Volume 82 | May 2024
Grand Knight's Report
Dear Brother Knights,

Here is the report for April 2024. With the Fish Fry’s behind us I thought things would kind of slow down, however, April was another busy month. On Saturday, April 6th we held the District Master’s Meeting and this was kind of a small-scale State Meeting. During the meeting an election was held to replace the District Master who happens to be our Council’s very own Brad Burnett. The top three candidates who received the most votes will move on in the selection process. The election is the first part of the process and Supreme will decide in August 2024 who the next District Master will be. Then on the following day, Sunday, April 7th, we had our Sunday Breakfast and it benefitted the Grounds Beautification Ministry.

On April 8th, we held our membership meeting. BK Joe Molyson who is from Louisiana prepared some delicious red beans and rice that we all enjoyed. During our April meeting we tabled a motion to donate a portion of our Fish Fry Dinner profits to our Church. The tabled motion will be voted during the May membership meeting on May 13th. We are very grateful to our Church and I’m proud to say that the Knights are giving something back to the St. John Neumann Parish Community.
On Saturday, April 27th, the Knights helped with the SMILE (Saint Mary’s Independent Living Extension) 5K run. This is an annual run that PGK Houston Feaster supported and since his passing the Knights have continued to support the SMLE 5K. The run was successful and the Knights and the Parrish Community were able to make a nice donation to SMILE.

The 2023-2024 Fraternal Year is ending soon and we are in the process of drafting, voting, and publishing a budget for the 2024-2025 Fraternal Year. We are also holding Officer elections for the 2024-2025 Fraternal Year. I will be running again for the Grand Knight and one of my goals for the next Fraternal Year is to have more fun! On Sunday, April 28th, we held a Fish Fry Appreciation Night and it was fun. The weather for the outdoor patio was perfect, we had margaritas, catered Mexican food, we socialized and we celebrated Frank Swider’s Birthday with a cake. I could really tell that everybody enjoyed themselves and I want to do more activities like this. I realize many Brother Knights have families and careers and they may not have a lot of personal time and I want to show them and all Brother Knights that there is a fun-side to us and it’s not all work, work, work. We Brother Knights provide a great deal of service to God and the Parish Community but we also have fun too. May God Bless You All.

That concludes my report.

Vivat Iesu,

GK Brian Jeffers
Membership Report
COUNCIL GROWTH THIS FRATERNAL YEAR

  • Annual Membership Growth Quota - 13
  • Membership gains this year - 10
  • % of Annual Membership Goal/McGivney Award - 77%
  • Prospects awaiting exemplification - 3
  • Insurance Meetings for Founders Award (Need 2 for year) - 1

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP STRENGTH

  • Associate Member - 144
  • Insurance Members - 76
  • Inactive Members - 17
  • Total Membership - 237

SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP STRENGTH

  • Honorary (Age 65 plus 25 years consecutive years - reduced dues) - 8
  • Honorary Life (Age 70 plus 25 years consecutive years - reduced dues) - 49
  • Exemption (disability) - 1
Highlights from the Business Meeting
Prayers for Knights in Need
Please pray for the following Knights in need (list from the last meeting):

  • Our Pope, Archbishop, Clergy and Religious - Safety and Perseverance
  • Our Military and First Responders - Safety and Perseverance
  • Innocents abused, injured and killed - War and Hate
  • Hostages in Gaza - War and Hate
  • Kellie Kubacki - Health
  • Revellia Rasmussen - Health
  • Kirk Weissinger - Health
  • Mary Brown - Health
  • Susan Hoffman - Health
  • Pam Lemon - Health
  • BK Leo Schiltgen - Health
  • BK Mickey Finnegan - Health
  • BK Wayne DeGray - Health
  • Father of SK Ron Holmes - †

† - Deceased - Repose of Soul
Awards
Knight of the Month: PGK Ray Tremblay

Family of the Month: BK Jose and Abigail Sandaval
50/50 Drawing
  • 50/50 Drawing
  • BK Charlie Brantley - $10
Charitable Donations
The following charitable donations were given by the Council:

