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Father J. Leo McCann Council 7304

May 2019

Father J. Leo McCann Council #7304

P.O. Box 304 Brighton, Michigan 48116

Meetings: McCann Hall- Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month-7:30 PM Visit our website http://www.kofc7304.net

MAY CROWNING OF MARY the Council

of Catholic Women (CCW) invites all

parishioners to a May Crowning of the

statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary on

Wednesday, May 1, after the 8:30AM Mass.

The crowning will take place in the Church.

Please join the CCW as we crown Mary

with beautiful flowers, and sing songs of

praise in her honor. The Knights of

Columbus will again be the Honor Guard.

Council News & Events

Be sure to visit and our Council's Web site at www.kofc7304.net and Face book page

at Knights of Columbus Council 7304 and

tweet at our new twitter account @kofc7304.

Remember to attend rosary before the next meeting at 7PM in the chapel on Wednesday

May 1st.

Join your fellow knights at Corporate Communion at 9:30 Mass on May 5

th. We will

have a breakfast at Americus restaurant (who

donates food at our Lenten and debt

reduction breakfasts) afterwards.

Need volunteers at our “Debt Reduction breakfast” on May 19

th and June 9

th and

every third Sunday for the rest of the year.

Contact SK Ray Bonomo at 586-914-0471 if

you can help.

Budget meeting on May 2nd at 7:30 PM for all officers and interested Knights in McCann

Hall.

Please volunteer for our next Blood Drive on May 25

th in the PLC from 9AM to 4PM.

Contact SK Kevin Roach at 248-766-4635 if

you can help.

Meet your Fellow Knights Each month we will include an article on your fellow

Knights. This month we are featuring SK Deacon

Pat and Lady Peggy McDonald our Family of the

Year for two years in a row.

Patrick A. McDonald graduated for Catholic Central

High School in 1954and and graduated Magna Cum

Grand Knight: SK Phil Balmforth Chaplain: Fr. Mathias Thelen Deputy Grand Knight: SK Bill Dunlop Financial Secretary: Larry Bacon Treasurer: SK Dan Zimmerman Recorder: Kevin Mondlach Chancellor: SK Steve Schafer Lecturer: SK Doug Beilharz Advocate: SK Gary Delamielleure Warden: SK Kevin Roach Outside Guard: SK Mike Avery Inside Guard: SK Scott Jackson: SK Michael Carrigan One Year Trustee: SK Robert Flynn Two Year Trustee: SK Jim Birney Three Year Trustee: SK Don Sucher Editor: SK Tony Martin Mailer Editor: SK Ralph LeRoy

http://www.kofc7304.net/


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Laude from the University of Detroit Law School in

1961 where he is an adjunct professor for 37 years

and an adjunct professor for 7years at Ava Maria

Law School in Ann Arbor. He received a Masters of

Law degree from Georgetown University Law

School in 1962 and served as Captain in the U.S. Air

Force NATO Base, Etaia, France (1962 to 1965).

Peggy Mercier McDonald graduated from the

Convent of the Sacred Heart High School in 1955

and earned her B.A. in 1959 at the University of

Detroit. She obtained her permanent teaching

certificate and taught in Detroit, New York, and

Elaine France. Deacon Pat and Peggy were married

in 1963. With Peggy’s blessing, Pat entered the

newly Permanent Diaconate program instituted by

Pope Pius VI in 1968 and was ordained by Cardinal

Deardon in 1972 at St. Mary’s Redford. Pat and

Peggy had 5 children and decided to adopt a

teenager. Settling in Brighton Michigan, at St. Patrick

Church, Deacon Pat joined the Knights of Columbus

in April 1979 and became a charter member of

Council 7304. Deacon Pat became the council’s

Spiritual Director and has been a major interface

between our Council, the Pastor Father Mathias, the

Assistant Pastor Father Joe and many of the other

ministries in the parish. Peggy and Pat McDonald

attend daily Mass together and Peggy is an

Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion for the

Parish. Pat and Peggy service the homebound and the

Brighton Center for Recovery. Peggy has taught

CCD for almost 40 years and has been an RCIA

sponsor several times, a member of the Social Justice

Committee and a member of the BeFrienders. Both

Pat and Peggy are very active in the Right to Life

movement and active in our council activities. Pat

and Peggy also have conducted the Engaged Couples

course at St. Patrick Church for 32 years. They were

instrumental in the “8 Great Date” program which is

an activity for married couples.

Deacon Pat has the distinction of being the longest

serving deacon in the United States. He has been

working in the addiction field with Guest House for

the past 30 years. Other community activities: Board

of Directors and past president of the Brighton

Library, member and past president of the Detroit

Board of education. We are so happy that SK Deacon

Pat and Lady Peggy had decided to be a member of

St. Patrick Church and Council 7304.

