Council Upcoming News

Hello Brothers and Sisters,

A big thank you to all those who participated in our Lenten Fish Fry event. It was a tremendous success. We, of course, need to thank our Parish and Community patrons who purchased the fish meals we prepared. We exceeded the profit made in any previous fish fry event conducted by our Council. We exceeded the $10,000 profit margin goal we set for ourselves and intend to do it again next year.

As I have mentioned before, the Annual Knights of Columbus Convention will be held in Alexandria this Friday through Sunday. Kevin Heltz, Mickey Brown and I will attend. We’ll give you folks a no doubt stimulating report at the next meeting.

Our Annual Awards Banquet is coming up on May 14th. I am very disappointed in the response so far. To date I have 36 attendees and $560. That includes 6 unpaid guests. Deacon Pete and Deacon Alec will both attend. We have also decided to recognize the two young gentlemen that were our ‘runners’ during the Fish Fry events. We cannot reward them monetarily because that would void their voluntary status. So, we have invited them and their parents to the banquet (they have accepted) and we will present to them an engraved key ring with their name, date, event and a K of C logo. It’s really very nice.

It has been brought to my attention that some members receiving the Banquet invitation via email were unable to download and open the document successfully. A new invitation has been sent out in pdf format to attempt to eliminate that issue. If you still are not able to open the document or have other issues please contact me at: 225- 288-3044. If you have already sent in your RSVP, please disregard the additional distribution of the invitation.

Everything else for the Banquet is in place. The Menu, the Program, the award certificates and plaques, the Speaker and Jason’s frozen drink machines. What more could you ask for?

Many of you have probably heard the news of the explosion in the St. Agnes Catholic Church cafeteria. We are offering prayers and concern for those injured, the staff, the Sisters & ladies in the shelter, and the campus itself. The Lord shielded everyone from what could have been a far more tragic event—thanks be to God! Brother Byron Hume is coordinating with officials to determine the most effective and efficient ways in which we may assist in their recovery. Since their cafeteria and kitchen is completely destroyed it is likely that they will be needing meals brought in. We certainly are capable of doing that.

We are considering have Chef Jeremy Coco conduct a cooking class for our members that are involved in our cooking efforts and would have an interest in such a class. The fees for the class would be paid for by the Council. Brother Marty Mumphrey will be coordinating this event.

The most important Council task we have coming up is to nominate, elect and install new officers. At out last meeting ALL of the current officers agreed to stay in their elected roles for another year. They are as follows:
Grand Knight- Joe Lawler                          Deputy Grand Knight – Mike Giroir
Chancellor – Jay Cefalu                              Advocate – Curtis Lauret
Treasurer – Mickey Brown                        Lecturer – Mickey Brown
Warden – Butch Pitchford                         Recorder – Jimmy Doles
Inside Guard – Kevin Baronne                  Outside Guard – Lester Hitchcock
Financial Secretary – Bill Bozzelle             1st Year Trustee – Jim Cazes
2nd Year Trustee – Richard Littrell           3rd Year Trustee- Joe Mannino

At our next Council meeting we will go through the procedures of getting these gentlemen elected.

Viva Jesus

Joe Lawler

Grand Knight, Council #8601