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The Knights of Columbus presented a check to Catholic University of America on the steps of the university's McMahon Hall in 1904 to establish a Chair of American History In the early years of the Order, educational activities were limited to things like establishing scholarships to local institutions, placing books in libraries, holding public ...
The Knights of Columbus were politically active from an early date. In the years following the Second Vatican Council, however, according to Christopher Kauffman, the Catholic anti-defamation character of the order began to diminish as Catholics became more accepted, and the leadership of the order attempted to stimulate the order's membership to become more aware of the religious and moral ...
Samuel F. Williams, a black man, was a member and among other activities, spoke on the stage of the 1896 Knights of Columbus Massachusetts State Convention to an audience that included two future Supreme Knights. [19] The path to individual membership in a local Knights council did not explicitly exclude African Americans. Each local council ...
The Knights of Columbus was among the first groups to recruit blood donors, with formal efforts dating to 1937 during the Great Depression. As of 2013, the order had more than 1.8 million member families and 15,000 councils. During the 2012 fraternal year, the order donated $167 million and 70 million man-hours to charity. [7]
Protected Knights of America – An attempt to create a mutual assessment order in the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi area. However, the Knights became insolvent as they issued 7,800 certificates, and then suffered 50 deaths. The mortality losses from November 1901 to January 1902 were described as "appalling".
The Daughters of Isabella is a spiritual, social and charitable organization that was started as a female auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus.The first circle of the Order was founded in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1897, as an auxiliary to the Rev. John Russell Council of the Knights of Columbus for the purpose of uniting all Catholic women in a sisterhood to achieve the following aims; to ...
The Catholic Knights of America was a fraternal life-insurance company chartered under the laws of the State of Kentucky, U.S. The origins of the Catholic Knights of America dated from when James J. McLaughlin (a Catholic and a member of the Knights of Honor ) attended an 1877 sermon by the Most Reverend Patrick A. Feehan (the Ordinary of the ...
The Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus (more simply referred to as the Supreme Knight) is the title of the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Knights of Columbus. The organization comprises approximately 1.9 million members in more than 15,000 councils and operates an insurance company with over $109 billion of life ...