Council 16169 in District 114 held an open house on April 8. Five men joined the council. Two had previously joined online, the other 3 joined online that night. All 5 were then exemplified. One of the 5 was a walk in who was there to learn about the Knights and then joined. One of the five joined the church at Easter Vigil.
Congratulations to Maria Los on being chosen as our Au Lac Council Youth of the Month for April! Maria is the daughter of John and Anna Los and is a 5th grade student at Immaculate Conception School where she completed OCIA, made the Pastors List (A-Honor Roll) multiple times, received the Advanced Reader award for reading over 2 million words during the school year, placed 3rd in the Academic Olympics and was a co-founder of the Creativity Club in 2025. Outside school Maria is a pianist, a trained dancer and a 2nd place winner for poultry at the 2024-2025 4H competition. She also won our Council K of C Spelling Bee (Grades 4-6) and the Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Contest. Maria attends weekly Mass and is active in and around the parish participating at the Lenten Fish Fry, Horn of Plenty and the Immaculate Conception Festival.
We thank Maria for sharing her faith through service to her school, parish and community!
Congratulations to Maria Los on being chosen as our Au Lac Council Youth of the Month for April! Maria is the daughter of John and Anna Los and is a 5th grade student at Immaculate Conception School where she completed OCIA, made the Pastors List (A-Honor Roll) multiple times, received the Advanced Reader award for reading over 2 million words during the school year, placed 3rd in the Academic Olympics and was a co-founder of the Creativity Club in 2025. Outside school Maria is a pianist, a trained dancer and a 2nd place winner for poultry at the 2024-2025 4H competition. She also won our Council K of C Spelling Bee (Grades 4-6) and the Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Contest. Maria attends weekly Mass and is active in and around the parish participating at the Lenten Fish Fry, Horn of Plenty and the Immaculate Conception Festival.
We thank Maria for sharing her faith through service to her school, parish and community!
Council 6980 in Kalamazoo District 406 held an Exemplification Ceremony on Sunday, April 19th 2026 in the Trinity Chapel at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Portage. We are excited to welcome three new Brother Knights to Council 6980 – Michael Kraft, Jared Richardson and Koen Suender!
Pictured above - Left to Right: Council 6980 Grand Knight Joe Magalski; Council 6980 Degree Team Members Dan Kloosterman and Jeff Phelan; Council 6980 New Brother Knight Jared Richardson; Council 6980 Chaplain Fr. Joseph Abraham; Council 6980 New Brother Knights Michael Kraft and Koen Suender; Council 6980 Degree Team Member Steve Borchert; District Deputy 406 John Byrnes; Kalamazoo Diocese SDRR Nick Zafer; Supreme Assistant General Agent Doug Nurenberg.
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