June, June – wonderful June! The summer of 2011 is just about upon us. Hopefully, this season will treat us to better weather than spring did. Up here in the Green Bay area we had too much rain and wind. And the temperatures remained cooler than normal.

I hope those of you who attended our recent convention in Green Bay enjoyed the experience. I was very impressed by the whole event and know that all of us Wisconsin Knights will benefit front the socializing, celebrating and conducting of business that constituted our annual get-together.

Our Columbian activities continue, as your state an district leadership convene for two separate weekends this month to map out and strategize our programs for the upcoming fraternal year that begins on July 1. We may currently be throttling back our council engines to just idling, but we never turn them off. Come August/September we shall return to normal speed and resume our appropriate council missions.

While I have great respect and admiration for the intelligence, energy and wisdom of our state leadership team, I have also come to believe that the District Deputies are really the key movers of our organization. It seems to me that these men are the ones who bring “the rubber to the road,” as they supervise and encourage our respective council members. Yours is a tough but essential job, Brothers. Thanks for taking on this leadership responsibility. I am looking forward to seeing all of you at Manitowoc later this month.

I also want to say “Thanks!” and salute all of the Councils who have sent me copies of your RSVP submissions to Supreme. This vocation support program is very important to the future health and success of our Catholic Church. (And may all who have reports of any sort, relative to the current fiscal year,  please be sure to get them in before June 30!)

God bless your all – and enjoy the summer that lies ahead!