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December 28, 2016

Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas - And a Happy New Year


Dear Brother Knights, 

I would like to wish all of you and your families a very Blessed, Peaceful and Joyous Christmas season & A Happy New Year 2017



Patrick Bajcar

Grand knight, St Francis Xavier Council 12067



December 16, 2016

St. Francis Xavier Church - Christmas Season Mass Schedule 2016-2017

2017 Council Dues

Dear Brothers, it is the time of the year when annual council dues are required to be paid before the start of the year.  The dues are $45 for 2017 and any arrears that have not been paid.
 Refer to email blast from the Grand Knight and the Financial Secretary on payment options.

November 26, 2016

Pope Suggests a "Beautiful Prayer" for this Week


Dear brothers and sisters, good morning,

The Gospel of this Sunday opens with the scene of Jesus praying alone, in a separate place. When he finishes, the disciples ask him, “Lord, teach us to pray.” And he responds, “When you pray, say: Father …”

This word is the secret of Jesus’ prayer; it is the key that he himself gives us so that we can also enter into this relationship of trusting dialogue with the Father who has accompanied and sustained his life.

To the name “Father,” Jesus associates two petitions: “hallowed be your name; your kingdom come.” Jesus’ prayer, and therefore, a Christian’s prayer, is before all to give space to God, allowing him to manifest his holiness in us and allowing the advance of his kingdom by the possibility of exercising his lordship of love in our lives.

Another three petitions complete this prayer that Jesus teaches us, the Our Father. They are three requests that express our fundamental needs: bread, forgiveness and help in temptation. One cannot live without bread, one cannot live without forgiveness, and one cannot live without the help of God in temptation.

The bread that Jesus has us ask for is that which is necessary, not anything superfluous. It is the bread of pilgrims, of the just, a bread that doesn’t accumulate and doesn’t go to waste, that doesn’t weigh down our journey.

Forgiveness is above all that which we receive from God: Only an awareness of being sinners forgiven by infinite divine mercy can make us capable of carrying out concrete gestures of fraternal reconciliation.

If someone doesn’t feel that he is a forgiven sinner, he can never offer a gesture of pardon or reconciliation. Those gestures start in the heart where we feel that we are forgiven sinners.

The last request — do not abandon us in temptation — expresses an awareness of our condition, ever exposed to the deceit of evil and corruption. All of us know what a temptation is!

Jesus’ teaching on prayer continues with two parables, in which he takes as a model the attitude of a friend toward another friend, and of a father toward his son.

Both aim to teach us to have complete trust in God, who is Father. He knows better than us our own needs, but he wants us to present them with audacity and insistence, because this is our way of participating in his work of salvation.

Prayer is the first and principal “work tool” in our hands. To insist [on something] with God is not in order to convince him, but rather to strengthen our faith and our patience, that is, our capacity to fight beside God for the things that are truly important and necessary. In prayer we are a pair: God and me, fighting together for what is important.

Among these, there is one, the great important thing, which Jesus tells us today in the Gospel, but which we hardly ever consider, and it is the Holy Spirit.

“Grant to me the Holy Spirit!”

And Jesus says, “If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”

The Holy Spirit! We need to ask that the Holy Spirit comes to us. But, what is the use of the Holy Spirit? To live well, to live with wisdom, with love, doing the will of God.

How beautiful a prayer it would be if in this week, each one of us would ask the Father, “Father, give me the Holy Spirit.”

The Virgin Mary shows us this with her existence, wholly animated by the Spirit of God. She helps us to pray to the Father united to Jesus, so as to live not in a worldly way, but in accord with the Gospel, guided by the Holy Spirit.

[Angelus]
At this time, we find ourselves again disturbed by the sad news of terrorism and violence that has brought sorrow and death.

I think of the tragic events in Munich, Germany, and in Kabul, Afghanistan, where many innocent people have lost their lives.

I assure my closeness to the families of the victims and the wounded. I invite you to join with me in prayer so that the Lord inspires in everyone resolutions of goodness and fraternity.

To the extent that the difficulties seem more insurmountable and the prospects of security and peace seem more dark, our prayer should be more insistent.

[Hail Mary]
Dear brothers and sisters, in these days so many youth from every part of the world are on the way to Krakow, where the XXXI World Youth Day will take place.

