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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF LOUISIANA STATE COUNCIL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OCTOBER 2011

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October 1-30 Respect Life MonthOctober 10 Deadline - Supreme Per CapitaOctober 10 Columbus Day ObservedOctober 15 Deadline - Family of the MonthOctober 16 Major Degree - Luling

Council 2409, HostOctober 23 Major Degree - Thibodaux

Council 1114, HostOctober 30 Major Degree - Iowa

Council 3006, HostOctober 31 Deadline-Order Free Throw KitsOctober 31 Deadline-Order Substance Abuse KitsNovember 1 Feast of All Saints DayNovember 1 CYLA Info Mailed

to all High Schools in StateNovember 2 Feast of All Souls DayNovember 3 Deadline - Area Soccer Winners

to State OfficeNovember 5 State Nine Ball Tournament

LafayetteNov 6-26 Silver Rose ProgramNovember 8 ELECTION DAYNovember 11 Veterans DayNovember 13 State Soccer Challenge

Baton RougeNovember 13 Major Degree - Slidell

Council 2732, HostNovember 15 Deadline - Family of the MonthNovember 15 Deadline - District Cook-OffNovember 24 ThanksgivingDecember 1 Deadline - Submit Articles &

Photos for Louisiana KnightDecember 1 Deadline - Council CYLA Chair

submitted to CYLA ChairmanDecember 2-4 State Family Meeting

SulphurDecember 15 Deadline - Family of the MonthDecember 15 Deadline - Area Cook-OffDecember 25 CHRISTmasJanuary 1 New Years DayJanuary 10 Deadline - Payment

Supreme Catholic AdvertisingJanuary 11 Deadline - Council

Substance Abuse Poster ContestJanuary 15 State Per Capita Mailed to F.S.January 15 Deadline - CYLA Applications

to CouncilsJanuary 15 Deadline - Family of the MonthJan 20-22 State Retreat, Pineville

Maryhill Retreat CenterJanuary 22 Major Degree, Marksville

Council 1217, HostJanuary 29 Grand Knights Day, Lafayette

Teurlings Catholic High SchoolJanuary 29 State Cook Off, Lafayette

Teurlings Catholic High SchoolJanuary 29 Acompano Raffle, Lafayette

Teurlings Catholic High SchoolJanuary 31 Deadline - CYLA Applications

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Ronnie Boudreaux

State [email protected]

Rev. Msgr. Joseph M. Susi

State [email protected]

Hello Brother Knights! Iwould like to thank all of the coun-cils that have turned in their formsto Supreme and the State. I have re-ceived some calls about certaincouncils not receiving anythingfrom the State or Supreme. Ichecked our directory and foundout this council had not turned intheir forms since 2001. How canwe mail something if we do nothave the current officers? Thisyear we are making a push to haveall councils report on all forms.Please do whatever you can to helpus in this matter. The forms thatSupreme ask us to fill out are im-portant. There is a reason for them.

I am going to announce at theState Family meeting in Decemberthat any council that has not turnedin the forms will not be able tohost any state event or functionuntil the forms are turned in to theState or Supreme. This means Areameetings or Major degrees to bescheduled.

There was an incident at thesoftball tournament this year thatneeds to be addressed. I do not seecanceling the softball tournamentsfor the child like act of a few mem-

bers so we are looking into thismatter and will report back to themembership when we have all ofthe facts.

Our Mental Disability Cam-paign is in full swing. Please helpthe ones less fortunate with yoursupport in the worthy project.

We have done several mem-bership campaigns across the statebut I think the most successful isthe one in New Orleans at St. MaryQueen of Vietnam. We signed upenough candidates to possiblystart a new council. Congratula-tions to Gerard Thomas and PaulGagnet for doing a great job on re-cruiting new members.

We are still with the leadersas far as membership goes. Westand to reveive a check for mem-bership at the end of this month ifwe keep it up. Our membershipteam is working very hard to recruitnew members with the Member-ship 365 campaign which is everycouncil to recruit one new mem-ber per month for the year.

Our new directory has beenmailed to the officers we have onrecord. Please read the rules of theuse of our directory. It is not to begiven to others who may copy it anduse the names and addresses to so-licit funds from our councils. It isnot to be used for political pruposesto solicit votes by candidates. Thedirectory is to be used for Knightsof Columbus purposes only!!!

By now you have heard bout andprobably saw the changes in the 3rd

Degree installation in our Order. If youhave not attended a meeting recently,please try to do so.

We are also being encouraged tofurther membership in the 4th Degree.Some say it is too expensive to buy theregalia. I would suggest you start sav-ing and join when you have saved upenough money for your outfit. Never-theless when you become a 4h Degree,do not forget to visit the 3rd Degreefrom time to time to help them. Yes, Iencourage you to become a 4th Degreemember when you can because it is ajoy to see about 40 or 50 men dressedin their regalia. It is a shame when wehave a showing at a church service ofonly 8 or 10 men.

I am so happy when I attend con-ventions to see our strong men take outtheir rosary and recite the prayers.

Msgr. Susi suffered a fallseveral weeks back

and has been in & outof the hospital.

Please keep Msgr. Susiin your prayers!

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$125,000

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YEPRennan Duffour

Y.E.P. [email protected]

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Many Councils have begun theirfund raising programs for the YouthExpansion Program (YEP) for the2011-2012 year. Has your Councilbegun to implement their plans for theYouth Expansion Program? Pleasetake the five (5) question quiz below.

1. I am not having a problem com-municating the Importance of theYouth Expansion Program (YEP) toour Council Members. .............. (Trueor False)

2. I know where the YEP Bud-get Funds were spent this year. .......(True or False)

3. I know the amount of ourCouncil YEP Goal (YEP Quota). .....(True or False)

4. I am not meeting any resistanceraising funds from our Council toimplement a YEP Council Plan toachieve our Council YEP Goal. ..........(True or False)

5. I have already discussed YEPat our Council Meeting. ......... (Trueor False)

If you answered True to all fivestatements, Congratulations, yourCouncil is on it’s way to implementinga successful YEP Plan to achieve it’sCouncil YEP Goal.

If you answered False to any oneof the five statements above, you shouldread the Sept 2011 YEP Newsletter,which can be located on the state WebSite. Information is available in theNewsletter which can change the an-swers to the statements above fromFalse to True. The Sept 2011 YEPNewsletter was also sent to your AreaCoordinators and District Deputies fordistribution to the Grand Knights andtheir Councils. The Sept 2011 YEPNewsletter can be read at your Coun-cil Meeting to satisfy the State Deputy’srequirement for a YEP Presentation toobtain points towards the StateDeputy’s Award.

Council Goals or Quotas weredistributed to each Council at KCLSand are also posted on the StateWebsite. The deadline for submittalof YEP Contributions to obtain pointstowards the State Deputy’s Award isApril 5, 2012.

The important and meaningful rea-son for your Council YEP contributionsis to support the Youth Programs fund-ing, budgeted by the Louisiana KCState Council.

Below are the 2011-2012 KC LAState Budget for YEP funding of thefollowing Youth Programs ($170,000).

• Catholic Youth LeadershipAwards — $32,000

• Catholic Student Centers —$25,000 (Distributed to 7 Dioceses)

• Seminarian and Vocations Sup-port — $6,000

• Columbian Squires — $ 5,000• Pro-Life Camp — $30,000

(Camp Joshua & other Youth Camps)• Diocesan Scouting Awards —

$4,500• Youth Retreats —$3,000

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Accompano Raffle tickets weredistributed to all Councils at KLCS inJuly. Each Council received 80 tick-ets. Besides helping our Seminarians,each ticket has a chance to win one of10 great prizes.

Don’t deny your Brother Knightsthe opportunity to win one of theseprizes. Please offer these tickets to yourmembers at Council meetings, socials,etc. If possible, set up a table after Massand sell tickets to your Parishioners.

If additional tickets are needed,please contact your Area Coordinator.Each Area Coordinator was given 200additional tickets. If more tickets areneeded, please contact State RaffleChairman Stephen Hart [email protected].

Remember that the drawing willtake place at Grand Knights day onJanuary 29, 2012. The deadline to turnin all tickets (sold and un-sold) is Janu-ary 15, 2012. Money, ticket stubs andunsold tickets should be sent to StephenHart, 123 Iroquois Dr., Abita Springs,LA 70420. We are asking that eachCouncil collect for the tickets and writea Council check for the total amount oftickets sold. All checks should be madeout to Louisiana State Council Knightsof Columbus.

Vivat Jesus!

