John Paul II National Shrine in Washington. State Department and executive director of the St. Kelly’s diverse other posts have included being a senior adviser to the ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom at the U.S.
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To that purpose, Kelly helped launch the Knights’ “Into the Breach” series of videos “to show men what an authentic Catholic man looks like.” I think the Knights have to be there for that man and help him do that.” “I think there’s a crisis in fatherhood today and I think the Catholic family is under a lot of strain. “The Knights have always been good at reading the signs of the times,” he said. The experience spurred his interest in theology and “grasping with the larger questions.” Immediately after retiring from the Navy, he entered the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America, where he received a master’s degree in theological studies in 2001. They lacked father figures, (had) very little faith,” he recalled.
“A lot of these young people in the military … lacked values. Handling courts-martial, he dealt with the fallout of youths without real direction in their lives. On active duty for six years, he retired with the rank of captain in 2016 after serving 20 years in the Navy Reserve Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Kelly, a graduate of Marquette University Law School, also likes to cite his years in the Navy. The Knights currently have 1.3 million members in the United States out of 2 million worldwide. It was the opportunity to be friends with men who took their faith seriously.” A grandfather joined in 1915 shortly before the organization’s immense expansion during World War I, and Kelly joined the international fraternal and charitable organization in 1983 while a student at Marquette University.īut his hereditary ties weren’t the largest factor, he said. Kelly, a father of three daughters with wife Vanessa, is a third-generation Knight. “I think the Lord leads you from one step to another.” “I don’t think anyone aspires to be supreme Knight,” Kelly reflected. Kelly’s former job as deputy supreme Knight, which he held since his election in 2017, has been taken by Paul O’Sullivan, past state deputy Knight of Massachusetts. 28 upon reaching the organization’s mandatory retirement age of 70. Anderson, who held the post for over two decades and retired Feb. Kelly was elected by the board of directors Feb. WASHINGTON (CNS) - Patrick Kelly’s formal installation as the 14th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus is still off in the indefinite future because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but he officially began his new job March 1 at the Knights’ headquarters in New Haven, Connecticut. 5, 2021, as the next Supreme Knight, succeeding Carl A. The Knights of Columbus board of directors elected him Feb.
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