Join us August 16, 2025 for our 2nd annual Father McGivney Feast Day Vigil Mass at Epiphany of Our Lord Church in South Philadelphia (lower shrine).

This mass will be celebrating the Feast Day of the founder of the Knights of Columbus, Blessed Michael J McGivney. We will be dedicating a new space in the lower shrine to Father McGivney, the history of the Knights of Columbus, and KofC San Salvador Council 283.

The mass will be presided over by our Worthy Chaplain, Fr. Casey. During the mass he will be blessing our procession banner of Fr. McGivney which will be hung in the lower shrine at the church.

Rosary: 4:30PM
Mass: 5:00PM

Parking available at the church.

In 1882, American Irish Catholic priest Father Michael J McGivney founded the order of the Knights of Columbus in New Haven, Connecticut as a mutual benefit society to protect the many Irish Catholic immigrant families flooding into the United States. By 2020, the order grew to more than 2 million members globally. During the 2022 fraternal year alone its members donated $185 million and 49 million man-hours to charity.

Father McGivney devoted his life to serving those in need, working to protect those facing extreme poverty and anti-Catholic bigotry in a nation rejecting them.

The Knights of Columbus San Salvador Council #283 will be celebrating Blessed Michael McGivney's feast day with a special mass this August 16.

For more information on the life of Father McGivney, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu6zF867BX4&t=1s