St Patricks dinner ….March 15th 2020
Knights Community Program………………Knights of Columbus Council 7107 Salmon Arm has given out COATS FOR KIDS this year.This is our first year to do this. The NEW coats come 12 to a carton & are very good quality and were a good selection of colors. Since the program’s launching in 2009, nearly 500,000 coats have been distributed in 49 states and all 10 Canadian provinces. In winter 2017 alone, the Knights of Columbus distributed 105,192 coats in 1,600 communities throughout the U.S. and Canada, including events at military bases, in Native American communities, at inner-city neighborhoods and through partnerships with local police and fire departments. Pictured L to R..Ken Nowicki, Alex Leible, Paige Hilland, from Safe Society & Pat Harford.
Marian Prayer Program..2019..we are pleased to report that 26 parishioners (14 Knights) attended this year
Alex Leible …….Alex has been a St. Joseph parishioner for 30 years and a Knight for 20 years. He and his wife Anne, (who passed away in 2006) moved here from Revelstoke. He worked at Overwaitea(Save-on) for 20 years and retired in 2010. Alex is a heart transplant recipient ( 1997) and still gets his yearly checkups in Vancouver at St. Pauls hospital. . You may know Alex as our main Head Usher at Sunday mass. He takes this ministry seriously and usually does this 3 times a month . Alex still visits his 95 year old mother in Calgary each year, as weather and road conditions permit. Thank you, Alex, for all the time you put in! …………………..printed with permission..