Council 7816 receives Star Council Award
By: District Deputy 517 -
Wed, Nov 22, 2023 3:01 PM
Congratulations to Msgr. Jerome MacEachin Council #7816 in East Lansing on earning the Star Council Award for the 2022-2023 Fraternal Year!
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District Deputy 517 Kevin Duffy recently presented the award to PGK Paul Gadola.
Kevin Duffy
District Deputy - District 517
Grand Rapids October 2023 Council of the Month
By: Martin Brown -
Wed, Nov 22, 2023 6:48 AM
Congratulations to Richard C. Malone Council 8564 in Ada as they received the October Council of the Month for Grand Rapids.
SDRR Marty Brown presented the award to Grand Knight Paul Mauric at their Council Meeting.
District 406 Exemplification
By: Nick Zafer -
Tue, Nov 21, 2023 3:52 PM
District 406 exemplified six Knights this past Sunday, November 19th at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Portage. Congratulations to the four new members of Council 6980 in Portage, and the two new members of Council 15439 in Kalamazoo! The new Brothers from 6980 are Fr. Jacob Sundararaju, Daniel Walker, Justin Stamm and Nicholas Kehoe, and the new Brothers of Council 15439 are Matthew Morgan and Kevin Hall.
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The Exemplification Ceremony included District Deputy 406 John Byrnes, Kalamazoo Diocesan Membership Director Nick Zafer, and Fr. Mark Vyverman, the Pastor of St. Catherine’s. Also in attendance were the Council 6980 Degree Team, family members and other Knights from both Councils.
Exemplification in Southgate
By: Raymond Bilyk -
Tue, Nov 21, 2023 3:44 PM
Monday, November 20th was a beautiful night to exemplify 3 Brother Knights to the Third Degree of our Order! Thank you to Bernard P. O'Brien Council 3956 for hosting this event at St. Pius X Parish in Southgate!
The Top Row is the Exemplification Team from left to right:
David Kudla - Worthy Deputy Grand Knight from Bernard P. O'Brien Council 3956
Mark Slagle - Worthy Warden from Riverview Council 13980
Mark Lauer - Financial Secretary from Riverview Council 13980
Ray Bilyk - SDRR Detroit-West
Mark Garcellano - Grand Knight from Bernard P. O'Brien Council 3956
Bottom Row (New Members) from left to right:
David Dyjach - Riverview Council 13980
Martin Musso - Robert Jones Council 3078
Elvin Reed - Robert Jones Council 3078
Ray J. Bilyk
State Deputy Regional Representative - Archdiocese of Detroit - West