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<h1>Blessed Michael McGivney</h1> </section> <section class="content-grid container col-category__featured-area"> <section class="col-category__featured-area__hero"> <a href="/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/2025/07/fathers-mcgivney/"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/McGivneyBrothers_1904Event/Zz1hZmZkODRiYTVlN2MxMWYwYTE4OGEyZGU1MjdiMzEzNw==?width=900&height=506" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/McGivneyBrothers_1904Event/Zz1hZmZkODRiYTVlN2MxMWYwYTE4OGEyZGU1MjdiMzEzNw==?width=900&height=506" alt="Father Patrick J. McGivney and Father John J. McGivney join San Salvador Council 1 in New Haven, Conn., at an unspecified event circa 1904." loading="eager" class="score-image img-fluid col-category__featured-image" decoding="auto" width="900" height="506" /></picture> </div> </a> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-category"> <a href="/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/"> <h3>Blessed Michael McGivney</h3> </a> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-title"> <a href="/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/2025/07/fathers-mcgivney/"> <h2>Fathers McGivney</h2> </a> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-title-mobile"> <a href="/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/2025/07/fathers-mcgivney/"> <h2>Fathers McGivney</h2> </a> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-byline"> <span>By Maureen Walther</span> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-teaser"> <span>For Blessed Michael and his younger brothers Patrick and John, pastoral genius ran in the family</span> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-teaser-mobile"> <span>For Blessed Michael and his younger brothers Patrick and John, pastoral genius ran in the family</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="/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/2025/04/americas-parish-priest-in-americas-parish-church/"> <picture><source srcset="https://images1.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/McGivneyStatue_Cathedral.jpg/Zz1mNThjZWYyMjEwYTAxMWYwYjRlYWNlODk5OTNjYTc0NA==?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://images1.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/McGivneyStatue_Cathedral.jpg/Zz1mNThjZWYyMjEwYTAxMWYwYjRlYWNlODk5OTNjYTc0NA==?width=137&height=137" alt="A bronze statue of Blessed Michael McGivney in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral" loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/"> <h3>Blessed Michael McGivney</h3> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title"> <a href=/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/2025/04/americas-parish-priest-in-americas-parish-church/> <h2>America’s Parish Priest in America’s Parish Church</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title-mobile"> <a href=/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/2025/04/americas-parish-priest-in-americas-parish-church/> <h2>America’s Parish Priest in America’s Parish Church</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__by-line"> <p>By Brian Caulfield</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser"> <p>A new statue of Blessed Michael McGivney finds a home in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, reflecting the dynamic history of the Church in the United States</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser-mobile"> <p>A new statue of Blessed Michael McGivney finds a home in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, reflecting the dynamic history of the Church in the United States</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-card featured-left"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/2025/03/in-the-founders-footsteps/"> <picture><source srcset="https://images4.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/McGivneyHouse_Praying+Vespers.jpg/Zz00ZGU0ODg1NDE2MzkxMWYwOWFiZTRlMjg2M2ZlNWE2Yg==?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://images4.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/McGivneyHouse_Praying+Vespers.jpg/Zz00ZGU0ODg1NDE2MzkxMWYwOWFiZTRlMjg2M2ZlNWE2Yg==?width=137&height=137" alt="Seminarians from Blessed Michael J. McGivney Propaedeutic House of Formation in Baltimore pray vespers" loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/"> <h3>Blessed Michael McGivney</h3> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title"> <a href=/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/2025/03/in-the-founders-footsteps/> <h2>In the Founder’s Footsteps</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title-mobile"> <a href=/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/2025/03/in-the-founders-footsteps/> <h2>In the Founder’s Footsteps</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__by-line"> <p>By Katie V. Jones</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser"> <p>A new house of priestly formation opens where Blessed Michael McGivney completed his studies</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser-mobile"> <p>A new house of priestly formation opens where Blessed Michael McGivney completed his studies</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-card featured-left"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/2024/03/if-you-need-a-miracle/"> <picture><source srcset="https://images1.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/if-you-need-a-miracle-1/4d628dee8c9c11ef9080fa2f32ec1e91?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://images1.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/if-you-need-a-miracle-1/4d628dee8c9c11ef9080fa2f32ec1e91?width=137&height=137" alt="A portrait and relic of Blessed Michael McGivney are displayed at St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Conn., on Nov. 1, 2020, the day after Father McGivney’s beatification. (Photo by Jake Belcher)" loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/"> <h3>Blessed Michael McGivney</h3> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title"> <a href=/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/2024/03/if-you-need-a-miracle/> <h2>If You Need a Miracle </h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title-mobile"> <a href=/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/2024/03/if-you-need-a-miracle/> <h2>If You Need a Miracle </h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__by-line"> <p>By John Burger</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser"> <p>When faced with unexpected trials, many turn to Blessed Michael McGivney as a friend and intercessor in heaven</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser-mobile"> <p>When faced with unexpected trials, many turn to Blessed Michael McGivney as a friend and intercessor in heaven</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-card featured-left"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/2024/03/sculpting-our-founder/"> <picture><source srcset="https://images4.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/2024_03+McGivney+Sculpture.jpg/09d1dfd4a13811ef84dbca73e779568a?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://images4.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/2024_03+McGivney+Sculpture.jpg/09d1dfd4a13811ef84dbca73e779568a?width=137&height=137" alt="The statue of Blessed Father Michael J McGiveny was unveiled and dedicated on Friday December 8th, 2023 during the Mass of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception." loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/knights/blessed-michael-mcgivney/"> <h3>Blessed Michael McGivney</h3> </a> </div> <div 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