Photo by Tom Wehner/National Catholic Register
A relic of Blessed Michael McGivney is shown in front of his beatification portrait at St. Mary Church in New Haven, Connecticut. St. Mary Church, the first parish assignment of Father McGivney, was the church where the young priest founded the Knights of Columbus.

COMMENTARY: Reflecting on the example of the new beatus can stretch the expectations and broaden the horizons of contemporary U.S. Catholics.