Council, Events

Council 953’s Christmas Potluck

The Council’s Christmas Potluck will be on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2011. All Brother Knights and their families are invited. The hall and bar will open at 5:30 PM and dinner will be served at 6:30 PM. There will also be an attendance drawing and one lucky member will win $50.00. The Council will provide a ham for the potluck. Please bring food dishes according to the first letter of your last name as follows:

A-H: side dishes; I-R: main dishes; S-Z: desserts

Also, we would ask that you bring an unused baby item for a donation to the Bishop Gallegos Maternity Home. Some suggestions are:

Diapers Wipes Formula
Bottles & nipples Baby Toys Onesies
Receiving Blankets Baby washcloths Baby soaps

Insurance

The Holidays Are Fast Approaching!! Are You Ready For Your Insurance Check-up for 2013?

Now that the holidays are fast approaching! Can you believe it will soon be 2013? I hope that 2012 has been a healthy, prosperous year for you and your family. It’s said that time flies, and the older we get, the more that statement seems true. As we review the past year and prepare to welcome a new one, we wonder where the time goes.

If you’re like most people, you’ve made some resolutions for 2013. If I may, I’d like to make two suggestions regarding your resolutions. First, write them down. A resolution is really a goal for the year and, until you commit a goal to writing, it’s nothing more than a wish. Writing a resolution down is the first step towards achieving it. Whether your goal is to lose weight, contribute more time and money to charity, read more or watch less television, you’re more likely to accomplish it if you write it down.

Second, schedule some time to visit with me, your professional Knights of Columbus insurance agent. The “insurance check-up” that I’ll provide (free of charge, by the way!) will quickly identify any gaps in your family’s life insurance program. And you’ll want to fill those gaps now, not later. Because unlike many other products, you need more than money to obtain life insurance. You also need good health, and no one will ring a bell warning you when your health is about to change.

Knights of Columbus life insurance offers something precious few other financial products can – guarantees. As long as you pay your premiums, the policy proceeds will be there for your beneficiaries should something happen to you. We call that peace of mind, and that’s (as they say in the credit card commercials) priceless.

This Holiday Season, keep in mind the real meaning of CHRISTmas. Keeping CHRIST in CHRISTmas. Take time to enjoy your family and friends. Think of those things God has given us. Remember that you are the one who your family counts on for tomorrow’s support. The Knights of Columbus is here to help assure that mission is met.

To contact me with regards to any of your insurance needs, please call my office at (916) 482-9044 or e-mail
me at stephen.cooper@kofc.org
By Knights … For Knights ….
Stephen Cooper
CA Lics #0H90754

Pro-Life

December 2012 Pro-Life Report

Council 953 donated $250 dollars recently to Tubman House, an 18-month transitional living program that serves formerly homeless youth and their children in Sacramento. Often, this work involves supporting young women in dire circumstances who choose not to have an abortion, but to keep their baby. Tubman House unexpectedly lost out on a government grant that would have provided funding for several more years, a grant which Tubman House had always received before. Council 953’s emergency donation was doubled thanks to a matching grant by Sierra Health Foundation. Tubman House extends a big “thank you” to our Knights!

The 9th annual Walk for Life will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2013. The Info Faire at Civic Center Plaza will open at 11 am, followed by the main speaking event at 12:30pm, and the Walk at 1:30pm. The Walk will end at the Justin Herman Plaza. Please consider witnessing to the sanctity of life by participating in the Walk. For a bus ride, please contact Gary Hickman at (916) 806-6736. For more information about the Walk, please visit: www.walkforlifewc.com.

In other pro-life news, Catholic World Report warns of eugenics on the rise in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Lichtenstein. The story, dated November 27th, describes how a new pre-natal screening test for Down syndrome targeting women in their 12th week of pregnancy and beyond, could push Down syndrome abortions to 100%. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna, is quoted thus: “The issue here is artificial selection or eugenics, pure and simple. Is the infernal expression ‘life not worth living’ going to become reality again?” Reaffirming the dignity of persons with Down syndrome, Life Site News on November 28th covers a student-athlete with Down syndrome, denied the chance to play, becoming a state champion. The student-athlete, Eric Dompierre, attends Ishpaming High School in Michigan, where he is a kicker for the varsity football team, the Hematites, and now the winner of Sports Illustrated’s “Underdogs” contest. During the Hematite’s championship season, Eric not only kicked several field goals, but also scored a touchdown!

