Msgr. Buckley 4th Degree Assembly 627

"the Patriot" is published.

SK, Rudy Viens, Faithful Navigator of the Monsignor Buckley Assembly #627, has published the September edition of "the Patriot" NewsLetter.

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Pledge of Allegiance:

"I pledge allegiance

to the flag of

the United States of America

and to the republic for which it stands:

one nation under God,

indivisible, with liberty

and justice for all."

Patriotism and Fraternalism:

Patriotism has been one of the four principles of the Knights of Columbus since the Fourth Degree was established in 1900, with a ceremony on George Washington’s birthday, February 22nd.

(Patriotism and Fraternalism, by Christopher Kauffman, is a history of the Fourth Degree published in 2001.) Each of the major jurisdictions of the Order has its own version of the Fourth Degree Ceremony, with each focusing on the distinctive history of Catholicism in that particular country.