52-491: (Redirected from Telephone Building ) Telephone Building , Old Telephone Building , Telephone Company Building , or variations with abbreviations or otherwise, may refer to: American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Building (Davenport, Iowa) American Telephone and Telegraph Company Building (Denmark, South Carolina) Old Bell Telephone Building (Osceola, Arkansas) Old Telephone Building (Fredericktown, Ohio) , listed on
104-430: A black man, was a member and among other activities, spoke on the stage of the 1896 Knights of Columbus Massachusetts State Convention to an audience that included two future Supreme Knights . The path to individual membership in a local Knights council did not explicitly exclude African Americans . Each local council voted in new members, and as few as four or five negative votes against a prospective candidate (no matter
156-411: A deceased Knight's widow a $ 1,000 death benefit. Each member was assessed $ 1 upon a death, and when the number of Knights grew beyond 1,000, the assessment decreased according to the rate of increase. Each member, regardless of age, was assessed equally. As a result, younger, healthier members could expect to pay more over the course of their lifetimes than those men who joined when they were older. There
208-530: A local geographical area. They lead the efforts to reach out to veterans and active military and to embody the fact that one can be a faithful Catholic and also be a faithful citizen. As of 2024 , there are more than 3,600 Fourth Degree assemblies worldwide. Fourth Degree assemblies may form Color Corps , an elective division of the Fourth Degree, whose distinctive presence in parades, wreath-laying ceremonies, Confirmations and other Catholic functions are
260-461: A sound investment before stock in it is purchased, and secondly the company's activities must not conflict with Catholic social teaching . The guidelines include protecting human life, promoting human dignity, reducing arms production, pursuing economic justice, protecting the environment, and encouraging corporate responsibility. As of 2017, it had been named a "World's Most Ethical Company" by Ethisphere Institute for five consecutive years. Citing
312-615: A videotaped message to the 111th Supreme Convention saying the Order's "contributions to the Catholic Church and to your communities merit our applause." Church historian Massimo Faggioli believes the scope of the Knights' philanthropy can "create influence through money, especially in important places like Rome or Washington, D.C." The order is dedicated to the principles of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism. Membership
364-569: A visible reminder of the Knights' service to their communities. Fourth Degree Color Corps are often the most visible arm of the Knights. The Supreme Council is the governing body of the order. It elects insurance members to serve three-year terms on a 24-member Board of Directors . Leaders' salaries are set by the board of directors and ratified by the delegates to the Supreme Convention. The seven-figure salaries of senior K of C officers have been criticized as excessive. In 1969,
416-607: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages American Telephone %26 Telegraph Co. Building (Davenport, Iowa) The American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Building was a historic building located on the hill just north of downtown Davenport, Iowa , United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The building has subsequently been torn down. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company built this building in 1902. Ten years later
468-651: Is restricted to men, at least 18 years of age, who are practicing Catholics in union with the Holy See and are in good standing with the Church. As of August 2024 , there were over 2.1 million Knights of Columbus worldwide, with the majority in North America. After his induction and completion of the Exemplification of Charity, a new member becomes a First Degree Knight. He then progresses through
520-418: Is the most highly rated program in North America. For more than 40 consecutive years, the order has received A. M. Best's highest rating, A++. Forbes publishes an annual list of what it refers to as "America's Best Insurance Companies", and it has included the Knights of Columbus insurance program on this list since 2022. The order maintains a two-prong investment strategy: a company must first be
572-494: The 1890s depression . Councils also offered employment agency services and provided aid to the poor and sick. Aid has also been dispensed to assist victims of natural and man-made disasters, starting with a flood in Kansas in 1903. In 2015 alone, the order donated hundreds of thousands of US dollars to victims of typhoons and other natural disasters. During times of war, the Order supports aid to refugees. Between 2014 and 2018,
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#1732776135053624-435: The A. M. Best list of all life insurance companies in North America. Products include permanent and term life insurance , as well as annuities , long term care insurance , and disability insurance . The insurance program is not a separate business offered by the order to others, but is exclusively for the benefit of members and their families. All agents are members of the order. The order's insurance program
676-560: The 2,000 Knights of Columbus in the country worked to help those impacted. They began by providing food and clothing to those at train and bus stations in Lviv who were fleeing into Poland. They then began organizing busses to take people the Polish border. In the first three months of the war, the Knights in Poland helped more than 300,000 people, or 10% of those who fled to that country. Since
