Knights of Columbus

Ed Crawford turned 100 in December, happy to have served the Church and the Knights for all those years.

The Knights of Columbus fraternal organization is launching a new initiative: Cor: Catholic Men’s Fellowship. As part of the initiative, Knights of Columbus councils are being asked, in consultation with their pastor, to organize monthly meetings where Catholic men can gather to deepen their faith.

In a national message Jan. 15, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, said the attack on Dnipro, where three days of mourning were declared, had been the “most tragic” of 57 weekend missile strikes against Kyiv, Kharkiv and other cities.

The soccer fields have served a loftier goal than simply being arenas of competition. They function under a mission entrusted to the Knights by Pope Benedict XV: to keep the children of Rome Catholic.

“Mother Teresa: No Greater Love,” directed by Emmy award-winning filmmaker David Naglieri, will be shown Oct. 3-4 in about 900 theaters as part of Fathom Events’ Saints series.

“With the help of the Ukraine Solidarity Fund, he has opened channels of support from Knights in Poland, the United States and around the world,” said Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly.

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The prayer kits blessed by Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, who heads the U.S. military archdiocese, and were then shipped to Ukraine for distribution to active-duty and injured Ukrainian soldiers.