Thank you to all who participated and voted for the 2023-24 year incoming officers. Below are our incoming officers and their positions.
-Grand Knight
-Deputy Grand Knight
Fr. Michael J. McGivney, our founder, and the early officers of our Order, understood the dual
meaning of “charity” as love of our neighbor and love of God, and the importance of putting that
love into charitable action. This lesson of charity is so important to each member, and to us as
Catholics, that the true meaning of charity is the focus of the Admission Degree.
In the Formation Degree, the strength of Unity in fostering a greater practice of charity is
revealed and demonstrated through a simple yet powerful example. Both the lesson of Charity
and the strength of Unity are given additional meaning in the Knighthood Degree. It is in the
Knighthood Degree that we are reminded that all are united through the fraternity of the
Eucharist as sons of God and in His love for us.
In the Patriotic Degree, the role of our respective nations in shaping the character of its citizens is
used to illustrate the importance of faith and charitable love in our development. “The true test
of civilization,” declared American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1870, “is not its census,
nor its cities, nor its crops – no, but the kind of man the country turns out.” Likewise, a true test
for our fraternal Catholic Order is the faithfulness and charitable action that our members
incorporate into their daily lives.
Thus, following is “The Installation of Council Officers.” It stands as an annual reminder to
council officers of their duty to shape and build the character of their members in the love of
neighbor and the love of God by offering and conducting charitable programs, which strengthens
our parishes and builds up the Domestic Church. The life, health and strength of the council is
dependent upon the actions of Catholic fraternal leaders taking action and working together.
