TEN SCHOLARSHIPS, each totaling $3,000.00, payable in four installments of $750.00 per year, for Knights, sons and daughters of Pennsylvania Knights of Columbus, and Columbian Squires.
Thanks to our COAL Committee and the support of the COAL program by our Pennsylvania Knights, the State Council will award Ten $4000 College Scholarships to sons and daughters of brother Knights in 2023.  That is an increase of $250 a year for recipents.

Each candidate must be at least one of the following:

• A currently paid up member of a Knights of Columbus Council in the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania.
• A child or stepchild of a currently paid up member of a Knights of Columbus Council in Pennsylvania.
  • (NOTE Grandchildren are not eligible unless the grandfather is the legal guardian of the applicant.)
• A child or stepchild of a deceased member of the Knights of Columbus in a Pennsylvania council who was not in arrears at the time of his death.
• A qualified Columbian Squire.

Other conditions that must be met:

• The candidate must be a candidate for graduation in a recognized 4-year high school, or its home schooling equivalent, during the term ending June 2023 (or January 2023 for early graduates).
• The candidate must submit a properly completed application form -- with all the appropriate signatures as required on the application -- to the Scholarship Chairman of the Pennsylvania State Council, Knights of Columbus, no later than December 31, 2022.
• The sponsoring council must have sold the required number of “Chance of a Lifetime” (C.O.A.L.) Chances for the 2022-2023 campaign. Tickets are distributed by the State Council Charities Committee.
• Each candidate must be accepted and enrolled at either a college/university or a School of Nursing connected with a hospital prior to payment of the scholarship. Such college or school may be under Catholic or non- Catholic auspices, subject to approval by the committee.

• American College Test (ACT)
  • October 22
  • December 10
• Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
  • October 1
  • November 5
  • December 3
• Application and Test Scores MUST be received by
  • December 31, 2022 - NO EXCEPTIONS