New Dedicated Facebook Group Launched for Michigan KofC Local Events and Fundraisers
By: Matt Hoxsie, State Social Media Director
The Michigan Knights of Columbus is excited to announce the launch of a new dedicated Facebook Group created specifically for local council activities across the state.
The group, titled “Michigan Knights of Columbus | Local Council Events & Fundraisers,” has been established to give our more than 400 councils, assemblies, districts, Knights on Bikes chapters, committees, and other KofC groups a clear and organized place to promote their events and good works.
Why We Created This Group
With hundreds of councils active throughout Michigan, posting every local fundraiser, service project, and parish event on the main Michigan Knights of Columbus Facebook Page would quickly overwhelm followers’ feeds.
This new group allows local leaders to share their activities directly while giving members and supporters the choice of whether they want to see that level of local detail in their Facebook feed. The main Michigan KofC Page will continue to focus on state-level news, major initiatives, leadership messages, and high-level content, while this group serves as the central hub for grassroots activity.
What Can Be Posted
Local councils and groups are encouraged to use the new group to promote:
* Fundraising events and charitable drives
* Faith in Action program promotion.
* COR activities, retreats, rosaries, and young adult outreach
* Council-sponsored parish programs and events
* Service projects and community outreach
* Membership drives and exemplifications
* Knights on Bikes rides and related activities
* Hispanic Outreach activities
* Retreats, Rallys, and Religous Conferences sponsored by K of C organizations.
* District and Assembly events
* K of C sponsored parish activites
Who Can Use the Group
The group is open to all Michigan Knights of Columbus entities, including:
* Local Councils
* Assemblies
* Districts
* Knights on Bikes
* Committees and special programs
We ask that all posts follow the group rules (pinned at the top), clearly identify the council or group posting, and focus on official KofC-sponsored charitable, fraternal, or faith based activities.
Unlike the main Michigan K of C Facebook page where the State Council Social Media team creates each post and publishes it, in this new group, each person posting is responsible for creating and authoring the post, and the State Council will moderate and approve the post for publishing in this group.
Once you join, we encourage Grand Knights, District Deputies, Faithful Navigators, and committee chairs to begin sharing their upcoming events. The more councils that participate, the more valuable this resource becomes for Knights and families across Michigan.
This new group reflects our commitment to supporting the great work happening at the local level while being respectful of our members’ and followers’ time and attention.
We look forward to seeing the many ways our councils continue to serve their parishes and communities across the Great Lakes State.
Eight Brother Knights and four young volunteers did a massive amount of clean up and maintenance in the Immaculate Conception Parish cemeteries on July 10th in Ira! Great job Brothers!
Seven Brother Knights from Au Lac Council 10724 in Ira Township met on Saturday, July 11 and completed their Adopt A Highway 2026 Summer Cleanup. A total of 8 bags of trash were collected along a two mile stretch of M29 by Immaculate Conception Church.
The Au Lac Council has been in the Adopt A Highway program since 1995 and conducts three cleanups each year - spring, summer and fall. Past Grand Knight Jim Zeck has been the chairman since 2009 and coordinates the council's activities with the Michigan DOT. The council will conduct their 2026 Fall Cleanup on Saturday, September 19.
📣On June 28th, Anchor Bay Council 5981 carried Our Lady of Fatima through downtown New Baltimore during the annual Bayrama Fish Fly Festival Parade. State Deputy Charlie McCuen and First Lady Pam joined the Council, along with Knights on Bikes, St. Mary on the Lake Assembly 2804 Color Corps, and Au Lac Council 10724. Knights and Ladies passed out over 300 blessed rosaries along the parade route along with Tootsie Rolls. Before the event, children with special needs had help to package each of the rosaries with prayer cards.
On the back of the Council's t-shirts read "Catholic & Proud" along with a QR code that could be scanned to sign up and join.
After the parade, everyone enjoyed some fraternity and BBQ at the Councils chambers at a local Amvets hall.
Father Robert W Davey Council 8808 of Saginaw participated in their Adopt a Highway project on July 11. Members and parishioners of Holy Spirit Parish clean up their section of Highway three times each year.
On July 7 before the monthly Council meeting, District Deputy John Byrnes (#406) conducted the ceremony for Installation of Officers for St. Catherine of Siena Council 6980 in Portage. Some of their family members attended. Pizza, salad, and cookies were provided.
We asked, and you delivered. Thank you to everyone who generously supported the Neighborhood Ministry, especially the Backpack Ministry at St. Aloysius in Detroit, during the collection held at the Summer Organizational Meeting. We collected more than 15 boxes of travel-size toiletries, which will be distributed by the volunteers at St. Aloysius. Your simple act of kindness has touched more lives than you may ever know.
We would also like to thank our new Archdiocesan Chaplain, Fr. Salvatore Palazzolo, for the faith-filled tour of St. Aloysius. We were blessed to learn about the church’s history and architecture, and while there, we prayed a beautiful rosary together. Christy Miron, the wife of our State Secretary Vern, played the pipe organ, and Karen Winkle, the wife of our Vice Supreme Master Walter, shared her beautiful voice by singing Ave Maria. Fr. Sal then blessed Charles and Jessica McCuen IV, the Diocesan Cor Director in Lansing and son of State Deputy Charles McCuen III, on their 5th wedding anniversary. We were truly blessed.
Looking ahead to the Winter Organizational Meeting, we will be collecting athletic socks for both adults and children. The socks will be divided evenly among the dioceses at the Winter Meeting and then distributed to shelters and pregnancy centers, helping us “warm their feet as we warm their hearts.” Please watch for more information and additional details from your diocesan program directors.
Through our choices, we decide what type of ground we're going to be in response to God's Word: hard, rocky, thorny, or fertile. And when we choose to allow that Word, Jesus, to grow within us, our reward is suffering. Wait. What? Yes! In this Sunday's second reading, Paul promises us suffering when we follow Jesus. We'll dive into that — and how this Sunday's first reading from Isaiah flows beautifully into the Gospel reading from Matthew — in this week's Dad Talk. Please share with a friend, and God bless! Dad
Congratulations to Teddy Wade on being named our Au Lac Council Youth of the Month for July! Teddy is the son of Brandon and Dani Wade and is a 5th grade student at Immaculate Conception School where he is on the Principal’s List for academics, a member of the cross country and track teams and a participant in the new archery program at IC.
Teddy is a Cub Scout with the local Pack 211 and participated in the Scouting for Food program last fall. He attends Mass each week with his family, is a frequent altar server and he volunteers at the Lenten Fish Fry.
We thank Teddy for sharing his faith through service to his school, parish and community!
Pictured L-R: DGK/PD Brian Webster; Teddy Wade; Fr. Joseph Esper, Pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish
