The Knights of Columbus (K of C ), a US fraternal order of Roman Catholic men, was founded in 1882 by Michael J McGivney, a Connecticut priest.骑士哥伦布（ K的三） ，美国兄弟般的秩序，罗马天主教男子，是成立于1882年由迈克尔j mcgivney ，康涅狄格州牧师。 The K of C provides social activities, insurance, and other benefits for its members, sponsors athletic events, contributes to various charitable and educational projects, and works to promote Catholic interests.钾的C提供社会活动，保险，及其他方面的利益为其成员，赞助体育赛事，有助于各种慈善和教育项目，工程，以促进天主教的利益。 With headquarters in New Haven, Conn., it has a total membership (1990) of about 1.47 million organized in more than 9,000 local councils, most of them in the United States, but also in Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, and other countries.总部设在纽黑文，康涅狄格州，它有一个成员总数（ 1990 ）约147.0万有组织的在9000以上的地方议会，他们大多数是在美国，而且在加拿大，菲律宾，墨西哥和其他国家。 The K of C magazine, Columbia, is published monthly.钾的C杂志，哥伦比亚，是每月公布。
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A fraternal and beneficent society of Catholic men, founded in New Haven, Connecticut, 2 February, 1882, and incorporated under the laws of Connecticut, 29 March, 1882.一个兄弟的和有益的社会天主教男子，成立于新的避难所，康涅狄格州， 1882年2月2日，并纳入根据现行法例，康涅狄格州， 1882年3月29日。
The organizers and incorporators were the Reverend MJ McGivney, the Reverend PP Lawlor, James T. Mullen, Cornelius T. Driscoll, Dr. MC O'Connor, Daniel Colwell, William M. Geary, John T. Kerrigan, Bartholomew Healey, and Michael Curran.组织者和incorporators被牧师兆焦耳mcgivney ，牧师聚丙烯lawlor ，詹姆斯汤匙，穆伦，科尼利厄斯汤匙， driscoll ，博士管委会，奥康纳丹尼尔colwell ，威廉米geary ，汤匙，约翰克里根，巴尔多禄茂healey ，迈克尔curran 。 The purpose of the society is to develop a practical Catholicity among its members, to promote Catholic education and charity, and, through its insurance department, to furnish at least temporary financial aid to the families of deceased members.的目的，社会是发展一种实用的共通性其成员之间，以促进天主教教育及慈善，并通过其保险部，提供至少临时财政援助，向死者的家属成员。
On 15 May, 1882, the organizers, as a Supreme Committee, instituted the first subordinate council, San Salvador, No. 1, New Haven.关于1882年5月15日，组织者，作为一个最高委员会，建立了第一个下属委员会，圣萨尔瓦多，第1号，新的避难所。 From this time on, subordinate councils were organized in the different cities and towns throughout the State of Connecticut, but it was not until 15 April, 1885, when a subordinate council was established at Westerly, Rhode Island, that the order was extended beyond the borders of the parent state.从这个时间上，议会下属的组织，在不同的城市和城镇在整个国家的康涅狄格州，但直到1885年4月15日，当一个下属的安理会成立了西风，罗德岛州，该命令延长超越边界的母公司国家。 The Supreme Committee then enacted a law providing that a Supreme Council should be established, composed of the Supreme Committee and delegates from the subordinate councils, each council being entitled to one delegate for each fifty members.最高委员会随后颁布了一项法律，提供了一个最高理事会应设立，组成的最高委员会和代表从下属的局，每局有权一位代表为每50成员。 The number of delegates under this arrangement proving too large, the Supreme Council, on 14 May, 1886, resolved itself into a Board of Government, composed of the Board of Directors, formerly the Supreme Committee, and the Grand Knight and a Past Grand Knight of each subordinate council of the society.有多少代表在这项安排下，证明过大，最高理事会，于1886年5月14日，解决本身成为一个政府委员会的组成，董事局，原最高委员会，和大骑士和过去大骑士每个下属公会理事会。
Owing to the rapid growth of the society, the Board of Government, in 1892, provided for the organization of State Councils, composed of two delegates from each subordinate council in the state.由于快速增长的社会，董事会，政府在1892年，提供了该组织的国家议会组成的两名代表从每个下属的安理会在该国。 On 29 April, 1893, the Board of Government was succeeded by the National Council, composed of the State Deputy and last Past State Deputy of each State Council, and by one delegate from every thousand members of the insurance class.关于1893年4月29日，董事会，政府成功地由国家组成的国家副主席和去年过去国家副主席每个国务院，并有一名代表，从每1000名成员的保险阶层。 In October, 1893, associate members were first admitted to the order.在10月， 1893年，准成员首次承认，该命令。 The establishment of the associate class was intended for those advanced in years, or unable to pass a physical examination, but has gradually been extended to comprehend all eligible men not desiring the insurance feature.建立协理级的用意是为那些先进的有期徒刑，或未能通过体检，但已逐渐扩展到理解，所有合资格的男人不渴望保险功能。 On 22 February, 1900, the first instance of the fourth degree took place in New York City, when more than twelve hundred candidates from all parts of the United States received this degree. 2月22日， 1900年，第一个实例第四度发生在纽约市，当以上的1200名候选人的所有部分，美国所收到的这种程度。
