Knights of St. Gregory the Great gather on feast day

Knights of St. Gregory the Great gather on feast day

Knights of St. Gregory the Great in the archdiocese gathered September 3 at St. Joseph Chapel in the Pastoral Center for a liturgy of thanksgiving and appreciation on the feast day of the namesake of their order, a pope and doctor of the Church.

The Mass was celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Michael Boulette, and following the service a breakfast gathering was held.

The papacy of St. Gregory the Great began on Sept. 3, 590 and ended on March 12, 604.

The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great was established on Sept. 1, 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election. The Order of St. Gregory the Great inaugural brief states, in part, that “gentlemen of proven loyalty to the Holy See who, by reason of their nobility of birth and the renown of their deeds or the degree of their munificence, are deemed worthy to be honored by a public expression of esteem on the part of the Holy See.” They must progressively maintain, by continued meritorious deed, the reputation and trust they had already inspired, and prove themselves worthy of the honor that had been conferred on them, by unswerving fidelity to God and to the sovereign pontiff.