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Unity, Charity, And Fraternity: Father Michael Mcgivney And The Knights Of Columbus, Kathleen A. Bruno
Unity, Charity, And Fraternity: Father Michael Mcgivney And The Knights Of Columbus, Kathleen A. Bruno
Pell Scholars and Senior Theses
My thesis discusses the reasons for the creation of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization, in 1881. I discuss why Father Michael McGivney, a Catholic priest in New Haven, Connecticut, believed that the organization was necessary to prevent Catholic men from joining the "secret societies" of the nineteenth century. I also explain the present-day Knights of Columbus and how McGivney's vision is carried out today through the Order.
Rhode Island's Greatest Natural Tragedy, Stephanie N. Blaine
Rhode Island's Greatest Natural Tragedy, Stephanie N. Blaine
Pell Scholars and Senior Theses
The infamous hurricane of 1938 accelerated the ongoing transformation of Rhode Island’s way of life.