Gentlemen and brothers I share and support this 3 month challenge with you
.  Please pass it on -you have the power of one   ( AMDG ) S.Holle

From: Carl Anderson <noreply@kofc.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 1:01 PM
Subject: Membership and Program Special Incentive


Worthy Grand Knight:   (and members of the Knights of Columbus )

With the historic election of Pope Francis, the Knights of Columbus has a
unique opportunity to express our solidarity with the Holy Father by
expanding our charitable outreach and growing our membership.

In taking his name from St. Francis of Assisi, "the man of poverty," and
identifying himself so closely with the poor by his public acts and
statements, the Holy Father has shown himself to be dedicated to charity.
Since our Order's guiding principle is charity, there is no better way to
express our solidarity with Pope Francis than to build each council in its
charitable outreach by serving those in need.

With this in mind, I am pleased to introduce a *Membership and Programs

Special Incentive in Honor of Pope

Francis*<http://www.kofc.org/en/membership/pdf/assisi_brochure.pdf>.
During the next three months (April-June), *each time* a council takes part

in a First Degree exemplification that brings at least one member into that
council, it is entered into a competition for one of two all-expense-paid

trips to Italy - including tours of Rome and Assisi -- in early October 2013

for the grand knight and  membership director and their wives. In addition,

*each time* a council conducts a hands-on service program to help those in

need, it has the opportunity to enter into the second part of the incentive
for one of two all-expense-paid October trips to Italy for the grand knight
and program director and their wives. To enter an activity, please use

the *online
form* <http://www.kofc.org/un/en/membership/pdf/2013popeincentive.pdf>
or *print
the form*<http://www.kofc.org/un/en/membership/pdf/pope_francis_membership_incentiv



Membership and Program Special Incentive in Honor of Pope Francis

From April to June 2013, each time a council takes part in a
First Degree exemplification that brings at least one member
into that council, it is entered into a competition for one of
two all-expense-paid trips to Italy — including tours of Rome
and Assisi — in early October 2013 for the grand knight and
membership director and their wives.

In addition, each time a council conducts a hands-on service
program to help those in need, it has the opportunity to
enter into the second part of the incentive for one of two
all-expense-paid October trips to Italy for the grand knight
and program director and their wives.

There is no limit on the number of submissions


The winner prize at Council 9262 will be selected from the council  in a general membership vote.

Pope Francis -the new pilgrim

The new pilgrim-Pope Francis

DeriveFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Francis (Ecc. Latin: Franciscus [franˈtʃiskus]; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio[b] on 17 December 1936) is the 266th and current pope of the Catholic Church, elected on 13 March 2013. As such, he is both head of the Church and Sovereign of the Vatican City State.

A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was ordained as a priest in 1969. In 1998 he became theArchbishop of Buenos Aires, and in 2001 a cardinal. Following the resignation of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, on 28 February 2013, the conclave elected Bergoglio, who chose the papal nameFranciscus in honour of Saint Francis of Assisi.[2] 

He is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere. Francis is the first pope born outside Europe in 1,272 years, since Syrian-born St. Gregory III.[3] Francis speaks Spanish, Latin, Italian,[4] German,[5]French,[4] and English.[6]  More information 

Pope Francis, then Cardinal Bergoglio, celebrating mass in Buenos Aires, 2008	Pope Francis style     Holy Father Motto With mercy and favour Miserando atque eligendo ("With mercy and favour")[a]
Papacy began	13 March 2013
Predecessor	Benedict XVI
Orders
Ordination	13 December 1969 by Ramón José Castellano
Consecration	27 June 1992 by Antonio Quarracino
Created Cardinal	21 February 2001
Personal details
Birth name	Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Born	17 December 1936 (age 76) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (1992–1997) Titular Bishop of Auca (1992–1997) Archbishop of Buenos Aires(1998–2013) Cardinal-Priest of St. Roberto Bellarmino (2001–2013) Ordinary of the Ordinariate for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites in Argentina (1998–2013)
Motto	Miserando atque eligendo ("With mercy and favour")[a]

Welcome to our community Pope Francis

Pope Francis -a man of and for the people he serves

A new style on the first day says good things for the future 

The difference in style was a sign of Francis’ belief that the Catholic Church needs to be at one with the people it serves and not imposing its message on a society that often doesn’t want to hear it, Francis’ authorized biographer, Sergio Rubin, said in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press.

“It seems to me for now what is certain is it’s a great change of style, which for us isn’t a small thing,” Rubin said, recalling how the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio would celebrate Masses with ex-prostitutes in Buenos Aires.

“He believes the church has to go to the streets,” he said, “to express this closeness of the church and this accompaniment with the people who suffer.”