Cardinal Dolan leads those present in the Prayer for Canonization at the tomb of Blessed Michael McGivney. He entrusted to Blessed Michael McGivney’s intercession the intentions of parish priests serving in the Archdiocese of New York.
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Cardinal Dolan offers Mass at St. Mary’s. His priest secretary, Father Stephen Ries, joins him at the altar.
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The cardinal greets Supreme Knight Patrick E. Kelly, left, and Jonathan Reyes, the Knights’ senior VP for communications/strategic planning.
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The cardinal examines the parish baptismal registry from the 1880s signed by Father McGivney.
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Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly and Cardinal Dolan admire the statuary group of Blessed Michael McGivney with a child looking confidently upward.
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Cardinal Dolan made a Jan. 12 visit to St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Conn., where Blessed Michael J. McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882 while serving as a parish priest.