30th Biennial Meeting Cape Town. South Africa 2025 POST-CONFERENCE STATEMENT Under the Chairmanship of the IACK President Brother Brendan McCann of the Knights of St. Columbanus, Ireland, the 30th Meeting of the International Alliance of Catholic Knights was held between…
Supreme Council has re-elected Brother Michael Akinrele as the Supreme Knight for 2025/2026.
Happy 106th Birthday to the Order of Knights of St Columba
Fr Damian Cassidy, HCPT’s Trust Chaplain and a member of the charity’s Board of Trustees, will begin a remarkable fundraising challenge on 1 October 2025. He will take on a virtual prayer walk of 1,070 miles, the distance from his parish of St. John Vianney, in Newcastle, to Lourdes in France. The goal of Fr Damian’s Big Prayer Walk is to raise £70,000 to mark the 70th anniversary of HCPT, the charity which takes thousands of children and adults with disabilities and life limiting conditions to Lourdes on life changing pilgrimages each Easter.
In August 1993, a front-page article in the Catholic Pictorial appeared under the banner: “Is our man a miracle?” It was a reference to the cure of John (Jack) Traynor at Lourdes in 1923, and the possibility that this cure might officially be declared miraculous. The article added that, “Ever since the World War I veteran was cured instantaneously and dramatically during the first archdiocesan pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady… many have believed unquestioningly that the event was miraculous.
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of two esteemed members of our Order:
- Past Supreme Knight Pat Layden, K.C.S.G., K.H.S., of Council 429, who passed away on December 2, 2024. - Brother George Smith
of Council 150, Past Director and Past Supreme Warden, who passed away on November 24, 2024.
We ask that you keep their families in your prayers during this difficult time.
+ May they rest in peace +
Throughout the year 2024, the Knights of St. Columba are united in a profound spiritual journey as Mass is joyously celebrated by devoted brothers in every council across the United Kingdom.
Pope Francis sits down for a global exclusive interview with CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell from the Vatican. In a wide-ranging conversation, Francis speaks about the wars across the world, immigration, climate change, his vision for the Catholic Church and his legacy. Ahead of the Church’s first World Children’s Day, the Pontiff talks about children as hope for the future. Copyright ©2024 CBS Interactive Inc.
Congratulations to the successful Young People, Schools, Councils and Provinces who entered.
Total of 15 Provinces out of 24 Provinces sent in submissions. England/Wales/Scotland.
Under the Chairmanship of the IACK President Brother Charlie McCluskey of the Knights of St Columba the 29th Meeting of the International Alliance of Catholic Knights was held between the 10th and the 15th of September 2023 in Rome.
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