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The Youngs of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., were honored as the Knights of Columbus Family of the Year at the Baltimore Convention Center Aug. 8, one week after they sponsored a camp for Catholic high-schoolers in Emmitsburg. From left are Christopher, 17; Mary, 9; Ryan, the father; Grace, 12; Elizabeth, the mother; Justice, 8; and Trinity, 15. The family also includes Faith, 2, and Xavier, 5 months. (Courtesy Knights of Columbus)

Seven children, two outreaches begun for Knights Family of the Year

Paul McMullen
August 8, 2018
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A little more than two decades after they met at an ice cream social on the second day of class at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, Ryan and Elizabeth Young head the Knights of Columbus International Family of the Year.

Carl Anderson, CEO of the Knights of Columbus, smiles as he addresses attendees Aug. 7 at the 136th annual Knights convention in Baltimore. Anderson spoke of the charitable works of the Knights, their ongoing pro-life commitment and pledge to support persecuted Christians in Iraq and Syria. (CNS photo/courtesy Knights of Columbus)

Knights’ donations, volunteer hours and members keep growing, CEO says

Catholic News Service
August 8, 2018
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Carl Anderson told the Knights at the annual gathering that they gave more than $185 million dollars to charity last year, an $8 million increase from the previous year and one of the largest yearly increases in the organization’s history.

An extraordinary minister of the holy Eucharist distributes Communion during Mass at Transfiguration Church in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, N.Y. A new survey by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate in Washington shows 78 percent of men and women religious superiors favor ordaining women to the diaconate. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

U.S. men and women religious superiors favor women deacons, study says

Catholic News Service
August 7, 2018
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A new study by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University surveyed men and women religious superiors in the United States about the possibility of ordaining women to the diaconate and found that the majority were in favor of the idea.

La "Cruz de Romero" se presenta altiva en el altar de la Iglesia de San Timoteo el 22 de julio durante la misa dedicada al Beato. Este crucifijo fue elaborado por la comunidad hispana de la Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón en Glyndon." (Alexandra Danter/CR Staff)

La comunidad hispana de la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore celebra la próxima canonización del Beato Óscar Romero

Alexandra Danter
August 6, 2018
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Un colorido crucifijo pintado a mano y de casi dos metros de alto se pudo apreciar en el altar de la iglesia de San Timoteo en Walkersville el 22 de julio durante una misa dedicada al Beato Óscar Romero, un sacerdote y mártir salvadoreño que se encuentra en espera de su canonización en Roma el […]

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