The members of Father Barry Council, No. 7481, Renous, N.B. donate
funds and volunteer their time and expertise to many different local charities
and organizations. Some of these donations are made public, but many are
private donations made to individuals who are injured, sick or in need
of immediate assistance that otherwise would not be available were it not
for the generosity of our members.
On an international level
Have you and your family ever watched the telecast of The Pope's midnight Mass from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on Christmas Eve?
Well, the Knights of Columbus is the organization that underwrites the
costs of beaming that telecast from the Vatican, and has done so since
1976. Our satellite uplink program covers the costs of uploading the transmission
and pays for the downlink in mission countries as well.
Or perhaps you've seen us standing in front of your local shopping mall
or grocery store raising funds for programs supporting people with mental
retardation.
The Knights of Columbus uses its Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity
to gather various facts on the work done by local units. Information collected
through the survey includes the amount of money and volunteer hours donated
by the Knights of Columbus to charitable and benevolent causes. In 1996,
Knights Orderwide raised and distributed $105,976,102 to charitable and
benevolent programs and volunteered 48,966,132 hours of time.
These totals - the highest in the Order's history to that date - are based on reports
received from most Knights of Columbus councils, Fourth Degree assemblies,
Columbian Squires circles and other jurisdictional entities responding
to the survey. Over the past 10 years, the Knights of Columbus has volunteered
more than 397 million hours of service and donated over $945 million to
charity.
