Grand knight
6/19/2025
Brothers, we have 2 out of 4 Volunteers to help with the canopy at 11 this weekend. Please let me know if you can help for a few minutes during Mass.
Also if someone is going to 4:30 Mass in Belding please let me know. There is a baptism there and I could use someone to give the family the little gift basket.
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
6/17/2025
Brothers,
The parish is once again asking us to assist with the celebration of Corpus Christi this coming week by carrying the canopy in the procession. We need 4 Knights at the 11am Mass who can take one of the corner poles and escort the Blessed Sacrament while we process around the block toward the end of Mass. Please let me know if you are able to assist with this honor.
Thank you,
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
6/12/2025
Worthy Brother Knights,
We have our normal meeting tonight at 7pm preceded by the Rosary at 6:30. Today's meeting is in the Gym as there are some remodeling happening. Tonight is a busy one as our Fraternal year draws to a close. 1st we have the election of officers. We have a mostly full slate at this point, however as I've already shared with some of you, many of our officers have been in a role for quite some time and we could certainly find a spot for any additional brothers looking to hold an officer position.
We have an Exemplification to welcome 3 new brothers to our council this weekend at 12:30 or 12:45 after the light party the parish is hosting on Sunday.
And we can start making arrangements for the Corpus Christi Procession.
Looking forward to seeing many of you this evening,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
5/15/2025
Worthy Brothers,
Our brother Roger Rockburn (who's son Garrett is one of our new members joining Sunday)had a community event lined up for tire and electronic disposal this Saturday from 9-Noon in Stanton with an area athletic team volunteering to help load the truck. Unfortunately, they are unable to help at the last minute and so he is looking for volunteers. Flyer attached. If you or someone you know can help please let me know. They like to work with volunteers affiliated with a cause so they can make a donation to said cause, but I told him that while that's very kind, that's not why we normally help. Understand it's last minute so any help is much appreciated.
2nd this Sunday at 12:30 after the 11am Mass at St. Charles we have 4 (maybe 5) new brothers joining us: Bernnie Korson, Colt Graves, Jake Kreeger, and Garrett Rockburn. Please come to the exemplification if you are able and show them how appreciative we are of them joining the order.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
5/8/2025
Brothers,
We only had one person who was able to help Saturday (thank you for the offer) so we're pivoting to tomorrow night around 5 pm since 2 of us can make that time work. Doesn't sound like there is a ton to move but the more the merrier.
Miles volunteered to help at St. Mary this weekend, but could still use volunteers to hand out Mother's Day cards at the other 3 Masses.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
5/8/2025
Brothers,
I know it's been a busy few weeks for requests, but feels like we're getting more requests than volunteers the past few weeks.
We still don't have anyone to help Saturday morning with wheelbarrows. I know it's a busy time but please help make God's house beautiful if you can.
I mentioned it at the last council meeting, but forgot to send a note out to the larger group. For Mother's Day this year we have special prayer cards donated by Stewart Smith and Flat River Right to Life. If you could help hand them out after Mass this weekend please let me know. We usually struggle the most with help at the two Belding Masses.
Appreciate all you do and your continued support.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
5/6/2025
Vivat Jesus Brothers,
If you haven't already please book your time to get your picture taken for the pictorial directory. I can not stress enough how helpful it was for me to figure out who all of you are. We're about 140 strong and matching 140 faces to names is a real challenge, also we have a ton of new Knights, we're looking for more new leaders, and we have a lot of new parishioners. Father has asked all of us to make this a priority and I know you all never let him down. It's how our new parishioners will get to know those seated next to them.
Second we have our meeting scheduled for Thursday at 7pm Rosary at 6:30. Please attend if you are able.
Our brother Craig Krusniak has passed away. His Funeral Mass is Friday at 11am. Please pray for him and his Family.
Lastly, the building and grounds crew is re-mulching the gardens at St. Charles. The Mulch was already delivered and they have people to spread it, but could use some Knights with wheelbarrows to move it from the pile to the gardens. They are thinking this Saturday at 9am. Please let me know if you can assist.
