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The Knights of Columbus (K of C) is a global Catholic fraternal service order founded by Blessed Michael J. McGivney.Membership is limited to practicing Catholic men. It is led by Patrick E. Kelly, the order's 14th Supreme Knight.
The new organization was founded the same year in Baltimore and its founders included Masons, Pythians, members of the Knights of Honor, and Order of Chosen Friends. Membership was open to acceptable white persons 16–65 who believed in a supreme being and were "competent to earn a livelihood". It had 9,000 members in the late 1890s.
The Knights of Columbus was the first organization to provide college scholarships to veterans returning home from World War I. [51] The War Activities Committee first announced in August 1919 that 50 scholarships would be awarded, including tuition, fees, books, equipment, and room and board. [51]
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 Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus (more simply referred to as the Supreme Knight) is the title of the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Knights of Columbus. The organization comprises approximately 1.9 million members in more than 15,000 councils and operates an insurance company with over $109 billion of life ...
The Northwest Swim Club on Bethel Road, seen here in a drone photo taken Thursday, Aug. 29, is one of the last members-only pools remaining in Columbus. The pool first opened in July 1972.
A number of bishops were on hand for the presentation as well, which was the first time the American hierarchy gave such an ovation to the Order. [9] The establishment of the Knights of Columbus Chair inaugurated the department of history of the University, but it was another five years before the new history program added other fields, with ...
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