Download or read book Patriotism and Fraternalism in the Knights of Columbus written by Christopher J. Kauffman and published by The Crossroad Publishing Co.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In competition with organizations which fostered historical memories exclusive of Catholics and immigrants, and which frequently portrayed the Knights of Columbus in the vanguard of "Vatican Imperialism" in the United States, the Fourth Degree, Patriotism, was founded to assert a distinctively Catholic historical memory.