• Helping the Durham Community: KofC Council 8611 Delivers Donations
    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…
  • St Valentine’s Dinner & Dance – 2024
    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…
  • Pancake Breakfast 2024
    Lent is just around the corner and that means its time for pancakes, pancakes and more pancakes! The parishioners of St Mary of the People Parish were certainly in the mood for some fluffy flapjacks with around 180 people crowding the hall over the course of two sittings. (We’re still waiting on the final tally)….
  • A Special Delivery for St Mary’s
    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…
  • Christmas Crèche Takedown – 2024
    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…