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TO NATIONAL, AND RELIGION EDITORS:
Knights of Columbus Supports Celebrations in U.S. and Rome for Popes'
Canonizations
NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 22, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
Knights of Columbus will sponsor major U.S. celebrations coinciding
with the canonizations of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII on
Sunday, April 27 in Washington, D.C.; New Haven, Conn.; and Los
Angeles. In Rome, the Knights will also be active, lending financial
support to Vatican television's broadcast of the canonization
ceremony, and hosting numerous pilgrims at K of C facilities.
"These two saints have each left very important legacies for the
Church, and important examples of holiness for all of us," said
Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Carl Anderson, who worked with Pope
John Paul II on several initiatives and will be in Rome for the
canonizations. "Pope John XXIII led the Church into the Second Vatican
Council, and Pope John Paul II served as its key interpreter, leaving
the Church a profound legacy that continues to shape the third
millennium of Christianity."
In Rome, the Knights of Columbus is providing nearly $100,000 to
support Vatican Television's (CTV's) broadcast of the canonizations.
In addition, the Knights of Columbus has opened two of its sports
fields in Rome to give a thousand pilgrims - primarily from Poland - a
place to camp while in Rome for the canonizations.
In Washington, D.C., the Knights will host a series of celebratory
events at its National Shrine of Pope John Paul II beginning Saturday,
April 26. The program will include a live, late-night simulcast of the
canonization from Rome as well as liturgies, times of prayer, and
veneration of a blood relic of John Paul II. In one of the weekend's
highlights, the facility will be renamed the Saint John Paul II
National Shrine in a ceremony on Sunday, April 27, just hours after
the canonization. A full schedule of events is available at
http://www.jp2shrine.org/jp/en/canonization/index.html
In New Haven, the Knights of Columbus Museum will be the end point for
a procession beginning at St. Stanislaus Church following a prayer
service at the parish at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 27. The service and
procession will feature a relic of John Paul II: a fragment of the
pope's bloodstained cassock from the 1981 attempt on his life. The
relic is on loan from the John Paul II Shrine in Washington. The
museum will also offer video presentations on the lives of the two new
saints, children's activities and a talk on the new saints in the days
surrounding the canonizations. A full schedule of New Haven events is
available at
http://www.kofcmuseum.org/km/en/resources/divine-mercy-sunday-canonization.pdf
In Los Angeles, the Knights will be a major sponsor of the Archdiocese
of Los Angeles' celebration at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral on the
evening of April 26. The vigil will begin with a rosary and
testimonials from people whose lives have been changed by Pope John
Paul II. There will also be musical tributes by noted Catholic artists
including Tony Melendez, who famously played for the Pope during his
visit to Los Angeles in 1987. More information is available at:
http://www.la-archdiocese.org/events/jpevent/Pages/default.aspx
SOURCE Knights of Columbus
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/CONTACT: Andrew Walther, 203-824-5412, andrew.walther@kofc.org, or Joseph Cullen, 203-415-9314, joseph.cullen@kofc.org
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