Apr 4, 2017 / 19:02 pm
When parish priest Father Michael J. McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882, he showed that holiness has a timeless quality, Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore has said.
"It's not hard for us to see that Fr. McGivney was a priest of charity and mercy. Pastoral charity permeated his priestly ministry: he was filled with love for his parishioners; engaged with their needs; involved in their moments of joy but also times of loss and sorrow," Archbishop Lori, Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, said March 29.
The archbishop spoke on the 135th anniversary of the founding of the Knights of Columbus at St. Mary's Church in New Haven, Conn., the church where Fr. McGivney founded the Catholic fraternity that now has 1.9 million members worldwide.
Archbishop Lori reflected on the life of Fr. McGivney, who died in 1890 at the age of 38.