Trenton Knights of Columbus

Rosary Rally - Oct 2025
2025-10-11 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
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.
