THE EXPLORER

October 2010
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Official Publication of Kingsway Council #3387
4202C Dundas Street West
Etobicoke, Ontario M8X 1Y6
Published the 15th day of each month
www.kingswayknights.org Volume 50 Issue 2

WORK HARD - PLAY HARD - PRAY HARD

CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF SERVICE TO COMMUNITY AND CHURCH

MEETING DATES
Here is the complete list for the fraternal year.
Meetings will be held in our hall at
4202C Dundas Street West @ 8:00 p.m.
What follows is a list of council events. We
DATE MEETING TYPE
GENERAL MEETING
understand if you can not make it out to all of
SEPTEMBER 14
SEPTEMBER 28 EXECUTIVE MEETING
the events, but we encourage you to attend as
OCTOBER 12 GENERAL MEETING many functions as you can.
OCTOBER 26 EXECUTIVE MEETING DATE EVENT
NOVEMBER 9 MEMORIAL MASS
GENERAL MEETING Sunday Holy Angels Parish
NOVEMBER 23
October 17 50th Anniversary 11:00am Mass
DECEMBER 14 GENERAL MEETING
Saturday Tri Zone
JANUARY 11 GENERAL MEETING October 30 Northern Zone Host
JANUARY 25 EXECUTIVE MEETING Saturday Pasta Night
FEBRUARY 8 GENERAL MEETING November 6 Our Lady of Peace
FEBRUARY 22 EXECUTIVE MEETING Thursday Remembrance Day Etobicoke
GENERAL MEETING November 11 Civic Center 10:00am
MARCH 8
Saturday Pasta Night
MARCH 22 EXECUTIVE MEETING
November 13 St. Clement’s Parish
APRIL 12 GENERAL MEETING Saturday Holy Angels Christmas Flea
APRIL 26 EXECUTIVE MEETING December 4 Craft Sale
MAY 10 GENERAL MEETNG Sunday Out of the Cold Dinner
MAY 24 EXECUTIVE MEETING January 2
JUNE 14 GENERAL MEETING Saturday Council Basketball Free Throw
January 22 Holy Angels School
JUNE 28 EXECUTIVE MEETING
May we suggest you copy and place this list on the refrigerator or
on your desk so you don’t forget when there is a meeting. All All dates are T.B.A until 30 days of posted date.
members are welcomed to attend both types of meetings.
 Kingsway Council 2010-2011 Kingsway Council – General Meetings
Executive
CHAPLAIN The 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each
Fr. Leo Burns C.S.B 416-847-6131 month at 8:00 P.M. sharp (except
GRAND KNIGHT July & August) at the Council
Denis Tisdel 416-559-0085 Chambers, 4202C Dundas St. W.
DEPUTY GRAND Etobicoke. The second Tuesday
KNIGHT meeting is a general members
Paul Bryce 416-948-0445 meeting and the fourth Tuesday
PAST GRAND is an executive business meeting.
Grand Knights of Kingsway
Council KNIGHT
Danny Franchi 416-732-4648

