Baltimore Chapter of Grand Knights
Chapter President, 2024 – 2025
Peter D. Hammerer, FDD, PGK, PFN (Anita) [205]
The Baltimore Chapter of Grand Knights was founded in January 1910. A historical profile of the Chapter can be found in the drop-down menu of the Home tab. The primary purpose of The Chapter is to assist affiliated councils in charitable programs that may be too big for them to handle alone.
The Baltimore Chapter meets the second Thursday of each month at one of the affiliated Councils on a rotating basis. Please see the Meetings tab for the schedule. It serves as a forum for the exchange of information between Chapter Officers, Past Grand Knights, current Grand Knights and the State Deputy and Program Officers of the Maryland State Council. Any Brother Knight or Lovely Lady can attend the meetings.
The Chapter also conducts an annual charity appeal that benefits the children at St. Vincent’s Center, Villa Maria and the Gallagher Center, and provides Christmas gifts for them. This year The Chapter will reestablish a long-standing tradition by preparing a Christmas breakfast for the residents. The Chapter also has time-honored traditions such as a members’ Shrimp Feast, yearly Memorial Mass, adult Christmas Party, Honored Guests’ Night, and a Ladies’ Night.
The current Chapter President is Peter D. Hammerer. Peter joined the Knights of Columbus on August 26, 2010, joining Cardinal Shehan of Baltimore Council 205. He was honored as Knight of the year twice by Council 205. Peter has held the office of Grand Knight for the fraternal years of 2016-2018 and served as Faithful Navigator of Charles Carroll of Carrollton Assembly 375 from 2021-2024. Peter was appointed as District Deputy for Past State Deputy Vince Grauso for the fraternal years of 2020-2022 and served one year under Immediate Past State Deputy Christopher L. Powers. Peter has achieved Star District, Star Council, and Star Assembly. He currently serves on the State Council Growth Team for the current State Deputy Anthony N. Salvemini.
The Baltimore Chapter maintains a GroupIO. This is open to any and all Grand Knights, PGKs, Newsletter Editors, Council Officers, all current and former State Officers, and Widows. The GroupIO is used to send out reminders, notices of those who are sick or deceased, and information from the Chapter President. Please sign up today!