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
5/1/2025
Brothers,
We have several requests for volunteers at the moment:
I'll start with the easiest. To qualify for Star Council we need 4 more individuals to participate in a fraternal benefit night presentation. The 10 of you who already have can't be counted again so these need to be 4 new viewers. There is one coming up a little later this month (22nd) but we also have the recorded one on the 2025 Economic Outlook from January available here for people to watch from their own homes. As I mention in the bulletin article this weekend, while the information is dated I found it interesting to hear what they predicted since now we have 4 months to compare them to. While I wished I had watched it in January it certainly has me excited to check out the one in May. Not counting questions people ask at the end it's about a 30 minute watch. If you can, watch it and let me know so I can get you added to the list of viewers this year. More to come on the May one as it draws nearer.
2nd: IM3rd meal in Belding is having another truck delivered Monday mid-morning. Many hands make light work and last time it was right about an hour once the truck showed up. Please let me know if you are able to help them out.
Lastly: We received a call from a former parishioner, Margaret Perkins, who is disabled and has to move from her home in Sheridan. She had boxes and other odds and ends shored outside and while most of it is "junk" there are 4-5 boxes that she would like to keep, however due to being disabled she is unable to move the items to find them. She already has arrangements for someone to come haul all the junk away on Monday, but was hoping 2 or 3 Knights might be able to help her sort out the items to keep vs scrap this weekend. She estimates it might take a few people an hour but I'd double it to be safe. If anyone's a scraper she did say they're welcome to take any of the things that are being junked. I know this is a bit outside the norm for us, but I told her I would put the word out and at least ask. If you're called to help please let me know and I can make arrangements.
Vivat Jesus,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
4/23/2025
Brothers,
As mentioned tomorrow we will hold an abbreviated meeting at our normal time of 7pm and then watch a virtual fraternal benefit presentation. Tomorrow's is on the 2025 Economic Outlook. All Catholic men over the age of 18 are welcome to attend.
For my newer Knights please come check it out. If you haven't heard, one of the benefits of our order is our ability to provide life insurance and other investment options to our members. Presentations like the one tomorrow are not "sales meetings" but just information sessions about options, the state of the market, or other insights in case you would like to reach out to one of our advisors afterwards. Making sure we spread the word via attendance at events like tomorrow is one of the requirements to hitting Star Council. Looking forward to seeing many of you there.
Additionally the parish is hosting a prayer service for Pope Francis tomorrow at 6pm if anyone would like to attend before our meeting.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
4/19/2025
Brothers,
As I prepare for the Vigil tonight I wanted to encourage you all to have a great Easter.
Today Ron Woycehoski and his family gave out 11 "Easter baskets" worth of food for 55 people and 24 children. The nominations came from Walking with Mom's in Need and Our Community Kitchen group. This is the first year we have given out Easter baskets to my knowledge. Thank you!
Tomorrow at the 11am Mass there is a toddler baptism. Since I will be at the Vigil tonight it would be super helpful if someone could hand out a Casey Bear after Mass. I'll have one on top of the coat rack, but if you could please let me know if you could help.
This Thursday we have our meeting, but I will be keeping it short so I can show a Fraternal Benefits webinar at the meeting. We need at least 10 men to watch the webinar and learn about the financial benefits we offer to qualify for Star Council this year.
On Thursday the 24th a Funeral Mass will be held for our Brother Charlie Riker. It would be wonderful to have his brothers show up, celebrate his life, and pray for him and his family.
And for any brothers who haven't heard, please pray for Peggy Crystler, the wife of Faithful Navigator and Sir Knight Paul Crystler, who is currently traveling to have her cornea transplant redone as the last one was not successful.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
4/8/2025
Brothers,
We're close, but still have about 8 slots left for the MII Drive this Friday and Saturday. We could especially use helpers later in the day (4-6) or on Friday at Daily Deals. This is the first time we've asked them to let us stand there and they've been kind enough to say yes. It would be great to give them a good showing. Please sign up for a shift and help us raise money for Special Olympics and Camp Optimist. https://www.stcharleskofc.org/tootsie_signup.html
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
4/3/2025
Hi All,
IM3 asked if we had a few folks able to help unload the truck of food they get this coming monday. Usually takes about an hour, but the truck shows up sometime between 9:30 and 10:30. I'll plan on taking an early lunch to do it if some folks are able to help. Please let me know.
Also we still have a lot of open spots for the MI drive next weekend. The link is working now, so please sign up if you haven't yet https://www.stcharleskofc.org/tootsie_signup.html.