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Stephen Hart

Acompano Raffle [email protected]

• Soccer Challenge — $3,000• Free Throw Competition —

$6,000• Other Youth Programs —

$12,000 (Youth Rally, Special Olym-pics, etc)

• St Mary’s Training Facility —$8,500

• Purchase Ultra Sound Ma-chines —$35,000 (Supreme FundMatch for add $35K)

The YEP Budget will again pro-vide funds for the purchase of an UltraSound Imaging Machine. The Knightsof Columbus Supreme Council willagain provide matching funds to anydonation towards an Ultra Sound Im-aging Machine, which will enable theKnights of Columbus Louisiana StateCouncil to donate two (2) Ultra SoundImaging Machines in the State of Loui-siana to Women’s Pro Life Centers thisyear.

We thank you for your support ofYEP and look forward to this year asbeing a banner year for the Program.May God bless you, your family andyour Council for your support of ourYouth and Unborn through your gener-ous participation in YEP.

If you have any questions con-cerning YEP, please feel free to contactme at any time.

As a final request, I ask that youkeep, my Dad, Brother Rene J. Duffour,PGK in your prayers, as he has joinedthe KC Council Eternal as of 8:00amon Friday, Oct 7, 2011.

Vivat Jesus!

Cliston Guillot

Community [email protected]

Community Service: A Council’sGuide to Getting Families Involved

It’s easy to feel disconnected, asmany parents juggle work, school, kids,and activity after activity. But somesimple things can bring a family closer -playing a game, going for a hike, orcooking a meal together. One of themost satisfying, fun, and productiveways to unite is volunteering for com-munity service projects. Volunteerismalso sets a good example for your kidsand helps the community.

Why should families in your coun-cil lend a helping hand?

It feels good. The satisfaction andpride that comes from helping others areimportant reasons to volunteer. Whenyou commit your time and effort to anorganization or a cause you feel stronglyabout, the feeling of fulfillment can beendless.

It strengthens your commu-nity. Organizations and agencies thatuse volunteers are providing importantservices at or no cost to those who needthem. When a community is doing wellas a whole, its individuals are better off,too.

It can strengthen yourcouncil’s families. Volunteerism is a


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great way for families to have fun andfeel closer. But many people say theydon’t have the time to volunteer afterfulfilling work and family commitments.If that’s the case, try rethinking some ofyour free time as a family. You couldselect just one or two projects a yearand make them a family tradition (forexample, making and donating gift bas-kets to care facilities for the elderlyaround the holidays).

Councils, get your member’s fami-lies involved. The Internet offers lots ofsites with information about volunteeropportunities. Your council can form acommittee to meet with or call a favor-ite charity, hospital, or church directlyto see if they have any needs, or lookup “Volunteerism” in the phone book inthe Human Services section (often in theblue pages). Families can do many vol-unteer jobs. Even the smallest child(with adult supervision) can pick upgarbage at your local park, playground,

church or beach. You don’t even haveto be part of a big effort to do this.Councils, get your families together, findsome garbage bags, and head out.

Or become involved in repair andrenovation efforts for low-income resi-dents. Younger kids might not be ableto do the big jobs, but helping out byfetching a paintbrush or holding the nailsinvolves them just the same.

Work at a community food bankor soup kitchen as a family. Find an or-ganization that serves the elderly. Takethe food to people who are homeboundand visit with them. Your kids canbrighten a lonely senior’s day. Offeryour family’s help at the local animalshelter. Help plant flowers or trees. Thepossibilities are endless.

Whatever your council chooses todo, volunteering and community servicecan benefit both the community and yourcouncil’s membership families. Get yourcouncil’s families involved today!

St. Mary’s Challenge Walk

Breaks A New RecordOn the morning of September 24,

2011, the sun glistened on Lake Kincaid,just outside of Alexandria. The perfectweather helped to make a great day forSt. Mary’s 6th Annual Challenge Walk.At approximately 8:30a.m. buses andvans carrying the 202 children, adoles-cents and young adults from St. Mary’sbegan to arrive at the Lake KincaidPavilion.

A little after 9:00a.m., Sister CarlaBertani, St. Mary’s Administrator, gavethe opening remarks and prayer. Ev-eryone was asked to join in the St.Mary’s tradition, where everyone joinshands to walk the one mile walk. Thecrowd of approximately 600 individu-als of all ages made the walk in recordtime. As each resident crossed the fin-ish line, they proudly received theirmedal of accomplishment.

The Challenge Walk has becomethe largest fund raising event for St.Mary’s. Each year the proceeds haveincreased with this year being the larg-est ever with over $100,000.00 beingraised to support the special programsand services for the beautiful childrenof St. Mary’s.

Cliston Guillot

St. Mary [email protected]

Knights of Columbus’ St. Mary Chairman Cliston Guillot enjoys asimple moment with St. Mary Resident Madison.


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Ismael “Gus” Agosto

Bishop’s [email protected]

In my July report I stated “ thatthe Bishop’s Programs has no set rules,its purpose is to assist the Bishops andDiocese, Charity Supports Bishops pro-grams through monetary fund’s andman-hours of Knights of ColumbusCouncils working together with ourpriest”.

Three months and December,Christmas will be with us. What a won-derful time of the year.

Time does not stand still. I am a believer that nothing in life

stays the same. We are surrounded bymany things that are different each dayand the differences require a great dealof transition on our part for assistingothers reach their goals. This means thatwe must find different ways to helpsince we find that so few things stay thesame. What worked for us yesterdaymight not work in the same situationtoday. Become familiar with our par-ish church needs by working closelywith our Pastors ( Councils and Assem-bly Chaplains).

I extend to you my fraternal con-gratulations and every good wish forsuccess as your respond to the chal-

lenge and responsibilities of being aKnight of Columbus assisting with theBishop’s programs.

Thank you my Brother Knights forthe phone calls and e-mails concerningThe Bishop’s Programs and The Tombof the Unborn.

Almighty Father in this tomb ofthe unborn is a child that needs yourspecial protection.

Almighty Father, give us courageto proclaim the supreme dignity of allhuman life and to demand that societyitself give its protection.

We ask this in your name, throughthe redemptive act of your Son and inthe Holy Spirit.

Amen. I pray God continue hisBlessings.

Vivat Jesus,

Ednamae & Peter Sahuc

Pro-Life [email protected]

First we’d like to review a fewthings before moving on to “new busi-ness”. We hate to be repetitive andwaste precious space in the LouisianaKnight, but certain things need to occurfor your Council to be successful in thePro-Life program area. The things wecontinue to emphasize are what we con-sider to be mandatory or critical tasks.Failing to accomplish these importanttasks will greatly hamper your ability toachieve the high standards which havebeen set in this program area.

We’ve requested that all GrandKnights do four things this year: One,appoint a functioning, capable Pro-LifeChair Couple. Two, complete the Pro-Life Chair Couple contact informationform and return it to us as soon as pos-sible. Three, invite your Pro-Life ChairCouple to attend KCLS each year &cover any costs they incur to attend.Four, work with your Pro-Life ChairCouple to expand & improve your Coun-cil Pro-Life activities.

This is a simple request, yet we stillhave many Councils that have apparentlynot completed these requested tasks.Please make an effort this year, or evennext year to place a higher priority onPro-Life activities and complete theaforementioned tasks.

October should once again be apretty popular month for Pro-Life BabyBottle Campaigns. If you want to spon-sor a campaign and you missed youropportunity to do so in October, pleasetry to sponsor a campaign in Novemberor December before we reach January2012. In January, the emphasis in mostCouncils shifts to publicly recognizingRoe v Wade. In that month, many Coun-cils sponsor or participate in Pro-LifeWalks & Marches, put up seas of whitecrosses in front of their churches, andparticipate in community prayer servicessuch as rosaries or in the “Life Chain”or “40 Days for Life” programs. Thosewishing to sponsor a baby bottle cam-paign should contact the Director of theirnearby pregnancy resource center.

As we approach the middle of ourfiscal year, now is a good time to reviewthe 2011 – 2012 Pro-Life Activity Re-port form. You should already have acopy, but if you do not, they are avail-able for download at the State KCwebsite. Grand Knights will also receiveanother copy at Grand Knights Day orin the mail in January. Please remem-ber that the grading period for our Stateends March 31, 2012, so we really havereached the half-way point in our fiscalyear.

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Ralph Comeaux

Council [email protected]

Since our last issue of the Louisi-ana Knight several tournaments havetaken place...State Softball, Horse-shoes and Golf.

It was great to see Myles Millerback at the helm of the Softball Tour-nament. Myles along with Council 3202in Lafayette did a great job. Congratu-lations to all the teams who participatedthis year. Although the number of teamsdecreased, the event was a qualityevent.

