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St. Joseph’s Summer Picnic

St. Joseph’s Parish Summer Picnic was one to remember! It was Fr. Thomas’ first summer picnic with the members of the St Joseph’s parish. Our very own District Deputy, Mark Pan, entertained the crowd with his skills on the guitar. Many of our fellow parishioners attended the picnic, and combined with the perfect weather. It was indeed a very joyful and fun-filled Sunday afternoon. Thank you all for attending and God bless!

Welcome Fr. Thomas

And…Happy Birthday! The latest addition to our little council just happens to be our pastor too! Fr. Thomas Arackal is a 4th degree Knight and, upon transferring him over, we realized that his birthday was on Monday. A quick email out to the brothers and it was set: we’d invite him for a special meeting …

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Goodbye Fr. Au…

Our wonderful pastor Fr. Au has left us. After just a year at St. Joseph’s he had been called to service at the parish of Canadian Martyrs in Richmond. The knights in that council will surely welcome him as we did. Our final sendoff would be loading up his U-Haul truck…boy does he have lots …

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Welcome Brother Guillermo!

Brothers, let us all welcome the latest addition to our merry council of brothers! Brother Guillermo Prieto took his 1st Degree on a sweltering Saturday morning at St. Joseph’s the Worker parish in Richmond. Not only did brother Guillermo have, as his first degree team, the entire State Council Executive, he was also privileged to …

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Annual GK BBQ

The annual GK BBQ was held last night (Sat 20th June) at GK Mark’s house. Worthy DD Herb showed up and since we had the entire incoming Executive for next year, we held the Installation of Officers right on the deck, with wives, family and other Knights.  Congratulations to incoming GK Dennis and newly minted …

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Marian Procession – 2015

The tradition at St. Joseph’s is to have the annual Marian Procession right after the First Holy Communion mass. It seems we’re always blessed with good weather then! This year was no different, with a great many little children having the experience of walking in procession and praying the Rosary with our Blessed Mother through …

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March for Life 2015

This year 3,000 plus people attended the March for Life at Victoria. I’m beginning to think the only limiting factor here is BC Ferries and the cost. In Ottawa, over 25,000 people marched to the legislature. In other populous parts of North America, I understand that there were over 300,000 people marching in solidarity for …

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New 2nd Degree Members!

Thursday May 21st, our council welcomed 3 brothers into the 2nd degree of our Order. The lesson of unity was made clear to Brothers Alan, Hener and Patrick; and to welcome them into the 2nd degree, Brothers Richard, Ernie, Rome, Rommel and Samuel showed up to be with them. Kudos brothers and see you at …

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Mulch, mulch and more mulch…

Many of you may have noticed the huge pile of mulch in the parking area…well, we were just waiting for a nice day to move it around the church. And thanks to brothers Edmund, John Kai, John Rochard, Rome and the newest member of our council, brother Alan…already in the thick of it!    

New 1st Degree Member!

Brothers, let us welcome brother Alan Holden, our latest 1st degree brother. If you see him in church, please shake his hand and welcome him to the council. Brother Alan is a recent immigrant from Ireland and would definitely welcome any friends that he can make in his new homeland of Canada. Thank you to …

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