First Quarter 2009 - 2010

Grand Knights Message:

Brother Knights,

Hello and welcome to the new fraternal year.  Before I begin with future events, let me tell everyone a little about myself.  I am a 33 year old lawyer, married with two daughters ages 3 years and 4 weeks.  Before I was elected as your Grand Knight, I was the Deputy Grand Knight under our Past Grand Knight Mark Palmer.  I learned much from Mark and hope to continue in our council’s excellence. 

We wish to congratulate newly elected Council Officers for the 2009-2010 Fraternal Year:

We also wish to recognize S. K. Joseph Guarino, our outgoing Financial Secretary. Joe has given many faithful years of service to our council and we all owe a debt of gratitude to him.  Thank You Joe! 

We also wish to recognize Brother Knight Ryan Rosevear, our new Financial Secretary. While the Financial Secretary position is appointed by the Supreme Council, it is one that is vital to the operation of each council.

Also, congratulations and support to our new District Deputy, S. K. Thomas Kennedy from Bishop Gallagher Council in Royal Oak. 

Our thanks go to our retiring District Deputy S. K. Richard Tschirhardt, Sr for all his hard work in making our District a success.

We have many future events planned in hope of increasing our membership and membership activity.  These events include a social party every quarter.  Our first social party is planned for 10/27/09 @ 7:30 in the conference center.  Come and join us in a celebration of our fraternalism.  In addition, our meeting format will be changing slightly.  When permitted, the business meeting will be the first meeting of each month and a round table style meeting will be the second meeting of each month.  This change is in effort to increase meeting efficiency and meeting attendance.  Have a safe and happy fall!

Happy Birthday!!

July Birthdays:

August Birthdays:

Council Recognitions:

July

Knight of the Month: S.K. Joseph Guarino

Family of the Month: S.K. Mark Palmer

August

Knight of the Month: Frank Mills

Family of the Month: Brian Malover

Knight of the Year 2008 - 2009

S. K. Msgr. William Easton

Family of the Year 2008 - 2009

S. K. Otto and Lady Erika Soeding

Insurance Update:

We have a new Field Agent – Brother Knight Kevin W. Murphy – Please make every effort to contact our new agent to discuss your “Future Needs.”  He can be reached by e-mail at kevin.murphy@kofc.org or by phone at (248) 439-0409.

Future Goals from Our Grand Knight:

I for one believe in simple, straightforward goals, therefore let me state our 2009-2010 goals as a council during my tenure as Grand Knight:  4 Simple Points

1.       Increase membership per our quota – We are given a quota from the State each year that we must fill!

2.       Increase membership involvement – A council can run smoothly only when it has an active membership at large.

3.        Increase council funds – We are a non-profit and our funds we earn are distributed to various local charities.

4.       Sustain retention efforts of delinquent members.

Again, we prefer members to be as actively involved as possible

One Nation, Under God

Did you know? In 1954, Congress after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus, added the words, 'under God,' to the Pledge. The Pledge was now both a patriotic oath and a public prayer.

Meeting Reminder

If you have not been to a meeting in a while, here’s an opportunity to have a say so in the operations of the council. Our meetings are held the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM.

Meetings are held in the Conference Center located in the Plaza with YaYa’s Chicken, on Woodward Ave. Just North of the Church. Park in the Northwood Church Parking lot and enter through the rear of the building. It is mandatory that you present a current membership card to enter the meetings.

Pray for our Troops

Please say a prayer for the safety of those men and women who protect our freedom with their lives.

Visit our Web Site

Make sure to visit the council’s web site to keep track of our busy schedule.

www.kofc12408.com

News submissions are invited from all our Brothers, Officers, Directors and

Committee Chairs to be included in our newsletter.

Address all information to:    

Matt Grosodonia (248) 588-3469   Email: thedonatthemac@gmail.com

Council  Meetings

Our meetings are held in the Church Conference Center.

North of the church in the commercial strip center, across Northwood Blvd. Near Ya-Ya’s Chicken.

Park in the Northwood parking lot and enter thru the rear of the building.

Meetings are the 2^nd & 4^th Tuesday of the month

At 7:30p

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Our Little Flower

Published by

 Knights of Columbus

National Shrine of the Little Flower

Council No. 12408

A Parish based Council

2100 West Twelve Mile Rd.

Royal Oak, MI 48073

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When you visit www.kofc.org, our official website, spend some time on the insurance portion of the site.  This will help keep you well versed on this fraternal benefit offered to all members.

 Vivat Jesus

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