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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
United in Charity, a general, unrestricted endowment fund, was introduced at the 2004 Supreme Council meeting to support and ensure the overall long-term charitable and philanthropic goals of the order. The fund is wholly managed, maintained, and operated by Knights of Columbus Charities, Inc., a 501(c)(8) charitable organization. [8]
Charity is the foremost important principle of the Knights of Columbus. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] At their 2024 convention in August, 2024, Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly said that the organization had donated $190 million and 47 million volunteer-hours toward charity projects in 2023. [ 41 ]
The Columbian Squires is an international youth fraternity run by the Knights of Columbus for Catholic boys between the ages of 10 and 18. Its stated mission is "to develop young men as leaders who understand their Catholic religion, who have a strong commitment to the Church and who are ready, willing and capable of patterning their lives after the Youth Christ."
The International Alliance of Catholic Knights (IACK) is a non-governmental organization made up of fifteen Roman Catholic fraternal orders from 27 countries on six continents. The IACK was founded in Glasgow on 12 October 1979 at a meeting of the leaders of six fraternal societies, convened on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of the Knights ...
The Daughters of Isabella is a spiritual, social and charitable organization that was started as a female auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus.The first circle of the Order was founded in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1897, as an auxiliary to the Rev. John Russell Council of the Knights of Columbus for the purpose of uniting all Catholic women in a sisterhood to achieve the following aims; to ...
The investiture presents three women which symbolizes the Squire Rose: (1) the Blessed Virgin Mary who represents Faith, (2) Knight Joan of Arc who represents Hope, and (3) Mother Teresa who represents Charity. The first Knights of Columbus state organization to recognize the Squire Roses was Washington, D.C., and was followed by the Knights of ...
The Order was founded on February 29, 1904, in Brooklyn, New York by William Harper Bennett who also designed and authored the Knights of Columbus 4th Degree ceremony. The Order was originally conceived as a side degree or 5th and 6th Degree for the Knights of Columbus although it was never formally recognized as such by the Knights of Columbus .