Aloha Worthy Sir Knights.
Items from our District Marshal Meeting, Saturday, March 22.
Always start and end with prayers.
· 5 District Marshals were present- Sk’s Lyle Apo(1577), Paul Maple(1826), Mike Shimechero, Ron Cabalse(2938), and Eric Wong(3894).
· We gifted all District Marshals with a Patriot Degree Logo Car Sticker. I hope they use it.
· We presented SK Ronald (2938) with our Hawaii District Patriot Degree Coin #80. That can’t be his age. He looks 55.
· District Marshal’s were presented their respective Assembly Fraternal Year 2024/2025 Civic Awards. Congratulations to the following Assemblies. Great job! -
o Bishop Louis Maigret 1577,
o St. Michael the Archangel 2938
o St. Damien 3221,
o Kamiano 3894.
· We have 2 upcoming Exemplifications -
o Maui Christ the King March 29;
o Oahu, Pearl Harbor, Admiral’s Barge, April 26.
· New Patriot Degree Script
· Open to families, friends, and parishioners
· We have 60 State District 4th Degree coins for all newly knighted members
· Maui. DMarshal Lorenzo(2290) confirmed Friar availability.
· Oahu. Bishop Larry will be off island, expresses regrets; Vicar General Msgr Gary will be present
· Please socialize our State District Patriot Degree Website. It’s not the District Master’s site. It’s our site.
· Encourage your Grand Knights to scrub their Council member rosters. Faithful Navigators (former GKs) must coach this process. At least have the conversation. I’ll use my council as an example:
We have 152 Members, 116 potential Candidates for Knighthood!
Patriot Degree: 36, 24% GOAL - increase by 20%, 7
ASSOCIATE: 121, 80% Obviously we want to see a downtick here.
INSURANCE: 31, 20% GOAL - increase by 25%, 8
We always want to see upticks in the highlighted %’s.
Some notes:
We have one Assembly that has one Council, Kamiano. Every other Assembly has 2 or more Councils signifying the requirement to reach out. Communicate. You’re all in this dog fight (nobody’s getting hurt). Absolute success for every Assembly Meeting requires Grand Knight presence.
Standard. We must have standards for everything. A standard that’s quantifiable or qualifiable. We must be able to measure it, to increase or decrease it. Otherwise, we’re like pond water or status quo. That’s boring. That’s mediocre. We’re neither.
We had one input about Call-outs. The input was the lack of titles or positions required for Call-outs.
Answer: That’s determined at the Assembly level. Each Assembly has a Color Corps/Honor Guard, a Color Corps Commander, and a District Marshal.
On the other hand, if Bishop Larry or Worthy State Deputy Randy, summons a Call-Out, the District Master presence is mandatory. We’ll involve all DMarshals in the coordination.
In my briefing with Bishop Larry, Knights are welcome to all Liturgical Celebrations. If its on the calendar, schedule, whether its last minute or periodic, Knights are welcome. Knights Honor Guard are a part of the celebration.
What does that mean? The Hawaii District as a whole, cannot be at every Liturgical Celebration. We must rely on our Assemblies. Assemblies must have a functioning Color Corps, a Color Corps Commander, and complete with Flags and all the appropriate equipment to execute Color Guard and Honor Guard functions. The Basics.
Lastly, keep the lines of communications open. It is essential to brothers functioning as a team. Suggestions or recommendations are welcome. Feedback is paramount. Positive or negative, or just that you received some feedback completes the communication process. The Navy says, “aye aye sir,” Marines say, “Oorah,” Army says, “Hooah!” The Airforce was part of the Army and still use “Hooah!” Put value to our communication skills. It manifests the value we place in each other. Everybody deserves to be treated with dignity and respect! We communicate based on that value.