Fullerton Knights of Columbus
Council 4018
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The Fullerton Knights of Columbus Council 4018 is located at Saint Juliana's Catholic Church in Fullerton California. Our council has over 148 members dedicated to serving our church, community and each other. Our council serves Saint Juliana and Saint Mary's Catholic Church
Council Meetings
Fullerton Knights of Columbus council meets on the third tuesday of each month at 7:40 PM in meeting room #1.
Knights History
On Oct. 2, 1881, a group of men met in the basement of St. Mary’s Church on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut. Called together by their 29-year-old parish priest, Father Michael J. McGivney, these men formed a fraternal society that would one day become the world’s largest Catholic family fraternal service organization.
They sought strength in solidarity, and security through unity of purpose and devotion to a holy cause: they vowed to be defenders of their country, their families and their faith.
These men were bound together by the ideal of Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of the Americas, the one whose hand brought Christianity to the New World. Their efforts came to fruition with the incorporation of the Knights of Columbus on March 29, 1882.
They were Knights of Columbus.
The Order has been called "the strong right arm of the Church," and has been praised by popes, presidents and other world leaders, for support of the Church, programs of evangelization and Catholic education, civic involvement and aid to those in need.
Father McGivney’s founding vision for the Order also included a life insurance program to provide for the widows and orphans of deceased members. The Order’s insurance program has expanded substantially to serve more effectively the Knights’ growing membership.
Year after year, the Knights of Columbus has earned the highest possible quality ratings for financial soundness from A.M. Best and Standard & Poor’s. The Order provides the highest quality insurance, annuity and long-term care products to its members, along with many other fraternal benefits.
The Supreme Council is the governing body of the Knights of Columbus and is responsible for the development of the organization as a whole.
Supreme Council duties include establishing the Order in new regions and setting up regional authorities, defining and advancing its values and goals, undertaking organization-wide initiatives, promoting awareness of the Knights’ mission worldwide, and protecting the families of members through its extensive insurance program.
Members working in local, or subordinate councils, however, carry on the majority of the Knights’ beneficial work.
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COUNCIL HISTORY
The Fullerton Council of the Knights of Columbus was founded on April 18, 1965, with a roster of 41 Knights and was designated Council 4018.
Meetings were initially held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church until facilities were available at newly constructed St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church.
Subsequently, the yearning for a permanent meeting place inspired the members to stage a series of fundraisers that ultimately generated over $25, 000.
When St. Juliana Church constructed a Parish Center in 2008, the Knights donated $25, 000 to the building fund based on an agreement with Fr. Jude Herlihy, then Pastor, that the Knights of Columbus would have first priority on the use of Meeting Rooms 1 and 2.
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