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25 unusual facts about Knights of Columbus


Blessed John Paul II Shrine

Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, announced on August 2, 2011 plans to purchase the Cultural Center.

Catholic Citizenship

The organization now focuses on education forums, voter guides and other grassroots activities centered around Catholic communities such as parishes and clubs like the Knights of Columbus.

Chip Saltsman

While at Christian Brothers, Saltsman was active in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, the Knights of Columbus and student government.

David A. Hearn

Hearn was a member of the Knights of Columbus and at one time was president of the Nova Scotia Barristers Association.

Donald E. Belfi

His voluntary activities included serving as commissioner of Rockville Centre Little League, and as a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Association for the Help of Retarded Children, and the St. Agnes Cathedral Parish Council.

Fishing Lake

The park was established in 1967, and operates six locations: Chorney Beach, Leslie Beach, Knights of Columbus, Saskin Beach, Pavilion Beach and the Foam Lake Golf and Country Club.

Frank Colman

Colman returned the Majors to the Intercounty loop in 1958, organizing an exhibition ballgame in June 1958 in conjunction with the Knights of Columbus and the Mocha Temple Shrine in aid of the Shrine Hospitals for Crippled Children.

George Kenneally

Upon graduating in 1919 he joined a group of local youths who were forming a semi-pro football team to play out of the local Knights of Columbus.

George Washington Martin II

He maintained friendly relationships with many Catholics, and in 1922 was a guest speaker at the Brooklyn chapter of the Knights of Columbus.

Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2000

A devout Roman Catholic and a prominent member of the local Knights of Columbus, he oversaw the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto and was president of the Friends of the Grotto Association for several years.

Jack J. Clark

He also wrote and produced a dramatic musical pageant Columbus which, with a cast of more than 1000 was staged at the Philadelphia Academy of Music for the Knights of Columbus.

John Alario

Alario has membership in the Knights of Columbus, Louisiana Epilepsy Association, Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transfer Terminal Authority and the Westwego Volunteer Fire Department.

John Franklin Kinney

Kinney was a founding member of the Knights of Columbus and a long-standing member of the Society of the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick.

Luke E. Hart

Luke E. Hart (July 31, 1880 - February 19, 1964) was the tenth Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus from September 1, 1953 to February 19, 1964.

Newport, Shelby County, Ohio

Newport is primarily a Roman Catholic community as evidenced by Saints Peter and Paul Church on Ohio State Route 66 and a local chapter of the Knights of Columbus.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro

While the archdiocese has many and varied traditional lay organizations, such as the Knights of Columbus, Catholic Women's League, Legion of Mary, Apostleship of Prayer, Cursillos de Cristiandad, and many others, it also has many lay groups and what they call now the covenant communities.

Sean Bielat

Bielat is a member of the St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Brookline and of the Catholic fraternal service organization, the Knights of Columbus.

The Emerald Diamond

Fitzgerald, Director of Photography Bill Winters and Continuity Consultant Justin Bergen played on the same Little League team in the early 1990s, which was named after the local Knights of Columbus post.

The Felix Culpa

For their second release, The Felix Culpa released THOUGHTCONTROL (2005, Common Cloud Records) - an EP/DVD combo that featured 4 new songs, a video for "A Murderer" (Commitment), a live set at the Knights of Columbus, Arlington Heights, IL, and roughly 2 hours of random tour footage.

The release show for THOUGHTCONTROL was held at the very same Knights of Columbus hall during the later half of 2005.

The Knight on the Grid

The trip was organized by a lobbyist named Mr. Porter, who seems to fit the Corrupter description, and who furthermore is a member of the Knights of Columbus.

The title refers to the victim's involvement with the Knights of Columbus, and his placement on a symbolic map of Washington, D.C. by the cannibalistic killer introduced in the season premiere, "The Widow's Son in the Windshield."

Tom Cullerton

He also became a member of the Knights of Columbus, the American Legion, and coaches little league with his team winning the 2011 Farm League World Series.

Vannie Higgins

On the night of June 18, 1932, after attending his daughter's tap dance recital at the Knights of Columbus clubhouse in Prospect Park, Higgins was gunned down in the street while trying to protect his 7-year-old daughter.

Warren Antoine Cartier

Cartier was connected with or a member of the Knights of Columbus, Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, Knights of the Maccabees, Royal Arcanum, and the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association (he was president of the state association of Michigan for nine years; also a member of the board of trustees).


Community Motion Picture Bureau

During World War I, the Community Motion Picture Bureau was an American organization that "would supply about four thousand picture shows a week to YMCA, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Jewish Welfare Board, Knights of Columbus or any other accredited organization supplying entertainment for troops." Homer Croy of Missouri was production manager for the agency in Paris, France.

Dan R. Tonkovich

Tonkovich served as President of the Bishop Donahue School Board and was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council #1907 of Moundsville and Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Mount Olivet.

Edward J. Patten

After politics, he continued to remain active in the various organizations he belonged to, such as the NAACP, Eagles, Elks, Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, and Moose International.

Gil Dodds

On March 11, 1944, Dodds broke the world indoor record for the mile run at the annual Knights of Columbus track meet in Madison Square Garden, New York City.