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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 ...
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. [112] In March 2016 the Knights of Columbus delivered to Secretary of State John Kerry a 280-page report entitled Genocide Against Christians in the ...
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.
The Knights of Columbus were politically active from an early date. In the years following the Second Vatican Council, however, according to Christopher Kauffman, the Catholic anti-defamation character of the order began to diminish as Catholics became more accepted, and the leadership of the order attempted to stimulate the order's membership to become more aware of the religious and moral ...
Etienne J. Caire, Louisiana businessman, banker, Republican candidate for governor in 1928 against Huey Long. Ken Cuccinelli, former attorney general of Virginia, Republican candidate for Governor in 2013. James E. Finnegan, former attorney general of Wisconsin. John W. Griffin, politician from Ohio.
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 ...
The Knights of Columbus presented a check to The Catholic University of America on the steps of the university's McMahon Hall in 1904 to establish a Chair of American History. On March 7, 1899, Vice Rector and Knight Phillip Garrigan addressed the National Council, as the Supreme Convention was called at the time, asking for establishment of a ...
April 24, 1929. (1929-04-24) (aged 64) Albuquerque, New Mexico. Brother Barnabas McDonald F.S.C. (March 20, 1865 – April 24, 1929), was a Brother of the Christian Schools involved with youth work, especially among delinquents and orphans in the United States. He is remembered as founder of the Columbian Squires of the Knights of Columbus [1 ...