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srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Joseph+McInerney+Young+American+Men+Symposium/9a5346fec24911f1b2c2b26cfc2ac7de?width=900&height=506" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Joseph+McInerney+Young+American+Men+Symposium/9a5346fec24911f1b2c2b26cfc2ac7de?width=900&height=506" alt="Joseph McInerney speaks at the Symposium on Young American Men in Washington, D.C., Sept. 25." loading="eager" class="img" decoding="auto" width="900" height="506" /></picture> <figcaption class="caption"> <div class="rich-text "> Joseph McInerney, the Knights’ chief strategy advisor and senior vice president for Leader Development, speaks with moderator Christine Rousselle of The Catholic Herald at the Symposium on Young American Men in Washington, D.C., Sept. 25. (Photo by Avi Gerver) </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>The Knights of Columbus co-sponsored the second Symposium on Young American Men, which brought together researchers, policymakers and community leaders Sept. 24-25 in Washington, D.C. The event explored ways to address the loneliness epidemic and other challenges facing young men today.</p> <p>Joseph McInerney, the Knights’ chief strategy advisor and senior vice president for Leader Development, spoke in a Sept. 25 spotlight session, describing how the Order helps men find purpose through service and build lasting friendships.</p> <p>“If you don’t have a mentor, if you don’t have a community that you’re part of, if you don’t have friends, there’s a tendency towards isolation,” McInerney said. “We’re not made for that. We’re made for rich and beautiful relationships with the people that we love.”</p> <p>Organized by the Lafayette Company, the two-day gathering at The Spire included bipartisan discussions on mental health, education and employment.</p> <p>Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly addressed the <a href="https://www2.kofc.org/en/news-room/knightline/2025/november/hardwired-for-mission.html">inaugural symposium</a> in November 2025. “By serving shoulder to shoulder and making sacrifices to help those in need, men find the meaning they’re looking for,” he said.</p> <p>At this year’s symposium, McInerney echoed that message: “One of the things that draws men to the Knights, and I think to probably many organizations, is the idea that they can help other people,” he said. “That’s very inspiring, and that’s something that’s in the Knights’ DNA.”</p> <p>McInerney emphasized <a href="https://www.kofc.org/resources/faith-formation/mens-faith-formation/cor/"><em>Cor</em></a>, the Order’s initiative to bring men together for prayer, formation and fraternity. More than 6,000 councils around the world are offering <em>Cor</em>, providing men with a community centered on Jesus Christ.</p> <figure class="image right"><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Joseph+McInerney+Spotlight+Session+YAM/Zz04YmFmOTM1YWMyNDkxMWYxYTMyOWU2YTZiMTBlODVmNw==" alt="Joseph McInerney speaks at the Symposium on Young American Men in Washington, D.C." width="2000" height="1333"> <figcaption>Joseph McInerney discusses the Knights’ efforts to help young men find purpose and community at the Symposium on Young American Men on Sept. 25. (Photo by Avi Gerver)</figcaption> </figure> <p>He also highlighted the new <a href="/knights/k-of-c-news/2026/05/a-gift-to-others/">McGivney Fellowship</a> program, a selective leadership formation experience designed for faithful, engaged Knights of Columbus who demonstrate spiritual depth and leadership potential.</p> <p>“We’re offering things that would be appealing to Catholic men in terms of their prayer and spiritual life, appealing to their intellect, appealing to their desire to serve, and then also appealing to their desire for community,” McInerney said.</p> <p>The Order’s <a href="/knights/k-of-c-news/2026/10/love-of-god-service-to-country/">college councils</a> also provide opportunities for faith, service and friendship among young men, whom McInerney called “the lifeblood of the Knights of Columbus.”</p> <p>“We are seeing a surge in members joining,” McInerney said. “The Catholic Church is also seeing a surge in people converting to Catholicism, so those two phenomena, we think, are very much aligned.”</p> <p>In his <a href="/knights/from-the-supreme-knight/2026/10/2026-annual-report--of-the-supreme-knight/">2026 annual report</a>, delivered Aug. 4 in Denver, Supreme Knight Kelly reported that the Order had welcomed more than 105,000 new members the previous year — its strongest growth in more than a century — and that men under 35 were its fastest-growing group.</p> <p>“The Knights of Columbus can show men that they are not alone,” the supreme knight said in the report. “For 144 years, we have empowered men to find their purpose and pursue it together.”</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </section> <section class="col-article__related-articles bg-colorExtraLightGray"> <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/2026/10/love-of-god-service-to-country/"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/College+Knights+St.+Mary%27s+Church/Zz03Y2I0Y2ZjNmJlNjMxMWYxOTcyNWEyMzg3N2QwMTdlNQ==?width=318&height=212" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/College+Knights+St.+Mary%27s+Church/Zz03Y2I0Y2ZjNmJlNjMxMWYxOTcyNWEyMzg3N2QwMTdlNQ==?width=318&height=212" alt="College Knights gather at St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Conn., Sept. 26. 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