Just a reminder, we’re having the last meeting of the year tomorrow night Dec 21st at 7 pm at St Clement. Please join us for the Rosary at 6:30 pm in the day chapel. This should be a quick meeting and, as I understand it, Tony Rogers is getting us food. So, you don’t wanna miss the last hurrah of the year.
Last night was the hit of the season. I have to say, this is the best Christmas Party I’ve been to in quite some time. They say good company, good food, and great music makes the difference. That certainly proved to be the case last night.
A special thanks go out to our Grand Knight Joe Suminski and his lovely wife Sue. Tremendous planning and thought went into making last night the special time it was. Along with Ron and Judy Stec, they were the advance team to get the place decorated and set up.
Joe MC’ed the event handing out several awards.
Knight of the Month, Deacon Kurt Godfryd. Deacon Kurt is a tremendous asset to our community and is present at many celebrations, Masses, Baptisms and special events. He’s very generous with his time and faith.
The Family of the Month, Mark and Sandy DiPaola. Mark and Sandy are present and help with so many of our programs. It’s rare to not have them there to help out.
Since this is a dual purpose event, Christmas Party AND Ladies Appreciation Night, Joe named Pat Bianchi as our 2017 Lady of the Year. And, since Pat and her hubby Bernie are seldom seen alone, Pat and Bernie are also our 2017 Family of The Year. Pat and Bernie are involved in many ministries at St Clement, from the food pantry to McRest and still finding time to help the Knights.
This year’s Knight of the Year is none other than Steve Betka. Steve has been a leader in our Council for many years. He’s held several officer positions; Advocate, Deputy Grand Knight, Grand Knight and now Chancellor. He the ringmaster for the Polish Dinner and leads our many parking lot efforts. He’s literally the chief cook and bottle washer. Thank you, Steve, for all your continued generosity.
Joe and Ron Stec honored our fallen brothers this year. We lost both Ace Cudillo and Ed Walla. Our tradition is to add a Christmas bulb on our tree.
On a lighter note, everyone was thrilled Lester has regained his mojo! Welcome back, Lester!
1982 Called! They are looking for their Boone’s Farm back! (In fairness, I kinda loaded them up with wine for this picture!)
You can see all the pictures here by clicking on the image below.
On a side note, a few of us hardcore fans are off to see Star Wars, The Last Jedi on Thursday in Romeo at 7 pm. It’s not on the “office” council calendar but… We’d love to have you join us. If you’re interested, I suggest you BUY YOUR TICKETS WELL IN ADVANCE. This is the biggest movie of the year! I guess it’s time to get my Jar Jar Binks costume out of storage!
(click on the image above to go to the Romeo Theatre website.)
That’s almost all for this round.
And finally… what’s happening in this picture? Lord knows. Luckily, Mark was there to capture it. Thanks, Mark. I owe you! 🙂 I think Steve is openly scoffing at my legs!
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Well, the Big Red Jolly One graced us with his presence last Sunday. All the kids had a great time and we served many breakfasts. Lot’s of requests were offered. Santa even entertained a few requests from the membership. I got a note later saying there will be more lumps of coal this year than last year. Tough luck Jim Parker! 🙂
We need to have a caption contest. What’s the thought bubble over Sandy’s head?
Photo credit – Mark DiPaola
All, a big thank you to everyone helping us out this year with the HCCS Sweatshirt drive. We put the call out on October 25th (to refresh your memory, click here.) Our illustrious District Deputy Gary Kopp gathered up our donations and, combining them with the other Councils in District 24, delivered 52 shirts and $420 in gift cards. A stellar job. Thank you, everyone!
It’s amazing what happens when everyone contributes just a little. Big things happen.
(Photo credit, Gary Kopp)
Hi Everyone, just a couple quick things. Today’s the last day to let us know if you can attend out 2017 Christmas Party. It’s going to be a huge deal this year! The food is going to be upgraded from last year. We have a live band. Not just any live band. This year we have Wayward Wind. So, we’ll be spending less time raffling things off, and more time enjoying the evening.
This year we are kindly asking for an RSVP. If you’ve already done so, thank you. If you’ve not had the chance before now, would you please let us know. Today’s the last day to change our food order.
