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Biloxi Knights of Columbus Council 1244
 N 717 Water St.  N  Biloxi, Mississippi, 39530  N 228-374-1907 N  
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                                 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NEW OFFICERS FOR THE NEXT YEAR!!!      

     

Council Information
The Biloxi 1244 Council is located in Biloxi, MS, one block North of Hwy 90 behind the Town Green at 717 Water St. The Grand Knight for 2006-2007 is Richard "Dick" Benton. You can contact the Knights by phone at 228-374-1907 on Thursday evenings between 7PM and 10PM or Sundays between 1 & 5PM or Harry Steinwinder at 1-228-435-4262 between 9am & 3pm M-F, or by email at Webmaster.

Council Meetings
Council meetings, for members, are held every Thursday at 8PM upstairs in the Council Chambers (main meeting hall) at 717 Water St, Biloxi. Family, friends and guests are always welcomed and encouraged to attend open social gatherings/dinners which are held frequently in the same hall in place of a members-only meeting. These open functions usually begin at 7:30 PM. Please click on our activities page at the left for further information and check out our scheduled events.

activities Our Council
The establishment of Columbianism on the Mississippi Gulf Coast was due largely in part because of a New Orleanian by the name of James F. Durel who on one spring day in 1907 stepped off an excursion train in Biloxi to visit with his son. The subsequent meetings with Nativity's the Very Reverend Alphonse Ketels, and his assistant, Fr. Doherty, would set in motion a group of nine very prominent Catholic laymen who immediately set about to organize the council. Having been organized, it was then called the Gulf Coast Council 1244, and on Sunday, June 2, 1907, fifty applicants were the first to receive the rites of exemplification. There were over 600 visiting dignitaries visiting the Mississippi coast's first and only council. The Gulf Coast Council would later become the present Biloxi Knights of Columbus, Council 1244. If you are interested in seeing the Past Grand Knights, click here.. The Biloxi Council works closely with each of the five Parishes of the coast, but is closely associated with Nativity B.V.M. Cathedral and Parish. We value your thoughts and comments about this website. Please Sign Guestbook and leave us comments so that we might better evaluate the services provided within our web pages. You may also review comments others have left behind by clicking View Guestbook Thank You.
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