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
3/31/2025
Brothers,
Our brother Charles Riker was called home to heaven this weekend. Please keep him and his family in your prayers. I will share the arrangements as they are announced.
Vivat Jesus,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
3/25/2025
Brothers,
Thank you to those who have volunteered to help with Fish Fry so far. We can still use help though.
Another event fast approaching is our Spring MI drive. This year we will be doing it on Friday the 11th and Saturday the 12th. Since Walmart has made it more difficult to do it there nationwide last year we did 3 locations and had coverage for more of the day. All said and done, I thought we still raised a very respectable amount.
We still have Jorgis and Leppinks, but with True Value closing we need one more location in Greenville proper. John Brown has suggested TSC, Family Farm and Home, or even Daily Deals. If anyone has an idea they think would be a good spot, please let me know as we should ask them this week.
Lastly we have our normal Business Meeting this Thursday. 6:30 rosary and 7pm meeting start. While I don't see it being a long one, we do have a busy few months ahead of us so please attend if you are able.
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
3/21/2025
Brothers,
Reminder that tomorrow at 11 am at St. Charles we have our second Cor meeting. Everyone who came last month mentioned they enjoyed it and many people who were unable to attend were looking forward to the next one. Please come check it out if you are able and learn more about prayer and have some fun with other men from the parish.
Also one week from today we host our first fish fry at St. Charles. If you are able to help please let me or Ralph Van Ocker know.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
3/11/2025
Brothers,
The next few weeks are a busy few for our Council.
This Thursday from 6pm to 8pm is the Second time the Hope Project is coming to speak to our parish community about human trafficking and how we can be a part of the fight against it. I would encourage you to attend, and since our normal meeting falls within that time I'm suggesting we hold an abbreviated (30 mins or less) meeting covering the essentials after their presentation and video.
Also this Saturday we get together and go to Pewamo to make the pies that we have sold. For any of my brothers who have never done it before it is a ton of fun. For anyone wishing to carpool we will meet at St Charles in the lower level parking lot on Saturday morning at 630am. Or people can meet us at St Joe's in Pewamo at 730.
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
2/13/2025
Thank you to Mike Smith for taking the lead on pie sales. We started selling last week and orders are coming in.
We could use a volunteer to sell pies at the 11am Mass this week
And we could of course use helpers to make pies on the 15th. For my newer brothers this one is always a fun time with Knights and family members from the surrounding councils getting together to run an assembly line. You have to try it at least once.
Next weekend is a busy one for our council.
On Sat the 22nd at 11am at St. Charles we will hold our first ever Cor meeting. Cor is a nationwide initiative the order has been running for a couple years now to refocused on bringing faith formation and fraternity to the men in our parish by getting together once a month in a group for prayer and fun. Brother Rob has kindly taken the helm to make this happen here with 2084 so please make an effort to attend if you can. Details on Cor
Also on the 22nd Cheryl Rademacher has dedicated the 7pm Mass for our brother Frank. Since his funeral was in Westphalia she thought it would be nice if those that couldn’t make it had a dedicated service to pay their respects. Frank was a very dedicated member of our council so I think it would be a touching tribute if our council could show up in force with our Families and do our best to sit together.
Then on the 23rd after the 11am Mass we welcome our new Brother Ryan Orzechowski (and anyone else we get to join this weekend) with an exemplification ceremony. Ryan has waited a while to officially join our council and, as always, the brothers in attendance is the first impression a new knight gets on how happy we are to have him join us.
While I’m not saying you have to go to both Masses to attend these two events, as I believe Father has mentioned to me before, there is no law against 2 Masses in 2 days :)
Our next meeting will be the 27th and there are quite a few topics to discuss
1. The Parish has requested we help with a few other groups replace the ice maker that died
2. Start thinking about Fish Frys
3. Are we sending delegates to the state convention
4.Spring MI Drive
5. Easter basket program
6. Divine Mercy Sunday
Thank you for your patience and everything you all do.
Vivat Jesus
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
2/13/2025
Due to the snow day and shut down of the parish office our meeting tonight is cancelled. Please Please be on the lookout for a more detailed email this evening of all the things we would have covered as we do have quite a bit happening in the weeks ahead.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
2/7/2025
Worthy Brothers,
Melanie Merdzinski, wife of our longtime brother Jim Merdzinski passed away this week. Visitation and Funeral will be at St. Charles on the 10th. Please keep Jim and their family in your prayers.
