Bishop Charles P. Greco Council No. 9499 Clemmons, North Carolina
• P.O. Box 2060 • Advance, NC 27006 • 336-998-2534 •
The Bishop Charles P. Greco Council at Holy Family Catholic Church in Clemmons, North Carolina at 4820 Kinnamon Road. The Grand Knight for 2003-2004 is Jim Callahan. You can contact Jim at 336-998-2534 or by email at calsouth@yadtel.net.
Business Meeting, 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.
Officer/Director Meeting (open to all), 4th Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.
Membership in Council #9499 is currently 220
Catholic men dedicated to service to the Church, family, and community.
Our council is involved in many programs throughout the year.
However, some of our major programs include:
Operation LAMB (a.k.a. Tootsie Roll): Our council raises about $20,000 each year to assist people with mental Retardation.
RSVP Bingo: The council holds a bingo each year that supports the distribution of 7-8 scholarships (@ $500 each) to seminarians and religious.
Pancake Breakfast: The council sponsors a monthly Pancake Breakfast one Sunday each month.
Columbian Squires: This is the official youth organization made up of Catholic boys, ages 10-17. They perform service and social programs throughout the year.
HISTORY OF OUR COUNCIL
In January 1987, Mike Facciolo and John Harrison met with Father Cecil Tice of Holy Family Church to discuss the feasibility of forming a Knights of Columbus Council centered around the parish in Clemmons. Father Tice agreed with our proposal. Letters were sent to members of Winston-Salem Council #2829 who attended Holy Family parish. Fr. Tice allowed us to hold a recruitment campaign after Masses. Some key members involved in forming the council included Mike Radford and Tom Bohnert. The first organizational meeting was held in February in the concourse of the church. All meetings, degrees, and programs were held in the concourse because there was no Family center. The family center would not be completed until 1988.
On March 1, 1987, the council held a First Degree with 16 candidates, 22 transfers from #2829, and 10 transfers or reinstatements from other councils forming the list of 48 charter members. The Charter members of Council #9499 were:
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James E. Allen |
James C. Heckel |
Frank R. Naples, Jr. |
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Thomas A. Bohnert |
Kurt C. Heckert |
Robert J. Nowak, Jr. |
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Rodney L. Booker |
Michael W. Heruska |
Robert J. Nowak, Sr. |
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Albert Bruno |
Ronald H. Holmes |
Joseph R. Olah |
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Thomas J. Callaghan |
Richard M. Human |
Donald F. Parker |
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James F. Callahan |
Robert E. Hunt |
Ronald E. Parker |
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Lawrence D. Chance |
Charles E. Lauer |
John R. Pickles |
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John C. Clark |
John D. Lenzmeier |
Michael A. Radford |
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Lawrence E. Cuneo |
James F. Madel |
Jeffory B. Rooney |
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Everett C. Dougherty |
Robert G. McGee |
Charles T. Ryan |
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Michael F. Facciolo |
Bruce B. McKillop |
John L. Stemper |
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Samuel N. Ferguson |
Michael A. Michel |
William A. Sutton |
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Robert L. Gearren |
Francis J. Monaghan |
Fr. Cecil W. Tice |
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John A. Harrison, Jr. |
Joel T. Mousaw |
John J. Tomel |
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William F. Haubrick |
Joseph Murphy |
Robert L. Vitelli |
At this first meeting, election of officers were held and included as Charter Grand Knight John Harrison, Deputy Grand Knight Mike Radford, and Chancellor Tom Bohnert. The discussion on what to name the council surfaced many suggestions - Clemmons Council, Holy Family Council, Western Forsyth Council, Knights of Clemmons Council, etc. It was quite a decision, because we didn't want to isolate our name to a particular parish or exclude members from Lewisville, Advance, or Winston-Salem. Destiny prevailed. Just 6 weeks earlier, the Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus passed away. His legacy was not only a strong devotion to the church and K of C, but also to the mentally retarded. Hence, the council was named in honor of Bishop Charles P. Greco. The Supreme Council assigned the number 9499 to our council.
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