Knights of Columbus 4440, Content

Welcome to our Council Site

Council Information
The Knights of Columbus Council #4440 is located next to the Our Lady of Victory Church in Fresno, Ca located at 2838 N. West Avenue. The Grand Knight for 2011-2012 is Don Reitz and can be contacted by phone at (559)-970-0183.

Council Meetings

Brother Knights are invited to attend our monthly membership meetings. Doors open at 6:30 and the meetings begin at 7:00pm every 2nd Thursday of the Month, in Hayes Hall, by Our Lady of Victory Church.

You can also keep in touch by email!

We want to send meeting notices, event reminders and the monthly newsletter by email. To subscribe we need your email address, Please contact us at (559)-970-0183

Dates to remember:

Knights Family Mass - 1st Sunday of the Month each Month; Brother Knights and their families gather for 8:00 am Sunday Mass, seating is reserved in the Front Section of the OLV Church.

About our Council
Fr. Manus Doherty Council 4440 was founded June 22, 1957 at Our Lady of Victory Hall by State Deputy Oscar Rug. Gerald J McNearney was installed as the Council's first Grand Knight.

It is named after Fr. Manus Doherty, who was assigned to Our Lady of Victory Parish in 1959 and became the Chaplain of Council #4440. On April 13, 1960, Father Doherty was killed in an automobile accident on Highway 41 several miles south of Fresno. On June 22 1960, Gerald J Mc Nearney, then District Deputy, presented a resolution to Our Lady of Victory Council to change its name to Father Manus Doherty Council #4440. The resolution passed upon its second reading August 26, 1960, and the council became known as Father Manus Doherty Council #4440.

The Knights of Columbus Council #4440 works closely with the Our Lady of Victory Parish in Fresno, Ca, providing funds for various projects, members being active participants in their parish.

CHARITY, UNITY, FRATERNITY, AND PATRIOTISM
Knights of Columbus are Catholic gentlemen committed to the exemplification of charity, unity, fraternity, patriotism, and defense of the priesthood. The Order is consecrated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Order is unequivocal in its loyalty to the Pope, the Vicar of Christ on earth. It is firmly committed to the protection of human life, from conception to natural death, and to the preservation and defense of the family. It was on these bedrock principles that the Order was founded over a century ago and remains true to them today.

Prayer session every first Monday of the month.

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