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srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Opening+Mass+Golka+Homily.jpg/c3824166b75d11f1b99842536ac0cabf?width=900&height=506" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Opening+Mass+Golka+Homily.jpg/c3824166b75d11f1b99842536ac0cabf?width=900&height=506" alt="Archbishop James Golka of Denver, Colorado state chaplain, preaches the homily during the opening Mass on Aug. 4." loading="eager" class="img" decoding="auto" width="900" height="506" /></picture> <figcaption class="caption"> <div class="rich-text "> Archbishop James Golka of Denver, Colorado state chaplain, preaches the homily during the opening Mass on Aug. 4. (Photo by Matthew Barrick) </div> </figcaption> </figure> </section> <section class="col-article__content-rich-text"> <div class="score-rich-text-block default default"> <div class="content-area "> <div class="rich-text "> <p><em>Editor’s Note: The text below are excepts of homilies delivered during the liturgies of the 144th Supreme Convention, held Aug. 4-6, 2026, in Denver. The full homilies can be viewed <a title="https://www.kofc.org/convention/#tabset=tabset-sticky-tab-set&tab=tab-block-108008" href="https://www.kofc.org/get-involved/events/supreme-conventions/2026/#tabset=tabset-sticky-tab-set&tab=tab-block-108008" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</em></p> <figure class="image left small"><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Archbishop+Golka+Delivers+Homily+at+Opening+Mass.jpg/969f11f490d111f1a3ca260d517569cb" alt="Archbishop Golka Delivers Homily at Opening Mass.jpg" width="800" height="600"> <figcaption>Archbishop James Golka of Denver delivers the homily during the opening Mass on Aug. 4. (Photo by Tamino Petelinšek)</figcaption> </figure> <h2 class="no-heading-underline">OPENING MASS, AUG. 4<br><span class="subtitle-1"><em>Archbishop James Golka of Denver</em></span></h2> <p>My father was a young married man, incredibly talented, a natural leader, but he did not know it. He was a shy man. You women do faith naturally. We men need help. The Knights of Columbus exists to help our men grow in their faith, and they sure did for my dad. …</p> <p>In 1990, I was off to seminary to study for the Diocese of Grand Island. I never owned a car, so I bought a 1980 Toyota Tercel with 500,000 miles on it, stick shift, no air conditioning. It worked well for a couple of months, but eventually my brakes went out; at the auto shop,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>they said, “We can repair that, but it’s going to cost $252.” In those days, that was a lot of money. I had no money. …</p> <p>I remember parking the car. I walked right to the mail room of the seminary, and in there was an envelope from the Knights of Columbus council in Ogallala, Nebraska. I had never been to that council, had never visited them, never received anything from them before. I opened the envelope, and inside they said, “Here is a check for $253.”</p> <p>If you listen to God’s will for you and say yes, God will absolutely take care of you. And he’ll even give you an extra dollar for a cup of coffee. And God wants the Knights of Columbus to help him care for his children. God wants the Knights of Columbus to help carry out God’s purposes. ...</p> <p>The Knights of Columbus empowers Catholic men to live their faith and serve their family, parish, community and country. I think that’s absolutely true. But I think if I step back and look at the Knights of Columbus, along with many other apostolates doing such good work, I think we’re all part of a bigger mission.</p> <p>I’m convicted. The Knights of Columbus exists because God wants his world back. …</p> <p>So let us open our ears and our hearts and our eyes, that we can know better his plan for you, for our life, for the Knights of Columbus, for the entire world — so that God can get his world back through our humble service. Amen.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="col-article__content-rich-text"> <div class="image-gallery"> <div class="image-gallery__description text-center"> <div class="rich-text "> </div> </div> <div class="image-gallery__container three-image-row" data-carousel-enabled=True> <div class="image-box"> <img class="image-box__open-dialog" src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Opening+Mass+Honor+Guard.jpg/ba548496b75d11f1bc115ac3b335b1a3?width=330&height=330" loading="lazy" alt="Supreme Master Michael McCusker leads a Fourth Degree honor guard in procession before Mass." data-image="image_89e18ae8b75d11f1aac42e9de423abae" width="768" height="512" data-image-id="1" data-modal-img-path="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Opening+Mass+Honor+Guard.jpg/Zz04OWUxOGFlOGI3NWQxMWYxYWFjNDJlOWRlNDIzYWJhZQ==?width=768" data-modal-img-height="512" data-modal-img-width="768" data-modal-img-alt="Supreme