Our History
A Message from
the Supreme Knight
elcome
to the Knights of Columbus. As an international Catholic family fraternal
service organization - the world's largest - we have a story to tell. It
is a story similar to that of the mustard seed in the Bible: the tiniest
of seeds that grows into a mighty tree. It is indeed a story of growth
and development - from the basement of a parish church in New Haven, Connecticut,
to a worldwide pillar of strength, both in person power and in financial
security.
Many people know little or nothing about the Knights of Columbus. This Web site has been developed to help rectify that situation: to enable us to tell our own story, and to overcome any misinformation about who we are and what we do.
The story told here is exciting. It is also informative - for the general public, for today's Knights and their families, and for those Catholic men who could be and should be Knights.
We Knights of Columbus are proud to say that we have been "Protecting Families for Generations." We pledge to continue to build on this legacy today and beyond, into the third millennium.
Virgil C. Dechant
Supreme Knight
