St Gerald Council receives their Star Council Award

By: District Deputy 112 - Wed, Nov 22, 2023 6:58 AM

Posted For: Council #13673


Congratulations to St. Gerald Council #13673 in Farmington Hills as they receive their Star Council Award for the 2022/23 Fraternal Year!
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Pictured from left to right are Gary Mallia-DD112, Terry Grabinski-GK, Rich Smith-MD, and Scott Horsburgh-PD.
 
Congratulations to all the members of Council 13673!

 

Grand Rapids October 2023 Council of the Month

By: Martin Brown - Wed, Nov 22, 2023 6:48 AM

Posted For: Council #8564


Congratulations to Richard C. Malone Council 8564 in Ada as they received the October Council of the Month for Grand Rapids.
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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

Posted For: District #


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

Posted For: Council #3956


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!

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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

St Edith Council receives Star Council Award

By: District Deputy 129 - Sun, Nov 19, 2023 11:08 AM

Posted For: Council #13645


Congratulations to St Edith Council #13645 of Livonia on their accomplishment of Star Council for the 2022-23 Fraternal Year.
 
 
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Pictured is: Grand Knight Raymond J. Busuttil Sr. and District Deputy #129 Gregory Zawalski.

 

Monroe Council Coats for Kids

By: GK 1266 - Sun, Nov 19, 2023 8:49 AM

Posted For: Council #1266


On November 18th, Monroe Knights of Columbus Council #1266 held another successful Coats for Kids Drive. Nearly 300 brand new warm winter coats were distributed to the families of our community.
 
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Thank you to everyone who donated time and treasure to this wonderful cause!
 
VIVAT JESUS!
 
Julian Rios
Grand Knight - Council #1266

 

Awards Night in District 103

By: Paul Thorn - Wed, Nov 15, 2023 12:08 PM

Posted For: District #


On November 13, I traveled to St. Christopher Catholic Church in Marysville for an awards presentation during the business meeting for Marysville Council #9526.
 
District Deputy 103 David Kelley II presented Grand Knight Scott Heim with both the Columbian and Founders Awards for the 2022/2023 Fraternal Year.
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I presented DD Kelley with the Star District Award for 2022/2023.
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Congratulations to DD Kelley, Council 9526, and the other Councils of District 103!
 
 
Paul Thorn
State Deputy Regional Representative
Detroit Archdiocese East

 

November 14th Exemplification Welcomes Four New Members to District 112

By: District Deputy 112 - Wed, Nov 15, 2023 6:10 AM

Posted For: Council #11811


On Tuesday, November 14th, Holy Family Council #11811 in Novi conducted an Exemplification of Charity, Unity, and Fraternity. Four new members were exemplified as 3rd Degree Brother Knights; one from St. Fabian Council 13362 (Farmington Hills) and three from Holy Family Council 11811.
 
Pictured is the Exemplification team along with the four new Brother Knights
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From Left to Right: James Sypitowski (St. Fabian), Victor Centeno, Francisco Herrera, & Keith Siopes (Holy Family)
 
Congratulations and welcome to our new Brother Knights!
Gary Mallia, DD112

 

Council 3292 receives their Star Council Award

By: Richard Shelt - Tue, Nov 14, 2023 6:07 PM

Posted For: Council #3292


On Monday, November 13th, Fr. Victor J. Renaud Council #3292 in Plymouth was presented with their 2022/2023 Star Council Award.
 
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Pictured L-R: DD114 Dan Timmerman , Grand Knight Mike Driscoll, State Membership Director Richard Shelt, and Council Membership Director Kevin McGovern.
 
Congratulations to the members at Renaud Council #3292 for a job well done. Keep up the great work!
 
Richard Shelt
State Membership Director