Keyport Knights of Columbus #3402

08/25/2026

06/25/2026

Line Dancing tonight!!!

06/14/2026

Today is a highly significant date in American history, marking both the birth of the U.S. Army in 1775 and the adoption of the Stars and Stripes by the Continental Congress in 1777, which is celebrated annually as Flag Day.

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress approved the design of a national flag, stating that the American flag should consist of 13 alternating red and white stripes and 13 white stars on a blue field.

Since 1916, when President Woodrow Wilson issued a Presidential proclamation establishing a National Flag Day on June 14, Americans have commemorated the adoption of the Stars and Stripes in many ways–displaying the flag in the front of their homes, parades, and other patriotic observances. Prior to 1916, many localities and a few states had been celebrating the day for years. Congressional legislation designating that date as the National Flag Day was signed into law by President Harry Truman in 1949; the legislation also called upon the President to issue a Flag Day proclamation every year.

According to legend, in 1776, George Washington commissioned Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross to create a flag for the new nation. Scholars, however, credit the flag’s design to Francis Hopkinson, who also designed the Great Seal and first coin of the United States. Even so, Ross most likely met Washington and certainly sewed early American flags in her family’s Philadelphia upholstery shop. To date, there have been twenty-seven official versions of the flag, but the arrangement of the stars varied according to the flag-makers’ preferences until 1912 when President Taft standardized the then-new flag’s forty-eight stars into six rows of eight. The forty-nine-star flag (1959-60), as well as the fifty-star flag, also have standardized star patterns. The current version of the flag dates to July 4, 1960, after Hawaii became the fiftieth state on August 21, 1959.

Other pivotal milestones that occurred on this day include:
1775: The Second Continental Congress officially established the Continental Army, creating a unified military force for the 13 colonies and marking the birth of the U.S. Armed Forces.
1954: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill into law that officially added the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.

05/15/2026

CLEANING OUT YOUR CLOSETS?
We need your *gently* worn or new shoes.
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St. Joseph Council #3402 has a drop off at the council building at 54 Hwy #35, Keyport.
Shoes can be dropped off from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. everyday. Last date to donate will be June 12th.

*see flyer below for more info...

THANK YOU!!! 🙏

05/07/2026

Celebrate M❤️M with breakfast at the Knights of Columbus - Keyport NJ

04/12/2026

Today the Church celebrates Divine Mercy Sunday, a feast that reminds us of the endless mercy flowing from the heart of Christ. The devotion began with the visions of Saint Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun in the 1930s who recorded Jesus’ message of mercy and trust in her diary.

In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II officially established Divine Mercy Sunday for the whole Church, placing it on the Sunday after Easter, a fitting moment to celebrate the mercy made visible through Christ’s Passion, death, and Resurrection.

This feast reminds us that no sin is greater than God’s mercy, and that Jesus invites each of us to trust in His love and extend that mercy to others.

🙏 Jesus, I trust in You.

(Getty Images: Figure of Merciful Jesus next to the church and cemetery in Gora Swietej Malgorzaty in Poland)

04/07/2026

C'mon out for a night of fun & laughter! All are invited, please share and invite.