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Congratulations to Lynne Heathe, our Mother of the Year! The wife of Bro. John Heathe, she is mother to four and grandmother to sixteen. Her faithful service to our Lord — coordinating the Adoration Chapel, promoting devotion to His Divine Mercy, proclaiming His Word as weekday and Sunday lector, and championing the unborn — while taking care of the family He has blessed upon her is a model and example worthy of emulation.
Thank you to all the Brother Knights who helped out at the Pancake Breakfast this month and made it extra special for the Moms. Thanks to Bro. Americo and Maria Silva for the flowery touch!
At the General Meeting this Monday, we will be taking up a collection to assist the family of Bro. Jackson Valenzuela. Cheques can be made payable to his widow, Nora Valenzuela.
Your presence at the Prayer Vigil on Tuesday and Funeral Mass on Wednesday for Bro. Jackson will be a great source of comfort to the family.
Our Monthly Family Rosary at the Ripplinger residence has been moved to Wednesday, May 13, so people can attend the Prayer Vigil. A good move that is, as it coincides with the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima.
But we have to be up early the next day for the carpool to Victoria for March for Life. Meet up at St. Paul Church parking lot at 6am so we can catch the 7am ferry at Tsawassen. We may have a couple of seats still available if you can make it. Let me know.
Bro. Francis Yong has been gathering the names for the JC Family Bowling Tournament happening on May 24 at the Zone. This will be a fun time for the kids and adults alike. $20 for adults, $10 for kids age 12 and under. Deadline to register is May 15. Please contact Francis 604-273-8175 /francisyong123@hotmail.com.
Our daily Rosary continues and we have quite a bevy of regular attendees. Come and join. The weather has been beautiful and the roses surrounding our Blessed Mother’s Memorial for the Unborn remind us that Rosary means “a crown of roses”. Our Lady has revealed to several people that each time they say a Hail Mary they are giving her a beautiful rose and that each complete Rosary makes her a crown of roses.
May Mary our Mother obtain the graces we need from her Son!
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
May 11 Monday 7:30pm @ Room 1+2
General Meeting
May 12 Tuesday 6:30pm @ St. Paul Church
Vigil Prayers for Bro. Jackson Valenzuela
May 13 Wednesday 10:00am @ St. Paul Church
Funeral Mass for Bro. Jackson Valenzuela
May 13 Wednesday 8pm @ Ripplinger Residence RSVP 604-940-5355
Family Rosary Night
May 14 Thursday 6am meet-up @ St. Paul Church
March for Life
May 15 Friday Email / Phone Bro. Francis Yong @ 604-273-8175 /francisyong123@hotmail.com
Deadline to Register for May 24 JC Family Bowling
COMING UP:
May 19 – Second Degree Exemplification
May 21 – Fourth Degree General Meeting
May 23 – Hawaiian Luau Night (Pope John Paul I Assembly fundraiser for charity)
May 24 – Joint Council Family Bowling at the Zone
May 25 – First Degree Exemplification
May 31 – Food Bank Sunday
“Say the Rosary every day to obtain world peace and the end of the war.” — Our Lady at Fatima, May 13, 1917
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We congratulate our new soldiers in Christ: 65 boys and girls received the Sacrament of Confirmation last Tuesday, along with the Rosary remembrance that Council 6855 provided each one to arm them with prayers for the spiritual battles ahead.
Congratulations, too, to Bro. Francis Lee for 10 years of volunteer service with the Canadian Blood Service. He was honoured with a plaque and acclaimed for his outstanding volunteer contribution to the community at the Annual Honouring Our Lifeblood awards ceremony last April 28.
Our daily Rosary was off to a great start this May 1st, which also happened to be the First Friday (Sacred Heart of Jesus) and the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. So we had the whole Holy Family along with 20 or so Knights and other parishioners gathered that beautiful evening. Join us whenever you can. Our Blessed Mother will be pleased.
The Joint Council Family Bowling tournament is pushing through on May 24 Sunday afternoon. This is great family bonding time regardless of whether you know how to bowl or not. Here is the link to the poster. I need to send in the names by May 15 so please let me know if you can come and how many you are brining.
