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Before his passion, Jesus prayed for the Church — “that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me” (Jn 17:21). In his columbia column this month, Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly challenges Knights to strive for unity in the face of increasing polarization. We see this unity clearly in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, where the Knights of Columbus and other Catholic groups and individuals have come together to support those affected by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Learn more about the Order’s response to the disaster below.
Hundreds, including Archbishop William Lori (left), gather outside Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Church in Baltimore following a prayer service and candlelight procession April 8 for the six men killed in the Key Bridge collapse. Local Fourth Degree Knights also participated. (Photo by Kevin J. Parks/The Catholic Review)
Unity After Tragedy
The Knights of Columbus Board of Directors voted during a recent meeting to contribute $100,000 to a relief fund for families who lost loved ones and livelihoods in the collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge. “Blessed Michael McGivney founded the Knights over 140 years ago to support widows and orphans. So it was only natural that, upon learning of the death of six road workers — husbands and fathers from the Catholic Hispanic community — we were moved to join with the Church in Baltimore in providing aid to their widows and orphans,” said Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly. Read more about Archdiocese of Baltimore’s efforts to provide spiritual and material assistance in the aftermath of the collapse here
Members of St. John Vianney Council 17868 carry the cross for a Via Crucis the council has organized at the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona, Ariz., for several years. (Photo by David Jolkovski)
Passion in the Desert
Knights helped bring the Stations of the Cross to a national forest in Arizona on Good Friday — reflecting on the beauty of Christ’s sacrificial love for us amid the beauty of the Father’s creation.
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A Gift — and a Task
Unity and charity are the Order’s first principles, and Knights have a special responsibility to work against division in our families, in our society and in the Church, Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly writes in the April issue of
columbia “Rather than focusing on things we cannot change, let’s take responsibility for the things we can. … Prayer from the heart, far more than criticism, has real power to change things.”
An illustration by an unknown artist depicts the RMS Titanic as it sinks some 370 nautical miles off the coast of Newfoundland. (United Archives/Carl Simon/Bridgeman Images)
‘Spiritual Lifeboats’ on the Titanic
As the Titanic went down on April 15, 1912, the three Catholic priests on board used the few critical hours before the ship sank to comfort and absolve passengers, heroically declining rescue for themselves.
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