Master Michael McCusker leads a Fourth Degree honor guard in procession before Mass." data-figure-title="Opening Mass Honor Guard.jpg" data-figure-caption="Supreme Master Michael McCusker leads a Fourth Degree honor guard in procession before Mass. (Photo by Matthew Barrick)" data-figure-byline="" style="aspect-ratio: 1.5;" /> </div> <div class="image-box"> <img class="image-box__open-dialog" src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Opening+Mass+SD+Solome.jpg/c292c488b75d11f1b99842536ac0cabf?width=330&height=330" loading="lazy" alt="Colorado State Deputy Marc Solome serves as lector during the opening Mass." data-image="image_8c455fa8b75d11f181660a85ffd8c4a3" width="768" height="512" data-image-id="2" data-modal-img-path="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Opening+Mass+SD+Solome.jpg/Zz04YzQ1NWZhOGI3NWQxMWYxODE2NjBhODVmZmQ4YzRhMw==?width=768" data-modal-img-height="512" data-modal-img-width="768" data-modal-img-alt="Colorado State Deputy Marc Solome serves as lector during the opening Mass." data-figure-title="Opening Mass SD Solome.jpg" data-figure-caption="Colorado State Deputy Marc Solome serves as lector during the opening Mass. (Photo by Tamino Petelinsek)" data-figure-byline="" style="aspect-ratio: 1.5;" /> </div> <div class="image-box"> <img class="image-box__open-dialog" src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Opening+Mass+Sisters+of+Life.jpg/bf17bc96b75d11f1a54ebe81551f6947?width=330&height=330" loading="lazy" alt="Sisters of the Company of the Savior (left) and Sisters of Life kneel in prayer during Mass." data-image="image_8c5f9eb8b75d11f1b6b8521b571e0245" width="768" height="512" data-image-id="3" data-modal-img-path="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Opening+Mass+Sisters+of+Life.jpg/Zz04YzVmOWViOGI3NWQxMWYxYjZiODUyMWI1NzFlMDI0NQ==?width=768" data-modal-img-height="512" data-modal-img-width="768" data-modal-img-alt="Sisters of the Company of the Savior (left) and Sisters of Life kneel in prayer during Mass." data-figure-title="Opening Mass Sisters of Life.jpg" data-figure-caption="Sisters of the Company of the Savior (left) and Sisters of Life kneel in prayer during Mass. (Photo by Matthew Barrick)" data-figure-byline="" style="aspect-ratio: 1.5;" /> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="col-article__content-rich-text"> <div class="score-rich-text-block default default"> <div class="content-area "> <div class="rich-text "> <hr> <p> </p> <figure class="image left small"><img class="left small" src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Archbishop+Bernard+A.+Hebda+of+St.+Paul+and+Minneapolis+preaches+the+homily+during+Mass+.jpg/c920a7c8b91c11f1991aaa39c776f24a" alt="Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis preaches the homily during Mass .jpg" width="800" height="600"> <figcaption>Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis preaches the homily for the Votive Mass of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus on Aug. 5 (Photo by Tamino Petelinšek)</figcaption> </figure> <h2 class="h2">CONCELEBRATED MASS, AUG. 5 <em><br>Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis</em></h2> <p>Drawing near to the heart of Jesus, entering into that intimate dialogue with Jesus, changes everything. …</p> <p>A deep devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus had already taken root in Ireland when Blessed Michael McGivney’s parents emigrated to Connecticut in 1849. … Blessed Michael’s devotion to the Sacred Heart, brothers, is one of his legacies to our Order. …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>We can’t claim to be devoted to the Sacred Heart if we’re not committed to making Jesus’ heart our own. We need a spiritual “heart transplant” that enables us to see and love in our brothers and sisters what Jesus sees in us. It’s only then that they will experience through us the love that pours forth from the Sacred Heart. …</p> <p>You might recall that last Aug. 27, a gunman disrupted a school Mass at one of our archdiocesan parishes, Annunciation in Minneapolis, killing two innocent schoolchildren, injuring two dozen others, and scarring a whole community. Within hours, the supreme knight had contacted me to let us know that he had asked the Knights to pray for us, and that the Order was committed to assisting the parish as it began the healing process. It was a concrete way of holding up the love that pours forth from the Sacred Heart to a community that desperately needed to be reminded of that love.