The Knights of Columbus launched its new Pilgrim Icon Program centered on devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus with a Holy Hour on the first Friday of January — the day dedicated to the Sacred Heart each month — at St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, the birthplace of the Order. Du...

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Pope Francis received Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly in a private audience at the Vatican, Dec. 20. The supreme knight provided an update to the Holy Father on notable activities of the Knights of Columbus in the past year, including the growth of the Cor men’s faith formation initiative, charit...

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Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Catholic Review, the official news outlet of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Copyright (c) 2024 Catholic Review Media. Used with permission. Smiles and laughter filled St. Agnes School’s gymnasium in Catonsville, Maryland, the morni...

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As drums beat and cries of “Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe” rang out, Knights of Columbus from the United States delivered two Knights of Columbus Silver Roses to brother Knights from Mexico during a Dec. 10 ceremony at the midway point of the Gateway to the Americas International Bridge in...

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The Knights of Columbus is launching a new Pilgrim Icon Program in 2025 centered on the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The new prayer program — announced by Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly at the Organizational Meeting of State Deputies in June and at the 142nd Supreme Convention in Au...

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Zachary Samples was a third-year seminarian for the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, in 2019 when his mother died suddenly in a traffic collision. In the time of intense grief that followed, the care packages he received every month in the mail from Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Council 11582 carried...

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More than 60,000 people watched from the stands as cadets and midshipmen from the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy faced off at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, on Dec. 14., for the 125th annual Army-Navy football game. One of college football’s most storied rivalrie...

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Source More than 1,300 missionaries from across the American continent, including numerous Knights of Columbus, gathered last month in Ponce, Puerto Rico, for the 6th American Missionary Congress (CAM 6). The Pontifical Mission Societies organized the event, typically held every five years, to su...

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Source Supreme Officers and their wives visited Villa Maria Guadalupe in Stamford, Connecticut, in October to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the international retreat center directed by the Sisters of Life and sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. The Knights purchased the property from the...

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Source Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican’s permanent observer at the United Nations, reflects on the Holy See Mission’s 60-year presence at the U.N. Ban Ki-moon, then secretary general of the United Nations, greeted Pope Francis before the Holy Father addressed world leaders ...

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