A Knights of Columbus Council can work wonders. In fact, with its many programs, it can help change a community.
At Pope Pius XII Council, we pride ourselves on being a close group of practicing Catholic men, sharing in the celebration of family values. We welcome new prospective members, and their families, to get to know us, by meeting with us at our social functions and through their participation in our community programs.
Through these programs, we strive to strengthen our Parish and our community. This work is generated through the commitment of gifts from our members and their families. There gifts come in the form of time, talent and treasure.
We graciously welcome the gifts our new members may offer to better assist us in our efforts of providing Charity to those in need, building a Unity of community and purpose, while developing a true sense of the meaning of Fraternity
Please consider adding your gifts of time and talent to ours, so we can grow in our best efforts for our Church and community.
Twelve Reasons Why You Should Be A Knight of Columbus
- To unite with 1.5 million men in the largest society of Catholic men in the world working in over 9,500 local councils situated throughout North America and the Pacific.
- To gain a unique opportunity for personal leadership development through its organizational structure.
- To share in the Knight’s apostolate for the Catholic Church – the promotion of vocations, prayer (particularly the Rosary), religious education and parish activities.
- To participate in the Family Life movement of the Knights, a family organization of some six million men, women and children.
- To work in the community for others who need you. Last year more than $92 million and over 32 million man0hours of service were given by Knights in charitable and community endeavors, particularly for the retarded, the deaf, the blind, youth, the poor, the aged, the sick and many others.
- To help build future leaders through the Knights’ own Columbian Squire, and through Scouting, CYO, Big Brothers, 4-H Clubs, etc.
- To enjoy with your family in your local council a wide variety of social, cultural and athletic activities.
- To have available to yourself and your family a fraternal low-cost life and health insurance program.
- To quality for college student loan and scholarship programs for yourself and your family. (Even after the death of a member, his spouse and dependent children continue to quality for these benefits. The children of full-time police, fire-fighting and regular military personnel who are killed or permanently and totally disabled may quality for a Catholic college education with all-expense paid.
- To receive COLUMBIA, the largest Catholic monthly magazine in North America. After the death of a member, his spouse continues to receive COLUMBIA for life.
- To be remembered with your family in a monthly Mass offered by the Supreme Chaplain. Deceased members are remembered in a daily Mass at St. Mary’s Church, the birthplace of the Order in New Haven, CT.
- To take pride in helping the Holy Father bring the message of Christ to the world by providing annually for global telecasts of the Christmas and Easter liturgies and other papal ceremonies from the Vatican City.
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