The Order co-sponsors with the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y.,
Pope John Paul II’s Mass at Aqueduct during his 1995
pastoral visit to the United States.
Beginning in 1990, the Knights of Columbus funds a bi-annual
workshop on medical-moral issues for bishops from the Americas.
In 1992, the Knights celebrates the fifth centenary of
evangelization in the Americas. Replicas of the Cross of the New
World presented to Pope John Paul II on his pastoral visit to
Santo Domingo in 1984 are distributed by the Knights and used in
dioceses throughout the Order in prayer services highlighting
the theme of evangelization.
Mother Teresa is presented with the Order’s first Gaudium et
Spes Award at the 110th Supreme Convention in New York in 1992.
The “Joy and Hope” award acknowledged her contributions to the
Church and the world.
In December 1997, the Archdiocese of Hartford officially opens
the cause for canonization of Father Michael J. McGivney with
support from the Knights of Columbus. The Father McGivney Guild
is established to promote the cause.