The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-04
WAR AND WELFARE WORK HAS
BROUGHT THE ORDER PROM
lNENTLY BEFORE THE AMER
lCAN PEOPLE-PLANS TO IN
CREASE MEMBERSHIP AND
GOOD TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.

The Knights of Columbus, having
made splendid record in welfare
work, now issue the following call for
increased membership:
The New Years Summons.
The world is turning from the
hideous horrors of war to the glories
of triumphal peace.
In the fore-rank of the returning
legions of victors tread the best man
hood of the western world And be-
side them and their SCARED battle
standards floats the unsullied shield
of the Knights of Columbus, shield
bathed in new lustre and triumphant
in a new sphere of Christian helpful
ness.
Knighthood has been afield in
thought and in action from the very
moment the big heart of America was
turned in compelling sympathy
toward the task of saving civilization
and enthroning anew in the breast of
man the principles that dawned with
the coming of Christ. America has
stood in Europe as the redeemer of
civilization, worldly savior worthy
of the name. In her ranks has
marched the spirit of the Knights of
Columbus, sharing every trial, every
wound and every anguish of war.
The Orders power Tor right and for
justice and for the privilege of mercy
has been proved in the trying days
| awakening era of peace this power for
good shall be increased a thousand
fold and driven forward with an ir.
resistibility comparable only to the
| unquestionably honorable record
achieved by the Order upon the field
of battle, in the hospitals back of the
lines, aboard the transports that have
carried the war-winning troops ot
| America to the fight, and in the train
| ing camps ana cantonments at home
One million members in 1875
| per cent insurance!
| That is the unshakable goal of the
| Order from this moment forward
| That is the New Years summons. Its
vital point is personal responsibility
the task it sets is tremendous in its
inspiration. "One million members ir
1919" means that our Order is destined
SO far as intent of man can initiate
destiny, to grow upon itself to more
than double it's existing numbers.
That summons has been issued tc
our Order, but it's appeal is not merely
to the united body, nor yet alone tt
some or all Councils, but definitely
clearly, directly is it an injunction
demanding the personal obedience o1
every true Knight. Indeed, never in
the history of the Order has come such
a pronounced command to the indi
vidual to demonstrate by his energy
the depths of his soul to which he has
taken in the ideals of the knights o
| Columbus.
A New Viewpoint.
With the glory of it's war time
/ achievements shining in brilliant let
ters before the world, membership il
i the Order holds a tremendously new
and inviting significance. A new
vitality has been infused into it's being
I Hundreds of thousands of Catholi,
men who looked with but passing in
terest upon the work of the organiza
tion in the past now have acquired ;
new depth of feeling for it, for it
aims and purposes, and a new, en-
thusiastic spirit of friendship has beer
built up, even outside the Church.
Hundreds of thousands of returning
soldiers and sailors on their way from
the tortures of the battlefelds to th'