As a parish priest in an immigrant community, McGivney saw what could happen to a family when the main income earner died. Mary's Church in 1882 as a mutual benefit society for Catholic immigrants in New Haven, Connecticut. McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus at St. See also: History of the Knights of Columbus and The Catholic University of America Early years Īmerican Catholic priest Michael J. There are more than 16,000 local Knights of Columbus councils around the world, including over 300 on college campuses. The Order comprises four different "degrees", each one of which exemplifies one of the core principles of the order. Women may participate in K of C through the Columbiettes and other female auxiliaries, and boys may join the Columbian Squires. The order also owns the Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors, a money management firm which invests in accordance with Catholic social teachings.Īs of 2019, there were nearly two million members around the world. Its wholly owned insurance company, one of the largest in the world, underwrites more than two million insurance contracts, totaling more than $100 billion of life insurance in force. The organization also provides certain financial services to the individual and institutional Catholic market. The Knights promote the Catholic view on public policy issues, including opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion. It has grown to support refugee relief, Catholic education, local parishes and dioceses, and global Catholic social and political causes. In addition to providing an insurance system for its members, its charter states that it endeavors "to promote such social and intellectual intercourse among its members as shall be desirable and proper". The organization was founded in March 1882 as a mutual benefit society for working-class and immigrant Catholics in the United States.
Membership is limited to practicing Catholic men. The Knights of Columbus ( K of C) is a global Catholic fraternal service order founded by Michael J.
International Alliance of Catholic Knights.
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