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href="/community/stories-of-service/2026/06/to-lay-down-ones-life/"> <h2>To Lay Down One’s Life</h2> </a> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-title-mobile"> <a href="/community/stories-of-service/2026/06/to-lay-down-ones-life/"> <h2>To Lay Down One’s Life</h2> </a> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-byline"> <span>By Kateryna Kolodii </span> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-teaser"> <span>Ukrainian Knights have left friends and family behind to defend their homeland — with several killed or missing in action</span> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-teaser-mobile"> <span>Ukrainian Knights have left friends and family behind to defend their homeland — with several killed or missing in action</span> </div> </section> <aside class="col-category__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="/community/stories-of-service/2026/06/christ-among-the-campesinos/"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Campesinos+Lettuce+Field.jpg/Zz02NzIxNmNhYzU5MmIxMWYxYjE3ZjgyMDkyZWFhZGM3Nw==?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Campesinos+Lettuce+Field.jpg/Zz02NzIxNmNhYzU5MmIxMWYxYjE3ZjgyMDkyZWFhZGM3Nw==?width=137&height=137" alt="California farmworkers, or campesinos, work in a lettuce field near El Centro, outside Brawley, in March 2014." loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/community/stories-of-service/"> <h3>Stories of Service</h3> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title"> <a href=/community/stories-of-service/2026/06/christ-among-the-campesinos/> <h2>Christ Among the Campesinos</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title-mobile"> <a href=/community/stories-of-service/2026/06/christ-among-the-campesinos/> <h2>Christ Among the Campesinos</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__by-line"> <p>By Elisha Valladares-Cormier</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser"> <p>California State Council’s outreach program serves thousands of migrant farmworkers and their families</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser-mobile"> <p>California State Council’s outreach program serves thousands of migrant farmworkers and their families</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-card featured-left"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/community/stories-of-service/2026/06/works-of-mercy/"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Migrant+Aid+Florida.jpg/Zz02ZmIyOTcyZTU5MmIxMWYxOGQ3MzAyNGFmOWJiYTE0ZQ==?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Migrant+Aid+Florida.jpg/Zz02ZmIyOTcyZTU5MmIxMWYxOGQ3MzAyNGFmOWJiYTE0ZQ==?width=137&height=137" alt="Gordon Shellhaas and Servidora Sister Maria de Talpa Vargas Espinoza unload a food shipment at St. Michael Parish in Wauchula." loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/community/stories-of-service/"> <h3>Stories of Service</h3> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title"> <a href=/community/stories-of-service/2026/06/works-of-mercy/> <h2>Works of Mercy</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title-mobile"> <a href=/community/stories-of-service/2026/06/works-of-mercy/> <h2>Works of Mercy</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__by-line"> <p>By Elisha Valladares-Cormier</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser"> <p>Throughout North America, local councils welcome and assist migrant families in their communities</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser-mobile"> <p>Throughout North America, local councils welcome and assist migrant families in their communities</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-card featured-left"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/community/stories-of-service/2026/04/a-refuge-in-the-storm/"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Knights+HI.011.JPG/Zz05OTcyOTQ2ODQzMmExMWYxOGQ4NjYyNzhmOTcwYWMwZg==?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Knights+HI.011.JPG/Zz05OTcyOTQ2ODQzMmExMWYxOGQ4NjYyNzhmOTcwYWMwZg==?width=137&height=137" alt="Knights speak with Josephine and Fredrick Diana, whose home in Waialua, Hawaii, was damaged by floodwaters. " loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/community/stories-of-service/"> <h3>Stories of Service</h3> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title"> <a href=/community/stories-of-service/2026/04/a-refuge-in-the-storm/> <h2>A Refuge in the Storm</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title-mobile"> <a href=/community/stories-of-service/2026/04/a-refuge-in-the-storm/> <h2>A Refuge in the Storm</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__by-line"> <p>By Cecilia Engbert</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser"> <p>Knights mobilize to restore communities devastated by recent flooding in Hawaii</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser-mobile"> <p>Knights mobilize to restore communities devastated by recent flooding in Hawaii</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-card featured-left"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/community/stories-of-service/2026/04/standing-together-against-indifference/"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Vatican+Collab-1.2.jpg/Zz1lNjhlMGMwMjMzNmYxMWYxYTA4YWEyOWUwMGI4MDM1MA==?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Vatican+Collab-1.2.jpg/Zz1lNjhlMGMwMjMzNmYxMWYxYTA4YWEyOWUwMGI4MDM1MA==?width=137&height=137" alt="Cardinal Konrad Krajewski visits the Knights of Columbus humanitarian aid warehouse in Briukhovychi, Ukraine." loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/community/stories-of-service/"> <h3>Stories of Service</h3> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title"> <a href=/community/stories-of-service/2026/04/standing-together-against-indifference/> <h2>Standing Together Against Indifference</h2> </a> </div> <div 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