KnightLineAPRIL 20, 2005 VOL. 22 • NO. 6 www.kofc.org NEWS FOR LEADERS In Solidarity in Life and Death 1983 n private audience with board mem- John Paul II’s papacy set the course of the Church and I bers meeting in Rome, pope lauds the Knights of Columbus for years to come. During his Knights for carrying out lay apostolate “so greatly desired by the Second nearly 27-year reign as Supreme Pontiff, the Order was Vatican Council.” honored to support many of his initiatives for world peace, for evangelization, for young people and for life. 1985 he Order’s Board of Directors Tapproves a request from the 1978 Vatican to underwrite the cost of ontinuing a service begun in restoring the façade of St. Peter’s C1975, in collaboration with the Basilica; project to be undertaken for Social in honor of the 40th anniversary Communications, the Knights pro- of pope’s ordination to the priest- vides a satellite uplink to broadcast hood in 1986. the solemn ceremonies and installa- tion Mass related to John Paul II’s 1986 election to the papacy. Supreme n recognition of Order’s contri- Knight Virgil C. Dechant is received I bution to the restoration work, in a private audience with the newly the pope presents the Knights elected pope. with the copper cross that had stood for centuries alongside the 1979 Christ figure atop the façade of St. he Knights of Columbus under- Peter’s; the cross would later be Twrites an English-language and placed in the Knights of Col- then a Polish-language version of a umbus Museum. documentary on the pope’s first pas- toral trip to Mexico. The Polish ver- 1987 sion was smuggled into the pope’s Pope John Paul II is presented with a reproduction of the ollowing the completion of ren- homeland in advance of his June crucifix that hangs in the Chapel of SS. Benedict, Cyril and Fovations to the façade of St. visit there. Methodius in the Vatican Grottoes by Past Supreme Peter’s, John Paul receives the Knight Virgil C. Dechant and Supreme Knight Carl A. Supreme Officers in a private uring the pope’s first visit to the Anderson during a Dec. 14, 2000, audience at the Vatican. audience at the Vatican, where he DUnited States, the Order pro- says the Order stands “forth as a vides funds to the U.S. bishops for the shining example of the role of the laity production of documentary films on the patrons of Europe, Order funds creation in the life and mission of the Church.” pope’s historic visit. of the SS. Benedict, Cyril and A plaque recognizing the “generosity of Methodius Chapel in the Grottoes of St. the Order” is placed on the back of the 1981 Peter’s Basilica; expansion of the clock on the southeast section of the he Vicarius Christi Fund is estab- Chapel of Our Lady of Czestochowa façade. The Order also funds restoration Tlished with a $10 million endow- there is also undertaken. of statues of St. Peter and St. Paul in ment. The annual proceeds from the St. Peter’s Square. fund are earmarked for the pope’s per- 1982 sonal charities. t the centennial convention in Order provides $250,000 to EWTN for A Hartford, Conn., President Ronald worldwide broadcast of pope’s visit to The Order underwrites an international Reagan meets Cardinal Agostino the United States. colloquium called by the pope on “The Casaroli, the Vatican’s secretary of Common Christian Roots of the state, in a private meeting arranged by 1988 European Nations” at the Vatican. The the Knights. Their discussion is said to he North American campus of the Knights also print the proceedings from have laid the groundwork for establish- T Rome-based John Paul II Institute the meeting and copies are smuggled ing formal diplomatic ties between the for Studies on Marriage and Family is into Poland to help the Solidarity move- and the United States. opened in Washington, D.C. Supreme ment. Cardinal Casaroli is also presented with Knight Carl A. Anderson has served as the first gift from the Vicarius Christi To celebrate the pope’s naming of SS. fund. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Benedict, Cyril and Methodius as co- 1 FROM SUPREME KNIGHT CARL A. ANDERSON We Are Proud to Have Been at His Side ew in the 2,000-year his- tory of the Fhave had so momentous an impact on the Church and the world at large as the man we can now properly call John Paul the Great. The 1.7 million members of the Knights of Columbus, who have had the privilege of supporting him in so many ways over the past 26-plus years, mourn his passing even as we recall the contribution of this Pope John Paul II examines a sculpture of the Servant of God Father Michael J. McGivney being shown to him by Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson during an April extraordinary and holy man. 2002 audience. In his 2001 message to the Knights in convention, Pope John Paul said John Paul, the successor of Peter that