The Knights of Columbus is the world’s largest catholic fraternal service organization. It was founded by Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, in March 29, 1882. It was named in honor of the explorer Christopher Columbus. It developed into a fraternal benefit society dedicated to providing charitable services, including war and disaster relief, actively defending Catholicism in various nations and promoting.
The knights also support the Catholic Church’s positions on public policy issues, including various political causes and are participants in the new evangelization. Charity is the foremost principle of the knights of Columbus. There is hardly a corner of the catholic world where the resources of this international force have not left an impression.
As of 2015 there were 1,918,122 knights and membership has grown each year for 44 consecutive years. Membership is limited to men who are 18years of age or older and are practicing Catholics.
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