The State Horseshoe Tournamentwas held in Plaquemine at the Mike ZitoActivity Center. I chaired the 39thHorseshoe Tournament, with the assis-tance of Plaquemine Council 970 andthe State Council. Congratulations to thewinners. The 2012 Horseshoe Cham-pionship will take place in Plaquemine,at The Zito Center again, and as thisyear, participants will not have to qualify,and can enter directly into the StateChampionship. Look for details at the2012 KCLS.

The State Golf Tournament wasplayed in Plaquemine (The Island GolfClub) & Baton Rouge (Santa MariaGolf Club), where The Louisiana StateCouncil hosted the event. SOA RobertBoudreaux served as chairman andprovided golfers with two outstandingtracts to play.

Our next event will be the NineBall Tournament that is held at theWhite Diamonds Billiards, located inLafayette. This event will be hosted bythe State. You can go on line to theLouisiana State Council to obtain anapplication. It will be held on Novem-ber 5, 2011.

All councils should encourageparticipation in all Knights of Colum-bus events, whether an area or statelevel. At all events brotherhood ispresent.

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SOFTBALL RESULTSREGULAR DIVISION1-Mire 7411 4-12-Vacherie 1514 4-23-Barataria 7350 4-24-Chauvin 5013 2-25-Dulac 7722 3-25-Schriever 3-27-Bell City 3048 2-27-Broussard 7557 1-29-Jennings 2012 0-29-Lockport 3054 0-29-Chalmette 5747 0-29-Chauvin 5013 0-2

VETERAN DIVISION1-Mire 7411 4-12-Lafayette 3202 3-23-Lockport 3054 3-24-Barataria 7350 2-25-Houma 6170 1-25-Broussard 7557 0-27-Estherwood 0-2

MIXED DIVISION1-Mire 7411 3-02-Estherwood 4791-G 3-23-Estherwood 4791-B 1-24-Dulac 7722 1-25-Broussard 7557 0-2

like to mention that the State Pro-LifeMarch will be held once again in BatonRouge this coming year. Visit the Loui-siana Right to Life Federation websitefor more detailed, up-to-date information.For those in the 4th Degree, we under-stand from the Master that there will bean honor guard participating in the marchin full regalia once again this year. Welook forward to seeing their participa-tion and the participation of our BrotherKnights and their families. Please pub-licize this very important event in yourCouncils & Assemblies. The march isscheduled for January 21st. Public gath-erings such as marches & outdoorprayer services are an effective & inte-gral part of the Pro-Life movement. Wemust publicly display our opposition towhat is in fact a total disregard for thesanctity of human life.

It’s probably a good time to giveeveryone a “heads up” for LouisianaCamp Joshua. This Pro-Life Camp forteens has now expanded to four sessionswith Camps in the months of February,March, & April 2012 in Ruston, LakeCharles and Baton Rouge (two at thislocation). This weekend seminar issponsored by the Louisiana Knights ofColumbus, Louisiana Right to LifeFederation, and local college Studentsfor Life groups. Please visit the Loui-siana Right to Life Federation websitefor dates and more detailed information.Also, please publicize Louisiana CampJoshua in your Council & Church Par-ish and consider sponsoring youth to at-tend your nearest camp.

For our Council Pro-Life ChairCouples, we thank you sincerely for yourhard work and look forward to discuss-ing your many successes and perhaps afew frustrations when we meet again inJuly at KCLS. Hopefully your many sto-ries will help other Couples in their min-istry & perhaps help us find solutions tothe little barriers that seem to pop upwhenever we try to do our Pro-Lifework. Please feel free to contact us byphone or by e-mail if you require ourassistance or simply have a question.

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Once again, the Louisiana State Councilwill participate in the Louisiana Open Raffle Ticket Program.

Tickets sell for $10 each.Your Council Makes $5 for every ticket sold.

Your Council has NO EXPOSURE or EXPENSE.Tickets will be available at Grand Knights Day.

Put this fund raiser on your calendar,and reap the benefits.

Assumption 7411, MireRegular Division Champions

St. John the Baptist 1514, VacherieRegular Division Runner-Up

St. Anthony 7350, BaratariaRegular Division Third Place

Msgr. Teurlings 3202, LafayetteVeterans Division Runner-Up

Assumption 7411, MireVeterans Division Champions

St. Joseph 5013, ChauvinRegular Division Fourth Place

Fr. Fontaine 4791, EstherwoodMixed Division Runner-Up

Assumption 7411, MireMixed Division Champions

State Softball

CARENCRO, La - The 2011state softball tournament brought a fewchanges, GOOD or BAD, “You makethe call!” With the total number of teamsdecreasing, so did the time of the 63rdAnnual Knight of Columbus State Soft-ball Tournament. As a one day event,all awards we distributed by 11:35pm.This was also because for the first timein at least 10 years, our tournament DIDNOT have a mass celebrated at Peli-can Park.

As the Coed Division continues tobe consistent, the five team bracket wasagain a very competitive contests. Tak-ing third & second place this year wasFr. Fontaine council 4791 fromEsterwood. With a record of 3-0, the2011 Champion was Assumption 7411out of Mire, Louisiana.

With the other two divisions, in-tense competition NEVER stops! Bothbrackets played the maximum numberof games allowed in a double elimina-

by Myles Miller

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StateHorseshoe

2012 K.C. State Basketball

March 3-4

PLAQUEMINE, La - Underblue skies, hot conditions and a ROOFover our heads, the 39th Annual StateHorseshoe Tournament was conductedat Mike Zito Activity Center,Plaquemine, as the highly popular stateevent went in doors.

Ron Latiolais, Council 2657,Gonzales, posted a perfect 6 & 0record, and claimed his 18th StateChampionship. Latiolais’ trip to thecrown included wins over Rhett Griffin(Co 3054, 36-9), Ryan Hebert (Co6211, 39-21), Louis Gaudet (Co15006, 63-6), Eddie Guidry (Co 9692,

tion format. One more consistent topicwas the winner in both the Veteran andRegular Divisions of play. Yes, As-sumption became champions in thesetwo divisions which made the tourna-ment a clean sweep for council 7411.

The Veteran Division having onlyseven teams compete, showed Msgr.Carrol Badeaux council 3054 out ofLockport as the third place recipient.Msgr. Teurlings 3202 powered thebracket into an if necessary contest butfell short to Mire as midnight ap-proached.

Fielding the largest number of en-tries at twelve teams, the Regular Divi-sion had the same competitive nature,as the Veteran bracket. St. Anthonycouncil 7350 from Barataria, LA, fellshort as the played three consecutivecontest on Saturday pm. As the sunwas setting, the third place award washeld high that group of dedicated coun-cil members. The finals and if neces-sary games, combined for eighty oneruns between the two teams. Unfortu-nately for St. John the Baptist council1514 out of Vacherie, they fell short byonly one run. In the two games theyscored forty runs but Mire 7411crossed the plate forty one times.

Another great Louisiana StateKnights of Columbus Softball event inthe books.

State Softballcontinued from page 18

Single Champion, Ron Latiolais, right,Council 2657,accepts State ChampionPlaque from State Council Activity DirectorRalph Comeaux.

State Council Activity Chairman RalphComeaux presents Doubles ChampionAwards to David Reed, left, and EdwardLandry, right, from Council 2855, Welsh.

Senior Single Champion, Robert Ledet,Council 1114, Thibodaux, right, acceptsState Champion Plaque from State CouncilActivity Director Ralph Comeaux.


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57-16), Allen Duplantis (Co 9281, 34-6), and the rematch with Allen Duplantis(Co 9281).

Doubles action saw the team ofEdward Landry and David Reed,Council 2855, Welsh, capture the StateChampionship. Landry & Reed’s vic-tory march included wins over: Craig/Formby (Co 10293, 34-14), Saucier/Watson (6753, 22-18), Daigle/Mier(Co 2855, 24-17), Buelow/Buelow(Co 9753), Barrios/Blanchard (3054,33-19), and Barrios/Blanchard (3054).

Senior Singles Champion, RobertLedet, Council 1114, Thibodaux, cap-tured the senior title, while posting a 7& 1 mark. What makes Ledet’s cham-pionship unique, is his first round lossto defending champion LesterWaguespack, then falling into the los-ers bracket, then capturing sevenstraight matches to claim the title.

The State Council would like tothank Ralph Comeaux, TournamentChairman; and all the members ofPlaquemine Council 970 in their assis-tance in making the 39th Annual StateChampionship a huge success!

And all of you horseshoe pitch-ers, please note the 40th Annual Tour-nament will be held once again at theMike Zito Center, Plaquemine, and noqualifying will be necessary.

Mark your calendar! Saturday,September 8th, plan to be inPlaquemine!

