THE EXPLORER

February 2012 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Official Publication of Kingsway Council #3387 4202C Dundas Street West Etobicoke, Ontario M8X 1Y6 Published the 15th day of each month www.kingsway3387.ca Volume 51 Issue 6

WORK HARD - PLAY HARD - PRAY HARD CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF SERVICE TO CHURCH AND COMMUNITY

MEETING DATES Here is the complete list for the fraternal year. Meetings will be held in our hall at 4202C Dundas Street West @ 8:00 p.m.
2011-2012 MEETING SCHEDULE
DATE FEBUARY 28 MARCH 13 MARCH 27 APRIL 10 APRIL 24 MAY 8 MAY 22 JUNE 12 JUNE 26 MEETING TYPE EXECUTIVE MEETING GENERAL MEETING EXECUTIVE MEETING GENERAL MEETING EXECUTIVE MEETING GENERAL MEETING EXECUTIVE MEETING GENERAL MEETING EXECUTIVE MEETING

What follows is a list of council events. We understand if you can not make it out to all of the events, but we encourage you to attend as many events a possible.

DATE Sunday February 26, 2012 Tuesday March 6, 2012

EVENT Pancake Breakfast at St. Gregorys Parish Ordinandi Dinner at Pearson Convention CenterBrampton Clergy Appreciation Night at Nativity of Our Lord

May we suggest you copy and place this list on the refrigerator or on your desk so you dont forget when there is a meeting. All members are welcomed to attend both types of meetings.

Tuesday April 24, 2012

Kingsway Council 2010-2011 Executive

CHAPLAIN Fr. Leo Burns C.S.B GRAND KNIGHT Paul Bryce DEPUTY GRAND KNIGHT Michael Doerig PAST GRAND KNIGHT Denis Tisdel CHANCELLOR WARDEN Chris Tisdel FINANCIAL SECRETARY Danny Franchi TREASURER Rodger Bodrug ADVOCATE Joe Wosik RECORDER Ron Craddock LECTURER TRUSTEE 1 YR Vince Conforzi TRUSTEE 2 YRS Joe Magalhaes TRUSTEE 3 YRS Frank Ficker GUARDS INSIDE Chris Columbus David Young
GUARDS OUTSIDE

Kingsway Council General Meetings

The 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 8:00 P.M. sharp (except July & August) at the Council Chambers, 4202C Dundas St. W., Etobicoke. The second Tuesday meeting is a general members meeting and the fourth Tuesday is an executive business meeting.

416-847-6131 416-799-0445

Grand Knights of Kingsway Council

James Armstrong Wally Evans Jack Dunn Vince Colgan Jack Harnett Furgus Walsh Paul Grace Gilford Leinster Wally Bedolfe John Quinn Maurice OKelly Thomas Keating Jack Wallace E. Paul Butler Enio Biason Daniel McKeon Leslie Karnac Philip Catalano Herbert Hunter Carl Nuss Larry Zinkel William Greaves Charlie Brochu Victor Castrucci Steve Harvey Maurice OKelly Stanley Leonard John Bothello John Feeley J. Paul Balog Placido Natale Peter Flanagan Michael Breton Thomas Troke John Lametti Chester Sitarz Joe Wosik Sam Tassone John Chiappetta Tom Potocnik Stefan Horodeckyj Danny Solomon Danny Franchi Denis Tisdel Paul Bryce 1951/52 1952/53 1953/54 1954/55 1955/56 1956/57 1957/58 1958/59 1959/60 1960/61 1961/62 1962/63 1963/64 1964/65 1965/66 1966/68 1968/69 1969/70 1970/71 1971/73 1973/74 1974/76 1976/78 1978/80 1980/------/81 1981/82 1982/84 1984/86 1986/87 1987/88 1988/90 1990/92 1992/93 1993/95 1995/96 1996/98 1998/00 2000/02 2002/04 2004/06 2006/08 2008/10 2010/11 2011/.

416-231-8469

416-559-0085

Father Gregory Kelly Assembly General Meetings

416-233-8363 The 3rd Thursday of each month at 8:00P.M. St. Gregorys Parish Hall. (Except July, August and December) For more information contact: Brother Frank Ficker @ 416720-8663.

416-732-4648 416-247-5491 416-622-7735 416-997-6707

Kingsway Columbus Club

416-233-3712 416-537-0485 416-720-8663 416-239-9109 416-899-8036 416-523-9733 647-351-2879
PRESIDENT Paul Bryce VICE-PRESIDENT Michael Doerig SECRETARY Frank Ficker TREASURER Joe Wosik DIRECTORS Danny Franchi David Young 416-732-4648 416-899-8036 416-247-5491 416-622-7735 416-720-8663 416-231-8469 416-799-0445

Tom Potocnik Cesar Fernandez Stoll

ONTARIO STATE COUNCIL State Deputy Joe S DISTRICT DEPUTY DIST. # 106 Sam Tassone 647-225-2020

Rodger Bodrug

DISTRICTWARDEN DIST. # 106 Danny Franchi Archie Lobo 461-732-4648 905-567-1698

Deceased

FRATERNAL ADVISOR

CHAPLAINS CORNER

Happy Family Day

Once again, our secular, agnostic society has given us Catholics a nudge in the ribs and reminds us of a very important truth. Our Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGinty, a Catholic, has reminded us Catholics, and our secular society as well, of a very important teaching of Jesus, namely the importance of the family.

grace and support for each other as they carry out their most important mission of raising their children in the knowledge and love of God.

