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href="/knights/k-of-c-history/2026/09/when-it-mattered-most/"> <h2>When It Mattered Most</h2> </a> </div> <div class="col-home__featured-area__hero-byline"> <span>By Brian Caulfield</span> </div> <div class="col-home__featured-area__hero-teaser"> <span>The Order’s response to 9/11 included swift financial support for first-responder families and scholarships for children of brother Knights</span> </div> <div class="col-home__featured-area__hero-teaser-mobile"> <span>The Order’s response to 9/11 included swift financial support for first-responder families and scholarships for children of brother Knights</span> </div> </section> <aside class="col-home__featured-area__realted"> <section class="article-card-block container featured-aside"> <section class="article-card-block__cards vertical-column"> <div class="article-card featured-left"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/news-culture/interviews-profiles/2026/09/help-me-to-light-the-way/"> <picture><source 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class="article-card__details__teaser"> <p>New Jersey Knight Chuck Costello gave his life on 9/11 to save people trapped in the twin towers</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser-mobile"> <p>New Jersey Knight Chuck Costello gave his life on 9/11 to save people trapped in the twin towers</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__by-line"> <p>By Jorge I. 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the way for Venerable Fulton Sheen’s beatification</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser-mobile"> <p>The miraculous return to life of a baby born without a pulse paved the way for Venerable Fulton Sheen’s beatification</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__by-line"> <p>By Jennifer Brinker</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-card featured-left"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/faith/profiles-of-faith/2026/09/a-prophetic-voice-of-hope/"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Sheen+1970+Supreme+Convention.jpg/Zz1jNzNjMDNjY2EzMTgxMWYxYjM0MzkyYjVjZGRhNjIyOA==?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Sheen+1970+Supreme+Convention.jpg/Zz1jNzNjMDNjY2EzMTgxMWYxYjM0MzkyYjVjZGRhNjIyOA==?width=137&height=137" alt="Sheen 1970 Supreme Convention.jpg" loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/faith/profiles-of-faith/"> <h3>Profiles of Faith</h3> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title"> <a href=/faith/profiles-of-faith/2026/09/a-prophetic-voice-of-hope/> <h2>A Prophetic Voice of Hope</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title-mobile"> <a href=/faith/profiles-of-faith/2026/09/a-prophetic-voice-of-hope/> <h2>A Prophetic Voice of Hope</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser"> <p>This month’s beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen celebrates a great Catholic evangelist and Knight of Columbus</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser-mobile"> <p>This month’s beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen celebrates a great Catholic evangelist and Knight of Columbus</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__by-line"> <p>By Derek Rotty</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </section> </aside> </section> <section class="content-grid container col-home__content-area"> <aside 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