Council News

2023/11/24

Admission Degree November 4th 2023

Brother Knights,

We had another admission degree on November 4. Thank you to the members of the exemplification team. Welcome to our two newest members of our council (and a father and son team): Christie Antony and Patric Christie.

Our new Brothers and the Degree Team








2023/11/06

Liturgical Calendars 2024

Brother Knights,

The liturgical calendars for 2024 will arrive next week and we will start selling them on Saturday November 18th before/after mass.

Each Calendar will be sold for $5 each.

Please help sell them, and maybe have time to volunteer at the table in the vestibule.







2021/11/06

Combined Degree

Our Council 2031 is hosting a combined degree on Wednesday November 10th following the
memorial mass at 7.00pm.

If you know of unregistered candidates or members who have not completed their third degree,
please call Keith at 306.783.0963.





2020/02/01

District Deputy Message for February 2020

February is a busy shortest month of the year even though a day has been added this year.

Your State Board in conjunction with the State Charitable Foundation has, for the second year, set in motion a drive to support all seminarians in Saskatchewan. An endowment fund was set up last year to help with the costs that seminarians incured which is about $33,000 per year. We are in short supply of priests within our province. We have priests who are still working well past that they have wished to retire from daily obligations.

All Knights along with parishioners are being asked to support this drive. Remember that Knights are the right arm of the Church and supporters of our priests. All Bishops in Saskatchewan are in full support of this endeavour.

What is an endowment fund? It is a separate fund set up by your Charitable Foundation to support the definition of the fund. There are several endowment funds set up by the Charitable Foundation. Some are in memory of persons and some are set up for specific designations. If you are sending in a donation to the Charitable Foundation you designate it to one of its purposes. You can set it up as a funeral donation or from your will.  This endowment fund is set up for seminarians and can be designed as such if no specific envelopes are available.

This drive has a life of three years to raise an investment base that will pay out to each seminarian an equal value to each. Last year each seminarian received $1000. The fund is paid out of the earned value of the investment. The investment is never touched. Hope is that by year three the fund will have enough money to invest in our seminarians per year. There are currently 11 seminarians representing the Dioceses and Eparchy.
Every Knight is encouraged to support this drive both financially and with prayer. Make this on your to do list for February.

Your humble servant
Wayne Exner



2020/01/05

District Deputy Message for January 2020

January, the start of a new calendar year.

The start of a new year should be a start to new beginnings. New beginnings in our life. New beginnings within our councils. What do you mean new beginnings in our council? We have our calendar of events planned for the fraternal year. Yes, everyone probably has their events planned. Are they the same events as last year? Are they the same events that you have been doing for the last number of years or forever?

A new year is upon us. It is the start of a new decade.
Yes, a new decade and at least one new program. The Supreme council has given us in the last two years a new program – Faith in Action. What are the new programs? Supreme is asking you to come back to the Church with your programs. Have your Program Director and Faith Director to search out the suggested programs that you as a council can do in the Church. All brother knights, when your council tries some of these programs – participate. Include your priest.

We as knights started as the right arm of the Church. Let us return to our roots. Surround yourselves brother knights with faith based programs. Make this a priority this year.

Just as our shift on programs is back in the Church, Supreme is making other changes to reflect the direction that we as an organization is going. In the upcoming month/months there will be a change in which we conduct our degrees. All who have observed degrees lately have seen changes over the last few years. Yes brothers, be prepared for some more big changes. We proclaim that we are a family organization. Let us practise being a family organization.
I hope everyone has a healthy and spiritual 2020. May God be in your heart.

Your humble servant
Wayne Exner.