728-716: The Church. Pope John Paul I 's first audience with a layman was with Supreme Knight Virgil Dechant , and Pope John Paul II met with Supreme Knight Dechant three days after his installation. During the pope's 1979 visit to the United States, the Supreme Officers and Board were the only lay organization to receive an audience. Richard Nixon addressed the Supreme Convention in 1971. Ronald Reagan spoke in 1982 and 1986 and George W. Bush spoke in 2004. George H. W. Bush spoke as vice US president in 1984 and then again as president in 1992. Bill Clinton sent
780-543: The ChurchLoan program. At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic , the Order established a $ 100 million fund to provide short-term loans to help dioceses weather the economic storm. Each diocese was eligible to obtain a $ 1 million secured line of credit. Since its earliest days, the Knights of Columbus has been a "Catholic anti-defamation society." In 1914, it established a Commission on Religious Prejudices. As part of
832-490: The Exemplification of Patriotism and progress to the Fourth Degree. This is an optional degree, but represents the highest ideals of the order. A Knight who has attained this level is addressed as “Sir Knight.” Each member belongs to one of more than 17,000 local councils around the world. Most are based in Catholic parishes, though some have their own council hall within a community. Each local council works to assist with
884-530: The Iowa Telephone Company joined them in this facility. The two companies moved across Main Street not long after that and AT&T eventually bought out Iowa Telephone. The Knights of Columbus , a Catholic fraternal organization , used the building as their clubhouse for a number of years. They were replaced by a labor union who used the building for their local headquarters. The building
936-536: The Knights gave more than $ 2 million to provide food, shelter, clothing, and medical care to persecuted Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East. The Knights donated $ 250,000 in 2018 to help refugees crossing over the Mexico–United States border who were seeking asylum in the United States and later expanded the program. Within days of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine ,
988-726: The Knights of Columbus at St. Mary's Church in 1882 as a mutual benefit society for Catholic immigrants in New Haven, Connecticut . As a parish priest in an immigrant community, McGivney saw what could happen to a family when the main income earner died. This was before most government support programs were established. Because of religious and ethnic discrimination, Catholics in the late 19th century were regularly excluded from labor unions, popular fraternal organizations, and other organized groups that provided such social services. Although its first councils were all in Connecticut,
1040-487: The Knights of Columbus has provided active support to members of the armed forces and their families. As of 2024 , there are more than 50 military councils in military bases throughout North America and around the world. A Knight who has attained the Fourth Degree also belongs to a Fourth Degree assembly . Fourth Degree Knights are men who have chosen to embrace the order’s fourth principle of patriotism. Fourth Degree assemblies get their members from multiple councils within
1092-763: The Knights opened a 23-story headquarters building in New Haven. (* Appointed annually by each council's Grand Knight or Faithful Navigator ) (** Appointed for a three-year term by the Supreme Knight ) (** Appointed by the Past Faithful Navigators of the Assembly and Faithful Navigator ) Charity is the foremost important principle of the Knights of Columbus. At their 2024 convention in August, 2024, Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly said that
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#17327761350531144-657: The Knights provided more than 11,000 wheelchairs to the Global Wheelchair Mission. The Knights also donate to the institutional church, including being a major donor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops . As of 2017 , the Knights' Vicarius Christi fund has contributed more than $ 57 million to the charitable efforts of the pope. The Knights have supported
1196-630: The Knights reported having over 2.1 million members around the world. Women may participate in K of C through the Columbiettes and other female auxiliaries, and boys may join the Columbian Squires . The Order comprises four different "degrees," each one of which exemplifies one of the core principles of the order. There are more than 17,000 local Knights of Columbus councils around the world, including over 400 on college campuses. American Catholic priest Michael J. McGivney founded
1248-480: The Making of America by George Cohen, and The Germans in the Making of America by Frederick Schrader. The Knights of Columbus "was the only American fraternal society which did not, by its constitution, prohibit Negro [sic] membership", according to historian Christopher Kauffman. During World War I , the Knights were designated as the official agency for supporting Catholic troops, and its support facilities were
1300-1012: The NRHP in Knox County, Ohio Telephone Building (Denver, Colorado) , NRHP-listed Telephone Co. Building (Grand Forks, North Dakota) , NRHP-listed Telephone Company Bungalow , Paris, Idaho, listed on the NRHP in Bear Lake County, Idaho Telephone Exchange Building (Norwich, Connecticut) Telephone Exchange Building (Powhatan, Arkansas) Previous name for the Verizon/AT&;T Building See also [ edit ] List of telephone company buildings Bell Telephone Building (disambiguation) Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Building (disambiguation) Telephone Exchange Building (disambiguation) TCB (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