With Frank Rademacher's funeral in Westphalia, Cheryl wanted to have a Mass dedicated to him here in Greenville on the 22nd at the 7pm Mass. It would mean a lot to her and the family if our Council could show up in force. The Order meant a lot to Frank and he was active in our council right up to the end. Please attend if you are able.
Aslo on the 22nd we will hold our first Cor meeting. More details to follow.
On the 23rd at 12:30 will plan on having an Exemplification. Now is the time to ask that potential brother to join so we can have a few go through together.
Last I heard Larry Kassuba was recovering well, but please continue to keep him in your prayers.
And lastly we will start selling pies the next few weeks as Ionia shared the date with us and we will be making them on March 15th. If you are able to take orders at either of the Belding Masses please let me know.
Thank you and Vivat Jesus,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
1/27/2025
Brothers,
Larry did end up having open heart surgery today. It went well, but the next 24 hours of recovery are crucial. Please keep him in your prayers for a speedy recovery.
Thank you Kris, Stewart, and Bob for helping IM Kids Meal. They were very grateful.
Tomorrow is the Fraternal Bennifits Webinar. We still need 11 men to attend a night so please log in if you are able. Details below. Fraternal Benefit Webinar
Winter Tri-District meeting: This will be Thursday, Jan. 30, at St. Charles in Greenville. Register at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:00, meeting at 6:30, head home by 8:00. This is a great way to get moving into the second half of the fraternal year, plus it's a great way to mingle with other brother Knights, which helps remind us that we all belong to an organization much bigger than just our local councils. even though we are hosting, if you are able to attend please let me know so I can add you to the count for food.
Thank you,
Kevin
1/24/2025
Brothers,
IM Kids Meal https://www.imkids.org/ a group that helps feed hungry children in Montcalm and Ionia Counties is moving into the building at St Joseph Monday Morning and Fr Jim asked if some Knights could help them unload their food truck. 11am should take about an hour. 2-3 volunteers would be great.
Please let me know if you can help.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
1/15/2025
Brothers,
So far still no volunteers to judge the free throw contest. Many of these kids are the family of Knights and possibly future Knights and I know they appreciate what we do.
If you're available to help score this Sunday at 1pm please let me know. Usually done in less than an hour.
Thank you,
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
1/10/2025
Brothers,
As mentioned we could use some help tomorrow taking the Creche down and putting it away. As putting it up proved, many hands make it go so much easier and quicker so if you are available (and the weather permits) please meet us at St. Charles around 8 am.
Also as mentioned last night we have several Brother Knights in need of prayers:
First our brother Frank Rademacher. As you all know Frank has suffered from various health issues for the past few years and is currently in need of many prayers. Please also pray for his wife, Cheryl, and his family.
Our brother Stewart Smith had eye surgery yesterday and may be having more today.
And our brother Jason Greenawalt who is recovering from knee surgery earlier this week.
Vivat Jesus,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
1/6/2025
Worthy Brothers,
I'm sure for many of us today marks a return to our normal schedules. On that note tomorrow is the Winter Diocesan Meeting In Jenison. Robert and I are planning on attending but if anyone else would like to attend as well please let me know. Registration will be around 5:30, Dinner at 6, and then Meeting starting at 7pm.
We also have our regular business meeting this Thursday. It's been a bit since we've had one and I look forward to seeing many of you there.
Lastly, this Saturday is when we would traditionally take down the Creche. Please let me know if you are able to help.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
12/23/2024
Brothers,
Our Christmas Angels program has been amazing this year and one of the things we pride ourselves on is doing our absolute best to not turn anyone away. With that in mind Sarah could use our help with 3 last minute families today.
She is getting all the things around now, but she could use 1 person/ family to deliver a basket to a family and one Knight to meet 2 families with her at Starbucks around 6pm so she isn't there alone. If you can come through for these families with us please call her at 616-894-3893.
Thank you,
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
12/19/2024
Brothers looking forward to seeing some of you tonight.
Thank you to everyone who volunteered to help this weekend so far. Think we're in decent shape on the food basket help for Saturday.
We could still use one helper at St. Charles from 11-1 tomorrow and a couple between 6:45 and 8:30 pm For gift distribution. We have close to 20 families coming tomorrow night and Sarah could really use some extra hands.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
12/12/2024
Brothers,
As mentioned we unfortunately weren't able to hold our meeting tonight and there are some important things to bring up.
