Membership Information
Who are the Knights?
The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic family fraternal service organization with 1.6 million members. It provides members and their families with volunteer opportunities in service to the Catholic Church, their communities, families and young people.
Membership Benefits
As a member of St Joseph Council 6921 you will have the opportunity to participate in many projects and programs. Activities that pertain to our parish Mary, Queen of Peace are:
- Keep Christ in Christmas promotion
- Vocations sponsorship program
- Holiday fruit basket assembly and distribution
- Clean up, fix up, paint up day
Community activities:
- Adopt a highway cleanup
- Food basket donations
- Donations to area hospice
- Tootsie roll drive
- Fruit basket assembly and distribution
- Blood donorship
Family Activities:
- Memorial mass for departed council members
- Coffee, donuts and pastries after mass
- Council Christmas party
- Family picnic
Youth Activities:
- Donation to local boy scout group
- Sponsorship of bambino baseball
- Scholarship donation at Hinsdale graduation
- "Adopt a family" NH Catholic Charities
- Altar Server recognition
- Hinsdale High winter sports award gathering
How to Join
Anyone interested in joining should contact Grand Knight Michel Alarie at 603-336-5526 or with our contact form.
4th Degree 
Any Third Degree member in good standing, one year after the anniversary of his First Degree, is eligible for membership in the Fourth Degree. The primary purpose of the Fourth Degree is to foster the spirit of patriotism by promoting responsible citizenship and a love of and loyalty to the Knights' respective countries through active membership in local Fourth Degree groups (called "assemblies"). Certain members of the Fourth Degree serve as honor guards at civic and religious functions, an activity that has brought worldwide recognition to the Knights of Columbus.