Council #856
Our Lady On The River
Algonac, MI US
(kofc856.com)
COUNCIL RECOGNITION
KNIGHTS OF THE MONTH
June 2024
Gregory Dombecki
Gregory is selected twice this year for good reason. He's always there when anyone needs help. In May he also helped replace a roof on a barn at no cost to the widow. He is the new Chancellor for the 2024_5 Fraternal year. Thank you Lord for sending Gregory to us!
May 2024
Father Louis Lapeyre
Father Lapeyre has been a model priest and chaplain for our parish and council. He supports the Knights and always provides a good direction for us to follow and especially in proclaiming the Word of God and administering the Sacraments. He is very dedicated to the parish and also serves as the rector for our Catholic schools. He is very open to all and resembles in so many ways the one he serves. Thank you Lord!
April 2024
Tom Schweihofer
Tom is an exemplary brother Knight who gives his all to live his life for faith and family. He is also active at the parish, community and council serving as our treasurer for many years. Like his brothers and dad he doesn't look for any recognition but is always hard at work sharing his time and many talents. Blessed be God in all his wonderful creations!
March 2024
Don Schweihofer
Don is always there to help any time he is called. He doesn't much attend meetings but works on the Fish Fry, ushering, helping to maintain Holy Cross church and looking after his parents widows. There are too many things to list here that Don has done for our church and community. Thank you Lord for Don!
February 2024
Judson Gilbert II
We are very fortunate to have Jud in our brotherhood of Knights. He is always ready to help out whenever and wherever needed and especially with the Life and Faith programs. He recently led the Rosary for the Nine Days for Life Novena at the daily Masses at St. Catherine. It is there that he is our staple Lector and does the job with absolute grace and love. Thanks be to God!
January 2024
Dan LaVere
Dan has been a good role model as an officer and catholic gentleman and has been a guiding light for our council. He is currently our lecturer and Faith Director and has worked the bingo program every week for the last several years which is our main fundraiser that helps support the school. Over the many years Dan and Jean have been involved in just about everything in our council and we are happy to show our thankfulness in this award.
December 2023
Scott Brickner
DGK Scott has been a good role model as an officer and catholic gentleman going through his second year in this position. He is very active in the church, council and community and also helps on as many programs as he can. He is very dedicated to the faith will be attending classes at the seminary early next year.
November 2023
Gregory Dombecki
October 2023
Gary Gilbert
September 2023
Al Rumball
August 2023
Jason Borys
July 2023
Father Lapeyre and Father Dumas
June 2023
Teddy Abrams
May 2023
Ed Terhune
Ed has been an exemplary brother knight since he joined the council almost 60 years ago and a faithful member of the church. Ed will always be remembered for owning and running the GM dealership next to the church which is now the Water Street Inn. He has been the staple usher at the 6 o'clock Holy Mass for many years. Thank you for all the dedicated years you served our parish and community. Ed is at the top of the list of the best we've ever had!
April 2023
Richard Quenneville
Richard has been an exemplary brother knight since he joined the council and a faithful member of the church. Richard worked two jobs at time to support his lovely wife of many years while raising 5 children. Richard also helps out with the bingo on Wednesdays and works out at the gym to stay in good shape. Thank you for all you do to make our parish and community a better place!
March 2023
Matt Zammit
Matt has been an active, faithful member of this council and the Head coach of the Cardinal Mooney Cross Country team. Matt and Marisol are active members serving with the Marines while raising a large active family. Matt also helps out with the ushers and trains the altar servers at the church. Thank you for all you do for our parish, schools and community!
February 2023
Bob Thomas
More to come here....
January 2023
Paul Burger
Paul is a PGK and PFN and very active in the council and parish. He selflessly donates his time to run the bingo and so, so, so much more. Thank you Paul for all you do for our family!
December 2022
Tom Cook
November 2022
Don Schweihofer
October 2022
Scott Brickner
September 2022
Gary Nizza
August 2022
Forrest Walker
July 2022
Theodore (Teddy) Abraham
May 2022
Scott Brickner
April 2022
Mike Path
Mike worked at the fish fry's during lent and has been a steady crew member for years. His wife Margaret and son also worked at the fish fry's also. Mike also volunteers for many events at Holy Cross school. More to come on this and Thank you Lord for this wonderful family!
