President John F. Kennedy once said about Americans that 'we are builders, and we build best when we build greatly.' I believe the same can be said of Knights of Columbus. My brother Knights, the Order has built greatly in the past; now it's our turn!
Today, the Order has grown to over 1.9 Million members, more than 55,000 here in the state of New York. Our resources are utilized to support countless causes, programs, and parishes all over the world and most importantly in our local communities. And through continued growth, we not only preserve the goal of our founder, Father McGivney, we seize the opportunity to help parishes themselves prosper through the five key areas of service - faith, community, family, youth, and fellowship. Because of his vision and the hard-work of dedicated Knights, today the Knights of Columbus is a well-respected service organization of more than 300 local councils in the State of New York. Councils that help their community and their parishes, flourish.
Attached are some flyers that may be either posted in Churches, Church Bulletins, local papers, stores, banks, etc. We need to think outside of the box. The links go to online membership sites. As you are aware. the NEW code BLESSEDMCGIVENEY now active so members can join online at no cost. That is some incentive.
Please get these out to all your councils as soon as possible and let's get this going!
If you have any questions please call/text/email me. If you want me to attend a meeting on line send me your link and I'll be there!
Thank You for all you do for our Church, our Priests and our Order!
Ralph M. Cefalo
Administrative Chairman Recruitment
New York State Council
Knights of Columbus
ralph.cefalo@nyskofc.org
917-743-8592
