JULY 2021 By: Tony Minopoli, President & CIO of Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors We are very excited at Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors as our business continues to grow. Our mutual fund family has eclipsed total assets of $900 million, total third-party assets are well over $1 billion and our program of licensing our life insur...

Read More

The Order’s official magazine marks a century of helping to form and inform Knights, their families and others By Columbia staff 7/1/2021 Source The first issue of Columbia, in August 1921, featured U.S. President Warren G. Harding on the cover and included his message about the new magazine: “That this forthcoming publication, Columbia, will be devoted to...

Read More

By: Tony Minopoli, President & CIO of Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors Source When is temporary not temporary? The Federal Reserve (“Fed”) has continued to describe the inflation environment as transitory and, as I wrote last month, we are waiting on our judgment until we get through the end of July. Our patience is tied to our being a long-term investor a...

Read More

A new facility supported by Virginia Knights will provide housing, prenatal care and education to women in need By Andrew Fowler 6/7/2021 Source Since 2006, the Paul Stefan Foundation has provided housing and prenatal care for underprivileged women while helping them develop skills for future employment, managing a home and raising a family. To date, more than 150 women...

Read More

The Order supported troops while praying for peace during a controversial conflict. By Andrew Fowler 5/28/2021 Source The Vietnam War has a complicated legacy. To historians and political scholars, the conflict is a quagmire because of the United States’ decades-long effort to thwart the communist North Vietnam and Viet Cong from overtaking the democratic South.&n...

Read More

We have a mission like the first apostles By Gerald Korson 5/29/2020 Source You’ve got the spirit — the Holy Spirit. What are you doing with it? At the first Pentecost, ten days after Jesus ascended into heaven, the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles in dramatic fashion, and amazing things began to happen. This ragtag band of men, who had fled wh...

Read More

We are proud to announce that beginning May 16, 2021 Enduring Faith: The Story of Native American Catholicism will air ABC TV affiliated stations through a partnership with the Interfaith Broadcasting Commission (IBC). Enduring Faith will air primarily on Sundays and we will be posting air times and TV listings as soon as they become available. tr { border-bottom: 1px ...

Read More

The Holy Family teaches us a balanced approach to work based on self-giving love and our call to holiness Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William E. Lori Source We spend most of our waking hours on our way to work, at work and coming home from work. However, some studies suggest that though people are working more, they are enjoying it less. The conclusions vary, but one thi...

Read More

By: Tony Minopoli, President & CIO of Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors As we have been evaluating the future path of the economy, I have been focusing in on three key areas: The Federal Reserve (“Fed”), the growth of M2 money supply and the state of the employment market. All three of these items will have a significant impact on the path of the economy as ...

Read More

Father McGivney’s vision for the program stemmed from his own life experiences 3/29/2021 Source It’s no surprise that when Father Michael J. McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882, an insurance program was at the heart of his vision for the Order. The young priest, after all, knew firsthand the devastation that a lack of proper insurance planning ca...

Read More