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class="col-article__title"> <h1 > <div class="rich-text "> Men ‘On Mission’ </div> </h1> </div> <div class="col-article__date"> <time>Oct. 1, 2024</time> </div> <div class="col-article__subtitle"> <span > <div class="rich-text "> Knights celebrate the Order’s founding vision and Eucharistic mission at the 142nd Supreme Convention </div> </span> </div> <div class="col-article__byline"> <span>By Columbia staff</span> </div> <div class="col-article__date-mobile"> <time>Oct. 1, 2024</time> </div> <section class="col-article__featured "> <figure class="image-block-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/men-on-mission/cb6cd504150011f0ae2132d1ece0fbc5?width=900&height=506" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/men-on-mission/cb6cd504150011f0ae2132d1ece0fbc5?width=900&height=506" alt="Knights of Columbus leaders and guests pray for the canonization of the Order’s founder, Blessed Michael McGivney, at the conclusion of the convention’s opening business session Aug. 6. (Photo by Tamino Petelinšek)" loading="eager" class="img" decoding="auto" width="900" height="506" /></picture> <figcaption class="caption"> <div class="rich-text "> Knights of Columbus leaders and guests pray for the canonization of the Order’s founder, Blessed Michael McGivney, at the conclusion of the convention’s opening business session Aug. 6. (Photo by Tamino Petelinšek) </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>When St. François de Laval, Canada’s first bishop, arrived in Québec in 1658, the vast continent before him was mission territory.</p> <p>Speaking to Knights, family members, clergy members and guests assembled in Québec City Aug. 6-8 for the 142nd Supreme Convention, Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly reminded them this same region has become mission territory again.</p> <p>“The days of easy faith are over,” the supreme knight said in his <a href="https://rynqut.files.cmp.optimizely.com/download/assets/annual-report-of-the-supreme-knight.pdf/b76c3fea96cf11efb6de0ad3798a2a51" target="_blank" rel="noopener">annual report</a> Aug. 6. “We must have the zeal of Bishop de Laval and Father McGivney. … And we must start by building up a new generation of Catholic men — men formed in faith and virtue, men prepared to be missionary disciples.”</p> <p>Meeting under this theme — “On Mission” — the convention was a time for delegates to pray and deepen bonds of fraternity, celebrate achievements, and set goals for the coming fraternal year.</p> <p>Among the Order’s accomplishments in 2023-2024, Knights worldwide spent over 47 million volunteer hours serving others and donated more than $190 million to those in need. The Order also marked one of its best years of growth in a century: More than 92,000 men joined the Knights for a total of more than 2.1 million members worldwide.</p> <p>The supreme knight challenged members to think even bigger, noting a recent study that found as many as 7 million men in the United States alone are open to joining a group like the Knights but have not done so, primarily because they haven’t been asked.</p> <p>“Imagine the impact — the communities we could help, the parishes we could serve, and the lives we could change,” he said. “Will you extend that invitation, that hand of brotherhood, to the next generation?”</p> <p>In his address to delegates at the Aug. 8 business session, Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori urged all councils to implement <a href="https://www.kofc.org/en/who-we-are/our-faith/cor.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Cor</em></a> and emphasized the crucial role of Eucharistic faith to growing in holiness and bringing others to Christ.</p> <p>“Let’s be clear, brother Knights! Our Order originates in the Eucharistic heart of Blessed Michael McGivney,” he said. “Through [his] intercession, may we return home ready for mission — the mission of proclaiming the name above every other name, the one who alone heals our wounds, reconciles us to his Father and one another, and helps us to build a civilization of truth and love.”</p> <p>The October issue of <em>Columbia</em> includes highlights of the convention’s proceedings and the supreme knight’s annual report. 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