Knights of St Columba, Council 328 - Worcester Park and Wimbledon

02/09/2022

We will be doing our annual sponsored walk for St Raphael's Hospice, North Cheam, and other Knights of St Columba charities on Saturday 1 October 2022 in Nonsuch Park. The hospice still relies on donations from the public to a large extent.

We gratefully appreciate your support. You can sponsor us on this crowdfunding page: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ksc328-walk2022

Thanks

Weʼre raising money to raise funds for St Raphael's Hospice and other other Knights of St Columba charities.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

06/08/2021

This year our annual sponsored walk for St Raphael's Hospice and other charities will take place on Saturday 2 October 2021:

Weʼre raising money to support our local hospice (St Raphael's) and Knights of St Columba charities. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

22/05/2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD6YuYrJiBc

The Knights of St Columba work in parishes across Britain and have been busy supporting those in need during the pandemic but there is still more to be done....

04/03/2021

Here's the new website for Province 12 (to which Council 328 belongs): https://kscsouthwark.org/

This has got information about who we are, Province 12 and membership. Check it if you're interested in knowing more about the Knights of St Columba and what we do.

13/01/2021

Happy New Year

Last year was the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We pray that this year we begin to put this behind us. There is hope with the arrival of several vaccines, although there's no doubt the next next couple of months are going to be tough.

Sadly we have lost a number of Brothers due to COVID. Also we have also lost our Ecclesiastical Advisor, Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, due to the same. May their souls rest in peace.

Our meetings are taking place online via Zoom until further notice. If you are interested in joining, please get in touch. We are an Order of Catholic Laymen dedicated to the service of the Church and fellow man. We will continue to our best despite the challenging times we face.

Here's a prayer during this time of danger and illness:

God Our Father,
each person is precious to You.
You are the Giver of life.
Have mercy on us and protect us
at this time, as the Coronavirus
threatens health and life.
You are an ever-present Helper
in time of trouble.
Watch over those who are
suffering, give strength to those
who are aiding the Sick and give courage
to all in this time of anxiety.
We ask this of you in the name of your Son
Jesus Christ. AMEN.

21/10/2020

We raised over £2,300 from the sponsored walk this year for St Raphael's Hospice. That includes £1,575 + £343.75 Gift Aid = £1,918.75 from the JustGiving page plus various other donations from our sponsors. A big thank you to all our sponsors.

15/09/2020

The knights of Council 328 will be doing their annual sponsored walk on Saturday 19 September 2020, starting at 2pm, in Nonsuch Park, Cheam, in aid of St Raphael's Hospice.

Over the decades, since the start of the walk, the knights have raised more than £100k for the hospice. The hospice offers the best of palliative care to terminally ill patients in south west London and Surrey. It was created by The Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross, Liege.

If you would like to sponsor us, you can do so via the JustGiving page:

16/08/2020

FORMATION OF THE ORDER

During the 1914-1918 war, the American Order of the Knights of St. Columbus won wide recognition for the welfare work among the troops in France. They were also very active in various parts of the United Kingdom including Glasgow and London. Inspired by the same ideals, Patrick Joseph O’Callaghan, an Irish migrant from Cork gathered a meeting of 24 Catholic men in Glasgow on the 5th October 1919.
Having obtained the permission of the Archbishop, they formed the ‘Order of the Knights of St. Columba’, which they named in honour of Saint Columba, a Christian missionary from Ireland who helped to introduce Christianity to the people in Scotland and Northern Britain. Only a week after its formation, the Order received ecclesiastical approval from Pope Benedict XV.

Who are the Knights?

The Order of the Knights of St. Columba (KSC) is an organised body of Catholic men loyal to the Holy Father in Rome and dedicated to supporting the Bishops and the Clergy in their dioceses and parishes.
Membership of the Order gives men an opportunity to develop themselves more fully as practising Catholics. Living out the fundamental virtues of Charity, Unity and Fraternity, members contribute actively towards the Church’s Moral and Social mission and outreach both nationally and internationally.

The Family Organisation

Worcester Park Council 328 has been in existence since 4 December 1938. In more recent times the Councils of Wimbledon and East Surrey have merged with Council 328.

Dedicated to the Holy Family, the Knights of St. Columba is committed to preserving the sanctity of family life, the protection of human life from conception to natural death and works with like-minded organisations to uphold the moral teachings and values of our faith.

This work is amply displayed by our dedication to supporting St. Raphael’s Hospice in North Cheam, which the Daughters of the Cross established in 1987. Council 328 organised a sponsored walk to help support their work, which was only partially funded by the Government. To date, over 3 decades, our Council has raised over £125k funds for the Hospice and we will continue to do so.

Normally we meet in the Parish hall of St. Christopher’s in Dallas Road, Cheam Village on the 3rd Tuesday of every month. However, during this period of the COVID-19 pandemic we are conducting meetings online via Zoom.

Any Parishioner interested in the KSC is cordially welcomed to join us at one of our meetings as a guest.