Winter Relief Shelter 2025
The Pastorate of the Visitation will once again host a Winter Relief Shelter at Our Lady of the Chesapeake to help house and feed area homeless during one of the coldest weeks of Winter in Maryland.
Catholic Men’s Fellowship Conference
April 5, 2025 – Registration is now open for the 2025 Catholic Men’s Fellowship of Maryland 26th Annual Conference at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fullerton, Maryland. The theme will be “Jesus Christ – Yesterday, Today and Forever” (Heb. 13:8)
Catholic Men—You’re Invited!
Come join us! We invite every Catholic man 18 years of age or older to join the Knights of Columbus at St. Jane Frances. Exciting things are happening at Council 10966! Bond with fellow Catholic men and GIVE BACK by
“His Hands” Ministry
Join us one Saturday a month for prayer, fellowship, food and manual labor as we help those in need in doing yard work, organizing, cleaning, painting, etc. All jobs will be chosen by our pastor.
FREE! Knights of Columbus 1-Year Membership
Why wait? Join the Knights of Columbus now and enjoy the first year of membership for FREE!
Welcome to Monsignor Raymond P. Kelly Council #10966 in Riviera Beach, MD
Dennis Bryant, Grand Knight, 443-506-1770
Mike Molnar, Deputy Grand Knight, 443-618-8092
Join the charitable activities of fellow Catholic men through the Msgr. Raymond P. Kelly Council 10966 at St. Jane Frances!
If you’re interested in helping those in need, serving our parish, growing in your faith, bonding with men who share your faith, or having exclusive access to top-rated insurance protection for your family, then the Knights of Columbus is the organization for you!
The Msgr. Raymond Kelly Council Knights of Columbus at St. Jane Frances de Chantal parish is for practicing Catholic men, 18 and over, who wish to make a difference in our parish and our community as well as within themselves. Join the almost 2 million strong force that Pope St. John Paul II called the “strong arm of the Catholic Church” and see how much of a difference you can make for the better! (see: Why Join the Knights pamphlet)
Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works… For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. – James 2:14–26
Council #10966 Calendar
About Our Council at St. Jane Frances
The Monsignor Raymond P. Kelly Council of the Knights of Columbus is located within the State of Maryland in Anne Arundel County. The Council was instituted on October 12, 1992, the quincentennial of the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The Council was organized by Former District Deputy Kenneth Sassaman under the leadership of Past Maryland State Deputy and Vice-Supreme Master Francis M. Feeley. Former District Deputy Robert Cleckner, Sr. was our Charter Grand Knight.
A majority of the members of Monsignor Raymond P. Kelly Council are parishioners of St. Jane Frances de Chantal Roman Catholic Church in Riviera Beach, Maryland, but many members also participate from surrounding towns and parishes. Established in 1946, St. Jane Frances Church is a thriving parish in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and the Council takes its name from its first pastor. Council officers and our Past Grand Knights are listed in the accompanying tables. The Council presently has approximately 145 members.
Meetings
Council Membership meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM in St. Jane Frances Parish Hall at 8513 Saint Jane Drive in Pasadena, Maryland. The meeting is preceded by a social hour beginning at 6:30pm. All current Knights of Columbus are invited to attend; only current council members are allowed to vote on motions.
Council Officers’ Planning meetings are the fourth Wednesday of the month on Zoom (see the Council Officers page for instructions; password required).
Want to become a Knight?
If you are a practical Catholic man, age 18 or older, we welcome you to join the largest organization of Catholic laymen worldwide.
Here are the steps in becoming a Knight of Columbus:
- Be a practical Catholic man 18 years of age or older.
- Contact our Grand Knight.
- Have a conversation with him about the Knights of Columbus in your community.
- Browse our Council’s website and the Supreme Council’s site for more information on the Knights of Columbus as a whole.
- If you are a practical Catholic man, you can join today online!
- Upon approval, attend the next initiation ceremony held in our area to join our council at St. Jane Frances.