1352-440: The Order spread throughout New England and the United States in subsequent years. As the order expanded outside of Connecticut, structural changes in the late 1880s and 1890s were instituted to give the Knights a federalist system with local, state, and national levels of government. This allowed them to coordinate activities across states and localities. During World War I , the Knights established soldiers' welfare centers in
1404-456: The Second and Third Degrees after completing the subsequent Exemplifications of Unity and Fraternity. A Third Degree Knight is considered to have attained full “Knighthood” status. Privileges of Third Degree membership include the ability to serve as a local council officer, and admission to state and Supreme Council business meetings. A Third Degree Knight in good standing is eligible to complete
1456-455: The U.S. Supreme Court struck it down. To combat the animus targeted at racial and religious minorities, including Catholics, the Order formed a historical commission which published a series of books in the 1920s on their contributions, among other activities. The "Knights of Columbus Racial Contributions Series" of books included three titles: The Gift of Black Folk: The Negroes in the Making of America , by W. E. B. Du Bois , The Jews in
1508-460: The U.S. and abroad. After the war, the Knights participated in education, occupational training, and employment programs for veterans. The Oregon Compulsory Education Act of 1922 would have disallowed parochial schools , including Catholic schools, in that state. The Knights of Columbus challenged the law in court with the ACLU, and, in a landmark 1925 ruling ( Pierce v. Society of Sisters ),
1560-639: The United States Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization , Supreme Knight Patrick E. Kelly called on the order to increase their support for women facing unplanned and crisis pregnancies with the Aid and Support After Pregnancy (ASAP) initiative. The Global Wheelchair Mission is an alliance of independent international organizations working to deliver wheelchairs and mobility assistance to people worldwide. In 2023,
1612-489: The United States. In addition to providing an insurance system for its members, it has grown to support refugee relief, Catholic education , local parishes and dioceses, and global Catholic social causes. The Knights of Columbus have played an active role in politics ever since its formation, and promote the Catholic view on public policy issues around the world. The organization also provides certain financial services to
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1664-603: The Vatican's news operation for decades. In the field of education, the Knights of Columbus have a number of scholarships and other programs for seminarians, veterans and students at the Catholic University of America , and at other Catholic colleges. Especially during World War I and World War II , the Order operated a number of "huts" to support troops serving in combat, regardless of race or religion. The original insurance system devised by McGivney gave
1716-537: The awards they have won, the order calls themselves "champions of ethical investing." In 2017, over $ 965 million was awarded in benefits. Since the founding of the order, $ 3.5 billion in death benefits have been paid. Additionally, the insurance program has a low 3.5 percent lapse rate of the 1.9 million members and their families who are insured. Its insurance operation invests in loans to various churches, schools, and other Catholic institutions. As of 2008 , over $ 500 million had been loaned through
1768-448: The effort, the order distributed pamphlets, and lecturers toured the country speaking on how Catholics could love and be loyal to America. The creation of the 4th Degree, with its emphasis on patriotism, performed an anti-defamation function as well as asserting claims to Americanism. In response to a defamatory "bogus oath" circulated by the KKK, in 1914 the Knights set up a framework for
1820-529: The end of the 1950s, KoC Supreme Knight Luke E. Hart was actively encouraging councils to accept black candidates. In 1963, Hart attended a special meeting at the White House hosted by President John F. Kennedy to discuss civil rights with other religious leaders. After the rejection of Joseph Bertrand's membership application in Chicago, Hart declared that the process for membership would be revised at
1872-437: The existence of any such oath, calling the rumors libel. In 1923, the Knights of Columbus offered $ 25,000 to any person with proof that the fake oath attributed to the fourth-degree membership was part of any authentic ceremony. The Knights began suing distributors for libel in an effort to stop this, and the KKK ended its publication of the false oath. As the Order and its charitable works grew, so did its prominence within
1924-486: The first games in 1968. In 2023, the Knights donated more than $ 4 million to Special Olympics and helped organize and run nearly 4,000 competitions. After the Knights had donated more than 1,000 ultrasound machines to crisis pregnancy centers from 2009 to 2019, Anderson said, "Our ultrasound initiative is now the greatest humanitarian achievement in the history of the Knights of Columbus. ... We can, and I am confident that we will, save millions of unborn lives." Following
1976-443: The individual and institutional Catholic market. Its wholly-owned insurance company, a Fortune 1000 company based on its annual revenue, underwrites more than two million insurance contracts, totaling more than $ 121 billion of life insurance in force as of 2023. The order also owns the Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors, a money management firm which invests in accordance with Catholic social teachings . As of 2024,
