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Vol. 99, No. 17 Thursday, August 15, 2019 Put Faith in Your Opinions southerncross.diosav.org
Knights give over $185 million to charity,
76 million service hours in 2018
By Catholic News Service
New haven, CT (CNS)
In 2018, the Knights of Columbus
gave $185.7 million to charity
and donated 76.7 million hours of
hands-on service.
The New Haven-based
Catholic fraternal organization
announced its charitable activity
over the last year in a July 31
news release, issued ahead of its
annual Supreme Convention in
Minneapolis Aug. 6—8.
The Knights of Columbus, which
has a membership of more 1.9
million, said its charitable activity
is threefold: fundraising by the
national organization and local
Knights councils; community
service; and revenues from its
Left: Turkeys are fried up by Knights
of Columbus in the chill hours
of November for a fund raiser at
Sacred Heart Church, Waynesboro.
Photograph courtesy of Donny
DeAmicis.
insurance and annuities portfolio.
Using Independent Sector’s
valuation of a volunteer hour for
2018 — $25.43 — the Knights’
service hours came to $1.9 billion,
the release said. The value of this
work combined with the year’s
monetary donations brings the
total value of the Knights’ charity
to nearly $2.1 billion.
“Regardless of how or who the
Knights serve, it’s the chance to
help those who are unable to help
themselves and to be of assistance
to the sick or disabled, that is at
the heart of what being a Knight
is all about,” Knights of Columbus
Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson
said in a statement.
The release noted that the
Knights’ charitable activity is
carried out by more than 16,000
councils in nine countries, which
raise funds for a variety of caus
es, including efforts to protect
See Knights on page 3
Beyond prayers, U.S. bishops stress action
after deadly shootings
By Carol Zimmermann (CNS)
WASHINGTON (CNS)
In response to the mass shootings
in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton,
Ohio, Aug. 3 and 4, several U.S.
bishops expressed their support
and prayers for victims while also
expressing outrage that these
tragedies continue to occur.
Some bishops kept their reaction
brief, within the 280-character
confines of Twitter, but others
posted links to their own state
ments or video responses where
they were able to say more; one
wrote a column for his archdioce
san website about it.
New York Cardinal Timothy
M. Dolan, in a video posted on
Twitter Aug. 5, said: “Like the rest
of you, I’m trying hard to figure
out some type of meaning and get
some consolation for those who
are suffering from the terrible
tragedies over the weekend in El
Paso and Dayton.”
The cardinal, who said he
learned about the Dayton shooting
— which left nine dead along with
the 24—year-old gunman — in an
Ireland airport at the end of his
vacation.
‘I’m no expert on this, and it
would be presumptuous of me
to think I could give some easy
answers to this terrible horrific
suffering,” he said, adding that at
best he could recommend that it
is “a time for all of us to exercise
our faith muscle and try to believe
that God’s in charge.”
The cardinal said he is inspired
by the reaction people have to
such tragedies, from the initial
shock that this shouldn’t be
because: “We know deep down
this is not the way God intended
it.” This is followed by the reaction
See Gun Violence on page 3
A mourner leaves a candle at the scene of a shooting in Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 4,
2019. Pope Francis joined Catholic Church leaders expressing sorrow after
back-to-back mass shootings in the United States left at least 31 dead and
dozens injured in Ohio and Texas Aug. 3 and 4.
(CNS /Bryan Woolston, Reuters)