Bishop Gallagher Council #2569 Home
•1005 E. 11 Mile Rd.		•Royal Oak, MI 48067		• 248-541-9474

Bishop Gallgher Council No. 2569 is located in the Royal Canadian Legion Post 84 building on 11 Mile Rd. between Main St. and Campbell Rd. in Royal Oak, Michigan. The Grand Knight for 2011-2012 is Ronald O'Connor. You can contact the Knights by email at grandknight@kofc2569.com. Or, you can leave a message at our meeting location in the Royal Canadian Legion at 248-541-9474. 

 
Bishop Gallagher Council No. 2569 meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in its room in the  Royal Canadian Legion Post 84 between Main St. and Campbell Rd. in Royal Oak, Michigan, 1005 E. 11 Mile Rd.

The history of Bishop Gallagher Council #2569 parallels the history of Royal Oak, Michigan, itself. Many of the Knights who were active in the founding of the Council were active in the government and the business of Royal Oak.

Father Michael J. McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus in Connecticut on March 29, 1882. Sixteen years later the order was brought to the State of Michigan with the founding of Council #305 in Detroit. On October 26, 1901, the first Knights of Columbus Council in Oakland County was instituted in Pontiac.

Twenty four years later on May 10, 1925, after many meetings of a group that included the City Clerk of Royal Oak, Rev. Maurice Chawke, pastor of St. Mary's Church, and the Grand Knight of the Pontiac Council #600, the sixty-first Council in the State of Michigan was instituted in Royal Oak with one hundred and thirty-four Charter Members. The first Grand Knight of the Council was Martin Bourke.

Bishop Gallagher Council #2569 works closely with many Catholic churches but most closely with St. Mary Catholic Church in Royal Oak and St. James Catholic Church in Ferndale, providing funds for various projects and members being active participants in their parishes.

We support many charities helping the community, such as, Holy Cross Children’s Services (http://www.hccsnet.org/); the ARC of Oakland County (http://thearcoakland.org/); the 40+ charities under the umbrella of Take 5 Michigan Charities; Respect Life initiatives; local food banks, including the Franciscan Poverty Program and Gleaners; Sacred Heart Major Seminary; and programs recommended by the State Council of Michigan Knights of Columbus that in turn support the citizens of Michigan.

We perform an average of one service program per month (12 per year) at St. Mary and St. James, including the annual Spelling Bee and Free Throw Contest, helping at the St. Mary School Auction, providing bibles and rosaries, helping St. Mary refurbish its tabernacle, CYO basketball for St. Mary, St. Mary Adopt A Family, St. James Adopt A Family. 

You see us at annual “Tootsie Roll” Drives for the Mentally Impaired, parades, veteran activities, family functions, Christmas parties, and picnics.

We promote worldwide Knights of Columbus programs to our community, such as, Pro-Life causes, support to our clergy, and vocations support.

Knights of Columbus membership passed 1.8 million members, and we have 14,000 active councils around the world. As Catholics, we have the most fundamental things of life in common. The faith that unites us is far greater than anything that might divide us