The order is now established in every state and territory of the United States, in every province of Canada, in Newfoundland, the Philippine Islands, Mexico, Cuba, Panama.该命令是现在成立于每一个国家和美国领土，在每一个省的加拿大，在纽芬兰，菲律宾群岛，墨西哥，古巴，巴拿马。 Councils are to be established in Puerto Rico and in South America.议会是要建立在波多黎各和在南美洲。 The membership, divided into two classes, insurance and associate, included, on 1 March, 1910, 74,909 insurance members, and 160,703 associate members, a total of 235,612.成员，分成两个班，保险和准，其中包括，对1910年3月1日， 74909保险的成员，和160703准成员，一共有235612 。 Insurance policies are issued for $1000, $2000, and $3000, to desirable risks between the ages of 18 and 60.保险政策是发出了1000美元， 2000美元和3000美元，是可取的风险，年龄介于18至60岁。 The rate of each member increases every five years until the age of 60 is attained, after which he pays a level premium based upon his age at initiation.率，每个会员的增加，每5年，直至年满60岁，是实现后，他自付的水平，保费根据他的年龄在启动。 The society has paid to the beneficiaries of deceased members $4,438,728.74.社会已支付给受益人，死者成员四百四十三万八千七百二十八点七四美元。
The Knights of Columbus have done notable work in promoting Catholic education and charity, providing education and homes for Catholic orphans, endowing scholarships in Catholic colleges, providing lectures on Catholic doctrine, endowing hospital beds, providing sanitoria for its sick members, maintaining employment bureaux, and, in general, performing the work of the apostolate of the laity.骑士哥伦布做了显着的工作，在促进天主教教育及慈善，提供教育和居所为天主教孤儿，赋予奖学金，在天主教学院，提供讲座，天主教教义，赋予医院病床，提供sanitoria其患病的成员，保持就业局， ，并在一般，表演的工作，该使徒的俗人。 In 1904 the order presented to the Catholic University at Washington $50,000 for a chair of American History, besides several thousand dollars for library purposes, and is at present engaged in raising $500,000 to endow 50 scholarships in the University.在1904年该命令提交给天主教大学在华盛顿五点〇 〇 〇万美元为主席的美国历史上，除了数千元，为图书馆的目的，是目前从事在提高五十零万美元，赋予50个奖学金，在大学。
The work of lectures to non-Catholics on questions of Catholic teaching and belief has always appealed to the spirit of the order, and of late years has been taken up with no little success.工作的讲座，向非天主教徒的问题上，天主教教学和信仰一直呼吁的精神，一声令下，和晚几年已经采取了与没有收效不大。 Splendid results have attended the lectures so far delivered.辉煌的成果，参加了讲座，迄今发表。 They have led to a better understanding of the Catholic faith on the part of non-Catholics, and a more friendly attitude towards it; they have shown that bigotry is on the wane, and that the non-Catholic mind is open to conviction.他们已导致更好地了解天主教信仰对部分非天主教徒，和一个更友好的态度对待它;他们表明，偏见，是对衰退，并认为非天主教心目中是开放的信念。 The series of lectures delivered by the Right Reverend Bishop JJ Keane of Cheyenne, Wyoming, in Denver, in 1909, inaugurated the work.系列讲座发表的权利，牧师主教的JJ基恩的夏延，怀俄明，在丹佛，于1909年，成立了工作。 At Cedar Rapids, Iowa, eighty-five per cent of the audience, at the lecture under the auspices of the Knights of Columbus, was non-Catholic.在雪松急流，爱荷华州， 85 ％的观众，在演讲的主持下，骑士哥伦布，非天主教。 The work has been taken up successfully in Buffalo, Milwaukee, Houston, Los Angeles.工作已采取行动，成功在布法罗，密尔沃基，休斯敦，洛杉矶。 It is a movement which does not aim at attacking any man's belief, but at building up charity among men "and", in the words of Bishop Keane, "bringing us all closer to God Almighty".它是一种运动，并不着眼于攻击任何人的信仰，但在建立慈善机构之间的男性“和” ，在的话，主教基恩， “使我们大家都更接近于万能的真主” 。 In several cities the Knights have established Catholic libraries, and in many others have catalogued the Catholic books in the public libraries.在几个城市的骑士建立了天主教图书馆，并在许多其他编目，天主教书籍，在公共图书馆。
The erection of a memorial to Christopher Columbus, in the City of Washington, by the United States Government, is due in a measure to the work of the Knights of Columbus.竖立纪念哥伦布，在市华盛顿，由美国政府，是因为在一项措施，工作骑士哥伦布。 "Columbus Day" (12 October), which is observed at present in fifteen states of the Union (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island), was instituted largely through the efforts of the Knights, who are now striving to make it a national holiday. “哥伦布日” （ 10月12日） ，这是观察，目前在15国组成联盟（加利福尼亚州，科罗拉多州，康涅狄格，伊利诺伊，肯塔基，马里兰，麻州，密西根，密苏里，蒙大拿，新泽西，纽约，俄亥俄州，宾夕法尼亚州和罗得岛州） ，建立主要是通过努力，骑士，谁正努力使其成为一个国定假日休市。
Publication information Written by Edward Hearn.出版信息的书面爱德华hearn 。 Transcribed by Dennis McCarthy.转录由丹尼斯麦卡锡。 In Memory of the Deceased Members of K. of C. Atlanta Council No. 660 The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII.在纪念死者的成员k.正亚特兰大安理会第660号天主教百科全书，货量八。 Published 1910. 1910年出版。 New York: Robert Appleton Company.纽约：罗伯特阿普尔顿公司。 Nihil Obstat, October 1, 1910. nihil obstat ， 1910年10月1日。 Remy Lafort, STD, Censor.的Remy lafort ，性病，检查员。 Imprimatur. imprimatur 。 +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York +约翰farley枢机主教，大主教，纽约
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