1. On Thursday the 19th we host the Hour of Adoration for fostering Vocations from 7 to 8pm at St. Charles. Knights all over the Diocese are traveling to a parish in their deanery to ask the Lord to help those he is calling to the Priesthood, Diaconate or Religious life hear that call as well as praying that we can better foster an environment conducive of vocations in our community, families, and homes. I know some folks already have prior commitments for the parish that day, but if you are able please attend and encourage others to attend so we can have a strong showing given we're hosting and I can't think of too many better reasons to pray.
2. Our Christmas Angel program could use some assistance. We have families signed up and have received many generous donations over the past few months, but don't have as many families volunteering to sponsor a family this year. As mentioned before we have the funds to run this program but could use some volunteers to go out and shop for a family. Sarah would provide you with the list of suggested clothing items and presents as well as a few "family essentials" You would be welcome to submit your receipt to the council for reimbursement if you would like. I believe we have 2 families unspoken for at the moment. We could additionally use some help handing out the gifts to the families on Friday the 20th from 6pm- 9pm and or Saturday the 21st from 8:30-10:30am.
3. Ron (and Family) are crushing it with our new Christmas Basket initiative (providing baskets like our Thanksgiving baskets) to those that may not be a fit for one of the other programs in the area. As Fr. mentioned in his homily the past weekend this one way we help people meet Jesus and hopefully touch some hearts. As of now it sounds like this one is covered, but be on the lookout in case we need last minute help.
4. The Keep Christ in Christmas poster contest is kicking off. Students at the school will be taking posters and sign up sheets home and returning them before they break for the Holidays. I will most likely arrange a judging for anyone interested after a Mass before Jan 7th which is when we need to turn in our winners. I am not eligible to judge with two students participating, but this is a fun one.
5. The Free Throw contest is fast approaching also and we need to select a date in early January as the District level competition is on Sat Jan 26th and ours needs to be before that. I have run this program in the past and it's a relatively easy one if someone would like to take this one on and I can assist this year.
6. We have the Diocesan meeting for any who would like to attend Jan 7th. Details to follow and the TriDistrict meeting on the 31st at St. Charles.
Of other note: We have a new brother, Ryan Orzechowski who would like to join our council!
I want to thank Ron, Jacob, Max, Krysta, Charlie, Mike Smith, Gene, Rob, Tim Reno, Josh and Dave for running our Food for Families program (sorry if I missed anyone). It was a record on both bags donated to the pantry and provided to families this year.
Also thank you to the Creche helpers Joe Haen, John Taylor, Tom Cripps, Rob Pratt, Gene, Josh O’Brien and little Collin. It was up in record time so apologies to anyone who showed up at 9am.
I'm sure I'm missing some details and will need to send out some more but thank you for all that you do.
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
Brothers,
Please join us tomorrow for our regularly scheduled meeting if you are able. With where Christmas falls this year this will be our only meeting in December.
Looking forward to seeing you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
Brothers,
Thank you for all the well wishes. Feeling much better. Tomorrow we will put up the Creche. As mentioned before this is one where many hands make light work and a little extra muscle never hurts. We'll get started at St. Charles between 8am and 9am so please come help out if you can. Usually takes us a couple hours.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
Brothers,
Unfortunately I'm ill and several of the other brothers who typically help with the creche are out of town. Unless there are any major objections, I think we should move the setup to next Saturday.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
November 26, 2024
Brothers,
With Thanksgiving this week we won't be having our meeting Thursday.
On that note from everything I'm hearing we had a record year for our Food for Families programs.
First we collected over roughly 180 bags at St. Charles for the Greenville Ecumenical Food Pantry and 29 for Pantry at St. Joseph, plus a decent number of the emergency bags for the homeless. Big thank you to all of you who helped, especially Dave Mendrea for once again coordinating this wonderful program.
Then this past weekend we handed out 70 "baskets" to needy families in the area. huge shout out to Ron, Jacob, Max, and I'm sure Krysta Woycehoski for coordinating this program this year along with Gene Charlie, Mike, Jason, Tim, Robert, and Roger for all their help.
Lastly this coming Saturday we should look to set up the Creche. As I mentioned last year this is one where a little extra manpower and some of our stronger Knights. Last year we got rolling around 9am and were done in a couple hours. Please let me know if you're able to assist.
