San
Carlos Council 2596
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4040 Princeton Street • Ft. Myers, FL 33901-8558
• (239) 936-7874 •
The San Carlos Council is located at the Knights of Columbus Hall on 4040 Princeton Street in Ft. Myers. Princeton Street runs perpendicular to the portion of Winkler Avenue running between U.S. 41 S. (Cleveland Ave.) and McGregor Boulevard. The Grand Knight for 2007-2008 is Arthur Gatza. You can contact the Knights by phone at (239) 936-7874 or by email at San Carlos Council.
San
Carlos Council meets the first Thursday of each month at the Hall at 7:00
p.m..
Fr. James J. O'Riordan Assembly
meets the second Thursday of each month at the Hall at 7:00 p.m..
San
Carlos Council 2596 was founded on January 17, 1926. At that
time the Council meetings were held in a hut on what is now the St. Francis
Xavier School grounds, behind the old St. Francis Xavier Church.
The first building for the Council had been used as a barracks in World
War I and was moved to Ft. Myers from Arcadia by the Pavese brothers.
About 1956, the Council purchased a home on Grand Avenue which was used
until 1968, when a new, spacious Knights of Columbus Hall was built on
Park Meadows Drive, just south of the city. In 2004, the Council
moved to its current location on Princeton Street in Fort Myers, formerly
the Club Riveran property. Council 2596 works closely with St. Francis
Xavier, St. Cecilia, and Resurrection of Our Lord Parishes. Most
members of San Carlos Council 2596 are active participants in these parishes.
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