EWTN To Air Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention Live from Phoenix, Arizona

2009-07-20

Irondale, AL (EWTN) – EWTN Global Catholic Network will air – for the third year in a row – the 127th Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus, live from Phoenix, Ariz.

Coverage on Tuesday, Aug. 4, will begin with the live Mass at 12:30 p.m. ET (90 min.), continue with the live Opening Session at 4 p.m. ET (150 min.), and end with the live State’s Dinner at 10:30 p.m. ET (90 min.), with an encore immediately following.

The Convention always results in news of interest to Catholics, especially the Supreme Knight’s report, which is part of the Opening Session.

During the month of August, EWTN will also air three KOC-related programs. They include a 30-minute program on the “Life and Legacy of Fr. McGivney,” KOC founder, which airs at 3 a.m. ET and 6:30 p.m. ET Aug. 14; the award-winning KOC documentary “Vocation to Marriage,” which airs at 3 a.m. ET and 6:30 p.m. ET Aug. 13; and “Crowning Achievement, a program that follows the restoration of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Conn., birthplace of the KOC, which airs 3 a.m. ET and 6:30 p.m. ET Aug. 17.

EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 28th year, is available in over 150 million television households in more than 140 countries and territories. With its direct broadcast satellite television and radio services, AM & FM radio networks, worldwide short-wave radio station, Internet website www.ewtn.com and publishing arm, EWTN, is the largest religious media network in the world.