DRIVE THRU FOOD DRIVE St. Mary’s Holy Family Knights of Columbus together with the Kensington Lions Club hosted a drive thru food on Saturday, May 9th from 10 am to 12 noon.
Poised for the First Car
The Food Bank is located at the Kensington Legion Home 30 Garden Drive. Cars entered through the north entrance to drop off your donation. No need to get out of your car, just pop the trunk and someone will gladly accept your donation.
Some of the Donations received by the Lions. Approximately $3,000.00 worth of food items were donated on Saturday, May 9.
As you can see the Knights had their masks and were six-feet apart.
In monetary donations $2,225.00 came in and that amount is still growing! All in all a very successful day by all accounts. The Kensington Knights appreciate great support from our community.
Thank you to all for supporting the Kensington Lions Club Food Bank.
Grand Knight Dan Miller is happy to report that we conducted a successful Food Drive on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.
In just 4 short hours we collected in excess of 1,600 pounds of food and nearly $2,700.00 in monetary donations.
During this time of pandemic, we are all aware that Supreme has made it a staple of what the Knights of Columbus is all about with its new “Leave No Neighbor Behind” initiative.
We have risen to this challenge, met it head on and succeeded.
Mike MacDonald at the Food Bank was very pleasantly surprised and most appreciative when we showed up at the Food Bank with our Truck.
Thursday, March 5, Kensington Council #12465 installed a display case in the entrance of St. Mary’s Holy Family Church to hold the recently retired regalia of the 4th degree.
Brother Knights Earle Murphy and Gilbert Arsenault constructed the magnificent glass and wood cabinet with a style that matches the furnishings in that part of the church.
Brother Knight Carl Gallant generously donated his 4th degree regalia for this project. For that we are very thankful.
The Knights of Columbus are very active in the Kensington area and this display will be an ongoing reminder of the services given in the past and an invitation for others to join and contribute in the future.
Saturday afternoon, January 25, St. Pius X Church in Charlottetown was the location of a 4th Degree Exemplification hosted by Knights of Columbus Council # 6917.
New 4th Degree Knights of Columbus
The primary purpose of the 4th Degree is to foster the spirit of patriotism and to encourage active Catholic citizenship.
It is appropriate to refer to a member of the 4th degree as “Sir Knight.”
4th Degree Knights with their Spouses and Family Members.
Brother Darren Cash and Grand Knight Shawn McCarvill presented the certificates to the young people from St. Mary’s – Holy Family and St. James Parishes who participated in the 2019 “Keep Christ in Christmas” poster contest.
Our Lady of the Assumption Parish extends sincere thanks to the Assumption Catholic Women’s League and Knights of Columbus for their monetary donations towards the purchase of a Zoll Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
The AED is located in the SaveStation cabinet across from the hall kitchen door, adjacent to the washrooms.
Your generosity is greatly appreciated by the Parish and by anyone who may need this life-saving device.
Pictured displaying the Parish’s new AED, are CWL President, Mary MacLean and Knights’ Chancellor, Pierre Doiron.
Cheque presentation on December 11, 2019 for $1,125 to St Jean School Principal Maureen Cassive with students and representing St Pius X Knights of Columbus Grand Knight Dan Miller and Lowell Croken.
On November 10th, 2019, St Pius X Knights of Columbus Council # 6917 held a pancake breakfast and donated the proceeds ($1,125) to the St. Jean Elementary School in Charlottetown for a proposed new Flexible Learning Room.
The proposed room will be designed to accommodate many of the students that are new emigrants with many from war-torn countries.
They require a program (room) to practice calming strategies to assist them in dealing with anxieties, behaviour and adjustments to a classroom environment. The proposed cost will be $20,000.
Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Design Challenge 2019
Dear parents/guardians, grandparents and teachers:
This comes to invite children ages 5-14 to take part in our annual Keep Christ in
Christmas poster challenge. The contest is open to 5-7, 8-10 and11-14 year olds
with three cash prizes in each group. We are anticipating an enthusiastic
response again this year and we appreciate your help to make that happen.
This is a fun contest that provides an opportunity to
witness the creativity and optimism of our young people and, through their
artwork, to help us all to keep Christ at the centre of our upcoming Christmas
2019 celebrations. Last December an
eight-year old submitted a drawing of a special wreath with the manger in the
centre and this touching caption – the reason there is a hole in the wreath is
so God can peer in on us and see if we are fulfilling his dreams. That submission along with many others made
the poster challenge so worthwhile for all Councils who sponsored it last year.
Our hope once again is that, through this project, the true spirit of Christmas
will be promoted in our homes, parishes and communities.
The guidelines for the competition are simple. Each entry must be original, from concept to
layout, slogan and image, and represent the child’s own work. Each poster must reflect the Keep Christ in
Christmas theme with a visual image that is about 11×17 inches (28x43cm) in
size. Poster paper will be available at
the Church entry and through the catechism classes beginning November
24th. If pastels, chalk or charcoal are
used, the poster should be laminated or covered with clear plastic. The name
and age of each artist and his or her parish church must be printed on the
reverse side of the poster. No names should appear on the front side of the
poster so that fair judging can take place.
A 100-point system is used for the judging: Slogan – 30
points for how clearly the theme is presented,
Visuals – 30 points for how well the visuals convey the message, and
Overall Impact – 40 points for how well the poster captures attention and
causes reflection on the theme.
All entries received by the deadline will be assessed by a
team of impartial judges and winners will be announced in the Christmas
bulletin. Winning posters for the
pastoral unit will be kept on display in our parish churches over the Christmas
season.
Our Council winners will move on to a provincial competition
on January 18th and PEI winners, with parental consent, will then be sent on
for an international competition, with creative credit going to each winning
artist. Last year our K of C Council awarded
$250 in cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in each age group and
first-place PEI posters were sent to New Haven, Connecticut in mid-February. All children and youth who enter the contest
will receive a special Certificate from our Council for taking part and posters
will be returned to their creators in the new year.
All posters must be submitted by Sunday noon December 15th
to be entered in the contest. They can
be left in a box provided at the entry of the church in a sealed envelope or
poster tube.
Last year Knights of Columbus Councils around the world
adopted a new Faith in Action Program with four major pathways to making the
world a better place – Faith, Family, Community and Life. Keep Christ in Christmas is one of our flagship
Family Programs. Nine of our 21 K of C
Councils across PEI participated in this project last year and we want to at
least match if not surpass that this Advent Season.
We thank all the children who took part last year and their
family members and teachers who encouraged them. With your cooperation, encouragement and
support, we look forward to another great poster challenge throughout our
Pastoral Unit and across PEI.
