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Grand Knight Thomas P. Bane 1945 Grand Knight Thomas P. Bane 1946 Grand Knight Thomas P. Bane Deputy Grand Knight Edward Bergin Treasurer. John Messlcic Chancellor James P. Colwell Trustee David Ryan Inside Guard James Gorman Recording Secretary Warden Board of Governors 
Story of Triumph in Haiti Documentary
Two documentaries on K of C to air on Connecticut Public Television on Thursday, Feb. 12, beginning at 9:00 p.m. Documentaries highlight life of Fr. McGivney and Knights' work in Haiti on behalf of amputees An award-winning documentary about hope and healing in the midst of horrific tragedy will air on CPTV4U, a Connecticut PBS station and affiliate of Connecticut Public Television (CPTV), on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 10 p.m. The showing commemorates the fifth anniversary of Haiti’s historic earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. Winner of the Most Inspirational Documentary Award at the DocMiami International Film Festival in September, “Unbreakable: A Story of Hope and Healing in Haiti” tells the story of the thousands of children who underwent emergency amputations and their involvement as part of “Healing Haiti’s Children,” a program that offered free prosthetics and rehabilitation to every child injured in the earthquake. The program was a partnership in which the University of Miami-affiliated Project Medishare provided medical expertise and treatment while the Knights of Columbus offered funding of nearly $1.7 million. To date, more than 1,000 children have received new prosthetic limbs in the program, which has also trained Haitians to continue both the fabrication and rehabilitation work. Not only did these young people survive, they thrived. The film also captures how some recipients even formed a soccer team composed of amputee athletes that visited the U.S. in 2011 to introduce amputee soccer to troops who lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Unbreakable” will be preceded at 9 p.m. by “Father McGivney,” a documentary on the life of the young Connecticut priest who founded the Knights of Columbus. “It is fitting that the documentary on Haiti will air together with the story of Father McGivney since it is Father McGivney’s vision that continues to inspire our charitable work around the world – including in Haiti,” said Knights of Columbus CEO Carl Anderson, executive producer of both documentaries. “It is our hope that both of these documentaries will inspire people to help others in ways that build hope for the future.” “Father Michael McGivney” chronicles the life and times of the founder of what has become the world’s largest Catholic fraternal group, with more than 1.8 million members organized in 15,000 councils around the world. A strong charitable force within their communities, the Knights donated more than $170 million and 70 million hours to charitable causes in 2013 alone. Born in Waterbury of Irish immigrant parents just a few years before the Civil War, Michael McGivney grew up in a time when millions of Catholic immigrants were struggling to overcome poverty and prejudice. Through archival footage and dramatic recreations, the gripping one-hour film covers the range of Father McGivney’s pastoral activities, from ministering to prisoners to aiding families split apart and devastated by the untimely death of a breadwinner. The documentary reveals a priest committed to helping those on the margins of society, a man who may one day be the first American-born parish priest to be declared a saint. In 2008, the Vatican declared Father McGivney “Venerable,” a significant step on the road to sainthood and his cause for canonization remains under consideration at the Vatican. 
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The Knights of Columbus Council #36, is sponsoring a Christmas Party on December 19th, 2013. Go to the Knights of Columbus page to read more. 
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