Newsletter of The Archdiocese of Cincinnati
The Arch
Knights of Columbus – September 2022
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Now is the Time to Step
INTO THE BREACH “A Knight is a leader who stands in the breach.” This was the message Supreme Knight Kelly reminded the nearly 2,400 Knights in attendance that at the 2022 Supreme Convention held in Nashville, Tennessee this past August. “We defend the faith. We protect the family. And when a need arises, we rise to meet it — with charity, unity and fraternity,” said the supreme knight.
Arch trainers like Rich Bischof, Jim Marks, and Dan Tebe. Look for announcements for dates and times. And speaking of of training, this issue not only lists the upcoming regional training schedule by Jon Olson - Associate Regional Growth & Training Director for the mid-west, but also includes an article from District Deputy Coordinator Timothy Mangan on the bene ts of attending these training o erings.
Ohio Charity Foundation Scholarship Program All told, in the last fraternal year, the
In the Archdiocese and throughout the Order now is the time to Stand in the Knights donated nearly $154 million to Breach. How we do that is by The Ohio Charity Foundation, promoting within our parishes worthy causes and stepped up with close Inc. (our 501c3) is pleased to to 48 million hours of volunteer service, and participating in initiatives announce that, for the including Coats for Kids, sponsorship of such as the Aid and Support 2 0 2 2 - 2 0 2 3 s c h o o l y e a r, A f t e r P re g n a n c y ( A S A P ) nearly 6,000 seminarians and postulants; numerous $1,000 scholarships an ongoing partnership with the Global program, the upcoming Ohio will once again be made Wheelchair Mission. March for Life on October 5th available for Ohio Catholic in Columbus (see page 2 for students (grades nine through twelve) attending Catholic High Schools in Ohio. details), and of course the state-wide Matching Funds program which was covered here in the This is the twenty-sixth consecutive year that the Archdiocese with last months article from Sean Knights of Columbus Scholarships have been Ater, the Director of the Center for the New awarded to our outstanding Catholic High School Evangelization in the Cincinnati Archdiocese. students. More than $839,475 has been awarded during that period. For more information including In May of this year, the supreme knight also quali cations, visit our Foundation website at: announced that the Supreme Council had developed eucharistic procession training https://ohiocharityfoundation.org materials in consultation with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and pledged $1 Finally, thank you for making August 2022 the best million in support of the multiyear event. month we’ve seen in the Archdiocese since I began tracking growth over six years ago. 38 new brother Knights were added to our ranks last month.
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Michael J. Felerski State Treasurer
Vivat Jesus!
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Training is taking on a more prominent role in the Order. Although Financial Secretary training is still in the works at the supreme level, the Ohio State Council thanks to State Advocate Jim Maslach has developed a module which will be o ered with local