Category: Church

Remembrance Day 2015

The Remembrance Day Parade and Ceremony at the Port Moody Legion Cenotaph. Our brother Joe Johnston (who is also a veteran and 4th degree knight) laid the wreath for the “Forgotten Soldiers”.

For the first time this year, we also participated in a joint district (all 4 councils of our district) Remembrance Day Ceremony at Blue Mountain Park with laying of a cross wreath.

New 1st Degree Members

Please give a warm welcome to our two new brothers, Brother Victor Peterson and Brother Terry O’Neill. The 1st degree initiation was on October 22, 2015, and three councils from the district participated in the event. A total of five candidates were initiated, of whom two were from our council (Brother Victor & Brother Terry). …

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Congratulations PGK Mark Pan!

Our very own PGK Mark Pan was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation for his many accomplishments in KOC. Congratulations PGK Mark Pan, you deserve it!

Social Pub Night

The KOC of St. Joseph’s Parish held a pub night at the Frog & Nightgown Pub in Coquitlam. Everyone enjoyed their beers, burgers, and fries. It was great seeing the members of KOC being social! A big thanks to WGK Dennis for organizing the event.

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!

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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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!    

500 carnations dressed up by Knights!

The task seemed unsurmountable, wrap and dress up 600+ stems of Carnations for presentation tomorrow for all the mothers of St. Joseph. But with the help of brother knights Joe, Sam, Dennis, Rome, Ernie, Patrick and GK Mark together with family members we finished the task! Here’s what 600 flowers look like …it’s a LOT …

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Winner – Best Youth Programme

Our council won the award for Best Youth Programme. Although a simple programme to get children to create posters to show the “Keep Christ in Christmas” theme, the hard work of Brother Ernie Alcala, programme director, and his team of brothers made sure that it was successful. We had over 60 applicants from the Catholic …

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Parish Picnic 2014

Men in orange, hard at work again!