Meeting Minutes

August 2025 Meeting Minutes

Devon Harant
September 8, 2025

Knights of Columbus St Michael Council #11445
August 11, 2025

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

Grand Knight LaMorte called regular business meeting to order at 730pm and
proceeded with opening prayer and Pledge of Allegiance.

Prior Meeting Minutes with the following corrections were approved and passed:

  • Ohio East Mission -> specified Biking for Babies
  • Change instances of Gissell -> Gissel

CHAPLAIN’S REPORT:
Not Present/No Report

REPORTS OF OFFICERS:
Grand Knight (Michael LaMorte):

  • Holy day of obligation.
  • Br Dan Meyer funeral
    • Honor guard requested, see Br Matlak and Br Gissel after meeting
  • Thank you card from Maria McCallister
  • Deputy Grand Knight still needed
  • No liquor wagon for the festival this year
    • Would like to see more people step up to take up role

Treasurer (Chris Axene):

  • Cleared balance: $68,694.80
    • (Most money is committed or earmarked)
  • Current free cash flow is unknown
  • CD came due as of the 6th of August, 10 days to cash in and put into latest CD.
  • 11 month for 3.9%, 3 month for >4%
    • New business to come regarding this

Financial Secretary’s Report (Matt Decenzo):

No report

Membership (Brett Gissel):

  • No candidates for membership
  • With festival, great recruiting opportunity
  • Talk about what we do
  • Keep recruiting!

REPORTS OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN:
Program Director (Brian Elliot)

No report

Family Director (Sean Murray)

  • Pool party fun, low attendance, try a different venue
  • Pancake breakfast made $350
    • New business to come to round up to $500
  • Freethrow contest in January

Council Director (John Greve)

No report

Faith Director (Bill Hinger)

Not present/no report

Life Director (Wayne Lovely)

  • Month of August is the month of the Immaculate Heart
    • Renew relationship with Mother Mary
  • Respect life is asking for mothers facing unplanned pregnancies
  • Commit to holy hours for life
  • USCCB is partnering/sponsoring prayer campaign to end taxpayer funding of abortion
  • Respect life is sponsoring silent auction baskets
    • Amazon wishlist available, see Br Lovely for information

Community Director (Greg Kociba)

Not present

Fish Fry Committee Chairmen (Chris Fricke)

No report

Report on the 4th Degree (Tony Matlak)

  • Couple of exemplifications in the fall, end of October (25th/26th) in Ironton
  • November will be in Granville
  • One in the spring likely in Marysville

Scholarship Committee Chairman (John Greve)
No report

Measure Up (Greg Kociba)

No report

Formation/Evangelization (Wayne Lovely)

  • Reiterate Faith by Fireside information
    • It’s been slightly too warm to host one this Summer, will continue when weather cools
  • Fr mentioned adoration campaign in October, commit to a holy hour
  • Goal is by October to have perpetual adoration
  • Invite a friend to adoration
  • Imagine the blessings ensuing via perpetual adoration

Chancellor’s Report on Vocations (Tom Messina)

  • Pilgrimage on Thursday evening regarding holy day of obligation, bus going to Cary OH for a Mass that counts for holy day
    • Bus coming from the parish
    • Email the pilgrimage in the bulletin for information
  • Fr Johnstone vestments information:
    • Most parishes have shared vestments
    • oftentimes they have their own purchased with their own money
    • used during daily or Sunday masses
    • thinking of St Joseph for Wednesday mass
    • price range is drastic
    • higher cost better quality
    • Talked last month about them
    • Would like to give him the Rolls Royce of vestments

Field Agent’s Report
Not present

District Deputy Report

Not present

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

  • Vestments for Fr. Johnstone, tabled until next month so we can do more
    research.

    • Fr. Johnstone will look into vestments and get back to us

 

  • Redistribute Pastor’s fund (13k)
    1. $5,750 to buy LED Bulbs (disburse this much from fund) PASSED
    2. $7,250 to the Appeal (tabled motion to September)

 

  • Fish Fry distribution
    1. Motion to pass as read:
      • Men’s/Women’s conf: $1000
      • St Michael SVDP: $2000
      • Greater Columbus TV Mass: $200
      • Keep Christ in Christmas billboard: $500
      • Family Rosary Day: $50
      • Right to Life (St Mike’s): $2000
      • Clergy Appreciation Dinner: $350
      • VA Dinner: $500
      • Allyson Gross Scholarship: $3500
      • Damo Scholarship: $6500
      • Fish Fry Equipment Fund: $3500
      • St Michael’s Pre-K: $5000
      • Sacred Heart: $500
      • Bishop’s Appeal: $6585.33

Motion Passed

NEW BUSINESS:

  • Spend up to $4000 for Fr Johnstone’s vestments
    • Pull funds from the Pastors Discretionary fund with Fr Dailey’s approval
    • Tabled for September

 

  • Donate $200 to DANCINWITHROSELYNN RUCK AND HIKE

Motion Passed

  • Pancake breakfast funds to be increased to $500 from $350 to go to Mission Warmth

Motion passed

  • Motion to re-up CD for 11 mo at 3.9%

Motion passed

 

LECTURER’S REFLECTION:

Reflection on evangelizing our faith to others.

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL:

The Damo Family
John Fields
Tony Schera
Dcn Dan Murray

Jim Murray

Jim Messina

Dan Hooper (Br. Sam’s brother in law)

Br Don Keller’s Father and Uncle

Brian (Br. Kholer)

Harold Chadwick

Dan Meyer’s family

ADJOURN at 8:09pm