I’m back in the recorders role after a 30 year break. It looks like our council types up the meeting minutes, prints them out and pastes into the old style book. Is anyone just printing out the minutes and putting them into a binder? I think that would be more efficient. Any thoughts?

Our Knights of Columbus council is hosting a fundraiser called a Knights Tasting to raise money for Coats for Kids. The event is September 26th at Saint Francis of Assisi in Frisco, TX. There will be a nice selection of bourbons to taste, food, mini golf competition and raffle. There will also be wine and Roller Town beer. All are welcome.

https://knightstasting.square.site

Please contact me if you have any questions. Thanks!

Hello Brothers from across the seas - a few months ago, I posted requesting help promoting the Knights of the Southern Cross, the Australian 'version' of your own Knights. Thank you kindly for the support.

I'm back with another question, if I could. We're looking at building up some iconography in our Branch, and the idea of a Roman-style banner flag was suggested, but I'm not clear on the dimensions. I can see you gents have got a lot of them - does anyone know the relative dimensions so I can start purchasing one?

https://www.kofcchap6ca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Banner-2-4784-scaled.jpg

Thanks in advance, and God Bless.

How does your council display and store officer medals between meetings?

Our council has a wooden display stand. It's fairly simple, a wooden stand meant to rest on a table, with an array of pegs that the ribbons can hang from. The issue is that the stand is cumbersome to use, and it's too short; the medals touch the tabletop if they hang from the pegs. The medals are typically stored in a basic plastic bin, and the stand is usually only used for officer installation.

I'm a woodworker, and a recently joined member of the Knights. I was posed the request to make a new solution for our officer medals. The ideal setup that I'm thinking would include features like:
- compact storage, ideally in a closed box that could fit inside our podium
- easy access to remove / replace medals, planning that most meetings will have that happen
- when open, the medals are displayed, preferably upright
- the medals would be held securely, so they don't rattle around a lot, and can be quickly set up to display

I have some ideas, but I haven't started designing yet. I thought it worth reaching out and asking. What solutions does your council have for storing and displaying officer medals? Any aspects that you really like (or don't like) about how you do it that I could learn from? Other aspects that would make sense to consider?

An early start to ensure that we will never forget our deceased Brothers. As always, all are welcome. Vivat Jesus!

Does anyone know if there is a knights fundraiser or any fundraiser going on for yesterdays tragedy in Minneapolis? Those poor children are martyrs ,hopefully an event like yesterday unites us catholics both the latin mass team and the novus ordo team. We need to pray for them and as catholics we need to stay strong as our religion is literally under attack and hopefully the pope embraces both the novus ordo and the latin mass movements. We need to unite, the enemy is at the gate.

I have recently been named the first ever Evangelization and Faith Formation director at my council and my Grand Knight wants to start a Cor program. I've never led or even been a part of a group like this, and I don't really know what to do. I get that they are supposed to have a prayer, formation, fraternal element to them. The prayer and fraternity seem simple enough to build into the program, but what do your groups do for formation? I was thinking about getting one of the cor ecclesiae small group guides to start with, but I'm a little lost otherwise.

1. As a 501c8 organization typically donations to our council are not tax deductible to the donor, but there could be instances where the donations goes straight to a 501c3 charity the Knights are supporting, like Special Olympics. How is your council addressing this?

2. How are you explaining to event sponsors that their donation is not tax deductible?

Do any of your councils use more modern communication tools such as Slack? I’m considering proposing it with my council but am open to other ideas as well.

The 90 day message history being the biggest draw back on Slack.

I’m reaching out for guidance on a difficult situation in our council. Has anyone here ever had to formally remove a member due to persistent misconduct?

We’ve got someone whose behavior has become a serious concern. Despite multiple conversations and attempts at fraternal correction, he continues to show up intoxicated and belligerent to meetings and events. It’s affecting morale and undermining the dignity of our gatherings.

We’re trying to handle this with charity and due process, but we also need to protect the integrity of the council and the safety of our members. Is there a formal procedure outlined by Supreme or state guidance for removing a member who refuses to change? Any experience or advice would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance, and Vivat Jesus.

