From our State Chaplain, Bishop Paul S. Loverde, a message to Virginia's Knights.

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The Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus has sent a donation of $50,000 in earthquake relief funds to Catholic Relief Services, which has a large presence in Haiti. Among the dead is Catholic Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot of Port-au-Prince. The Knights of Columbus will earmark all donations between now and the end of January to its United in Charity Fund for earthquake relief in Haiti. Donate here.

Health care reform legislation to be voted on soon would result in mandatory abortion coverage paid for with public funds and fails to provide conscience protection for medical professionals, and Knights in the U.S. are being urged to respond to the bishops' request that they contact their senators on the issue, and to express opposition to the bill as presently written. Click Here for more Information

It's a guaranteed good time.  Order your Council's tickets so your members can sit together and not be disappointed. It will be at 12 Noon on January 30, 2010. The Virginia District Flag Team will be presenting the Colors before the game. Contact PSD Cy Alba for tickets ... he can still get tickets. NEW Flyer

Living Faithfully in Challenging Times. Online registration begins mid-January at www.arlingtondiocese.org No registrations will be accepted at the door. Download Flyer

ALL EMAIL TRAVELS THROUGH UNSECURED SERVERS and the email addresses can/will be stolen.
Solution: When sending to more than one person, send the email to yourself or "undisclosed recipients" and place all recipients in the BCC: address box where they are hidden from the world. The same applies when using State email aliases. Please respect others privacy and never show their email addresses to the world. Download full IT Mid-Year Report here.

The State Bowling Tournament will be held 10 & 11 April at the Kegler Bowling Lanes, Charlottesville, Virginia. For registration and information review the attached Bowling Tournament Packet.  Registration Deadline is 24 March 2010. Download Information

The 110th Annual State Meeting will be held in Richmond on May 14th through 16th, 2010 at the Holiday Inn Select - Koger Conference Center.

Complete details for the weekend's events along with registration forms are available for download here: 2010 Welcome Letter-*- 2010 Program Advertisement-*-2010 Ladies Luncheon-*-2010 Hospitality Room Registration-*-2010 Golf Registration-*-2010 Friday Night Entertainment-*-2010 Corsage Order-*-2010 Convention Registration.

Please contact the hotel directly for room reservations. If you have any questions please contact Convention Chairman, Chris Winston at ConventionChairman@VAKofC.org.

The 2010 Supreme Convention will be held in Washington DC this next year (2010). Information concerning the Convention is starting to appear on the Convention WEBSITE which is http://2010.DCKnights.org The website is still under development, but it is up and running and can give you some information.

Pope Benedict XIV: "To the intercession of Our Lady and St. Pio of Pietrelcina, I would like to entrust the Special Year for Priests ..." more

In keeping with the Order's longstanding "In Solidarity With Our Priests" campaign, the Supreme Knight has called upon all Knights to actively participate in the "Year for Priests" declared by Pope Benedict XVI. The centerpiece of the Order's program for this yearlong celebration (June 19, 2009 -- June 19, 2010) is a new holy card featuring a prayer for priests.

Please visit the "Action Steps" for more information on the holy card as well as other activities that your council and its members can undertake to honor our priests during this celebration. USCCB Rosary for the Year of the Priest Print Spread.pdf

VKCCI (Virginia Knights of Columbus Charities, Inc.) is a 501 (c) (3) organization formed in 1994 for the purpose of carrying out the first principle of our order, "Charity." VKCCI gives grants to individuals and families who are in financial distress and have no other place to turn to. These grants provide some of the necessities of life for these individuals. Through a grant from KOVAR, we can also assist an individual diagnosed with Intellectual Disabilities.

The Choose Life license plates are now available for purchase. Click on this link to order directly from DMV. Help make the Choose Life plates the most popular ones on Virginia's roads!

Our State Chaplain, Bishop Paul S. Loverde, Bishop of Arlington,recorded a special message to our State Council for the Mid-Year Meeting on January 10th. The complete message is available for playing or download by clicking Here [15MB WMV file playable with Windows Media Player or other .wmv players ]