Columbian Squires

An organization of more than 20,000 young men who have fun and share their Catholic faith, help people in need, and enjoy the company of friends in social, family, athletic, cultural, civic and spiritual activities. As a Squire, you'll be a member of one of more than 1,300 "circles" located throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Philippines, the Caribbean, and other places where Knights of Columbus councils are located. Every circle is sponsored by a Knights of Columbus council, and Knights serve as adult counselors to the group.

The following is information passed on from our State Deputy regarding a great new initiative for our Columbian Squires Circles. The Supreme Department of Fraternal Services will be announcing this initiative soon.

As of January 1, 2006, there will be a new format for our Circles which allow us to promote the Squires program in a whole new way. The new format will be much like Scouting, there will be five levels of advancement with badges to be attained for each level.

The fives levels are as follows:

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Shield Bearer

Swordsman

Lancer

Squire of the Body of Christ

Upon attaining each level, a special pin and certificate will be awarded to the young man. To attain a level, points are accumulated for performing good deeds or specific chores in four categories. The categories are:

Home and Family

Squires and Knights

Community and Country

Church

By following this new format, our young squires will be involved in many different activities, including programs with the Knights and their councils. This also gives a young squire a chance to involve his Mother and Father in special activities that may bring them in closer contact with the activities of our councils. It is a great program and a win, win situation for all involved. A CD has been issued with all the details of the program. It will be coming to all of the councils and the circle counselors. Please review the details carefully and let's get this going ASAP.

NH Squire Circles & Councilors

Epping Circle 3847	Rick Cabral	(603) 679-1148	CabralFlooring at Comcast dot net
Plaistow Circle 4273	Stan Grziano		Stan at nepin dot org
	Larry Gil	(603) 382-7476	LGILX at comcast dot net
Salem Circle 4735	Curtis Goulet	(603) 898-1411	MGCGJG at aol dot com
Londonderry Circle 4897	Bill Schenkelberg	(603)425-1273	Wschenk at aol dot com
	Dan Wright	(603) 421-9008	dw12105at aol dot com

PLEASE NOTE: Email addresses have been modified to human readable text to minimize spamming from automated email address collectors. To return the email address to an address you can mail to, simply replace the at with the @ symbol and the dot with a period.
For example: JohnDoe at Comcast dot net would be converted back to JohnDoe@Comcast.net
For more information on the NH Squires program and activities, see their website at NHSquires.org