Peckham ~ Council 117
Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Bird in Bush Road, Peckham, London SE15 1RH
Peckham Council 117 meets in the hall of Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Bird in Bush Rd, Peckham, London SE15 1RH. The Grand Knight is John
Campolini. You can make contact with the Knights
by email at john@campolini.fsnet.co.uk
Council meetings are on the 2nd
Tuesday of each month, 8.00pm.
Action and Welfare meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 8.00pm
Peckham Council 117 was founded on the 11th of December 1925. The Peckham Council works closely with the Parishes of
Peckham, Nunhead, East Dulwich, Hern Hill and Brockley,
providing funds for various projects, with Council members being
active participants in their parish. Presently membership stands at 46 Brothers of which 16 are
active on a regular basis. The black &
white picture shown some of our members and their families enjoying
a social function some years ago. To-day, although we still have
"formal" occasions, we tend to have more relaxed and
informal functions and some of our members, especially our past Grand Knight, Joe Tarquini, can often be seen on the golf course.
Years ago, we were instrumental in starting what is known to-day as a Housing Association. Brothers formed a Charity and bought local houses for disadvantaged people (not necessarily Knights) to occupy and over a number of years this grew to be a substantial number of properties. About 10 years ago, a decision was made to pass these properties on or sell them and monies raised were passed to various Charities.
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