Knights of Columbus, Our Lady of the Lakes

06/16/2026

The Knights of Columbus together donated $200 million dollars to charity and 48,000,000 volunteer hours. In one year!

Doing God’s work and making our world a better place.

06/16/2026

Pope St. John XIII Council 5436 conducted its annual Tootsie Roll Drive in the spring, and the resulting funds were allocated to several worthy charities.

We acknowledge the contributions of all Brother Knights, family, and friends who participated in this effort.

Tom Kendziorski, our Charities Director and Tootsie Roll Chairman, and Grand Knight-elect Bob Mancino presented checks to individuals from the following charitable organizations: Our Lady of Lakes School Principal Bob Jansen, New Gateways CEO Lynn McGinity, Clarkston SCAMP CEO Amy Darnell, Bob White and Peter at Club Create in Lake Orion, and Dick Moscovic of Drew's Home of Clarkston.

06/13/2026

Knights working the Tough Mudder fundraiser! Up bright and early.

05/18/2026

More great photos from the meal we served yesterday! Thanks to our KofC Brothers from St. Anne’s Church in Ortonville for helping us out.

05/15/2026

District Deputy 113, Chris Scheuer, shared outstanding news at our council meeting. Our council has achieved Star Council status for the sixth consecutive year. Receiving this award is an honor; achieving it six times consecutively is truly impressive. This accomplishment requires exceptional leadership from our Grand Knight and a dedicated team effort. Well done, brothers.

05/01/2026

Our council and others from district 113 had a great time at the Shoot and Steak event yesterday,supporting our friends Dan Fuller and Kara Fuller.

Great turnout from Knights all over Michigan. Great work from the Lion and Lamb team.

Thank you everyone for your support.

03/27/2026

It's Tootsie Roll time. If you see the knights out in Waterford and Clarkston this weekend, please give charitably. Proceeds go to organizations that enrich our friends with special needs.

03/08/2026

Very sad!

At approximately 8 p.m. local time March 4, a drone struck McGivney House, a 140-unit apartment complex in Erbil, Iraq. Built in 2018 with help from the Knights of Columbus, the complex opened the following year to house Christian families displaced from the Nineveh Plains by persecution and violence carried out by the Islamic State group. The apartment building was unoccupied at the time of the strike, having been evacuated due to its proximity to Erbil International Airport.

“We will continue to stand with the families who called McGivney House their home,” said Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly in a statement to the press March 4. “We join with our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, who has encouraged us all to ‘pray for peace, work for peace.’”

Featured: Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda of Erbil, Iraq, stands in front of McGivney House in 2018. (Photo by Claire Thomas)

03/01/2026

Breakfast time!!

03/01/2026