May 2021 Newsletter

Fellow Brothers,

The month of May is upon us and in the church; the month of May is dedicated to The Blessed Virgin Mary.  The first part of the month is represented by the color white for purity and innocence, with the next part of the month after Pentecost represented by the color for green.  The green represents the sign of hope, the color of crops sprouting and reaping the harvest of heaven.  Hope is a fitting symbol that is needed at this time.  We need the hope that things are going to get better, the hope that things will return to normal, and hope that our loved ones will remain safe and healthy.  If all this holds true, I hope to see everybody sitting around the deck of the club this summer, enjoying the company of this great Knights of Columbus family.  

Steve will continue to have dinners on Wednesday nights, please come down for a dinner to support the club.  The building association fish fry will take a break for the summer, but I just wanted to say thank you to all the fine folks that helped with dinners during the pandemic and throughout the Lenten season.  Due to the commitment and hard work of many people, we were able to raise a lot of money for many different charities throughout Muskegon.  It all started with helping Father Matt Barnum and his cause the Muskegon Baby Pantry, which we worked to reach the goal of $10,000.00.  After we reached that goal, it continued for the next year raising money for different groups: Muskegon Rescue Mission, Pound Buddies, Boys & Girls Club, Family Promise, just to name a few.  We rounded out the Lenten season with another large donation of $10,000.00 for AMBUCS and our last couple of fish fries we will support the Special Olympics.  We collected for our Annual Tootsie Roll Drive at our local parishes, St Francis and Our Lady of Grace, on Easter Sunday.  We were able to raise over $1,000.00, and along with the donations at the dinners, we should be able to send in a check for over $2,500.00.  It just goes to show you that there is goodness in this world, and it is all around us, we just need to open our eyes and minds to see it.  

I would ask that you add into your prayers, that God may guide our leaders and all of us to make the place we live in better than the day before.  I believe that all of us can make a difference, especially in our own community, it starts with each one of us.

Council meetings will be the second Thursday of each month and everybody is welcome and encourage to join us for our monthly meeting.  This month the meeting will be on May 13^th @ 7 pm.

I hope all Brother Knights and their families are doing well, but for those that are going through tough times please pray for them.  See the members in need on the website and keep them in your prayers.

Ushering at St. Francis:
April 18^th
May 9^th
May 30^th
June 20^th

Please help ushering at Mass on Sunday 11:00 am.  Please add these dates to your calendar and try to arrive about 20 minutes early to get your instructions.

Vivat Jesus,
Matt Carlton, Grand Knight
Phone: 231-740-4651 – Email: carlton29@frontier.com