Posted on 04/21/2017 9:33:56 AM PDT by hillarynot
I'm giving a talk in early June to a group on the topic of the Knights of Columbus, Who are they? What are they? What have they done for our community in the past; what can they do for our community in the future? What are public perceptions of the Knights of Columbus? I'll also cover some very interesting history of the local Council which has been around for nearly 120 years.
I suspect there are members of the Knights of Columbus who don't really know the answers to these questions.
I'm interested in what non-members of the public think, so, I'm basically conducting a survey of what freepers think of "who the Knights of Columbus are" and "what exactly they do"
Your comments are greatly appreciated.
Pinging NYer who might have more info.
They are a bunch of middle aged guys the get together and give away Tootsie rolls at stop lights on Saturdays for some reason...................
Maybe your post will bring some folk out. It is just confusing b/c your post makes it sound like you want elucidation not awareness.
I suspect ISIS would like to kill them all.
They’re mostly older Italian men who celebrate and love America while keeping some revered Italian traditions alive.
And they keep the neighborhoods safe from those that would ruin it.
I’d suspect you’re right and I suspect ISIS would be in for a big ####ing shock.
The Knights have a few loose affiliations that don’t take kindly to any of them being hurt.
....and give away Tootsie rolls.................
:) Just don’t take any blood oaths for the tootsie rolls kids!!
They lost their first round NHL playoff series to the Knights of Pittsburgh.
This is a very strange-seeming answer, but it’s true. Ask any Knight.
In 19th-century Connecticut, Catholics had a very difficult time getting life insurance. And given the sort of labor Catholics had to do then, caring for a left-behind widow or orphans was a big deal. K-of-C was a means of instituting and keeping legal control over life insurance for faithful Catholics, a “mutual benefit society.”
However, the benefits are far beyond “mutual.” In 2010 (last year available), K of C gave $175 million in charity to non-members, performed 74 million man-hours of service, and donated 400,000 pints of blood.
That’s a LOT of value that a lot of people would use for strictly worldly purposes. So the fraternity stuff well, first it provides a place for fraternization, family events, etc., when other fraternities are off-limits to Catholics, but it also keeps the K of C’s original purpose intact.
Here, they also have spaghetti dinners for a good price on certain days................
Use the link I gave you to find the Grand Knight of your local council and he will be happy fill you in on what is happening in your community. If you need help with that PM me.
LOL!...............
It’s part social lodge (think Moose or Shriners), but with a strong devotion to the Catholic faith and Catholic institutions. They are very involved in charitable works through the Church.
The K of C is a place where they hold Bingo Games.
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I guess the Catholic’s thought they had to have their own secret society, can’t let the Freemasons get all the attention.
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