Knights of Columbus
THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OF ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL
Fort William Council 1447 & The Fr. Baxter General Assembly (4th Degree)
“Blessed Michael McGivney, Pray for us!”
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PLEASE NOTE
All Meetings for the Father Baxter Assembly of the Knights and Fort William Council 1447 are cancelled for the month of January due to the new Ontario Covid restrictions.
In Time for Christmas
Restoring the Light in our Sanctuary
Recently a group of Parish volunteer Knights, (Deacon Derek West, Mike and Brennan Posmituk, Juliano Brusadin and George Romick) replaced the ballast in our high ceiling light fixture to re-light our Sanctuary for Christmas. A huge thanks to all who assisted.
A WELL RESEARCHED PAPER … (WORTH THE READ)
“Jumping to conclusions without the facts in the Indigenous Residential School Question” … Report by Dr. Scott Hamilton, Anthropologist at Lakehead University: June 21 2021
A LABOUR OF LOVE BY OUR SIR KNIGHTS AND LADIES
At St. Patrick’s Cemetery a large imposing stone Cross with the inscription: “You are a Priest Forever”, marks the site of the sacred grounds where the graves of two of our former Bishops and many of our Priests who served in our City Parishes and elsewhere are located.
Recently, a group of our parishioners volunteered many hours of their time to pay tribute to our clergy by completely re-fashioning and beautifying with a new large flower bed, this area of remembrance.
On behalf of our priests and our parishioners, I wish to thank the following members and couples of the 4th Degree Knights of Columbus, for their much appreciated initiative and their labour of love: Joe Salini, Wayne and Janet Murphy, Mike and Lisa Posmituk and George and Brenda Romick.
THANK-YOU TO KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 1447!
This past week, Wayne Murphy called together a selected group of parishioner Knights from Fort William Council 1447 to begin a thorough cleaning of our Cathedral in preparation for its reopening for Mass in July. In only one day of dedicated hard work by the seven volunteers, all our pews and kneelers were restored to their original beauty. In the following weeks, the group is planning to refurbish our altars and Stations of the Cross and to scrub and polish our Church floors. We thank Wayne, Bill Vass, Deacon Derek West, Dave Bragnalo, Larry Pankuch, Joe Salini and George Romick for their commitment to clean and beautify our Cathedral!
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CATHOLIC MEN’S LUNCHEON GROUP
“St. Joseph: Pray for us and guide us”
Open to Catholic men from across the city and beyond, this group comes together each month to celebrate their Faith by praying together, by listening to notable guest speakers and by socializing and enjoying each other’s company around a prepared luncheon. Meetings take place on the first Wednesday of each month at the DaVinci Centre, from 12:00 Noon to 1:30 pm. No membership registration is required.
Coordinator: Doug McClure: bumba3712@gmail.com or 708-4143.
NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT: Our Monthly gatherings are currently cancelled until further notice, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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