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Website. www.kofc.org. The Knights of Columbus (K of C) is a global [1] Catholic fraternal service order founded by Blessed Michael J. McGivney on March 29, 1882. [2][3] Membership is limited to practicing Catholic men. [4] It is led by Patrick E. Kelly, the order's 14th Supreme Knight. [4][5] The organization is named after the explorer ...
Christopher Columbus is the patron and namesake of the Knights.. Taking the name of Columbus was partially intended as a mild rebuke to Anglo-Saxon Protestant leaders, who upheld the explorer (a Genovese Italian Catholic who had worked for Catholic Spain) as an American hero, yet simultaneously sought to marginalize recent Catholic immigrants.
Michael J. McGivney. 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.
Patrick E. Kelly is the fourteenth and current Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus. He was the founding executive director of the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C. In February 2021, he was elected by the board of directors to succeed Carl A. Anderson as the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus. His term started ...
Roman Catholic. Spouse. Catherine J. Hart (née O'Connor) Children. 6. Alma mater. Drake University (AB) University of Missouri (LLB) Luke Edward Hart GCSG (July 31, 1880 – February 19, 1964) was the tenth Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, serving from September 1, 1953, until his death on February 19, 1964.
Early life and education. Born in Malden, Massachusetts on December 27, 1906, McDevitt was the son of John F. McDevitt and Margaret Agnes ( née Sullivan). [3] [4] He attended Immaculate Conception School and then Boston College High School. [4] He earned both a bachelor's and a master's degree from Boston College in 1928 and 1929, respectively.
James Terrance Mullen (August 30, 1843 – July 6, 1891) was the first Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus from March 29, 1882 to May 17, 1886. He also served in the New Haven, Connecticut police and Fire Departments, and as an alderman. With his service in the Union Army and in several fraternal orders, he has been described as "veteran ...