Since their founding, the Knights of Columbus have had connections with baseball, especially with the New York Yankees. Fr. Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, was apparently a good baseball player.
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Waunakee KCs host FUNdraiser for family
On Sunday, Feb. 12, the Knights of Columbus and St. John the Baptist Parish in Waunakee will be hosting a Super Bowl Sunday tailgate fundraiser, titled “Fetters Family FUNdraiser”, starting at 4 p.m. The event will be held in the gym of St. John the Baptist School at 114 East 3rd St. and there is a suggested $50 entrance fee donation at the door.
KCs sponsor Pilgrim Icon Prayer Service in Waunakee
An icon of St. Joseph will be the centerpiece of a special prayer service at St. John the Baptist Parish, 209 South St., Waunakee, on Saturday, March 19, at 8 a.m.
Camp Gray thanks Knights for years of support
BARABOO — They are known for hosting pancake breakfasts and for handing out Tootsie Rolls.
The importance of fathers
As Father’s Day approaches in this year of St. Joseph, we have a timely moment to thank and pray for our fathers, the men who helped give us both physical and spiritual life.
Renewal begins with prayer
Renewal of the Catholic Church in the wake of the sexual abuse scandals must start with prayer.
That’s what the leaders of the Knights of Columbus said in promoting a “Novena for Repentance, Renewal, and Rebuilding” in response to the recent Vatican summit on child protection and the clerical sexual abuse crisis.
Women’s Care Center expecting 155 babies
Kila Hagie is expecting 155 babies! Not her own babies, of course. These are babies of pregnant women Hagie is helping at the Women’s Care Center (WCC) in Madison.
This license plate can help save lives
On December 7, 2016, there was a quiet announcement that few people probably noticed. But it carried some significant news that can help save lives.
On that date, the Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles announced that Choose Life Wisconsin Inc. is now an authorized group for the purpose of requesting a specialty license plate.
Thanks for help with Rosary Crusade
To the editor:
We want to thank the Catholic Herald for the publicity before our recent Rosary Crusade. We had a wonderful turn-out.
Our thanks go out to Fr. Peter Auer, who led the Rosary, including the Glorious Mysteries and Benediction afterwards; to the Fourth Knight Knights of Columbus Marie Assembly 1150 of Jefferson; and many others who helped with readings, songs, and setting up the chairs, including the ladies of the Council of Catholic Women, who provided the lunch.
Wisconsin’s Into the Breach Tour empowers men
This past September 29, on the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of the Diocese of Phoenix, Ariz., promulgated an Apostolic Exhortation calling men to step “Into the Breach.” Bishop Olmsted began his exhortation:
“I begin this letter with a clarion call and clear charge to you, my sons and brothers in Christ: Men, do not hesitate to engage in the battle that is raging around you, the battle that is wounding our children and families, the battle that is distorting the dignity of both women and men.