June 4, 2025
Father Fred Weisbeck
St Joseph’s Parish
Salmon Arm, BC
Dear Father Fred:
It is a great pleasure and privilege to, on behalf of Council #7107 of the Knights of Columbus, to bring to you this expression of appreciation and gratitude for serving as our Chaplain and Pastor of our parish. You have been with us for several years already, many of these under trying situations. You have shown us leadership and provided comfort when we may have felt down. No doubt we as a group may have done better in supporting you when times were tough. We apologize for those times, We look forward to better days and pledge to attempt to do better. We truly hope that you will serve us for many more years and through happier times. Please accept this gift as a limited measure of our appreciation. May the Good Lord bring you blessings and comfort
Eugene Casavant
Grand Knight
May 2025…….. Grand Knight Eugene Casavant presents St Joseph Finance committee rep Nellie Rasmussen with a $2,000 cheque . This is our 2025 contribution to the parish derived from our various pancake breakfasts throughout the year. Thanks go out to all parishioners who support us all year long. ( and a BIG thanks to all the Knights that work to make this happen)
The Knights of Columbus is an international service organization of Catholic men dedicated to living the gospel with authenticity and gusto in order to keep the faith alive.
The Knights of Columbus are dedicated to building a better world one council at a time. They are dedicated to defending the Catholic faith, supporting the Holy Father and the clergy, and assisting the families of the parish and the wider community. Their basic principles are CHARITY . UNITY . FRATERNITY and PATRIOTISM.
Council has an impressive record of raising money for community service including charity, scholarships, and parish projects. Above all Knights work together to strengthen families – the very heart of the Roman Catholic Church.
Council welcomes Catholic men who share the ideals of the Knights. All Catholic males are eligible to become members.
Our Heritage and History
We are in British Columbia and Yukon; the State Council is in its 110th year, with 134 Councils and growing with over 12009 members. We are in Canada, on the West Coast, North of Washington, East of Alaska.
Our order was founded on the principles of charity, unity and fraternity, the Knights of Columbus was established in 1882 by Father Michael J. McGivney, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Conn., and a group of parishioners. Their intent? To bring financial aid and assistance to the sick, disabled and needy members and their families. Today, Blessed Michael McGivney is being considered for sainthood.
The organisation has over 2.0 million members around the world, we have been investing our time, effort and resources into our values of charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism since 1882.
The history of the Order shows how the foresight of Father Michael J. McGivney, whose cause for sainthood is being investigated by the Vatican, brought about what has become the world’s foremost Catholic fraternal benefit society. The Order has helped families obtain economic security and stability through its life insurance, annuity and long-term care programs, and has contributed time and energy worldwide to service in communities.
The Knights of Columbus has grown from several members in one council to more than 14,000 councils throughout the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, Poland, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Guatemala, Guam and Saipan.
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