{"id":321429,"date":"2026-08-14T17:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/321429\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T17:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:14:12","slug":"knights-of-columbus-mark-founders-birthday-with-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/321429\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights of Columbus Mark Founder\u2019s Birthday With Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"\"\"Members of the Knights of Columbus (above, with Father Jeremy Canna in front of The Shrine Church of St. Bernadette\u2019s statue of Blessed Father Michael McGivney ) say they try to attend \u201cRosary in the Grotto\u201d as often as they can, says Grand Knight Vincent DiBenedetto. The Knights are joined by Father Jeremy Canna in the church\u2019s grotto in front of the statue of Blessed Father Michael McGivney. (Photos: Courtesy of Vincent DiBenedetto)<\/p>\n

DYKER HEIGHTS \u2014\u00a0Members of the Knights of Columbus Archbishop John Hughes<\/a> Council joined parishioners at The Shrine Church of St. Bernadette to pray the rosary next to a statue of the organization\u2019s founder, Blessed Michael McGivney, on Aug. 11, which they donated to the church earlier this year. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a really good night,\u201d Grand Knight Vincent DiBenedetto told The Tablet.\u00a0\u201cThere was a good crowd there,\u00a0and we all said the\u00a0rosary together.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The visit was timed to take place\u00a0a\u00a0day before\u00a0Blessed\u00a0Father McGivney\u2019s birthday\u00a0on\u00a0Aug. 12, DiBenedetto said.\u00a0The\u00a0gathering was also a part of the church\u2019s weekly \u201cRosary in the Grotto\u201d prayer rally, which the church hosts every Tuesday\u00a0during the summer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a good man, a legend. And we try to follow his example,\u201d DiBenedetto said\u00a0about\u00a0Blessed Father McGivney.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RELATED: Feast for Blessed Father McGivney Celebrated to Inspire Clergy to be Like Him<\/a><\/p>\n

The McGivney statue stands in the church\u2019s grotto, near statues of the Blessed Mother, St. Bernadette (the church\u2019s namesake), and other saints. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Father Jeremy Canna, St. Bernadette\u2019s pastor and the chaplain for the Archbishop John Hughes Council, blessed the statue of Blessed Father McGivney<\/a> (1852-1890), who was a parish priest in Connecticut when he founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After the rosary,\u00a0the\u00a0Knights presented Father Canna with new priestly vestments\u00a0bearing\u00a0the Knights of Columbus\u00a0crest.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"Grand Knight Vincent DiBenedetto presents a new vestment to Father Jeremy Canna, pastor of The Shrine Church of St. Bernadette. Father Canna accepted a request from the Knights of Columbus Archbishop John Hughes Council to its chaplain.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have always had a good relationship with the\u00a0church,\u00a0and we have a good relationship with Father\u00a0Jeremy,\u201d DiBenedetto said.\u00a0\u201cWe wanted to mark Father McGivney\u2019s birthday by giving something to\u00a0[him].\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The council,\u00a0located\u00a0at 1305 86th\u00a0St. in Dyker Heights, is just four blocks from the church\u00a0at 8201 13th\u00a0Ave.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are the protectors of the church.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0what we feel\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0supposed to do as\u00a0Knights,\u201d explained DiBenedetto, who has been a member of the council for 24 years.\u00a0\u201cWe look after the church. Whatever they need to do, we try to help them do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Members of the Knights of Columbus (above, with Father Jeremy Canna in front of The Shrine Church of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-321429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}