January Knight of the Month Kevin Mondloch


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January Family of the Month Larry and Beth Bacon

February Knight of the Month SK Bob Flynn

February Family of the Month

SK Gary and Lady Debbie Delamielleure

March Knight of the Month Ralph LeRoy


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March Family of the Month

SK Ray and Lady Brenda Bonomo

April Knight of the Month SK Gerald Dunnebeck

April Family of the Month Timothy “Duffy” O’Connor

Did you know that….. Our council put on at least two blood drives every year at our parish. Last year we collected 91 pints of blood (over 10 gallons) for the American Red Cross. For the past several years this event has been chaired by Kevin Roach a long time

valued member of the Knights. There is a lot of prep that goes on including setting up and taking down the furniture. If you can help Kevin on the next drive in the PLC on May 25

th, please contact him at 248-766-4635.

Friends of the Knights Newsletter

"Brother Knights in our effort to continue to bring our council and the parish closer together our membership team has developed the Friends of the Knight newsletter. The newsletter has articles of special interest about the council’s events, an article from Father Mathias or Father Joe, and a fun article for a laugh or two. We already have quite a few folks on our mailing list and we are hoping you will provide us with more. You can add someone to receive this special newsletter if you ask them and feel they may have a future desire to become a Knight. Although primarily designed to keep future Knights aware of our involvement, we have many men and women on our list who are able to put in a good word about us and are interested in our mission. This is a monthly issue sent out in the middle of the month. If you want to add someone to the Friends of the Knights Newsletter just email their name, email and phone number to either Ben DeRocher or SK Ralph LeRoy The newsletter will also appear in the Sunday bulletin from time to time.

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Dear Brother Knight,

I am trying to raise money for the Parkinson’s

Foundation. I am also interested in helping others

who have Parkinson’s Disease. Elizabeth A.

Kahanovsky is my Life Partner and she was

diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease six years ago.

During that time, I have taken care of her and have

learned a lot about the disease. I have also taken

Anatomy courses and courses in Manual Integrated

Therapy so I could more effectively help her.

There is a walk-a thon on June 8, 2019 at Seaholm

High School located at 2436 West Lincoln,

Birmingham, MI 48009. We have formed a team

(Liz and Bob Team) and with others who have joined

our team, are walking (or riding in a wheel chair) that

day. If you to join us on the walk, the fee is $20 and

you get a tee shirt with our team name. You must

register before May 28th

.

Opening Ceremony is at 10:15am on June 8th

.

If you are interested in joining our team or donating,

please use the following link:

Press CTR key and click on Link.

https://parkinsonsmi.akaraisin.com/2019MetroDe

troitWalk/lizandbobteam

Vivat Jesus!

Bob Flynn,PGK, PFN

(703) 626-9027

[email protected]

Delta Drive On June 1st and 2nd Council 7304 will be having a

"Delta Drive" to recruit new members. The "Delta

Drive builds on updated methods of hosting a church

drive to make the process easier to conduct and to

increase the positive results. The purpose of the

Delta Drive is to have technology work for your

council in a new approach to attract younger

members. The process rely's on an effective pulpit

speech, brochure and information hand outs with the

addition of a web page and e-mail contact.

After getting the prospects name and e-mail

information during the Delta Drive, the prospect will

receive emailed information from Supreme about the

Knights of Columbus story. Our council has also

launched a "Friends of the Knights" e-mailed

newsletter with news about our activities at St.

Patrick Church.

What we need the weekend of June 1st:

Knights to greet and handout information at the

entryway and exits at every Mass.

Knights wear your KofC shirts and jackets to Mass

Knights to man one information table at each mass.

Further details and volunteer sign up will be

discussed at our May 1st business meeting. Contact

Ben DeRocher 248-675-9772 to volunteer.

Try and surprise some of the following May Birthday Knights by saying “Happy Birthday” when you see: 5/1 Patrick Vincent Michel 5/1 Louis Roos, Jr. 5/2 Thomas Doud 5/2 Don Starrs 5/5 Gerald McMaster 5/6 Reid Krinock 5/7 Joseph Trudeau 5/8 SK Douglas Angst 5/9 Greg Stefansky 5/11 SK Rev Deacon Patrick McDonald 5/11 SK Edward Walter, Jr. 5/15 John Barta 5/15 Rene Gentile

https://parkinsonsmi.akaraisin.com/2019MetroDetroitWalk/lizandbobteamhttps://parkinsonsmi.akaraisin.com/2019MetroDetroitWalk/lizandbobteammailto:[email protected]


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5/17 Lonny Roland 5/17 SK Dan Zimmerman 5/18 SK Doug Beilharz 5/19 Mark Moultrip 5/21 Dr. Chad Savage 5/21 Robert Schaller 5/23 Domenico Orlando 5/25 SK David Russell 5/25 Michael Wood 5/26 Alan Matthews 5/27 SK Jay Gross 5/29 Ben DeRocher

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Patrick A. McDonald graduated for Catholic Centraluknight.org/Councils/Council newsletter-May 2019.pdf · 2019. 5. 4. · Patrick A. McDonald graduated for Catholic Central Council