Welcome to the Official Website of St. Patrick's Knights of Columbus Council 8601 and Women's Auxiliary!........ See new "Did You Know?" below.
Last Update:May 16, 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 140 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 at john.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 !?! The Connecticut Catholic newspaper ran an editorial in 1878 that illustrated the esteem in which American Catholics held Columbus. "As American Catholics we do not know of anyone who more deserves our grateful remembrance than the great and noble man - the pious, zealous, faithful Catholic, the enterprising navigator, and the large-hearted and generous sailor: Christopher Columbus." The name of Columbus was also partially intended as a mild rebuke to Anglo-Saxon Protestant leaders, who upheld the explorer (a Catholic Genovese Italian working for Catholic Spain) as an American hero, yet simultaneously sought to marginalize recent Catholic immigrants. In taking Columbus as their patron, they were sending the message that not only could Catholics be full members of American society, but were, in fact, instrumental in its foundation.
Welcome to the Official Website of St. Patrick's Knights of Columbus Council 8601 and Women's Auxiliary! ........ See new "Did You Know?" below. 
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 !?! The Connecticut Catholic newspaper ran an editorial in 1878 that illustrated the esteem in which American Catholics held Columbus. "As American Catholics we do not know of anyone who more deserves our grateful remembrance than the great and noble man - the pious, zealous, faithful Catholic, the enterprising navigator, and the large-hearted and generous sailor: Christopher Columbus." The name of Columbus was also partially intended as a mild rebuke to Anglo-Saxon Protestant leaders, who upheld the explorer (a Catholic Genovese Italian working for Catholic Spain) as an American hero, yet simultaneously sought to marginalize recent Catholic immigrants. In taking Columbus as their patron, they were sending the message that not only could Catholics be full members of American society, but were, in fact, instrumental in its foundation. 