Doubles Runner-Up Team of Barrios/Blanchard, Council 3054, Raceland,include James Barrios, left, and EdwinBlanchard, right, as they acceptcongratulations from State Council ActivityDirector Ralph Comeaux.

Mike Zito Activity Center, Plaquemine

Third Place Doubles Team include WayneComeaux, left, and Gerald Prados, right, ofCouncil 4309, Centerville, pose with RalphComeaux, Louisiana State Council.

Welsh Council 2855 provided our FourthPlace finishers in Mark Daigle, left, andLawrence Mier, right. Tournament DirectorRalph Comeaux presents their plaques.

Ralph Comeaux, left, presents SinglesRunner-Up Award to Allen Duplantis,Council 9281, Lacassine.

Eddie Guidry, Council 9692, Baton Rouge,left, and Neil Whitney, Council 13349,Waggaman, display their THIRD andFOURTH PLACE awards, respectfully, at therecently conducted 39th Annual K.C. StateHorseshoe Tournament.

Finalist in the recently held Senior Singlesin the K.C. State Horeshoe Tournamentinclude, left-to-right, Oscar Cole, Council4309, Centerville, Second Place; LesterWaguespack, Council 6211, Bayou Vista,Third Place; and Jerry Elliott, Council8615, Gretna, Fourth Place.


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PLAQUEMINE, La - The Loui-siana State Council, in cooperation withPlaquemine Council 970, hosted the64th Annual Knights of Columbus StateGolf Tournament, September 23-25, atThe Island Golf Club, Plaquemine, andSanta Maria Golf Club, Baton Rouge.

One hundred and twenty-one(121) knights from throughout the stateparticipated in the three day event. AFriday night welcome reception washosted at The Island Golf Club,Plaquemine.

The Friday scramble featured 84players on 16 teams. All teams com-peted at The Island GC, Plaquemine.Top scramble honors with a score of58 (14 under par) was the team ofRalph Comeaux, Council 970, EdwardGirouard, Council 2657, DaronKraemer, Council 10800 and SteveThomas, Council 9016. Second placehonors went to the team of Paul Clem-ent, Council 5013; Bill Gehris, Council3407, Mario Miglacio, Council 970 andLarry Robin, Council 1134; with a scoreof 61, 11 under par. Third place wasshared by two teams who both shot 10under par.

64th Annual K.C. State Golf TournamentPlaquemine Council 970 Claims Team Crown

The Saturday and Sunday indi-vidual play featured 113 players. Play-ers were flighted according to handi-cap, or past KC tournament history.Flight winners are listed on the nextpage.

Team Champion honors went toPlaquemine Council 970, Plaquemine,with 20 points. Council 970 recordedtwo first place, three second place andone third place finishers. Msgr. TeurlingsCouncil 3202, 2010 Team Champion,claimed runner-up honors in team com-petition, with 10 points; Third Placeteam honors go to Council 8779,Theriot, 8 points; while 2009 TeamChampion, St. Lawrence Council10800, Kraemer, could only manage 7points, and a fourth place team effort.

Chad Braud, St. Theresa Council2657, Gonzales, captured the Cham-pionship Flight top honors with scoresof 74, 74, for a two day total of 148.Braud outdistanced second place fin-isher Stan Barbier , Council 970,Plaquemine, (79,75) by six strokes.Third place honors go to AndreBroussard, Council 3202, 76, 79, 155.

The Louisiana State Councilwould like to thank all Brother Knightswho participated in the tournament andmade it a great success.

The State Council would like tothank Plaquemine Council 970 andAssistant Tournament Director RalphComeaux for assisting with another out-standing state event.

Ralph Comeaux, Assitant Tournament Director (L) presents Championship Trophy toChad Braud, Council 2657, as the Gonzales native captured the 64th Annual State K.C.Golf Championship at The Island Golf Club, Plaquemine.


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64th Annual KC State Golf Tournament

Championship Flight1 - Chad Braud, Council 2657 1482 - Stan Barbier, Council 970 1543 - Andre Broussard, Council 3202 155

Honors Flight1 - Ralph Comeaux, Council 970 1692 - Michael Comeaux, Council 7557 1693 - Mark Migliacio, Council 970 171

First Flight1 - Keith Bischoff, Council 9692 1592 - Ricky Lirette, Council 5013 1663 - Terry Kraemer, Council 10800 168

Second Flight1 - Chad Brown, Council 970 1582 - Phil Canova, Council 970 1623 - Derek Roddy, Council 1817 167

Third Flight1 - Andrew Mercante, Council 2952 1752 - Guy Ruggiero, Council 970 1793 - Paul Clement, Council 5013 181

Fourth Flight1 - Eric Coyle, Council 8779 1812 - Daniel Gauthe’, Council 3634 1833 - Joe Soileau, Council 3622 183

Fifth Flight1 - John Overmeyer, Council 8601 1792 - Nicholas Delaune, Council 1905 1873 - Joseph Cortez, Council 10800 187

Sixth Flight1 - Daron Kraemer, Council 10800 1932 - Todd Coyle, Council 8779 2003 - Stephen Hart, Council 12529 203

Senior “Gross”1 - Ron Cart, Council 8322 1602 - Robert Eddy, Council 1217 1643 - Chester Romero, Council 3202 166

Senior “Net A”1 - Francis Knight, Council 3202 126.22 - Larry Miller, Council 3202 136.43 - Tom Grote, Council 10293 139.6

Senior “Net B”1 - Larry Robin, Council 1134 131.42 - Carl Robichaux, Council 10455 131.83 - Leroy Gautreaux, Council 6870 151.8

Championship Flight Award presentationincluded (L-R): Ralph Comeaux, StateCouncil Athletic Chairman; Chad Braud,Council 2657, Champion; Stan Barbier,Council 970, Runner-Up; Andre Broussard,Council 3202, 3rd Place.

Honors Flight Winners included (L-R):Ralph Comeaux, Council 970, Champion;Michael Comeaux, Council 7557, 2ndPlace; and Mark Migliacio, Council 970,3rd Place.

First Flight Winners included (L-R): KeithBischoff, Council 9692, Champion; RickyLirette, Council 5013, 2nd Place; and TerryKraemer, Council 10800, 3rd Place.

Second Flight Winners included (L-R):Ralph Comeaux, State Council ActivityDirector; Chad Brown, Council 970,Champion; Phil Canova, Council 970, 2ndPlace; Derek Roddy, Council 1817, 3rdPlace.

Third Flight Winners included (L-R):Andrew Mercante, Council 2952,Champion; Paul Clement, Council 5013,3rd Place.

Fourth Flight Winners included (L-R): Asst.Tournament Director Ralph Comeaux; EricCoyle, Council 8779, Champion; DanielGauthe’, Council 3634, 2nd Place; and JoeSoileau, Council 3622, 3rd Place.

Fifth Flight Winners included (L-R): JosephCortez, Council 10800; and JohnOvermeyer, Council 8601, Champion.

Sixth Flight Winners included (L-R): DaronKraemer, Council 10800, Champion; ToddCoyle, Council 8779, 2nd Place; StephenHart, Council 12529, 3rd Place.


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Senior Gross Flight Winners, (L-R): RalphComeaux, Asst. TD; Ron Cart, Council8322, Champion; Chester Romero, Council3202, Third Place.

Senior “Net A” Winners included (L-R):Francis Knight, Council 3202, Champion;and Larry Miller, Council 3202, 2nd Place.

Senior “Net B” Winners included (L-R):Larry Robin, Council 1134, Champion;Carl Robichaux, Council 10455, 2nd Place;Kervin Voisin, Council 10612, 3rd Place.


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Joel Ocmand

CYLA [email protected]

Welcome to this years CYLAprogram. I am looking forward to thisbeing the best year ever of the programand to assist each council in selectingtheir winners to be recognized locallyand competing at the Area level.

The Catholic Youth LeadershipAward Program is one of the most dy-namic and rewarding programs that theState Council offers to the Member-ship. CYLA places an emphasis onCatholic values, scholastic achievement,athletics, and leadership in the areas ofchurch, school and community. Catho-lic seniors throughout the state of Loui-siana are eligible to participate in theCYLA program. The only requirementis that they must be nominated by acouncil within the Louisiana jurisdiction.Each council that participates in theCYLA program will find it to be bothrewarding and fulfilling. Giving outstand-ing Catholic seniors the opportunity tocompete for cash prizes, awards, andrecognition is the very foundation of theCYLA program.

