Greg Lougheed, District Deputy of District 100 District 100 Article from the Haldimand Press submitted by District Deputy Greg Lougheed The Knights of Columbus District 100 held their Hockey Challenge at St. Stephen’s Catholic Elementary School, Cayuga on Thursday May 9, 2024. Twenty six boys and girls ages 9 to 13 competed. A BIG THANKS goes out to Principal Mr. J. VanLeuvenhage and the Staff at St. Stephen’s.
Submitted by Bruce Poulin. Liuna Station, the old train station in Hamilton saw more than 200 people attend the 21st Annual Serra Club of Hamilton Vocation Recognition Dinner in Hamilton on May 15. This annual event is a celebration to honour the Jubilarians who have served for 25, 40, 50 and 60+ years, as well as of those being ordained, adopting a religious life, or becoming a permanent diaconate. This dinner recognizes the importance of supporting and promoting vocations in our community and The Knights of Columbus are proud to be part of this event.
Submitted by Bruce S. Poulin, State Deputy St. Clement On May 10, three representatives of our State Board visited the Pastor of St. Clement parish at Ste. Anne's Church in Ottawa. They made a donation (through the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall) to be used for major renovations for their church. Supporting our Clergy is a critical part of putting our Faith in action as a Catholic fraternal not-for-profit organization. This support manifests itself in many ways - including donations.
Submitted by Bruce Poulin.With the end of the fraternal year quickly approaching, our State Deputy and Membership Director went to Cornwall to conduct two membership drives on Mothers' Day May 12. Our team gathered the contact info for eleven new prospective members, many of whom have already joined online.
Submitted by Joe Crane.Pieta Once again, our Holy Cross parishioners demonstrated their generosity in support of our annual Mother's Day food drive organized by the CWL and our Knights. With the help from Les Otto and a Pod from HeyRay, we delivered a much needed 5,500 lbs. of food goods to the Georgetown Food Basket. Thank you to all who helped make this such a success.
Submitted by Bruce S. Poulin, State DeputyAssembly 2838 On Saturday May 4, St. Padre Pio Assembly 2838 celebrated their 20th anniversary. Part of the celebrations saw Faithful Navigator, Socrates Furtado, presenting the Award of Excellence certificate to four members (holding certificates) for their extraordinary service to the Assembly.
Submitted by Brother Hikmat Dandan Jesus the King Jesus the King Council sponsored and donated $2000 to its Etobicoke Melkite Catholic Mission to support "Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and After Mass Community Development" a new concept introduced by the council to encourage socializing between the families and their youth. It was attended by Most Reverend Canada Melkite Catholic Bishop Milad El Jawich who presided on the Sunday Mass at St. Ambrose Church assisted by Monsignor Makarios, Reverend Fadi, and Father Timothy. Brother Jony organized the event which included food, music and speeches. Brother Jony, a leading Knight in the community, introduced [...]
Submitted by Roger Richard.St. Volodymyr the Great St. Volodymyr the Great Council 9557 hosted an Exemplification of Charity, Unity and Fraternity and made history for the first time, the Exemplification was in Ukrainian. Two members completed their Exemplification. The Ontario State Board was present at this historical event, with Worthy State Deputy Bruce Poulin, State Secretary David Gelinas, State Treasurer Joe Bodnar, State Advocate Henery Miller, and State Warden Earle DePass.
Submitted by Gerald MoynahanMsgr. A.J.McNabbCouncils from all over Chatham - Kent and 2 from Essex County have been helping out with the Chatham - Kent Barnstormers IBL (Intercounty Baseball League) Baseball team during their Inaugural season. There was a total of 10 councils that helped to pull this all together. The main council that started it all was Council 7744. The following Councils that helped out were 2356, 8783, 2775, 1412, 2102, 9551, 11891. Emile, Peter, Helene Vercouteren were the coordinators of this massive event. That lasted from May 10 - Aug 24th. This was a very big undertaking as we [...]
On Sunday May 5, 2024 St. Joseph the Worker Council 9988 (Oshawa) held an Exemplification ceremony welcoming 5 new members into the Order and St. Hedwigs Council also welcomed one new member. Congratulations to these 6 new Knights. The 5 new members gave St. Joseph's Council a total of 19 new members surpassing over 200 percent of their quota.
