News & Announcements

Dues Payment

Annual Membership Dues can be paid either in person at a meeting, by mail, or online at the link below.  Your Brother Knights of the St. Charles Knights of Columbus Council thank you for your consideration of help with our charitable works -- and your timely payment of member dues.

You can optionally pay up to 5 years into the future, if you prefer that approach vs. paying each year. Annual Dues are $ 40.00 per year. If you pay online we add $2.00 (per year of dues) additional to cover our online payment processing fees.

Click here to pay dues online

For payments by mail, checks should be made payable and sent to: Knights of Columbus Council 12497, P.O. Box 4006, St. Charles IL 60174. 

Honor Guard benefit available

It’s a difficult subject to discuss, but it’s something that we all must face -- some day, we all face certain death.
Members of the Knights of Columbus, and immediate family members of 3rd degree Knights, are entitled to a 4th degree Honor Guard. At the request of the family the Marquette Assembly #188 will initiate arrangements for a wake or funeral Honor Guard.
Our Council has arranged with local funeral homes and both parishes to include this benefit in their funeral planning with the family. However with the many details involved, this benefit may be overlooked or passed over. As a reminder, ensure that your family members are aware of your wishes.
Also if you know of a council member who has passed, please notify our Grand Knight via email at kofc12497.gk@gmail.com. Due to the size of our two Parishes and Council membership, we may not always be aware of a brother knight passing; so please notify our Grand Knight as soon as possible. The Grand Knight will then contact the Marquette Assembly Faithful Navigator and Color Corp Commander who will arrange the service if requested (and only if requested) by the family.