in founding the Knights of Columbus, Father McGivney “foresaw the importance of as head of the universal Church, a united and informed laity for the progress of the Gospel in the new world.” In a 2003 made it into a truly global church, message to Knights, the pope said: “Father McGivney’s vision remains as relevant as ever traveling to nearly every nation on in the changed circumstances of today’s Church and society.” earth, and reaching out to the world’s 5 billion people in ways that were vice president of the Washington unprecedented. We are proud to have Session since its founding and was its 1992 been at his side, in his travels around rder funds computerization of the dean until 1998. the world and as the organization Ooperations of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, and purchases new that made possible his use of modern Order funds uplink for closing cere- equipment for the . communications technology to reach monies of Marian Year at Vatican. literally billions of people. Knights also provide funds for the Pontifical School of Theology in John Paul’s courage — as a young Board members meet in the “Room of Cracow, Poland, John Paul’s alma mater, man suffering under Nazi occupa- the Knights” in St. Peter’s Basilica, for training priests in Eastern Europe. tion, as priest and bishop standing up which was restored with funding by the to communist tyranny, as victim of Order and dedicated to Count Enrico P. The pope is presented with funds for Galeazzi, who for decades represented an assassination attempt, and finally the renovation of the roof and mosaics the Knights in Rome. as one who taught us the importance of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel in St. of enduring pain and suffering in Peter’s Basilica. union with Christ’s suffering — is an 1989 inspiration to all of us. n a convention resolution, delegates voice “unqualified support” to John 1994 His tremendous effort to reach I rder finances satellite broadcast of Paul’s teaching in Christifideles Laici, out to people of every religious faith pope’s Mass to end the Year of the on the role of the laity in the Church. O embraced one of the most important Family. teachings of Vatican II and made it 1990 live. And his teachings on the dignity nights produce and distribute to 1995 nights co-host with the Brooklyn of the human person and on the sanc- members and others a study guide K Diocese, headed by Supreme tity of human life are immeasurable to the pope’s apostolic exhortation on K Chaplain Bishop Thomas V. Daily, the contributions to the modern world, the laity, Christifideles Laici. as we contemplate the ways in which papal Mass at Aquedeuct. It is the first papal Mass ever co-hosted by a lay we must leave the carnage and The John Paul II Institute for Studies on organization.The papal chair used at destruction of the 20th century Marriage and Family has its first gradu- the Mass is later displayed in the ating class of 10 students. behind us forever. He was truly the Knights of Columbus Museum. Pope of Peace, whose commitment to the cause of peace is unmatched in 1991 Convention delegates approve $5 mil- rder funds the re-equipping of the our time. lion toward the construction of the Vatican Television Center’s mobile We will miss him greatly. But the O Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in van with state-of-the-art machinery. The Catholic Church — and the world — Washington, D.C. Order purchased the van for the Vatican will benefit from his legacy for gener- in 1985. The Order also underwrites Order purchases a portable pipe organ ations to come. costs of videotaping and distributing pro- for the . Vivat Jesus! grams of the pope’s weekly catechesis. 2 Summit, which brought together 200 Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal 1996 religious leaders from around the world Angelo Sodano brings a papal greeting he Knights of Columbus under- at the behest of the pope in the after- to a Rome dinner in John Paul’s honor writes publication of book with all T math of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The hosted by the Knights. Also attending papal addresses made during his fall Knights later receive a “Lamp of Peace” is Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, dean of visit to the United States. that was used by the pope at the sum- the and prefect of mit. the Congregation for the Doctrine of To celebrate the 50th anniversary of his the Faith. priesthood, the Order begins a year of The pope names Anderson to the prayer offered for the Holy Father’s Pontifical Council for the Laity. The Pope John Paul names Anderson a intentions to be presented to him in a supreme knight also takes part in a meet- consultor to the Pontifical Council spiritual bouquet. ing of the Pontifical Academy for Life. for Justice and Peace.

