• October 2025 Family of the Month

    Family of the Month for Fr. Bill Johnson Council #11665 for October 2025 goes to Dave and Bonnie Grigsby. Dave a have and Bonnie have been married 44 yrs. They have two sons (Bradley and Jonathan). Dave has been a lifelong Catholic right here at SFDS, while Bonnie attends Spring Hills Baptist Church in Granville.

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  • Ohio March For Life – 2025

    The Knights of Columbus is a proud supporter of Life at all stages – “from Womb to Natural Death”. On 10/3/2025, Fr. Bill Johnson Council #11665 (along with members of our parish St. Francis de Sales in Newark, Ohio and its Respect Life Group and many other brother Knights from councils throughout Ohio) participated in

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  • September 2025 Family of the Month

    Family of the Month for Fr. Bill Johnson #11665 for September 2025 goes to Tony  and Rita Adams. Tony originally joined the Knights in the mid 1990’s at St. Jude in Monroe, CT, and our Council in 2023 under Grand Knight Dave Breitmayer. Tony and Rita have a longtime legacy of service to and involvement

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  • Into the Breach – 2025

    From 7/12/2025 to 8/16/2025, nearly 25 men from St. Francis gathered in Murphy Hall on Saturday morning for the first of six consecutive sessions of a video series called Into the Breach. Into the Breach is a Knights of Columbus produced video series which seeks to answer the question of what it takes to be

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  • History of St. Leonard Knights of Columbus (K of C) Council 12641

    In 1999, Father Michael Reis and Frank Luciotti began the process of initiating a Knights of Columbus Council for St. Leonard Catholic Church and Parish, Heath, Ohio. Due to their combined efforts on January 26, 2000, Knights of Columbus Council 12641 was granted its charter and established. On February 2, 2025, St. Leonard Catholic Church

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  • Fr McGivney Mass and Breakfast

    St Francis de Sales – Johnson Hall – August 10, 2025 We held our annual Mass and Breakfast for Fr McGivney as close to his birth/death day as possible. This year was 8/10 with the Mass intention for Fr McGivney and the Breakfast – staffed by Knights – available for the entire Parish held starting

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  • Live Exemplification of New Knights

    Sunday 8/24/2025 @ St Francis de Sales Parish On Sunday we welcomed three new men to Council #11665 and two new Knights to Council #721. Welcome brothers! Thank you, too, to the Exemplification team: Gerry Mattimore ( Membership Director and Presenter); Josh Dziatowicz (Presiding Officer); Mike Maurer (Presenter); Dan Bell (Presenter); Grant Hanrahan (Warden); Dave

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  • 2025 St. Francis de Sales Parish Ministry Fair

    Featuring the Knights of Columbus Booth Over the August 16/17 weekend, and for the first time in many years, St Francis de Sales Parish hosted their annual Ministry Fair in Johnson Hall. Pulling in leaders from all over the Parish, booths were set up to showcase each ministry’s efforts in hopes of recruitment and, at

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  • 2025 Student Scholarship Winner

    Winner: Lyla Hanrahan

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  • August 2025 Family of the Month

    August Family of the Month: Rick and Kathy Gummer

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