Recent News

Two new members joined the Knights and our council just prior to our August council meeting. Pictured below are Mark Mason (Deputy Grand Knight), Ben Biller (membership Chairman), Dr Jon Wagner, and Jim Pateidl.

 Great turnout for a July meeting with around 50 members present. We had two new members go through the exemplification and one transfer member who went through the exemplification to advance to the third degree. Pictured below are Tim Kane (Grand Knight), William Becker (transfer), Cherian Kizhakekara & Tim Wood (new members), and Ben Biller (Membership Chairman). John Caulfield was awarded the Knight of the Quarter for all of his volunteer involvement over the years as the Parish photographer. The meal was a special Seafood Oscar of breaded tilapia with asparagus, shrimp, glaze, rice and salad. Thanks to our talented cook team! 

Our June Meeting was June 6th with around 70 present. Cherian Kizhatekam was a guest with intentions of joining our council. Our insurance agent David Soukup introduced a Nativity Parishioner Michael McDonnell who will be our new council insurance representative going forward. Our football raffle tickets are now available. We voted to donate $1000 to our new associate priest Father Sudeep to help with his India trip. Dan Mauro, one of the seminarians we support, attended the meeting and gave a brief overview of his journey to priesthood. Tim Kane starts his tenure as Grand Knight. Our brother Tim Plank passed away and his funeral was June 8th. Tim was a long time very active Knight and leader of many projects in our council.

 Great turnout of over 75 members attended out May 2nd council meeting. Three new members were introduced as well as one new transfer into our council. Andrew Black is transferring into our council. Pictured below are Gene Zwolinski (Grand Knight) Chris Sain, Matt Moore, Jim DeStefano, and Steve Heeney (Membership Director). The many activities we have on the schedule for May were discussed and our council elections were conducted. Tim Kane is our new Grand Knight, Mark Mason is our new Deputy Grand Knight, Lee Sabata is our new Recorder, and Steve Heeney will be taking over the Financial Secretary position. The other officer positions stayed the same for the next council year. Thank you Gene Zwolinski for your leadership over the last two years!

  The fish fries were a great success. Fr. Mike liked his meal as well as over 600 people on the last fish fry for Lent.  Our cook team did a great job and there were lots of parishioners and neighbors who enjoyed the best fish fry in town.

 Another great turnout for our monthly meeting with a couple of guests attending. Discussed the success of our fish fries so far as well as planning to help with the upcoming food drive, providing or preparing food for the Seder Dinner, Knight Flight run, 8th grade graduation brunch, and possible pulled pork smoke before Memorial Day. A very deserving Tom Fowler was presented with our Knight of the Quarter.

 Our Friday fish fries are back in person and are going great! Thank you to all who have attended and supported each week and also to all of our dedicated volunteers. We have averaged over 500 meals for the first four Fridays. We are capable of feeding more, so please consider attending over the next couple of weeks and enjoy the best fish fry and fellowship in town. 

 We are honored to have 5 new members join just prior to our regular council meeting. The new members below are Jim Johnson, Dr. Dennis Bresnahan, Dr. Matt Hall, Membership Captain Ben Biller, Tim Titus, & Dr Alex Capelli. 

 Over 80 turned out for our monthly meeting. Four new members joined our council and we had 5 guest at the meeting. The new members are Gil Gilliam, Mike Dostal, Bill Charcutt, and Josh Hurtado. Ruth Tisdale, Executive Director of Advice and Aid was presented with a check for $3200.00 which were the proceeds from our Rose for Life event in January. We are preparing for in person fish fry's which begin the first week of March. Look for more information on the Lenten Dinners soon.

 Allan Kowal was presented Knight of the Quarter. Several members helped take down the Nativity Scene prior to the meeting. Our Roses for Life will be the weekend of January 15th & 16th. 

 Our Breakfast with Santa was a huge success today. The parish hall was filled most of the morning with lots of kids and adults. Every table was filled more than once. Thank you to the following people for making this a terrific day. Santa- Jim Redd and his helper, Joanne. John Caulfield- parish photographer. Joe Vogliardo, leader in the kitchen. Support staff- Jeff Krantz, Tom Whitehead, Ricky Whitehead, Mark Mason, Mike Barkoski, Allan Kowal, Joe Tarranova, Lloyd Asikainen, Tom Fowler, Sam Miggliazzo, David Didde, Craig Smith, Matt Textor, Frank Costanza. Liz Hagen and Suzy Meinzenbach supported us with 7th and 8th grade volunteers. Take a look at the 3 pictures sent but also be prepared to see many photos from John Caulfield later this week. https://www.caulfieldphotos.com/nativity_santa_2021

 Our council Christmas party was a great night for our members and spouses to enjoy a great meal provided by Brancato's catering. Grand Knight Gene Zwolinski thanked Joe Falco for the party planning and Liz Hagen for the decorations. Great turnout for the celebration of around 114 people. 

The Knights setup the life-size Nativity scene for the Advent season. Thank you to the Knights who helped with the assembly. 

 Our November meeting was also a Chiefs Watch Party for the men of Nativity. We had over 75 in attendance. The meeting was abbreviated and our cook team provided a great tailgate meal. Steve Heeney and Toby Boshert put together raffle drawings and games to add to the fun.   

 Great turnout for October. Knight of the Quarter was presented to Erik Bendorf. Sister Sacrifice gave our council an update on her vocation and our council provided her with our yearly support. The Tootsie Roll drive will be the weekend of October 16th & 17th. Our next meeting is Monday, November 1st with games and Monday Night Football to watch the Chief's play the New York Giants.

 Our regular council meeting included welcoming a couple of new members. Zach Kelly and John Harrington joined our council. Daniel Fowler also presented the corn hole game sets he built for the council as part of his Eagle Scout project.  Thank you Daniel, great job.

 The Knights recently assisted with the food for the block party rosary, assembling a backyard play set for a local foster family, and serving breakfast for the Catholic Business Network event. Thank you to all who helped. 

  Our Council meeting was July 5th. Frank Caro has joined our council after going through online exemplifications. We have kick off our annual football raffle and will be able to sell tickets after weekend Masses July 11th, 18th, & 25th. We are also supporting the clothing drive the weekend of July 17-18th. Thanks to all the members who are helping with these projects. 

 Great turnout for our June meeting. Three men went through the new degree ceremonies and joined the council. Pictured below are Scott Greger, Andy Blalock, and Rick Robinson, along with membership chairman Steve Heeney. Our council will provide another smoked pulled pork sale on June 24-26th. Ordering will again be online prior to the event. Our annual play along football raffle has begun with Tom Whitehead starting to distribute the raffle tickets at the meeting. 

Another great turnout with over 50 members at our May council meeting. Susie Boster spoke about the Foster Program in the Archdiocese and how we can help with the program. Father Gerard opened with a prayer and spoke about his upcoming 6 week summer Prodigal Son program starting in June.  Kerby Clevenger went through the new degree ceremonies and joined our council. Jimmy Powers was recognized as our latest Knight of the Quarter. The council approved a funding request received through our funding committee of $1400 to help the Saint Mary's food kitchen purchase needed equipment. Our local 4th Degree council is selling slabs of ribs for $20 each and pickup the weekend of May 15th. Our council is selling pulled pork in 2 pound bags for $25 each for pickup the weekend of May 22nd. Council elections were held and the budget for next fiscal year was presented and approved. The action packed council meeting lasted 45 minutes and ended on time with a great Cinco De Mayo meal of chicken fa...