March 2022
Jim McPhee
Jim has been a very active member in Council 856 and consistenly rises up and answers the call. Not only does he rise up, more importantly HE SHOWS UP! If there is anything that is needed in a moments notice, Jim is the go to guy. There is going to be a long list here so get ready...He is a PGK and has held most all other officer positions in our council. He is instumental in most all the electronic things in our parish including the live streaming of the Holy Masses and our council meetings. He has worked on the council newsletters for many years and is even the webmaster for this website. He has also been very committed and has been the president of the Port Huron Minor Hockey Association for 20? years WOW! He has helped out with Silver Stick in Port Huron for atleast 25 years. He plays music and does the pyrotechnics for Silver Stick, and the music and lights for the Port Huron Prowlers Hockey Team. He DJ's music and special lights at weddings for about 20 years. He has been a usher at Holy Cross for 15 years. Did I mention he works a full time job too..Stop it!
Praise the Lord for blessing us with Jim and his wife Patti!
February 2022
Bill Zweng
Bill has recently joined the Knights despite 40 plus years of many people asking him to join, and are we ever excited! Bill has been active in the church which will help us all in more ways than we can imagine. He has been a Lector for many years, serves on the finance council, hospital board and also many positions in the community. We must also mention his lovely "better half" wife Betty who is also a godsend to our church and community. Thank you Lord!
January 2022
Don Schweihofer
Don is always there to help any time he is called. He continuously works on the Food Pantry, ushering at Holy Cross and recently spent approximately 16 hours on the concrete for the lift installed for Brother Jim Alexie. There are too many things to list here that Don has done for our church and community. We must also mention his wonderful wife Kathy who is also active taking care of the family and involved in church prayer groups and sacristan. Thank you Lord for the Schweihofers'
December 2021
Pat Lomasney
November 2021
Gabe LaVere
October 2021
Bob Thomas
August 2021
Bill Roland
Bill is always willing rise up to serve and is a model man to his brother knights and parish and is active at many levels. At the parish, he is a true Catholic gentleman and regularly attends Holy Mass. At the KofC council level he is very active . He is also involved in several fundraisers and
Bill has made significant contributions to the church community by serving as a member of the Parish council.
July 2021
Tom Cook
FAMILIES OF THE MONTH
June 2024
Michael and Christine Page
The Pages' are very active in the parish, community and continually serve as models of good catholic values. Mike is our second year GK, Captain and CCC in Assembly 0480. Christine is always there on most all programs and usually cooks our council meeting dinners. Don't forget about his only two sons that are both active Knights and Michael II is an officer.
May 2024
Bill and Betty Zweng
This might look like a cut/paste from other posts and that is because we are so blessed to have these families that contribute beyond what mere words can express. Bill and Betty are active at the school, parish, community and council and continuously make significant contributions and serve as a model of Catholic family values. They are involved in everything you can imagine and more and you will not find a more loving and giving couple anywhere. Thank you, Lord, for this family!
April 2024
Roland and Sue Woelkers
Roland and Sue are active at the school, parish, community and council. They continue daily to make significant contributions and serve as a model of Catholic family values. They always do what they can to help whenever asked and you will not find a more loving and giving couple anywhere. Thank you Lord for this family!
March 2024
Rick and Stacey Goulette
Rick and family are always willing and consistently step up to serve and are active at the school, parish, community and council. They were recently seen volunteering at the Free Throw Tournament, Keep Christ in Christmas events, football games and many other activities in the church. They can also be seen faithfully at Holy Mass usually on Sunday at Saint Catherine's Church. There is not enough space to list all the things this family does for the Lord and we are simply grateful.
February 2024
Jake and Leslie Demeulenaere
Jake and Leslie are very active in the church, community and school. The family regularly attends and serve at Mass and all the kids attend the Catholic schools. They are a model family and always step up when asked to help. They helped out on the Nine days for Life Novena and most recently attended the Diocesan Spelling Bee where 3 of Leslie's students competed. One of the students took 5th place which is really good considering the size of the Archdiocese of Detroit!
Thanks be to God!
January 2024
James Alexie
The Alexie family is very active in the council and community for many many years. They help with multiple fundraising events in the 3rd and 4th degree knights, Jim has also been our membership director for several years helping us to obtain the star council award. Jim and Anne are so generous with their time, talent and treasure and always willing to step up for anything you ask of them.
December 2023
Nathan Troy
Nathan and Jillian took on the carryout dinner chair position at the harvest dinner event and recently hosted a Christmas pot luck dinner with approximately 100 of the cub scout friends and parents. Thanks for all you do!
