International Alliance of Catholic Knights
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The International Alliance of Catholic Knights (IACK)is a non-governmental organization made up of the national and international leaders of fifteen Roman Catholic fraternal societies. The Alliance was founded in 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, at a gathering of the Supreme Knights of six fraternal societies to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Knights of Saint Columba [1] Its constitution was written and approved at the 1980 Supreme Council meeting of the Catholic Order of the Knights of da Gama in South Africa, [2] and was approved as a Catholic international organization by the Holy See in 1981. The organization is headquartered in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. [3]
[edit] Member organizations
The six founding orders of IACK, and the areas where they are active, are: [4]
- Knights of Saint Columba
- Great Britain
- Knights of Columbus
- United States, Canada, Mexico, Philippines, Poland
- Knights of Saint Columbanus
- Ireland
- Knights of the Southern Cross
- Australia
- Knights of Da Gama
- South Africa
- Knights of the Southern Cross
- New Zealand
Nine additional orders have joined IACK: [5]
- Knights of Marshall (1983)
- Ghana
- Knights of Saint Mulumba (1986)
- Nigeria
- Knights of Saint Peter Claver (1987)
- United States,Colombia
- Knights of Saint Virgil (1992)
- Austria
- Fraternal Order of Saints Peter and Paul (1992)
- The Gambia
- Knights of Saint Gabriel (1997)
- International Diplomatic Service
- Knights of Saint Thomas the Apostle (1998)
- Pakistan
- The Order of Our Lady Queen of Peace (2000)
- Mauritius
- Knights of Saint Thomas More (2001)
- Belgium
[edit] References
- ^ Asociaiones Internacionales de Fieles (Spanish) (2004), Pontifical Council for the Laity, Roman Curia, Vatican City; url accessed June 1, 2006
- ^ International Alliance of Catholic Kights, Knights of St. Columba, url accessed June 1, 2006
- ^ Asociaiones Internacionales de Fieles (Spanish) (2004), Pontifical Council for the Laity, Roman Curia, Vatican City; url accessed June 1, 2006
- ^ Formation and Development, IACK, url accessed June 1, 2006
- ^ Ibid.