James Arm-
1951/52 CHANCELLOR Father Gregory Kelly Assembly General
strong
 Wally Evans 1952/53 Anthony Orgera 416-855-5400
Meetings
 Jack Dunn 1953/54 WARDEN
Vince Colgan 1954/55
 Jack Harnett 1955/56
Mark Sabada 416-231-5203
 Furgus Walsh 1956/57 FINANCIAL SEC-
The 3rd Thursday of each
 Paul Grace 1957/58 RETARY
month at 8:00P.M. St. Greg-
 Gilford Leinster 1958/59 Ronald Craddock 416-997-6706 ory’s Parish Hall. (Except
 Wally Bedolfe 1959/60 TREASURER July, August and December)
 John Quinn 1960/61
Maurice
Rodger Bodrug 416-247-5491 For more information contact:
 1961/62
O’Kelly ADVOCATE Brother Frank Ficker @ 416-
 Thomas Keating 1962/63 Joe Wosik 416-622-7735 720-8663.
 Jack Wallace 1963/64 RECORDER
 E. Paul Butler 1964/65
Karl Moesch 905-270-9003
 Enio Biason 1965/66
Daniel McKeon 1966/68
LECTURER Kingsway Columbus Club
Micheal Doerig
 Leslie Karnac 1968/69
Philip Catalano 1969/70 TRUSTEE 1 YR
 Herbert Hunter 1970/71 Vince Conforzi 416-233-8363 PRESIDENT
 Carl Nuss 1971/73
TRUSTEE 2 YRS Denis Tisdel 416-559-0085
 Larry Zinkel 1973/74
William Danny Franchi 416-732-4648 VICE-PRESIDENT
 1974/76
Greaves TRUSTEE 3 YRS Paul Bryce 416-948-0445
 Charlie Brochu 1976/78
 Victor Castrucci 1978/80 Frank Ficker 416-720-8663 SECRETARY
Steve Harvey 1980/--- Frank Ficker 416-720-8663
Maurice GUARDS INSIDE
 ----/81 TREASURER
O’Kelly
Chris Columbus 416-239-9109
 Stanley Leonard 1981/82
David Young 416-899-8036 Joe Wosik 416-622-7735
John Bothello 1982/84
John Feeley 1984/86 GUARDS OUTSIDE DIRECTORS
J. Paul Balog 1986/87 Tom Potocnik 416-523-9733 Danny Franchi 416-732-4648
Placido Natale 1987/88
 Peter Flanagan 1988/90
Uris Doerig
David Young 416-899-8036
 Michael Breton 1990/92
Thomas Troke 1992/93 State & Supreme Representatives Rodger Bodrug 416-247-5491
John Lametti 1993/95
Chester Sitarz 1995/96
Joe Wosik 1996/98 ONTARIO STATE COUNCIL
Sam Tassone 1998/00
State Deputy Arthur Peters
John Chiappetta 2000/02
Tom Potocnik 2002/04 DISTRICT DEPUTY DIST. # 106
Stefan
2004/06
Horodeckyj Sam Tassone 647-225-2020
Danny Solomon 2006/08
DISTRICTWARDEN DIST. # 106
Danny Franchi 2008/10
Denis Tisdel 2010/…. Danny Franchi 461-732-4648
Deceased
FRATERNAL ADVISOR
Archie Lobo 905-567-1698
 Out of the cold is gearing up once again
this year. Under the geographical area, our council
falls between two of these out reach centers. St.
Matthew’s Anglican/Our Lady of Peace Catholic,
every Sunday from November 14, 2010 -March
27, 2011 at 3962 Bloor Street West (St.
The Knights of Columbus and the Special
Mathew’s) from 5:00 p.m. Sunday until 7:30 a.m.
Olympics in Ontario have had a storied history, which
Monday. For more information on this location continues today.
please contact them by email at:
st.matthew@ootc.ca The Knights of Columbus will again be look-
ing after the 50/50 Draw and other various events for
The other location is a joint effort from All the Special Olympics throughout the year.
Saints Anglican/Our Lady of Sorrows, every Fri-
day night from November 24, 2010-April 1, 2011. If you are interested in volunteering, please
The location is 2850 Bloor St. West just off Royal contact Joe Mathews (905-279-5057) for any upcom-
York Road, from 6:00 p.m. Friday until 8:00 a.m. ing events. Thank you.
Saturday. For more information on this location
please contact them by email at: of-
fice@allsaintskingsway.ca

Both locations can only accommodate men

for sleeping over but do not refuse women for
meals and then are shuttled to a women’s shelter
for the night. Both of the locations offer clean
clothing and breakfast for the next day as well as a
TTC ticket. Only the St. Matthew/Our Lady of
Peace location offer showers.

As always the Out of the Cold Program is

looking for men’s clothing in good condition
(shirts jackets, hats, gloves and boots). Also per-
sonal size toiletries for the men to take with them.
Any of the locations will be more then happy to
take in what ever you can provide.

