Star Council Report

Please access the May 1 2025 Star Council report with the link below.   I have emboldened the council number for those 68 councils who achieved Star Council for the 2023-2024 fraternal year.   Our state deputy’s Circle of Honor goal is 59 Star Councils again for this fraternal year.  

I have also attached the May Supreme Council Report on Awards.  (Actual update was May 2) This will show how many Fraternal Benefit Events your council has been credited with as well as the total attendees from all events.   Please watch for upcoming Supreme sponsored webinars.  And with the Report on Awards, I also included my “Only” list, where I list those councils that need ONLY one more criteria for the Star Council Award.  There are many others that may only need two, maybe three additional criteria.  So please, review the status of your council and let’s make Star Council happen for your council!

Criteria for the 2024-2025 Star Council Award.

• Membership Quotas 6% Net Growth. Minimum of Five – Maximum of Fifteen new members, based on total membership.
• The Founders Award (Insurance). All council must participate in at least TWO Fraternal Benefit Programs, live or on line.   SUM ATTENDEES OF TWO OR MORE SEMINARS:  Minimum of TEN members or Member-Eligible attendees for councils less than 100 members.  Minimum of FOURTEEN members or Member Eligible for councils with 100 or more members. Grand Knight must submit Form 11077 on-line on Supreme website.
• Columbian Award Application SP7. Supreme Council is requiring 16 activity reports.  Four activities or credits in each of the Faith in Action categories (Faith, Family, Community, Life).   Sponsoring a “Featured” activity will count as two report credits.

Columbian award Application must be submitted by June 30, 2025.

• Safe Environment Certification. No new changes.  Remember: Grand Knight is prohibited from serving more than two council chairman positions. (Grand Knight, General Program Chairman, Family Activities Chairman and Community Activity Chairman.)  All chairmen are required to have a personnel email address; not a generic address, like grandknight15999@aol.com.   
• Form 365 Service Program Personnel Report. Form must be submitted by July 1, 2024.   Supreme Council will use the emails for the Grand Knight, General Program Director, Council Community Director and Council Family Director in order to forward safe environment on-line training. 
• Form 1728 Fraternal Survey Must be submitted by January 31, 2025

Supreme Council Records show the following as of May 1:  

• 89 councils (24% of active councils) have not submitted their Form 365 as of April 1. Supreme is no longer updating this form submission report for this fraternal year. 
• 24 councils (6% of active councils) have not submitted their Form 185 as of April 1. Supreme is no longer updating this form submission report for this fraternal year. 
• 114 councils (31% of active councils) have not recruited a new member this fraternal year. 256 councils have recruited a total of 1253 new members.  There are now 55 councils that have achieved their Growth quota. 
• #1295 Audit. The Audit Status column will show the last audit submitted for those councils who are late with current audit.    As of May 1, 96 councils (25% of active councils) have not been credited with submitting their current audit.
• Founders Award: There are 61 councils that have been credited with 2 Fraternal Benefit Events and achieving minimum participation quota.

Revised FBE Reporting:  Supreme will now accept a participant who registers and views a webinar, without the Grand Knight reporting on a Form 11077.   However, if a council presents a “watch party” where several participants viewed the webinar or attend a FBE seminar, then the Grand Knight is required to submit a 11077 with all the participant’s Names, (Membership Number if they are brother knights), Emails and Phone Numbers. 

UPCOMING Supreme Council Fraternal Benefit Events:  If your council is still in need of a Fraternal Benefit Event, please note the following notice from Jason Staas:  

“Join us this May for two webinars presented by Knights of Columbus Chief Distribution Officer and Senior Vice President of Field Management Joseph Monestere.   These webinars are part of our new Family Finance series, Foundations, designed to help investors make informed decisions.

Register today to reserve your spot!

1. Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 8:00 PM ET  www.kocaa.org/mmv        Ten Tips for Managing Market Volatility: How to approach market fluctuations in times of uncertainty
2. Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 8:00 PM ET  www.kocaa.org/success   Investing for Beginners: Planning for Success. Learn how systematic investing can help you work toward a long-term goal of building wealth over time.

Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors is your premier partner for Catholic investing. This event is open to the public, so please share it with others who may be interested. We look forward to seeing you there!

Jason Staas, Financial Advisor    Jason.Staas@kofc.org

No purchase is necessary. This event is for informational purposes only and does

not constitute financial, tax or legal advice. Visit the registration page for

important additional information.  “

• Safe Environment: 128 councils (35% of active councils) have been certified as compliant.  Remember your compliant status is good for three years.    
• State Program Points. 344 councils (93% of active councils) have submitted program activities for the “Let us Be Worthy” State Program Contest.  Points for council officers who have been certified as compliant for Safe Environment each receives 25 points for the state program.  And each council who conducts one Fraternal Benefit Seminar or who promotes a webinar will receive 25 points for the first event only.
• 2024-2025 S.O.S. Campaign. State SOS Chairman Mark Siracusa reports $163,567 has been collected from 203 councils (55% of active councils) for the Final Turn-in for this year’s S.O.S Campaign.  
• Fraternal Survey Form 1728. 69 councils are still missing the Fraternal Survey.  Please submit this form soon.  It was due January 31.
• Per Capita. There are 22 councils still owing per capita.   
• Columbian Award Application SP-7.  There are 392 councils with missing SP7.  There are many still being processed.   You do not have to wait until the June 30 deadline!

We have 28 councils who have achieved both Membership and Insurance Quota!   We have two months left in the fraternal year to reach our goal of 59 Star Councils.  Continue to work on your Fraternal Benefit Event quota and make sure your four officers are compliant with Safe Environment.  Brothers, we can do it!!