I will leave Wednesday to meet up with these young men and women and celebrate with them and for them the Jubilee of Mercy, with the intercession of John Paul II.

I ask you to accompany me with prayer. Already now, I greet and thank all those who are working to welcome these young pilgrims, with many bishops, priests and men and women religious.

A particular word to the many youth of their same age who, unable to be present personally, will follow the event through the media: “We are all united in prayer!”

And now I salute you, dear pilgrims from Italy and other countries, in particular those from São Paulo and São João de Boa Vista, in Brazil; the “Giuseppe Denti” choir from Cremona; the bicycle pilgrims from Piumazzo to Rome, enriched by this effort of solidarity. I greet the youth of Valperga and Pertusio Canavese, Torino. Keep trying to live and not just spin, as you have written on your t-shirts.

I wish everyone a good Sunday. And please don’t forget to pray for me. Have a good lunch and see you soon!

November 10, 2016

Family Christmas Carol Evening and Council's 19th Anniversary Celebration!!!


Worthy Brothers,

We invite you and your family members to join us on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 to celebrate the beginning of the Christmas festive season. There will be singing, dancing and celebration of our council's 19th Anniversary.

As custom, there will be a brief 10 minute meeting for Brother knights prior to the event; however, your spouse and kids will be entertained in your absence.

Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2016

Time: 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Cost: $10 for Bro. Knight spouse is free

Family: $20

Dinner: 8:15 pm (Scrumptious dinner with dessert)

Please send an email memo to WGK Bro. Patrick: patrick.bajcar@gmail.com or Bro. Valens: valmeida@bell.net to confirm your attendance for catering purposes. We will require name and age of children attending under the family cost.

Fraternally,

Bro. Valens

Committee Chair

October 24, 2016

Council's 19th Year Anniversary - Plaque with the names of Council's Past GKs to be placed on the Church Wall

Plaque with the names of our Past Grand Knights was presented at the Council's  General Meeting October 17, 2016

October 16, 2016

Upcoming activities in October

  • Mon Oct 17 at 7:45 - General meeting - please come, we have a special Anniversary Presentation and a guest

  • Sat Oct 22 - at 10am - First Degree at St Francis Xavier 
  • Sat/Sun Oct 22/23 - Need help with headcount survey of parish attendees - contact ushers before mass 
  • Thurs Oct 27  at 7 to 8pm - Rosary in front of abortion clinic (101 Queensway W).


Dear Brothers, in order to show our resolve to protect the unborn, the knights of our council will pray the Rosary in front of the abortion clinic located at 101 Queensway Blvd W (corner of Queensway and Confederation Parkway).  The time slot that we have chosen is for Thursday October 27 from 7pm to 8pm. Parking is available at St Catherine of Sienna church (a short walk away).

If you would like more information, please visit the website 40DaysforLife.com/Mississauga

Hope to see you all there.
  
Patrick Bajcar
Grand Knight St Francis Xavier Council 12067
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Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES) October 15/16, 2016

October 10, 2016

A very Blessed Thanksgiving


Dear Brother Knights,

On behalf of the Council, I would like to wish you and your families a very Blessed Thanksgiving.  The good Lord Blesses us in many ways and it is in giving that we receive more of his grace.  We all have many things to be thankful for and let us make a promise to give more to our neighbours in need this coming year.



Patrick Bajcar

Grand Knight St Francis Xavier Council 12067

October 7, 2016

Public Square Rosary Crusade - here at Our Church


Each year, Canada Needs Our Lady holds the Public Square Rosary Crusade, with rosary rallies in cities all across the country.

In 2015, there were 127 groups simultaneously praying for our country and the world all across Canada! These Public Square Rosary Rallies take place on the closest Saturday to October 13, feast of the last apparition of Our Lady of Fatima and the Miracle of the Sun. This year the Public Square Rosary Rally Crusade 2016 is on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 12 noon, please join the many other to give public witness for their love for Mary.  The Rosary Rally will be outside St. Francis Xavier Parish.