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
November 20, 2024
Brothers,
Still need some helpers on Saturday morning from 9 am till noon when the families are coming to pick up their baskets. Please let us know if you can help us finish this program strong.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
November 18, 2024
Brothers,
Thank you all for your support and help with our Food for Families drive, especially those of you coordinating, handing out bags, and collecting.
The Parish's generosity was as strong as ever and we're in a great position to not only donate a lot of food to the panties but help over 60 families this year with baskets.
What we could use some help with the rest of the week are two things:
1st. We could use some folks to call and simply confirm the family is still looking to receive a basket. As mentioned we have about 60 names so the more volunteers we have the less calls folks need to make.
2nd. We'll need help assembling the baskets this Friday at 6pm and distributing Baskets from 8:30 (pickup starts at 9) to noon on Saturday.
Please let Ron Woycehoski know if you can assist with any of these at either 616-250-9457 or rogueriverholdings@gmail.com
Thank you and Vivat Jesus
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
November 14, 2024
Brothers,
Just a reminder we have our regularly scheduled meeting tonight at 7pm Rosary at 6:30 at St Charles. Looking forward to seeing those of you who can make it.
Vivat Jesus
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
November 13, 2024
Brothers,
Thank you to everyone who helped hand out bags last weekend. Round two refers to picking up the bags this weekend. Please let me know if you are able to assist this weekend at one of the 4 Masses.
In each case we get there 20-30 minutes early and help those returning full bags move them from their car to a designated spot in the Narthex (activities building probably at St Mary).
Demand is up this year and we are already at 49 families on our list so all this work is definitely going to help a lot of people.
Thank you for all that you do, you should be very proud.
Vivat Jesus
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
November 8, 2024
Brothers,
Currently we don't have anyone handing out bags after Mass in Belding for the St. Joseph food pantry. Whether you are attending the Sat afternoon of Sun morning Mass or not, is there someone who can be there for 10-15 minutes when Mass ends to hand out the bags?
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
November 5, 2024
Worthy Brother Knights,
This weekend we hand out the paper bags to parishioners for our food for families program. We could use a few Knights per Mass to stand in the back and hand them out like the bulletins.
At St. Charles, the food will go to our baskets and the eccumenical food pantry in town, while at St Joseph and St. Mary the food will go to the food pantry there.
Please let me know if you are able to help and I will make arrangements to have the appropriate bags at that Mass.
Need is very high this year so our efforts will be much appreciated.
Vivat Jesus,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
October 22, 2024
Worthy Brothers,
We've had a lot of new members join over the past few years. THANK YOU for answering the call to serve God, your families, and our parish.
Last meeting we discussed that we don't have a process by which we share everything we do throughout the year with incoming members and so this Thursday the plan is to have an abbreviated business meeting and use the remainder of the time to share the events and programs that we do through the year and encourage any ideas you may have. All members are of course encouraged to attend but we would like to particularly invite any of our younger/ newer Knights, or anyone who hasn't been able to make it in a while.
We know as men time is often tough to come by, but the hope is in sharing all of the great things the council does throughout the year one or two things in particular might be something you're passionate about and that you might want to assist with when the time comes.
Please make an effort to attend this one and hope to see many of you there.
Meeting at 7pm downstairs at St. Charles. Rosary at 6:30
Pizza and drinks provided
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
October 17, 2024
Correction:
Parnell is actually starting at 6:30 with a Rosary and Adoration right after.
October 17th
Saint Patrick Parish, Parnell
4351 Parnell Ave. NE
Ada, MI 49301
Church is handicapped accessible
Vivat Jesus
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
October 17, 2024
Reminder that this Saturday at 9am we could use some Knights, limb cutters, and a chainsaw or two to clean up some trees growing next to Father's house. As a brother knight and out Chaplain, Father Jim is incredibly supportive of us, and it'd be great to have at least 4 or 5 Knights to assist. So far I have 2 confirmed.
Also this evening there is Adoration tonight for Vocations below at the following locations. Parnell is in our District, but please attend if you are able.
