The Timothy J. Coyle Council was founded in 1984 through the efforts of the Lee R. Hurst and a group of catholic men  who anticipated the need for a Knights of Columbus council to serve the needs of the growing population of Northeast Shelby County. 

The Timothy J. Coyle Council works closely with the St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Cordova TN, providing funds for various projects that include community, family, church, youth, and other council activities.  All members are active participants in their own parishes.

Our Founder

On Oct. 2, 1881, a group of men met in the basement of St. Mary’s Church on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Conn. Called together by their 29-year-old parish priest, Father Michael J. McGivney, these men formed a fraternal society that would one day become the world’s largest Catholic family fraternal service organization.

They sought strength in solidarity, and security through unity of purpose and devotion to a holy cause: they vowed to be defenders of their country, their families and their faith.

These men were bound together by the ideal of Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of the Americas, the one whose hand brought Christianity to the New World. Their efforts came to fruition with the incorporation of the Knights of Columbus on March 29, 1882.

 They were Knights of Columbus.