The Knights of the Fourth Degree are known as the “Patriotic Degree.” We serve the local parish priests and the Bishop. We serve on and form honor guards for religious events, processions, and for honoring a departed member.
Faithful Navigator Joe Acciarito and his wife, Grace. Photo by Barbara Lodge
We support patriotic programs, support hospitalized veterans, active duty hospitalized patients and amputees, and military families and veterans.
We were originally formed to show the patriotism of Catholics in America. The patriotism of catholic men reaches back to before the Civil War. We served in the Revolutionary War, Civil War and all wars and conflicts since then. Learn more
Our history as Patriots reaches back to early America.
- Revolutionary War
- War of 1812
- Civil War
- Catholic Chaplains – Spanish-American War and forward