Sunday, February 12th is the parish breakfast in conjunction with World Day of the Sick. Please volunteer to come out and help Bro. Dan Barth with the breakfast and make it a special day for all.

At Chapter on January 23rd, State Deputy Gary Johnson was here to give Bishop Henry a cheque of $6,510.75 for the Vocation Program. Bishop Henry accepted it with delight.

We have Basketball Free Throw coming up soon but at this time we are still working out the dates with the schools. We will need a few Bro. Knights to help out with this very fun and entertaining event so please volunteer your help.

Plans are being made through Calgary Chapter to take a trip to Edmonton in the spring and tour St Joseph’s Seminary, the Fr. McGivney bell tower, the two chapels and perhaps Neuman College. They hope to fill a bus from Calgary so keep this in mind if any one of you would be interested and we will pass on more information as it becomes available.

The Calgary Knights, through Chapter have been asked to work at St. Mary’s Hall on Sunday, July 29th for Feed the Hungry. We need one hundred Knights, family members can help also, to carry out the duties of the event, which includes setting up, serving and cleaning up. Bodies and donations are needed so please mark your calendar and let me know if you can take part.

Lastly, I wish to offer my sincere congratulations on behalf of my Council Brothers to Bro. Greg Miskiman, our Fraternal Benefits Advisor, on achieving Membership in Million Dollar Round Table for the seventh year. His article is contained elsewhere in the bulletin.

I wish all Brother Knights a special Valentine’s Day with their sweetheart.

Fraternally,
Henry Fedema, G.K.

Thank you also to all the Brother Knights and ladies who helped decorate our church so beautifully for Christmas. It’s a big job and all help was appreciated.

I hope you all had a great New Years and may we all enjoy good health and happiness in the coming year. Many of us make New Year’s resolutions and I am hoping that each one of us will make one concerning our council. We need you to step forward and help, even if it is only to help with one activity. If you weren’t able to help last year, please make a resolution to get involved this year. Each chairperson would appreciate your assistance.

Please note that our January general meeting is moved to Wednesday, January 4th and I look forward to seeing many of you there.

Again, from Donna and my family, I wish you all the very best in 2012.

Fraternally,
Henry Feddema, Grand Knight.

Having reached the half way point in our Columbian year I wish to thank all the members who have so actively worked to keep our council vibrant. A special thank you to Bro. Tomasz (Tom) Czarnomski for letting his name stand to fill the vacant chair of Secretary – a very vital position. Election will be this Monday, December 5th.

We also welcome our newest member, Bro. Joaquim Cardoza and his wife Fanny. Eleven members of our council attended the banquet on November 19th at which time Bro. Joaquim had received his Second and Third degrees. Congratulations and we look forward to your involvement in our council Bro. Joaquim.

Bro. Ray Khuller is chairing the Wheelchair Program for our council and with his help , I wish to see this program go on as it is a very worthwhile cause. Thank you Bro. Ray.  Along with this program we might consider getting involved in Habitat for humanity, Special Olympics, Food for Families as well as Coats for Kids. See another page for more information on Coats for Kids. Our Stampeder Project is now over and has done well with a good number of dedicated Knights and wives volunteering their time. Thank you very much.

Under the capable direction of Bro. John Wojtowicz, we had another successful fundraiser with the Grey Cup Pool. Thank you Bro. John.

Brother Knights, the choice of program involvement is ours. Let’s work together for our council and our community.

On behalf of my wife Donna, my children Katherine, James and Jacqueline, I wish all my Brother Knights and their families a Holy and Joyous Christmas.

Fraternally yours,
Henry Feddema, Grand Knight

We are now well into our new Columbian Year, which means that we must be thinking of how our council can grow. Please come out to the monthly General and Lecturers meetings and get involved. Become a building block and make your council a strong and important part of our parish and Calgary Chapter.

Bro. Kevin and I are still looking for ideas from you for activities for the Year of the Family projects. If there is anything you would like the Council to do in this regard, please let either one of us know.