PLEASE CLICK BELOW or you can call / email Joe Suminski at (586) 337-5776 or JSuminski2@YAHOO.COM
This Sunday the Knights will be hosting a Free Breakfast with Santa after the 9 and 11 am Masses ONLY. We could use a little help with the usual things, cooking, bussing, set up, clean up and other things. Like I said earlier, Santa couldn’t bring his elves due to union rule restrictions. If you could show up and help us out, not only would the kids appreciate it, but, Santa will be watching. He’s always watching! #NoCoalThisYear
Good morning. Russ Morgan is looking for help with covering the Christmas Masses. He’s created a signup site. Please have a look and sign up if you can help out.
Click the image above to go to the sign up page. Thanks!!
Rosary Request for Johnny Trupiano
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I bet you’re asking yourself, “Self, where can I get a delicious pie for my Thanksgiving dinner?” Ponder no more, Mr. Greg Fadanolli and his Troop have you covered. That’s the good news. The bad news is… you have to hurry. There a limited selection of delicious pies available. Please call Greg at 586-336-3955 and he will absolutely hook you up!
Rosary Request for Lucia Hodur
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Dan O’Brien is the November Knight of the Month. Dan shows up at almost everything. You’ll always know when Dan is in the house, the sweet, subtle aroma of coffee proceeds him! Thanks for all your service Dan.
The family of the Month, Karrie and Jean Illner. Karrie’s brought a ton of energy to the recruiting efforts and enthusiasm to our community. He and his awesome wife Jean have been a great addition to the good works of our order.
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Rosary Request, Mark Alfonsi
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Let us know if you’re coming or not.
—->>> RSVP CLICK HERE <<<—-
Let’s enjoy Christmas with good friends, great food, and holiday cheer and a 50/50 raffle.
Saturday, December 8th at 6:15 PM (after 5:00 PM Mass)
Capital Banquet Center, 12350 31 Mile Road, Washington, MI 48095
Enjoy dinner, dancing, open bar, and live music 7:30 till midnight.
This year we’ll have Paul & Oats playing for us.
Bring your dancing shoes!
Rosary Request, Mary Borowski
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Holy Cross Children’s Services Christmas Donation plan
Brothers, District Deputy Gary Kopp is again leading our efforts to help Holy Cross Children’s Services, the St. Louis Center and our Michigan Veterans. Remember, “sharing is the will of the Lord.” There are several choices for donations.
Gary needs all councils donations by November 30th if he’s going to get it to the Winter Meeting. We’d like to have this completed by the time of our next Membership Meeting on November 16th. Gary will pick them up that evening.
Our council has historically focused on giving sweatshirts. Please see the guidelines below.
The sweatshirt program continues. This has been a very successful program over the years. The children need great-looking sweatshirts or hoodies with sports or college logs. Adult size only, please. Large, XL, XXL, XXXL and XXXXL. Quality is as important as quantity. Remember, your gift may be the only gift these teens get. Please place your sweatshirt in a decorated gift box and write the size on the outside of the box. If it is definitely a girls shirt, please mark it box accordingly in large, easy to read lettering. If you have many shirts of the same size, please place those boxes in another box and mark the size on the larger box. This will save our volunteers a lot of work.
Thank you for your participation.
Questions, call Joe Suminski
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Good morning Friend,
There are a couple updates to the Rosary for Sandy Fleury.
#1 Sunday’s date is Oct 1st, not October 4th. (Thank you, Larry)
#2 The start time is 7:30 pm. Please make a note of it. Normally, we pray Rosary’s at 7:00 pm. (Thank you, Jim Burns)
Please make an effort to attend.
Thank You
Brian M O’Curran
Financial Secretary
Knights of Columbus #7018
St. Clement of Rome, Romeo, MI
bocurran@gmail.com // 586-255-5350
A big “thank you” goes out to Dan Masko for covering the photography portion of our Peach Festival activities. I went over to his house on Monday and harvested the pictures from his camera. Click the image below to see the best of. Thanks to all the brothers that were able to help out, their families and most of all, the kind folks that showed up for dinner and parked with us for one of the days during Peach Festival.
