Archbishop John Carroll Assembly 2378 meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:30pm. We have traditionally rotated our meeting location around to our "feeder" councils, meaning those councils that feed into our Assembly, rather than having a dedicated meeting location.
If you are interested in participating in a meeting, please email info@knights2378.com for a meeting date and location.
The Archbishop John Carroll Assembly is comprised of Fourth Degree members from the individual Councils located within our district. Our assembly is located within the Maryland District of the Calvert Province.
Councils affiliated with our Assembly are: 8736 (Long Green Valley), 9729 (Saint Ignatius), 10100 (Mason-Dixon), and 11372 (Father Maurice J. Wolfe). However, Sir Knights are welcome to join and attend meetings at any Assembly they so desire.
Our Faithful Navigator is Sir Knight John C. Melcher; our Faithful Comptroller is Sir Knight Glenn Wilmer. The Color Corp Co-Commanders are Sir Knights Lee Eder, Michael Georgulas, and Venis Knight.
The Maryland District of the Calvert Province is comprised of Fourth Degree Members of the Knights of Columbus within individual Assemblies under the jurisdiction of a Master of the Fourth Degree. The Maryland District consists of all Fourth Degree Assemblies within the Greater Baltimore Metropolitan area, those extending within the Northern and Western tiers of Maryland (as far west as Garrett County) and those on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
The Calvert Province includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia for Fourth Degree Members of the Knights of Columbus.
The Calvert Province is one of the original 6 provinces established by the Knights of Columbus. It originally included New York and New Jersey. The province was named for the Calvert Family (Lord Baltimore) that formed the state of Maryland. There have been 16 Vice Supreme Masters of the Calvert Province.
The Fourth Degree was established on February 22, 1900, on the principle of patriotism – love for and devotion to one’s country. Fourth Degree Knights focus most of their activities on this principle. The Fourth Degree is an important part of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic, family, fraternal, service organization.
Our Assembly Logo
Major colors of red, white and blue are the colors of the flag of the country in which the Knights originated. They are used to stress patriotism, the basic principle of the Fourth Degree
Shield quadrants:
Upper left depicts the Archdiocese of Baltimore, of which John Carroll was appointed by Pope Pius VI not only as the first Bishop of, but also the first Bishop in America. This is also representative of councils within the Archdiocese that make up the Assembly
Upper right is Coat of Arms for Archbishop John Carroll
Lower left depicts a plow and cogwheel, symbols found on the Baltimore County flag. The plow, is symbolic of the county's agricultural richness; the cogwheel, a wheel of industry, symbolizes the prominence and progress of county businesses. The Assembly was chartered in the town of Hydes, within Baltimore County. Hydes is named for Samuel N. Hyde, an agronomist who developed a strain of corn known as "Egyptian" sweet corn
Lower right depicts the Maryland State Flag, as the Assembly sits within the Maryland District of the Calvert Province
The Shield:
Covers us from head-to-toe during hand-to-hand spiritual warfare. Ultimately, the Lord is described as our Shield. No matter who rises up against us, He covers us.
The Blue Cross on top of shield dividing the quadrants represents the principal symbol of Christianity and of the Catholic Church
The Red Templar or Crusader’s Cross behind shield represents that portion of the Symbol of the Fourth Degree, which was found on the tunics and capes of the Crusading knights who battled to regain the Holy Land from the pagans
The Blue circle around the shield contains the name of the Assembly, and since the circle has no beginning and no end, it represents God's love for us, which has no beginning and no end.
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