June 2007
This has been a long 2 years, and for me exciting years. As I think of what being Grand Knight of St. Joan's Council means to me there are several things that come to my mind.
The 1st is, what a wonderful group of men I have become associated with. You are dedicated to our Church, our Parish and this Fraternity for the protection of Families and the underprivileged. I am constantly amazed by the things you do for others.
And the 2nd is, you made my job as Grand Knight's so easy and so enjoyable.
The things we have accomplished in the past 2 years are the result of our working together. The Super Sunday breakfasts we have provided, the trips for youth we have sponsored, our seminarian we have sponsored and the Tootsie Roll money we collected for the Special Education Class at Riverview Middle School are all examples of your dedication to our order and our community.
It has been my privilege!
Donald Gallagher
Grand Knight
Congratulations to our New Officers
2007 - 2008
Grand Knight - Chris Spinner
Deputy G. K. - Bill Nickum
Chancellor - Mike Musachio
Warden - Jack Doherty
Treasurer - Walt Scanlan
Recorder - Michael Porter
Advocate - John Lewis
Inside Guard - Daniel Tuel Jr.
Outside Guard - Dick Sade
3 year Trustee - Donny Gallagher
2 year Trustee - Fred Bradbury
1 year Trustee - Jeff Parenteau (elected)
Coming soon will be the Installation of Officers Ceremony, the awards and Susie's Kitchen food. Don't miss out on this event.
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Membership Open House June 20th Saint Joan's will have an Open House for members and prospective members on Wednesday, June 20th. Deacon Bill Nickum and Jack Doherty will talk about our fraternity and our council at each Mass on Father's Day weekend. Those men who are interested will be invited to the Parish FLC on Wednesday night for our Council Dinner night. If you know someone who is interested in becoming a Knight or someone you think would make a good council member, now is the time to approach him. It is our obligation to offer membership in our fraternity to any practicing Catholic man, over 18. I hope all of you can attend our cookout, Chris Spinner and his crew are planning 'special' food for this year. Be at the FLC by 7:pm on the 20th, so we can all eat together. The friendship of our council members is our best recruiting tool. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $ Council Money $ Saint Joan's Mothers Day Flower Sale Saint Joan's knights raised more then $400.00 toward our Seminarian Fund at the Mothers Day Plant Sale. The Woodside Florist, located behind North Caroline High School provided the plants to us at no cost so our profit was 100%. Our Parish family came through, as they always do to make our efforts a success. Our Seminarian fund is one of our most important projects. Knights helping Priests and future Priests is the foundation of our association with our Church and we can have no higher calling. Thanks to Walt, Mike Porter, Mike Musachio, Mickey and Mary Usilton, Jack and Dan for making this a big success. We will still have our Summer and Fall Vegetable and Fruit sales to maintain our customers and have a reserve fund. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Ridgely Strawberry Festival Funnel Cakes are a lot of work and it's a 'hot job'. But our "Funnel Cake Crew" was up to the task and our customers were there for the food. Our crew: Walt Scanlan, Jack Doherty, Mike Chupek and Mike Porter, Mickey and Mary Usilton, Dan Tuel and Bill Nickum were reinforced by Pete Schirmer who had not made his 1st degree yet, but couldn't wait to test his hand at making 'funnel Cakes'. The line of customers began early and stayed all day. The sodas and water sales went up with the temperature, and we ran out of water early. There was another group selling funnel cakes this year but it didn't appear to affect our sales. This year our profit was just over $800.00 and it will go into our general fund to support projects for our parish and youth. Our local Ridgely Veterans were recognized this year and led the parade through town to the park. The men, and 2 women were separated by their dates of service and the Vietnam era group had the largest turn out.
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Super Sunday and Donut Hospitality is over until fall.
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The Fifteen Promises of Mary to Those Who Recite the Rosary
Many Catholics are unaware of the Promises Mary made to the children at Fatima, and to the world.
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Congratulations to our newest member!
Pete Schirmer, of Denton is our new member, he received his pin and rosary on Tuesday night June 12th. I can tell you, from conversations with Pete, that he is very excited about being in the Knights of Columbus and will be an active member. Pete has already pitched in with the 'Funnel Cakes' and is looking forward to the next program.
There will be another 1st Degree Ceremony soon! Do you know someone who is interested?
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4th of July Picnic
Saint Joan's Picnic is, again on the 4th of July. Members and Guests should arrive around 1pm so we can eat around 2pm. Bring your favorite "Covered Dish", the knights will provide the Hamburgers, Hotdogs, and Drinks. Everyone should have gotten an invitation in the mail.
Lynn Spinner is organizing the covered dish food this year, so we don't wind up with 5 'pasta salads'. Please coordinate with her on your covered dish.
If you need directions call Donny and Linda Gallagher at: 410-634-2859
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Saint Joan of Arc Polo Shirts
Some members still do not have a Saint Joan of Arc shirt. They come in all colors, red, blue, grey, white, green, etc. We get them from Benedictine Graphics, and the price is $23.00 for S - L and $25.00 for XL - XXXL.
Anyone interested in in a shirt should contact Donny Gallagher at; 410-634-2859, or bring it to our attention at a meeting.
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4th Degree KofC
To become a member our ‘Patriotic Order’ you must be a 3rd degree member and an active member of your council.
Fourth Degree membership is by invitation from the active membership of the local 3rd degree Council. It is, and should be considered an honor to asked to be a member.
Fourth Degree members are identified by their Tuxedo and the red, white and blue Baldric. The Color Corps are seen at church and community functions in cape, chapeaux, white gloves and sword.
Saint Joan of Arc 4th Degree members:
S/K Father Norman Carroll
S/K Charles Alder S/K Dennis Clegg
S/K Fred Bradbury S/K William Nickum
S/K Joseph Dunnington S/K John Nussear
S/K Donald Gallagher S/K David Wood
S/K Josh Gallagher S/K C. Talbot Rowe
S/K Michael Goodman S/K Dick Sade
S/K Nerus ’Skip’ Gunther S/K John Lane
S/K R. Scott Wood S/K Michael Musachio
S/K Michael Porter S/K Howard Reardon Jr.
S/K Chris Spinner S/K Dan Tuel Jr.
S/K Mickey Usilton
The next 4th Degree Ceremony is in 2008, in Hagerstown, MD at the Clarion Conference Center.
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