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Michael Joseph McGivney (August 12, 1852 – August 14, 1890) was an American Catholic priest based in New Haven, Connecticut.He founded the Knights of Columbus at a local parish to serve as a mutual aid and insurance organization, particularly for immigrants and their families.
The Knights of Columbus presented a check to Catholic University of America on the steps of the university's McMahon Hall in 1904 to establish a Chair of American History. Since its earliest days, the Knights of Columbus has been a "Catholic anti-defamation society." [130] In 1914, it established a Commission on Religious Prejudices. [130]
George J. Willmann (June 29, 1897 - September 14, 1977) was a Jesuit regarded as the "Father of the Knights of Columbus in the Philippines". Born in the United States, he was granted Filipino citizenship due to his missionary work in the Philippines.
On August 2, 2011, Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, announced that the Catholic lay family organization would purchase the Cultural Center with the intention of transforming it into a religious shrine dedicated to the memory of the then Blessed John Paul II.
Carl A. Anderson, former special assistant to the President Ronald Reagan (1983–1987) and Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus [37] Martin Patrick Durkin, former U.S. Secretary of Labor; Raymond Flynn, former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See and former Democratic Mayor of Boston [38] John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States [39]
The committal service took place at 4pm on Monday following the state funeral in London. ... a service of dedication and prayer was held in the Chapel following the marriage of the King and the ...
It also provided a home to displaced residents of Notre Dame Seminary while the seminary's Carrollton Avenue site in New Orleans was repaired. The Knights of Columbus host KC Camp Abbey, a summer camp, on the abbey grounds. [4] The abbey temporarily hosted Archbishop Hannan High School. [5]
The Knights of Columbus were among the groups that welcomed Pope Benedict XVI on the South Lawn of the White House on April 16, 2008, the pontiff's 81st birthday, during his visit to the U.S. [113] In March 2016 the Knights of Columbus delivered to Secretary of State John Kerry a 280-page report entitled Genocide Against Christians in the ...