On a more solemn note: we bade goodbye to Bro. Jackson Valenzuela, who joined our Creator yesterday. Please extend your condolences to his family. We are taking up a collection to help them out – whatever each one of us can spare adds up to much when we all participate. This gesture rings true to our founder’s original mandate of taking care of the widow and orphans in our community.
Our Sis. Lyce Rozario’s scheduled knee replacement surgery has been moved up to May, so we will be cancelling the Dancercise classes this May, to be resumed in September when we hope she will ready to bounce back onto her twinkletoes. Please keep her in your prayers.
So far, we have a couple more seats available in my van for March for Life on May 14. Let me know if you can join us.
I wish all your wives and mothers a Happy Mothers Day! Where would we be without them…
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
May 4 Monday 7:30pm @ Room 4
Executive Meeting
May 9 Saturday 4pm @ Parish Centre
Pancake Breakfast Setup
May 10 Sunday @ Parish Centre
Mothers Day Pancake Breakfast
COMING UP:
May 11 – General Meeting
May 12 – Family Rosary Night @ Ripplinger Residence RSVP 604-940-5355
May 14 – March for Life
May 15 – Deadline to Register for May 24 JC Family Bowling
May 19 – Second Degree Exemplification
May 21 – Fourth Degree General Meeting
May 23 – Hawaiian Luau Night (Pope John Paul I Assembly fundraiser for charity)
May 24 – Joint Council Family Bowling at the Zone
May 25 – First Degree Exemplification
May 31 – Food Bank Sunday
“The Rosary is a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight and to keep oneself from sin… If you desire peace in your hearts, in your homes, and in your country, assemble each evening to recite the Rosary. Let not even one day pass without saying it, no matter how burdened you may be with many cares and labors.” – Pope Pius XI
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Join us at the Memorial for the Unborn 7pm weekdays, after evening Mass on weekends.
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Oh what a beautiful day to start our daily Rosary for the month of May! It was also the First Friday (honouring the Sacred Heart of Jesus), as well as the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. The Holy Family in all its blessed and blessing completeness!
Join us for the rest of the month — 7pm weekdays, after the evening Mass on weekends. Our Blessed Mother awaits to shower her favours upon us all!
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The 104th Annual BC and Yukon State Convention this weekend was graced by the presence of several Bishops who shared many words of wisdom for us Knights. On this Good Shepherd Sunday, we thank God for and invoke His blessing upon these good shepherds who guide and challenge us to pursue our many worthy activities on a higher spiritual plane. More to come in our April newsletter.
Thank you to all of you who worked tirelessly for the State Convention, from the committee members to the volunteers and entertainment crew.
I am pleased to let you know, Brothers, that our Council 6855 brought home two Service Program Awards given out during the Awards Ceremony: Church (for the musical fundraiser Right Here, Write Now!) and Culture of Life (for our40 Days for Life vigil). I know we don’t do these things to win awards or recognition, but out of a sense of duty and stewardship. And out of love for the Lord, and in Him, our love for neighbour. But the awards do serve as a way of sharing what the 134 Councils in the State do, and inspire all of us with fresh ideas and renewed resolve to harness our manpower for our neighbour’s good and God’s greater glory!
I extend hearty congratulations to our Degree Teams. Once again, we took home the Leonard Bergonder trophy for Most Active in Degree Work.
We welcomed five gentlemen at our First Degree Exemplification after our Membership Blitz last weekend. Truly there are many more gentlemen out there just waiting for your personal invitation.
I apologize ahead of time if I am off-circuit this week, as we will be physically moving between two homes starting this Monday.
Let us bow our heads together in prayer for the people of Nepal, for those who lost their lives and those who struggle to cope with this tragedy. Let us do what we can to reach out to them in this time of great need.
Let us also pray for our young people who are about to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation on April 28. May the power of the Holy Spirit descend mightily and transform them into soldiers for Christ!
May is our Blessed Mother’s month, and we start our daily Rosary on Friday May 1st at 7pm. We pray for all of the above intentions, and for all mothers. Let us all do our best to join this devotion.
