Deepertruth: These Men They Call Knights Volume 2 With Co-Host Bruce Willard

During a recent pilgrimage of the Knights of Columbus Board of Directors to Mexico City, Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly renewed the consecration of the Order to Mary under her title of Our Lady of Guadalupe, affirming, “Our Lady inspires us and guides us in all our efforts.” With this inspiration and guidance in mind, the board of directors also elected several international leaders to key positions during its quarterly meeting.

Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly renewed the consecration of the Order to Mary under her title of Our Lady of Guadalupe during a recent Board of Directors pilgrimage to Mexico City. The renewal took place Feb. 3 at the conclusion of Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrated by Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore. Msgr. Eduardo Chávez, postulator for St. Juan Diego’s cause for canonization and a canon of the basilica, was among the concelebrants.

The initial consecration, which took place at the basilica 22 years ago, on Feb. 3, 2001, was undertaken by Past Supreme Knight Carl Anderson upon his formal installation as the 13th supreme knight. It was inspired in part by Pope John Paul II’s 1999 apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in America (The Church in America), in which the pope called for greater unity across the continent and acclaimed Our Lady of Guadalupe as “Patroness of all America and Star of the first and new evangelization.”

Father Richard Rocha, who serves as chaplain for the Chiefs, was recently featured in . He discussed the intersection of professional sports and the Catholic faith. He shared his experience as a former football coach, how he discerned a call to the priesthood and the ways he supports athletes’ spiritual lives as a “coach on God’s team.”