The council was formed in February of 1991 in the basement of St. Augustine's church. Thirty men made the decision that the Knights of Columbus was the organization they wanted to join and the one to be formed at St. Augustine's was the council they wanted to belong to. Of the thirty charter members, 4 came into the council with prior experience as knights. Some were currently active and only had to fill out transfer forms, and some had not been active for many years and had to be readmitted.

    During the next 10 days, the 26 new members went through all three degrees. This was, of course, a major logistical undertaking, but the men made up their mind that they would be available on the three nights and would become full-fledged knights.

    On February 21, 1991 State Deputy James J. Kiley and District Deputy Bob Marciano drove down to New Haven and personally delivered the 30 Form 100's to the New Council Development director and we were born.

    Over the next several months we learned how to be a council and how to run a meeting. Those early days were very much a learning experience for our Grand Knight Steve Rianna and our Financial Secretary Jerry Scannell. Those guys had to carry the brunt of everything.

    Over the years, we have done a very good job in fostering the principles of the order and have been very fortunate to have produced four District Deputies, three state program chairmen, and three Faithful Navigators out of our Past Grand Knights, and for that we are very proud.

    We also qualified as a Star Council in 1997 for the first time in our existence!