Community VolunteeringService To Others
Supporting YouthBursaries, Scholarships, etc.
Catholic LifeProtecting Life
Flea MarketRaising Funds For Charity
Support the KnightsSupport Local Charities
Events Calendar
St.Nicholas at Christmas, Octoberfest, Family Events....and much, much more. All part of the fun of being a Knight.
The Knights of Columbus is, above all, a fraternity - a brotherhood of like-minded Catholic men and their families. Members aim to support one another in good times and bad and thereby strengthen the ideals of Catholic knighthood. Active participation in membership recruitment efforts, the degree ceremonials, and the social programs of a council enhances one's appreciation of what it means to be a Knight of Columbus.
FRATERNALISM
As a fraternal organization the Knights of Columbus strives to maintain a strong, friendly and open atmosphere among its members and their families. To promote fraternalism, local councils work to make new Knights feel at home in the council family. Council members regularly visit Knights and family members who are ill. Our local Council will often hold memorial Masses for deceased Knights and family members.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Knights of Columbus regularly plan dances, family picnics, barbeques and other socials in connection with holidays and seasonal occasions. Our Local Council has an excellent facility in Star of the Sea centre in White Rock, where members attend monthly meetings and many social events.
All the good works we do are informed by our four core principles:
Charity - Our Catholic faith teaches us to “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Members of the Knights of Columbus show love for their neighbors by conducting food drives and donating the food to local soup kitchens and food pantries, by volunteering at Special Olympics, and by supporting, both spiritually and materially, mothers who choose life for their babies. Knights recognize that our mission, and our faith in God, compels us to action. There is no better way to experience love and compassion than by helping those in need, a call we answer every day.
Unity – None of us is as good as all of us. Members of the Knights of Columbus all know that – together – we can accomplish far more than any of us could individually. So we stick together…we support one another. That doesn’t mean that we always agree or that there is never a difference of opinion. It does mean that – as a Knight of Columbus – you can count on the support and encouragement of your brother Knights as you work to make life better in your parish and community.
Fraternity – The Venerable Michael J. McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus, in large part, to provide assistance to the widows and children left behind when the family breadwinner died – often prematurely. The Order’s top-rated insurance program continues to do this today, as do individual Knights, who last year gave more than 10 million hours of their time to assist sick and/or disabled members and their families. In the Knights of Columbus, we watch out for and take care of one another.
Patriotism – Members of the Knights of Columbus, be they Americans, Canadians, Mexicans, Cubans, Filipinos, Poles, or Dominicans, are patriotic citizens. We are proud of our devotion to God and country, and believe in standing up for both. Whether it’s in public or private, the Knights remind the world that Catholics support their nations and are amongst the greatest citizens.
Thanks to the efforts of Father Michael J. McGivney, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven and some of his parishioners, the Connecticut state legislature on March 29, 1882, officially chartered the Knights of Columbus as a fraternal benefit society. The Order is still true to its founding principles of charity, unity and fraternity.
The Knights was formed to render financial aid to members and their families. Mutual aid and assistance are offered to sick, disabled and needy members and their families. Social and intellectual fellowship is promoted among members and their families through educational, charitable, religious, social welfare, war relief and public relief works.
The history of the Order shows how the foresight of Father Michael J. McGivney, whose cause for sainthood is being investigated by the Vatican, brought about what has become the world's foremost Catholic fraternal benefit society. The Order has helped families obtain economic security and stability through its life insurance, annuity and long-term care programs, and has contributed time and energy worldwide to service in communities.
The Knights of Columbus has grown from several members in one council to more than 14,000 councils and 1.8 million members throughout the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, Poland, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Guatemala, Guam and Saipan.
Knights Eucharistic Congress May 1951The history of the Knights on the Semiahmoo Peninsula begins on December 5th, 1977. The first local council, Knights of Columbus White Rock Council No. 7015, was founded on that date with a complement of forty-three members.
Council formation resulted from a drive for membership by the fraternity in British Columbia and a new direction by the organization providing for council formation at a Parish level.
The nucleus for membership was contained in a group called the “Star of the Sea Men’s Club.” This club had itself been founded some five years previously to provide an organization directing efforts to Parish service in such areas as: Altar boy training and outings, church ushers, parish socials, the annual picnic, and assistance in maintenance or addition to Parish property. The church bell was installed by this group.
In the fall of 1977, District Deputy Sid Morrissey directed the drive by the Knights in the Surrey area. At the first council meeting on the 4th of January, 1978, only a month after witnessing our application, Sid Morrissey was not physically with us as he died on the 28th of December, 1977. However State Deputy Germaine Fortier gave us the news that our council was authorized by the Supreme Council to host a major degree ceremony and that the class formation on January 14th would be in the name of Sid Morrissey – a fitting memorial for a fine man.
At the first council meeting the officers for council were installed and our first Chaplain, Father Fred Haffey was present.
Founding Council (L-R) Larry Ryan, Lawrence Rodrigues, John Byrne, Tom DeGrunt, John Mitchell, Phil Lyons, Tony Slater, Charles Tellier, Romeo Lamothe, Gerry Holt
The founding Grand Knight and the other officers were:
Founding Grand Knight – Gerald Holt
Deputy Grand Knight – Romeo Lamothe
Financial Secretary – John Mitchell
Chancellor – Charles Tellier
Advocate – Ed Bohn
Warden – John Byrne
Lecturer – Bob Ferguson
Treasurer – Phil Lyons
Recording Secretary – Lawrence Rodrigues
Guard – Tom De Groot
Only ten days later at the first major formation the Knights hosted a gathering of some five hundred citizens, including the Honorable Bill Vanderzalm and the Mayors of White Rock and Surrey. The youth group operating at that time provided table service at the dinner, a truly fine effort by the youngsters in supporting a new parish organization.
Since that time Council 7015 has been a major force in the parish and community and has grown to 180 members.
Grand Knights:
1978 – 1980 Gerald Holt
1980 – 1982 Douglas Hovan
1982 – 1984 Bert Iannone
1984 – 1986 John Petrunia
1986 – 1988 John Dunne
1988 – 1990 Phil Limbert
1990 – 1992 Bill Lammerts
1992 – 1994 Al Whyte
1994 – 1996 Frank Port
1996 – 1998 Hans Staals
1998 – 2000 Ron Johnston
2000 – 2003 Peter Horsfield
2003 – 2004 Jim Freeman
2004 – 2005 Joe Oberhoffner
2005 – 2007 Mic Fronteddu
2007 - 2009 Al Dumont
2009 - 2010 Dominic Kennedy
2010 - 2012 Peter Tatto
2012 - 2014 Wayne Brazeau
2014 - 2016 Bruce Ewing
2016 - Brian Hoven
