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With the Knights of St Columba in Liverpool

Supreme Council

4 October 2026

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Four men in suits stand side by side on a patterned blue and gold carpet, each wearing a chain of office with a large medallion, their hands clasped in front of them. Behind them a screen shows the words Knights of St Columba, Supreme Council 2026.

The Supreme Knight, Bro. John Murphy, and the Deputy Supreme Knight, Bro. PJ Finn, with Bro. Michael Akinrele and Bro. Stephen Ferris, Supreme Knight and Deputy Supreme Knight of the Knights of St Columba, Liverpool, October 2026.

The Supreme Knight, Brother John Murphy, and the Deputy Supreme Knight, Brother PJ Finn, attended the 104th Supreme Council of the Knights of St Columba, held at the Liner Hotel in Liverpool from Sunday 4 to Tuesday 6 October 2026. There they were pictured with Brother Michael Akinrele, Supreme Knight of the Knights of St Columba, and Brother Stephen Ferris, its Deputy Supreme Knight.

A table card in the foreground reads Knights of St Columba, Charity, Unity, Fraternity, above a list of the Order’s provinces from Province 1 Glasgow to Province 2037 Wales. Beyond it, delegates in pale blue sashes sit at long tables in a hall with round, porthole-shaped mirrors on the walls.
Delegates in session at the 104th Supreme Council, the Liner Hotel, Liverpool.

A tradition between the two Orders

For many years the two Orders have attended each other’s Supreme Council, in fraternity, to learn from each other and to encourage each other in the challenges they share.

Brother Michael Akinrele and Brother Stephen Ferris will attend the Order’s own Stated Annual Meeting at Trim, from 9 to 11 October.

The Knights of St Columba

The Knights of St Columba were founded in Glasgow in 1919 by P. J. O’Callaghan, who served as their first Supreme Knight. Their principles are Charity, Unity and Fraternity, and their provinces, named on the tables in the hall, run from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Motherwell to Westminster, Wales, and Portsmouth and the Channel Islands.

The spiral-bound programme for the 104th Supreme Council of the Knights of St Columba, with the Order’s red, blue and gold emblem, the address of the Liner Hotel, Lord Nelson Street, Liverpool, and the dates Sunday 4th to Tuesday 6th October 2026.
The programme for the 104th Supreme Council.

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