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.

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