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Welcome to the Home of the Knights of Columbus Council 4083 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. For non-members, this site should provide a good insight into the Mission and Ministry of the Knights in Tuscaloosa, AL. For members, we hope the site proves to be a vital link between you and your Council regardless of whether or not you have been able to attend meetings. Please visit the Calendar for coming events and participate where you can and the photo gallery to catch up on recent accomplishments.
K of C Council 4083 is part of the World’s Largest Men’s Catholic Fraternity with more than 1.7 million members. The Tuscaloosa Knights are very active in many local charitable endeavors with the goal to improve the quality of life for the entire Community through the application of our Faith Values. When the Knights of Columbus was founded in 1882, its founder, Fr. Michael McGivney could not have foreseen the global threats to our Christian way of life, but his formula for providing for the common good has demonstrated that the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotisim, on which our Order was founded, are universal and timeless.
The Council Hall located on the Holy Spirit Catholic Church Campus provides facilities that allow for a wide range of events to provide for both the business needs and social interaction so vital to a Charitable, Fraternal organization. Our Council values family, as much as it does fund raisers. It is interested in the new member Student Catholic as much as the longtime family member and values the input of each member regardless of their life station. We know that by opening our Council doors to all Catholic men 18 years or older and sharing with them the excitement of reaching deep into the Community to provide Youth Programs, Family Programs, programs to support Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, programs to support a cleaner environment, programs supporting the Clergy and Seminarians, involvement with the Wheelchair Foundation, and support of Charities like Catholic Family Services, we are helping to improve life for many in our Community while having fun and fostering fraternity in the process.
We are proud of the fact that we promote a campaign to Keep Christ in Christmas and favor activities supporting our Right to Life Views. We take pride in our support of EWTN programing as the Knights of Columbus pay for all of the Satellite Uplinks for Christmas and Easter Masses broadcast from the Vatican each year. And we are especially proud of the fact that K of C will and has paid for the Downlinks of those broadcasts in Countries who could not afford to do so for their Citizens.
We are particularly proud to support our Veterans whether at home or abroad for their efforts to preserve the the liberties we enjoy today. Our Fourth Degree Knights are dedicated to the principle of Patriotism and actively support the Tuscaloosa Veterans Hospital and its hundreds if resident patients and are proud to participate in a program to supply, resources, and spiritual support to the Clergy currently stationed abroad.
The Bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham, Robert Baker, has reminded our Knights that, outside the Clergy itself, the Knights of Columbus is the only Catholic sanctioned organization that takes and “oath” very much like the Clergy’s “vows” to uphold and promote the principles of our Catholic Faith. As testament to the the profound personal impact of our work, it is common to hear a Knight profess openly that he has become a better Catholic through his membership in the Knights of Columbus.
So, with these thoughts and ideas as a backdrop, please continue your Journey through this web site to learn more about what it means to be a Knight in Tuscaloosa. As you visit the pages of this site, look at the photos, and follow the links to other areas of interest, we hope you get a sense of what it is that we do as we tell the story of improvement through the application of Catholic Christian Core Values indigenous to the Knights of Columbus and their work to improve our World.
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