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NEWS FOR KNIGHTS
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Henry Hyde, pro-life champion, brother Knight, dies
"Few in public life have served as well," Supreme Knight says

New Haven, CT - November 29, 2007 - Former Congresman Henry Hyde "was the epitome
of a Catholic gentleman," Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson said today, upon hearing
of Hyde's death at the age of 83. "He was a proud brother Knight for 52 years, and
throughout his long record of service in public office, his faith guided him at
every step along the way. He was a dedicated defender of human life, and the Hyde
Amendment, adopted in 1976, is the most important pro-life statute ever enacted
by Congress. The National Right to Life Committee estimated that the Hyde Amendment
has saved at least one million lives since its passage." The amendment banned federal
funding for abortions.

"Had he done nothing else during his 32 year career in Congress, the Hyde Amendment
would stand out as a singular accomplishment," Anderson continued, "but as chairman
of both the House Judiciary Committee and the House International Relations Committee,
he showed himself to be even-handed and fair, even as he was a strong advocate for
positions he believed in. He will be remembered as one of the truly great Congressmen
of his generation."

Henry Hyde joined the Knights of Columbus in 1955, and was a member of Fr. McDonald
Council 1911 in Elmhurst, Illinois.

President Bush awarded Hyde with the Presidential Medal of Freedom just a few weeks
ago, on November 5. Since he was too ill to travel, his son Bob accepted the award
on his behalf. At the White House ceremony, the President said of him, "Henry Hyde
spoke of controversial matters with intellectual honesty and without rancor. He
proved that a man can have firm convictions and be a favorite of Democrats and Republicans
alike."
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RESOLUTION HONORING

THE HONORABLE HENRY J. HYDE

FORMER UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN FROM ILLINOIS

Adopted by the 2007 Supreme Convention in Nashville, TN

WHEREAS, Henry J. Hyde, a member of Father McDonald Council No. 1191 in Elmhurst,
Illinois, since 1955, has had a long and distinguished career in public service
in both state and national government; and

WHEREAS,as a Member of the House of Representatives of the United States, he has
been a stalwart advocate of the rights and status of the family; and

WHEREAS, as Chairman of the House Committee on International Relations, he has been
a defender of religious liberty for oppressed believers throughout the world; and

WHEREAS, as Chairman of House Judiciary Committee, he guided, with dignity and humor,
the Congress and the nation through a historic period of great conflict and division;
and

WHEREAS, he has been the unrivaled champion of the right to life of children before
birth, a universally acknowledged leader in the greatest social justice movement
of our time, and the inspiration for millions of Americans to achieve our ever-closer
goal of reestablishing equal justice under law for the unborn;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Knights of Columbus Board of Directors assembled
in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 4-6, 2007, in union with all members of the Order
and their families, and in communion with the voiceless victims for whom he has
spoken with such force and eloquence, do rightly celebrate the heroic achievement
of Henry J. Hyde as the personification of the Right to Life movement, and salute
him upon his emergence from life-saving surgery, a fitting outcome for a man who
himself has saved countless lives; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we pledge to him the continuing prayers, both for his
recovery and for his continuing activism in the greatest causes; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be included in the proceedings
of this meeting and that a bound copy be prepared for presentation to Brother Hyde
as a tangible sign of the Order's esteem and gratitude.

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