Editors Note:

Thank you to SK Charlie Dow again and to all the men who spent the hours necessary driving buses & tractors at Lowe’s Motor Speedway over two weekends to bring in some of the necessary funds to help us do what we do to help others.

For anyone who wants to assist in the Fall, please contact Charlie and speak to him as to the dates we will be driving next time.

Please see inside for some photos of the men from the second weekend, sorry if we did not get every one’s picture.

 

John F. O’Daly, DD

Editor
 

 

We were there again…
 
Text Box: Some Upcoming Events June1st. 6700 Meeting at St. Michael’s Parish Center 7:30pm June 3rd Confirmation at St. Michaels at 7pm with Bishop Jugis, Regalia Needed June 13th 4th Degree Installation of Officers at St. John Newman, Charlotte June 20th 6700 Installation of Officers and Monthly Social June 22nd 4th Degree Meeting at St. Michaels Parish Center 7:30pm June 21st Fathers Day, best wishes to all fathers from all of us June 27th 4th Degree Exemplification in Wilmington, NC June 28th First and Second Degree will be held at St. Michaels starting 1:30pm (parish center). July 5th Military Mass to be offered by Bishop Jugis at the Cathedral in Charlotte at 3pm
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The Deputy Grand KnightDeputy Grand Knight Report

 

I want to thank all those Knights who volunteered to drive buses at the race track for the two weekend events last month.  Your efforts are greatly appreciated by all of us and the money you earned will help us to continue to our support for our various charities.  We are looking for new ideas on how to raise additional money.  If you have an idea please let us hear from you.

 

The Grand Knight and I attended the Knights of Columbus North Carolina State Convention which was held in Historic New Bern on May 15-17.  Our Council won several awards for the work you did last year.  I heard several good comments on how well our Council functions from other Knights who had attended our meetings.  The Grand Knight will report on the convention at the meeting.

 

Pope Benedict XVI has named this year the “Year of the Priest”.  We are encouraged to promote the priesthood, support our local priests and seminarians.  Some time during the coming year we want to have a dinner to honor all our priests in our area.  Our District Deputy is working hard on setting that up.

 

LAMB is coming soon, so please plan to help us, as this is our fundraiser to help those in our own community.  In the past years your turnout has been great and again this year we ask you to support us during our LAMB drives.  When you get that call be ready to sign up.  If you do not get a call it may be because we do not have a good telephone number for you and need you to tell us how to contact you. We need everyone.

 

Again, remember the Knights lead the Rosary before the 1st & 3rd Saturday 5 PM Mass. Most times there are not enough Knights present to lead and we have to use parishioners to recite the rosary.  I would ask all of you to make a special effort to participate in one of these two days each month.  Brother Joe Nelli will be more than happy to fit you into his schedule.

 

Elections will be held at the monthly meeting in June and we will begin a new Fraternal Year in July. We will be looking for several Knights to step up and assume a leadership role to fill vacant positions. If you are interested contact the Grand Knight. Remember, your presence at our monthly meetings and socials are important to all of us.  Try and make a commitment to attend both of these functions.

 

If you are not involved, and you once were, we need you to be involved again.

Vivat Jesus,

Tom Riley, DGK, PFN

 

Chuck Culbertson

John O’Daly

Sam Ybarra

Rus Stevens

Roger Shepard, GK

Mike Sullivan

Brian Gawronski
 
 


Our Leader…

Charlie Dow
 

 

Loading up at the

Camp Ground for

the trip to the track
 

Good Morning from

Gene Courtemanche

“The early crew”
 

 

 

Hi, from

Joe Bell

“The early crew”
 

 

Gary Elkin

At your service
 

Track End

Of the

Shuttle
 

 

Another view with  

Track End

Shuttle Gates
 

 

Yes another view of the Track end of the Shuttle service
 

 

 

Thank these men as they were the ones who did the driving at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

 

Charlie Dow                  76.5 hrs      Sam Ybarra                  66.25 hrs

Jerry Spencer                24. hrs        Mike Sullivan                63.25 hrs   

Gary Elkin                     21.5 hrs      Ausin Osemeka             5.75 hrs

Chuck Culbertson         39.25hrs     Matt Dow                      14.25hrs

Mark Dow                     14.25 hrs    Steve Buckley               14.25hrs

Joe Bell                         42.hrs         Gene Courtemanche     44.hrs

John O’Daly`                41.5 hrs      Roger Shepard              42.25hrs

Joe Nelli                        18.hrs         Rick Accurso                13.25hrs

Alex Betancourth          3.25            Joe Parkulo                            23. hrs

Brian Gawronski          13.25 hrs    Russ Stevens                 24.25 hrs   

 

We had 20 drivers this time beating last October by one.

 

To any of the drivers who did not get their pictures in please forgive me as I was away for the first weekend in New Bern at the convention.

 

Charlie Dow indicated that our Council should make around $4,900 for our efforts. I hope those who have never done this decide that next October, they would like to be a part of this event also.

           

Very special thanks goes out to SK Charlie Dow for all he does to keep us doing this time after time.

 

 

 

 

Knights of Columbus, St. Gregory Council 6700

Please complete and return so we can update our records.

 

________________________________________________________________________
First Name                     Middle Name                      Last Name                             Degree

 

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Address                                                           City                   State            Zip

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Phone Number                     Cell Phone                    Email Address

 

_______________________________________________________________________

Wife Name                   others in family

 

______________________________________________________________________
Occupation                                                    Hobbies/Special skills

 

Which Activities will you participate in?