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Romeo Michigan Village of Romeo Peach Festival Labor Day Knights of Columbus Charity Community
Have at look at the fun we had at the Parish Picnic.
What a wonderful afternoon. Father Steve custom ordered another beautiful day. I should have him pick some Lottery numbers for me, he’s got an excellent track record. The food was great, the music was great, the beer was cold and everyone came together as one faith community for an afternoon. Imagine if we could invite the whole world to our picnic what a place we’d make.
I’ve uploaded some of the pictures I took. Click on either of the images below and you can see the whole collection. God Bless.
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09/28/2017 – Rosary Request, Sandra Fleury
09/04/2017 – Prayer Request for Ron Kopera
08/28/2017 – Quick Hitters
08/26/2017 – Mass at 5 pm
08/17/2017 – Knightly News, Help Wanted
08/07/2017 – Knights News, Upcoming Stuff
07/20/2017 – Reminder, Meeting Tonight @ 7
06/24/2017 – Knights News, edits and updates
06/22/2017 – Knights News, info you can use
06/12/2017 – Rosary, Janet Pillivant
06/08/2017 – Prayer Request for Janet Pillivant
05/31/2017 – Prayer Request for Hilary
04/24/2017 – Rosary Request, Robert Crabtree, Jr
04/19/2017 – Knights, He has Risen!
03/30/2017 – got tootsie rolls?
03/24/2017 – Knights, a couple quick items
03/15/2017 – Hi << Test First Name >> what are you doing tomorrow night?
03/09/2017 – Knights News, Another Busy Weekend
03/09/2017 – Very Sad News, Conrad Wilamowski
03/07/2017 – Prayer Request for Conrad Wilamowski
02/21/2017 – Prayer Request for Jim Burns and Family
01/22/2017 – Reminder, Rosary 7 pm Malburgs for Lucien Loridon
I’ve been trying to get all the good and interesting content from our old website. This is a collection of pictures. The full archive of pictures is HERE.
Some old newsletters for your enjoyment
These newsletters are from our old website. It’s kinda fun to go back and read some of the things we were up to “back in the day.” The other thing that struck me was, this Council is very long running and there have been many seasons. Looking back into these old documents reminds us that so many great men have served.
2014 KNIGHTLIFE May Jun 2014
2014 KNIGHTLIFE July Aug 2014
2014 KNIGHTLIFE Oct 2014
2014 KNIGHTLIFE Sept 2014
2013 KNIGHTLIFE Feb-Mar’13
2013 KNIGHTLIFE Jun-Jul ’13
2013 KNIGHTLIFE Sep Oct 2013
2013 novdec 2013
2012 KNIGHTLIFE Jan-Feb ’12
2012 KNIGHTLIFE Mar-Apr ’12
2012 KNIGHTLIFE May-Jun ’12
2012 KNIGHTLIFE Jul-Aug ’12
2012 KNIGHTLIFE Sep-Oct ’12
2012 KNIGHTLIFE Nov-Dec 12
2012 KNIGHTLIFE Jan-Feb ’12
2011 KNIGHTLIFE Mar-Apr ’11
2011 KNIGHTLIFE Jun-Jul ’11
2011 KNIGHTLIFE Aug-Sep ’11
2011 KNIGHTLIFE Oct-Nov ’11
2010 KNIGHTLIFE Jul-Aug ’10
2010 KNIGHTLIFE Sep-Oct ’10
2010 KNIGHTLIFE Nov-Dec ’10
Highlights from our Officer Installation on 08-27-2017
It was an honor to host the other four Councils in District 24 for District Corporate Communion and Installation of Officers last night at St Clement in Romeo. We had a very strong turnout and a lot of help from many to make this a night to remember. Special thanks to State Deputy Kenneth Unterbrink for attending and for District Deputy Gary Kopp keeping all the chickens flying in formation. Father Steve did a wonderful job as celebrant and we all thank him for his time and dedication to the Knights. Finally, the Hero Of the Day award goes to GK Joe Suminski and his delightful wife Susan. They both put in a tremendous effort to make this event look easy.
All the pictures are here – LINK. This is a link to our Facebook page HERE.
