July 2023 Business Meeting Minutes

GK Report

•    Communications – Web page https://salisburykofc.org/  and calendar of current events

•    Council 8680 has earned the 2022-2023 Star Council Award, recognizing excellence in program activity, membership growth (180% of quota), insurance promotion, fraternal reporting, and Safe Environment compliance.

•    State Leadership Training in Greensboro. Attended by GK, DGK and FS

•    Fr. McGivney Charitable fund of NC set up for naming a prominent room at the new Parish Center at the Cathedral in Raliegh. See attached for details

•    Update from interactions with Church & CDA:

      - SH Strategic Planning Group meeting for July pushed to August.

      - Working on Fraternal Benefit & Information about Knights – open to parish. Look at coordinating with CDA.

      - Protecting God’s Children is the Diocesan Program used to help ensure the safety of the kids at our church and school. All ministries at Sacred Heart are required to participate in the program. Michael Becker oversees the program for the parish. Michael has reviewed the status of all of our current members and provided the information back to me. The program uses Virtus Online to ensure compliance.  Compliance consists of initial training, a background check, and monthly bulletin completions. If you are not receiving and completing the monthly bulletins, you may be flagged as inactive or suspended. If you have any questions about your status, let me know. Michael can help with any issues with the process.

     - Some new KofC positions will require the Safe Environments Program by Supreme. This should have already been sent out and needs to be completed.

Treasurer Report – Updated membership with checking account balance. 

 

Membership Report –

The council currently has 96 Active Members.  Keith McBride, Jorge Delgado, Justin Newton and Paul Noseworthy are potential new members.

Other Reports -

Our programs as Knights of Columbus should help provide encouragement, engagement and evangelization to our parish and the community. We pray that Our Lord will accomplish His will and lead us to holiness, helping us work towards being better men and better disciples.

Family Director – Chris Castille

•    Family of the Month –

•    Food for Families – Support Sister Mary Roberts Ministry. Knights are needed to bag up items and help load cars. We need to support Saturday morning from about 9-12. The date can vary month to month. The last one was Aug 19th. Next one is Sept 15th and 16th. 

•    Church picnic and Soccer Challenge– 9/30 after 4:30 mass.

•    Family Night at Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 7/29 at 7 p.m. Fireworks after game.

•    Joint Christmas Party w/Catholic Daughters – 12/9

•    Fraternal Benefits and Membership Blitz planning

Faith Director – Duane Krzysik

•    Fr. McGivney Memorial Mass – Saturday 8/12, 8 am. Need to get approval from Fr. Eckert. Leftover material to use in Knight’s closet.

•    Purchased English and Spanish Guide to Confession for church. Requested by Luke the Seminarian.

•    Eucharistic Congress – Sept 8 and 9.

•    Into the Breach – a program to deepen men’s spirituality and formation to combat the crisis of religious faith in our world. We will cover a different topic each month. Supreme has a video for each topic. The council will have booklets for reflection and discussion. The discussion will be during the social. Video and small group discussion at social to follow.  The next one is Aug 3rd at 6:30 on Evangelization. September meeting to move to Wednesday after Mass.

•    Holy Hour and Adoration – Knights are signed up for Holy Hour and Adoration on the First Saturday of every month from 7 am to 8 am (immediately before Mass). Next one is on Aug 5th.

•    Support for Bishop Siby Seminarians – (Bill Riippi) Bill working on establishing contact with points of contact in US.

Community Director – Jim Bertrand

•    Assist Family Director with Food for Families – Support Sister Mary Roberts Ministry.

Life Director – Len Kobylus

•    Room at the In Benefit Banquet – 9/21 at 6 pm

•    Life Choices – Open house 7/28 11:00- 1pm See Attached.

•    Life Choices – Rowan Gala 9/14. Set up help will be needed starting in the morning.

•    Special Olympics-

•    ASAP- Last year NC was 15 of the states and providences in US and Canada for ASAP contributions.

4th Degree Report

•    Exemplification on August 26th. Foday, Bill, Darrell and Greg F are going.  Rick Thelen and Logan Afton to go next one.

Unfinished Business

•    100 Club Ticket Sales – as of 7/22 only 57 tickets sold and 43 remaining. Prizes will not start until 80 sold. Hopefully if we get to 80 before end of July, we can make our first drawing. Not prepared to draw at this meeting. Need to audit and reconcile spreadsheet against outstanding tickets. Please let Logan know if you have any outstanding tickets and what the numbers are.

New Business

•    Discussion of helping immigrants in Salisbury. St. John’s already providing some assistance.

Good of Order – Greg Miller, Bill Washington, Chuck Yelle, Ted Blanton, Cindy Desch