Our Council’s History

Our Council 13100 was chartered in 2002 as a District 64 Council on the feast day of Saint Katharine Drexel, March 3, as Knights Council #13100. Father James R. O’Brien, the founding pastor of St. Katharine Drexel Parish in Mechanicsburg, welcomed our Council to make SKD our permanent home. The Council graciously accepted Father O’Brien’s welcome. Today, we are a growing Council of seventy plus members serving the needs of our Saint Katharine Drexel parish community in partnership with Father Kenneth G. Smith, while extending our charitable work throughout our community.

Council Meetings

*1st Wednesday of each month Business meeting @ 7:30 pm (Immediately following the 7:00 p.m. Mass)
*3rd Thursday of each month Fraternal meeting @ 6:30 pm

Our St Katharine Drexel Council 13100 Officers for 2023/2024 Fraternal Year are:

• Grand Knight – Jim Wilson
• Deputy Grand Knight – Ken DeRosa
• Chancellor – Ken DeRosa
• Financial Secretary – David Martin
• Recorder – Robert Mentzer
• Treasurer – Scott Christ

Saint Katharine Drexel Church is pleased to announce that the parish Knights of Columbus Council #13100 received the STAR council award for outstanding accomplishments on December 17th during the 11:00 a.m. Mass.  This is the third year in a row our council received this prestigious STAR award which only a few councils in the world have been able to achieve.

Thanks to the efforts of Venerable Michael J. McGivney, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, and some of his parishioners, the Connecticut state legislature on March 29, 1882, officially chartered the Knights of Columbus as a fraternal benefit society. The Order is still true to its founding principles of charity, unity and fraternity.

Knights are Catholic men, 18 years of age and older, who are committed to making their community a better place while supporting their Church. Being a Knight is more than camaraderie; it is being involved with your community; it is supporting your local Catholic Church while enhancing your own faith; it is about protecting and enhancing your family life.

For more information on the Knights of Columbus, click here.