Welcome to the Official Website of St. Patrick's Knights of Columbus Council 8601 and Women's Auxiliary! .... The next Pot Luck and Meeting is this Thursday, February 2 at 6:30 pm.
LAST UPDATE:January 28, 2012
Council 8601 is a single parish council of St. Patrick Catholic Parish located at 12424 Brogdon Lane in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Council was chartered on St. Patricks Day in 1984 and currently has more than 130 members. The Knights of Columbus is an internationally recognized organization with millions of members worldwide.
Meetings are held the 1st Thursday of each month in the parish Family Center adjacent to the church. You can get information on the Knights of Columbus and Council 8601 by calling the Membership Director, John Ricca, Jr. at 225-753-0393 or emailing him atjohn.ricca@kofc.org . There are KC brochures in the pamphlet rack in back of church which contain information, as well.
You are invited to join us in our good works done for the parish, for youth, for seminarians, for those less fortunate, and in the fight to respect life. Being a Knight allows you to work with a team of men to give back to others in ways that many are unable to do as an individual. You will enjoy the commaraderie of other men in the parish who share the same values and duty to God and family that you do. Many men in St. Patrick's parish wait to be invited before joining. Well, consider yourself invited!
If you are a practical Catholic man, at least 18 years old and in agreement with the teachings of the church, now is the time to become a Knight!
DID YOU KNOW !?! That the KC shield expresses Catholic Knighthood in organized merciful action. Mounted on the shield are three objects: a fasces (a bundle of rods bound together about an ax with the blade projecting) standing vertically and, crossed behind it, an anchor and a dagger or short sword. The fasces from Roman days, carried before magistrates as an emblem of authority, is symbolic of authority which must exist in any tightly-bonded and efficiently operating organization. The anchor is the mariner's symbol for Columbus, patron of the Order, while the short sword or dagger was the weapon of the Knight when engaged upon an errand of mercy.
Welcome to the Official Website of St. Patrick's Knights of Columbus Council 8601 and Women's Auxiliary! .... The next Pot Luck and Meeting is this Thursday, February 2 at 6:30 pm. 
You are invited to join us in our good works done for the parish, for youth, for seminarians, for those less fortunate, and in the fight to respect life. Being a Knight allows you to work with a team of men to give back to others in ways that many are unable to do as an individual. You will enjoy the commaraderie of other men in the parish who share the same values and duty to God and family that you do. Many men in St. Patrick's parish wait to be invited before joining. Well, consider yourself invited!
DID YOU KNOW !?! That the KC shield expresses Catholic Knighthood in organized merciful action. Mounted on the shield are three objects: a fasces (a bundle of rods bound together about an ax with the blade projecting) standing vertically and, crossed behind it, an anchor and a dagger or short sword. The fasces from Roman days, carried before magistrates as an emblem of authority, is symbolic of authority which must exist in any tightly-bonded and efficiently operating organization. The anchor is the mariner's symbol for Columbus, patron of the Order, while the short sword or dagger was the weapon of the Knight when engaged upon an errand of mercy.