Jul 14
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 …
Jul 08
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 …
Jun 29
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 …
Jun 21
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 …
May 22
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 …
May 22
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 …
May 17
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!
May 15
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 …
May 08
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 …
Apr 28
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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