for you to exercise those reasons.

Every one of us must properly attend to the needs of our families and our other responsibilities. For that reason, I am very grateful to every knight for his gift of time and talent to our council. However, while most of our members do participate in at least one of our council activities each year – and many participate in nearly all of them – we still need more of our members to participate more often.

Our most vital need, however, is for more knights to step forward to lead specific events or activities. Deputy Grand Knight (and Program Director) John Mabe and I will be working with the various committee directors to reach out to all of our membership about this. My vision for the council is that each activity is led and organized by a different knight, and more than enough knights show up to participate in every project or activity. To achieve this vision, we need you!

So, when someone from the council comes to ask you to help out in this way, please give the idea serious thought. Literally take it to the Lord in prayer. Ask Him how you can best serve Him through the council. He will let you know what to do. Opportunity is knocking. Will you answer?

A Great New Year
The coming year will give us many opportunities to serve our Lord and each other through the Knights of Columbus, and live the values of Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism. May the Lord bless each of us with the grace to embrace these opportunities, and may he also bless us and our families with health, happiness, peace and prosperity throughout the year!

Fraternally yours in Christ,

John Wilbur
Grand Knight