Who can be a Knight?
1. Male
2. 18 years or older(at the time of First Degree)
3. Practicing Catholic in communion with the Holy See.
How does one join?
Start by getting in touch so that we can let you know about all our upcoming events. Once you are considered by our admission committee, we will contact you to set up an interview. The interview is mandatory and will take about 15~20 minutes. During the interview, we will ask you the required basic admission questions, and we will also answer any of your questions about the order. After this, our admission committee will discuss about your candidacy and motion in a council meeting on whether to nominate you for the candidacy for the First Degree. If the majority of the council agrees with your candidacy, you will be notified the date for the First Degree Ceremony.
What are Degrees?
In the Knights of Columbus there are four levels of membership called degrees. After the 1st Degree one is considered a member of the Order, though it is not until the 3rd Degree that one becomes a full member. One attains a new degree by attending a Degree Ceremony. Each ceremony centers around one of the Order’s main pillars, Charity, Unity, Fraternity and, Patriotism. The details of the ceremony are kept secret so as to protect their learning value for future members.
What is the time commitment?
As brother knights, many of us commit fully to the fraternal community, community service, and most importantly to our Holy Mother Church. We thrive to build a fraternal learning, living, and spiritual experience at The George Washington University. We would like to see you at all our events, but we also understand our brothers' other commitments to classes, jobs and some other student organizations. We do ask that you commit to attending at least an event per month; that could be a meeting, a service trip, and a dinner. However we do many things that you can fit into your schedule every week. Many brother knights figure out their commitment to the council after at least one semester. So don't worry about the commitment for now, take your time to explore as the council has many great things to offer!
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