Hamilton bay half-marathon Saturday October 12, 2024 Join the run or donate to the Half Marathon fundraising run for the Compassionate Community Care charity. This is the fifth year for the fund-raising run. For more information, Click Here
Submitted by Nicholas Quadrini, District DeputyDistrict 11District 1 (home of the first council in Ontario) held its first district-wide exemplification on September 28th. The exemplification team led by Our Lady of Fatima Council 9742 welcomed 15 new candidates into the order across three councils (St Pats (Pioneer) 485, Our Lady of Fatima 9742, and St George's 12124). Many council leaders said this was one of the largest exemplification classes ever seen in the district. DD Nicholas Quadrini also presented GK Doug McKenzie (9742) with his 2023-24 Father McGivney Award for Membership Excellence.
Saturday Sept 21, 2024 at 7 PM - 10:00 PM. Doors Open at 5:30 PM $23 per person - Teams welcome - Tables of 8 $175 Raffles, Penny sales, 30/30 Tickets For Tickets, Contact Gord 289-696-5171: Chris 289-489-5895: Mike 416-910-2686
Join us! 125th Celebration in Ontario 2024-2025 (125 years on Ontario) International Dinner on Saturday September 14th (1st official event for the 125th Celebrations) St. Clair College Centre for the Arts on the Riverfront, 201 Riverside Dr W, Windsor NOTE: The entire Ontario State Board will be in attendance Contact: Gord Edwards (GK 9226) to reserve your seats & select your meal. Click here to see International dinner menu.
On September 7, members from councils 2004 and 1627, along with State Board officers, Directors, and KofC insurance agents, gathered at St. Margaret's Church to witness the blessing of our first ever KofC time capsule. Our State Deputy wanted us to bury a time capsule at the base of the Caragouha Cross to mark our 125th anniversary in 2025 at the same time as the rededication of the Cross. Before the time capsule was buried, an official ceremony was held with all the items being blessed of our State Chaplain.
Ontario Knights restore the graves of past leaders as they prepare to celebrate the jurisdiction’s 125th anniversary. By Cecilia Engbert Knights of Columbus Knightline Magazine Ontario State Deputy Bruce Poulin sat in front of a tombstone in Notre Dame Cemetery on Aug. 12, repainting the faded epitaph of Father John O’Gorman, a founding member of the first K of C council in Ontario. It was the third tombstone he had repainted in the Ottawa cemetery, and each one took a tedious three hours to complete. But Poulin didn’t mind; he was just one Knight honoring another. Poulin finished his painting just in time [...]
Submitted by Raffi Lemma, Grand Knight Mother Teresa Council "The Knights of Council 12099 would like to thank the parishioners at St. Andrew's Catholic Church (Toronto, ON) for their strong support of the Barbecue event on Sunday July 14th. We raised approximately $700, and $250 was donated to the church building fund. We look forward to doing more events in the future. A job well done to all the brothers who volunteered for this wonderful community event!"
Submitted by Fred Policarpio, Grand Knight Sts. Peter & Paul Council Congratulations to Br. Sandro for raising enough money to buy a house for a needy family in Sosua, Dominican Republic. This was part of Sts. Peter & Paul (Mississauga) Parish's Drive Mission Trip 2024. There were 218 missionaries including members of visit various locations and performed 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.
Feast Day of Blessed Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus held at St. Josephine Bakhita parish, 7:30 PM. 3200 Thomas Street, Mississauga, ON, L5M 0N7
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 [...]
