CANDLER — The 2018 Knights of Columbus State Convention was held May 4-6, and it was a big weekend for St. Joan of Arc Council 15265.
First, Father Dean Cesa, pastor, was honored as the 2018 North Carolina Priest of the Year.
The Knights council also received four awards: The Charity Award for all the programs the council has conducted over the course of the 2017-’18 year; a Membership Award to commemorate the last year’s gains in membership; the Fraternal Year Record Award for the best council scrapbook in the state; and the top Youth Service program in North Carolina for the year for the council’s participation in the Living Stations of the Cross in March. Last, but not least, at the State Awards Banquet concluding the convention, St. Joan of Arc Council 15265 received the State Deputy’s Award, the most prestigious award a council can win in North Carolina.
— Photo provided by Ozzie Vargas