Corpus Christi Honor Guard Competition

The inaugural Corpus Christi Honor Guard Competition will take place during the worldwide Corpus Christ Celebration on Sunday, June 22, 2025. The objective is to highlight the Fourth Degree Honor Guard’s solemn participation in the Eucharistic procession.

Participation Requirements

• Seek permission from your pastor to allow your Honor Guard to participate in the parish’s Corpus Christi procession.
• Record your Honor Guard escorting the Blessed Sacrament during the procession and send the video to District Master Kelly Mortensen no later than June 29. The video must be between two and three minutes in length. If the video is too big to send by email, create a YouTube video and email the link to the District Master Kelly Mortensen.
• District Master Kelly Mortensen will select one Honor Guard’s video to submit in the Order wide competition.

Judging Criteria

The judges will evaluate each video based on the Honor Guard’s performance, specifically assessing:

• Proper wearing of the Fourth Degree uniform
• Timing
• Movement
• Commands, both verbal and silent
• Proper sword control

All judging will be conducted strictly according to the instructions outlined in the Supreme Sword and Drill Manual.

The judges will select the top five Honor Guards in the Order.

This an excellence opportunity to showcase the reverence and discipline of your Honor Guard.

June 28 Exemplification

The next Fourth Degree Exemplification will be held on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in North Chesterfield (Richmond), Virginia.  

Our June 28th Degree is our contribution to Supreme’s “125 for 125” Degree initiative. Supreme’s goal is to have every District conduct a Fourth Degree Exemplification with 125 candidates. This is our goal, so please maximize your recruitment efforts for this special Exemplification! Our District Master has commissioned a special commemorative “Challenge Coin” which will be given to all candidates.

Visit the Fourth Degree Exemplifications page for all the details.

Updated Fourth Degree Color Corps Drill Manual

The updated Fourth Degree Color Corps Drill Manual is now available. If you want to order hard copies from Supplies Online, use the following codes:

• English – 808E
• Spanish – 808S
• French – 808F

October 26 Navigators and Commanders Meeting Presentation Deck

If you were unable to attend the Navigators and Commanders meeting on October 26 or would like to refer to the information covered, click here to access the presentation deck.