President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Timothy Dolan has written an article entitled, “Looking Back on Election Day.” The article appeared on November 15th in his regular column for Catholic New York. The President of the USCCB writes: “I worry that the Democrats have gone from wanting to keep abortion ‘safe, legal, and rare’ to the party that wants abortion at every stage of pregnancy, with no defense at all of the baby in the womb, completely funded by the government.” Elsewhere the Cardinal writes: “There is no denying that the president and his party are on record in promoting guidelines that gravely intrude upon religious freedom, and in their desire to expand unfettered access to abortion at all stages. These two issues are of towering import to people inspired by the principles of human dignity and the sanctity of life.” To read the article, please go to: www.cny.org/stories/Looking-Back-at-Election-Day,8444

A blesséd Christmas to one-and-all!

William (Bill) James
Culture of Life Director, Council 953

Council, Family

Children’s Coloring Contest

Knights of Columbus Council 953 is conducting a children’s coloring contest from the book, “A Knights of Columbus COLORING BOOK.” The contest is open to all children, grandchildren, nieces & nephews of council members ages 3 to 10. The pictures will be judged by those attending the Christmas Potluck. The picture to be colored is attached. Coloring Contest Picture
Prizes of Leatherby’s Ice Cream will be awarded to the best coloring in the following age groups.
•    ages 3 & 4
•    ages 5 & 6
•    ages 7 & 8
•    ages 9 & 10

Grand Knight

Grand Knight’s Message November 2012

The month of October has been very busy for your Knights of Columbus Sacramento Council 953. This month alone you may have seen us:

At loaves and fishes serving over 300 hot meals to the hungry and homeless, you may have seen us at the Newman Center bartending for their Oktoberfest, you may have participated in our own Oktoberfest this past week. You may have found us at our social mixer a couple of weeks ago at the hall, you may have seen us near the campus of Sac State issuing a check for the students for life or you may have driven by us performing a sidewalk witness for 40 days for Life.

As always you can find us visiting our in-firmed brothers, you can join us at our officers meeting every first Thursday of the month and of course at our general business meeting the second Thursday of every month. Last Tuesday we hosted a first degree at our hall, welcoming 9 new Brother Knights.

A couple of Sundays ago you could have found us at St. Mary’s performing our annual Tootsie Roll Drive for those intellectuals with disabilities. Then you would have found us performing the same fund raiser at Sacred Heart Parish a week after that. This coming Sunday you can find us at St. George for traditional annual memorial mass and on November 10th we have our annual shrimp feed.

Your Knights of Columbus is becoming more prominent in our social community. You can find us on twitter, Facebook, via email or even a phone call. We are here and we would love for you to be active with us.

You have become part of something greater, isn’t it time to utilize your membership and join your fellow brothers in action?

GO! And make a difference.

Ricardo Saldana

Grand Knight council 953

Insurance

What Are My Risks of Needing LTC?

About 70 percent of individuals over 65 will require at least some type of long-term care services during their lifetime.  Over 40 percent will need care in a nursing home for some period of time.  Factors that increase your risk of needing long-term care are:

•    Age – The risk generally increases as you get older.
•    Marital Status – Single people are more likely to need care from a paid provider.
•    Gender – Women are at higher risk than men, primarily because they tend to live longer.
•    Lifestyle – Poor Diet and exercise habits can increase your risk.
•    Health and Family History – also impact your risk.

This year, about 9 million Americans over the age of 65 will need long-term care services.  By 2020, that number will increase to 12 million.  While most people who need long-term care are 65 or older, a person can need long-term care services at an age.  Forty (40) percent of people currently receiving long-term care are adults 18 to 64 years old.

If you are not currently a LTC policyholder, I suggest that we schedule some time together so that I can provide additional information on how you can avail yourself of this significant, value added benefit.

To contact me with regards to any of your insurance needs, please call my office at (916) 482-9044 or e-mail
me at stephen.cooper@kofc.org
By Knights … For Knights ….
Stephen Cooper
CA Lics #0H90754

St. John Vianney, Pray for Us.