Fourth Degree Corner

*The next Chicago Exemplification of Patriotism will be on Saturday, June 28, 2025. at St Huebert Catholic Church, Hoffman Estates. The Host assembly is Bishop Sheil Assembly 2330. For more information Patriotic Fourth Degree District Portal or contact grandknight1628@gmail.com

The 4th Degree (Knighthood): Patriotism is the fourth core principle thus the 4th Degree is often known as ‘The Patriotic Degree’.
 
Established on 22 February, 1900, the requirements for joining the 4^th Degree are that a brother Knight must be a third degree member in good standing, be an exemplary Catholic, and be of sound citizenship of his country.
 
The Fourth Degree, frequently regarded as an honorary title, but should rather be thought of in terms of service to church and country.

The goals of the Fourth Degree:

• To promote and strengthen the patriotic spirit of the civic community.
• To educate its members, and others, both in the teachings of Holy Mother Church, and the history of our nation.
• To promote by example the highest type of citizenship so necessary for the preservation and perpetuation of Republican form of government, and its democratic institutions.
• To oppose dissemination and spread of doctrine dangerous to our form of government, and to the Divine law of faith and morality.

To support by word and deed, the duly constituted authorities of local, state and national government, and to recognize excellence in public life.