This is the official Facebook page for the Marquette Council No. 3631 of the Knights of Columbus, located in Griffith, Indiana.
The Knights of Columbus is the world’s largest Catholic benefit society, open to practicing Catholic men 18 years or older in union with the Holy See. Founded in the basement of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, CT in 1882 by Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney, the Knights of Columbus today has a membership of more than 1.9 million members across the globe.
As a fraternal benefit society, the Knights of Columbus cares for the financial needs of its members and their families through its insurance program, which has received the highest ratings possible from A.M. Best and been named a World’s Most Ethical Company by the Ethisphere Institute.
As the world’s largest Catholic fraternal organization, the Knights of Columbus has provided both financial aid and volunteer hours to organizations such as March for Life, Special Olympics, World Youth Day, the Global Wheelchair Mission, the U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs, as well as parishes and communities around the world. In the past decade, the Knights of Columbus has contributed $1.5 billion and 690 million hours to charitable projects.
Marquette Council was granted its charter on June 14, 1953 and oversaw the vast territory that at the time belonged to its home parish of St. Mary Roman Catholic Church in Griffith. Today, Marquette 3631 still calls St. Mary's home and also takes care of the needs of the parishioners of St. Ann in the Black Oak neighborhood of the city of Gary, indiana.
We are engaged in the life of the parish and our surrounding community. Our meetings are held on the first and third Thursday of every month at 7:30 PM. We invite all practical Catholic men, age 18 and older, to come be a part of our mission that Fr. Michael J. McGivney charged us with, to be our brother's keeper.
From the moment of our founding in 1882, charity has been the first principle of the Knights of Columbus. We are men of faith and men of action.
