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...
In these uncertain times, may the peace of the Christ child be yours this Christmas. From Caroline and myself to you and your family, may I wish you a peaceful, happy and holy Christmas and look forward with hope to 2021. Frank Stanley. Secretary General IACK
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...