Knighthood Degrees

Knighthood Degrees Date: Saturday April 26,2025Time: 6:15 pm (Candidates must arrive by 6:00 pm for registration in the church gathering room. Please note Candidates and Sponsors are welcome to join the 5 pm mass prior to exemplification)Place: St. Bernadette Church, 6543 132 st, Surrey Grand Knight should supply the following for their councils Candidates:1. Rosary2. …

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Patriotic Degrees

Patriotic Degrees DATE: MAY 25th, 2025 – SUNDAYTIME: Registration and check-in: 12:45pm-1:45pm Exemplification commences: 2:00 pm [all candidates late will miss their exemplification, so be early] Social Dinner: Immediately afterLOCATION: OUR LADY OF MERCY GYMNASIUMADDRESS: 7455 10TH AVE. BURNABY BC V5M 3H7Ticketing and Fees:Candidate Exemplification Fee (includes lapel pin, service baldric, Social Dinner ticket, and …

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Best Council Bulletin-Newsletter Award

Submission Deadline: April 04, 2025Councils must submit application via email toState General Program Director – Ariel Estrada – arielkofc@gmail.comState Newsletter / Public Relations Chairman – Andy Airriess, PSD – aairriess@msn.com CRITERIA Total Number of monthly publicationsJuly 2024 to March 2025 Design / Format /Layout• front cover appearance, body text and headlines• photo images highlighting relevant …

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Best Website Award

A website and online presence strategy allows a Council to showcase its entity online. A website is important as it helps to establish credibility as a Council of the Knights of Columbus organization. Websites usually provide a map and direction to prospective member candidates, and the community.A Council website is a window for the community …

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State Executive

Herb Yang – State Deputy Email: statedeputy@kofcbc.org Bishop Michael Kwiatkowski – State Chaplain Email: statechaplain@kofcbc.org Edgar Nacar – State Secretary Email: statesecretary@kofcbc.org Christopher Chen – State Treasurer Email: statetreasurer@kofcbc.org Jim Williams – State Advocate Email: stateadvocate@kofcbc.org Ariel Estrada – State Warden Email: statewarden@kofcbc.org Edgardo Panes – Immediate Past State Deputy Email: Ipstatedeputy@kofcbc.org Koon Ming Lau – …

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District Deputies

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District 1 – Victoria – Edward Camilleri

Victoria (Victoria) 1256
*St. Patrick’s (Victoria) 7934
Langford (Victoria) 8394
*Saanich Peninsula (Sidney) 9703
St. Joseph the Worker (Victoria) 13356
Sacred Heart (Victoria) 15445

District 2 – North Island – Glen Piotrofsky

Alberni Valley (Port Alberni) 3435
Dr. T. Briggs (Courtenay) 4597
*Bishop Hill (Campbell River) 5468
Ascension (Parksville/Qualicum) 7991

Ambrose Ng

District 3 – Vancouver – Ambrose Ng

Fr. Peter McGuire (Vancouver) 4615
*St. Francis Xavier (Vancouver) 10500
St Patrick (Vancouver) 11748
Blessed Scalabrini (Vancouver) 16257

Rex Calderon

District 4 – Burnaby – Vancouver – Rex Calderon

Holy Cross (Burnaby) 5423
* St. Francis de Sales (Burnaby) 8853
St. Helen (Burnaby) 12490
Our Lady Of Sorrows (Vancouver) 15564
St. John the Apostle (Vancouver) 16692

Andrew Costales

District 5 – Vancouver – Andrew Costales

St. Jude (Vancouver) 9998
St. Mary’s (Vancouver) 13072
Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver) 14652
Guardian Angels (Vancouver) 14723
* Blessed Sacrament (Vancouver) 18018

District 6 – Surrey – Adelino (Adel) Aguilar

Don Bosco (Surrey) 4767
Saint Matthew’s (Surrey) 9534
Immaculate Conception (N. Delta) 12118
St. Andrew Kim (Surrey) 14110

Tom Carr

District 7 – Maple Ridge – Thomas (Tom) Carr

Thomas Haney (Maple Ridge) 5566
Port Coquitlam (Port Coquitlam) 9125
*Our Lady of the Valley (Maple Ridge)10889
St. Clare of Assisi (Coquitlam) 14225

Nelson Pluff

District 8 – Penticton – Nelson Pluff

Penticton (Penticton) 3127
Fr. Downey (Oliver) 5126
St. John Vianney (Penticton) 8928

Arnie Kouwenhoven

District 9 – Kelowna – Arnie Kouwenhoven

Father Pandosy (Kelowna) 2558
Father De Lestre (Kelowna) 6233
St. Pius X (Kelowna) 7359
* Our Lady of Lourdes (Westbank) 8520
St. Charles Garnier (Kelowna) 9845

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District 14 – Williams Lake – Vacant

Cariboo (Williams Lake) 4785
*Quesnel (Quesnel) 5792

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