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One third now more likely to vote and be more active in community and Church. A poll taken immediately following the conclusion of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United States shows that it had a powerful impact on public attitudes toward the pope, the Church, and a willingness to live their faith more fully.The nationwide poll of 1,013 adults was commissioned by the Knights of Columbus and conducted by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion between April 22 and April 24, 2008.  Marist conducted a similar poll  prior to the pope’s visit, allowing before-and-after comparisons.Among the highlights of...

CNA STAFF, Mar 25, 2008 / 03:09 am (CNA).- A new book by the head of the Knights of Columbus explores the themes the Pope is likely to address in his April visit to the United States and provides a practical guide for Catholics to change the culture for the good. The book “A Civilization of Love:  What Every Catholic Can Do to Transform the World” was written by Carl Anderson, who since 2000 has been the Supreme Knight of the 1.7 million-member Knights of Columbus.  Anderson is also a member of three pontifical councils, a consultant to the...

From the Canadian Press, Vatican City press office: Pope Benedict on Saturday set the founder of the Knights of Columbus, one of the world's largest lay Catholic groups, on the path to possible beatification and sainthood, the Vatican said.The Pope recognized the "heroic virtues" of reverend Michael McGivney, who in 1882 created a fraternal society for Catholic men who suffered discrimination because of their religion and immigrant origins....The effort to canonize him was opened in 1997. That process received important support last year, when the Vatican's No. 2 official, Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, celebrated mass at the Knights of Columbus...

Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday set the founder of the Knights of Columbus, one of the world's largest lay Catholic groups, on the path to possible beatification and sainthood, the Vatican said. The pope recognized the "heroic virtues" of the Rev. Michael J. McGivney, who in 1882 created a fraternal society for Catholic men who suffered discrimination because of their religion and immigrant origins. A miracle performed through McGivney's intercession must be certified by the Vatican before beatification, which is the last formal step before the sainthood process can begin. McGivney was a 29-year-old assistant pastor at St. Mary's Church...

Responsible fathers needed, mayor says   Nat Roberts, 12, waits for the start of a parade kicking off the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom Celebration. Members of the Knights of Columbus join in prayer during the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom Anniversary Celebration at the Monument for Religious Freedom along Washington Avenue yesterday. Knights of Columbus members, framed by American flags, arrive at the Monument of Religious Freedom.    Tomzak calls on churches to promote responsible fatherhood at religious freedom event At the ceremony yesterday to mark the 231st anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's religious freedom statute, Fredericksburg Mayor Tom Tomzak...

The 35th annual Stand Up for Life March and Rally will be January 12, 2008, in Columbia.  Our speaker is Phill Kline, the Johnson County, KS., district attorney who has filed more than 100 criminal charges against Planned Parenthood of Kansas. (see article below). The Knights of Columbus will lead the March and Joyful Sound of North Greenville University will provide the inspirational music. Please mark your calendars and forward this information to your church, school contacts, and friends.  Attached are rally flyers in both pdf and Word.Kansas Official Files Charges Against Planned Parenthood Abortion CenterKansas City, KS (LifeNews.com) — Another battle...

Here is the text of Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone's Aug. 7 homily at the opening Mass at the annual convention of the Knights of Columbus. The text is provided by the Knights of Columbus. * * * August 7, 2007 This is the official English translation of the homily delivered in Italian by His Eminence Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. Secretary of State Your Eminences, My Brothers in the Episcopate and in the priesthood, Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am pleased to extend warm greetings to Mr. Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight, and to the Knights of Columbus...

Do you think Father Michael McGivney (pictured above), who founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882 and whose cause for canonization is underway, would harbor pro-abortion, pro-homosexual politicians in the Order he loved? We all know that he would not. So why do today's Knights of Columbus harbor some pro-aborts? Yes, a number of K of C councils around the USA have notorious pro-abortion politicians as members, and their state officials and the Supreme headquarters refuse to kick them out. Naturally, this casts a pall over the hundreds of thousands of good Knights of Columbus and over all the...

