Programs
Fr. James E. Waters Council Directors
2024-25 Fraternal Year
Program Director |
Larry Greer 910-471-1574 |
Program Director, appointed by the Grand Knight, consults and recommends to the grand knight the appointment of church, community, council, family and youth directors. Activities and events sponsored by the council in connection with the Service Program should be outlined, planned and recorded at least six months in advance. Monthly meetings should be held by the program director for members of their groups. Advance planning will prove an effective method assuring interesting meetings and successful sponsorship of council projects. Council reports should be made monthly by the various directors to the program director for submission to state officials for state recognition. The program director oversees the council’s programs to assure program completion for state recognition awards.
Faith Director |
John Clyatt |
The Faith director appointed to this position should becomfortable discussing and planning faith formation activities for the council. He must becomfortable developing ties with other parish ministries to advance the needs of the whole parish community at the pastor’s direction. He works with and understands theinformation available for faith development through the Order’s Catholic Information Service
(kofc.org/cis).
Community Director |
Ray Repage |
The Community director should be comfortable discussing and planning efforts in the broader community. He directs programs that support and encourage service to thecommunity that fight poverty, aid the individual, promote athletic events, and sponsor larger programs and campaigns. He should be comfortable contacting and coordinating with organizations that align in key areas of community assistance along with local government agencies.
Family Director |
John Danchisko 724-825-5831 |
The Family director should work to strengthen and nourish wholesome homelife through the sponsorship of activities involving entire families,even when the age range of family members vary. This person should work to stimulate togetherness within families. He should be comfortable discussing and planning family programs that support and encourage service to the community and faith formation of council and parish families.
Life Director |
Michael Breit 910-409-8101 |
The Life director keeps the respect for life at all stages from conception through natural death at the forefront of council activities. Knights of Columbus Life programs are the very essence of being a Catholic and a foundation of the Order’s principles. Any well-rounded slate of activities will surely include programs that promote a culture of life and civilization of love. Respect for life allows our councils to stand in solidarity with our bishops, our priests and our Church. The Fr. Waters council will be very active on this front.
Membership Director | Mike Brouillette 401-556-7646 |
Recruiting new members is essential to the continued growth and well-being of your council and the Order. Offering a man membership in the Knights of Columbus gives him the opportunity to improve his own life and his community. Membership allows him to experience the fraternal bond that Knights share while growing closer to his family and faith. The membership director is responsible to the Grand Knight for recruiting and retention.
Retention Chairman | Mike Brouillette 401-556-7646 |
The Retention Committee under Membership Programs is tasked with retaining members. This mainly occurs following the dues billing cycle to contact members that not responded. It function is primarily retention through communications.
Vocations Chairman | Greg Decker 910-622-0250 |
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The Refund Support Vocations Program, better known as RSVP is a Supreme Council program that encourages local councils to support vocations by giving a $100 refund to a local council whenever it donates $500 to a seminarian or postulant. Since 1981, more than $22 million has been contributed under this program to tens of thousands of seminarians, novices and postulants. In addition to the material support provided by RSVP, Knights and their families also provide moral support by "adopting" a seminarian or postulant. They write letters of support, offer prayers and invite their adopted candidate to council-sponsored activities.
For 2023-24, we supported two seminarians: Cong Le and William Breit. Cong Le has since been ordained and will be serving at St. Mark. William Breit remains at the seminary for the Insitute for the Incarnate Word so please continue to pray for and support him in his journey toward priesthood. This is often not an easy decision and an even more difficult task to complete. William is the son of brother Michael Breit.
William is at:
Blessed Fulton J. Sheen Seminary
5706 Sargent Road
Chillum, MD 20782
We will also be supporting a second seminarian, Omeed Huemiller, a transitional deacon set for ordination in Spring 25. Omeed spent his Pastoral Year at St. Mary where the students know him as "Mr. Huemiller". Omeed is now at:
St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary
10701 South Military Trail
Boynton Beach, FL, 33436-4899
Website | Greg Decker 910-622-0250 |
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The council's website provides the face of the council to the membership and to the community. Its goal is to be a one-stop-shop for everything a brother knight needs to know to be a contributing menber of the council. The homepage is reserved for special messages from the Grand Knight or others so designated. A quick look at a near-term calendar is also provided there. Additional pages are for the current officers, directors and chairmen along with their contact information. Further, each program director has their own section to describe upcoming events or activities. Also included is a photo gallery, council history, complete calendar, and meeting minutes, and links to many relevant resources. The design lends itself to being usable on everything from smartphones to tablets to personal computers.
Communications | Cary Newman 910-515-6514 |
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The communications chairman is responsible for the council's outward-facing communications. This most frequently is in the form of church bulletin updates on what the knights are doing locally and globally under the banner - Knights Corner.
Veterans Affairs | John Bolger 910-670-4222 |
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The council's website provides the face of the council to the membership and to the community. Its goal is to be a one-stop-shop for everything a brother knight needs to know to be a contributing menber of the council. The homepage is reserved for special messages from the Grand Knight or others so designated. A quick look at a near-term calendar is also provided there. Additional pages are for the current officers, directors and chairmen along with their contact information. Further, each program director has their own section to describe upcoming events or activities. Also included is a photo gallery, council history, complete calendar, and meeting minutes, and links to many relevant resources. The design lends itself to being usable on everything from smartphones to tablets to personal computers.
Operation LAMB | Tim Niggel 910-470-5490 |
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Operation LAMB is a program of the Knights of Columbus in North Carolina to Assist People with Mental Retardation.
The LAMB Foundation gets its name from an acronym from the biblical quotation: "Whatsoever you do to the Least Among My Brethren, that you do also to me." Matthew 25:40
Helping people help themselves since its inception in 1974, nearly $14 million has been raised with this program in our state. The primary means of support for Operation LAMB is the Tootsie Roll Drive. Each year, the Knights of Columbus, their families and friends stand long hours outside shopping centers. They offer free Tootsie Rolls to all passers by and ask for donations to assist those with Mental Retardation. Their smiling faces and bright yellow aprons have become familiar sights throughout the state.
The LAMB Foundation is an extremely effective and efficient use of your charity dollars. There are no paid employees. The foundation is administered by volunteers. There are no fancy headquarters. We work out of homes, churches and council halls. Additional donations from individuals and local companies cover the overhead cost of candy and aprons. All money "raised on the street" goes directly to programs helping people that are afflicted with the varied forms of mental retardation. Grants are approved on the local council level and the state level without regard to race, color, religious affiliation.
Latino Roundtable | Geraldo Andrade 910-264-1894 |
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Caballeros de Colon is Spanish for Knights of Columbus. In 2023, Council 12017 established a Spanish Speaking “Roundtable” made up of men who decided to become Knights of Columbus but are more comfortable in a Spanish Speaking environment. This “Roundtable” of brother Knights is a subset of the overall Council and an important part of the 200 men who make up Council 12017. At their choice, the roundtable is referred to as the Latino Roundtable. The meetings occur on the Fourth Thursday of every month at 7:15 PM after Mass.
The Caballeros de Colon have the same founding principles as all Knights and focuses on Faith, Life, Community and Family activities. All activities are designed to support our founding principles of Charity, Fraternity and Unity.
The Roundtable is in its early stages of developing a Fraternal Calendar but has already had successful events such as Car Washes and Taco Luncheons to financially support providing back-to-school supplies and clothing for children in need.