K N I G H T S O F S T C O L U M B A
SERVING GOD BY SERVING OTHERS
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OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM CHARTER COUNCIL 319 KING'S LYNN
About the Knights of St Columba
The Knights of Saint Columba is a Catholic fraternal service organisation and the largest of its kind in Britain.
Founded in Glasgow in 1919, it is named in honour of Saint Columba, a Christian missionary from Ireland who helped to introduce Christianity to people in Northern Britain.
We are dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity and Fraternity and have more than 4,000 members in over 300 Councils across England, Scotland and Wales.
Membership is limited to practising Catholic men aged 16 or older.
We exist to support the mission and doctrine of the Catholic Church and at the same time to work for the "spiritual and material good of its members and their families".
We are a founder member of the International Alliance of Catholic Knights. (I.A.C.K.)
We follow the social teachings of the Catholic Church and work for the moral and social welfare of our communities and in particular to help the development of young people.
Our members strive to achieve all these aims through charity, unity and fraternity.
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Knights of St Columba's Our Lady of Walsingham Charter Council 319 King's Lynn was founded on May 8th, 1928.
It takes its name from the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham (1897 - 1934) which is in the Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation on London Road, King's Lynn.
The Council works closely with the Parish of King's Lynn and the surrounding Deanery of St Wilfrid, which includes Downham Market, East Dereham, Hunstanton, Swaffham and Wisbech.
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Council & Committee Meetings
Every person who joins the Knights of St Columba becomes a member of a Council, the grass roots of this Great Order. Council members meet on a monthly basis
to report upon their Committees' work and projects and to get agreement and guidance on future developments of each committee.
There are usually five committees to which all members take an active part. They are: Membership, Action & Social, Youth, Spitituality & Welfare and Finance.
Committee Meetings are held on the 4th Monday of each month at the Church of the Holy Family in Field Lane, Gaywood, King's Lynn at 6.15 p.m. This is followed by Mass at 7.00 p.m. The Council Meeting follows Mass to which prospective members are welcome.
