"The statue was donated by the New York State Council of the Knights of Columbus "to let the seminarians know that the end of their path could lead to sainthood if they do a good and beautiful priesthood," said Pepe, grand knight of the Bishop Thomas V. Daily Council of the Knights of Columbus at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Downtown Brooklyn."
"Pepe is the man behind an effort by the New York State Council Knights of Columbus to raise $100,000 to erect a statue of Blessed Michael McGivney in each of the eight dioceses in the state - Albany, Brooklyn, Buffalo, New York, Ogdensburg, Rochester, Rockville Centre, and Syracuse. To date, the Knights have raised $70,000 and put up five statues - two in the Diocese of Brooklyn and one each in the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Ogdensburg."
A five-foot bronze statue of Blessed Michael McGivney, a 19th-century priest who founded the Knights of Columbus, was dedicated at St. Joseph Seminary and College in Yonkers by Cardinal Timothy Dolan during a Mass on Sept. 3. The New York State Council of the Knights of Columbus donated the statue to encourage seminarians to pursue a good and beautiful priesthood with the possibility of sainthood. The cause for McGivney's canonization opened in 1997; he was declared venerable in 2008 and beatified in 2020 after one verified miracle. A second verified miracle is required for full sainthood. An effort led by Louis Pepe seeks $100,000 to place statues across eight dioceses; $70,000 has been raised and five statues installed so far.
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