Submitted by Richard Santilli St. Philip Neri On the first Saturday of every month the Knights of Columbus Council #14662 (Toronto, Ontario) help out at our parish Food Bank by volunteering our time and bring donations; Rice, Salt and Sugar.
Submitted by Brother Hikmat Dandan Jesus the King Under the theme of “FOREGIVENESS, seventy times seven” (Matthew 18:21-35) the convention was organized by the Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Canada and Our Lady of the Assumption Melkite Catholic Church in Hamilton at the Sheraton Hotel. The purpose of the Canadian Melkite Youth Convention is to gather the Melkite youth from all over Canada around Christ, to form true Christian leaders and missionary apostles filled with zeal and courage to spread the word of God. The aim is also to create rich bonds of friendship, cooperation and partnership between young people from different parishes [...]
Submitted by Ray Francoeur, Grand Knight St. Helen the Cross Congratulations to Mr. Peter Twardawa and Brother George Savage, together they raised over $900.00. They walked 4.5 miles. Brother George walked in memory of his son George Jr. who passed away from cancer on Sept. 22, 2014 at the young age 39. He was a Police Officer with Niagara Regional Police Service. Peter walked on behalf of the Rankin Cancer Family Organization. The Rankin Cancer Walk & Run had set a goal of raising $12 million dollars. To date they have received over $11.8 million. Council 15999 has supported this fundraiser [...]
Submitted by Ray Francoeur, Grand Knight St. Helen the Cross Six brothers attended our first of two annual Mountain Street clean up as agreed with the Region of Niagara Municipality. Many property owners were very appreciative of our service to the community and offered us cold bottled water as the weather was very warm and sunny. In attendance were Al Rizzuto (DGK), Emilio Murillo, Tom Shepherd, Brian Brace, Mario Durand and Ray Francoeur (GK) taking the photographs. We will be planning another clean up in October, after Thanksgiving to fulfill our obligation for 2024.
Submitted by Ray Ray Francoeur, Grand Knight St. Helen the Cross Our Council was requested to barbecue a fundraiser for Gillian Place which was coordinated by Mrs. Amalia Ryzinski and her team. She is a parishioner at St. Helen Church and has been organizing this event for three years running. This event was well received, as attendance and the weather was perfect. We were told that they raised $3,400 for Gillian Place. There were many attractions for children (bouncy castle, water tank dunk, face painting etc.) The people walking by, could not thank us enough for the service we provided with [...]
Congratulations to S.K. Hughie O'Grady and Lady Rose (St. Joseph the Worker Council 9989 Oshawa) for celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday July 27, 2024. State Treasurer, Joe Bodnar presented them with a congratulatory letter and certificate on behalf of our State Deputy, Bruce Poulin.
Submitted by Paul O'NeillSt. Bahnam Council 17627Congratulaions to Council 17627 On Thursday July 25 Council 17627 held an Exemplification for nine new members, including a Father and Son. Family and guests enjoyed the ceremony and reception."
Submitted by Brother Hikmat Dandan Jesus the King Ontario councils donated generously through www.orphansforjesus.org to the Ukrainian Children Orphanage in Czestochowa in Poland which is run by Caritas and the Knights of Columbus. The Christian Refugee Relief Director, Brother Hikmat presented a $5000 cheque to the Worthy Ontario State Chaplain Archbishop Damphousse on the 20th July District Deputy workshop at the beginning of the new Fraternal year and thanked the major donors: ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE COUNCIL # 9652 (Kingston) $3000 OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP COUNCIL # 3515 (Woodstock) $1000 FATHER JOSEPH M BURKE ASSEMBLY 2335 (Ingersol) $500 Few other [...]
Submitted by Fred PolicarpioSts. Peter & Paul CouncilBr. Robin & His family, visit a Pregnancy Crisis Center. (This was part of Sts. Peter & Paul (Mississauga) Parish's DR Mission Trip 2024. 218 missionaries visit various locations and perform missionary tasks like feed the poor, paint homes for the needy, move cinder block for the home builders.... and make new friends with the locals and fellow missionaries.)
Submitted by Carl Baillargeon Father Nicolas PiontOn Sunday July 14, 17 Council's from around Windsor and Essex County got together and helped Sleep in Heavenly Piece build beds for children in our area. Also helping where Brother Drew Dillingham from Knights of Columbus Supreme and Brother Dave Gelinas from Knights of Columbus Ontario State Council , and even the founder of SHP Luke Mickelson came from Twin Falls, Idaho for this event. A total of about 80 K of C members and Family helped. This was a great gathering of all the councils in the area. And would like Thank Brother [...]