It was indeed an honour to have our State Deputy, Gary Johnson attend the 9 AM mass at St. Cecilia’s a few weeks ago. He brought with him the Icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe and explained that it will be presented in various parishes throughout Alberta. He reminded us that Our Lady appeared to St. Juan Diego in Tepeyac, Mexico in 1531. After mass the Icon was placed in the vestibule and many parishioners stopped by to admire and ask questions of the painting. Through this, twelve men showed interest in joining our Order.

For more about Lady of Guadalupe, please read the report for the October Lecturers program and plan to attend the Marian Hour of Prayer in our church. Lastly, I am looking for your help and participation in some of our Columbian Service Programs. Please volunteer your time and talent.

Fraternally,

Henry Feddema, Grand Knight

I hope all of you have had a nice, relaxing and enjoyable summer with your families. As we are now into the month of September we need to think of our new Columbian Year and what is up and coming for your council. I look forward to working with Deputy Grand Knight Kevin Lopresti. We have had some discussions and would like to make our theme this year “The Year of the Family”. I would like your feed back as to what you would like to do as a family, including the extended family with grandchildren. Some ideas would be to go bowling, play softball, have a picnic, go swimming. I look forward to your ideas.

Donna remembers, way back, going to Edworthy Park on a Sunday when games were played and a big picnic took place. Those were the days when our council was thriving with young families but are now enjoying their grandchildren.

Thank you to the volunteers who come out so willingly to work the booths at the football games and special thanks to Bro. Randy Lopez and is wife Carolyn for taking on the chairmanship of this Stampeder Project. They are doing a great job and I ask that when Carolyn sends out a call for help that we step forward.

Thank you also to the Brother Knights who replied “YES” when I called and asked them to take on a position in the Service Programs. We want our council to be vibrant and  that can only happen by being involved and carrying out the various programs. These chairmen will require assistance throughout the year so again, please give a helping hand wherever needed.

This coming Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 we will have our first general meeting at the Council Chambers. I look forward to seeing you all there at 7:30
PM. Why not remind a Brother Knight to come who has not attended in a while and maybe even offer him a ride.

Fraternally,
Henry Feddema, Grand Knight

Free Throw Lines

Jim Keeping Score

Practice time

Jim and Kevin Keeping Score

Henry Keeping Score

Soccer Ball Presentation

The council free throw event was held on Tuesday, December 21st, 6:00 pm at St. Matthew School. We had 25 participants, up 5 from last year. The main reason we had more participants this year  is that we held the competition before the school’s basketball season got underway.

This year we gave our host school, St. Matthew School, a set of soccer balls instead of the usual basketballs. Taking a look at the basketball bin, we saw plenty of Knights of Columbus basketballs. So, I’m sure Mr. Pilon, the principal at St. Matthew School, was happy to receive something new.

Thanks to the  following volunteers for making the event a success:

• Bro. Henry
• Bro. Kevin
• Bro. Jim (Digger)

Fraternally,
Bro. Greg

As we move into December and the Advent/Christmas season, we are all expecting to be busy. Like many of you, I will be attending a number of dinners and events. I will be looking forward to our Christmas party pot-luck on December 20th . It is also important that we join together in decorating the church as we must assist our fellow parishioners in this task that they have generously taken on. It is however, critical that we remember that it is all about Gods love. Make sure you are not over tasked and getting caught up in the wishes of others. To be with family and be there for them is most important as we reflect on Jesus and the Christmas season.

This poem is good for reflection

A Perfect Christian

You could count on a perfect Christian
To always be gentle and humble,
To be immune to sin,
And never, ever stumble.

He’d study and remember
All of God’s commands;
He’d be trustworthy, moral and honest;
You’d know just where he stands.

With others, she’d be in harmony;
She’d never lose her cool;
Forgiving and forgetting,
Following the Golden Rule.

He’d surrender his life to God,
Full of joy and peace,
Free of stress and worry…
Perfect, pure release.

She’d lift up everyone,
Full of sweet compassion,
Free of worldly wants,
Ignoring worldly fashion.

But we can’t ever be perfect,
So we always need to pray
For the strength to do our best
To love God and obey.

By Joanna Fuchs

Remembering that it is in Jesus that we must focus during the Advent/Christmas season and that means family values and to live and love for all in need and all that are in our care.

Wishing you all a joyous Christmas Season

Bro. Michael Bakk Grand Knight