On its 125th Anniversary, the Knights of Columbus Stands Out: Steady Growth in Contrast to Trend Among Many Other Fraternal Societies

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: March 28, 2007 | Copyright information

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: Andrew Walther of the Knights of Columbus, +1-203-752- 4253

NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As it prepares to celebrate its 125th anniversary this Thursday, March 29, 2007, the Knights of Columbus stands out among fraternal societies, having registered 35 years of uninterrupted membership growth even as many other fraternals have been shrinking. Supreme Knight Carl Anderson noted that, "While Author Robert Putnam famously worried that Americans were 'Bowling Alone' in his book of several years ago, Knights of Columbus are not only bowling ...

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