Knights of Columbus
Council No. 10901
May 2002
From the desk of the Grand Knight...........
Automobile license plates bearing the Knights of Columbus emblem will be available for your car. To order one, send your name, address, telephone number, county of residence, current tag number, and check to Eddie Metrejean. The check should be payable to ‘Knights of Columbus State Council’ in the amount of $30.00. $30 is the MS annual special tag fee, 24 of which is returned to the K of C state council to be used by the Bishops to offset the cost of tuition for our seminarians. So this is a great way to support vocations.
Let’s welcome our newest Knights, Tom Taylor and Ray Stasiak. We hope you can join us often.
At the State Convention held in Hattiesburg, Brother Peter Sukanek was elected to his second term as Mississippi State Warden. Council 10901 was recognized for its participation in the Holly Springs Yellow Fever Church fund raising, and for membership in the 4th degree. Also we earned the Honor Council award through our activities. One of our programs was even recognized as ‘Best Council Program in the State of Mississippi’. Please continue your good works, and grow the activities where you can.
We had another successful Tootsie Roll Drive thanks to Mark Shows organization and the time you volunteered. You collected over $1700 to benefit the Scott Center.
Thanks for your food donations, and help serving the families of the University’s ‘Village’ on the 10th, and for providing and distributing Carnations to all the mothers at the morning Masses on the 12th.
Coming events.....
May 18th - Second annual K of C golf tournament, Vicksburg, MS
May 19th - K of C sponsored pancake breakfast for St John’s parish volunteers following the 9:00 Mass
May 26th - K of C sponsored pancake breakfast for the Hispanic community following the 7:30 Mass
June 4th - Council June executive committee meeting
June 13th - Council June business meeting, will include election of council officers for upcoming term
June 20th - Council officers will be installed in late June or early July, so far this is the tentative date. In conjunction the Council will celebrate its 10th year anniversary
June 21st - This weekend will be the installation of State K of C Officers
June 23rd - Another Family Fun Day is planned at Wall Doxey State Park
Congratulations to Mark and Debbie Shows on the celebration of their 25th wedding anniversary.
May - Family and Knight of the Month
....For planning the fun and games for the family,
Jan and Bill Reynolds, Family of the Month
For his work with the Knights throughout the state
Peter Sukanek, Knight of the Month
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From your Membership Director....
Congratulations are in order for a new Brother Knight who joined our council on April 11th. Thomas Taylor is a student at Ole Miss. Please extend your personal welcome to him at your first opportunity.
The Annual Knights of Columbus State Convention was held on April 26th, 27th and 28th in Hattiesburg. Mark Shows and I attended as delegates along with Peter Sukanek, our State Warden and Peter was re-elected as the State Warden for another year. It was another great convention for Mississippi.
Our council won several awards. On Friday night our council was one of seven in Mississippi to receive the "Honor Council" award. At Saturday night’s presentations our council received the State’s Council award for outstanding support of the "Yellow Fever Martyrs Church and Museum." This award was presented to our council for fundraising efforts to help restore that church in Holly Springs. We also received a second council award for the "Best Council Project" in the state. That award was for the outstanding job our council did with our Stone Center Program we did last year. And last, but not least, our Fourth Degree Assembly in Oxford was presented an award for exceeding our assembly membership goal by 233%. A great weekend for 10901 at the State Convention.
Membership, membership, membership — a never-ending need for every council. As I noted last month, our membership goal for this Fraternal Year is eight new members. As of this month we are at a +3. And this Fraternal Year ends on June 30th.
A First Degree Exemplification is scheduled for Thursday, May 9th, at our next monthly meeting, at 7:00 p.m., in the Parish Center so — as I always say, "Ask a man to become a Knight of Columbus" — before June 30th.
Vivat Jesus, Bob Hudson
May Birthdays
Joe Supple, Sr. May 5
Fred Carter May 7
J. Edwin Gunn May 26