Youth of the Month Award - Au Lac Council 10724 - February 2026

By: Matt Hoxsie - Sun, Feb 15, 2026 10:22 AM

Congratulations to Nicholas Savoie on being named as the Au Lac Council Youth of the Month for February!  Nicholas is the son of Mark and Karen Savoie and is an 11th grade student at Richmond High School where he is a three-sport athlete (baseball, basketball, football), a member of the National Honors Society and has held a 4.0 GPA for the last three years.  Through his affiliation with the NHS, he is active in community service projects helping the elderly, as a mentor to youth athletes and he is also active in our parish.  Nicholas has been involved with numerous parish events such as the church floor replacement project, Breakfast with Santa and IC School locker installation.  We thank Nicholas for sharing his faith through service to his parish and community!

Au Lac Council 10724 in Ira Township started the Youth of the Month Award in January 2023 to recognize students in grades 3-12 for demonstrating their faith through service to others. So far the council has honored 38 students with a certificate of appreciation following a weekend Mass. Every six months they host a pizza dinner for the winners and their families with Pastor Fr. Joseph Esper in attendance.

 

Grand Knight Mark Kehoe; Nicholas Savoie; Fr. Joseph Esper

 

 

Council 13499 enjoys Souper Bowl Success!

By: Matt Hoxsie - Sun, Feb 15, 2026 10:12 AM

Council #13499 began its Soup-er Bowl Food Drive 10 years ago, and it has grown from collecting around 600 pounds in the early years, to achieving over 2 tons of food collected in each of the past two years, under Grand Knight Brian Williams. 

All of the food donated is distributed through food pantries at St. Francis Xavier/Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine, and St. Alphonsus parish, both located in Grand Rapids. 

The Council has found that while many organizations have food drives between Thanksgiving and Christmas,  local pantries are sometimes running low again by this time of the winter. 

Packing and delivering the food has become a great afternoon tradition on Superbowl Sunday before the big game. 

 

 

District 406 Free Throw Championship

By: Matt Hoxsie - Sun, Feb 15, 2026 9:56 AM

 

Congratulations to the winners of District 406's Free Throw Contest held at St Catherine of Siena Church in Portage on February 8.  This was led by Joe Comiskey from Council 6980.

 

 

Dad Talk - Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle C)

By: John Bursch - Sun, Feb 15, 2026 9:29 AM

 

As an anonymous early Church Father explained, Christ's commandment contains the law, but the law does not contain Christ's commandment. In this Sunday's Gospel, Jesus walks through several of the 10 Commandments, then elevates them by explaining how we must avoid sin interiorly as well as exteriorly. We'll explain what this means in today's Dad Talk. Please share with a friend, and God bless! Dad
 
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Important - New Supreme Aid & Support After Pregnancy ASAP Council Incentive

By: Ed Strach - Sun, Feb 8, 2026 7:45 AM

Alongside Michigan Jurisdiction’s ASAP100 efforts (all active councils participate in the ASAP program), the Supreme Council has announced a new council incentive.

Below is the message from Robert Ennis, Supreme Council VP of Membership Growth and John Moulder, VP of Fraternal Operations with details of this incentive.

"When it comes to supporting vulnerable mothers and their children, both born and unborn, the Knights of Columbus will never waver! And the more we grow the Order, the more life-saving support we can provide.

  That’s why we’re launching the Join ASAP Council Incentive!

 

 

Councils that recruit 3 members between February 1 and March 31 AND donate at least $500 through the ASAP program any time during the 2025-26 fraternal year will receive an additional $250 for the pregnancy resource center or maternity home they supported. 

 

The top 10 councils recruiting the most members will also receive an additional $750 for the pregnancy resource center or maternity home, bringing the total incentive to $1,000 for those winners!

 

Full details on the incentive can be found at  Join ASAP – Council Incentive_v2 or see the attachment.

 

 

This incentive gives you a unique opportunity to expand your charitable impact by recruiting new members.

 

Let’s put our faith into action and extend the hand of brotherhood by encouraging Catholic men to Join ASAP!"

 

 

Doug Kokot                                                                             Ed Strach

State Membership Director                                                  State Life Director