{"id":85422,"date":"2026-08-13T06:48:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=85422"},"modified":"2026-08-13T07:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:49:33","slug":"109th-anniversary-of-the-abduction-and-imprisonment-of-the-three-3-shepherd-children-of-fatima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/109th-anniversary-of-the-abduction-and-imprisonment-of-the-three-3-shepherd-children-of-fatima\/","title":{"rendered":"How Blessed Michael McGivney Saw What Women Needed, And Found A Way To Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Aleteia<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subtitle\">His impact as founder of the Knights of Columbus is legendary, but his legacy goes beyond the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When you think of beatified American priest, Fr. Michael McGivney, your first impression might be his enduring impact on Catholic men. He founded the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kofc.org\/\">Knights of Columbus<\/a>, a global fraternal service order, whose membership\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kofc.org\/who-we-are\/\">numbers<\/a>\u00a0some 2.2 million.\u00a0<strong>Less known is his concern for Catholic women, but new research is shedding light on this important part of his legacy.\u00a0<\/strong>One hundred and thirty years after McGivney\u2019s death, the organization he founded is thriving, and has brought many men into a deeper relationship with Christ.\u00a0<strong>But few realize that the Knights of Columbus actually was founded to meet the needs of Catholic wives and mothers in their time of greatest distress.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Aleteia: His impact as founder of the Knights of Columbus is legendary, but his legacy goes beyond the organization..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85422"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85427,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85422\/revisions\/85427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}