Knights of Columbus

The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion hosted a celebration of what it’s like to be Catholic in America with the event ‘Catholic Saints of America’ July 1-9.

The U.S. bishops will dedicate the United States of America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 11 in celebration of the 250th anniversary.

Several Catholic aid organizations are affirming they remain “united in hope” for Ukraine, as Russia’s war on that nation relentlessly rages on.

A new video series from the Knights of Columbus — the world’s largest Catholic fraternal service organization — delves into the dignity of work and its role in men’s lives and vocation.

On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Catholic bishops of the U.S. said “the people of God resist, trust, and pray” despite the “countless deaths and millions of casualties” the brutal conflict has claimed in 12 years of warfare.

The 143rd Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus opened in Washington Aug. 5 with a call to charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism, as Supreme Knight Patrick E. Kelly urged members to be “heralds of hope” in a world searching for meaning.

St. Joseph the Worker Knight of Columbus council, from the parishes of Sacred Heart in Freeport, St. Rose of Lima in St. Rosa and Immaculate Conception in New Munich, hosted its third annual food drive which resulted in over 200 pounds of food and $200 donated to Melrose Area Food Shelf.

Before he was 30, Michael McGivney had founded what was to become the largest Catholic men’s organization in the world: the Knights of Columbus.