Knights of Columbus
Contact Information
Grand Knight
Anthony Oswald
Phone # 780 674 4412
St. Anne’s Council 9142
The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic men’s fraternal benefit society that was formed to render financial aid to members and their families. Mutual aid and assistance are offered to sick, disabled and needy members and their families. Social and intellectual fellowship is promoted among members and their families through educational, charitable, religious, social welfare, war relief and public relief works.
OUR MOTTO
It is better to BURNOUT by overworking than to RUSTOUT by doing too little or nothing.
St. Anne’s Council 9142 of the Knights of Columbus, was established in Barrhead on 1st December, 1985. Fr. Kasimir Bukowiski was the first chaplain. The council is very active in the parish and the community. Apart from regular support to community programs, the council also spearheaded the projects of Parish Hall and the Statue of Our Lady in the courtyard.
Barrhead Knights of Columbus
Who are we? We are a Catholic Men’s group committed to Family, Church, and Community activities. We are always looking for more enthusiastic Catholic men to join and help us continue these activities. Some of the activities we have sponsored or participated in since re-convening after the long Co-vid shutdown are listed below.
We feel that this information may give our Parishioners a better sense of who we are and what we have accomplished in our works of Mercy and Service over the last year and a half.
Service to our Parish
-Hosted the Annual Mother’s Day Breakfast
-Provided funds to the summer VBS program
-Contributed funds to the Parish for the new sidewalk project
-Maintain a student bursary fund – 3 receipts received bursaries in 2021
-Sponsor and distribute the Easter Bread on Holy Thursday
-Provided funds to help with the Lenten Mission in 2022
-Provided funding to the Catechism program to cover costs of snacks, books and miscellaneous items
-Sponsored a ‘Keep Christ in Christmas’ poster colouring contest for the children
-Continued support as needed in our Parish as required by Fr. Johnny VC
Service to our Community
-Provided financial help to a family who suffered a loss due to fire
-Provided donation to Morinville Parish to help with rebuilding of their Church
-Provided and served a meal on behalf of the FCSS senior program
-Donated funds to the FCSS school lunch program
-Donated funds to the FCSS Christmas program
-Provided and served a meal to the Barrhead Ministerial Association annual luncheon gathering on behalf of St. Anne Parish
-Donated food to the Ripple Connection centre which helped them provide a Christmas meal to people in need
-Donated to the Barrhead Rotary Music Festival for student winner prizes
-Donated to the Barrhead Pregnancy care Centre towards their proposed housing project
Service in other areas of need
-Sponsorship of a refugee to relocate to Canada
-Sponsorship of 2 families in India
-Donated to Canadian Knights of Columbus Charities for displaced families in Ukraine Crisis
-Helped the Barrhead United Church refugee program with funding in their sponsorship refugee program
-Donated to the Camp St. Louis programs and operations
