5th Ontario District Master Gord Edwards

Worthy Faithful Navigators, Former District Masters, District Team Members and Sir Knights.

For those of you who may not have received my email earlier this month. It is official that I have been reappointed for another two-year term. The District Masters of the Cardinal McGuigan Province met in Toronto for our Provincial meeting on the weekend of the seventeenth. We reviewed the fourth-degree programs and what is new. The Masters were also installed for the next term. It was nice to finally meet in person for a change. Many of the Masters, I have served with, I have never met in person. In fact, some of them finished their term and I did not get a chance to meet them. Master Rudy Motaniel of the 2nd Ontario District passed away just a week short of his term ending. I attended his funeral out of respect for his position and there were 50 Sir Knights in uniform for his funeral. We can continue to pray for the repose of his soul and for his family as they feel and deal with their grief. 

It has been more than two years since we have been able to meet in person. Many of the Assemblies are also starting to meet and hold live meetings. It has been also more than two years since we have been able to hold installation of officers. Each Assembly is to be installed each year after their elections even if there is no change in the executive. Supreme gave us a bit of a reprieve during covid and allowed us to do it virtually or not do the ones that had no changes. We need to get back to business as usual. It is going to be hard to jump start our members after this short hiatus. Hopefully the Assemblies can find a way to engage their members. I just want you to know I am here to help you with that. Start to contact your members see how they are doing, invite them back to your meetings. Remind them when and where you are holding them. We need to rebuild that interest that we all have in the order, not just in the fourth but in the third as well. 

I am planning to hold a live District meeting. I will be sending out notices as soon as I am able to get a location to hold it. In talking with some Faithful Navigators, they feel it is important to get things back to normal. They said it will be nice to meet their counter parts from the neighboring Assemblies and share thoughts and ideas. This is what a District meeting is for, talking about the finances of the District and what programs we can do to, to build on our patriotic goals. In the end we can use these programs to develop interest in our order and attract new members.      

Vivat Jesus!!

Fraternally & Patriotically,

Gordon M. Edwards – Master

5th Ontario District 

Cardinal McGuigan Province

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