Using language which has been included in their resolutions for some years now, the Knights of Columbus this week again resolved at their annual convention to forbid pro-abortion politicians from attending their events. The resolution forbids "bestowing on [dissenters] honors or privileges of our Order of any kind." "That applies to public functions of any sort, and it is enforced," Patrick Korten, the Knights' Vice President for Communications, told California Catholic Daily. "We expect that council membership committees, when considering applications from potential new members, would take a person's views on abortion and life issues into account." The Knights also...

NASHVILLE, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - At the Knights of Columbus 125th annual convention this week, the Order officially resolved to forbid pro-abortion politicians from attending their events. The Order also renewed its support for the traditional definition of marriage and called for the protection of conscience for people in the medical field. During the final session of the Knights of Columbus convention at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel on August 9, delegates passed the pro-life resolution, stating, "we reaffirm our long-standing policy of not inviting to any Knights of Columbus event, persons, especially public officials or candidates for public office,...

Knights of Columbus Pass Resolution to Prohibit Pro-Abortion Politicians from Knights-Sponsored Events By Elizabeth O'BrienNASHVILLE, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - At the Knights of Columbus 125th annual convention this week, the Order officially resolved to forbid pro-abortion politicians from attending their events. The Order also renewed its support for the traditional definition of marriage and called for the protection of conscience for people in the medical field. During the final session of the Knights of Columbus convention at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel on August 9, delegates passed the pro-life resolution, stating, "we reaffirm our long-standing policy of not inviting to...

Accusing the Knights of Columbus of “hypocrisy,” a group of hardline Catholics is pushing for the fraternal organization to toss out 16 “pro-Sodomite” Bay State lawmakers who backed gay marriage. The California-based Concerned Roman Catholics of America picketed the annual Knights of Columbus convention in Nashville this week and handed out fliers urging members to oust the pro-gay-marriage Massachusetts solons as well as pro-abortion pols. “We basically want to see the Knights of Columbus expel these men because they’re not honoring the Catholic Church or their vows as a Knight,” said CRCOA president Kenneth Fisher, who is also a Knight....

Resolution calls for laws to protect rights of conscience for medical personnel.Delegates to the 125th annual convention of the Knights of Columbus Thursday, Aug. 9, unanimously adopted a resolution on Building a Culture of Life reaffirming its “deep commitment to oppose any governmental action or policy that promotes abortion, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, euthanasia, assisted suicide and other offenses against life.”The resolution, adopted during the final session of the convention at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, also called for “the adoption of laws that recognize and protect in law the right of conscience for doctors, nurses,...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) -- Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the second highest ranking official at the Vatican, told members of the Knights of Columbus that he is taking a personal interest in the beatification process for the order's founder, Father Michael McGivney. "I hope this recognition (of sanctity) will arrive soon, and I'll personally work on this, so that this day will come soon," Cardinal Bertone said during his homily, delivered in Italian, at the Aug. 7 opening Mass of the Knights of Columbus' 125th annual national convention at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville. Cardinal Bertone's comments on the sainthood cause...

New Haven, Jul 9, 2007 / 10:50 am (CNA).- The Knights of Columbus was shocked to learn that 16 of its members, who hold political office in the Massachusetts Legislature, voted against the same-sex marriage amendment in June. The June 14 vote, which decided whether same-sex marriage would be put on the 2008 ballot, got only 45 votes — five votes shy of the 50-vote requirement. "It is certainly embarrassing to the order and to every Knight out there who is firm in his support of traditional marriage and the right to life," Pat Korten, vice-president for communications for the...

Eduardo Verástegui, Leo Severino and Alejandro Monteverde have a plan. And if everything goes according to script, come Aug. 15’s feast of the Assumption, the movie actor, producer and director, respectively, will offer a prayer of thanks to Mary for her intercession on their labor of love, a film called Bella. “Our mantra is what Mother Teresa said: ‘I didn’t come to be successful; I came to be faithful to God.’ And if success comes, it’s a blessing,” Severino said. All modesty aside, Bella seems primed for success. The film took one of the top honors at the 2006 Toronto...

