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ABOUT THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Thanks to the efforts of Father Michael
J. McGivney, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven and
some of his parishioners, the Connecticut state legislature on March
29, 1882, officially chartered the Knights of Columbus as a fraternal
benefit society. The Order is still true to its founding principles of
charity, unity and fraternity.
 The
Knights 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.
The history of the Order shows how the
foresight of Father Michael J. McGivney, whose cause for sainthood is
being investigated by the Vatican, brought about what has become the
world's foremost Catholic fraternal benefit society. The Order has
helped families obtain economic security and stability through its
life insurance, annuity and long-term care programs, and has
contributed time and energy worldwide to service in communities.
The Knights of Columbus has grown from
several members in one council to more than 13,000 councils and 1.7
million members throughout the United States, Canada, the Philippines,
Mexico, Poland, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, the
Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Guatemala, Guam and Saipan
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL #4847
We are a collection of Catholic men
located in the Lehner Center of Saint Ambrose Catholic Church in
Brunswick, OH. The Grand Knight is
John Brown.
Meetings are held on the first and third
Tuesday of the month September through May at Saint Ambrose Lehner
Center. The 4847 Council was
chartered September 8, 1959. The
original 28 members conducted their first meetings in the basement of
the original Old Phoenix Bank at the corner of Route 303 and Pearl
Road. Click
here to learn a little more about the 4847.
Our mission
will be carried out by the respect and protection of human life at all
stages, through the promotion of holy families, through the formation
of religious vocations, through the protection of religious persons
and sacred spaces, through frequent reception of the Sacraments, and
through the Adoration of Christ, truly present in the Most Holy
Sacrament of the altar.
As Knights, we are asked to pray the
Rosary as often as possible, engaging in spiritual combat and in the
submitting of petitions of thanksgiving and intercession to Our
Blessed Mother Mary.
Through acts of
Charity, Unity,
Fraternity and
Patriotism, with full loyalty to
the Holy Father and Mother Church, the Men of this Council shall bear
the Light of the Son so that we may all enter into the One True Body
of Christ.
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