There is also a musical night being ar-

ranged at Our Lady of Sorrows Parish some time
in November as a way of fundraising for the pro-
gram. Please stay tuned for more details.
 CHAPLAIN’S CORNER Human beings are the only species in God’s
abundant creation who are capable of giving thanks, of
“Now Thank We All Our God” being grateful, of acknowledging our dependence
upon God’s overwhelming generosity. Let us use this
It seems a bit incongruous unique ability we have, to show our gratitude to our
that we Catholics had to reminded Heavenly Father for His innumerable blessings when
by a pagan atheistic society to give we attend Mass this month and let us spend more time
thanks during the month of Octo- with our families at Church, after Communion, thank-
ber. But, at least, we know to ing |God for the over-abundance of undeserved bless-
whom we owed our thanks, while many of our ings we enjoy.
neighbours who took the Thanksgiving holiday off
work (with pay) or from school, didn’t know whom But the feast of Thanksgiving is not intended
they should have been thanking. to be a one day celebration. God does not just shower
His blessings upon us the second Monday in October.
But we, as Catholics, have so much to be He never ceases sending us so many blessings every
thankful for. Every week or more frequently we single day of our lives. And so every day should be
gather as a people to thank God for sending us His Thanksgiving Day. When we awake each morning,
Son to save us. We thank Jesus for dying on that cross when we partake of the visible sign of God’s love for
to win for us eternal happiness and forgiveness of our us - our meals, when we gather as a family each eve-
sins. We thank Our Lord for giving us His own dear ning to recite the Rosary and say our evening prayers,
Mother and for continuing to give us His Body and we should express our gratitude to Almighty God for
Blood in Holy Communion, so that He might nourish His generosity, His love and His goodness to us.
and foster our spiritual growth.
“Now thank we all our God”
Perhaps the most neglected part of Holy Mass
is the time right after Communion which used to be
called the Thanksgiving. Far too often, after receiving
the Body and Blood of Jesus, we amble back to our Rev. L.D. Burns, C.S.B.
pews after checking out who came to Mass this Sun- Chaplain
day (and also who didn’t). Instead of thanking the Kingsway Council
King of Kings and the Lord of Lords for coming to
visit us we often spend those precious moments antici-
pating or actually making an early exit to the parking
lot so we can beat the traffic.

The feast of Thanksgiving should remind each

of us, especially here in Canada, that we enjoy a life-
style unparalleled anywhere else in the world. We en-
joy so many countless blessings from God of health,
family, life, a super abundance of food, clothing, shel-
ter and material prosperity. We are the envy of the
world. And what did you and I do to deserve this
shower of God’s blessings? Not a single thing!