MEDIA ADVISORY, July 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- I have just heard from John O'Gorman, the Fighting Knight of Columbus from Massachusetts, that the 170,000 signature Initiative Petition to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman was thwarted by the Legislature, meeting in joint Constitutional Convention, on Thursday, June 14 2007. The sad part is it would have passed to go on the ballot in 2008 had it not been for the votes of at least sixteen men who call themselves Knights of Columbus who voted against the Church they are supposed to be Knights of, and...

NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Knights of Columbus announced today that Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will travel to the United States to attend and address the Order's 125th annual convention this August in Nashville, Tenn. He will also receive the Order's Gaudium et Spes (Joy and Hope) award. The visit is Cardinal Bertone's first trip to the United States, as Secretary of State. "We are honored that Cardinal Bertone will be coming to the United States to attend our convention this year," said Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson. "To have the Vatican Secretary...

New Haven, CT - The Knights of Columbus announced today that it set new records for charitable giving and volunteer service hours in 2006. The results of the Order's Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity for the year ending December 31, 2006 show that total contributions to charity at all levels reached $143,816,004 - exceeding the previous year's total by more than $4 million. The figure includes $35,133,393 donated by the Supreme Council, and $108,682,611 in charitable donations from state and local councils, Fourth Degree assemblies, and squire circles. The survey also shows that the reported number of volunteer hours by...

I've found less and less to like about posting on FR - especially due to the wide-spread (and mod-condoned) anti-Catholicism. I'm spending little time on this website. It is no longer appropriate that I maintain the KofC ping list. I will post the ping list, post the graphics that have been used and do this no more.

The Knights of Columbus, the world’s largest lay Catholic organization, will mark its 125th anniversary March 29, 2007,. Founded in 1882 by Father Michael J. McGivney, along with a few parishioners in the basement of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Conn., the group has grown to an international organization of more than 1.7 million members. The Knights of Columbus is also one of the most successful fraternal benefit societies in American history, providing life insurance and related products for the financial welfare of members and their families. The K of C has not only remained true to its founding...

One woman donated her sewing skills. A local electrician gave manpower. A group of musicians offered up a concert. Since learning of the financial concerns of the nuns who occupy the 66-year-old Benedictine Monastery in Midtown, support has come from all over Tucson. The deeply humble nuns, who aren't accustomed to seeking assistance, or even passing a collection plate at their services, have successfully forayed into fundraising the past year, too. "Somehow God is working by putting all these people in our lives," said Sister Lupita Barajas, prioress of the rose-colored monastery at 800 N. Country Club Road, home to...

This article reports on a 1993 lecture the late French geneticist and pro-life pioneer Dr. Jerome Lejeune delivered at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, D.C. This story originally appeared in the January 1994 Columbia and is a companion article to the January 2007 "By Their Works" profile of Knight and pro-life entrepreneur Bill Schneeberger. Dr. Jerome Lejeune, the French geneticist, still marvels at the circumstances that caused him to travel from his laboratory in Paris to a Tennessee courtroom to give expert testimony about when life begins. The 1989 case involved...

Charity is the first principle of the Knights of Columbus and, throughout its 125 year history, the Order has worked to help those who are suffering and in need.  Last year, Knights of Columbus donated more than 64 million hours of volunteer time and $139 million to charity. This year, the Order is airing a Christmas TV spot (Broadband or Dial-up ) on networks in the U.S. and Canada, encouraging viewers to join with the Knights in helping children in need. You may already have a favorite charity, or you may wish to consider one or more of the charities supported...

