Brother Knights,

May 2025 is now in the history books but let’s briefly go back in time. With the Lenten Fish Fry behind us May was a relatively easy-going month compared to March and April but here are some of the highlights. On Saturday, May 3rd St. John Neumann Catholic Church held its Confirmation Mass with Bishop Konzen saying the Mass. Six Honor Guard members including 3 from Council 7923 welcomed the Bishop and 82 Catholic teens who received the Sacrament of Confirmation. The following day Sunday, May 4th, we held our Sunday Breakfast. The breakfast had a lighter-than-normal turnout, nonetheless we still managed to have a successful fundraiser for the Marriage Family Life Ministry.

During the May membership meeting, a motion was made to move the 2 chest freezers that were recently purchased from the Fish Fry expense budget to the Charitable expense budget. This way the Church has ownership of the 2 chest freezers. The motion was seconded and tabled. On the June 9th meeting the tabled motion will be officially voted on. Also, during the meeting Officer Nominations were made for the 2025-2026 Fraternal Year and the slate of Officers will be officially voted on Monday, June 9th, 2025.

The Georgia State Convention was held in Jekyll Island on May 16th-18th where I and another Brother Knight voted for the State Officers for the 2025-2026 Fraternal Year. Looking ahead, on Sunday, June 1st the Knights will host our monthly breakfast and it will benefit the Walking with Moms Ministry. Then on June 7th, our Council will be hosting a Fourth Degree Exemplification Ceremony. I encourage any 3rd Degree Brother Knight in our Council to consider advancing to the Fourth Degree and possibly get a sword afterward if you decide to be a part of the Honor Guard. This is a great opportunity since it will be right here at SJN. Finally, Brother Knights I send a lot of emails telling you what we’re doing. If you’re reading this instead of me telling you what we’re doing I encourage you to tell me or another Officer what you want to do. You can do this by coming to the meetings or reaching out to me or one of the other Officers individually. After all, we're here for you. May God Bless you All.

That concludes my report.

Vivat Iesu,

GK Brian Jeffers

COUNCIL GROWTH THIS FRATERNAL YEAR

• Annual Membership Growth Quota - 13
• Membership gains this year - 8
• % of Annual Membership Goal/McGivney Award - 62%
• Prospects awaiting exemplification - 0
• Insurance Meetings for Founders Award (Need 2 for year) - 1

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP STRENGTH

• Associate Member - 153
• Insurance Members - 73
• Inactive Members - 17
• Total Membership - 243

SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP STRENGTH

• Honorary (Age 65 plus 25 years consecutive years - reduced dues) - 7
• Honorary Life (Age 70 plus 25 years consecutive years - reduced dues) - 51
• Exemption (disability) - 1

Please pray for the following Knights in need (list from the last meeting):

• Our Pope, Archbishop, Clergy and Religious - Safety and Perseverance
• Our Military and First Responders - Safety and Perseverance
• Innocents abused, injured and killed - War and Hate
• Pope Francis - Repose of Soul †
• Pope Leo XIV - Divine Guidance
• Leo Schiltgen - Health
• John Calhoun - Health
• PGK Jim McHugh Sister †
• Mark Anton - Health
• Pam Lemon - Health
• Ken Poshedly - Health
• Larry Finney - Health

† - Deceased - Repose of Soul

Knight of the Month: BK Alex Naumis

Alex is a very valuable part of the team that prepares the food for the Family Breakfasts and the Fish Fry’s. In addition to these responsibilities, on April 27 he also helped grill hamburgers and hot dogs for the EDGE Middle Schoolers.

• 50/50 Drawing Winner
• No drawing last month

The following charitable donations were given by the Council:

• Family Breakfast - Marriage and Family Life Ministry - $600

Council 7923 Officers

Chaplain

Fr. Sunny Punnaknziyil

Deacon Mike Hayward (Assistant)

Grand Knight

GK Brian Jeffers

Deputy Grand Knight

DGK Jose Sandoval Lermont

Chancellor

BK Harvey James

Recorder

BK Steve Rasmussen

Treasurer

PGK Steve Brischler

Warden

PGK Joe Molyson

Advocate

PGK Jim McHugh

Financial Secretary

PGK Glenn Klein

Inside Guard

BK Timothy Daly

Outside Guard

BK Jesus Ochoa

Lecturer

BK David Werve

1st Year Trustee

PGK Michael MacFarlane

2nd Year Trustee

PGK Mike Clark

3rd Year Trustee

PGK Bob Cunneen

District Deputy

DD Bill Gorny

Insurance Field Agent

Steven L. Zahradka - 678-739-5271

Happy Birthday Knights

Hung Doan 6/2

David L. Grosch 6/2

Louis H. Lobe 6/2

Deacon Joe Odom 6/2

Mark Davis 6/3

William J. Bierster 6/8

Stephen Drzik 6/8

Thaddeus Ugha 6/10

Joseph A. Galasso 6/12

Wayne J. De Gray 6/14

William Manning 6/15

Gustavo Valdes 6/17

Larry D. Sheeter 6/18

Tim Daly 6/23

Ruben Nunez 6/24

Mark Tkacik 6/24

Greg Bertram 6/28

James Merritt 6/30 

BK David Werve presented the following:

"A man must go through a long and great conflict in himself before he can learn fully to overcome himself, and to draw his whole affection towards God. When a man stands upon himself he is easily drawn aside after human comforts. But a true lover of Christ, and a diligent pursuer of virtue, does not hunt after comforts, nor seek such sensible sweetnesses, but is rather willing to bear strong trials and hard labors for Christ." —Thomas a' Kempis, p. 64

An excerpt from Imitation of Christ

June 1st @ Reynold's Hall - Officer/Planning Meeting - 8:30am, Family Breakfast - 9:30am - 1:00pm

June 3rd @ Mahjong Chinese Restaurant, 1905 Scenic Hwy - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

June 7th @ Reynold's Hall - Fourth Degree Exemplifications - 10:00 am

June 8th @ SJN Church - Knight's Mass - 9:00am, Rosary - 8:30am

June 9th @ Houston Feaster Center - Business Meeting - 7:00pm, Rosary - 6:30pm

June 10th @ Mahjong Chinese Restaurant, 1905 Scenic Hwy - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

June 17th @ Mahjong Chinese Restaurant, 1905 Scenic Hwy - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

June 24th @ Mahjong Chinese Restaurant, 1905 Scenic Hwy - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

June 26th @ Feaster Center - 4th Degree Meeting - 7:00pm, Dinner - 6:00pm

July 7th @ Feaster Center - Officer/Planning Meeting - 8:30am

July 8th @ TBD - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

Knights in Action

Blast from the past with BK Randy Merritt, PGK Houston Feaster, and BK David Werve

Blast from the past with PGK Dominic Druda showing off our new sign

Knight of the month BK Alex Naumis getting his award from GK Brian Jeffers

Our very own seminarian, Sean Lee was ordained as a deacon on May 31st