Knights of Columbus

One Columbus Plaza
New Haven, CT 06510-3326

Worthy State Deputy:

The U.S. presidential election is now just days away and much is at stake,  especially in states where citizens will have a chance to vote to protect marriage (Arizona, California and Florida), to prevent physician assisted suicide (Washington), to protect the unborn (California, Colorado and South Dakota) and to oppose embryonic stem cell research (Michigan).

Connecticut, the third state to suffer judicially-imposed same-sex marriage, will decide whether to call a constitutional convention that could give the people the power to amend the state constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman.

And of course, thousands of candidates will be elected to local, state and federal offices, many of whom will have a voice in deciding whether to legally protect life and marriage.

Because these issues loom so large in this year’s elections, I ask that you encourage councils throughout your state to schedule a rosary at each local parish on Saturday, November 1, 2008, to pray for divine guidance as these critical choices are made on Election Day and to entrust the outcome to the maternal intercession of our Blessed Mother, particularly under her title "Our Lady of Guadalupe."

This should be done in addition to efforts to remind Knights and their families to pray the "Novena for Faithful Citizenship" encouraged by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.  Links to more information and novena prayers can be found on http://www.kofc.org

Finally, please remind your local councils that if they have not yet completed preparations for their get-out-the-vote activities for Election Day, action is needed now.

Thank you for making these efforts a top priority.  Our ability to build a Culture of Life will be significantly affected by the choices we make on November 4, and the power of prayer is surely one of our most important tools.

 Fraternally,
 Carl A. Anderson
 Supreme Knight