Thank you to those who have let me know they will be joining us for the March for Life this coming May 14. If you haven’t done so, please email me to confirm your attendance so I have numbers and can plan the transportation.
Have a blessed week!
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
April 28 Tuesday 7:30pm @ St. Paul Church
Confirmation Mass, Archbishop J. Michael Miller presiding
May 1 Friday 7pm @ Our Lady’s statue (Memorial of the Unborn; if raining, then by Our Lady of Guadalupe in the church foyer)
Daily Rosary
May 2 Saturday 6pm (after 5pm Mass) @ Our Lady’s statue
Daily Rosary
May 3 Sunday 7:45pm (after 6:30pm Mass) @ Our Lady’s statue
Daily Rosary
COMING UP:
May 4 – Executive Meeting
May 8 – Dancercise
May 10 – Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast
May 11 – General Meeting
May 12 – Family Rosary Night @ Ripplinger Residence RSVP 604-940-5355
May 14 – March for Life
May 21 – Fourth Degree General Meeting
May 22 – Dancercise Cancelled
May 23 – Hawaiian Luau Night (Pope John Paul I Assembly fundraiser for charity)
May 24 – Joint Council Family Bowling at the Zone
May 25 – First Degree Exemplification
May 31 – Food Bank Sunday
“It is not how much we do, but how much love we put into it. When we do little things with great love, they become great.” – Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
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A big THANK YOU to the Brother Knights who made the past highly eventful week roll ever so smoothly along:
Congratulations to our newly elected Executive! Thank you:
May the Lord bless all our efforts and help us reap the fruits for His greater glory!
Starting with our First Degree Exemplification on Monday… bring your candidates folks, call them up and offer them a ride so they feel welcome right away. The Council is counting on every one of you to sign up one new member this year. The more, the merrier.
We are still rounding up additional volunteers for the 104th Annual State Convention this week: setting up banners on Wednesday night and manning the Registration Desk Thursday thru Saturday. And please know that all Knights are welcome to attend the business sessions, patronize the exhibits and booths, and join the daily corporate Mass. Check out the schedule at this link. A great opportunity to meet Knights from all over BC! The theme this year: But He said to them, “You give them something to eat”.
A good segue to asking everyone to give generously this coming Food Bank Sunday. And don’t forget: we collect eyeglasses year-round for reuse in needy countries. The dropbox is in the same spot as the Food Bank collection box in the foyer.
Save the date: Family Camping Weekend is August 21-23 @ Lighthouse Marine Park in Point Roberts.
Have a blessed week!
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
April 20 Monday 7:15pm @ Room 1+2
First Degree Exemplification
April 21 Tuesday 7pm @ Room 4
Parish Council Meeting
April 22 Wednesday 7pm @ Sheraton Vancouver Airport
Banner Setup for State Convention
April 23 Thursday @ Sheraton Vancouver Airport
Fourth Degree Convention
April 24-26 Friday thru Sunday @ Sheraton Vancouver Airport
Third Degree Convention
April 26 Sunday
Food Bank Sunday (last Sunday of the month)
COMING UP:
April 28 – Confirmation Mass @ St. Paul Church
May 1 – Sports Night @ Parish Centre Gym
May 4 – Executive Meeting
May 8 – Dancercise
May 10 – Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast
May 11 – General Meeting
May 12 – Family Rosary Night @ Ripplinger Residence RSVP 604-940-5355
May 14 – March for Life
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Fr. Peter Chiang, Fr. Anthony Ho, Fr. Paul Chu and Fr. Francis Phang belt out
Shine, Jesus, Shine at the Sing and Dine with the Knights fundraiser at Canadian Martyrs Church. Good fun, great food!
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A great start to our Membership Blitz today, thanks to Bro. Dominic Fiore. To be continued tomorrow. Hope to see you all at the foyer / Pancake Breakfast with some Form 100s in hand…
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Thank you, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, for coming to visit our Parish and praying with us. May you call upon your Son’s Easter blessings upon us all!
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