Annual Report of the Supreme Knight

142nd Supreme Convention
Québec City, Canada, August 2024

On Mission – In his annual report on August 15, 2024, the supreme knight urges Knights to take up the challenge of bringing Christ to the world with hope and joy.

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SUMMARY

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Insurance

• New life insurance issued: $7.5B
• Annualized premiums from life insurance sales: $116M
• New life certificates: 42,061
• Certificates in force: 1,716,315
• Agents: 1,022
• Standard & Poor’s rating: AA+
• A.M. Best rating: A+ (Superior)
• Members who keep their policies: 96%
• Net income: $55M
• Surplus: $2.8B

Culture of Life

• Ultrasound machines: 1,865
• Value of machines: $88.9M
• ASAP donations: $5,074,679
• ASAP Pregnancy Resource Centers & Maternity Homes supported: 1,224
• ASAP councils & assemblies participating: 1,636

Charity

• Total donations: $193M
• Total volunteer hours: 47.5M
• Persecuted Christians Fund: ($33.1M since 2014)
• Knights of Columbus Coats for Kids: 224,696
• Food drives: $11.7M
• Special Olympics: $4.6M
• Habitat for Humanity: $726,849
• Wheelchairs: 11,903 (139,087 since 2003)
• Blood donors: 288,845
• Scholarships: $7.6M from councils

Investments

• Total assets: $30.3B
• Amount invested daily: $7.5M (2023)
• Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors clients: 2,805
• ChurchLoan portfolio: $86.9M

Fourth Degree

• Sir Knights: 371,426
• Assemblies: 3,676

Church

• Vicarius Christi Fund donation: $1.6M (in 2023)
• Vicarius Christi Fund cumulative total: $68.8M (since 1982)
• RSVP donations: $4.1M (in 2023)
• RSVP cumulative total: $97.8M
• Total K of C units participating in RSVP: 2,704

Membership

• Total members: 2,136,963
• Intake for 2023-24 Fraternal Year: 92,481 (102.8% of 90,000 goal)
• Total councils: 16,896
• College Knights: 33,927
• College councils: 332
• eMembers: 34,363 for 2023-2024 (142,261 since inception)
• eMembers moved to councils: 22,846 for 2023-2024 (85,840 since inception)

SUPREME OFFICERS

• PATRICK E. KELLY Supreme Knight
• ARCHBISHOP WILLIAM E. LORI Supreme Chaplain
• PATRICK T. MASON Supreme Secretary
• JOHN A. MARRELLA Supreme Advocate
• ARTHUR L. PETERS Deputy Supreme Knight
• RONALD F. SCHWARZ Supreme Treasurer
• ANDRZEJ ANASIAK Supreme Warden
• CARL A. ANDERSON Past Supreme Knight

SUPREME DIRECTORS

1. Carmine V. Musumeci New York, New York
2. Anthony V. Minopoli Shelton, Connecticut
3. Antonio Bañuelos Pleasant Hill, Iowa
4. Daniel Duchesne Trois-Rivières, Québec
5. Scott A. O’Connor Plantation, Florida
6. Stephen J. Kehoe Fairfax, Virginia
7. John J. Kennedy New Haven, Connecticut
8. Jamey C. Roth Victoria, Kansas
9. Jorge C. Estrada Avilés Mérida, Yucatán
10. Colin R. Jorsch Jr. Fayetteville, North Carolina
11. Arcie J. Lim Vancouver, British Columbia
12. Sean E. Halpain Chandler, Arizona
13. John S. Appelbaum Imperial, Missouri
14. Michael A. Benson North Kingstown, Rhode Island
15. Antonio F. Pascua Las Vegas, Nevada
16. Alfredo A. Vela Rio Grande City, Texas
17. Michael R. McCusker Memphis, Tennessee
18. Rene V. Sarmiento Quezon City, Luzon North
19. Rene Trevino Poway, California

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