Author: Stanley Ciukaj

     Letter from the Master

  This year we are planning a spectacular Patriotic Fourth Degree Exemplification.  Being the special celebration year of the 250th Birthday of America, we are asking you to lead 80 or more candidates into making their pledge to the Fourth Degree. We will also be celebrating our Honoree State Deputy Robert Schwarz of our great state of Massachusetts to preside over this class of candidates.

This Exemplification is open to the public.  Family and friends will witness the entire Exemplification and can even assist their family members to be escorted to the Master for Knighting.

One of the highlights of this Exemplification will be that all assemblies will be tasked with bringing their American flags to take part in the “Parade of Flags” before the dinner begins.

The admission charge for Candidates is $80.00, including Fourth Degree Pin, Certificate suitable for framing, Dinner Ticket and fee to the Supreme Council. Additional Dinner tickets are $55.00 per person.  Menu for the Dinner is as follows:  Caesar Salad, Rolls, New York Strip Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Roasted Vegetables, Dessert, Coffee, Tea.

You can find more info here

Any Questions, please 413-531-8602, Stanley Ciukaj, District Master of Massachusetts.

Vivat Jesus,

Stanley Ciukaj, FDD, KCHS

District Master

Worthy Faithful Comptrollers, Navigators and Sir Knights:

You will find the event info on the Master’s Corner page here.

I am trying to keep the price down, so we can keep it affordable. Because of affordability, we can have many more candidates to become 4th degree Members.  Candidates will be exemplified with New Exemplification for the first time in Massachusetts.

Open to Public, this means that members who do not wish to become 4th Degree Members at this time can come and observe and hopefully will join 4thdegree in the future. Also, they can buy a banquet ticket and take part in the festivities.  Obviously, families are welcome. Please consider becoming a sponsor of a candidate.

All Forms 4 must be submitted to the Assembly Comptroller of the Assembly. The assembly that a candidate wants to be a member of, is then voted in by the assembly and check for a full payment order is made out by the Assembly and mailed to me.

Vivat Jesus
Stanley Ciukaj FDD, KCHS
District Master of Massachusetts

E ARE Catholic men building a bridge back to faith.  There is much work to be done in this world.  Good work.  Necessary work.  And that’s what the Knights do.  Every day.

Assisting the sick and disabled.  Protecting those who can’t protect themselves. Whether they are next door or halfway around the world.  This is the journey we are on.  Our path.

We do it to be better husbands, fathers, sons, neighbors, and Catholics.  We invest our time, our effort, and our resources into our values: Charity, Unity, Fraternity, Patriotism.

 We come from many places.  And backgrounds.  And stages in our lives.  But we are all of one faith.  A fraternity of men striving to better ourselves and our world.

It’s one thing to say who you are.  It’s another to live it.  To put your values into action.  That’s what we do at the Knights of Columbus.

That’s who we are.
(shared by our Faithful Friar Fr. Jeff Ballou)