1997 In response to the pope’s call for peace esponding to the pope’s plan for 2004 in the place of Christ’s birth, the Order rder funds the historic Papal preparing for the new millennium, R establishes a $2 million Pacem in Terris Concert of Reconciliation at the the Knights begins its own three-year O Fund to promote peace initiatives there Vatican, which was attended by program in advance of the Great Jubilee through the Latin Patriarchate of Jewish, Muslim and Christian lead- of the Year 2000. Jerusalem. ers; finances production and distribu- tion of a film of the concert, which is 1998 Order provides funding for renovation shown on hundreds of PBS stations. rder provides $1.5 million for mort- of chapels and artwork in the Grottoes gage on the building of Holy See’s O of St. Peter’s Basilica. Included were the Order provides funds for Vatican Web Permanent Observer Mission to the restoration of a corridor linking several site to provide an online tour of the United Nations in New York City. chapels. Two chapels devoted to the Vatican’s Chapel, Blessed Mother and the chapel where built to commemorate the pope’s Order votes to fund restoration of the Pius XII is buried are also restored. 50th anniversary of priesthood. Maderno Atrium, the entranceway to St. Peter’s Basilica, and the restoration Order provides $1 million for pope’s Order provides every seminarian in of the Holy Door there. A plaque recog- World Youth Day held in Toronto. U.S. and Canada with copy of the nizing the support of the Knights is Funds are used to develop “Duc in pope’s book Gift and Mystery, a cele- placed at the basilica upon completion Altum” park, where the sacrament of bration of his 50 years of priesthood. of the work. penance is celebrated. 2005 2000 The pope appoints Supreme Knight upreme Knight and Mrs. Carl A. rder provides $400,000 for produc- Anderson a consultor to the Pontifical Anderson and Past Supreme tion of documentary film based S O Council for the Family. Knight Virgil C. Dechant and his wife on George Weigel’s papal biography represent the Knights of Columbus Witness to Hope. 2003 at the funeral of Pope John Paul II, nights of Columbus Museum stages April 8. ◆ Order funds satellite telecast of John “Pope John Paul II: A Passion for Paul’s historic trip to the Holy Land, his K Peace,” an exhibit celebrating the Easter Sunday Mass and World Youth pope’s role in peace efforts throughout Day in Rome. the world. John Paul is presented with medallions With the theme “Drawing Life from the to commemorate the completion of the Eucharist,” the second Knights of Maderno Atrium.The Order provides Columbus Eucharistic Congress funding for a satellite uplink for open- explores Pope John Paul II’s encyclical ing ceremonies and Masses for the Ecclesia de Eucharistia. Jubilee. The Order begins a yearlong prayer pro- 2001 gram of Divine Mercy. An image of the rder funds satellite telecast of clos- Divine Mercy, blessed by the pope, ing of Holy Door at St. Peter’s O travels to U.S. cathedrals for prayer Basilica. services. Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson The Order’s Board of Directors makes a Pope John Paul II waves to the Knights and serves as auditor at the World Synod of pilrimage to Rome in honor of the 25th the faithful gathered at Aqueduct on Oct. 6, Bishops in Rome, which has as its anniversary of John Paul’s papacy. A gift 1995, for the papal Mass co-sponsored by the theme “The Bishop: Servant of the of $2.5 million from the Vicarius Order and the Diocese of Brooklyn. Gospel of Jesus Christ for the Hope of Christi Fund was given to the pope. The the World.” pope called the gift “a sign of the soli- PUBLISHED 18 TIMES A YEAR BY THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS darity of the Knights of Columbus with SUPREME COUNCIL 2002 the Successor of Peter in his concern for rder provides funding for the world- 1 Columbus Plaza the universal Church.” Owide telecast of the Assisi Peace New Haven, CT 06510-3326 203-752-4398 ◆ [email protected] KnightLine 1 Columbus Plaza New Haven CT 06510-3326

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