With the opening formalities out of the way, today, the second day of the 128th Supreme Convention, the Knights of Columbus get down to business. Mass this morning was celebrated by Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia at 8:00am. He reminded the congregation that today is also the feast day of Saint John Vianney, the patron saint ...read more

Today was the first day of work at the Knights of Columbus Supreme Annual Convention in Washington D.C. Traditionally the convention kicks off with a concelebrated Mass at the conference venue. This year was a little different and whole lot more spectacular. The opening Mass was celebrated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of ...read more

Pope John Paul II described them as the “strong right arm of the Church,” and many a priest would consider them backbone to parish activities. More than just an “arm” or a “backbone” the Knights of Columbus are the largest organized “body,” so to speak, of lay Catholic men.  In fact, they’ve just cracked over ...read more

Salt + Light producer Gillian Kantor has been busy working on a second season of our book show Word for Word … all while taking care of her one and half year old son Joseph, and just passing the midway point of her pregnancy with another little bundle of joy! In and amongst all this ...read more

The fifth and final encounter of the second year of Nothing More Beautiful airs this Saturday. The theme of this episode is Jesus Christ: Revelation of the Trinity. The catechesis talk is given by Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada, while the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus Carl ...read more

Many of our readers have heard about the Knights of Columbus sponsored initiative Fathers for Good.  What some of our readers may not know is that their website offers a collection of husband and wife articles.  In the month of May, Salt + Light’s own producer-editor couple Mary Rose Bacani and Richard Valenti are the ...read more

Monday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York initiated a National Prayer Campaign for Life in the United States. The initiative is co-sponsored by the Sisters of Life and the Knights of Columbus. The announcement came as part of a memorial Mass for John Cardinal O’Connor, a former ...read more

The following blog comes from Brian Caulfield.  Brian is a communications specialist for the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus and is the editor of Fathers for Good. What image do you have of St. Joseph? Maybe you see a middle-aged man, staff in hand, leaning protectively over the manger, a bit in the ...read more

As if the lovely Sisters of Life retreat weren’t enough, when all of the other retreatants boarded trains to go home, the Salt + Light “retreat team” began ironing our Sunday best in preparation for a visit to the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council headquarters in New Haven, Connecticut. “I don’t know how to ask ...read more

There are moments when individuals feel great faith, an unwavering and undeniable conviction that there is a power greater than us that governs this world and the next. For those fortunate enough, they find the presence of this faith within them on a constant basis. But for others who lack the discipline and find themselves ...read more