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Did you know this about the IW Knights of Columbus? IW Knights in Action with other Catholic organizations.  The story begins several months ago when one of our Knights, Tony Koester, received a call from a friend of the council, Benedictine Priest Father Ralph (“Rafe”) Wright of the St Louis Abbey at the Priory with a […]

Did you know this about the IW Knights of Columbus? “Following the shared concerns about Christians in the Middle East expressed by Pope Francis and President Trump at their recent meeting, the Knights of Columbus, which has been among the top financial supporters of these persecuted Christians, is urging the public to donate to its […]

Did you know this about the IW Knights of Columbus? From May 17-23, a group of American Warrior Pilgrims, including wounded and non wounded, are traveling to Lourdes, France, with the Warriors to Lourdes Pilgrimage to take part in the 59th International Military Pilgrimage. Sponsored by the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, (AMS) and […]

Did you know this about the IW Knights of Columbus? Our country celebrates Memorial Day on May 29th.  As we remember those who died while serving our country – the Knights of Columbus should recall the significant sacrifice made by Brother Knights over the years and during many military engagements.  The First World War was […]

Did you know this about the IW Knights of Columbus? Over Easter the IW Knights in cooperation with the parish distributed several books to all those who attended Mass.  One was entitled: “The Message of Our Lady of Fatima” by Father Fredrick L. Miller, S.T.D.  It is more aptly described as a booklet – only […]

Did you know this about the IW Knights of Columbus? Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson recently published the following letter on the Columbia Online Edition entitled: THE UNITED STATES HAS AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO HALT ROE V. WADE’S LEGACY OF ABORTION ON DEMAND. “PRO-LIFE AMERICANS now face a historic opportunity.  Not since the Supreme Court […]

Did you know this about the IW Knights of Columbus? The IW Knights wish to thank the members of Incarnate Word parish for their support of our 2017 Lenten Charitable Fundraising Series: the Fat Friday/Mardi Gras event and the six Cajun Fish Fries.  By far, it was our most successful Lenten event.  We served more […]

Did you know this about the IW Knights of Columbus? The following article is published in the KofC Columbia magazine although originally published in the Southern Nebraska Register, the newspaper of the Diocese of Lincoln, NE (http://www.kofc.org/en/columbia/detail/the-age-of-noise.html). “More than 70 years ago, the English satirist Aldous Huxley wrote that modernity is the ‘age of noise’. […]

Did you know this about the IW Knights of Columbus? “The Knights of Columbus Supreme Council marked the 135th anniversary of the founding of the Order at a Mass on March 29 in St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Conn. The church is the site where Father Michael J. McGivney first gathered a group of […]

Did you know this about the IW Knights of Columbus? “On the occasion of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, the Knights of Columbus was proud to support an initiative to restore a stunning — yet nearly forgotten — masterpiece of sacred art: a 700-year-old crucifix in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Depicting the dying Christ […]