CYLA packets will be mailed outto the Grand Knight in early Novem-ber. Appeals are made on behalf ofCYLA at the state officers’ meeting andat Grand Knights’ day, encouragingcouncils to participate in the program.Councils that participate in the program

turn in their nomination forms to theArea Coordinators. Area Coordina-tors conduct their respective area com-petition and award one boy and one girlthe distinction of being an area winneras well as a state finalist. The AreaCoordinator then sends the nominationforms of the finalist to the state chair-man. A total of 24 finalists will com-pete for the state championship. Thenthe copies of the nomination forms aremailed to the state judges for grading.Upon completion by the state judges,the scores are tallied by the state chair-man and are used as part of the overallscore of the finalist. The appointed tenstate level judges will conduct the ver-bal competition on April 15th inLafayette.

Every student nominee should uti-lize the online interactive nominationform found at the state web site. Thisallows for a neater and more standard-ized application to be produced, per-mitting the maximum room for contentto describe the nominee’s activities andaccomplishments.

DATES TO REMEMBER:November 1, 2011...CYLA Infor-

mation mailed to Grand KnightsDecember, 1st, 2011...Council

appointment of CYLA chairman mailedto State CYLA Chairman

January 31st, 2012...Applicationdeadlines for Students to turn in formsto Council’s

February 13th, 2012...Deadlinefor submitting Council winners to theArea Coordinator

February 14th, 2012 thru March5th, 2012...Area Competition

March 7th, 2012...Deadline forArea Competition winners to be sub-mitted to the State CYLA Chairman

April 15th, 2012...STATE FI-NALS - TOP 12 BOYS AND TOP12 GIRLS


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Paul McKeough

Marian Devotion [email protected]

October, month of the Holy Ro-sary, of the Blessed Mother, brings par-ticular blessings to all of us who will turnto her and ask for her intercession forour needs from Her Divine Son. AsKnights, we are particularly blessed inour efforts, with our families, and in ourindividual paths to holiness. As Knights,from our first day, we are gifted with aRosary, even as we are challenged towitness to Mary, to Her Son, and tothe Truth of our Christian heritage. Nowhere is this opportunity to know, love,and serve the Lord made clearer thanin the exhortations of our leaders re-cently returned from the annual conven-tion. Again, our Supreme Knight hascommitted us to service through Mary,Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Over the next several weeks,across Louisiana, there will be numer-ous witness opportunities to pray to OurBlessed Mother through the Silver RoseProgram. It seems to me that this is oneway, as Knights, we can avail ourselves,as united Knights, of prayer and our

own individual recommitments to serv-ing under the banner of our Lady ofGuadalupe, Patroness of the Americas,and bearer of the Light of Jesus, cre-ator and sanctifier of all life. Throughpraying the Rosary, as Knights andKnight families, we celebrated our ownlives, the lives of everyone, regardlessof our individual ways of origin, culturalindividualites, or status of life.

Our Supreme Knight, Carl Ander-son, recalled the visit of Blessed JohnPaul II to the Hill of Tepeyac, where in1531, Mary, Mother of the whole hu-man race, reached out, and shared avisionary moment into the splendor ofeternity. In this appearance to SaintJuan Diego, Our Blessed Mother wasreaching out to each of us who wouldhear and see the proof that there is aGod who loves each one of us, indi-vidually, whatever our station in life.Having been drawn to observe the ten-derness and caring of Our BlessedMother to all of us, we are challengedand obligated to witness to these truthsin prayer and in action.

As Mary’s appearance and JuanDiego’s response in faith drew thepoorest of the poor of Mexico to a lifeof hope, so through their example, weare all drawn, poor and rich, lowly andlofty in our status in the world, to wit-ness and to evangelize. Pope BenedictXVI, in Deus Caritas est, reminds usthat “the renewal of the Church inAmerica, will not be possible withoutthe active presence of the laity. [As la-ity, we are], therefore, largely respon-sible for the future of the Church.”Given this responsibility, and the gracesto work through opportunities for wit-nessing, evangelizing, we all need todevelop a strong prayer life, centeredon Christ and through the Rosary, eventslike the Silver Rose Program, and oth-

ers, we can be forces for good and trulybe making a difference. In this way wecan imitate our Blessed Mother in Herfiat and can emulate the obedience, infaith, of Saint Juan Diego. “Working,praying together, as Knights we cancome together as councils, as an Or-der, as a Church, as a community, andas a world in need of her words of peaceand unity,” (Carl Anderson, SupremeKnight, in “Mother of the Civilizationof Love). Vivat Jesus—per Mariam.

Lloyd Meyers

M.D.F. [email protected]

Brothers, now that the Big Pushweekend of the MDF drive is passedthat does not mean that our State widefund drive is over because it is only start-ing.

For those Councils that have nottaken the time to have a fund driveplease be reminded there are Agencies,Schools and Organizations that helpCitizens with mental disability that needhelp from your fund drive.

Don’t let them down just becauseyour council feels it is not important foryour council to get involved. Show ev-eryone that your council members canroll up their sleeves, get to work andhave a great successful fund drive thatwill help our Citizens that have mentaldisability. They need our help and sup-


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State Nine Ball

November 5

LafayetteGo To State Website

www.louisianakc.org

& Download Entry Form

A Blue Rose

port more now than ever before becauseof the Hard times families are having.

Brothers if your council does nothave a fund drive because they don’thave a Beneficiary in their District orArea always remember there is St.Mary’s Residential Training School inAlexandria as well as the Special Olym-pics in just about every State Parish.

Thank you for past participationand that of the future!

Having four visiting family mem-bers, my wife was very busy, so I of-fered to go to the store for her to getsome needed items, which included lightbulbs, paper towels, trash bags, deter-gent and clorox. So off I went.

I scurried around the store, gath-ered up my supply of goodies andheaded for the checkout counter, onlyto be blocked in the narrow aisle by ayoung man who appeared to be aboutsixteen-years-old. I wasn’t in a hurry,so I patiently waited for the boy to re-alize that I was there. This was whenhe waved his hands excitedly in the airand declared in a loud voice, “Mommy,I’m over here.

It was obvious now, he was men-tally challenged and also startled as heturned and saw me standing so close tohim, waiting to squeeze by. His eyeswidened and surprise exploded on hisface as I said, “Hey Buddy, what’s yourname?”

“My name is Denny and I’m shop-ping with my mother,” he respondedproudly. “Wow,” I said, “that’s a coolname; I wish my name was Denny, butmy name is Steve.” “Steve, likeStevarino?” he asked. “Yes,” I an-swered. “How old are you Denny?”How old am I now, Mommy?” heasked his mother as she slowly cameover from the next aisle.” You’re fifteen-years-old Denny; now be a good boyand let the man pass by.” I acknowl-

edged her and continued to talk toDenny for several more minutes aboutsummer, bicycles and school. I watchedhis brown eyes dance with excitement,because he was the center of someone’sattention. He then abruptly turned andheaded toward the toy section.

Denny’s mom had a puzzled lookon her face and thanked me for takingthe time to talk with her son .She toldme that most people wouldn’t even lookat him, much less talk to him.

I told her that it was my pleasureand then I said something I have no ideawhere it came from, other than by theprompting of the Holy Spirit. I said,“There are plenty of red, yellow, andpink roses in God’s Garden; however,‘Blue Roses’ are very rare and shouldbe appreciated for their beauty and dis-tinctiveness. You see, Denny is a BlueRose and if someone doesn’t stop andsmell that rose with their heart and touchthat rose with their kindness, thenthey’ve missed a blessing from God.”

She was silent for a second, thenwith a tear in her eye she asked, “Whoare you?” Without thinking I said, “Oh,I’m probably just a dandelion, but I surelove living in God’s garden.” Shereached out, squeezed my hand andsaid, “God bless you!” and then I hadtears in my eyes.

May I suggest, the next time yousee a BLUE ROSE, don’t turn yourhead and walk off. Take the time to smileand say Hello, Why? Because, by thegrace of GOD, this mother or fathercould be you. This could be your child,grandchild, niece or nephew. What adifference a moment can mean to thatperson or their family

From an old dandelion! Live sim-ply, Love generously, Care deeply,Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.“People will forget what you said,People will forget what you did, butpeople will never forget how you madethem feel!”. “ANON”

Gerard Thomas

New Council [email protected]

My Brother Knights, I am happyto report to you that we have two verygood prospects for forming two newCouncils before the end of this calen-dar year. As you know forming newCouncils expands our order in the mostefficient way. New Councils require atleast 30 new members and from thesenew members others follow.

