ABOUT

About us

ABOUT US

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The Corona Council was chartered on April 6, 1953. The Council celebrated its 50th Anniversary on April 6, 2003 with a Banquet at Eagle Glen Golf Club in Corona. The Knights of the Corona Council actively participate in a wide range of projects and family activities. The Knights of Columbus and the Corona Council support Pro-Life and Right-to-Life Advocacy programs and initiatives that protect the innocent unborn and promote the sanctity of life. The Corona Council closely supports the Community of Corona and the Catholic Parish of St. Mary Magdalene through charitable activities as well as family and community oriented activities.

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The Corona Council primarily supports and serves the St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Community of Corona, California. We are located within the Diocese of San Bernardino.

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The Corona Council is part of the Arrowhead/Desert Valley Chapter of the California State Council and is located within District 112 of the California State Council. The Knights of Columbus Supreme Council is the governing Council for the Knights of Columbus organization worldwide. The Corona Council has attained and was awarded Star Council Status for Columbian Years 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2007-2008 and 2011-2012 (double Star).

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The members of the Corona Council are encouraged to wear their distinctive Blue Council Badges or Shirts with the K of C Emblem to all Church services and members are usually available to answer questions about the Knights of Columbus before or after Masses.

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The Corona/Norco area of Southern California's Inland Empire has recently seen a remarkable explosion of growth and a surge in population and a resulting rise in membership in the Corona Council.

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As a member of the Knights of Columbus you and your family enjoy many benefits, including 12 free issues annually of the Columbia Magazine, the world's largest Catholic family magazine, eligibility to join the Knights of Columbus top-ranked life insurance program, and many more family and personal benefits.

Business Meetings

BUSINESS MEETINGS

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General Business meetings are held at 7:00 PM promptly on the first Tuesday of each month at the St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Community Multipurpose Meeting Room, 8540 Weirick Road, Corona, CA 92883 (Map and Directions).

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An Officers' Planning meeting is held in the Modular 1 (West) Meeting Room of the St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Community on the last Tuesday of each month.

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Corona Council Members and Visitors from other Councils must sign-in at the door. Travel Cards must be presented at the door. Late-comers to General Business meetings may be required to wait for entrance to the meeting and for permission to be seated. Please bring your current, signed, Travel Card and wear your badge. Light refreshments are generally provided at the beginning of each meeting.

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There is an Attendance raffle at the General Business meeting, but you must be present to win the Attendance Award.

Our History

Father Michael McGivney

OUR HISTORY

Thanks to the efforts of Father Michael J. McGivney, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven and some of his parishioners, the Connecticut state legislature on March 29, 1882, officially chartered the Knights of Columbus as a fraternal benefit society. The Order is still true to its founding principles of charity, unity and fraternity.

The Knights was formed to render financial aid to members and their families. Mutual aid and assistance are offered to sick, disabled and needy members and their families. Social and intellectual fellowship is promoted among members and their families through educational, charitable, religious, social welfare, war relief and public relief works.

The history of the Order shows how the foresight of Father Michael J. McGivney, whose cause for sainthood is being investigated by the Vatican, brought about what has become the world's foremost Catholic fraternal benefit society. The Order has helped families obtain economic security and stability through its life insurance, annuity and long-term care programs, and has contributed time and energy worldwide to service in communities.

The Knights of Columbus has grown from several members in one council to more than 14,000 councils and 1.8 million members throughout the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, Poland, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Guatemala, Guam and Saipan.

Principles

OUR PRINCIPLES

Charity - Our Catholic faith teaches us to “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Members of the Knights of Columbus show love for their neighbors by conducting food drives and donating the food to local soup kitchens and food pantries, by volunteering at Special Olympics, and by supporting, both spiritually and materially, mothers who choose life for their babies. Knights recognize that our mission, and our faith in God, compels us to action. There is no better way to experience love and compassion than by helping those in need, a call we answer every day.

Unity – None of us is as good as all of us. Members of the Knights of Columbus all know that – together – we can accomplish far more than any of us could individually. So we stick together…we support one another. That doesn’t mean that we always agree or that there is never a difference of opinion. It does mean that – as a Knight of Columbus – you can count on the support and encouragement of your brother Knights as you work to make life better in your parish and community.

Fraternity – The Venerable Michael J. McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus, in large part, to provide assistance to the widows and children left behind when the family breadwinner died – often prematurely. The Order’s top-rated insurance program continues to do this today, as do individual Knights, who last year gave more than 10 million hours of their time to assist sick and/or disabled members and their families. In the Knights of Columbus, we watch out for and take care of one another.

Patriotism – Members of the Knights of Columbus, be they Americans, Canadians, Mexicans, Cubans, Filipinos, Poles, or Dominicans, are patriotic citizens. We are proud of our devotion to God and country, and believe in standing up for both. Whether it’s in public or private, the Knights remind the world that Catholics support their nations and are amongst the greatest citizens.

What We Do

WHAT WE DO

From the moment of our founding in 1882, charity has been the first principle of the Knights of Columbus. We are men of faith and men of action.

During 2012, in addition to raising and donating more than $167.5 million to charitable needs and projects, Knights volunteered more than 70 million hours of their time to charitable causes. These figures represent an increase of 6% and .1% respectively over 2011 figures. We undertake these acts of charity because we see those in need through the eyes of faith. Moreover, in the Knights of Columbus, we approach these acts of charity together. Pope Benedict XVI calls this the “practice of love...as a community.”

Our charitable activities encompass an almost infinite variety of local, national and international projects. From international charitable partnerships with Special Olympics, the Global Wheelchair Mission and Habitat for Humanity to our own Food for Families and Coats for Kids projects and other purely local charities, the opportunity to work together with fellow Knights and their families is virtually endless.

If you’d like to be a part of an international organization of more than 1.8 million Catholic men whose principal work involves helping others in need, we'd like to meet you and invite you to join us.

The Knights’ annual Survey of Fraternal Activity for the year ending Dec. 31, 2012, indicated that, despite the economy remaining soft, total charitable contributions reached $167,549,817 – exceeding the previous year’s total by more than $9.4 million.

The figure includes $30,947,974 donated by the Supreme Council, and $136,601,843 in contributions from state and local councils, assemblies and Squires circles.

Forty-Five percent of the contributions were for projects at the community level, many involving youth activities. Large donations during the period included $250,000 by Supreme Council and $3,308,796 by state and local councils for Special Olympics as well as $1,593,000 by Supreme Council and $4,477,120 by state and local councils for the support and promotion of religious vocations.

The survey also indicated that the quantity of volunteer service hours to charitable causes by Knights grew to 70,113,207– an increase of 63,774 hours compared to 2011. There were 423,575 Knights of Columbus blood donations during the year.

Cumulative figures show that during the past decade, the Knights of Columbus has donated $1.5 billion to charity, and provided more than 673 million hours of volunteer service in support of charitable initiatives.