Dear Brothers and Ladies The late Cardinal Basil Hume said, “The great gift of Easter is hope”. I was reminded of this on the Tuesday of Holy Week by my good friend Father Philip Baptiste who is a Chaplain to the Knights of St Columba in London. The words of His Eminence...
Easter mess age 2023 from Archbishop Malcolm McMahon – International Chaplain As the evenings become brighter and there is sunshine in early morning, I notice life in my garden here at Archbishop’s House. The various birds and animals that make their homes in the trees and in the flowerbeds seem...
Join the Knights of St Columba this Wednesday 2nd March for their first 2022 Lenten Stations of the Cross. You can join live on Zoom (email headoffice@ksc.org.uk for codes) or join on our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/KofSC/
IACK Christmas Message Christmas Message https://youtu.be/5cAiSYx2yD8 Dear brother Knights, It very strange in these days of the pandemic to note how many voices around the world are talking about cancelling Christmas as we continue to face up to the effects of the new variants of the coronavirus. I don’t believe...
Dear Brothers I am very honoured to once again share the President’s Christmas Message to the Brothers, Ladies and Families of the International Alliance of Catholic Knights. For a second year we approach the great feast of the Nativity of the Lord under the shadow of Coronavirus. Indeed at the...
Dear Brothers and Ladies The Officers of the International Alliance of Catholic Knights extend our heartfelt congratulations to Brother Bertie Grogan KSG, Supreme Knight of the Knights of St Columba, who has been awarded the Knighthood of St Gregory the Great from Pope Francis. Brother Bertie was presented with his...
Dear Brothers and Ladies As I sit down to write this Easter Message to our Knights and Ladies throughout the world, lockdowns and restrictions continue in some form, in all of our countries.Twelve months ago I wrote my first Easter Message just as international restrictions were being implemented. Restrictions which...
The events of the first Easter morning began quietly, in stark contrast to the violence and baying crowds which accompanied the crucifixion on Good Friday. Mary Magdalen went to the tomb early in the morning on the first day of the week – while it was still dark – while it...
Dear Brothers As I sit down to write this Christmas message to the Alliance I am reminded of what I wrote in March as we approached Easter. I said that I didn’t think that any previous International President had penned an Easter message under the restrictions imposed on us by...
IACK Christmas Message My dear fellow Knights, I have to admit that I am a sucker for Christmas. There is so much that I like about the preparation for the celebrations: the shopping, the decorations and the warm atmosphere amongst people including strangers, but nothing can beat Midnight Mass and the...