Order takes message to tens of millions through public service announcements and tree lightings. Keep Christ in Christmas Ads  • Television Ad 1 (rm, 30 sec., 985 kb) • Television Ad 2 (rm, 30 sec., 893 kb) • Radio Ad 1 (mp3, 28 sec., 455 kb) • Radio Ad 2 (mp3, 28 sec., 342 kb) • Radio Ad 3 (mp3, 18 sec., 288 kb) Millions of people in North America will get the message to “Keep Christ in Christmas” thanks to public service announcements from the Knights of Columbus that will be aired in the United States and Canada during the Christmas season.Radio spots encouraging people to “Keep Christ in Christmas” in...

(PAUL HENRY WOOD (AMERICAN, 1871-92), “ABSOLUTION UNDER FIRE,” 1891 OIL ON CANVAS, 72 X 102 IN. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME COLLECTION OF THE SNITE MUSEUM OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, AA.76.57)Editor’s Note: The following address was given at the first Knights of Columbus Eucharistic Congress in Washington, D.C., June 22, 2002. In the beautiful rolling hills of western Maryland lies the historic battlefield of Antietam. There on Sept. 17, 1862 (“the Glorious 17th”) was fought the bloodiest battle of any American war. More than 20,000 soldiers from both sides of the Civil War lay dead or wounded. The battle...

MERRICK, N.Y. (CNS) – More than 5,000 people entered Cure of Ars Church in Merrick Oct. 7-9 to pray before St. John Vianney's heart, and the pastor expected thousands more by Oct. 11, when the incorrupt relic of the sainted 19th-century French priest would end its visit and be taken to Boston. St. John (Jean-Marie Baptiste) Vianney, who died in 1859, is widely known to Catholics as the Cure (parish priest) of Ars. He won over the hearts of his villagers in France by visiting with them, teaching them about God and reconciling people to the Lord in the confessional....

PATERSON - For Father Joseph Orlandi, a U.S. Army chaplain recently stationed in both Afghanistan and Iraq, the potent declaration "War is hell" is no hollow cliche.  Over the past year, this tough-as-nails Army colonel, who also is pastor of St. Michael Parish here, lived in real time the horrors and stresses of war that TV cameras can't begin to capture adequately. While tending to the spiritual needs of U.S. troops in the deserts of the Middle East, Father Orlandi witnessed unspeakable images - like the carnage strewn across a Baghdad street after a car-bomb blast.  In both war-torn nations,...

Address of Mother Teresa of Calcutta to the Supreme Convention in New York City when she received the first Knights of Columbus Gaudium et Spes Award in 1992 Let us thank God for his great love in giving us this beautiful opportunity to thank the Knights of Columbus for all the good things they have done for the people of God. I accepted to come, and to accept out of sheer gratitude, for they have done so much for our congregation and for our poor. We have no other way of showing our gratitude to them, only by our...

America awoke on Sept. 11, 2001, to attacks on its financial, military and government centers. As hijacked planes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, heroes were at the scene, ready to sacrifice and save. There were heroes already in the buildings who died helping others to safety; and there were heroes rushing into the buildings to rescue those seeking to escape.The same heroism was seen at the Pentagon, where another plane hit, and on United Airlines flight 93, where passengers rose against the hijackers to take back the aircraft, which crashed in...

In yet another student organization controversy, the University of Wisconsin and the Knights of Columbus, a national Catholic organization, have clashed this summer over their interpretations of the First Amendment. Despite a few inconsistencies, the Knights of Columbus have been a registered student organization at UW since 1976, but all of a sudden had its student organization status revoked this summer on grounds of membership discrimination. The Knights are now accusing the university of violating their rights to religious freedom and free assembly. Patrick Korten, vice president of communications for the Knights of Columbus, said the Knights are currently considering...

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, AUG. 30, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Speaking on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, President George Bush highlighted how Catholic Charities is helping rebuild the lives of hurricane victims who have returned home. During an address given in New Orleans today, the president recounted the story of Samantha George and how Catholic Charities walked with her on the road to recovery. George, a 28-year old mother of four, lost everything to Katrina's flood, and as a last resort she approached Catholic Charities. "She found help and love" in Catholic Charities, Bush said. Over the past year, Catholic Charities has...

