The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Roman Catholic Fraternal Service organization. Founded in New Haven, CT in 1882, it is named in honor of Christopher Columbus and dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism. There are more than 1.7 million members in 14,000 councils, with nearly 200 councils on college campuses.

Councils have been chartered in the United States, Canada, Mexico, The Phillipines, the Domenican Republic, Guatamala, Panama, and most recently in Poland. In the 2006 fraternal year the Order gave US $143.8 million directly to charity ($1.1 Billion in charitable contributions in the last 10 years) and performed over 68 million man hours of voluntary service. For their support for the Church and local communities, as well as for their philanthropic efforts, the Order is often referred to as the "strong right arm of the Church". The Order's insurance program has more than $60 Billion of life insurance policies in force and holds the highest insurance ratings given by A.M.Best, Standard and Poor's and the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association.

The Pius IX Council has been serving the Lansdale and Hatfield areas of Pennsylvania for 51 years.   Members are drawn from both St. Stanislaus and St. Maria Goretti parishes.   Members of the council offer service to both parishes regardless of which one they attend.