So the feast of Thanksgiving should remind us

Catholics and Canadians that we should be the most
grateful people on earth to Almighty God for all these
spiritual and material expressions of God’s great love
for each of us.
 GRAND KNIGHT’S MESSAGE
Brothers, (Western) level. We work closely with our Brothers in
the 4th Degree, requesting Honour Guards for special
We are into the second week of events in our Churches. We at Kingsway Council
October and almost a month into have embraced change and are looking at any and all
fall, everything around us is chang- opportunities to make our council the best that it can
ing. The changes that are taking be. Our presence is felt and appreciated, we are mak-
place will impact our lives, yet are ing a difference. Finally, I look forward to seeing all of
we ready for such changes? Are you at our next General Meeting on November 9th.
we willing to accept change? We This meeting is very special as we will have a Mass to
can dig in our heels and refuse to remember all Brothers who have passed and who are
see change for what it really is. With change comes dearly missed, as they are the corner stone of our
opportunity, these opportunities are not always visible Council. After the Mass we will have a social with re-
to the naked eye. We need to open our minds and souls freshments and goodies, so that we can share as Broth-
so that we can be aware of the opportunities that are ers a story or two.
presented to us through change. Our minds and souls May God Bless You All.
are nourished through prayer and meditation. We
need to remember that God is always there for us, He
listens to everything we say whether it is in our inner Denis Tisdel – Grand Knight –Kingsway Council 3387
voice or our outer voice. As God listens to us, we have
to learn to listen to Him. If we miss God’s message we
could be missing an opportunity to change. We must
be ready to accept the changes that God puts in front of
us, some will bring joy, some will bring sadness, and
some will bring anger. God is there for us on a daily
basis, minute by minute, second by second helping us
to deal and understand the changes in our lives; to help
us deal with the changes God gives us many gifts, one
of them is FRIENDSHIP, we as Brothers must take
advantage of this great gift from God. Friendship is
important and like change we must embrace it.
Friendship can bring you joy, it can bring you sadness
and it can also bring anger. Remember that friend-
ships will change over time and that you need to be
open to these changes. We will be celebrating our 60th
anniversary on March 12, 2011 at Holy Angels Church
(Mass at 5:00 pm) and dinner & dance to follow. I
invite all members of Kingsway Council to come and
share in this special celebration. It is the perfect oppor-
tunity for you to renew old friendships. Let your
friends, your Brothers know what you have been up to
and how your lives have changed over the years. In
preparing for this special celebration you may also
want to come to one of our General Meeting, this too is
a great opportunity to renew old friendships. You
would be able to share some stories. You would also be
able to see your council now. Your council now is one
that is busy, working with all our parishes, Hope for
Children, Out of the Cold and Free Throw Challenge.
We are involved at the District (106) and Zone
DEPUTY GRAND KNIGHT’S MESSAGE

Brother Knights,

Another fraternal year has begun, and

already we are busy. It is very impor-
tant, however, that we heed
Archbishop Collins plea concerning
the municipal elections this year. It is
our duty not only as Knights, but also as Catholics, to
become familiar with the trustees running for the
Catholic School Board. We must understand their po-
sitions and ideas concerning Catholic Education, and
their responsibilities and obligations to the taxpayers
as stewards of this education. We must also ensure
that our taxes are supporting Catholic Education be-
cause the default option is that the education portion
of our taxes goes to the public school system.
There are 5 candidates running for school trustee in
our Toronto Catholic District School Board Ward 2
(City Wards 3, 5 & 6), and they are Ann Andrachuk
(Incumbent), Adam Grnak, Vincent Corriero, Ihor Everyone is reminded of our annual
Klufas and Monica Lazzara. Please make every effort Memorial Mass for our deceased brothers and
to understand what has happened in the past at the family members. This year the Mass will be
School Board, and then find out about the candidates
held in our council chambers at 8:00 p.m. on
so that you can make an informed decision on voting
day. For more information, you can visit http:// November 9th. Refreshments and goodies
www.curbtoronto.ca/ to understand what is going on. will be served after the Mass.
Also, our largest celebration ever (our 60th anniver-
sary) is approaching fast. If you know of a fellow
council member who hasn’t been active over the past
little while, tell them to keep March 12th, 2011 open
for this important and historical celebration. More
information to come in the near future.

Vivat Jesus!

Paul Bryce
Deputy Grand Knight
Kingsway Council #3387
Celebrating 60 years of service to our Church and
Community
 CHURCH NEWS!!!!
The events below are not council related and were put together by all the weekly bulletins.

Our Lady of Sorrows

Holy Angels Parish Bazaar
50th Anniversary Mass
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
From 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Mass times to change FOR THAT DAY ONLY Mark your calendars for this annual C.W.L fundraiser!
Parishioners are asked to sort through their household
7:30 a.m. Italian
11:00 a.m. Bilingual/Anniversary
items to find ―hidden treasures‖ that could be donated
Mass Celebrated by Most Reverend William McGrattan for this event. Volunteers are needed to make this
Bishop of Central Region of Toronto event successful. If you can help out, contact Dorothy
7:00 p.m. English 416-232-1624. Items can be drooped off on Thursday,
Tickets are on sale for the Parish Luncheon Nov. 4 and Friday Nov. 5 from 9:30 am-9:00 pm
$70.00 Per Person which includes:
Anniversary Book Priests Appreciation Dinner
Special Memento A parish committee is organizing an event to honour
Meal and Open Bar
Entertainment all parish Priests past and present who are able to at-
tend. Tickets are $35 a person and are available from
the parish office. Limited number of tickets. Please
mark you calendars.

