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class="col-article__title"> <h1 > <div class="rich-text "> ‘A Historic Opportunity’ </div> </h1> </div> <div class="col-article__date"> <time>May 1, 2020</time> </div> <div class="col-article__subtitle"> <span > <div class="rich-text "> Knights of Columbus celebrates a rich history and promising future in France </div> </span> </div> <div class="col-article__byline"> <span>By Columbia staff</span> </div> <div class="col-article__date-mobile"> <time>May 1, 2020</time> </div> <section class="col-article__featured "> <figure class="image-block-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/SKinFrance_2020.jpg/37d70eb6cad311f0bae662cf11b3b301?width=900&height=506" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/SKinFrance_2020.jpg/37d70eb6cad311f0bae662cf11b3b301?width=900&height=506" alt="K of C leaders in France stand with Supreme Knight Carl Anderson at the tomb of Marshal Ferdinand Foch" loading="eager" class="img" decoding="auto" width="900" height="506" /></picture> <figcaption class="caption"> <div class="rich-text "> K of C leaders in France stand with Supreme Knight Carl Anderson at the tomb of Marshal Ferdinand Foch, supreme allied commander during World War I and the first Knight of Columbus in France. (Photo by François Régis Salefran) </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>Supreme Knight Carl Anderson paid tribute to the past and looked forward to the future during a visit with Knights of Columbus in France in February, following the K of C Board of Directors’ pilgrimage to Rome.</p> <p>“I wished to come here after my pilgrimage to Rome because the service of our Order to the Holy See began after a pilgrimage to France,” the supreme knight told Knights gathered in Paris Feb. 13. “And if during this centenary of service we have supported nine popes, all this was made possible because we came to France.”</p> <p>The first K of C councils in France were established in December 2015, but the Order’s close connection with the country goes back much further. The Knights of Columbus operated recreation huts throughout France during World War I, and in August 1920, a large delegation of Knights made a pilgrimage to Metz. The pilgrims, led by Supreme Knight James Flaherty, presented the city with a statue of its native son and hero of the American Revolution, the Marquis de Lafayette. They also presented a gold ceremonial baton to Marshal Ferdinand Foch, supreme allied commander during World War I. The delegation then went on to meet with Pope Benedict XV in Rome, beginning the Order’s century of service to the successors of St. Peter.</p> <p>During his visit to Paris in February, Supreme Knight Anderson prayed at the tomb of Marshal Foch, who became the millionth member of the Order — and the first Knight of Columbus in France — by vote of the Board of Directors during his tour of the United States in November 1921. Foch is interred near Napoleon at Les Invalides, a complex that includes a veterans’ hospital, military museums and memorials, and a home for war veterans.</p> <p>More than 100 Knights and 20 new candidates later participated in a combined exemplification ceremony at the nearby Cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides, the cathedral of the Diocese of the French Armed Forces. The supreme knight also thanked Bishop Antoine de Romanet for his collaboration with the Knights, which has included the annual international military pilgrimage to Lourdes.</p> <p>In the past five years, the Order’s presence in France has grown to include more than 500 Knights in 22 councils, spread throughout 12 dioceses. Later this year, the supreme knight announced, France would be granted territory status.</p> <p>“It is important for us to be active in those countries which will be the most important for the future of the Catholic Church in the coming century,” Supreme Knight Anderson told Knights participating in the ceremonial. “We are in France because France is decisive in evangelization and the future of the Catholic Church.”</p> <p>In recent weeks, the Knights of Columbus in France have been busy responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Blessed Charles de Foucauld Council 16502 in Paris has mobilized hundreds of volunteers for the archdiocese, distributing thousands of meals to the homeless and other people in precarious situations. In Saint-Raphaël, in southern France, members of St. Honorat Council 17338 are delivering food parcels to people who are isolated. Councils have also been helping to facilitate the online streaming of parish Masses and other spiritual events.</p> <p>The quarantine has also required Knights who are fathers to step up as leaders of their domestic church, noted Arnaud Boutheon, grand knight of Council 16502 and the Order’s special consultant for French affairs. “This is a historic opportunity,” he said, “to show our children fathers kneeling, praying, armed with the rosary.”</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </section> <section class="col-article__related-articles bg-colorExtraLightGrey"> <section class="article-card-block container"> <section class="article-card-block__title content-grid"> <h1 class="article-card-block__title__text grid-col-full text-left">Related Articles</h1> </section> <section class="article-card-block__cards content-grid"> <div class="article-card"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/knights/k-of-c-news/2025/11/visible-signs-of-devotion/"> <picture><source 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