Council 339 ~ Northampton
• Church of SS Francis and Therese, East Hunsbury • Northampton • NN4 0RZ
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Province 27 - East Anglia


The Knights of St Columba is the largest Catholic family fraternal service organization in the UK with eight thousand members. It provides members and their families with volunteer opportunities in service to the Catholic Church, their communities, families and young people.


Help the Hospices LogoThe work of the knights is carried out at both a local and national level. Following the KSC's successful national 'Wells for Water' campaign, which raised £277.000 over the past three years, the current National Action Project will support the 'Help the Hospices' movement over the next two years.

Locally, the Knights of St Columba undertake various activities to provide support and assistance to the Community at large, families, the young and Council 211 crib in Scunthorpe the Church. Such service can range from providing financial support for 'good causes' or sponsoring sporting activities for the youth. Knights give freely of their time and energy to enhance the spiritual well-being of the local community; distributing posters; erecting Christmas cribs in prominent places; organising seminars on social teaching; vocation exhibitions and  adopting a moral stance on life issues. 

HYP 2000 PilgrimageThose less fortunate in society, such as the disabled, those with learning difficulties, special needs and the homeless, also benefit from KSC action. Many Councils support such groups by providing help with transport and travel arrangements, accommodation, running 'soup kitchens' and offering advice to those in need.

Council 339 has raised considerable sums of money for local charities both religious and secular by means of an annual sponsored walk. It has hosted youth quizzes, sent young people on seminars, gone on pilgrimage, supported pro life causes and assisted at diocesan and parish events. If there is one shackle to future progress it is the failure to recruit younger men in sufficient numbers ”…the labourers are few”.

   

  

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