Thanks to encouragement fromour State Deputy, Ronnie Boudreauxand the hard work of Darrel C.Gonzales, D.D. #1 the prospect forforming a new Council at Mary Queenof Vietnam Church in New Orleans isbright. During a recent New CouncilDevelopment/Membership Drive, 15



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Form 100-LA were completed and anadditional 40+ were taken home to becompleted and returned. Paul Gagnet,Sr., State Membership Chairman, KeithLawson, Area A Coordinator, BrotherPhong Robert Nguyen from Council8703 in Port Sulphur and Le Nguyen,Supreme Council Vietnamese Liaisonhosted the Information Meeting at MaryQueen of Vietnam Church on Septem-ber 24th and 25th. There were an es-timated 50 men and approximately 13ladies and a number of children that at-tended the meetings held after 5 massesthat weekend. A 1st Degree is plannedfor October 16 along with a day of cel-ebration for all parishioners. Thanks toFather Nghiem, Pastor of Mary Queenof Vietnam Church for taking the leadin forming this new Council.

The second potential for a newCouncil exists at Saint Joachim Churchin Marrero. George Boudreaux, D. D.#7 has been working diligently with apositive attitude and great support fromthe Pastor of Saint Joachim Church,Father Amal to get this new Council upand running. Brother George has helda number of Information Meetings withgood attendance by parishioners. Atlast count, there were approximately 13New Members and 13 transfers pend-ing. Thanks to Father Amal for his de-termination and efforts to get this newCouncil established. From experience,we know that if the Pastor wants a newCouncil, he will get one.

New Council Developmentcontinued from page 15

Worthy District Deputies, if youfeel that there is even the slightest po-tential for establishing a new Council ina church parish in your district, pleasefollow through to test the waters. Re-member that the District Deputy is thekey to forming a New Council. If any-one has information about the potentialto form a New Council, please contactyour District Deputy or me for assis-tance.

Vivat Jesus.

Vince Whittington

2012 Convention [email protected]

The theme for this fraternal year’sstate convention will be “SwampKnights” and will be held in BatonRouge on May 4-5-6, 2012. We startwith a crawfish boil on Friday night atthe Rural Life Museum. You will havea tour of the museum and entertainmentby dance band “Na Na Sha”. We willalso have children’s entertainment thatnight and through out the conventionweekend.

This year we are giving Councilsand Louisiana Ladies Auxiliaries a 25%discount on sponsorships and ads. Theprices are as follows:

$5000 Platinum Sponsorship$2500 Gold Sponsorship$1000 Silver Sponsorship$500 Bronze Sponsorship

$250 Sponsorship$150 Sponsorship$100 SponsorshipFor additional information on each

of our Sponsorship Levels, please con-tact me, and I will be happy to sendyou additional information.

Please come out and enjoy whatis shaping up to be a wonderful andmemorable weekend, the 107th AnnualKnights of Columbus State Convention.

Darryl Barrios

Scouting [email protected]

In 1913, Knights of ColumbusCouncil No. 1337 was chartered tooperate Boy Scout Troop 1 in Mon-roe, Louisiana. In 1923, the SupremeCouncil formally commended Scoutingas “a fruitful activity for the Order” andsaid that local councils had “moldedyoung boys” through the Scouting pro-gram. For more than 90 years, theKnights have worked with the BoyScouts of America to serve youth. The


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Knights continue to shape lives by serv-ing more than 42,000 young people inmore than 1,400 Scouting units. As of2005, the K of C had more than 150Scouting units that had 50 or moreyears’ tenure and more than 800 KCcouncils were ensuring that youngpeople receive a Scouting opportunity.

In 2005 the BSA sent out lettersasking all government agencies to findalternate charter partners so money willnot be used in lawsuits that could beused for the Scouting programs. In thepilot for this new agreement with theKnights, one council decided to pickup the charters for 23 units in its area tokeep these units functioning.

In 2006, the Knights of Colum-bus and the National Catholic Commit-tee on Scouting teamed up to start newScouting units. Each Grand Knight,Faithful Navigator, and State and Dis-trict Deputy in the United States shouldhave received a recruitment packet in-cluding information on Scouting pro-grams and a DVD with a message fromSupreme Knight Carl Anderson with hissupport of the BSA programs.

The Scouting Program of theLouisiana State Council consists of fiveitems:

1. Retention of Cub Scout, BoyScout and Venturing units that are indanger of folding due to the loss of theirchartering partner;

2. The creation of new Cub Scout,Boy Scout and Venturing units to bringthe Scouting program to underservedareas;

3. The promotion and sponsorshipof the Catholic Religious Emblems pro-gram;

4. The promotion of increasedvolunteerism in the Scouting programby our Brother Knights, at the unit, dis-trict and/or diocesan levels;

Francis J. Parater Award

In keeping with the twelfth pointof the Scout Law, A SCOUT IS REV-ERENT, the Louisiana State Council ofthe Knights of Columbus wishes to rec-ognize those active adult Knights whohave contributed significantly to thespiritual growth and development of theyouth of their communities by volunteer-ing their time, talents and resources tothe local units of the Boy Scouts ofAmerica. The spirit and intent of thisrecognition is in keeping with the phi-losophies and purposes of the Knightsof Columbus and the Boy Scouts ofAmerica.

The Knights of Columbus is astrong supporter of the scouting pro-gram, having sponsored hundreds ontroops, packs and crews throughoutthese United States. This award isnamed after Francis J. Parater, EagleScout, Knights of Columbus associateand seminarian, who worked exten-sively with youth during his short life.The Knights wish to recognize brotherKnights who have helped our youthalong their journey in life.

If you have any questions aboutScouting in the state of Louisiana pleasefeel free to contact me.

Vivat Jesus!

5. Recognition of Brother Knightswho have given years of service to theBoy Scouts of America though a newstate award, the Francis J. ParaterAward.

George Martin

Squires [email protected]

We are proud to announce thatwe have a new Squires Circle inCarencro, Louisiana. Fr. Roy EdwardColumbian Squires Circle # 5330 isofficially running and active. We wantto thank Bobby Kennerson, BrianDecou, and Fr. Bill Melancon for theirdiligence to get this Circle started.

This is a great recruiting tool forthe Council as well as the Squires. TheCircle recruited twelve boys to start theCircle and the Council recruited fournew members. What a great way torevive a Council, Church Parish, andCommunity. If you are looking for waysto “kick start” your Council and get new



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Paul Gagnet

Membership [email protected]

The excitement of the newColumbian year with regards to mem-bership has been most rewarding. Atthe end of the first quarter the State ofLouisiana Jurisdiction had attained thirdplace in the order concerning circle ofhonor intake. Congratulations to all ofthose councils who have added newbrothers during this period. Every yearSupreme assigns us goals. Our goalsare:

We need to add 117 new broth-ers a month. In the first quarter thisyear we had 172 councils not recruitone new brother into the order. Su-preme has issued another request thatevery council recruit one new brother,once a month, 12 months out the year.

You are still assigned the Supreme quotawith regards to earning the Star Coun-cil Award. Speaking of Star CouncilAward there is a new parameter thisyear. Your council must either HOSTor PARTICIPATE in four First DegreeCeremonials during the 2011-2012Columbian year. Host is described assponsoring a First Degree Ceremony,Participate in is described as “A Coun-cil that provides at least one candidatethat advances to a First Degree duringat least four separate ceremonies. Thiswill be recorded by Supreme by yourcompletion of the new form 450-Cavailable on the Supreme website. Ifyou have any questions just email me.The other parameters for Star Councilare still required. That being attain In-surance Goal, earn the ColumbianAward, submit your forms 185 and 365by deadline and of course the abovementioned intake goal.

Brothers, we have so much to beproud of by just being a Knight. Ifsomeone would ask you about the ben-efits would you be able to discuss withthem the plethora of features the Knightsoffer? If not, refer them to the Su-preme website, www.kofc.org to im-press them. There is so much infor-mation available at ones fingertips. Areally giant KUDOS to our own StateWebmaster, Brandon Hendricks, for hisconstant efforts maintaining the Louisi-ana website, www.louisianakc.org. Ifyou haven’t been to this website youjust don’t know what you are missing.Thanks Brandon.

I have created a new data base ofall councils by either GK or FS to sup-ply most current information concern-ing just about anything going on aroundthe state. There are about 20% of thecouncils with no emails listed in the statedirectory. No email, No information.If you are not on my list send me your

2011-2012 INTAKE GOAL

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1002011-2012 REACTIVATION GOAL:

5 COUNCILS2011-2012 ROUND TABLES GOAL:

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email so I can add you.

We are still running the TOP GUNaward program during this Columbianyear. This is a totally INTAKE awardprogram. Those councils attaining theSupreme Goal will earn a recognitioncertificate, those councils who exceedwill be honored at KCLS in all threedivisions, by the council who attains thehighest intake over goal. We needINTAKE order wide. Let’s makeLouisiana the number one jurisdictionin the order.

