All Saints Assembly 954
• P.O. Box 1026 • Johnstown, PA 15907 • (814) 255-4168 •
The 21st Annual Columbus Day Parade was held on October 12, 2009 on Main Street in Johnstown. The theme of the parade was "Devotion to Country and Church." Leading the parade following the Color Corps was Rev. SK Francis P. Balestino, Parade Chaplian, and SK Thomas Trignoa, Mayor of Johnstown. The Parade Grand Marshall was SK James Curto, FSS - Master of the Pennsylvania Central District. Nineteen (19) members of the Color Corps participated in the parade representing four (4) different Assemblies.
See the article " Honoring Columbus: Knights sponsor holiday parade in Johnstown" written by Frank Sojak in The Tribune-Democrat about our parade.
Visit our Parade Page to view additional photos of our parade.
Check out photos of our Color Corp Appreciation Dinner.
Why a Fourth Degree?
Shortly after his election to the office of supreme knight in 1899, Edward L.
Hearn urged a special committee to design a new degree immediately. The ceremonial
for the new degree was approved in August 1899, and the first exemplification of
the new degree was on February 22, 1900 in New York City with over 1,000 Knights,
including the Supreme Knight, Edward L.Hearn.
The ceremonial for the Fourth Degree expounded on the virtues of Catholic
citizenship. "Proud in the olden days was the boast; ' I am an Roman Catholic';
prouder yet today is the boast, ' I am an American Citizen'; but the proudest boast
of all times is ours to make, ' I am an American Catholic citizen.'"
From its foundation, the Fourth Degree has provided honor guards for religious and
civic ceremonies.
The Fourth Degree was first considered in 1886, just four weeks after the Order
was founded. Enthusiasm over the degree led various councils to seek additional
one. Because the Supreme Council of 1886 was busy establishing its governing
structure, developing its insurance program, and electing a new supreme knight,
the proposals for an additional degree were set aside for future discussion.
assembly information
The All Saints Assembly meets in the Columbian Room at the Knights of Columbus
Johnstown Council 467 Home in Johnstown Pennsylvania. The current Faithful
Navigator is Anthony Ream. You can contact him by phone at (814) 255-4168, or
by email at rswman@atlanticbb.net.
assembly meetings
Fourth Degree Meetings of the All Saints Assembly (954) are held at the Johnstown
Knights of Columbus Council (467) on Main Street in Johnstown, PA. These meetings
are held at 7:30 PM on the first Wednesday of each month.
about our assembly
The All Saints Assembly is a member of the Pennsylvania Central District of
the Calvert Province and was
chartered on March 9, 1959 in Johnstown Pennsylvania as the Johnstown Local
Assembly. The Johnstown Local Assembly served the only council in the area,
Johnstown Council 467. The Assembly name was changed to the Johnstown
General Assembly in 1967 when the neighboring Our Lady of the Alleghenies
Council 4604 was chartered. The Assembly name was changed a third time in
1988 to the All Saints Assembly when the neighboring Fr. Thomas E.
Heyden Assembly 2529 -- Bedford, PA, and the Fr. David J. Dodson Assembly
2201 -- Boswell, PA were chartered.
Councils Served by All Saints Assembly 954
The Knights of Columbus was founded in the basement of
Saint Mary's Church in
New Haven, Connecticut. There, on October 2, 1881, The Venerable Father
Michael J. McGivney and a small group of parishioners organized a Catholic
fraternal society. On March 29, 1882, the Knights of Columbus was incorporated
by an act of the Connecticut State Legislature. The first Fourth Degree
Exemplification was held in New York City on February 2, 1900, with over 1,400
Sir Knights exemplified. Originally, Sir Knights were active as uniformed
members of their Councils, but a 1910 reorganization of the Order established
that Sir Knights should be gathered into their own groups, known as Assemblies.
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