November 2023
Rick Goulette
October 2023
Michael Page
September 2023
Matt Zammit
August 2023
Mike Path
Mike and family are very active in the church, council and school activities including the fish fry's,
appreciation dinner and robotics program. Mike and family also helped out this month on a charity
roofing project for a parish family in need. TYL
July 2023
Lenny Schwartz
June 2023
Al Rumball
May 2023
Don Schweihofer
Don and family are very active in their family and parish. They don't attend many meetings and reason is that they're always working somewhere doing something for their family, knights or the church. There isn't enough space to list all they do!
April 2023
Mark and Jennifer Kornago
Mark and Jennifer continually answer the call to help the Knights and the church. They help with
religious education, involved with family and many knight programs. Mark is a Lector and Jennifer is a
sacristan and attend Mass every week.
March 2023
Jim and Rose Santer
Jim and Rose have been very active in our parish for many years. They have a wonderful family and make significant contributions to the parish and church community in so many ways. They have been managing the Tuesday bingo which supports Holy Cross Catholic elementary school for many years. Thank you so much for all you do for us despite everything that comes your way!
February 2023
Jim and Patti McPhee
More to come here....
January 2023
Jacob & Leslie Demeulenaere
Jake is a relatively new Knight of our council and in the first group to have his exemplification at the church! Leslie is a teacher at Holy Cross School and all the kids attend the Catholic school. The family regularly attends Mass and the boys are altar servers. They are often at most of the council events and ready to help anytime. Thank you for all you do for our council, parish family and community.
December 2022
Tom and Jennifer Reuter
November 2022
Mike and Christine Page
October 2022
Roland and Sue Woelkers
September 2022
Tom & Sandy Schweihofer
August 2022
Roland and Sue Woelkers
And Liz!
July 2022
Dan & Jean LaVere
May 2022
Mike and Christine Page
April 2022
Paul & Maryann Gallas
Paul joined the Knights of Columbus just over a year ago and it didn't take long for him to rise up and answer the call. He began by becoming the staple altar server at the 8AM Holy Mass and about 6 months later he started serving at funerals. Maryann and her stealthy friends work behind the scenes to beautify the church inside and out. She also has a great talent for decorating and making our events a inviting place to attend. They have been involved in the breakfast for babies and the up coming Tri-District Rally council activities. They model good catholic values and are people you want to get to know. Thank you Lord for sending us these angels!!
March 2022
Al and Rose Rumball
Al and Rose are very active in the parish life and we are pleased to honor them in this special way for all they contribute to make our world a better place. You'll most likely see them at Holy Mass at Saint Catherine's on Sunday and we're just getting started here. They are the lead for the OLR Against human and sex trafficking ministry and led a fundraiser last September. They maintain the Memorial for the Unborn at the Saint Catherine's Cemetery which was installed by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus. Most recently they were the Managers of the dining room for the Breakfast for Babies fundraiser and the list goes on! Did we forget to mention the bake sale a few weeks ago? Thank you Lord for the gift of this wonderful couple!!
February 2022
Mark & Jennifer Kornago
Mark and Jennifer always answer the call to help the Knights and the church. They were troopers at the Harvest Festival Dinner and are helping again at the upcoming Breakfast for Babies. Mark is also a new Lector at the church and Jennifer has been a sacristan for almost a year. Jennifer has also helped with the artwork of the upcoming church Adoration chapel and Breakfast for Babies flier. Whoa, are we ever blessed, Thank you Lord!
January 2022
Paul & Kathy Burger
Paul and Kathy are involved with several programs at the church. Paul continuously works and leads the bingo event which is very important to our charity funding. He is also an usher, supports the 4th degree council 480 and the DAVL. He always calls when asked to serve and calls many others to serve as well.
December 2021
Tom & Sandy Schweihofer
November 2021
Don & Max Zamborowski
October 2021
Roland & Sue Woelkers
August 2021
Matthew and Marisol Zammit
July 2021
Rick and Stacy Goulette
Rick and family are always willing and consistently step up to serve and are active at the school, parish, community and council. They were recently seen volunteering at the 2021 Algonac Lions Pickerel Tournament, Parking lot fundraiser and the Vacation bible school at Immaculate Conception school in IRA Township. Rick has also accepted the appointment of the Grand Knight to be the Community Director for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. They can also be seen faithfully at Holy Mass usually on Sunday at Saint Catherine's Church at the 11:30 am service. There is not enough space to list all the things this family does for the Lord and we are simply grateful.