 

LAMB _____    Golf Tournament _______   Race (bus driver) _________

 

Valentine Day ________    St Patrick Day __________   As needed __________

 

Which Committee will you serve on?

Family  _________     Membership  __________  Council ________  Church  _________  

 

Lamb  __________     Youth   ____________       Community _________

 

What officer position would you be interested in holding?

 

Grand Knight _______  Deputy Grand Knight _________  Recorder __________

 

Treasurer __________  Warden _________     Lecturer ____________

 

Guard ____________   Chancellor __________   Advocate  _____________

 

Financial Secretary ___________  Trustee _________

 

Please return this form as soon as possible.

If you do not come to the meetings, please mail the form to:

Knights of Columbus , PO Box 550266  Gastonia NC 28055-0266

 

Vivat Jesus,

Tom Riley, DGK, PFN

District Deputy Page

 

The Organizational Meeting will be in

Charlotte, NC 

July 24, 25, and 26th.

 

Please make sure your members who will be attending are registered.

2009 Knights of Columbus Raffle Ticket Winners

First Prize winner, Alaskan Cruise, was Dave Deferie from Asheville Council 1695

Second Prize winner, Hawaiian Cruise, was Jerry Lavoie from Edenton, Council 11180

Third Prize winner, $200, was Gary Turner from Trinity Council 939

Fourth Prize winner, $200, was Joe Batilaglia from Weaverville Council 1695

Fifth Prize winner, $200, was Ralph Stoute from Council 8857 Hope Mills.

Sixth Prize winner, $200, was Peggt Wallace from Council 9249 Hope Mills

Seventh Prize winner, $200, was Brent Walsh from Council 8509 Kernersville

Note there will be a 4th Degree Exemplification June 27th  Wilmington, NC

 

 

 

SECOND DEGREE TEAM

 

WE STILL ARE LOOKING FOR MEN

 

 

If any 3rd Degree Knight would like to join a new second degree team or learn what being on the team is all about please contact John O’Daly, DD at 704-923-0564.

 

We need two full teams in order to cover when members of another team are either sick, on vacation or otherwise unable participate in the degree.

 

 

If we do not get a (second degree) back-up team in place

we will at times be forced to either beg from another area some of its’ team members, or cancel the degree.

 

It is time to step up to the plate and help.

I have been asking now for three months and have had only one reply.

 

Please, call me if you need more information.

 

704-923-0564

John F. O’Daly, DD

 

 

 

Need a Job / Need Help

Hire Your Brother Knight

 

The web site is now ready for use…

 

Here is all you have to do.  It cannot get any easier.

 

 

          To have your resume or job posted all you need do is

Email it to the web master at

 

Griley1@carolina.rr.com

 

SK Tom Riley will put it on the NC State Web Site.

 

You may check the site at any time for updates.

 

(1)     Go to www.kofcnc.org

(2)     Go to the left side and click on Admin.

(3)     Go to the top and click on Job Search

 

 

Please use this site it was made to help all our Brothers.

 

 

 

June 28th First & Second Degree is at St. Michael’s, Gastonia, 1:30pm

 

July 5th there will be a Mass offered by Bishop Jugis for the Military at the Cathedral in Charlotte at 3pm.

 

Our Meetings are on the First Monday of Each Month

 

Place: St. Michael’s Parish Center.

Time :  7:30pm

 

 

May,  2009

 

Family of the Month:

Tim & Phyllis Mueller

 

Knight of the Month:

Brian Gawronski

Project Life Saver

 

Is up and running and looking for Clients

If you know of someone who might need this bracelet please contact Joe Nelli or the Sheriffs Dept.

 

This is an electronic tracking bracelet that helps locate persons who become disoriented and lost.

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Birthday wishes go out to our men of

June, 2009:

 

ALBERT             

P                  

AYOTTE                                  

         

06-01-1938

GEORGE             

H                  

DOW                                    

         

06-01-1982

WILLIAM            

H                  

MASSEY                                 

         

06-03-1959

JOHN                

LEO                

FARRIS                                 

         

06-04-1947

KEVIN              

M                  

CAMPBELL                               

         

06-04-1952

TODD               

W                  

RATH                                    

         

06-06-1959

GILBERTO           

                   

RIVERA                                 

         

06-07-1944

JERRY              

C                  

SPENCER                                

         

06-07-1951

ROBERT             

C                  

ABBATE                                 

         

06-07-1959

JOHN               

P                  

GIBBONS                                

JR       

06-08-1942

FRANK              

M                   

ROGERS                                 

         

06-10-1946

DAVID              

L                  

BRATCHER                               

         

06-15-1957

ROBERT             

C                  

HELTON                                  

JR       

06-16-1966

CHRISTIAN          

M                  

PENA                                   

         

06-18-1977

IRVIN              

R                  

BONNIN                                 

         

06-20-1937

JACK                

B                  

BELL                                   

         

06-20-1966

ROBERT             

A                  

NEMES                                  

         

06-21-1951

DENNIS             

J                  

SMITH                                   

         

06-22-1947

OCTAVIO            

A                  

CANO                                   

         

06-25-1955

KEVIN              

B                  

DECKER                                 

         

06-25-1960

MELVIN             

G                  

ZAJAS                                  

         

06-26-1925

ANDREW             

                   

VOLLKOMMER                             

         

06-26-1955

CHRISTOS           

A                   

DALAMANGAS                             

JR       

06-26-1966

PAUL               

S                  

SRIVORAPHAN                            

         

06-30-1949