All voting delegates and their alternates, need to be registered prior to the convention. Registration information is being sent to council Financial Secretaries and Grand Knights. The letters and forms that were emailed to the councils are also posted here.
The convention committee has a registration process and will be in charge of the meal plan. They also have events planned for the ladies if they choose. The committee has created a website for registration, meals, and events.
Please visit the website by clicking here.
A block of rooms has been set for the convention at the DoubleTree by Hilton Pittsburgh - Green Tree. Attendees are responsible to book their own rooms.
State Family, chairmen, and directors will have reservations made by the Administrative Assistant.
The location for the 2026 - 128th Convention, has been chosen by the Finance Committee as this same location: The DoubleTree by Hilton, Greentree (Pittsburgh).
Please use this form to submit the deceased member of your council or assembly since the last convention.
Reporting FormTHE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES MUST BE OBSERVED BY COUNCILS WHO WISH TO QUALIFY FOR THE STATE PROGRAM AWARDS AT THE STATE CONVENTION.
Please read all instructions. The State Council is returning to the state level award format used before the COVID pandemic. (Your council’s submittal for a Supreme Award must be done separately from your submissions for state-level awards.)
You must fill out the heading: Council #, District #, region, number of total members, and Division # on each cover sheet. Your council’s Division # is based on the TOTAL number of members in your council as of January 1, 2025. Forms that do not have the headings completed will be disqualified.
A council can submit a particular event or project in only one Faith In Action (FIA) category; i.e. Faith, Family, Community, or Life. The following state level categories have also been reinstated: Council and Public Relations. The same project cannot be entered in more than one category. Entries in the wrong category risk being disqualified. The easiest way to determine in which category a program belongs is to ask the question “Who benefits the most from this program?”
For state-level awards, you MUST use the enclosed State Award Cover Sheet Form and attach it to each category. Award forms will be available on the state website, https://www.kofcpennsylvania.org/ after January 1, 2025.
Remember to include accompanying documentation as desired, i.e. photos, newspaper clippings, posters, church bulletin announcements, etc. Photos taken at a particular function can only be considered under one category – not multiple categories. For further information please refer to the submission guidelines.
The completed cover sheet and accompanying information must be in the hands of the State Program Director Jack Rosati NO LATER THAN MARCH 15, 2025. Please do not send copies to the State Deputy as they will be redirected and potentially late. Late entries will be considered non-entries.
The STATE winners for Faith, Family, Community, Life, Council, and Public Relations, will be selected based on activities in the Fraternal Year July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, in each of the categories. If you wish to include an activity taking place after March 15, 2025, please describe the event and the actions you are taking, etc. Or, if you held this same event in the last fraternal year, you can report what you did last year for this event.
REMEMBER: ALL MATERIALS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NECROLOGY REPORTS, MUST BE IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR BY MARCH 15, 2025 TO ALLOW FOR SORTING THE SUBMISSIONS AND FORWARDING ALL ENTRIES TO THE APPROPRIATE JUDGES.
Fraternally,
JOHN FITZPATRICK
Awards & Forms Chairman