Patrick Bajcar
Grand knight, St Francis Xavier Council 12067

September 17, 2016

OES-Electronic Recycling



October 15-16, 2016
The Knights of Columbus Council & the Parish are organizing an electronic waste recycling weekend with Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES). We want all your old computers, printers, VCR & DVD players, cell phones, TV’s – ALL your electronic devices. If you can carry it, we will take.
Similar to the St. Vincent de Paul – Bundle up Collection – there will be a recycling container in the church parking on October 15-16, 2016. The Knights will there to help you to load the container before and after each Mass. OES will donate up to $200 per tonne of electronic devises. All of this money will be donated to the Parish debt reduction campaign. Check the website www.OntarioElectronicstewardship.ca  for acceptable devices. 

We cannot accept Appliances.

August 20, 2016

August 7, 2016

Cardinal Collins’ Homily - 134th International Knights of Columbus Convention in Toronto



Knights Of Columbus Supreme Convention - 2016-08-02 - Knights Of Columbus 134th Supreme Convention:

July 5, 2016

Golf Tournament 2016

Sat Jul 16
Partly Sunny - updated Jul 15, 2016
SHOW-UP TIME 11.30AM
Wyldewood Golf and Country Club 6198 Trafalgar Rd. Hornby, ON L0P 1E0>> click on image to view website
Regristration and putting competition: 11.30am
Grand Knight's  short address and prayer 12.35pm
Call to Golf Carts at 12.45pm
Group Photographs: between 12.15 - 12.40pm
Modified Shotgun tee-off - 1.00pm
Dinner - approximately 6.30pm

Rules Scramble Format - Modified Shotgun
  • Tee off: Men - White Tees  
  • The Team Captain will decide which drive to use 
  • 2 Tee shots from each player must be used - identify on score card using player initials
  • Play from the spot of the ball being used - fairways, bunkers etc.
  • Putt out on all holes - No "gimmies"
  • Maximum score will be double par and move on to the next hole
  • Do not delay play looking for balls. (Maximum time to look for ball - 1 minute)
  • Keep your game play moving - keep pace with the group ahead of you. Play "ready golf."
  • Teams with less than 4 players will NOT have an extra shot during the round.
  • Final score card to be submitted to Pro-Shop


Tournament Committee to calculate and determine the winner
The winning team will be determined/calculated by a handicap scheme devised by the committee to give all foursomes(groups)  an opportunity to win the tournament. This tournament is for fun/charity

PRIZE EVENTS
Putting Contest - Prize: $$$   50:50

KofC PRIZE HOLES
CLOSEST TO THE PIN - HOLE # 9
CLOSEST TO THE PIN - HOLE # 16
LONGEST DRIVE -        HOLE # 10   Ball must be on the fairway
               
TOURNAMENT WINNERS
The tournament winners whose names will be engraved on the rolling trophy shall be a KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 12067 4some, or one member of a 4some from Council 12067. If a non KofC Council 12067 team wins the tournament, they will win a separate prize.

Tournament 4-Somes 
Updated July 15, 2016

GROUPINGS & TEE-OFF SHOTGUN
Team
Player 1 / Captain
Player 2
Player 3
Player 4
1
Pepito D'Souza
Brian Fernandes
Valens Almeida
Argen
2
William Pallatao
William Schrattner
Jonathan Camaya
Elmer Pallatao
3
Alan Pires
Savio Gonsalves
Steve Pereira
Steve D'Souza
4
Phil Howland
Steve Harvey
Leandro Saldanha
5
Keith Lobo
Nat Silveria
Kirk Harvey
Gus Ricci
6
Edwin D'Cruz
Wilson D'Souza
Flint DaSilva
Neil Salmon
7
George Lim
Drew Lesiuczok
Benny Lesiuczok
Adam Lesiuczok
8
Jay Arr Villanueva
Sam Pedota
Matt Thronton
Anjelica Guytingco
9
Francis Ho
Anthony Wong
Hilario Li
Yustin Yao
10
Luis Gomes
Mike Weglinski
Victor D'Souza
Francis Xavier
11
Patrick Bajcar
Shane Wallace
Nigel D'Souza
12
Felipe-Rey
Fred Gamboa
Gabriel Ogundele
Anthony D'Souza
13
John Tavares
Gus D'Souza
Osbert Remedios
Arthur Braganza
14
Albert Diniz
Rico DaCosta
Junior Coutinho
Vasco DeSouza