July 10, 2026

Worthy State Deputy, Officers, District Deputies, Agents, Directors & Chairmen, and Brother
Knights,

I welcome each of you to St. Basil’s Ukrainian Catholic Parish for this Annual Meeting, which coincides
with our Centennial Year being in Regina. Please take in our Byzantine style and traditions offered
within our parish and see it as the gift to the fullness of the Church breathing fully with “both lungs”,
as encouraged by St. John Paul II. Saskatchewan shares a deep richness of both Eastern and Western
Liturgical expressions, which I hope to share more of with you during my time as State Chaplain.
Both WSD Greg and I (along with our wives) enjoyed the blessing of traveling last month to New
Haven, CT, for a time of training and fraternity. I witnessed WSD Greg be installed by Supreme Knight
Patrick Kelly at the Mass with Supreme Chaplain Archbishop Lori, and Bishop Bayda and many others.
Personally, I was able to complete a pilgrimage day with other State Chaplains to “Walk in the
Footsteps of our Founder”, seeing: Blessed Fr. Michael McGivney’s parishes in which he served, the
cemetery where he and his family were buried, the opera house where he raised funds through
theatrical productions he directed, and St. Mary’s Church where he was later entombed (since the
100th Anniversary of the Knights of Columbus). What a sincere blessing to recall his life and continue
to be inspired by it in person! Our Order has also constructed and curated an impressively large
Pilgrimage Center that is ready to receive tour groups and guests, which I think would be wonderful
to consider organizing (if someone would like to coordinate it with me).
Although many of our meetings slow down over the summer, we never stop being a Knight. I wish to
commend each of you in attendance this weekend to continue being worthy Ambassadors of our
Order, being witnesses of who we are always. Through Charity, Unity, and Fraternity we exemplify
our Knighthood with humility before God and one another. May we continue in our resolve to each
do our part, together, for one another and the good of the Order.
May your planning during this Organizational Meeting be one that is truly blessed and fruitful!
Vivat Jesus!

Rev. Fr. Warren Dungen
Saskatchewan State Chaplain