October 17th 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Saint Patrick Parish, Parnell
4351 Parnell Ave. NE
Ada, MI 49301
Church is handicapped accessible
Saint Alphonsus Parish, Grand Rapids
224 Carrier St. NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
Church is handicapped accessible
Cathedral of Saint Andrew Parish, Grand Rapids
301 Sheldon SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Church is handicapped accessible
Vivat Jesus,
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
October 10, 2024
Brothers,
Tomorrow is the start of the MI Drive and we still have a lot of open slots for both days. If you haven't already please take a look and sign up for one that works for you.
It might be a little cold but kids and families are welcome (last year my boys brought in way more than I did alone the day before and they had fun helping too.)
Please grab a slot or two at www.stcharleskofc.org/tootsie_signup or reach out to me directly and I can get you signed up.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
October 8, 2024
Brothers,
Thank you to the few of you who have signed up for a shift for the MI drive so far.
We still have lots of open spots and will need all the help we can get to make up for not being able to do Walmart this time around.
Please grab a slot or two at www.stcharleskofc.org/tootsie_signup or reach out to me directly and I can get you signed up.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
October 5, 2024
Brothers,
Tomorrow we welcome two new brother Knights into our Council after the 11am Mass. As always it means a lot to these men if we show up in force and make it clear that we are happy to have them.
Please make an effort to attend if you are able.
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
September 18, 2024
Brothers,
They are looking for an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion for the Funeral Friday if a brother Knight would like to volunteer.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
September 17, 2024
Brothers,
Please pray for Richard Laurent and his family as I was notified he passed away today. He was a Knight for 68 years and I know he touched the lives of many in our parish community.
His funeral Mass will be on Friday at 11:00 am at St. Charles. Visitation will be Thursday at Marshall Funeral Home and 1 hour prior to the funeral Mass on Friday.
Vivat Jesus,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
September 13, 2024
Brothers,
As you may have heard, another of our brothers, Leo Marshall, has been called home to heaven. Please keep him and his family in your prayers. Leo was a Knight for almost 59 years. He is fondly remembered for all he did for the council, in particular the years he hosted the council picnic at his house and the wonderful time everyone had.
The funeral Mass for Leo will be Monday, September 16th at St. Charles Church at 11:00 am. Visitation will be Sunday, September 15th at Marshall Funeral Home from 4-6:00 pm and 1 hour prior to the funeral Mass at St. Charles Church. Please keep Leo and his family and friends in your prayers.
Link to his Obituary
Vivat Jesus,
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
September 11, 2024
Brothers,
The Rosary was also very near and dear to Tom's heart as many of you know. His family has also asked that we say a Rosary tomorrow before the funeral which we will be doing at 9:30 at St. Charles.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
September 10, 2024
Brothers,
Tom's Family has asked if we could help with ministers for the funeral this Thursday. Please let me know if you can assist with any of the following roles.
- 1 or 2 Lectors for the First Reading, Second, Reading, and Prayers of the Faithful.
- EMHC
- 2 Knights to bring up the gifts
- 2 or 3 Knights to assist with hospitality. Our normal crew is unavailable. Diana Eakin will be there to guide
We also still need help for Saturday. 3 more people to carry the canopy for the procession following the prayer service at 4pm and then folks to help put away chairs and clean up after the event.
Please let me know if you can help.
Hope to see many of you tomorrow.
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
September 5, 2024
Brothers,
We have a lot going on next week so I wanted to sum everything up in one nice easy spot. Please read through and plan to help/ attend as much as you can.
On Monday at Ralph's house from say 1-3pm they are doing the clean up of the aebleskiver booth. For those not working during those hours they would love some extra assistance. Please contact Ralph with any questions.
Then on Wednesday Sept 11th we have our Prayer for Peace Prayer Service at 7pm at St. Charles. As you may know, we are the only council to have held this service since it's inception in the wake of 9/11. All are welcome.
On Thursday the 12th, there is the funeral for our brother Past Grand Knight Tom Russell. Visitation is at 10, Funeral at 11. I know many of you will be there to commemorate him and pay our respects to a man who did so much for our council.
That evening we have our regular meeting.
Last but certainly not least On Saturday we have been invited to participate in the ECCE eventon Saturday the 14th. As I share in the article for this weekend's bulletin. Our Order has a long history of standing up to the clan and defending religious freedom. Here's a link to an article telling the story. I'd like to encourage all of you and your families to continue this proud tradition and attend the event in force.
We also have been asked to assist with a few things.
1st. Volunteers to carry the canopy during the procession with the relic. The prayer service will start at 4pm and shortly thereafter we will process around the blocks and into the church for Mass. This is similar to what we do for Corpus Christi.
