On March 29, 1882, the legislature officially chartered the Knights of Columbus as a fraternal benefit society. The first headquarters was at the law offices of Driscol and Asher next to city hall.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new study released today finds that fraternal benefit societies, not-for-profit mutual aid associations created more than a century ago, continue to provide ...

For those who may not be all that familiar with the Knights and their many labors, the Knights of Columbus is a fraternal benefit society of Catholic men founded by Venerable Fr. Michael J ...

A fraternal benefit society founded by a Connecticut-born priest has distributed more than $4 million in humanitarian assistance to displaced ... The Knights of Columbus, whose supreme council, ...