But modern society, with the high profile immoral lives of the cinema world of Hollywood, is attacking and undermining the family, its values and its God-given foundations. Selfless and self-giving love has been replaced by pleasure-seeking, selfish lust. Life-long commitment and mutual support have been replaced by serial monogamy, polygamy, homosexuality, same-sex arrangements, divorce, infidelity. The second purpose of marriage, the raising of children, The Church has always taught us that the fami- has been frustrated by contraception and abortion. ly has two important purposes, namely the mutual supHence, Family Day calls to our attention and port of the parents and all the members of the family, that of all the citizens of Ontario, the vital importance and also the generation and nourishment both physical of the family and family values as the basis for real and spiritual of new life in their children. happiness, self-satisfaction and the future of society. The family has divine origins as the very first The family is the first school, the first Church and the first court house for every well adjusted child for it is family is the Trinity i.e. the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, who have a very active relationship with each within the context of happy family life that the child other of love and generation. The original human be- learns basic knowledge and skills, the basic spiritual knowledge and activities, and his rights and those of ing, Adam, was created by God in the context of a others. family with Eve as his spouse, companion and helpmate. So let us, as Knights of Columbus, who are Jesus, the Son of God, came on earth surround- committed actively to promoting family life and values, thank God for Family Day and the message and ed by the members of His Family, Mary and Joseph, values it advocates and honours. May we always be right from the moment of His Conception at the Annunciation, at His Birth in Bethlehem, His appearanc- models of good Catholic family life and family values and be outspoken champions of the family in our secues in the Temple, the beginning of His public life at lar world. Cana, His Crucifixion and Death and His ascension. Jesus blessed Christian family life by instituting the Sacrament of Marriage by which the parents receive the necessary graces each day to be sources of Rev. L.D. Burns, C.S.B. Chaplain, Kingsway Council

GRAND KNIGHTS MESSAGE

The St. Francis Table building fund committee is planning a social dinner dance to be held on April 28th at Brother Knights, Holy Angels Parish Hall. We will be cooking lasagna, and there will be door prizes, including a Caribbean Cruise for two. And the tickets are only $25 per person! Also, our Clergy Appreciation Dinner is fast approaching. It is on We are almost half way through April 24th at Nativity of Our Lord Parish Hall, tickets are our fraternal year and it has already been a very busy one. The $25 and it would be nice if we could bring a good represenpasta dinner at St. Clements was a tation from our council. Please contact me at resounding success, with the pro- paulbryce63@yahoo.ca or 416-799-0445 to let me know ceeds from the dinner shared between St. Clements and our that you are attending. There are also a couple of Ordinandi Dinner tickets available for this years event. Once Council. After all expenses were paid, our net profit was $1100, and part of this paid for all our expenses for the Out again, contact me if you would like to go. of the Cold dinner that we provided earlier in January of On a spiritual note, Lent is here, and it is time for this year. An overwhelming thanks to all those from the Knights and St. Clements who devoted their time and ener- us to reflect on and prepare for the most important event in our liturgical year. Christs suffering, crucifixion and resgy in making this such a success. All who attended the event (approximately 190 diners) had a wonderful evening. urrection is by far the essence of our beliefs. Let us reflect on this, and instead of giving up something tangible for Lent, consider giving a little bit more of your time to our Our participation in Our Lady of Peaces pasta council and getting more involved in one of our events or night and bingo was also successful. I can only assume that our good reputation for providing an excellent meal at charities that we support. a great price, and our secret pasta sauce helped bring the crowds in. The Tuesday before the event, I was told there were approximately 120 tickets sold, with another 30 promVivat Jesus! ises to attend. By Friday, the day before, I found out that we would again be cooking for 190 people. The social Paul Bryce committee from Our Lady of Peace graciously donated Grand Knight $300 to our council, and our council decided to take this and donate it to St. Francis Tables building fund. Many thanks to Our Lady of Peaces Social Committee for their hard work, Lara Perlas for her help in the kitchen and serving, Michael Doerig for taking control of the kitchen and organizing all the work, and the rest of my Brother Knights who helped. A special thanks to Joan Grima for all her hard work, and also Joe Grima for his behind the scenes work. Our next event is a pancake breakfast on Sunday, February 26th at St. Gregorys Parish. If you havent yet been out to help with one of our cooking functions, this might be one that you can help with. The fun and camaraderie that is shared between us is amazing, and sampling the food before it is served ensures that our finished product is of the utmost quality.

Cardinal Thomas Collins!!! Most gracious joyful congratulations to His Eminence Cardinal Collins who was elevated to the College of Cardinals the weekend of February 18-20, 2012.
His Eminence will be a Cardinal Priest and will be continuing his daily tasks in running the Archdiocese of Toronto, and he will also be in charge of the oldest Irish parish in Rome conveniently called St. Patricks Church which has been around since the 1800s serving the Irish community of Rome in Italy.

Our Council in Action Please note all photos are posted on our website www.kingsway3387.ca
This is where we have been lately! Out of the Cold St. Clements Our Lady of Peace