Details for the 2025 Scholarships
- Announcing KofC College Scholarships for Spring of 2025
Rules & Deadline: strict
St. Mary of Sorrows Knights of Columbus Council 8600 is pleased to announce five college scholarships for award this spring. Student applicants must be registered members of St. Mary of Sorrows Parish or St. Mary’s KofC Council 8600 or a son, daughter, grandchild, or spouse of a member of St. Mary’s KofC. Scholarships are to be used only for tuition at a post-secondary school educational institution. Previous scholarship winners are not eligible to repeat.
Four of these scholarships are funded solely by the KofC for an award of $1000. In addition, the Kelly Elizabeth Baker Memorial (KEBM) foundation is cosponsoring a fifth KofC scholarship for an award total of $1500. For this KofC-KEBM scholarship, in addition to meeting the above criteria, applicants must be graduating high school seniors.
Applications and official grade transcripts must be electronically time-stamped and shared by midnight, April 15, 2025 to be considered by the Committee. - The 2025 Application
- Here are links to other scholarships:
Knights of Columbus scholarships Scholarships for College Students | Knights of Columbus
Virginia State KofC scholarship Fr Bader Scholarship – Virginia Knights of Columbus
Associates of St John Bosco Scholarship Program Scholarship Program — Associates of St. John Bosco
Council College Scholarships for Spring of 2024
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Catherine M. Witter, graduating from The Seton School
Thank you and the St. Mary's Knights so much for this award! I feel very grateful and honored to be chosen. Catherine will be attending Christendom College in the fall, where she is committed to play softball. She aspires to a career working with special needs children, ideally as an adaptive physical education specialist. |
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Cecilia J Buchanan, graduating from Paul VI
Winner of the Joel Byrne Memorial Scholarship Thank you so much for this award! I am very honored to receive the Joel Byrne Memorial Scholarship and am grateful to the Knights of Columbus Council 8600. Cecilia will be attending Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, MD. She is interested in Theology and will be on the dance team. |
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Charlotte R. Sparling, graduating from Oakton HS
Thank you so much for this honor! Charlotte will be attending the University of Virginia. She plans to double major in history and economics and to get involved in the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Ministry at UVA. |
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Katherine T. Bohli, graduating from Bishop O’Connell HS
Winner of the Kelly Elizabeth Baker Memorial scholarship Thank you so much for selecting me for this award, I am honored to have been chosen! This scholarship will help me tremendously with my studies! Katherine is excited to continue her studies next fall at Virginia Tech, studying Nutrition and Dietetics. She hopes to serve others as a registered dietitian, by helping those with health issues to improve their well-being using nutritious foods. |
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Maura E. Caines, graduating from Lake Braddock HS
Maura will be attending The Catholic University of America this fall. Image and note to follow. |