Grand Knight’s Report – July 2011

Grand Knight’s Report – July 2011
A New Fraternal Year

“Thank you!” I can’t say it enough to you, the members of the Blessed Antonio Rosmini Council. We just wrapped up a very successful Fraternal Year 2010-2011! We were very active in serving the Church, the Community, our Families, our Council, our Youth, and the Pro-Life cause. In fact, during the annual convention of the Florida State Council last April, our council received commendation in five of our six program areas – more than any other council in our district. Given the high quality of our sister councils, that says a lot about what we accomplished last year.

On top of that, we finished the year with our first-ever council-hosted First Degree ceremony, where we welcomed five new members (Neil Black, Nate Halle, Bob Luddington, Jared Wilbur, and Michael Wilbur). This allowed us to meet our recruitment goal, which was the final goal we needed to achieve to qualify for Star Council once again!

Like I said, a successful year! Thank you for making it happen!

With the old year ended, a new year thus begins, and things are looking good for another year of service and success. We find ourselves in a new district, as districts in the state now each have four councils. We’re now in District 40, which includes us, Nativity, St. Clement, and St. Stephen. Our previous district, number 35, also included Prince of Peace and St. Anne. We also have a new District Deputy – former warden Julio Alvarez (PGK of St. Stephen) has filled Rick Hughes’ shoes and is looking forward to the new year.

I’d like to thank everyone who attended the Officers’ Installation on June 24th. We retained all of last year’s officer corps (thank you, brothers!), with the addition of John Angelo to replace Charlie Homs as trustee, and also our membership director, Joe Halle. Joe is already making big plans, and I’m confident that he will lead us to really grow the council this year.

There will be no social in July, as we are currently assessing the proper number of socials to conduct this year. Therefore, our first activity of the year (outside of council meetings) will be on Friday, August 8th – the mass and reception welcoming our new associate pastor, Father Martin, and congratulating Father Chris on his retirement and Father Mick on his elevation to pastor. Mass is scheduled for 7pm, with the reception to follow. Knights will likely be needed to set up, tear down, and clean up, and even if you can’t help with that I hope you and your families can attend. Please wear your KofC pins, so we can show our priests just how many knights are supporting them and the parish.

Please stay tuned! I hope to get details of the mass and reception out to you very soon and also will get a calendar of events out to you – as soon as it is completed.

Again – thank you! See you out and about!

Yours in Christ,

John Wilbur
Grand Knight