Submitted by Roger RichardSt. Theresa the Little Flower During the pandemic with the new restrictions, St. Theresa the Little Flower Council 16005 and St. Vladimir the Great Council 9557 got together for the Installations of the Officers. It took place on Saturday, July 24, 2021 in St. Theresa Parish. The members follow the restrictions wearing masks and keeping their distance during the Installations.
Written and submitted by Patrick Callaghan, Deputy Grand Knight St. Edith Stein Council 13049~ The Covid Cabin Church stopped being simple On Friday March 13, 2020, simply going to Church stopped being simple. Parishes throughout Canada, the United States and many other countries introduced health measures to keep their citizens from getting sick or dying in this new global pandemic. Initially, Catholic Dioceses in Canada issued orders that indoor Masses would no longer be allowed. Parishes everywhere were shuttered and Catholics had to rely on a digital means of connecting to a Mass broadcast over Youtube, Zoom or cable channel. But [...]
Submitted by Ontario State Council On July 6th, State Deputy, Marcel Lemmen and Past State Deputy, David Peters, presented the cheque to Charlotte Carnery, our jackpot winner for the 2nd quarter 50/50 Raffle. Also present were Grand Knight of Council 4120, Enrico Vasco and District Deputy of District 99, Ron Frank. Council 4120 sold the winning ticket. (Shown in the picture from left to right are Immediate Past State Deputy, David Peters, Ed and Charlotte Carney, State Deputy, Marcel Lemmen, Grand Knight of Council 4120, Enrico Vasco and District Deputy of District 99, Ron Frank.) ❤ Thank you everyone for supporting [...]
Submitted by Lawrence Breault Holy Family Council 4386 Bursary Awards; Julia and Sam Rivard, Children of Brother Jeff and Ashley, are shown each with a cheque from the Holy Family bursary Fund. Each received $500 toward their post-secondary education. Julia is pursuing a career in Nursing and Sam in Power Engineering. Anyone who attended our Council Polar Bear BBQ, Shrove Tuesday or Memorial Masses will recognize these two very hard workers. They have assisted with meal prep, serving and clean up for many years. They can also be seen at the 10 am mass at Corpus Christi Church, assisting as altar [...]
Submitted by Jim Cummings F. Granottier Council 2092 , Owen Sound~ The Grey Bruce FAN Club program proudly accepted an amazingly incredible donation of $10,000 from the Knights of Columbus in Owen Sound, the proceeds of a radio Bingo held these past 6 months on Bayshore Broadcasting! At first glance you may only notice a group of individuals standing respectfully apart but we hope you also see the incredible heart and passion and complete love these gentlemen have for their community and the people within it! These individuals have put in so much effort and time in the last 6 months [...]
Submitted by SK Hikmat Michel DandanSt. Joseph Syriac CouncilSt. Joseph Syriac council 17309 just chartered at the end of 2019, jumped to put their Faith into action to help their Iraqi brothers and sisters in 3 different projects totaling $8400. Raised funds during Holy Lent to help 52 families with food baskets. They also paid the salaries of the teachers of a special school funded by charity for Iraqi children of families stranded in Jordan awaiting their immigration papers otherwise the special school arrangement was going to stop due to lack of funds. Also gave small gifts to the school children [...]
Submitted by Antony Zimbalatti, GK Council 14446 Mary Mother of God Recently, Mary Mother of God Council 14446 presented a cheque for $2,000 to the Oakville Fare Share Food Bank as part of our Food for Families Program. During the continuing lockdown in Ontario, Council 14446 Knights felt it was necessary to continue supporting this local charity which provides much needed food for families. Oakville Fare Share Food Bank is a non-profit registered charity that has been run entirely by volunteers. They currently service 700 households registered with them for support. This is about 2,500 individuals, many of whom are children. [...]
Submitted by Peter Richardson, GK Council 11826 Sts. Peter and Paul Last Fall our council decided to assist our pastor, Father Christopher Reynolds, in the purchase of a rose-coloured chasuble for use in our three parishes, St. Jerome (Warkworth), St. Alphonsus (Wooler) and Holy Angels (Brighton). The chasuble arrived just before the third week of Advent and Father was able to wear it for the Gaudette masses. Following the Laetare mass on March 14 at Holy Angels, Father invited several members of the Council to join him on the altar for a picture to acknowledge the event.
Submitted by Fernando Greco, GK Council 11337 Sts. Peter and Paul At Easter this year I approached our Pastor, Reverend Father Mario Salvadori about doing a Diaper Drive (similar to the one we did last year), for Mothers day in Support of Birthright Mississauga. Father Mario was pleased to help us and announced it at all of the on line masses that he celebrates daily. With the Church being closed due to the Provincial Stay at home orders, he asked the Parishioners donating to the Drive to deliver the Items to Church, on the weekends when he distributes communion following the [...]
Submitted by Roger RichardSt. Theresa the Little Flower March For Life Week – May 9-16! St. Theresa the Little Flower Council 16005, bought a Pro-life Banner, Love Choose Life. A few of the Brother Knights got together after Mass to display the banner. A good way to start the Pro-Life Week, Sunday, May 9, 2021, with Mother’s Day. With the COVID restrictions in place, we can only have a few Knights wearing Face Masks and keeping their Distances (all have their first Covid Vaccines)