…… began to consider priesthood and religious life from the standpoint of a successful business career which provided everything I was supposed to have and which I found unfulfilling. …… have wanted to be a priest since I was five years old (I am now forty-seven!). …… have thought about the priesthood since my Confirmation retreat at 13. . . . have studied and traveled through Europe for a year. . . . have a sister who will graduate law school the day before I get ordained a priest (my only sibling). …… that I wanted to be a priest...

The 124th annual convention of the Knights of Columbus today [Aug. 3] adopted a resolution expressing its “support for Catholic schools everywhere,” and calling for “legislation that would establish educational choice programs providing financial assistance to parents who wish to send their children to Catholic schools. The resolution notes that “parents must often bear a double burden in order to send their children to Catholic schools, paying taxes to support government schools as well as tuition at the parochial schools.” For years, opponents of educational choice programs claimed that they were unconstitutional, but the resolution points out that the Supreme...

MADISON, Wis. The faculty adviser to the Knights of Columbus is demanding U-W Madison retract a statement which claims the school agreed to recognize the group as a student organization. Adviser Mark Etzel says the university's statement is false. The university announced late yesterday that it had reached an agreement to recognize an affiliate of the Catholic service organization. The university earlier refused to recognize the group because its membership was limited to Catholic men. Etzel denies a deal has been reached. He says the group hasn't filed the paperwork necessary to be registered.

MADISON - A top University of Wisconsin-Madison official apologized Thursday for erroneously announcing the school had reached an agreement to recognize a Knights of Columbus affiliate as a student group. The university announced late Wednesday that it had an agreement to recognize a branch of the Catholic service organization that would be open to all students. The university had earlier refused to approve the group because its membership was limited to Catholic men, violating a state anti-discrimination law. But the group's faculty adviser, Mark Etzel, said no agreement had been reached because the Knights had not agreed to changes the...

The Order of the Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded in 1882, it is named in honor of Christopher Columbus and dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism. There are more than 1.7 million members in 14,000 councils, including nearly 200 on college campuses. Membership is limited to "practical Catholic" men who are at least 18 years old. Councils have been chartered in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, the Philippines, Guam, Saipan and most recently in Poland. All the Order's ceremonials and business meetings are restricted to...

ORLANDO, Fla., July 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Board of Directors of the Knights of Columbus today voted to make an immediate $100,000 donation for humanitarian aid to those affected by the current conflict in Lebanon. The Board is meeting this weekend in Orlando, Florida, where the 124th annual Knights of Columbus convention begins on Tuesday, August 1, 2006. The $100,000 donation will go to Caritas Lebanon, the Lebanese affiliate of one of the world's largest humanitarian relief organizations. The Caritas International Confederation is composed of 162 Catholic organizations operating in 200 countries. "The conflict which began in Lebanon two...

52 REASONS NOT TO MOW 37 WAYS TO HELP TREES Please download with 100% cotton, rice, recycled, or scrap paper Ron Howard, director of A Beautiful Mind and many other films,made his first film at age 8.. an anti mowing film which showed the nature of mowers' attacks on lawns. Art Buchwald: People shouldn't be judged by the length of their grass. In 2003 through now, the world has seen floods, famine, fire, mudslides, hurricanes, tornados and other disasters created by the unprecedented destruction of trees around the world. Trees are nature's weather stabilizers. We need trillions of trees.. new...

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Gunfire erupted as hundreds of young people left a party at a Knights of Columbus hall early Sunday, killing two men and injuring nine, some critically, police said.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — One person was killed and 10 others were hurt, three of them critically, in a shooting outside a Knights of Columbus hall early Sunday, police said.

VALENCIA, Spain, JULY 7, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Representatives of various movements introduced their charisms at the Theological-Pastoral Congress being held in the context of the 5th World Meeting of Families. Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Meeting on Saturday and Sunday. Carl Anderson, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, was introduced by Cardinal Bernard Francis Law, archbishop emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, who said that the Knights of Columbus have 1.7 million members worldwide and that last year they carried out charitable works amounting to 128 million dollars and 62 million hours of voluntary work. Anderson, philosopher and member of the...

