*FROM OUR GRAND KNIGHT*

My brother Knights,

I can hardly believe that it has been a whole year since I was given the honor of leading this council. They say that time flies when you are having fun but it seems as though we were being installed as officers just yesterday. This past year has brought me great joy. All of our events have been well attended and every time I have asked for your help, you have been there for your brothers and me. I would like to thank all of you who have participated this past year and I would like to challenge all of you who have not been active to follow the example of your brothers who have been active. I am not asking you to show up for all the events but just pick one or two projects and get involved.

Speaking on behalf of Wayne and myself, I would like to express our deep gratitude for allowing us to represent you at the State Convention. It is an amazing thing to see so many Catholic men and women at the Masses and the Living Rosary. It has been an enlightening experience for me personally to see the bigger picture of just how the Knights of Columbus functions and works throughout the State of Michigan.

It is always good to see so many of my Brother Knights at the Corporate Communions. It is a great opportunity to show the members of our parishes that we can gather together as a family to worship God and celebrate the gift of His Son. For those members I did not see, let me say this: I know we are Catholic and change is sometimes difficult. We have a certain day we like to attend Mass, maybe a certain time and even some have a favorite pew. Maybe you need to expand your world, celebrate Mass with our Knights family … you may find the pews are softer in another parish.

Congratulations need to go out to the new slate of officers. Without their help and participation your council would not function as well as it has in the past. These are men who have stepped up to the plate and will donate more time than most of us do not realize. Because of their hard work, we stand out from the other councils in our area and in the State. It feels good to talk to a brother Knight from the other side of the state and find out they know who we are. Thank you the hard work and efforts that make us look so good. Officers Training is coming up in June. We will be taught not only the duties of our office but things we can do to make the council run better. Our Council will be providing two of the instructors for this training and that should tell you something about the caliber of our Council.

Our second gas raffle of the year has begun and if you have not gotten your tickets yet, I would ask you to make arrangements to get them. At the last business meeting, I issued a challenge to everyone in the council to outsell our Worthy District Deputy Tom Ketchum this time. He has outsold every single member in each of our Gas Raffles and not just by a little. I would like to see one of you take up my challenge and “dethrone him” as it were. Tom has done an awesome job selling these tickets so it will not be an easy task, good luck to all of you in this endeavor.

Yours in Christ,
Garret A. Kelenske
Grand Knight

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