WHY JOIN THE PATRIOTIC DEGREE?
FAMILY:
Annual activities open to family:
- Annual family barbecue and flag retirement ceremony
- Assembly Corporate Communion at Christ Cathedral and Brunch
- Officers Installation – suit and tie
- BBQ for Veterans at Long Beach Hospital
- Christmas Party in restaurant – suit and tie
- Memorial Mass – suit and tie
- Benefit Dinner for Brothers of St. Patrick – casual dress
FAITH:
- Chalice ceremony. Each Sir Knight may choose to have a chalice ceremony for his funeral Mass. A chalice is engraved with your name and is given to a needy priest. Each time Mass is celebrated, you are remembered in the prayers.
- Color Corps is present at funerals, church dedications, confirmations, weddings and special occasions- White House and Papal escorts. You do NOT have to join the color corps. Current cost for regalia including sword, cape, chapeau, etc. is about $500.
FRIENDSHIP:
Our assembly has ten monthly meetings each year with a social preceding the meeting. This is an opportunity to share in fraternity with brother knights from other councils in Orange County. We meet the fourth Tuesday on the campus of Christ Cathedral. Assembly website: www.kcfourth.org
PATRIOTISM:
- Flags for Schools: We conduct a flag awareness program for elementary schools and give a flag to each student.
- We march in the July 4th parade in Huntington Beach.
EXEMPLIFICATION INFORMATION
NEXT EXEMPLIFICATION: Saturday, November 21, 2020 Contact Us for more information.
Submit Form 4 signed by Financial Secretary and date of First Degree.
There will be NO ladies luncheon at the degree.
- Items to Remember for Fourth Degree ExemplificationThe dress for the Fourth Degree Exemplification is black, navy blue or dark grey business suit, dark tie, plain white shirt (NO button down collar), black shoes. No sport coat. Religious and members of the armed services may wear their clerical garb or dress uniform respectively. NO lapel pins and jewel of office to be worn during exemplification by candidates. You must have your Third Degree membership card with you for the Fourth Degree Exemplification. Any Third Degree member in good standing is eligible for membership in the Fourth Degree. A Ladies Luncheon is provided for your wife’s entertainment and enjoyment during the actual Exemplification ceremony. Our Assembly number is 3479. Ladies look for Assembly 3479 tables. Evening banquet tickets will be distributed in the lobby of the hotel only. Seating at tables is assigned by the District Master. You can NOT switch seats. If you wish to sit together as a group, you MUST provide this information to the Comptroller at the information meeting.
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You do not have to purchase the new uniform to join the assembly.
NOTE: A dark suit may be worn for the exemplification.
The NEW official dress for the Fourth Degree shall be:Navy Blue Blazer festooned with Fourth Degree Emblem Blazer Crest Knights of Columbus Emblem of the Order buttons
Official Fourth Degree Gray trousers
Official Fourth Degree Necktie
Official Fourth Degree Black Beret with Fourth Degree metal badge worn over the left eye.
NOT INCLUDED: Plain White Dress Shirt – Button cuff (no French cuffs – no button down collar shirts)
NOT INCLUDED: Black Socks and Plain Black Shoes, Official Fourth Degree Lapel Pin (#PG-113), Incumbent Medal of Office, Past and Former Miniature Medals above left pocket.
The new uniform is to be worn as you would a business suit.
The beret is worn with the fourth degree pin placed directly over the left eye. The right side of the beret folds down toward and over the right ear.
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We invite members of your Council to join the Fourth Degree. Sir Knights of the Fourth Degree, deem it an honor and privilege to carry our TRIAD EMBLEM, which features The Dove, The Cross, and The Globe. Our Honored Order cherishes as its Patron, Christopher Columbus.
The primary purpose of the Fourth Degree is to foster the spirit of patriotism by promoting responsible citizenship and a love of and loyalty to the Knights’ respective countries through active membership in local Fourth Degree groups called assemblies. Fourth Degree members must retain their membership as Third Degree members in the local council to remain in good standing.
As a Fourth Degree Knight you have the opportunity to become part of your assembly’s color corps. As a color corps member, you will be recognized widely by the distinctive attire of blazer, beret and sword. Color corps members regularly take part in civic events such as parades and wreath-laying ceremonies, and in ecclesial functions at Catholic churches.
The Fourth Degree official regalia dress for Color Corps members is as follows:
A member serving in the armed forces, a full-time police officer
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COUNCIL AFFILIATION WITH AN ASSEMBLY
Article VII Section 18 (e)
Each council of the Knights of Columbus shall be affiliated with an assembly of the Fourth Degree.
This section pertains to the operation and functioning of an assembly. Individual Councils are assigned under the jurisdiction of a Specific Assembly.
This format is more of a managerial format with regards to Call Out Jurisdiction and promotes a support system between several councils and a specific Assembly. In most cases the majority of a council’s members who are also Fourth Degree Knights belong to the same assembly but it is not a requirement.
EXAMPLES OF THE AFFILIATION RESPONSIBILITIES
- Recruiting Membership from Councils in an Assembly’s Jurisdiction.
Formal recruiting programs by an assembly can only take place in the councils under their jurisdiction. Other assemblies should respect this and not conduct recruiting drives outside their jurisdiction.