Supreme Knight elected deputy president of International Alliance of Catholic Knights

The Honorable F. DeKarlos Blackmon, Obl.S.B., Supreme Knight and Chief Executive fast cash no questions asked Offi­cer of the Knights of Peter Claver, was recently elected as Deputy President of the International Alliance of Catholic Knights (IACK). As Deputy President, Blackmon will work to deepen the faith of members of the Alliance and all Catholics encouraging active and generous participation in the life and mission of the Church, a central objective of the Alliance.

The two-term leader of the nation’s only historically Black Catholic fraternal organization follows in the footsteps of Past Supreme Knight Paul C. Condoll who previously served as president of the Alliance in the nineties. The Knights of Peter Claver and the Knights of Columbus represent the United States in the alliance.
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“I am elated to learn of this excellent representation of the Knights of Peter Claver internationally. I congratulate Supreme Knight Blackmon and offer God’s continued blessings for his leadership among the Catholic laity domestically and abroad,” Most Reverend Martin D. Holley, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington and National Chaplain of the Knights of Peter Claver, said.

Most Reverend Shelton J. Fabre, V.G., Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans and Chair of the USCCB Subcommittee on African-American Affairs, said .“I congratulate Supreme Knight Blackmon on his election as Deputy President of the IACK. Just as his many gifts have aided the efforts of the Knights of payday loans vinton va Peter Claver, I am certain that Supreme Knight Blackmon’s gifts will now serve the leadership of IACK in a wonderful way as well.”

In a recent interview, Immediate Past Supreme Knight and IACK member, Gene A. Phillips, Sr., offered congratulatory remarks, stating, “We offer sincere congratulations to Supreme Knight Blackmon on his election as Deputy President of the International Alliance of Catholic Knights and are extremely proud to again have the United States represented in the leadership of this vital organization.”

This article originally published in the June 3, 2013 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper.