Trenton Knights of Columbus

Donation to Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation
2025-12-10 19:00 - 19:30 UTC
The Executive Director of the Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation was invited to speak to our Council at our monthly Council meeting on Tuesday Dec 10th.
Brother Frank Barry (our Lecturer) had suggested inviting Linday Butcher-Dodds to our Council meeting to update us on activities at the Hospital.
A year or two back we had Lindsay’s predecessor – Wendy Warner, into make a presentation.
Also Brother John McDonald made it known that there was need for to (2) Portable Heart Monitors. At a cost of $3000.00 each. A Motion had been put forth and approved for a donation in that amount.
Lindsay made a fine presentation, and was overwhelmed when we presented her with a cheque for $6000.00.
We received a glowing letter of thanks from Linday on December 18th.

Frank Barry, Patrick Goodmurphy, Lindsay Butcher-Dodds, John McDonald

Keep Christ in Christmas
2025-12-03 08:00 - 17:00
This year our Council was able to hold the Keep Christ In Christmas Poster Contest with the three (3) Schools – St Mary, St Peter’s, and St Paul’s.
There was great participation at all three Schools.
Here is the report from our Faith Director – Brother David Overdulve.
Keep Christ In Christmas Poster Contest 2025
Worthy Grand Knight our KCIC poster contest was a success this year. I rolled out the program early in November at St. Mary Catholic School, and St. Paul Secondary School. Brother Mike Silva, assisted, by heading up the program at St. Peter Catholic School.. The program was voluntary on the part of the students. We had over 100 entries from each of the three schools.
Judging was difficult as all of the entries were very well done. I would like to thank the staff and principals of all three schools for supporting this program . A special thanks to the leads Cynthia Kelly at St. Mary, Ana Dacosta at St. Paul and Mike Silva at St. Peter.
The winners: St. Mary’s Grade K-2 Zayn; Gr.3-4 Lily-Anne; Gr.5-6 Claire
St. Paul’s; Grade 7-8 Jude
St. Peter’s Gr. K-2 Paige; Gr.3-4 Laya; Gr. 5-6 Gabby
I have posted the winners and some of the runners up from grade 7 & 8.
The certificates were presented to winners at St Mary and St. Paul on December 3,2025. The certificates will be presented to the St. Peter’s winners after their advent service on Monday December 15,2025.
Our Council made a donation to each school of $100.00 for helping with this program.
Between Patrick, Mike and myself we have about 20 hours of volunteer time.
Faith Director. Brother David Overdulve

My thanks to Brother Dave for al his work on this program and thanks to the School Principals, Teachers, and Staff, who all helped to make this work.

St. Paul’s

St. Peter’s

St. Mary’s

Christmas Gathering
2025-11-29 11:00 - 15:00
On Saturday November 29th a group of Brother Knights and Spouses arrived at the Dining Room at the Trenton Memorial Lodge, for a Christmas Gathering.
Since the Knights Hall was closed a number of years back, the Council has not been able to host events such as this.
Our Brother John McDonald (a resident at TML) offered to host the event, booking the room, arranging for Staff to prepare the food and desserts.
We had 23 Brother Knights, and 15 Spouses, and 2 Widows, and 2 other Ladies.
A great time was had by all, and the food and desserts were great, with lots left over.
Thanks to all the Brother Knights who came out:
Patrick Goodmurphy, John R McDonald, Terry Whalen, Don Babineau, Aiden Brake, Roger Lafferty, Terry Gallagher, Scott Jones.
David and Debbie Overdulve, Germain and Judy Loignon, Peter and Anna Vanderlaak, Stephen and Janet Foster, Tony and Kimberly Poole, Gary and Lisa Giles, Frank and Helen Barry, Bill and Erma Wallace, Gary and Mary Tobin, Tom and Nicole Painter, David and Barb Courneya, Wilf and Reeka Wilkinson, Tom and Catherine Carter, Bogdan and Bernadette Matysiewicz, Ted and Bev Kornblum .
Lori Lynch and Cerelina Berry, and Widows – Darlene Wood and Pat Gilmour.
Many thanks to the staff for their work.

