December 30, 2024 Bishop Gordon blessed the new KofC Veterans Memorial to those Brother Knights and clergy that have given the ultimate sacrifice.
THE VIRTUE OF PATRIOTISM – THE LOVE OF AND DEVOTION TO ONE'S COUNTRY – HAS ITS ROOTS IN THE VIRTUE OF PIETY, A TWIN OF THE VIRTUE OF RELIGION. SO IT IS THAT, AS PRACTICAL CATHOLIC MEN, THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ARE LOYAL SONS OF THEIR COUNTRY AND THEY ARE ALSO LOYAL SONS OF THEIR CHURCH. THIS LOYALTY WAS EMBEDDED IN THE FABRIC OF COLUMBIANISM MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO, ON (WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY), FEBRUARY 22, 1900, WHEN, FOR THE FIRST TIME, MORE THAN 1,100 KNIGHTS WERE EXEMPLIFIED IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED FOURTH DEGREE. SEE THE SLIDESHOW AND VIDEO ABOVE.