ADMINISTRATIONHere it is October already, three

months into the Columbian year and Iwould like to share some interesting sta-tistics with you. We have 3 councilswho Supreme has no record of receiv-ing their form 185, we have 54 coun-cils that have no record of their 365,we have 77 councils who have not sub-mitted their bi-annual audit, we have 48councils who are two or more audits inarrears, we have 172 not having re-cruited one new member and lastly wehave 19 councils who are listed as sus-pended with a total roster of 545 broth-ers. Please take the time to completethe necessary forms to get these num-bers to zero.

In closing, we have asked allcouncils to clean up their rosters, re-move the deceased from the ranks,1845 those that are delinquent, andcorrect addresses of those brothers notreceiving the Columbia Magazine fromSupreme. Please make this an ongoingeffort. We must do right things right.Finally.....

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members as well as future trained lead-ers, then make an effort to start aSquires Circle today.

The Louisiana State ColumbianSquires had a successful Bowling Tour-nament in Baton Rouge, Louisiana inAugust and had 50 Squires attend andover 20 parents and counselors, fromseven Squire Circles. We want to thankSt. Amant Squires Circle for hosting thisevent with a Mass, Dinner and friendlygames of Bingo and prizes for all thewinners. This is a great way to makefriends from across the state and shareour religious beliefs with each other.

Our next upcoming event will beour 2nd Annual Fishing Tournament heldat the Lamar Dixon Expo Center inGonzales, Louisiana on October 29,2011, and hosted by St. Amant SquiresCircle. This is a catch and release tour-nament as we fish along the banks of astocked pond. Squires bring their ownbait and we measure and weigh all fishcaught and give awards based on size,weight, and quantity caught by a Squire.This was a great activity last year andshould be as fun as it was last year. Wehope to see you there, please registeryour Squires for the fun.

On January 20, 21, and 22, 2012the Squires are having a Retreat that willinclude the Pro Life March to the Capi-tol in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sat-urday and continue the Retreat inHammond, Louisiana, which will behosted by the Hammond Squires Circle,at the KC Council Home until Sunday.We will have our Squires State ChaplinFr. Keith Landry, who will be thereagain for questions and answers, Mass,Confession, and guest speakers. Weencourage Squires, Dads and Counse-lors to attend this event to teach our

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Squires about Youth Ministries and howthey can serve the Church and ourClergy.

This year the Squires ServiceProject is one that is of great impor-tance to those in need in our Commu-nity. The mission of Ronald McDonaldHouse Charities (RMHC) is to create,find and support programs that directlyimprove the health and well being ofchildren. Their Vision: we believe thatwhen you change a child’s life, youchange a family’s, which can change acommunity, and ultimately the world.

How do we help? We are collect-ing pull tabs from soup cans, coke cans,and beer cans and turn that into cash.With your help we are collecting themuntil State KC Convention in May thatwill be in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in2012. Put the pull tabs in a Ziploc Gal-lon size bag and drop them off at ourSquires booth at Convention. We willthen continue to collect until our SquiresState Convention, the beginning of Juneand turn in the pull tabs and collectmoney given to us based on collections.Our Squires State Convention is in NewOrleans this year, where the localRonald McDonald House Chapter islocated. We will then give them a checkfor the amount collected at our Ban-quet on Saturday evening. What a greatway to teach and train our youth on theprinciples of Charity.

While we are on the subject ofNew Orleans, we are working withArchbishop Aymond on starting to

work to develop a Catholic Youth Min-istry Programs in New Orleans Area.After Katrina and Rita demolished thearea which is still trying to recover fromtheir loses, with the help of the Coun-cils and Assemblies in the Metro Areaof New Orleans, we can redevelopSquires Circles and help our Clergy tobring Catholic young men closer toGod. We can bring the Metro Areaback to the prestige of having the bestSquire Circles in the State. We can re-juvenate our Councils in New Orleanswith the youth of these young men whenthey turn 18 years of age. Are you withme Brother Knights? If so, contact meor any member of the State Squiresthrough our Web site:louisiansquires.org and let us help you,help our Clergy.

Vivat Jesus!

Delmas Forbes

Youth [email protected]

As we approach the fall time ofthe year, many of our State Youth Pro-grams should have already started orwill start in the very near future. How-ever by the time this edition is publishedmany or all of our Council, District andArea Soccer Challenges should haveoccurred as we prepare for our Knightsof Columbus State Soccer Challengeto occur on Sunday November 13,



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2011. This event will occur at theBurbank Soccer Complex in BatonRouge and the competition will beginat 9:30 am. Hopefully some of the hintsand suggestions I provided to the Coun-cils in the beginning of the fraternal yearhas helped and will continue to help yourCouncil in promoting this event in thefuture.

Many Councils may have alreadystarted with the Knights of ColumbusSubstance Abuse Poster Contest.,however there is still plenty time to com-plete this program before the Councildeadline of January 31, 2012. Thisprogram will help teach the youth ofchurch parishes and our communities ofthe dangers of substance abuse. Eventhough the rules state that the postersshould be completed on a 11x17 inchposter please do not let this serve asstumbling block to your council want-ing to participate in this program. If anyof the participants state that they arehaving problems locating this sizeposter, simply encourage participants tobuy a large poster and cut to be a 11x17inch poster. One of the obvious ad-vantages in doing the poster on this sizeposter is shipping the winning postersthat continue to advance to higher lev-els of competition.

Brother Knights, many times thesuccess of our programs is how we pro-mote our programs and how much timewe tried to put into planning our pro-grams. Within a few more monthsCouncils will start conducting theirCouncil Free Throw Contest. Coun-cils are encourage to utilize the promo-tional posters in your Free Throw Kitswell in advance to help boys and girlsbetween the ages of 10-14 become fa-miliar and interesting in wanting to par-

ticipate in the program. Consider dis-tributing flyers to boys and girls withinyouth groups, CCD programs andwithin local public and private schoolswith information about your CouncilFree Throw Contest well in advance.Some Councils try to encourageschools to conduct the program throughtheir PE classes.

Another of one outstanding youthprograms is the Catholic Youth Lead-ership Award program or better knownas the CYLA Program. EncourageCatholic Seniors in your church par-ishes to take an interest and participatein this program. There is a large finan-cial assistance given to our top threestate winners and who knows one ofthe lucky boy and girl winners might beone of the Seniors that your Councilsinspires to participate.

None of our State Youth Pro-grams can be successful without the fi-nancial assistance that Councils contrib-ute to the Youth Expansion Program.Our YEP Program is a very diversifiedthat helps many of youth throughout ourstate in many of ways and over the yearsmany of youth has touched by gener-osity that Councils and individuals con-tinue to donate to this program. Forthose councils that have given so gen-erous contribute to this program in thepast we thank you and ask you toplease continue to support the Yep Pro-gram. However we encourage allCouncils throughout our state to makeone of your Council goals andprosperities to support the YEP Pro-gram.

Vince Whittington

Camp Joshua [email protected]

Joshua, a young understudy ofMoses and hero of the Old Testament,is known for his character. A quote fromDeuteronomy 31 states that “Joshua’scharacter was one of bold strength, wis-dom and courage”.

Louisiana Camp Joshua is aweekend camp designed to train highschool sophomores, juniors, and seniorsto be pro-life leaders. The weekend isdesigned to instill in them the strength,knowledge, wisdom, tools and courageto go out and proclaim the message oflife to their schools and in their future.This event is sponsored by the Knightsof Columbus, Louisiana Right to Life,and Louisiana Students for Life.

We are having many success sto-ries of great thing from the student’s whohave attended Camp Joshua and theLeadership Institute. Here is a letter Ireceived from one of our students.

By the great opportunity of at-tending JLI, the support, prayers, andgrace of God, Alex Peyton, MorganCollins, and I were able to get a pro-


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life group started. We are knownas the Defenders of the Truth forLife. Our very first meeting was onSeptember 11, and we had about 25people present. This semester wehave several different thingsplanned, such as hosting prayerevents, prayer vigils at the abortionclinics, creating Pro-Life posters,fundraisers for different events go-ing on, participating in Life Chain,develop a cemetery of the innocentsdisplay, watching Pro-Life movies,hosting debates and speakers, visit-ing the nursing home, chalking Pro-Life messages, and trying really hardto make it to D.C. for the Walk ForLife in January 2012! And we havemuch more going on in the yearahead. Please keep us in all yourprayers. We have been blessed witha huge opportunity to make a differ-ence, and we all believe this can govery far. Thank you all! Sincerely,Ashley Hebert

Brother Knights, please keep upyour support of Camp Joshua. Pleasepray for the success of these and themany other students of Camp Joshua,that they have the strength and courageto go out into this world and apply thelessons they have learned to defend life.With your prayers and giving them thetools, this generation can make a dif-ference towards stopping abortion anddefending life.

