Fr. Michael McGivney (1852-1890) was the founder of the Knights of Columbus. For those of you who haven't done so, I would encourage you to read Parish Priest: Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism
by Douglas Brinkley and Julie Fenster. It is a wonderful story of Fr. McGivney's life as well as a look at American Catholicism at that time. The title "venerable" means that Fr. McGivney can be held up as a role model of what it means to live a Christian life.
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Hi Patrice,
McGivney is in the running to be the first American born male Catholic saint along with Father Nelson Baker of Buffalo, Archbishop Fulton Sheen of the media, Isaac Hecker of the Paulists (a very new cause), and Fr. Stanley Rother (another newer cause).
Heather
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