Father McGivney will be beatified on Saturday, Oct . 31st 2020, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, Connecticut Link to Father Michael McGivney Beatification ceremony A link to the ceremony will be available here and on the Knight of Columbus website http://kofc.org later next week for those who...
I am delighted to hear this wonderful news, not only for the Knights of Columbus, but the whole International Alliance of Catholic Knights, that Fr Michael McGivney is to be beatified later this year. It was Father Michaels vision to found an organisation of Catholic laymen in the spirit of...
I am deeply saddened to inform you of the passing to his eternal reward of Brother Alan Diesel. Brother Alan was a Past Supreme Knight of the Knights of Da Gama (South Africa) and was also a founding member of the International Alliance in 1979. I was privileged to meet...
Dear Brothers and Ladies I am sure that since the founding of the Alliance in 1979 no President has sat down to write his Easter message in the circumstances, we find ourselves in at present. In my own country of Scotland, we are in total lockdown with no one able...
The Resurrection of Jesus from the dead that we celebrate on Easter Day and throughout the Easter season is for Christians the bedrock of our hope in Him. Because Jesus rose from the dead we too can hope for resurrection.The Christian virtue of hope is not to be confused with...
Brother members of IACK I never had the opportunity to meet Brother Virgil Dechant but a number of my predecessor Supreme Knights in the UK did. Those who did know and meet him said was that he treated them and the SKs throughout the world as equal as Supreme Knights,...
It is with great sadness to announce the death of Brother Lawrence Past SK, Knights of Marshall and Past President of IACK. The Late Sir Kt. Bro. Commander Lawrence Owusu Akyaw Prempeh was the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Marshall from 1995 to 1997 and also President of IACK...
Dear Brother Knights and Ladies throughout the world, Once again, we prepare to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and I am sure many of you will feel like me that it all seems to come around so quickly. In fact, in my own country this...
IACK Christmas Message Decembre 2019 This Christmas many people are living with uncertainty, yet this is nothing new. For centuries people have lived with worry and insecurity, but for over two thousand years we have lived with the truth which we celebrate each Christmas Day: the truth that God became...
May the Christmas joy and Blessings be with you and may God’s love and hope be yours to share with family and friends. Frank Stanley. Secretary General IACK