Sacred Heart Council #12537

06/16/23 - West Brunswick High School Junior Reserve Officer Training (JROTC) cadet and Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Ava Kesterson received $1,000 from the Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree Assembly.

05/10/23 - GK Guy Holcomb present donations checks to local charities in the amount of $64,800.

04/07/23 - GK Guy Holcomb welcomes BCSO assistant chief Brian Chisolm.

04/02/23 - Benefit concert for the New Hope Clinic - Sponsored by Schiano Builders; Music provided by Mike's Garage Band. (See Gallery for more photos.)

03/28/23 - Our contingent of volunteers at the Brunswick County Special Olympics Field Day. See Gallery for more photos.

03/28/23 - Knight Ray Bolling receives award on behalf of the Knights for our participation in the Special Olympics. Ray coordinated our entire effort.

03/28/23 - Olympian Jessica Mangelli receives the Knight Dennis Matteotti Athlete of the Year Award from Dennis' widow, Miriam.

03/12/23 - PGK Paul Robinson and wife Dorothy. Our Council held a St. Patrick's Day Party in the Church social hall. See Gallery for all photos.

02/22/23 - We hosted a very successful fish fry on Ash Wednesday. See Gallery for all photos.

02/05/23 - Council Rookie of the Year Mike Dorner manning the dishwasher station at Italian Night.

02/05/23 - Chef Bill Mackey and GK Guy at Italian Night.

02/05/23 - Italian Night Dinner - See Gallery for all photos.

12/17/22 - Our participants in the annual Wreaths Across America event in Wilmington.

11/18/22 - Our Council's brick donation at the Christian Recovery Center in Brunswick County.

11/09/22 - GK Guy receives Star Council Award from State Advocate Joe McCarthy.

05/17/22 - Director Rob Kirwan with the 2022 scholarship winners - Christian Haagblom, Kathleen Callahan, Ford Disbrow,, Lexi Jones, Noah Harrell, and Emma Stone.

05/12/22 - GK Guy and Kevin Holly present contribution to Pam Nardozzi of Brunswick Exceptional Children. Proceeds were from our "Tootsie Roll" program.

05/12/22 - GK Guy and Kevin Holly present contribution to Allyssa Koln of Brunswick County Special Olympics. Commissioner Mike Forte also attended. Proceeds were from our "Tootsie Roll" program.

05/11/22 - Awards night at our council, were we made gifts to various Brunswick County Charities, including New Hope Clinic, Power Walking Ministries, Hope Harbor Home, Interfaith Food Pantry, Providence Home, Mathews Ministry, Samara’s Village, and Waves 4 Kids.

06/29/20 - Our Council is proud to announce that one of our own - Sir Knight Rick Autry - has been ordained as a Permanent Deacon of the Catholic Church. Rick is pictured here with Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama.

01/18/20 - Our contingent at the annual Raleigh March for Life. That's Knight Rick Autry (in vestments) who served as Acolyte during the Mass.

07/20/19 - Our Assembly provided an honor guard for the Bishop's installation of our new pastor, Father Thanh Nguyen.

07/20/19 - Our Assembly provided an honor guard for the Bishop's installation of our new pastor, Father Thanh Nguyen.

08/28/15 - Past Grand Knights (l to r) Dan Cundiff, Rich Chickillo, Tom Maher, Joe Kinzer, Don Meyer, Mike Samide and Jim Barkowski at a dinner to thank Mike and Jim for their service.

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Council Announcements

Who We Are
We as members of the Sacred Heart Council focus on developing programs that best serve the needs of our local community. All the good works are driven by our four core principles of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism. We are a band of brothers, more than 240 strong, doing good in the service of God, our parish, and our neighbors. If interested in joining, or finding out more information, please contact Pat Naughton at pnaughton09@gmail.com.

