Submitted by Roger Richard, District Deputy District 101 St. Vladimir the Great St. Vladimir the Great Council 9557 manage to collect 500 coats for Kids and Adults including coats purchase by Councils in Ottawa, but short as there were 1000 in need of coats. Now the Council will keep asking for coats for a very important event - Coats for New Comers (Ukrainian new Comers) in Ottawa.
Submitted by Roger RichardSt. Theresa the Little Flower The luncheon was a presentation of the Star District Award to District Deputy Roger Richard of District 101 by our State Deputy Marcel Lemmen The Grand Knights of District 101 were present, Council 9557 Paul Kozak, Council 11726 Bernard Battistin, Council 14337 Melchorito Tejero, Council 16005 Peter Arseneau, Council 17476 Matthew Buchkowski and Council 17725 Brandan Tran . The only Star District Award in Ontario. This is Roger Richard 3rd Star District in a row.
Submitted by Paul O'Neill St. Bahnam Council 17627 St. Bahnam Council 17627 hosted a lunch for parishioners of St. Bahnam Church, Cambridge on Sunday, November 6/22 after the 12:00 p.m. mass. Parishioners of St. Gregory Church were also invited to attend and enjoy Eastern food. This was the first luncheon put on by the Council. The Council Chaplain Father Khalid drew the winning ticket on the draw.
Submitted by Hikmat Michel Dandan Jesus the King THE JERUSALEM STUDENTS ANNUAL MASS The Jerusalem Students Annual Mass was celebrated on Sunday 6th November in the Cathedral of The Transfiguration at 12:00 pm. Most Reverend Canada Melkite Bishop Milad El Jawich celebrated the Jerusalem Students Mass for the intention of the students, scholarship sponsors and the Holy Land. His Excellency mentioned the importance of charity and said: " It is a joy to have with us today, the Knights of Columbus, these Knights whom I would like to call The Angels of The Divine Mercy, the specialists of the humanitarian charity, [...]
Submitted by Leo Mayer St. Benedict's Knights of Columbus CONGRATULATIONS to our newest members of the St. Benedict and St. Thomas d'Aquin Knights of Columbus Councils that were vested to 3rd Degree status by attending an Exemplification Ceremony held on Sunday November 6th, 2022, in Sarnia Ontario. Pictured here from the St. Benedict KofC Council #11164 are Grand Knight Leo Mayer and new Brother Knight Abin. From the St. Thomas d'Aquin KofC Council #8950 are Chaplain Fr. Jose, with new Brother Knight Enrique, Financial Secretary Deacon Dave and Past Grand Knight Olier Beaudoin.
Submitted by GK SK Yolando FernandesSt. Barnabas CouncilEach year, beginning Spring until end Fall, Brother Knights from KOFC Council 13785, as well as some parish brothers, maintain the Church Grounds at St. Barnabas Parish, Scarborough-ON. During this period, each week, Brother Knights help facilitate the maintenance of the Parish grounds and surrounding areas, by mowing the church lawn, clean-up, trimming branches, bagging leaves during fall, shed maintenance, dumping garbage in the dumpsters, etc. Thanks to all Brother Knights that continue to do each year, these good works of charity and supporting our Parish Pastor with the upkeep of the Church grounds.
Submitted by Marcel Lemmen, State Deputy Father Ernie Deslippe Saturday October 29, 2022 was the funeral of our Past State Deputy Yvon Robert and his wife Noëlla. We would like to thank all of the Members of the 4th degree who participated in the honour guard and all the Brother Knights who attended. It was a very nice celebration, and the Knights of Columbus was really well represented. The Image above shows the honour guard taken after the funeral. The family greatly appreciated our presence and said their father would have been proud of this honour guard. -- Samedi 29 octobre [...]
Submitted by Dale TuepahDr. J. F. DunnThe Knights of Council 5153 Carleton Place/Almonte hold a hot breakfast every 2 weeks for the parishioners after the 9am Mass. The pic shows members of Team 1. Greg Moloney, Dave Boadway, Barry Desarmia, Bob Benson, Dwayne King.
Submitted by Regis Trudel Father Ernie Deslippe Council 1467 Our Council was pleased to purchase and provide 72 new winter coats to kids at 7 elementary schools and 3 high schools here in St. Thomas, as well as to Holy Angels Parish in Fort Albany. To learn about the coats for kids program, click here. To make donations, click here. To order a box of coats, click here.
Submitted by Dan PergolesiLondon West Diocesan AssociationOn Saturday October 22, 2022, a Memorial Service was held at Heavenly Rest Cemetery, inside the St. Francis of Assisi Mausoleum, to honour all Brother Knights and the families of, who had passed away since the beginning of 2019, thru October 2022. This was done as due to COVID and the restrictions imposed, we were not provided the opportunity to properly pay our respects to these Brothers Knights. The Service was presided over by Fr. Gary Goyeau, assisted by Fr. Mike Parent. Music was provided by Songbirds, sisters Nancy and Stephanie Asciak. Fourth Degree from [...]
