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In a recent interview with Columbia, Curtis Martin, founder of FOCUS, emphasized that every baptized person has a role to play in the work of evangelization: “The Apostles changed the world because they entered into an adventure at the invitation of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is inviting people into that kind of life-changing experience. Be a world changer, or what the Church calls a saint.” Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly spoke of this same universal calling in his recent address to the John Carroll Society, calling upon the laity to embrace their responsibility to build up the kingdom of God.
Duke Bednarke, a Knight of Columbus and a FOCUS missionary at East Carolina University, reads Scripture with students on campus in Greenville, N.C. (Photo by Eric Jones)
The Adventure of Evangelization
Sharing the Gospel isn’t just for experts and specialists; it’s the vocation of every Christian. Curtis Martin, founder of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students and a longtime Knight, spoke with Columbia about the need and the call to evangelize the world.
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College Knights at SEEK
FOCUS draws tens of thousands of young Catholics to its national SEEK Conference every year. In 2024, more than 100 college Knights traveled to the conference in St. Louis for several days of catechesis, fellowship, prayer and worship.
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The Essential Role of the Laity
Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly addressed the John Carroll Society’s annual dinner in April, speaking about the co-responsibility of clergy and laypeople for the mission of the Church, particularly the mission of evangelization. He also received the John Carroll Society Medal, the organization’s highest honor.
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A psychologist working with STEP-IN (right) conducts a group therapy session with several widows in Fastiv in April.
Widowed by War
Ukrainian women struggling with the death of their husbands in combat are receiving professional counseling through a joint program of the Knights of Columbus and the medical organization STEP-IN.
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What is KCCF?
SKnights of Columbus Charitable Fund (KCCF) is a donor-advised fund program that is grounded in the Knights’ founding principles of charity, unity and fraternity. With a KCCF account, you can make contributions to your fund, potentially reduce your taxable income, and convert those savings into gifts to the charitable causes you care about. What makes KCCF different from other donor-advised fund programs is our mission to serve Catholics: KCCF was created by Catholics, for Catholics. Your funds are invested in ways that are consistent with Catholic teaching, and the charitable grant recommendations you make are reviewed to ensure your gifts don’t go to organizations in conflict with the Catholic faith.
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