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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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