2022 Senior’s Christmas Party

The annual crèche takedown isn’t quite as much fun as the setup. It is, however, a lot easier! Many hands make light work, as they say, and that was certainly true as a large group of Knights came out to disassemble the crèche and some extremely heavy hay bales. The crew may just have set…

Thanks to the hard work from a group of Council 8611 Knights the Christmas Crèche was set up out front of St. Marty of the People Parish this Saturday, November 19th. It was a chilly morning with wind chills dipping down to -10 but there were smiles all around and helping hands as the Knights…

As our first full parish-wide event since Covid, the Knights of Columbus Council 8611 Oktoberfest Dinner and Dance was an enthusiastic success. With just shy of 100 members from the St Mary of the People Parish, as well as surrounding parishes and KofC councils, a great time was had by all. In particular we welcomed…

Thanks in part to generous funds donated (or to be donated) by Council 8611, a group of brother Knights took delivery of some much needed new tables for the Parish hall this week. Brothers (from left) Don, Garry, Lloyd, Joe, Brendan and Bill donated muscle and time – apparently a lot of time thanks to…

Over the past few weeks several of our brother Knights made the rounds in the Durham Region, delivering some donations. Included among them was a cheque for $2,000 for the Grandview Children’s Foundation as well as $1,000 for the YWCA. The team at Grandview sent us a few of their photos as well! Stay tuned…

It was a full house for the annual St Valentine’s Dinner & Dance at St Mary of the People Parish. There was no shortage of laughter, smiles, great food (courtesy of Sabrina’s) or dancing as roughly one hundred parishioners celebrated the evening. Plus, a few folks walked away with some great prizes, including cash from…