Mass For Deceased Members
2025-11-25 09:00 - 10:00
On Tuesday November 25th a number of Brother Knights came to St Peter’s Church for a special Mass at 9am to remember all the deceased members of the Council, over it’s 100 plus years existence.
This Mass was organized by Brother Gary Tobin, and Father Paul Finn offered a special Homily to mark the event.
Thanks to the following Knights who attended:
Patrick Goodmurphy
David Overdulve
Germain Loignon
Dave Courneya
Tom Painter
Terry Whalen
Gilles Larrivee
Ted Kornblum
Dr Koshy
Terry Gallagher
Don Babineau
John R McDonald
Tony Poole
Father Paul Finn

Exemplification - Nov 16 2025
2025-11-16 12:00 - 14:00
On the morning of Sunday November 16th, thirteen (13) Brother Knights came to St Peter’s Church after the 11am Mass, to participate in the live exemplification of our (4) candidates wanting to join our Council 2438.
The Exemplification Team was made up of Brothers Germain Loignon, Tom Painter, Terry Whalen, and David Overdulve, and presided over by Father Paul Finn.
The candidates were – Cristiano Almeida, David T Dall, James Hughes, and James Edward Robichaud.
In the pews were Brothers – Bill Wallace, Roger Lafferty, Gary Giles, Zibby Rolka, Dan Gimpel, Terry Gallagher, and Wade Nelson.
The addition of the four new Brothers brings our current membership up to 179.
After the conclusion of the ceremony, the new members were welcomed to the downstairs of the Parish Centre, for coffee, and to sign the Membership Roll.
Also these four new Knights were the first to be enrolled on-line.
Our congratulations to our new minted Brothers.

Cristian, David Dall, James R, James H.

Recruitment Blitz - Nov 2025
2025-11-08 17:00 - 2025-11-09 13:00
At the Sat Nov 8th 5pm Mass and at the 9am and 11am Masses on Nov 9th, our District Deputy – Anthony Kester spearheaded a Recruitment Blitz.
Sir Knight Brother Anthony gave a speech from the pulpit at all Masses.
He talked about the history of the Knights from their inception in 1882, and the history of our Council 2438 St Peter’s Trenton, which was charted on April 8,1923, and which has provided immense support to the community of Trenton. Most specifically to the Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation and to the Trenton Care and Share Food Bank.
At the end of each Mass, we had Brother Knights at the back of the Church to answer questions from men of the Parish, and hand out brochures, and enrollment forms.
There were a number of interested persons, and silent prayers were offered for the success of the recruitment blitz, and the hope of new members to our Council.

Confirmation - Nov 2025
2025-11-02 13:30 - 15:30
On Sunday Nov 2nd at 2pm a Confirmation was held at St Peter’s Church, presided over by Archbishop Michael Mulhall.
Sir Knights Patrick Goodmurphy and Tony Poole were the 4th Degree Honour Guard. Along with our Faithful Navigator – Sir Anthony Kester.
Brothers David Overdulve, Gary Tobin, Brian Lynch, and Joe Reznak were in attendance, as well as Brothers Don Babineau and Shiju Thomas who acted as Ushers.

Rosary Rally - Oct 2025
2025-10-11 10:00 - 11:00
This event was held on Saturday October 11th at St Peter Catholic Church and sponsored by the Legion of Mary.
Five (5) of our Brother Knights were in attendance, as well as other parishioners.
A shout out to the Brother Knights:
Eric Camolese, Zibby Rolka, Don Babineau, Ted Kornblum and Dr Koshy.

St Mary School - Spaghetti Lunch
2025-10-09 10:00 - 13:00
This year in October the Trenton Lions Club hosted a Spaghetti Lunch for the students of St Mary School (situated right next door), at their Hall on College St.
The Lions Club provides all the food and drink (juice boxes) and their volunteers cook the Spaghetti and Sauce. The Lions volunteers plate up the food, and oversee activities.
The Knights of Council 2438 come and support this event. The Knights assist in delivering the food to the tables, handing out drinks, cleaning tables, etc. There are three (3) settings over the course of the morning, to accommodate all the students (about 350 in total).
This year there were six (6) Brother Knights on hand.
Also on hand are volunteers from the Parent/Teacher Council. And the Teachers of the students.
The children look forward to this event and are very thankful for the food and drink, and express their thanks to the Lions/Knights of Columbus/Parents/Teachers.
The Knights financially support the event.
Thanks to the Knights who came out to help
Patrick Goodmurphy, Terry Whalen, Gary Tobin, John McDonald, Terry Gallagher, and Tony Poole

Life Chain - Oct 2025
2025-10-05 14:00 - 15:30
Every October this event is held simultaneously in approximately 350 Parishes across the Country.
This year’s event was held on Sunday, October 5th from 2pm to 3pm.
Participants in Trenton stand on Dundas St and quietly hold placards to bear witness to the sanctity of life, and oppose the harmful effects of Abortion.
This year there eight (8) Knights in attendance, as well as Father Paul Finn, Deacon Bob Fencott, and 9 Parishioners.
Thanks to the Brother Knights who participated.
Patrick Goodmurphy, Eric Camolese, Zibby Rolka, Ted Kornblum, Germain Loignon, Don Babineau, Gilles Larrivee
and Dr Koshy.

