Submitted by Carlyle Daniel, District Deputy-District 103 St. Jerome On Saturday, 6th May 2023, Knights of St. Jerome's Council #17394 in Brampton, Ontario, took advantage of the great weather to embark upon another successful fund-raising, Yard Clean Up, effort. Congratulations to Grand Knight Chris and the Brothers who participated in this event.
Submitted by John Sobrinho, Grand Knight St. Mark's Parish St. Mark's Council 10874 in Stouffville, Ontario, had a successful Mother's day raffle draw. Each person who purchased a ticket received a Rose pin. Proceeds will go to support subsidizing a bus for our parishioners to attend the National March for Life in Ottawa.
Submitted by Brother Hikmat DandanJesus the King Jesus the King Knights of Columbus Council is pleased to join the Richmond Hill Hall Charities Association and Bingo World & Gaming Richmond Hill. We have lined up around 30 charities that will benefit from our charitable gaming share. In our council we formed a WHATSAPP group and called it BINGO KNIGHTS to facilitate communications. It has around 8-10 dedicated volunteers. Our first charitable gaming distribution totalling C$ 3,750.00 benefited the following charities whose logos appear in the slide: Compassionate Community Care, Toronto Sisters of Life, St Vincent De Paul, Knights Table Restaurant, Richmond [...]
Submitted by Roger Richard St. Theresa the Little Flower Showing of the Mother Teresa Movie on March 24 and April 30, 2023 was a great success. Both were after the 10:30am Mass for People with Special Needs. Lunch was serve and a fundraising with a Free Will Offering towards the Local Food Bank. The first showing had 52 Parishioners and the second showing had 42 parishioners which included some members of the Knights of Columbus.
Submitted by Ray Francoeur, Grand Knight St. Helen the Cross Council 15999 K of C Council 15999 were recognized for our work and volunteerism in the community. They mentioned our successful Coats for Kids program, Food Drive, School barbecues, Bottle Drive, plus the many organizations we supported financially, and how we as a group, made a big contribution to the betterment of our community. This recognition was all possible with the help of all my brother Knights and the fantastic women of the Catholic Women League of St Helen Church. This is a first for the Knights of Columbus in the [...]
Submitted by Ray Francoeur, Grand Knight St. Helen of the Cross Knights of St. Helen of the Cross Council 15999 set a goal of raising 5,000 pounds of non-perishable food to be donated to the local food banks in the Niagara Region. We began this back in September with a kick-off at St. Mark Meet & Greet Barbecue and then they all collected for the 12 Days of Christmas and of course the Lenten season. It gives me great pride to announce, we achieved that goal by collecting 5,599.6 pounds of food. This was distributed to Community Care of West Niagara [...]
Submitted by Carlyle Daniel, District Deputy District 103 Rev. Clair Tipping Council 9235 Yes, it was cold. Yes, it was windy. The "wind chill factor was evident. Yet those miserable weather conditions did not deter Council 9235 and the almost 200 participants from its 26th annual outdoor Stations of the Cross on Good Friday morning. Brother Anthony thoughtfully chose themes and locations for each station that impacts the lives of ordinary citizens within the community. Choir members of the St. Anthony of Padua led and provided music along the journey. Ash D'Silva coordinated the event. This year's event attracted several family [...]
Submitted by Brother Hikmat DandanJesus the King To the Ontario State Deputy, Bro Marcel and the Christian Refugee Relief Director, Bro Hikmat, and all the sponsors, Councils, the Knights of Columbus members and their Ladies. The Melkite Catholic Patriarchate School, Shepherds' Fields would like to thank the Jerusalem Students scholarship sponsors for their generous donations that has helped our Christian students greatly over the years. Your donations have allowed our Christian students to keep getting the best education possible in a Christian school in the Holy Land. It has also helped in reducing the financial burdens on their families by covering [...]
Submitted by Cornel Demonte Fr John T Bolger Council #6161 On March 31, 2023 (Friday), we served a Simple Supper of vegetable soup and sourdough bread slices to about 200 parishioners after adoration, Holy Mass, and Stations of the Cross at St Francis de Sales parish (Ajax, Ontario) which was a successful event and well attended by the parishioners.
Submitted by Roger RichardSt. Theresa the Little FlowerCelebrating the Founder’s Day March 29, 2023 Today at an exemplification ceremony, District 101 welcomed 5 new Brothers to the Order. • 2 from Council 11726 • 1 from Council 17476 • 2 from Council 17725 The ceremony’s honouree was Blessed Michael McGivney Thanks to Council 16005 for hosting and providing pizza. Thanks to the Brother Knights, the family, and friends of the new Brothers who attended the ceremony. Special thank you to Father Vincent for his participation
