Knights of Columbus, Council #1393 Information

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On April 24, 1909, twenty-eight Westminster citizens took their first and second degrees. They joined with a third-degree brother and formally organized Westminster Council #1393 as the seventh council in Maryland. T. Herbert Shriver was elected as the first Grand Knight. The following day the same twenty-eight were initiated in the third degree of the order.

Our Council has been honored over the past ninety-two years with a number of elected or appointed State Officers. Malcom D. Gilligan, D.D.S. was State Deputy from 1966-1968; Charles O. Fisher, State Advocate; Deacon Mark E. Ripper, Associate State Chaplain from 2004-2006 and a number of District Deputies, including Fred Hilmer, Charles N. Fisher, David E. Walsh, Michael E. Walsh, Lloyd Lynch, James R. Brown, and William J. Norton.

The Westminster Council meets the First and Third Tuesday's of the Month, 8:00 p.m., at the Portico located on the St. John Catholic Church Campus at 47 Monroe Street in Westminster, MD. We are in District 5 in the Maryland State Council.

Our Council participates in all five program areas outlined by the Knights of Columbus - Church, Community, Council, Family & Youth. We have at least one activity in each of these areas each quarter.

In order to keep members and their families up to date on what is going on in the Council we have a bi-monthly publication called "The Crusader". You can find this information on the website by clicking on the Activities, Council News, & Degrees links on the menu to the left.

To get more information or to join our council, email Associate Chaplain, Deacon Mark at meripper@carr.org.