2nd. After the event is over they could use our help putting things away. The council has generously greenlit us to supply a round or two of drinks for this crew so we can get some fraternity in too :) I'm estimating we'll start picking up around 7.
If you're able to help with either please let me know.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
August 27, 2024
Worthy Brother Knights,
Our Brothers at St. Joseph and Flat River Right to Life could use our help this weekend with our Labor Day Ice Cream Social. Proceeds from the event will go to Flat River Right to Life and their efforts to save the unborn and promote a culture of life.
If you are able to help for a few hours between 9-3 on Monday at St. Joseph please let me or Bob Thompson know.
Vivat Jesus,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
August 13, 2024
Thank you to everyone who has signed up so far. We could still use some help in the booth Sat 12-2 and 4-5 both day or in the kitchen on Saturday.
Please let me know if you are able to help or you have talked to someone who plans on helping but isn't on the list yet.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
August 11, 2024
Brothers,
Past Grand Knight, Tom Russell was called home to be with our Lord this morning.
Please continue to keep his family in your prayers. As soon as I have details for funeral arrangements I will pass them along.
Tom has done so much for our council and will be greatly missed.
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
August 7, 2024
Brothers,
We are close to 1 week away and still need a lot of volunteers to make the booth at the festival happen. We have shifts of two hours both Friday and Saturday in either the booth cooking or in the kitchen from 7am to 5pm (7-10 and then every 2 hours after that).
Thank you to those who already have signed up, otherwise please let me know when you can help, call me at 616-916-0143, or stop at the back of Mass this weekend.
Also our regular meeting is tomorrow where we will be having an installation of officers, (so officers please make every effort to attend tomorrow).
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
August 2, 2024
Brothers,
In preparation for the Danish Festival we will be cleaning the booth at Ralph's house on Monday, August 5th. Cleanup starts at 5pm, (but feel free to show up at 4pm) and we'll be eating afterwards around 6. Many hands make light work and we have jobs for people of all ages so it is a family affair.
14198 MacClain St. NE
Go north of M-57 on Montcalm Avenue or south of Wise Road to MacClain. On MacClain, travel about half a mile west of Montcalm Avenue. Look for the "VanOcker Drive" sign, and head up the hill to the house.
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
August 1, 2024
Brother Knights,
It is time to start asking for volunteers for the Danish Festival. I'm looking for 1 volunteer per Mass this week to stand in the back after Mass and sign up volunteers if we can please.
They will be announcing that we are back there.
Vivat Jesus,
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
July 29, 2024
Worthy Brothers,
Next Sunday is the Parish picnic at our St Mary location. We have been asked if we would volunteer to set up the grills and cook. Please see the signup link below for all the open spots, but again, if possible, they were hoping we'd take the cooking spots.
Signup Link
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
July 23, 2024
Worthy Brother Knights,
Due to the Diocesan meeting taking place on Thursday during our regularly scheduled meeting, our meeting was moved to tomorrow. Same time as always (6:30 Rosary, 7pm Meeting start) and will once again be in the gym due to the construction taking place.
Look forward to seeing many of you there.
Vivat Jesus
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
July 10, 2024
Brothers,
Our regular meeting is still tomorrow night, however it will be in the Gym instead of McKinney hall due to construction. It should be pretty set up with tables and seating from a funeral.
Please continue to pray for Tom as he is in the ICU last I heard.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143
July 9, 2024
Worthy Brothers,
Please keep our brother Tom Russell in your prayers. I'm told he has suffered from a stroke and is currently in the Hospital in Grand Rapids.
Kevin
July 7, 2024
Worthy Brothers,
I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th and has a great weekend. Thank you to everyone who helped hand out bags this past weekend. Tomorrow and Sunday we have 2 Baptisms, 1 at each St. Charles liturgy. As many of you know when a child is baptised we give the family a small basket with a "Made in God's image" receiving blanket, a Casey teddy bear, and a few prayer cards and a brochure on the Knights.
I will already be at the 11am Mass doing donuts, but could someone give the basket to the family after the 7PM Mass tomorrow?
Please let me know. The basket is in the Library and I can give you the code if you need it.
Vivat Jesus,
Kevin Norton
Grand Knight
St. Charles Council 2084
(616) 916-0143