Yard Sale
2025-09-12 - 2025-09-13
This year the Council elected to hold a 2nd Yard Sale in September, as the June event was so very successful, and we still had items left over in storage, and were collecting more items at Content Sales.
The event actually started on Thursday 11th, when Knights arrived to set up the Tables and place them around the perimeter of the Church Parking Lot.
Also on the 11th Knights were loading contents at Brother Peter Vanderlaak’s barn on Victoria Road in Carrying Place, onto trailers.
On Friday morning (12th) the trailers arrived early, and were unloaded, and contents were placed onto tables, sorted by type – electronic, china and cutlery, toys, tools, book, Music LP’s and CD’s, etc.
The people start arriving by 9am or 10am, as contents may be still arriving from storage.
The Council had a BBQ set up and were providing Hot Dogs, Sausages, and Pop/Water.
By the end of the day, there is not much left, and remaining items are covered with tarps to protect them from the elements.
A few stragglers will come out on Sunday morning and pick over the leftovers.
A final cleanup is undertaken on Monday morning (15th). We took all the remaining Clothes, Shoes, Vinyl Records, Music CD’s over the
Mission Thrift Store, just across the way. There was 1 trailer load for the Dump and one load for the burn pile.
Our September Yard Sale was another tremendous success. We raised just under $7200.00.
This will enable the Council to donate funds to our Charitable causes – TMHF, Food Bank, and so on.
Over the course of the four day, we had 73 Knights on hand helping out in various ways. This added up to 516 hours of donated time.
A huge shoutout to Brother Germain Loignon for organizing the event, and to Brother Peter Vanderlaak for graciously storing all the collected items in his barn, and to all who helped in the loading and unloading, and set up.
A huge thanks to all the Brother Knights and others (Ladies, Spouses, etc) who helped in manning the Tables, manning the BBQ, and other activities, in another very successful Yard Sale.
Over 25 Knights participated, and we earned 516 Fraternal Hours for our efforts, and in excess of $6000.00 to go to Charitable purposes.

Parish Golf Tournament + Dinner
2025-08-24
Every year St Peter’s Parish holds a Golf Tournament followed by a Dinner, with speakers and prizes.
This year the tournament was held at Quinte Hills Golf Course in Stockdale. The Dinner following was held again at the Trenton Legion.
There were 11 Knights who participated in the Golfing, and 15 Knights who only came to the Dinner with their spouses (total 30).
Added to that were many from the Parish.
A great day of golfing and wonderful dinner provided by the staff at the Legion.
Several photos are provided below.

Meet and Greet - Aug 2025
2025-08-10 10:00 - 11:00
After the 9am Mass on Sunday Dec 14th, the Knights of Columbus Council 2438, hosted a Meet and Greet in the downstairs room of the Parish Centre.
Coffee and snacks are provided.
The purpose of the event is to get parishioners to take a few minutes and share fellowship, and an opportunity for the men of the Parish (who are not Knights) to learn about the Knights.
At this event we had seven (7) Brother Knights on hand to talk about the Order.

Seminarian Dinner - July 2025
2025-07-13 14:00 - 21:00
The Seminarian Dinner was held again at the Our Lady of Fatima Parish Hall, located at 588 Division St in Kingston. The event ran from about 4:15pm to about 7pm.
Our Council purchases six (6) tickets for the event each year.
This year, the event was attended by your Grand Knight (Patrick Goodmurphy).
Also attending from our Council were Brothers Tony Poole and Ken Town, accompanied by their Spouses – Kimberly and Angela.
The Meal was excellent as usual – Stuffed Chicken, Cream of Potato/Leek Soup, Baby Carrots, Roasted Potatoes, preceded by Garden Salad and Dinner Rolls. Capped off with Strawberry Shortcake.
The Arch Bishop was on hand to make a speech.
Allowing for travel time, we arrived back in Trenton about 9pm.

