The Fr. Howard Lesch Assembly 1564 is located to the east of Home Depot in Ft Walton Bch on 205 Carol Ave. The Faithful Navigator for 2008-2009 Fraternal Year is Tim Stapleton. You can contact the Assembly by phone at (850)243-4444, or by email to web master Henry Fair .

Assembly Meeting Information: 3rd Thursday each month, 7:00 PM at each local councils meeting places as posted on the Activities page calendar.

The Fr. Howard J. Lesch Assembly was founded 16 August 1971 through the efforts of many knights.

Our Assembly is named after Fr. Howard J. Lesch a beloved Priest from our local area. Father Lesch retired as a military chaplain after serving 26 years in the Air Force. He assisted in his priestly duties at virtually all of the churches in our area. He was a Life Member of the KofC and served over 10 years as the Faithful Friar of Assembly 1564 in which position he was a beacon of ideas for enhancing the contributions made by the Assembly to the community at large.

Membership in Assembly 1564 is comprised of Sir Knights from:

Saint Marys Council 4444 from St Mary's Parish in Ft Walton Beach,

Christ Our Redeemer Council 13527 from Christ Our Redeemer parish in Bluewater,

Father Howard J. Lesch Council 7667 from Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Niceville,

Emerald Coast Council 11893 from Corpus Christi parish in Destin, Emerald Coast Council has members from Corpus Christi, St. Rita, and Resurrection Parishes,

and members from St. Peters Council in Mary Esther.


The Assembly brings together the Knights from these five Councils to work together in fraternity and as a united team of area Catholics to fulfill the principle of the 4th Degree in our Community and Church Activities--Patriotism.

Membership meetings are rotated amongst the component councils and the Officers in the Assembly come from all five Councils.

Our assembly works hard collecting funds for various projects in the community.

Other Sites of Interest:

LIFE INC
Diocese of Pensacola - Tallahassee
Christ Our Redeemer Council # 13527
Fr. Howard J. Lesch Council # 7667
St Peters Parish
Fr. Thomas G. Larigan Council # 7027
St. Mary's Parish
St. Mary's School
Hurlburt Field Chapel
Eglin AFB Chapel
Saint Rita Parish
Emerald Coast Council # 11893
Our Lady of Victory Council # 7968
Father Michael J. McGivney Guild