That figure does not include a $1 million gift presented to the Archdiocese of Baltimore Aug. Supreme Knight Carl Anderson, in remarks given later that day, reported that the order’s charitable contributions in fraternal year 2017-18 totaled a record $185 million. “Just as the Holy Spirit guided those who went before us in faith,” Archbishop Lori said, “so now the same spirit of truth and love accompanies us who seek to follow Christ as members of an order that is built on charity.” McGivney, who was ordained at the Baltimore Basilica in 1877.Īccording to the Mass program, during that ordination Cardinal James Gibbons “likely” used the aforementioned chalice, a gift from Pope Pius VII to Archbishop Ambrose Marechal in 1822, a year after the Baltimore basilica was dedicated. In his homily, Archbishop Lori mentioned those who came to Southern Maryland from England in 1634 seeking freedom from religious persecution, and the Knights’ founder, Father Michael J. It was a familiar sight to those Knights and their families, primarily from across North America but from far away as the Philippines, who might have already visited America’s first cathedral, a little more than a half-mile to the north. Held in a ballroom at the Baltimore Convention Center more accustomed to boat shows, the liturgy was offered against a backdrop that incorporated an image of the dome of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Lori, their supreme chaplain, was the principal celebrant for the gathering’s opening Mass. Visitors to the 136th annual Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus got both boisterous and subtle reminders of their location the morning of Aug. The local welcome crew wore vests that included the outline of a Chesapeake blue crab.
Parks, Catholic ReviewīALTIMORE (CNS) - The chalice on the center of the altar was given by the pope to the third archbishop of Baltimore nearly two centuries ago. 7 during the opening Mass of the 136th Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus at the Baltimore Convention Center.
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