Pilgrim Icon - July 2025
2025-07-04 15:30 - 16:30
The travelling Pilgrim Icon this year was the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The Icon travels from District to District, arriving in our District on June 29th.
Our Brother David Overdulve picked up the Icon and the Kit.
Our Council presented the Icon tour Parish of St Peter’s on July 4th..
Prior to a Mass along side Adoration of The Blessed Sacrament, we recited the Divine Chaplet after a brief description of the Pilgrim Icon program. This was followed by a Mass and further adoration after Mass. Those present had about 40 minutes of silent prayer and reflection prior to Mass.
The ceremony was communicated in the Church Bulletin.
Bulletin Message
“Brother Knights and Parishioners of St Peter’s, please join us on Friday July 4th at 3:30pm in prayer. Alongside of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, we will have a religious Icon of the most Blessed Sacred Heart of Jesus on display. All attending will be led in prayer followed by a period of personal prayer prior to Mass at 4:30pm. Please join us.”
On July 4th there were 18 Knights in attendance.
Most specifically – Patrick Goodmurphy, David Overdulve, Terry Whalen, Gilles Larrivve, Zibby Rolka, and 13 others.
Brother Dave Overdulve packed up the Icon and the Kit and delivered it all to Dale Clemens of the Marmora Council at 6pm on the 4th.

Canada Day - Bingo and BBQ
2025-07-01 07:00 - 18:00
Every year the Knights have a Bingo and a Food Tent. Last year (2024) was an exception where there was no Bingo. We had so much feedback from people who missed the Bingo, so we held it this year.
We had 31 Knights helping out at the Bingo or the Food Tent.
We also had 15 helpers – some were Spouses or other Parishioners from St Peter’s Parish.
For the Bingo this year, we partnered with Quinte Transit, and they provided 7 helpers.
Altogether we had 53 hands on board, and they accounted for 583 hours of donated time.
At the Bingo we netted about $3000.00, and $3500.00 from the Food Tent.
KNIGHTS
PATRICK GOODMURPHY
PETER VANDERLAAK
STEPHEN FOSTER
GERMAIN LOIGNON
DAVE OVERDULVE
OWEN GRAHAM
ED LOMBARDI
DAN GIMPEL – FIELD AGENT
TONY KESTER – DD
TOM CARTER
AKOUNDA KOUDEMA
MIKE SILVA
GARY GILES
MURRAY HAZELTON
ADRIAN BARNABAS
DAVID CHOWN
TED KORNBLUM
JOHN LECLAIR
JOHN BRYSON
DEREK CARTER
ZIBBY ROLKA
JOHN MURPHY
GILLES LARRIVEE
DR KOSHY
BILL WALLACE
BERT GARRETT
ELDON GARRETT
BRUCE BELLEFEUILLE
DON BABINEAU
LEN BERTRAND
DAVE COURNEYEA
HELPERS – 15
JIM DAMICO
CHRIS GORRELL
PAUL TAVARES
YVONNE TAVARES- PETER’S DAUGHTER
DEXTER AND RYKER TAVARES
DEBBIE OVERDULVE
JUDY LOIGNON
BEV KORNBLUM
CORRINE CARTER
LISA GILES
MARY CHOWN
ZITA DEVEAU
CHRISTINE CALLAGHAN
PAUL – at Food Tent
QUINTE TRANSIT – 7
SHELLY AKERS
BRIANNA AKERS
NAYDNE MATTIS
ANNMARIE BRICKMAN
ALANA MORRISON
DAVE MORRISON
DUSTIN BAKER

Yard Sale
2025-06-20 - 2025-06-23
This year the Council elected to hold their annual Yard Sale in June, from Friday June 20th to the final wrap up on Monday morning 23rd.
The event actually started on Thursday 19th, when Knights arrived to set up the Tables and place them around the perimeter of the Church Parking Lot.
Also on the 19th as Knights were loading contents at Brother Peter Vanderlaak’s barn on Victoria Road in Carrying Place, onto trailers.
On Friday morning (20th) the trailers arrived early, and were unloaded, and contents were placed onto tables, sorted by type – electronic, china and cutlery, toys, tools, book, Music LP’s and CD’s, etc.
The people start arriving by 9am or 10am, as contents may be still arriving from storage.
The Council had a BBQ set up and were providing Hot Dogs, Sausages, and Pop/Water.
By the end of the day, there is not much left, and remaining items are covered with tarps to protect them from the elements.
A few stragglers will come out on Sunday morning and pick over the leftovers. The cleanup begins with the loading of leftovers.
A final cleanup is undertaken on Monday morning (23rd). We collapse the Tables and store them away for the next time. A garbage run was made.
Our June Yard Sale was another tremendous success. We raised just over $5300.00.
This will enable the Council to donate funds to our Charitable causes – TMHF, Food Bank, and so on.
Over the course of the four days, we had 77 Knights on hand helping out in various ways. This added up to 745 hours of donated time.
