76 In 1969, the Order contributes $75,000 to the U.S. Catholic Conference's Task Force on Urban Problems to help address poverty and discrimination. The Order also publishes a booklet on Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI's 1968 encyclical affirming the Church's teaching on marriage and procreation. 77 In 1971,the Order marks the achievement of $2 billion of insurance in force; today that figure is more than $61 billion. 78 In 1975, the Order agrees to fund “uplink” transmissions for major worldwide satellite telecasts from the Vatican; the program continues to this day with audiences estimated in the billions for Midnight Mass from St. Peter's Basilica. 79 Supreme Knight Virgil C. Dechant begins his administration with a 1977 visit to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, where he places his work under the Virgin Mary's protection. 80 The Order's Board of Directors holds its April 1978 meeting at the Vatican. Pope Paul VI meets the Knights. 81 Beginning in 1978, each new First Degree Knight receives a rosary blessed by the supreme chaplain, a practice that continues to this day. 82 Pope John Paul I receives Supreme Knight Dechant and other representatives of the Knights in the first private audience after his election. 83 The Order holds its first Marian Hour of Prayer program in 1979. Images of Our Lady of Guadalupe circulate among the Order's councils. 84 In cooperation with the U.S. bishops, the Order underwrites filming of Pope John Paul II's first pastoral visit to the United States in 1979. 85 Pope John Paul II receives the Order's officers and representatives at the U.S. apostolic delegation's office in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 7, 1979. 86 The Knights establishes a $1 million Father Michael J. McGivney Fund for New Initiatives in Catholic Education to be administered by the National Catholic Educational Association. Annual proceeds are used to this day to finance programs that advance Catholic schools. 87 In 1981, the Order establishes the Vicarius Christi Fund, with annual earnings to be used for the pope's personal charities. The first check for $1.2 million is conveyed to Vatican secretary of state, at the 1982 centennial convention, which is also attended by President Ronald Reagan. 88 From 1981 to 1984, the K of C refurbishes St. Mary's Church in New Haven, the birthplace of the Order. The renovations are capped with the placement of a 179-foot steeple atop the church. 89 On Dec. 8, 1981, the remains of Father Michael J. McGivney are disinterred from the McGivney family plot in Waterbury, Conn. On Founder's Day, March 29, 1982, Father McGivney's body is laid to rest at St. Mary's Church. 90 Beginning in 1982, the Order establishes several funds to help finance studies for priests and seminarians in Rome at pontifical colleges; these funds have been increased over the years to support seminarians and priests from the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Philippines. 91 In 1981, at the request of Pope John Paul II, the Order prints the proceedings from a Vatican meeting on “The Common Christian Roots of the European Nations.” 92 In 1984, in recognition of its volunteer service, President Ronald Reagan awards the Knights a President's Volunteer Action Award at White House ceremonies. 93 In 1985, the Order presents a mobile television production unit to the Vatican Television Center for the taping, recording and transmission of papal ceremonies. It is used during Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's historic visit with Pope John Paul II that same year. 94 In 1985, the Order agrees to underwrite the restoration of the 65,000-square-foot façade of St. Peter's Basilica, the first time it has been cleaned in more than 350 years. Several subsequent projects have taken place at St. Peter's, including the creation or restoration of chapels within the basilica's grottoes. 95 Mother Teresa of Calcutta visits the Supreme Council office in 1988.The Order agrees to print copies of her Constitutions of the Missionaries of Charity, prayer cards and other religious items, a project that continues to this day. 96 In 1988, the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family opens a North American branch in Washington, D.C., with funding from the Knights. Carl A. Anderson is the institute's first vice president and dean. 97 In 1989, the Bicentennial of the U.S. Hierarchy Fund is established; annual proceeds to this day are used to benefit CUA. 98 Beginning in 1990, the Knights of Columbus funds a bi-annual workshop on medical-moral issues for bishops from the Americas. 99 In 1992, the Knights celebrates the fifth centenary of evangelization in the Americas. Replicas of the Cross of the New World presented to Pope John Paul II on his pastoral visit to Santo Domingo in 1984 are distributed by the Knights and used in dioceses throughout the Order in prayer services highlighting the theme of evangelization. 100 Mother Teresa is presented with the Order's first Gaudium et Spes Award at the 110th Supreme Convention in New York in 1992. The “Joy and Hope” award acknowledged her contributions to the Church and the world.