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KNIGHTS IN ACTION

KNIGHTS IN ACTION

‘YOU ARE NOT ALONE

A message to the Knights of Columbus on the Anniversary of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. In commemoration of the one-year anniversary, and the start of the Lenten season, we’re pleased to share this new video message from Supreme Knight Kelly, (More)

Life After Dobbs

Shortly after losing its case before the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2022, Jackson Women’s Health Organization announced it was moving from Mississippi to Las Cruces, New Mexico. Pro-life leaders in the city soon made their own announcement: They would be opening a pregnancy resource center and medical clinic just beside the abortion facility. Within a few days, local Knights of Columbus were working on providing the new Guiding Star Las Cruces with a state-of-the-art ultrasound machine to serve pregnant women and help them see their unborn babies. (More)

Oklahoma Knights Honor Our Lady Of Guadalupe

On Dec. 11, 2022, thousands gathered at the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City for the dedication of Tepeyac Hill, a recreation of the site in Mexico City where Mary appeared to St. Juan Diego in 1531. The ceremony included the blessing of newly installed statues of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego, funded by Oklahoma Knights. The dedication of the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine took place Feb. 17.. “We’re very proud to have the Knights involved in this project,” said Archbishop Paul Coakley.

REBUILDING WITH ‘RADICAL LOVE’

After vandals attacked the Women’s Care Center in Peoria, Illinois, in May 2021, the pregnancy resource center needed immediate assistance. Its lobby was incinerated, its baby supplies lost, and its ultrasound machine damaged by heat and smoke. St. Clement Council 12407 in Dunlap came to the rescue with tens of thousands of dollars in donations, as well as hands on help. “All I can say is we would not be here without the Knights of Columbus,” said Anne Kube, president of the center’s board of directors. “They have been our ‘Knights in shining armor.’”

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