St. Clements

Kids Live the Rosary [Oct 18]

Please call the Parish Office if you are interested in at- Grade 2 Students from our parish will host a Living
tending the Luncheon.
416-255-1691 Rosary in the church on Monday, October 18th at 7:00
Or email holyangelsonjutland@rogers.com p.m. They will form a chain of light around the church
as they lead us through a scriptural celebration of the
St. Gregory’s Rosary. This evening inaugurates our First Sacraments
New Roman Missal Programme (First Confession & First Communion).
Mark you calendars for
Saturday, November 27, 2010 @ 10:00am
You are all invited to join our ministers in learning about the
Resurrection of Our Lord
NEW Roman MISSAL that will be implemented next year. Our Rummage Sale
guest is Cale Clark who will lead the seminar. Cale will help us Friday, October 22, 2010
understand the new English translation of the Mass. From 10:00 a.m.— 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
From 9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
OUR LADY OF PEACE PARISH
St. Vincent De Paul Bundle Up!
October 30-31, 2010
Three week before the SVDP truck will be in
our Church parking lot to collect your gener-
ous donations. Baby clothes and items, chil-
dren’s wear, women and men’s wear, bedding
etc. Gently used items. No furniture or appli-
ances please.
 FRATERNAL NEWS!!!!
SQUIRES
CIRCLE
We are well on our way to
having our Squires Circle
re-instated. The Circle’s
original name was St. John
Bosco Circle # 1193, and unless the new Squires want to
change it, it will continue with that name. Brother Paul
Bryce has just received acceptance from the State Advocate Enjoyed this month’s newsletter - The
to serve as counsellor and is attempting to firm down some Explorer? Want to see more? Have any
recruitment dates with three of our churches. If any brother
knows of a potential Squires candidate, please contact ideas? Our next newsletter is already in
Brother Paul Bryce @ (416) 948-0445 or by email the works. Please, if you want to submit
paulbryce63@yahoo.ca
an article, jokes (please keep it clean) or
personal story, please do so. The dead-
Up Coming Degree Dates!!! line for the November submissions is
Anyone interested in advancing in their Knighthood,
here is a list of upcoming First, Second and Third De- November 10.
gree dates. Please contact our Grand Knight,
Denis Tisdel, if you wish to attend a degree.

First

November 1st, Our Lady of Grace Also if you wish to place an ad in any upcom-
ing newsletter please don’t hesitate to ask.
Second Just send me an email dan_fran@rogers.com
October 17th, St. Patrick's

November 21st, St. Patrick's

January 16th, St. Patrick’s

Third

October 24th, Transfiguration

January 23rd, TBA

Fourth

November 22nd,
St. Valadmir Parish Oakville
 Municipal Elections!!!

Yes, brothers, it’s time to vote for our

city council. As you know as an order
we can not come out and publicly en-
dorse a candidate for office. Please look
at each person who is running for
Mayor, City Councillor and School
The Hope for Children Foundation is a sup-
ported Catholic Children’s Aid Society charity.
Board Trustee and ask them the tough
Kingsway as will as several other councils and questions before voting. Also, please
the Hope for Children have worked hand in check up and make sure you’re a tax
hand on many different projects is the past. supporter for the Catholic School board.
One that we have continued to work on is the Do your city proud and go out and vote!
charity bingo’s to support the Knights of Co- Monday, October 25, 2010.
lumbus burcey which is handed out once a
year. Below are the bingo dates for September
to December of 2010, which are held at the
Keele Street Bingo Hall. Any interested
brother willing to help out please contact
Brother Sam Tassone for more information.

Friday October 15 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm

Friday November 19 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm

Friday December 17 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm

 Our Council in Action
Please note all photos are posted on our website
www.kingswayknights.org
Installation of Officers
September 11, 2010

St. Clement Parish

40th Anniversary
October 3, 2010