ST. MARY'S OFFICERS ARE
Grand Knight ............Lawrence A. Lombardo
Deputy Grand Knight.......Charles V. Rosaschi Chancellor.........................Paul M. Labzzetta
Treasurer ..................Lawrence J. Brignati Jr.
Financial Secretary ........ Thomas M. Moriarty
Recorder ................................Brian P. Barry
Advocate ............................ Louis P. Siciliano
Warden ............................ Robert M. Vincelli
Inside Guard ................ Kevin G. Christenson
Outside Guard ..... Christopher A. Cunningham Trustees
..................James J. Crawford, PGK,
............................Mario O. Poletti
...........................Ralph J. Macchia
Lecturer ........................Lawrence W. Swing
"The Anchor" (our news letter) Editor.... Paul M. Labozzetta
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History
Growth of the Knights of Columbus
On Oct. 2, 1881, a small group of men met in the basement of St.
Mary's Church on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut. Called together by their 29-year-old parish priest, Father Michael
J. McGivney, these men formed a fraternal society that would one day become the world's largest Catholic family fraternal
service organization. They sought strength in solidarity, and security through unity of purpose and devotion to a holy cause:
they vowed to be defenders of their country, their families and their faith. These men were bound together by the ideal of
Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of the Americas, the one whose hand brought Christianity to the New World. Their efforts
came to fruition with the incorporation of the Knights of Columbus on March 29, 1882. They were Knights of Columbus.