Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-17
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

A we'll attended meeting of White
Cross council, No. IS, K. of c.. was
held Friday evening with Grand
Knight ]. Edward Driscoll presiding.
The first degree of the order was con-
ferred upon a class of seven candi-
dates in a most impressive manner by
the degree team of the council. The
committee which had in charge the
recent reception and ball made a par
tial report, which was sufficiently COM
plete to indicate that it was a financial
success as well as one of the most
pleasing functions ever conducted by
the council.
Announcement was made that the
council was to receive an official visit
from James A. FlahertY, supreme
knight of the order, on Friday even
ing, April %, and a special meeting of
the council will be held on that even
ing at 100 to receive Supreme Knight
Fiaherty. This will be the first time
since the council was instituted that a
supreme knight of the order has ever
visited the council and the members
feel highly honored that they are to
have the privilege of having him at one
of their meetings.
Supreme Knight F1aherty is recog-
nized as an eloquent and forceful
speaker. The duties of his official po-
sition, as the head of an organization
which today numbers 10000 members.
makes It necessary that he should
visit all sections of the country, as
well as Canada, Mexico. and wherever
council has been established. and his
experiences in these official visits form
an interesting part of the records of
the order. The local council will give
him A most cordial reception on the
occasion of his visit next Friday even
ing and hope that he will receive a
favorable impression of the work of
the council.
One of the greatest purposes of the
order of the knights of Columbus is
the promotion of educational work
amongst the members of the order and
to that end. several years ago, lecture
bureaus were organized in every state
in the Union where branch Of the
order had been established. Here, in
Connect cut. the work has been in
charge of Rev. w. A. Keefe of Plain
field. and through his efforts the tenets
of Columbianism have been presented
to the people Of the state, by his work
on the lecture platform, which during
the past two years has taken him to
every part of Connecticut where a
Knights of Columbus council exists.
Educational Works Published.
But the educational campaign which
was inaugurated did not consist of
lectures, alone, but was supplemented
by the publication and distribution of
| books that were highly educational in
character and which were offered to
the members at a merely nominal
price. Amongst the books thus pub
nshed, were Dr. Walsh's "Popes and
Science" and THE Thirteenth, the
Greatest of Centuries, each of which
publications had a circulation amongst
the members of nearly 10000 copies.
The Catholic Encyclopedias.
The latest contribution to this ed
ucational work is a knights of Column
bus edition of 1.-THE Catholic Encyclo-
pedia" and the editors and directors OF
| this great work have published a
special edition under the auspices OF
the Knights Of Columbus, to be sold to
and through them and their friends
In describing this publication, an en-
| inent French publicist, George Goyau
has said: THUS, well into the 20tf
century, are launched intellectual
undertakings which recall the period
when all Christendom united, com:
| bined and narshalled its forces for thu
defence Of the Faith: and the Natio1
which is the starting point for thi.
undertaking Is the youngest amons
great modern Nations. From on,
shore Of the Atlantic to the other it,
call of invitation has been heard, and
as former times heheld the assembling
Of the military forces of Christendom
SO our own day. has seen assemblies
| to erect this edifice in homage to thu
Church, most of the intellectual force
\ WAAAAA LAC N1uINI1 4tot6 CT 1l0T ulSpQSd
| throughout the world"
/ Connecticut District Assigned.
In order to. obtain the widest posi-
BILE distribution of this latest accom-
plishment of the Supreme Officers o
the Knights of Columbus, the state o
Connecticut has been assigned to Rev
w. A. Keefe of Plainheld, State Lee
turer of the order. Father Keefe wi
at once proceed to organize the stat
for the purpose of acquainting tn
members, throughout this jurisdiction
with the extraordinary opportunit
which is offered to every knight Q
Columbus, to have in his home, one @
the greatest Catholic publications G
the 20th century and as the Stat
! Lecturer brings to every undertaken
an earnestness Of purpose that inspire
cooperation, the success of the move
ment, in Connecticut. is practically as
| sured.
1 GOLDEN CROSS.