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="col-article__content-rich-text"> <div class="image-gallery"> <div class="image-gallery__description text-center"> <div class="rich-text "> </div> </div> <div class="image-gallery__container three-image-row" data-carousel-enabled=True> <div class="image-box"> <img class="image-box__open-dialog" src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Concelebrated+Mass+Bishops+with+Relics.jpg/c3ad55aeb75d11f1a54ebe81551f6947?width=330&height=330" loading="lazy" alt="A reliquary containing major relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque is displayed in the sanctuary during the votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Aug. 5." data-image="image_7d57349eb75d11f18cd0ded47364f56a" width="768" height="498" data-image-id="1" data-modal-img-path="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Concelebrated+Mass+Bishops+with+Relics.jpg/Zz03ZDU3MzQ5ZWI3NWQxMWYxOGNkMGRlZDQ3MzY0ZjU2YQ==?width=768" data-modal-img-height="498" data-modal-img-width="768" data-modal-img-alt="A reliquary containing major relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque is displayed in the sanctuary during the votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Aug. 5." data-figure-title="Concelebrated Mass Bishops with Relics.jpg" data-figure-caption="A reliquary containing major relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque is displayed in the sanctuary during the votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Aug. 5. (Photo by Matthew Barrick)" data-figure-byline="" style="aspect-ratio: 1.5421686746987953;" /> </div> <div class="image-box"> <img class="image-box__open-dialog" src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Concelebrated+Mass+Reader.jpg/b9b5678ab75d11f1a54ebe81551f6947?width=330&height=330" loading="lazy" alt="State Deputy Michał Bartoszko of Poland reads a petition during the prayers of the faithful." data-image="image_7df46b56b75d11f1a8efded47364f56a" width="768" height="512" data-image-id="2" data-modal-img-path="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Concelebrated+Mass+Reader.jpg/Zz03ZGY0NmI1NmI3NWQxMWYxYThlZmRlZDQ3MzY0ZjU2YQ==?width=768" data-modal-img-height="512" data-modal-img-width="768" data-modal-img-alt="State Deputy Michał Bartoszko of Poland reads a petition during the prayers of the faithful." data-figure-title="Concelebrated Mass Reader.jpg" data-figure-caption="State Deputy Michał Bartoszko of Poland reads a petition during the prayers of the faithful. (Photo by Matthew Barrick)" data-figure-byline="" style="aspect-ratio: 1.5;" /> </div> <div class="image-box"> <img class="image-box__open-dialog" src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Concelebrated+Mass+Eucharistic+Prayer.jpg/bca28ffeb75d11f1bdc0d2f956e87115?width=330&height=330" loading="lazy" alt="Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, leads concelebrating cardinals, bishops and priests in the Eucharistic Prayer." data-image="image_7dad66e8b75d11f1a4bb521b571e0245" width="768" height="403" data-image-id="3" data-modal-img-path="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Concelebrated+Mass+Eucharistic+Prayer.jpg/Zz03ZGFkNjZlOGI3NWQxMWYxYTRiYjUyMWI1NzFlMDI0NQ==?width=768" data-modal-img-height="403" data-modal-img-width="768" data-modal-img-alt="Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, leads concelebrating cardinals, bishops and priests in the Eucharistic Prayer." data-figure-title="Concelebrated Mass Eucharistic Prayer.jpg" data-figure-caption="Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, leads concelebrating cardinals, bishops and priests in the Eucharistic Prayer. (Photo by Matthew Barrick)" data-figure-byline="" style="aspect-ratio: 1.9057071960297767;" /> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="col-article__content-rich-text"> <div class="score-rich-text-block default default"> <div class="content-area "> <div class="rich-text "> <hr> <h2 class="h2"> </h2> <figure class="image left small"><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Supreme+Chaplain+William+E.+Lori+Delivers+Homily+During+Memorial+Mass.jpg/87e2ac0091e611f1ae2eca324ae3f4b0" alt="Supreme Chaplain William E. Lori Delivers Homily During Memorial Mass.jpg" width="800" height="600"> <figcaption>Archbishop William Lori gives the homily for the Memorial Mass on Aug. 6. (Photo by Tamino Petelinšek)</figcaption> </figure> <h2 class="h2">MEMORIAL MASS, AUG. 6<br><em>Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore</em></h2> <p>If we want to answer the Lord’s call to holiness — to pursue the only goal worthy of our human dignity — we have only to climb Mount Tabor with Peter, James and John, and there behold the Lord Jesus in his transfigured glory. …</p> <p>Yes, it is good to succeed in our chosen fields. To find happiness in our vocations and daily work. To leave the world a better place than we found it. But unless we are leading a transfigured life capable of amazing the world, unless we are manifesting the glory of God in Christ Jesus, we are not aiming high enough — for we are called, chosen, to be the beloved sons and daughters of our heavenly Father.