The dates for Camp Joshua 2012:Ruston - February 24-26, 2012Lake Charles – March 2-4, 2012Baton Rouge March 16-18 and

April 13-15, 2012Joshua Leadership Institute in Ba-

ton Rouge – July 15-19, 2012For more information and photos

visit the web site atwww.campjoshua.org

Vivat Jesus.

Five local organizations held fundraisers this summer to solicit donations for St. ElizabethCommunity Clinic. Fundraisers were held by Knight of Columbus Councils in Prairieville(St. John’s), Gonzales (St. Theresa, St. Mark’s), and St. Amant (Holy Rosary). Leblanc’sFood Store also coordinated a fundraiser. Donated funds will be used to buy medicaltesting equipment. Pictured (L to R): Jessica Babin, Jon Hirsch, Denise Lindsey, AmberHuffman, Kristin Martin, and Victor Vidaurre (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital & Clinic). FrontRow: Keith Babineaux (St. Theresa), Roy Riedlinger (St. Mark’s), Gary Bercegeay (St.Theresa). Back Row: Mike Heath (Holy Rosary), Paul Allen (St. John’s), Paige Englade& Gene Lockhart (Leblanc’s Food Store). Not pictured: Delphin Russelburg who soliciteddonations from local Prairieville businesses.

Msgr. Susicontinued from page 2

They are not showing weakness, but willbe blessed by our Blessed Mother.

Recently I had a letter from ourSupreme Chaplain, Bishop Lori, and onefrom Father Grace, Area Director ofChaplains. I was encouraged not to goto Rome, New Haven, and Denver forthe State Chaplains meetings because ofthe long trips. I was sorry I could notmake them, however. The Chaplain fromNew Orleans went in my place to Rome.My Assistant Chaplain from Shreveportwent to New Haven, and a Chaplainfrom Lafayette went to Denver. I gotvery little information about what tookplace.

Just recently my Bishop from heretook me to the meeting of the Order ofthe Fleur de Lis in Birmingham. I didokay on that trip.

My point is, I want to continue togo to these meetings if I can have some-one to drive me. Father Grace wrotewondering what was wrong. He got very

little reports from Louisiana. He tells usthe time is ripe for our Chaplains, as thereis a serious need within the Church andamong our Brothers and their familiesfor more spiritual growth.

Our Supreme Knight Carl A.Anderson wants to move the Chaplainsreport from #13 to #7 on the agenda forevery Council meeting, and said that theChaplains’ report (now message) shouldcome early in a meeting. The Chaplainneeds to be accommodated in this sched-ule. Father Grace lists in his brochurethe “Supreme Chaplain’s 10 Keys toSuccess as a Chaplain”. It will be arriv-ing at every Council as part of the “Surgewith Service” kit. Please let me knowof any Chaplain that has not receivedone.

And I ask all Council Chaplains toplease try to follow directives of ourSupreme Chaplain and Supreme Direc-tor and begin to give 10 or 15 minutes toBishop Lori’s “Cathechism of the Catho-lic Church” at every meeting.

God bless you all,Vivat Jesus


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Officer Training & Gumbo Cook-Off Finals.Plan to Attend & Encourage Council Participation!

Sunday, January 29, 2012Teurlings Catholic High School

Lafayette

Grand Knight, Membership Director,& Youth Director.


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SupplementA Mass of Christian Burial for

Monsignor Joseph M. Susi was cel-ebrated at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oc-tober 26, 2011, in St. Francis XavierCathedral with Bishop Ronald P.Herzog and other priests from the Prov-ince of Louisiana officiating and digni-taries across the State of Louisiana at-tending. Interment was conducted inMary Hill Cemetery under the direc-tion of John Kramer & Son. Visitationwas held from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tues-day, October 25, and from 8 a.m. until10:45 a.m. Wednesday, October 26,at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral.

Vigil of the Office of the Dead fol-lowed by the Rosary will be held at 6p.m. Tuesday in the Cathedral.

Monsignor Joseph M. Susi wasborn on March 19, 1917 in the city ofNewark, Ohio. He attended both gradeand high school in Newark. He workedat a grocery store for two years beforegoing to St. Joseph College in

Eighteenth State Chaplain2004-2011

Msgr. Joseph M. Susi

Rensselaer, Indiana. After two years atSt. Joseph, he went to the DominicanHouse of Studies in River Forest, Illi-nois. Monsignor Susi received the name“BROTHER THOMAS AQUINAS”as a Dominican. He spent five years with

the Dominicans before coming to theDiocese of Alexandria. When the Mi-nor Seminary opened in Pineville, Loui-siana, he was asked to go there to fin-ish his studies on the Eucharist and Mat-rimony, and also to act as Assistant Pre-

Msgr. Susi (l) celebrating Mass with thenState Chaplain Msgr. Weber and AssociateState Chaplain Msgr. Carson Lacaze (r) atState Convention Mass.


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fect of the Seminary.He was ordained on June 3, 1950

by Bishop Charles P. Greco. His firstassignment was assistant and adminis-trator at Holy Trinity Church in Shreve-port. Then he was sent to St. MatthewChurch in Monroe as assistant. Fromthere he was made pastor of Christ theKing Church in Simmesport, where heserved for five years, pastor of St. Jo-seph Church in Mansfield for five yearsand for 27 years he served St. RitaChurch in Alexandria as pastor. (He wasappointed pastor of Holy Trinity Churchin Shreveport effective February 11,1974, but it was rescinded February 1,1974, by Bishop Graves.) He wasBishop Greco’s traveling chaplainthroughout the Bishop’s extensive visi-tations from 1966-1987. Monsignor iscurrently Chancellor Emeritus and pre-viously served the diocese as Chancel-lor for 29 years from 1991 until 2010.

Monsignor Susi was made a Pa-pal Chamberlain by Pope Paul VI onMay 20, 1972, and a Prelate of HisHoliness Pope John Paul II on Novem-ber 29, 1978.

He held many offices: Chairmanof the Diocesan Liturgical Commission1972-81, Chairman of the Diocesan

Music Commission 1978-80, Directorof the Eucharistic League for Priestssince 1966, Vicar for Religious 1966-81, Secretary and member of the PriestsSenate 1969-71, 1973-75, 1976-78,and 1991-present, State Father Priorfor the Columbian Squires 1954-55,Deanery Spiritual Moderator of theDiocesan Council of Catholic Womenin 1970, Board of Directors for Alex-andria Girl Scouts 1972-75, DiocesanChaplain of the Knights of Columbus1986-present, Priests RetirementBoard 1990-present, Spiritual Direc-tor of the Marian Society of DominicanCatechists in 1990, Diocesan Chaplainof the Catholic Daughters of the Ameri-cas 1986-present. He served as Dioc-esan Vicar for Religious, Chaplain forthe 3rd and 4th Degree Knights of Co-lumbus in several places where he wasstationed, Chaplain for Courts Gibbonsand Bishop Desmond of the CatholicDaughters of the Americas, Chaplain forthe Amerita and Amicus Clubs, and wasthe First Chaplain of the new St. Mary’sTraining School in Alexandria. In 1999he was appointed State AssociateChaplain of the Knights of Columbus,and was appointed State Chaplain inJuly, 2004. While in Shreveport in1951, he organized a chapter of theNational Conference of CommunityServices.

Monsignor Susi became a Knightof the Holy Sepulchre in 1994. He waschosen for the American CatholicWho’s Who Bicentennial 1976, Who’sWho in Religion 1976-77, Men ofAchievement of Cambridge, England1977. In 1983, Supreme Knight VirgilC. Dechant of the Knights of Colum-bus, appointed him a companion of theSupreme Chaplain, Bishop Greco, forseveral years until his death, as such heattended all the Board meetings and au-diences with the Holy Father in Rome.

He was a guest of Archbishop John C.Favalora in Rome when he received hisPallium in 1995.

While Pastor at St. Rita Churchhe built Dube Hall, the Monsignor SusiGymnasium, and renovated the entireSt. Rita plant.

Monsignor Susi received the firstDiocese of Alexandria St. Vincent dePaul Humanitarian Award on August 29,1998. He received a plaque from TheAssociation of Notre Dame SeminaryAlumni for his 50th anniversary of or-dination to the Holy Priesthood datedJanuary 21, 2000.

Monsignor Susi was conferred therank and dignity of Knight Commanderof the Order of the Fleur de Lis on Au-gust 11, 2011 in Lafayette, Louisiana.

He celebrated 50 years in thepriesthood on June 5, 2000, with aMass of Thanksgiving in St. FrancisXavier Cathedral.

Monsignor Susi is preceded indeath by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.Barney Susi, his brother, Bernard Susiand three

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