 

Fourth Degree Corner

There are four degrees of membership in the Knights. The first three degrees represent the values of Charity, Unity, and Fraternity.  The Fourth Degree is dedicated to the virtue of Patriotism, fostering that spirit in all members and the community at large. The Fourth Degree is the one most familiar to the public, identified by distinctive regalia and their participation in color corps and honor guards. They work tirelessly in their outreach to our nation's military - active, infirmed, or retired. The Fourth Degree is a position of prestige and something for which all Knights should strive.

 

Click Here to visit Sacred Heart's Fourth Degree page.

 

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Assembly Awards 2023 Scholarship

Our Council’s Fourth Degree Assembly is proud to announce that it has awarded its $1,000 JROTC scholarship to Cadet Ava Kesterson.  Cadet Kesterson is a 2023 graduating senior at West Brunswick High School who has excelled in academics, JROTC activities, sports and community service. Academically she posted a final 4.39 GPA, ranking 8th in her senior class of 331. She will be attending NC State with the goal of attaining a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and receiving a commission as an officer in the U.S. Army. Her proud parents are Julie and David Kesterson.

 

The Assembly at Sacred Heart Church in Southport is dedicated to the virtue of patriotism with its outreach to the military, including active, retired and those hospitalized or in nursing care.

  

Father Stephen Imbarrato Speaks about Personhood at the March for Life Wilmington

Father Stephen Imbarrato has been active in pro-life ministry for many years. While attending Holy Apostles Seminary, Father helped start a crisis pregnancy center across the street from an abortion business. He explains, “…being across from the abortion mill showed me how important it is to have ministries of life directly across from the gates of death.” Ordained in May of 2005 for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Father Stephen learned of a small adoration chapel located directly across from a Planned Parenthood facility in Albuquerque. Using the chapel as a focal point and prompted by the Holy Spirit to rejuvenate Project Life–which was dedicated to prayer vigils and sidewalk counseling in front of Planned Parenthood.

 

See the discussion Click Here

 

2022 Golf Tournament a Success!

Chairperson Dave Commyn thanked all for participation in the tournament, whether sponsor collection, volunteering, or by playing. There was 188 golfers (a sellout), the final amount raised was $23,000. Nine hundred dollars has already been given to the Christian Recovery Center (the yield from the putting contest. New chairpersons for the 2023 tournament will be Kirk Kloeppel and John Lawrence,

 

The Truth about Abortion and Women's Health

The USCCB has promulgated a new, one-page resource, “The Truth About Abortion and Women’s Health”,  dispelling the many myths currently circulating which claim abortion restrictions will limit women’s access to healthcare.  They hope this resource will help you to combat these lies about pro-life legislation during Respect Life Month and a heated election cycle.

 

Council Awards 2022 Scholarships

Our Council is proud to announce that it has awarded eight $1,000 scholarships to South Brunswick High School seniors, and for the first time, a former SBHS student pursuing graduate studies.. The deserving recipients were Kathleen Callahan, Ford Disbrow, Christian Haagblom, Noah Harrell, Grace Helwig, Lexi Jones, Christina Mahon and Emma Stone. (see photo in slide show). The presentations to the seniors was made by Director Rob Kirwan at the SBHS Awards Night on May 17, 2022.

 

Southport Knight Ordained as a Permanent Deacon

Our Council is proud to announce that one of our own - Sir Knight Rick Autry - has been ordained as a Permanent Deacon of the Catholic Church.  Congratulations to Rick and his wife Debi.

 

On June 29, 2020, Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama conferred the sacrament of holy orders to the diaconate for the first time since becoming bishop of Raleigh in 2017. And the class of 2020 is the first permanent diaconate ordination in the new cathedral, Holy Name of Jesus. The Mass was private for family and essential personnel but was streamed live and is available to watch on YouTube.

 

You can read the full story on the ordination that was published in the Diocese magazine by clicking here.  

 
 
 
 
 
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Council Business Meeting Schedule

2nd Wednesday of the month at Sacred Heart Church

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1st Tuesday of the month at Sacred Heart Church

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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
5269 Dosher Cutoff SE
Southport, NC 28461 US

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