2028-465: The lease-back program for a total of $ 29 million. During this time, the amount of money invested in common stock also increased. The order offers a modern, professional insurance operation with more than $ 121 billion of life insurance policies in force and $ 26 billion in assets as of June 2023 . This places the Order on the Fortune 1000 list and it is large enough to rank 49th on
2080-494: The method of funding the program changed. Each member was assessed five cents a month for 100 months, so that he would contribute $ 5. Since its first loan to St. Rose Church in Meriden, Connecticut , in the late 1890s, the Knights of Columbus have made loans to parishes, dioceses, and other Catholic institutions. By 1954, over $ 300 million had been loaned and the program "never lost one cent of principal or interest." In
2132-559: The needs of its community consistent with the principles of the order. The college councils program, started at Catholic University of America in 1898, was created to promote the moral, intellectual and spiritual development of college men on campuses throughout the world. The oldest continuously running college council is the University of Notre Dame Council #1477, chartered in 1910. As of 2024 , there are more than 340 college councils worldwide. Throughout most of its history,
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2184-509: The next Supreme Convention so that membership rejections would require a majority vote of local council members. The change occurred but Hart died before he could see it take place. Around 1915, during the nadir of American race relations , the Ku Klux Klan began promoting a conspiracy theory claiming that Fourth Degree Knights swore an oath to exterminate Freemasons and Protestants . The Knights of Columbus vehemently denied
2236-466: The only racially integrated facilities open to troops. Emmett Jay Scott wrote, "Unlike the other social welfare organizations operating in the war, it never drew the color line." As the Knights grew and expanded, some councils in the United States were integrated, and others were not. An example of an integrated council was Sheridan Council 119 in Southborough, Massachusetts . Samuel F. Williams,
2288-501: The organization had donated $ 190 million and 47 million volunteer-hours toward charity projects in 2023. Charitable activities include support for refugees, aid for victims of natural disasters, and advocating Catholic ethics , such as opposition to same-sex marriage and opposition to abortion . Beginning in 1897, the National Council encouraged local councils to establish funds to support members affected by
2340-502: The original owner "upon terms generally that would bring to our Order a net rental equal to the normal mortgage interest rate." Between 1952 and 1962, 18 pieces of land were purchased for a total of $ 29 million. Late in 1953 the order purchased the land beneath Yankee Stadium for $ 2.5 million. In 1971, the City of New York took the land by eminent domain . Between 1952 and 1962, 18 pieces of land were purchased as part of
2392-399: The post– World War II era, the interest rates on long-term bonds dipped below levels at which the order's insurance program could sustain itself, and Supreme Knight Hart moved the order into a more aggressive program of investing in real estate. Under his leadership, the order established a lease-back investment program in which the order would buy a piece of property and then lease it back to
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2496-520: The size of the council) was enough to deny someone entry. Joseph Bertrand, who graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1954, was blackballed from joining a Chicago-area Knights council in 1963 after being nominated by Gene Liner. Liner said that as the vote was announced, "I just watched his face. There were five black balls." Liner then resigned his office in the Knights chapter along with five other council leaders. Meanwhile, Church officials and organizations increasingly encouraged integration. By
2548-550: The start of the war, the Knights of Columbus have delivered more than 8.5 million pounds of relief supplies and provided more than $ 17 million for humanitarian relief in Ukraine. The Knights of Columbus has donated more than $ 600 million to those with intellectual and physical disabilities. One of the largest recipients of aid in this area has been the Special Olympics , where the Knights have been involved since
2600-504: Was also a Sick Benefit Deposit for members who fell ill and could not work. Each sick Knight was entitled to draw up to $ 5 a week for 13 weeks (roughly equivalent to $ 155 in 2022 dollars). If he remained sick after that, the council to which he belonged determined the sum of money given to him. The need for a reserve fund for times of epidemic was seen from the earliest days, but it was rejected several times before finally being established in 1892. It had $ 12,000 in assets in 1896. By 1897,
2652-541: Was an example of the Romanesque Revival style made popular by Henry Hobson Richardson . Completed in 1902, it featured smooth brick walls, round-arched windows on the second floor and a decorative cornice in brick above. The lower level had large rectangular windows with sills and lintels of roughly-worked sandstone that contrasted with the smooth brick. The corner of the building at Sixth and Main Streets
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#17327761350532704-463: Was angled and contained the main entrance into the building. Knights of Columbus The Knights of Columbus ( K of C ) is a global Catholic fraternal service order founded by Blessed Michael J. McGivney . Membership is limited to practicing Catholic men. It is led by Patrick E. Kelly , the order's 14th Supreme Knight. The organization was founded on March 29, 1882 as a mutual benefit society for working-class and immigrant Catholics in
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