Knights of Columbus

HAPPENING TOMORROW: You are invited to join a live virtual event--an exclusive roundtable discussion on Saturday, October 5. This discussion is moderated by Dr. Jonathan Reyes of the Knights of Columbus, with Jonathan Roumie, Rob Kaczmark, and The Flanagan League's Edward Morse to learn more about Fr. Flanagan's legacy and how to implement his lessons into your life. Register here: https://lnkd.in/e4cAeS6h “Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story” reveals the full picture of Father Flanagan’s life and the challenges he overcame to provide abandoned and orphaned children with an opportunity to thrive. This inspiring film will be released by Fathom Events exclusively in theaters for one day only, Oct. 8, 2024.

Young men from scores of schools across the United States and Canada are preparing to participate in the College Councils Conference in New Haven, Connecticut, in a few days. Last year, college Knights gathered for the annual event under the theme “Mary and Her Knights,” where they were encouraged to entrust their works of charity, unity and fraternity to Mary’s intercession.

With donations from the Knights of Columbus, religious sisters in Poland and Ukraine are providing education, shelter and food for refugees of the war. And the benefits of the aid are not only material: “All the communities that want to help — their tremendous support — [gives us] the feeling that we are in this together,” says Sister Mateusza Ciszewska, a Sister of St. Joseph in Stryi, a city in western Ukraine. Read more: https://ow.ly/ZPb850Tzm5e Featured: A group of Ukrainian children prepare to play on the climbing wall at the day care center run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in Kraków, Poland.

Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund offers a Council Account specially tailored for a state or local Knights of Columbus Council to provide support to the organizations and causes within your own community. Learn more about Council Accounts on our new website at KnightsCharitable.org.

Knights of Columbus helped keep over 225,000 kids warm last winter. Our Coats for Kids program works to ensure that no child in North America goes without a coat during winter. This program exemplifies the Knights of Columbus mission of charity, established by our founder, Blessed Michael McGivney, more than 140 years ago. Learn more at kofc.org/charity

Thousands of people had the opportunity to venerate a first-class relic of Blessed Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, as it traveled almost 600 miles Sept. 3-7 across five dioceses in southern Texas. Read more: https://ow.ly/RgvI50TwEGR (Photos by Kaylee Greenlee Beal)

Knights of Columbus provides basic necessities and spiritual support to families in the wake of devastating tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, tropical storms and wildfires. These efforts are made possible by gifts to United in Charity. Learn more at kofc.org/charity

KNIGHTS IN ACTION: Members of Benedicto XVI Council 18211 in Mérida, Mexico South, gather around a new reliquary commissioned by the council to hold a first-class relic of Blessed Michael McGivney. The council hired a local master carpenter to craft the wooden reliquary, which features the Order’s emblem on one side. The relic will be displayed at Santa Ana Parish and will be hosted by other K of C councils for veneration at surrounding parishes. Read more council activities and submit your own at kofc.org/knightsinaction

Join us for a live virtual event to learn about field agent career opportunities with the Knights of Columbus on Tuesday, September 24, at 7:00 pm CT. Register today: https://ow.ly/g1Kh50TrOK7

Since 2019, Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund has distributed grants to more than 2,000 charitable organizations through the generosity of donors. Visit our new website at KnightsCharitable.org to learn how you can support causes that are important to you.