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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]
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 ...
The Knights of Columbus was among the first groups to recruit blood donors, with formal efforts dating to 1937 during the Great Depression. As of 2013, the order had more than 1.8 million member families and 15,000 councils. During the 2012 fraternal year, the order donated $167 million and 70 million man-hours to charity. [7]
The Knights also partnered with Project Medishare for an initiative entitled, "Healing Haiti's Children." The initiative, backed by a more than US$2.5 million commitment from the Knights of Columbus provided free prosthetic limbs and a minimum of two years of rehab to every child. [18] [21]
Vince Lombardi, coach of the Green Bay Packers (The Vincent T. Lombardi Council, No. 6552, Knights of Columbus, in Middletown, New Jersey, is named for him.) [105] [77] Connie Mack, Hall of Fame baseball manager, player and team owner [103] [106] John McGraw, Hall of Fame baseball manager and player [103] [83]
Logo of the Associate Knights of St Columbanus A recipient of an Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet is shown how to use her device. Newry, 2016. The Associate Knights of St Columbanus is the youth section of the order. The scheme was initially introduced in the mid-2000s in St Colman's College, Newry by Canon Francis Brown for 6th Form students (16–18 ...
Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin was briefly down on the ice with a bloody nose and a bit dazed after taking a shot to the face from Alex Pietrangelo. Jason Robertson scored the go-ahead goal on ...
Knights of Columbus Hall is an historic building at 722 East Union Street in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. See also. List of Seattle landmarks;