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A recap if our first half reveals lots of activity from fund raising to
St. Jude, Pray for Us
social events and the charity of our Council. Thank you to all who
have supported the work of our Council whether by buying or selling
In service chance books, attending a ceremonial, partaking in a dinner,
The Ladies Auxiliary continues to grow and support us. The Ladies
have elected officers, plan a Soup Supper during Lent and a Movie
Night in April. Consider inviting a Lady to join in.
Vivat Jesus,
Great Expectations
by Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson
As we look to the New Year and beyond, we recall Father McGivney’s vision for the Knights of Columbus
During his 2008 visit to the United States, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the missionary spirit of Catholics in 19th-century
America who have, he said, “left us a lasting legacy of faith and good works.” In his homily at New York’s St. Patrick’s
Cathedral, he singled out Venerable Michael McGivney as an “exemplary” priest whose life embodied the “unity of vision
and purpose” and “self-sacrifice” that led to the “impressive growth” of Catholicism in North America.
Last August, in his message to our Supreme Convention, Pope Francis similarly recalled, “In the complex social and
ecclesial situation of late 19th-century America,” the vocation of the laity “found particular expression in principles of
faith, fraternity and service that guided the establishment of the Knights of Columbus” and “the fraternal spirit inculcated
by Father Michael McGivney.”
Given the extraordinary situation of the Catholic community today, it is easy to forget the hardships that Catholics faced
in Father McGivney’s day. In his world, Catholics were mostly an immigrant population, often the victims of violence and
bigotry, and generally offered the lowest paying and most dangerous jobs. Men, women and children were all expected
to work ?often in factories, as did young Michael McGivney. There was no “social safety net,” and educational
opportunities were few.
In founding the Knights of Columbus, Father McGivney sought to respond in both a temporal and spiritual way to this
crisis affecting Catholic family life. This was not an abstract crisis; it was one that he had experienced firsthand.
As a child, McGivney saw six of his 12 siblings die as young children. Later, the death of his father caused him to
suspend seminary studies for a time. His two brothers followed his example and entered seminary, and as a young
priest, he witnessed the challenges that his mother confronted as a single parent who had to raise a family by herself.
As an associate pastor at St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Conn., Father McGivney daily confronted the problems
affecting the families of his parish arising from poverty, violence, substance abuse, prejudice, discrimination and
unemployment.
With creative genius and determination, he responded to this situation with a variety of pastoral initiatives. He
developed practical programs to reach out to youth, raised funds to assist widows and orphans, and spent many hours
A Prayer for in prison ministry.
In addition, he also found time to engage in a respectful but effective ecumenical dialogue with Protestants efforts that
New Beginnings led to at least one very publicized conversion to Catholicism.
Thank You Lord for the beginning of a Of course, he also responded to this situation by empowering generations of Catholic laymen to support the practical
Catholic life of their families and parishes by founding the Knights of Columbus.
new year and as we step out into the As Pope Francis reminded us, “The fidelity of the Knights to these high ideals” of Father McGivney, and to what we
unknown future, Lord we pray that You might say is his way of living the Christian life, has “ensured the continued vitality of [the] Order.”
would be with us.. leading and guiding This fidelity, the pope added, “has also contributed, and continues to contribute, to the mission of the Church at every
level and, in particular, to the universal ministry of the Apostolic See.” And for this the pope said he is “profoundly grateful.”
us.. teaching and drawing us ever
As we begin the New Year, we look forward to 2015 with great expectations. Already we have been preparing for the
closer to each other and to Yourself. upcoming World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, not only with financial and volunteer support, but also with our
Thank You that Your steadfast love new program, “Building the Domestic Church: The Family Fully Alive” (see page 14). Throughout 2015 and into the
future, we will reach out in a very practical way to our own families and to those among our councils, parishes and
never ceases and that Your mercies dioceses.
are new every morning – great is Finally, we will be in Philadelphia to welcome Pope Francis to America next September, and we will do all we can to
Your faithfulness O Lord. advance his message of joy, reconciliation and hope so that the Holy Father may continue to be grateful for the work
of the Knights of Columbus.
Amen From KofC.org 1/01/2018 by Jessica Weinberger
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