![L to R: (1) Andrew Walther appears on ‘EWTN News Nightly’ March 2, 2020 [photo: Screenshot/EWTN News]. (2) Michael Schachle is a “walking, talking miracle. ... His parents are ever grateful to the intervention of their little boy’s holy namesake” [photo courtesy of the Schachle family]. (3) Blessed Michael J. McGivney, shown in a portrait by Chas Fagan, lived his vocation amid ordinary parish life [photo: Knights of Columbus Multimedia Archives via CNA]. L to R: (1) Andrew Walther appears on ‘EWTN News Nightly’ March 2, 2020 [photo: Screenshot/EWTN News]. (2) Michael Schachle is a “walking, talking miracle. ... His parents are ever grateful to the intervention of their little boy’s holy namesake” [photo courtesy of the Schachle family]. (3) Blessed Michael J. McGivney, shown in a portrait by Chas Fagan, lived his vocation amid ordinary parish life [photo: Knights of Columbus Multimedia Archives via CNA].](https://publisher-publish.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20201111211140_2dd77db3-d35a-4492-a85b-e08dfb8139a8.jpeg)
The Knights Our Age Needs
In Daniel Schachle and Andrew Walther, we see how the Knights of Columbus are forming the valiant men and true sons of Blessed Michael McGivney that our nation so badly needs.
In Daniel Schachle and Andrew Walther, we see how the Knights of Columbus are forming the valiant men and true sons of Blessed Michael McGivney that our nation so badly needs.
Friends and colleagues say the longtime Church leader’s talents and accomplishments were only overshadowed by his character and fidelity to friends and family.
Walther, 45, a lifelong Catholic, loving husband and father died on Nov. 1 in New Haven after a short battle with leukemia.
The first beatification of a parish priest held on U.S. soil took place Oct. 31 in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Bishop Glen John Provost of Lake Charles stated his gratitude for the Knights’ assistance, noting that the devastation wrought by the storm was “enormous.”
The priest’s beatification Mass is expected to be celebrated in his native Connecticut where the Knights of Columbus first began.
Soon-to-be Blessed Michael McGivney’s unassuming gentility, calm strength and childlike joy inspired trust and confidence everywhere he went.
The Knights of Columbus on Thursday announced a novena for unity and peace.
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