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.
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.
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
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!
On Wednesday January 28th, the District 3 Color Corps were joined by State Secretary Charlie McCuen, State Warden Joel Kendzorski, and Vice Supreme Master Walter Winkle at the opening ceremonies of the 2026 Special Olympics State Winter Games in Traverse City.
Au Lac Council 10724 hosted a pizza dinner for the July-December 2025 Youth of the Month Award winners on January 30th. Fr. Joseph Esper gave a blessing to the winners and their families before dinner. DGK/PD Brian Webster shared the history of the program which started in January 2023. Since then the council has honored over 36 youths in grades 3-12 for demonstrating their Catholic faith through service to their school, church and communities.
Pictured L-R: Grand Knight Mark Kehoe; Claire Rom; Andew Doppke; Christopher Rom;
Marie Arant; Landon Tokarski; DGK/PD Brian Webster.
Au Lac Council 10724 in Ira Township a Breakfast For Babies fundraiser at Immaculate Conception Parish on January 24-25, 2026.
They hosted a taco bar after the Saturday evening Mass and a pancake breakfast after the Sunday morning Masses.
The council collected $3221 in cash donations and $4370 in merchandise donations for a total of $7591 which will be given to three pro-life organizations - Spero Center in Port Huron, Compassion Pregnancy Center in Clinton Township, and Gianna House in Eastpointe.
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