On Wednesday July 20th, our State Chaplin Father Janoch presided over the Mass and Holy Hour for the Silver Rose for Life prayer service.  The Our Lady of Guadalupe Silver Rose has been a Knights of Columbus tradition for 56 years. In 1960, groups of Columbian Squires in Mexico, Canada and the United States decided to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe by carrying a rose across North America from Canada to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Monterrey, Mexico. In 2001 Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson, at the 119th Supreme Council Meeting in Toronto, addressed the effort in culture of life terms, referring to the Our Lady of Guadalupe - One Life, One Rose Program. He urged that it be expanded to every North American jurisdiction.
In recent years the program has expanded from three to six silver roses traveling the western, central, and eastern corridors of North America, with Knights of Columbus from Canada to Mexico carrying the roses from destination to destination, and finally to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Monterrey, Mexico.
Every stop along the route of the Silver Rose Pilgrimage is an occasion for prayer and spiritual renewal centered on the rosary. English, French and Spanish booklets containing recommended prayers, scripture readings and a litany accompany the Silver Rose.

Starting with the new fraternal year, the monthly State Council recruitment challenges will be posted.  It is necessary for us to get off to a good start with recruitment, as with the new year the slate is wiped clean. 

In response to a week of violence, the Knights urge all to pray this Novena for Peace... 
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For the second year in a row, our Council marched in the Parma Independence Day Parade along with other councils in the area, including Holy Family, Mary Queen of Peace, and St. Anthony.  Our State Deputy Bob Collins, and State Chaplin Father Edward Janoch were also present at the parade.