ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS –
Continuing its innovative ways to carry out its mission the Rev. Joseph J. Donnelly Council of the Knights of Columbus is now offering a cleverly designed coloring book for children, along with a message inviting Catholic men to join the organization. Additionally, the book has been financed by the Knights of Columbus insurance representative.
The coloring book is a series of drawings for children to color of Christopher Columbus for whom the Knights are named. The purpose of the book is to introduce Christopher Columbus and his Voyage of Discovery which forever changed the vision of the world. Columbus was a Catholic explorer who discovered America in 1492 and as one of his first acts in landing, knelt and said prayers of gratitude to God for the safe journey from Spain.
The pictures to be colored depict Columbus as a boy meeting a shipboard captain with his father as a youth,, sharing his dreams of becoming a sailor with others, meeting Queen Isabella of Spain who financed the journey across the ocean, as well as the Santa Maria, his ship, and finally the beginning of the council named to honor him. Fr. McGivney, the priest who began the organization, has been designated Blessed, one step in the procedure to be officially proclaimed a Saint in the Catholic Church.
K of C history
Specifically, the Knights of Columbus was founded by Blessed Fr. Michael McGivney, a parish priest in New Haven, Ct. in 1882. Since its formation, the Knights have grown to more than two million members in more than 15 countries, all with the guiding principles of charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism.
Persons interested in knowing more about the Knights of Columbus or the Fr. Donnelly Council, which is affiliated with Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Agnes churches, can visit the site www.kofc.org/join, or call 732-291-0272 for information on local officers of the Council,
