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Parker-Wood Council 9365
A 2002-03 Honor Council & Columbian Award recipient
Grand Knight: Rick Seekins

3275 US158 Bypass Henderson, NC

¡Felicidades!
Brother Felix Saez, second from left, was among the 11 men accepted by Bishop Gossman as candidates for ordination to the permanent diaconate at a June 13 ceremony at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Raleigh.

Welcome
Brothers Shelton Williams, Mike Snow and Jim Hackbarth sign up a prospective member during Stewardship Weekend held Aug. 16 & 17. Form 100s were collected from three new prospective members and one transfer member.

Corporate Kindness
Grand Knight Chuck Sullivan, left, and 2003 Operation L.A.M.B. Chairman Mike Snow, accept a $1,000 donation from Dennis Wallace, store manager of the Wal-Mart Super Center in Henderson. The corporate donation is the first of its kind for Council 9365.

Prayers for Peace
Council 9365 offered a rosary-centered prayer program for world peace with the hosting of a Marian Hour of Prayer in May 2003. The Council displayed a framed icon of Our Lady of the Rosary in the St. James narthax, and Brothers led a rosary recitation before the Sunday vigil (Brother Bob Giddens), Sunday morning mass (Brother Greg Brelinsky) and Sunday morning Latino mass (in Spanish by Brother Felix Saez).

The Marian Hour of Prayer continues the Council’s devotion to our Blessed Mother. In the past, the Council has constructed a Marian Prayer Path and Marian Garden for the spiritual enrichment of St. James parishioners.

Kudos
The artistic talents of Brother Mike Winner again are on display at St. James. New altar tapestries and vestments used during Ordinary Time, as well as vestments for the pastor, were designed by Mike and furnished by the Altar Society. Mike's pen-and-ink drawing of St. James Church can be found outside the main entrance to the Parish Hall as well as on the cover of the weekly bulletin.

Gavel travels to 9365
Grand Knight Chuck Sullivan received the Traveling Gavel from Sir Knight Mark Toupin, Grand Knight of Father Thomas Price Council 2546 in Raleigh at the start of the Council’s Jan. 20 business meeting.

The gavel was used by the Grand Knight for the remainder of the evening’s meeting. Accompanying Brother Toupin were Council 2546's Deputy Grand Knight David Bayard, State Advocate John Gouldie and State Youth Director John Nussbaum.

DGK Rick Seekins passed the gavel on to Council 7232 of Roanoke Rapids.

Quartet attains 4th degree
Four brothers of Parker-Wood Council 9365 Knights of Columbus attained the rank of Fourth Degree at an Oct. 26, 2002, ceremony in Cary.

Brothers Marvin Daniel, Rick Seekins, John Williford and Nick Zanon were awarded the "Patriotic Degree," the highest rank attainable by a Knight. Among those Sir Knights in the 2002 class was Bishop Joseph Gossman.

Parker-Wood Grand Knight Chuck Sullivan, Financial Secretary Ray Marshall and Treasurer Dick Schaenzer, all Fourth Degree Knights, represented the council in a show of support for their brethren.