Submitted by Eardley Adams Blessed Frederic Ozanam Parish Markham Council 17065 As part of the Faith In Action - Faith Programs - Sacramental Gifts, The Blessed Frederic Ozanam Council donated 125 Knights of Columbus Rosaries and 125 Guide to saying the Rosary, to every child taking their First Communion. The image is the Presentation to the 1st Communion Coordinator Josie from the Grand Knight SK Eardley Adams.
Submitted by Nicholas QuadriniSt. Mark CouncilSt. Mark Council 10874 hosted a food drive for families in honour of the Easter season. Brother Knights invited parishioners after all three masses to donate non-perishable food items to support our local food bank and grocery gift cards in support of St. Vincent de Paul. Thanks to the generosity of the St. Mark community, we raised over 500 lbs. of food and almost $100 in gift cards for St. Vincent de Paul.
Submitted by David Gelinas Ontario State Knights of Columbus On behalf of the Knights of Columbus of Ontario, State Treasurer David Gelinas presented a cheque from our Winter raffle proceeds to Terri Gorick, mother of Taylor Gorick and her husband Steve, who founded Project Hope Windsor/Essex County. The Project Hope directors are all volunteers that open the community food pantry 7-days a week for one hour each day. 7-8 pm on weekdays and 1-2 pm on weekends. It's a drive-up service. They can be found online at https://www.projecthopewindsoressex.com/ and they are found on Facebook and Instagram. They are very appreciative of the [...]
Submitted by Joe Bodnar Ontario State Knights of Columbus On behalf of the Knights of Columbus of Ontario, State Advocate Joe Bodnar presented a $1,600.00 check to Marian Brady, president of St. Joseph the Worker St. Vincent de Paul Society to help purchase food vouchers for needy families in Oshawa. With rising food prices, the Ontario State Board encourages your members and their families to support this quarters K of C 50/50 raffle with proceeds going to support "Food for Families" initiatives that support the needy in our communities. To buy tickets for our 50/50 Spring Challenge, visit https://www.kofcontario5050.com/index.html To learn [...]
Submitted by Raymond Desjardins Azilda St Alexander Council #11219 (Azilda/Chelmsford) On April 20, we donated $500.00 to Sudbury Right to Life to help pay for the Bus to Ottawa March For Life on Thursday May 12, 2022. On April 20, we also donated $500.00 to Maison McCulloch Sudbury Hospice Foundation.
Submitted by Carlyle Daniel Rev. Clair Tipping Council 9235 It was a "good" Friday. Yes, congratulations to Council 9235 for organizing and staging its 25th annual Good Friday outdoor Stations of the Cross. I was very impressed by the leadership role of the Council's younger members, who brought an added touch to the event through their music and song. Also impressive was the participation of those recently recruited members and their families. Thanks to all who attended and contributed, in any way, to the success of this important event. I will like to recognize the attendance of the CWL members, Grand [...]
Submitted by Eardley Adams Blessed Frederic Ozanam Parish Markham Because of our circumstances of not having a church and rely on the School Board and Permits, Father relented and allowed us to have the Divine Mercy 9 Mass Novena. The Knights distributed Divine Mercy chaplets at all the 9 Masses as people entered the School and were also tasked with leading the Divine Mercy at all 9 masses. We celebrated Two masses on Good Friday, One of Saturday, 3 on Easter Sunday, one on the following Wednesday, one on Thursday and the ninth Mass on Sat April 23rd. Over the 9 [...]
Submitted by Ontario State Knights of Columbus On April 11, 2022, State Deputy Marcel Lemmen presented the check to the 50/50 Raffle Winter Q1 Grand Prize winner, Denis Charron (left). The winner take home prize is $29,700. On the right is DGK Marty Chesser accepting the $1,000 bonus cheque for Council 12401, seller of the winning ticket. The 50/50 Raffle Spring Draw Q2 is on. Tickets are available online at $40 for 100 tickets, $20 for 40 tickets, and $10 for 15 tickets. There will be Early Bird draws on May 1 and June 1. Prizes are $500, $250, and $250. Don't miss your chance to win! Buy tickets today, click Buy Tickets To [...]
Submitted by Eardley Adams Blessed Frederic Ozanam Parish Markham Council 17065 This program was another new one for the Council, we had done a Food Drive before but not one that lasted for 6 weeks. We had some decisions to make as to how to collect the food, what kind of food, where were we going to take it once we collected it etc. We received the much needed support of Father Ricardo our Pastor the rest was simply a process of collecting, packaging, weighing, recording and donating it of the Cornerstone Pantry a nearby Church who cater to the poor [...]
Submitted by Eardley AdamsBlessed Frederic Ozanam Parish Markham Council 17065 The result of the very successful Food Drive was that we collected 2000 lbs. of food and $740 in monetary donations. 911 lbs. of Food and $370 was donated to the Cornerstone Pantry and 1,090 lbs. of food and $370 in a Cheque, Food Coupon and Cash was donated to the Markham Food Bank.
