McGivney

  • November 3, 2020

Blessed McGivney: Model parish priest with ‘zeal’ for Gospel, for serving faithful

Blessed Michael J. McGivney was "an outstanding witness of Christian solidarity and fraternal assistance" because of his "zeal"...
  • November 3, 2020

McGivney family members, many others ‘thrilled’ Knights’ founder is beatified

Blessed McGivney, the first American parish priest to be beatified, can be viewed as a martyr of a...
  • October 23, 2020

Connecticut Catholic priests take pride ‘one of our own’ about to be beatified
  • July 29, 2020

Beatification of Father McGivney to take place Oct. 31 in Hartford, Conn.

Father Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus, will be beatified during a special Mass Oct....
  • March 2, 2020

Knights of Columbus unveils initiation ceremony that will be public

After 142 years, the Knights of Columbus is pulling down a veil of secrecy that has surrounded its...
  • February 12, 2020

Men called to leadership within and outside home, say speakers at men’s conference

The crisis in the Church today is one of evangelization, or rather, one of a failure to evangelize,...
  • August 22, 2018

Supreme Knight calls for ‘full accounting of misdeeds’ that have led to scandal

WASHINGTON (CNS) — After years of Catholics having to confess their sins to the clergy, it is now...
  • July 25, 2018

‘Humanae Vitae’ at 50 and the legacy of soon-to-be St. Paul VI

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Fifty years ago, an encyclical was released affirming a long-held teaching of the Catholic Church,...
  • March 29, 2018

Ven. Michael J. McGivney

Fr. Michael J. McGivney, the oldest of 13 born to Irish immigrants, was ordained a priest in 1877...
  • August 7, 2017

Example of founder of Knights ‘etched in our hearts,’ says archbishop

ST. LOUIS (CNS) — Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori paid tribute Aug. 3 to deceased members of the...