Essay - "The Responsibility of the Catholic Citizen In a Free Society"

This contest may be new to your council. Information can be found in your Grand Knight Guide, pages 34 and 35.

Contest can be held anytime in April. Essays and winners names must be returned to your State Youth Director no later than May 1st.

The essay contest is open to all students graduating from Catholic elementary schools (8th Grade) and Catholic high schools (12th grade). Squires circles are encouraged to sponser essay contests at Catholic schools in their communities.

Contest partcipants write a 500 to 700 word essay on the topic taken from: Christifideles Laici 38

"Above all, the common outcry, which is justly made on behalf of all human rights - for example, the right to health, to home, to work, to family, to culture, - is false and illusory if the right to life, the most fundamental right and condition for all other personal rights, is not defended with maximum determination."

Essay contest kits may be ordered at no charge from:

Knights of Columbus
Department of Fraternal Services
1 Columbus Plaza
New Haven, CT 06510-3326
fax - 203-772-1923
email - fraternal.services@kofc-supreme.com

or from the Knights of Columbus web site or click here for online order form.

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