{"id":1955,"date":"2022-02-13T14:53:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T19:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kofc5452.org\/?page_id=1955"},"modified":"2024-04-27T12:22:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T16:22:47","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kofc5452.org\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Father Baumgartner Council #5452 is a group of over 290 local gentlemen from three parishes where faith, service and charity are at the heart of all we do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Knights of Columbus was established in 1882 by Father Michael J. McGivney, an assistant pastor of St. Mary&#8217;s Church in New Haven, Conn. Today the Knights of Columbus has over 2 million Knights located on every continent except Antarctica (so far). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click these links to learn more about the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kofc.org\/en\/who-we-are\/our-story\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>mission <\/strong><\/a>and  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kofc.org\/en\/who-we-are\/our-history\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>history <\/strong><\/a>of the Knights of Columbus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Meetings:<\/em><\/strong><br>General membership meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Registered users<\/em> <em>should log in at LEFT for full access to website.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>WANT TO JOIN THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS?<\/em><\/strong><br>It is easy for Catholic gentlemen to join the Knights of Columbus and serve your local community. For more info you can&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:jeallen11@yahoo.com\">email<\/a>&nbsp;our Membership Director, Jack Allen. You can also join for&nbsp;<strong>free<\/strong>&nbsp;online using promo code&nbsp;<strong><strong>BLESSEDMCGIVNEY<\/strong><\/strong> at<strong>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kofc.org%2Fsecure%2Fen%2Fjoin%2Fjoin-the-knights.html%23utm_source%3DAristotle-Knightline%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DAristotle-Knightline-2021-08-02&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Cab96475ca3024ac53a2208d96d94d511%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637661308268099196%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=m5HJBV0yJNw06we5pNL9XzNwSmWOmzewhge6RmaPShY%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">kofc.org\/join<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>NEWSLETTERS or MINUTES<\/em><\/strong><br>Select NEWSLETTERS or MEETING MINUTES on the top menu to view published council documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS<\/em><\/strong><br>To request full access, please use the REGISTER link for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Father Baumgartner Council #5452 is a group of over 290 local gentlemen from three parishes where faith, service and charity are at the heart of all we do. The Knights of Columbus was established in 1882 by Father Michael J. McGivney, an assistant pastor of St. Mary&#8217;s Church in New Haven, Conn. Today the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kofc5452.org\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Us<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1955","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kofc5452.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kofc5452.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kofc5452.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kofc5452.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kofc5452.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1955"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/kofc5452.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2360,"href":"https:\/\/kofc5452.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1955\/revisions\/2360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kofc5452.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}