  • Grounds Beautification Ministry - $620.57 (from Family Breakfast)
Lecturer's Reflection
I have been studying the Catechism of the Catholic Church with the help of Fr Mike Schmitz. It has been stunning to me how much I don’t know. Here in paragraphs 675-676, it describes that before Christ’s second coming at the end of the Age of the Church, the Church will suffer the ultimate trial. Here is what the Catechism says about that trial:

675 Before Christ’s second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers. The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth will unveil the “mystery of iniquity in the form of a religious deception offering man an apparent solution to their problems at the price or apostacy from the truth. The supreme is that of the Antichrist, a pseudo Messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God and of His Messiah come in the flesh.

676 The Antichrist’s deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can onlyrealized beyond history through the eschatological judgement. The Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism, especially the” intrinsically perverse” political form of secular messianism.

I realize how powerful our Catechism clearly and understandably presents our Catholic Faith and I encourage all of us obtain one and if you already have one to dust it off and feast on the truth of our Church. 
Knight's Info
Council 7923 Officers

Chaplain
Fr. Sunny Punnaknziyil
Deacon Mike Hayward (Assistant)

Grand Knight
GK Brian Jeffers

Deputy Grand Knight
DGK Gil Abad

Chancellor
BK Harvey James

Recorder
PGK Joe Molyson

Treasurer
PGK Steve Brischler

Warden
BK Stephen Rasmussen

Advocate
BK Larry Hoffman

Financial Secretary
PGK Glenn Klein

Inside Guard
BK Timothy Daly

Outside Guard
BK Jesus Ochoa

Lecturer
BK David Werve

1st Year Trustee
PGK Jim McHugh

2nd Year Trustee
PGK Hugh Gardnier

3rd Year Trustee
PGK Michael MacFarlane

District Deputy
DD Bill Gorny

Insurance Field Agent
Steven Znoj - 678-869-5006
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Happy Birthday Knights

Jonathan C. Espina 5/4
James Mongiat 5/8
Thomas E. Luczynski 5/9
Benjamin McCormack 5/9
Hubert Gardiner 5/12
DCN J.M. (Mike) Hayward 5/12
James Addison 5/15
W. Michael Rust 5/18
Tito Espina 5/20
Mark Giuliano 5/28
Ray Tremblay 5/29
Joke of the Month
Council Calendar
May 5th @ Reynold's Hall - Monthly Breakfast - 9:30am - 1:00pm

May 6th @ Houston Feaster Center - Officer/Planning Meeting - 7:00pm, Rosary - 6:30pm

May 7th @ Mah Jong - Scnic Hwy - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

May 13th @ Houston Feaster Center - Business Meeting - 7:00pm, Rosary - 6:30pm

May 14th @ Mah Jong - Scnic Hwy - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

May 19th @ SJN Church - Knight's Mass - 9:00am, Rosary - 8:30am

May 21st @ Mah Jong - Scnic Hwy - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

May 23rd @ Feaster Center - 4th Degree Meeting - 7:00pm, Dinner - 6:00pm

May 28th @ Mah Jong - Scnic Hwy - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

June 2nd @ Reynold's Hall - Monthly Breakfast - 9:30am - 1:00pm

June 3rd @ Houston Feaster Center - Officer/Planning Meeting - 7:00pm, Rosary - 6:30pm

June 4th @ TBD - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm
Knights in Action
BK Ed Dantzer with his grandchildren receiving their Council aprons
GK Brian Jeffers presents PGK Ray Tremblay with his Knight of the Month award
BK Joe Molyson prepares red beans and rice for the member's meeting
Celebrating BK Frank Swider's Birthday at the Fish Fry Appreciation Dinner
Runners start the 12th Annual SMILE Race
Come out for the next Family Breakfast
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