Submitted by Bruce S. Poulin, State DeputyOn March 7, our State Deputy visited Council #798 in Peterborough where he donated the ritual artifacts from the discontinued three degrees that used to be done for new Knights joining the Order. They were donated to the spacious Columbus Hall for safe keeping and protecting our historical legacy.
Submitted by Bruce S. Poulin, State DeputyCouncil #9544The first batch of twelve of the 51 prospects from Holy Redeemer Council #9544 in Kanata were exemplified on March 3. Soon they will be helping their brother Knights from this Council with their programs much to the pleasure of Holy Redeemer pastor, Rev. Paul C. Nwaeze and the Grand Knight, Nicholas Rolheiser.
Submitted by Bruce S. Poulin, State DeputyBrother Knights in the Diocese of Hamilton had the honour to host the 40th Annual Bishop's Charity Dinner and Dance on March 1. The celebration included an Honour Guard of twenty Sir Knights and more than seven hundred people. This effort raises an estimated $60K for charities in the Hamilton region annually. It has become a linchpin in the community support network for the Hamilton area.
Submitted by Bruce S. Poulin, State DeputySt. Michael the Archangel parish in Waterloo hosted an exemplification of sixteen new members. With the addition of these new members the parish now has more than thirty-five members and are ready to start a new Council in the parish. This will be our third Council so far this year in the jurisdiction of Ontario and the only three in Canada to date. Well done brothers!
Submitted by Bruce S. Poulin, State DeputyThe Ontario Knights of Columbus have an internal incentive program whereby Councils and District Deputies, who achieve certain milestones, are awarded points. In other cases, they are given a leather jacket. On March 02, District Deputy #67 and State Online Chairman, Rory Facca, received his leather jacket for achieving star district in the last Fraternal Year. Congrats Rory!
On Saturday March 1st the Regional Basketball Freethrow Championship was held at St. Andre High School in Markham. Special thanks to the Knights pictured above for volunteering their time to allow close to 100 competitors compete for a chance to win their age division.
Submitted by Bruce S. Poulin, State DeputyOn Sunday March 2nd, 2025 District 36 (DD Shane James) and District 37 (DD Ken Cavanagh) held an Exemplification ceremony at St. Joseph the Worker Church in Oshawa welcoming six new Brother Knights into the Order. St. Joseph the Worker Council welcomed four new members, St. Jude's and St. Gertrude's Council one new member each. Well done team.
Submitted by Bruce S. Poulin, State Deputy Council #3305The members of Holy Name Council #3305 in Essex celebrated their 75th anniversary on Saturday March 1. To mark this important milestone we had our State Secretary, David Gelinas, attend the celebration and present the Grand Knight with a certificate on behalf of the entire State Board and the more than 56,000 members of Ontario. May there be another 75 years.
Submitted by Bruce S. Poulin, State DeputyToronto Council #1388Following the Divine Liturgies (e.g. Mass) on Sunday February 23, well over 60 brother Knights took part in a luncheon for His Beatitude before he left to support a demonstration calling for support for Ukraine later that afternoon. The demonstration was held at Toronto City Hall. This luncheon was hosted by Toronto Council #1388 and was an outstanding success by any measure.
Submitted by Bruce S. Poulin, State DeputyOn February 22, several dozen members of the Knights of Columbus attended a dinner in honour of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk. Psd Ed Shawchuck and Lady Sandra as well as our Associate State Chaplain, were essential in the successful execution of this event. In all, more than 400 community leaders from across Canada attended the dinner held in Oakville.
