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  2. List of Knights of Columbus members - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Charitable activities of the Knights of Columbus - Wikipedia

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    Educational Work of the Knights of Columbus. Bureau of Education Bulletin. Vol. 22. Washington: Government Printing Office. hdl: 2346/60378. Lapomarda, Vincent A. (1992). The Knights of Columbus in Massachusetts (second ed.). Norwood, Massachusetts: Knights of Columbus Massachusetts State Council.

  4. Knights of Columbus - Wikipedia

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    Samuel F. Williams, a black man, was a member and among other activities, spoke on the stage of the 1896 Knights of Columbus Massachusetts State Convention to an audience that included two future Supreme Knights. [19] The path to individual membership in a local Knights council did not explicitly exclude African Americans. Each local council ...

  5. Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Political activity of the Knights of Columbus - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. History of the Knights of Columbus - Wikipedia

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    The Knights of Columbus invites the head of state of every country in which they operate to the annual Supreme Convention. [170] In 1971, President Richard Nixon gave the keynote address at the States Dinner; Secretary of Transportation and Knight John Volpe had arranged this first appearance of a U.S. president at a Supreme Council gathering.

  8. Order of Alhambra - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  9. Michael J. McGivney - Wikipedia

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    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.