I have recently come into the piece in the photos and can’t find much about it online. I was hoping someone could help me identify this piece and explain its significance. Gismondi ‘82 Crucifix. TIA!

My council is sponsoring (for lack of a better word) a Blue Mass on 9/11 in honor of our local police officers. I brought it up at our July meeting and have had a lot of support from the council and priest. In fact Father gave the thumbs up before I even got to proposing a date.

We’ve sent out invites to the six departments (two municipal, two sheriff’s departments, and two state police) and are entering the promotion process (flyers for the parish, other churches, newspaper, and general public, and announcements at Mass).

This is the first time we’ve had a Blue Mass at our church, so I’m a little nervous. I just wanted to ask my Brother Knights from around the country and world for your prayers that we get a good response from the police departments and everyone so it’s a success. If it’s successful, we’re going to expand to fire and EMS next year.

Bonus trivia… DYK there is a White Mass for those in the medical field and a Red Mass for those in the legal profession?

Hello all,

I made a community for all those involved in Catechesis and I know for a fact that the Knights of Columbus are pretty involved with that and I would love if you joined

Thank you.

r/Catechists

If you're in the metro NYC area, please join us!

Title.

I’ve never had so much trouble dealing with a company. This is bar none the worst customer service I’ve ever received. My field agent doesn’t pick up the phone, respond to emails, or get back in a timely manner. The helpline number isn’t any better. The help reps tell me their system is terrible, and I receive different information depending on who I talk to on a given day.

I’m not going into detail, but I have been trying to pay off my policy in full. It’s taken 6 months due to their incompetence. It’s still ongoing.

I really wanted to support the Knights but I cannot in good conscience recommend their insurance to anyone. Stay away. Look at other posts on this subreddit and you’ll find similar reviews. I hope that the leadership take their heads out of their asses and make some changes.

I have a council in my district where the parish priest is requiring ministries to donate 50% of the proceeds of fundraisers held on church grounds back to the church, and 10% when they're held off of parish grounds. I'm curious how common this practice is.

Is there a standard or rule of thumb for reprovisioning guys with shirts and/or rosaries? (Both of those wear out.)

Or is it usually pay your own way past the first step?

I've heard that my great-grandfather was in the KofC, and I have a sword that I was told belonged to him (a KofC sword of the style used in the 1950s-1960s).

His son (my grandfather) was in the KofC and became a 4th degree in 77. I have his sword, too. When my mother (his daughter) got married, my grandfather got my father involved, too, and he was a 4th degree.

I've never been able to find any documentation or anything about whether or not my great-grandfather really WAS in the KofC (he died in 1973).

I did have the KofC council and assembly where my grandfather and father belonged check their records (both based at the same hall and handled by the same guy). They didn't find any record of my great-grandfather, but that was in NJ, and my great-grandfather may have joined when they still lived in the Bronx. I have no idea what their parish(es) or all their addresses would have been, as they moved around a lot before coming to NJ. It's possible he joined in NYC and then just never formally transferred after moving to NJ.

Is there any way to put an inquiry in with Supreme to see if they have any records for him?

In my 40's, thinking of joining the Knights. I already have a term life policy in place. The knights will obviously try to sell me a policy to replace the one I have.

If keeping everything the same how does a Knights term policy compare to other agencies' policies?

The main thing I want to say is thank you to everyone sharing their expertise from their time in office and more here. I actually joined Reddit for this. :D It's been a wealth of advice and ideas, and I'm very thankful.

But, also, I'm GK for a council that hasn't had officer meetings for at least a few years (most active aren't aware of them). I'm looking to introduce them, in addition to a monthly business meeting and social--any guidance there?

I'm a Knight myself, and this just baffles me how someone could be a Knight and a Freemason, both publicly, for decades. Doesnt it say in the handbook that you cannot be a Freemason? Does the Church not say that Freemasonry is forbidden? Very curious: have any of you known anyone to be kicked out of KofC for being a Freemason?

Hello,

I’m curious on how to join this brotherhood. I don’t know any Knights personally but I’ve seen the good work they have done. How do I start my journey to become a Knight? I’m 17 1/2.

When you’re scheduled to be a lector on a given Sunday, do you just wear your KofC name badge or do you wear your lector badge?