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance was almost a thing just for children to do at the beginning of the school day for the 50 years prior to June 22, 1942, when Congress approved the pledge as part of the U.S. Flag Code (Title 36). A year later the Supreme Court ruled no child could be forced to recite the Pledge. But it was on Flag Day, June 14, 1954,...

The ongoing debate over embryonic stem cell research often presents the issue in highly emotional terms. Selective language is used in an effort to tip the scales in favor of a perceived good or an end that justifies the means. We hear about all of the wonderful medical advances that might possibly result from this type of research and eventual therapy. The image of a child struggling with diabetes is placed in the balance against what is described as “just clumps of microscopic cells.” One national news magazine dismissed the entire ethical and moral aspect of stem cell research by...

ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Knights of Columbus has asked the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to overturn a decision by Baltimore Circuit Court Judge M. Brooke Murdock, which held that a law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman is irrational and thus a violation of the Maryland Constitution. The decision, issued on January 20, 2006, declared that "This court is unable to find that preventing same- sex marriage rationally relates to Maryland's interest in promoting the best interests of children." The amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief filed by the...

The 1920s brought a revolution to Mexico, along with the widespread persecution of Catholics. Missionaries were expelled from the country, Catholic seminaries and schools were closed, and the Church was forbidden to own property. Priests and laymen were told to denounce Jesus and their faith in public; if they refused, they faced not just punishment but torture and death. During this time of oppression and cruelty, the Knights of Columbus did not retreat in Mexico but grew dramatically, from 400 members in 1918 to 43 councils and 6,000 members just five years later. In the United States at the time,...

TORONTO, Ontario, June 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – James Loney, the former Canadian Iraqi hostage, has charged the Ontario Knights of Columbus with homosexual discrimination.The Knights recently announced the closure of a youth leadership camp located in Orillia Ontario where Loney worked for several years. Loney--who revealed his homosexuality amidst the publicity furor accompanying his eventual safe return from Iraq--has accused the Knights of closing the camp because he is gay. The factual basis for his allegation is still uncertain. News reports have been unclear and contradictory about whether or not Loney is even a current employee of the camp. A Canadian Press report...

THESE ARE THE SENATORS WHO VOTED TO GIVE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS TO ILLEGAL ALIENS REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PARTY, THESE POLITICIANS NEED TO BE DEFEATED IN 2006, 2008 OR 2010, WHENEVER THEY NEXT COME UP FOR OFFICE. SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW; THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION -- THAT IS, UNLESS THEY DO NOT MIND SHARING THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY WITH FOREIGN WORKERS WHO NEVER PAID INTO IT AND AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE BEING LEFT OUT. Grouped by Home State Alabama: Alaska: Stevens (R-AK), Yea Arizona: McCain (R-AZ), Yea Arkansas: Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Pryor (D-AR),...

WASHINGTON, June 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson said today that the Senate's failure to approve the Marriage Protection Amendment is "deeply disappointing," and noted the irony of the fact that the 49-48 vote "comes one day after Alabama became the 20th state to adopt a state constitutional amendment protecting marriage." Voters in Alabama approved their amendment at the polls yesterday by an overwhelming 81 percent to 19 percent margin. "Too many senators underestimated both the urgent need for this amendment and the depth of feeling of many millions of Americans who want their elected officials to...

Knights Urged to E-Mail Senators in Support of Marriage Amendment The Knights of Columbus, in cooperation with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, sponsored a post card campaign for citizens to urge their U.S. senators to support Senate Joint Resolution 1, known as the Marriage Protection Amendment, which proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution which would define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Because the vote is only days away, there is no longer enough time to mail post cards. Contact your senators by e-mail by clicking here. You may use the text of the...