</p> <p>Our founder, Blessed Michael McGivney, understood this well. He didn’t settle for mediocrity in his priestly ministry, or his preaching, or his life of prayer, or his pastoral ministry. …</p> <p>Blessed Michael’s vision shines forth in the Mexican Martyrs, priests and laymen who were killed 100 years ago by a vicious, anti-Catholic dictatorship. Whether facing a firing squad or the gallows, these brave martyrs, many of them Knights of Columbus, didn’t waver. They didn’t look down, they didn’t look back, or side to side. No, they looked up. They looked up at the glory of God on the face of Christ. <em>“¡Viva Cristo Rey!”</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="col-article__content-rich-text"> <div class="image-gallery"> <div class="image-gallery__description text-center"> <div class="rich-text "> </div> </div> <div class="image-gallery__container three-image-row" data-carousel-enabled=False> <div class="image-box"> <img class="image-box__open-dialog" src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Memorial+Mass+Relic+Procession.jpg/cfa86268b75d11f1a54ebe81551f6947?width=330&height=330" loading="lazy" alt="Mexico West State Deputy Gabriel Fonseca (front left) and other Knights carry the Christ the King reliquary." data-image="image_80a0cd5eb75d11f181660a85ffd8c4a3" width="768" height="505" data-image-id="1" data-modal-img-path="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Memorial+Mass+Relic+Procession.jpg/Zz04MGEwY2Q1ZWI3NWQxMWYxODE2NjBhODVmZmQ4YzRhMw==?width=768" data-modal-img-height="505" data-modal-img-width="768" data-modal-img-alt="Mexico West State Deputy Gabriel Fonseca (front left) and other Knights carry the Christ the King reliquary." data-figure-title="Memorial Mass Relic Procession.jpg" data-figure-caption="Mexico West State Deputy Gabriel Fonseca (front left) and other Knights carry the Christ the King reliquary, containing the relics of 25 saints and 13 blesseds — including nine Knights of Columbus — who were martyred during the persecution of the Catholic Church in Mexico in the 1920s and ’30s. (Photo by Paul Haring)" data-figure-byline="" style="aspect-ratio: 1.5207920792079208;" /> </div> <div class="image-box"> <img class="image-box__open-dialog" src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Memorial+Mass+Reliquaries.jpg/bbce8c7cb75d11f1b99842536ac0cabf?width=330&height=330" loading="lazy" alt="Relics of other saints and blesseds are displayed during the Memorial Mass. " data-image="image_8303c808b75d11f182f62e9de423abae" width="768" height="512" data-image-id="2" data-modal-img-path="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Memorial+Mass+Reliquaries.jpg/Zz04MzAzYzgwOGI3NWQxMWYxODJmNjJlOWRlNDIzYWJhZQ==?width=768" data-modal-img-height="512" data-modal-img-width="768" data-modal-img-alt="Relics of other saints and blesseds are displayed during the Memorial Mass. " data-figure-title="Memorial Mass Reliquaries.jpg" data-figure-caption="Relics of other saints and blesseds are displayed during the Memorial Mass. (Photo by Matthew Barrick)" data-figure-byline="" style="aspect-ratio: 1.5;" /> </div> <div class="image-box"> <img class="image-box__open-dialog" src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Memorial+Mass+Concelebrants.jpg/be1c18c8b75d11f1bdc0d2f956e87115?width=330&height=330" loading="lazy" alt="Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore leads the Eucharistic Prayer with concelebrating bishops and priests during the Memorial Mass on Aug. 6. " data-image="image_8037d6dcb75d11f1b6b8521b571e0245" width="768" height="499" data-image-id="3" data-modal-img-path="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Memorial+Mass+Concelebrants.jpg/Zz04MDM3ZDZkY2I3NWQxMWYxYjZiODUyMWI1NzFlMDI0NQ==?width=768" data-modal-img-height="499" data-modal-img-width="768" data-modal-img-alt="Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore leads the Eucharistic Prayer with concelebrating bishops and priests during the Memorial Mass on Aug. 6. " data-figure-title="Memorial Mass Concelebrants.jpg" data-figure-caption="Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore leads the Eucharistic Prayer with concelebrating bishops and priests during the Memorial Mass on Aug. 6. 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