Pro-Life

Culture Of Life Report January 2012

Culture Of Life Report

Care Package for BGMH – thank you!
Thanks to the many of you who made donations to our annual care package for the Bishop Gallegos Maternity Home (BGMH). Also, big thanks to PGK Dale Edwards for making the care package delivery. Please know that there are many women and their babies who benefit from these donations.

Sat Jan 21 – Walk for Life – West Coast in San Francisco

Walk start point: Civic Center Plaza (Polk Street across from S.F. City Hall)

Info Fair: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Rally: 12:30 to 1:30 pm

Walk: 1:30 pm – will be walking on Market Street to Justin Herman Plaza

BUSES TO THE WALK: Contact dvdcoit(at)yahoo(dot)com, or by phone 916-784-0765.

TAKING BART: There are BART stations near the beginning and end of the walk. Please visit the Walk for Life West Coast web site, click on “Event” and then click on “Route Map” to see location of BART stations.
To find other BART stations and schedules, visit bart (dot) gov.

WANT TO VOLUNTEER AT THE EVENT?
The Knights of Columbus does help with the event. If you want to volunteer to work at the event, please visit the web site for more information.

MORE INFO: www(dot)walkforlifewc(dot)com

#953 KNIGHTS MEET-UP: Please let me know if you are planning to attend the Walk and we will arrange to meet up at the event so that we can walk together as a group.

If you are unable to attend the Walk, please pray with us and/or follow the events of the Walk on EWTN television or on Immaculate Heart Radio (AM 1620 or online).

40 Days for Life – Feb. 22 – Apr. 1
Please join us in the Spring 40 Days for Life prayer vigil. Location of the vigil site will be announced in the next Knight Letter.
It is edifying to me as Culture of Life Director to see many of you Brother Knights that participate in each of these vigils. It is not easy, popular or cool to acknowledge publicly that we stand on the side of life. In fact, when many of us do stand up publicly for life, it is typical for us to be vilified by family, friends and strangers alike.
So, I ask you to pray and ask God for guidance on how you can participate in this Spring’s vigil. But most of all, as Christ himself said and Blessed John Paul II echoed, “Do not be afraid!”
To learn more visit: 40daysforlife(dot)com and 40daysforlife(dot)com/sacramento

”…You shall not murder a child by abortion nor kill that which is born.” From The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles (Didache) – The Lord’s Teaching Through The Twelve Apostles to the Nations, Chapter 2. The Second Commandment: Grave Sin Forbidden, circa 100 A.D.

Read our blog on the Culture of Life: kofc953sacramentoprolife(dot)blogspot(dot)com

Dominic Ielati Culture of Life Director

Insurance

HAPPY NEW YEAR Brother Knights – 2012!

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS INSURANCE
“YOUR SHIELD FOR LIFE”
HAPPY NEW YEAR Brother Knights – 2012!
Happy New Year to all my Brothers! As Catholics, our new year begins at Advent. We have our own special start then. As citizens we celebrate the annual festivities of a new calendar year. I want to wish you all the safest of new years and to remind all my Brothers that the safest way to start the New Year is to protect all we own. Our loved ones cling on to our support and love, and when we leave they lose them both. We can show them as a Catholic Gentleman, the responsibility we have by leaving them with Catholic Protection. And I might add the finest of Catholic protection. This will enable them to weather the storms of survival through your love and your intelligent management of your assets.
♦Our annuities can be obtained in 2012 for tax obligations of 2011, but you must act quickly. This is a time sensitive decision.
♦Our Long Term Care is budget friendly and you can modify the plan to create your own affordable premium.
♦Of course, the finest of Life Insurance is available and this is the time to look at the safety of a plan from your Brotherhood.
Wishing you and yours a responsible start to the New Year leaves me open to your availability. I am here for you my Brothers and you only.
Please call me for a quick review and some tax saving advice for 2012.
May the Good Lord be with you this new season.
To contact me with regards to any of your insurance needs, please call my office at (916) 691-4571 or e-mail me at hank.cornell@kofc.org.
By Knights ….
For Knights …..
Hank Cornell, FIC

Council, Grand Knight

Grand Knight’s Message December 2011

To My Brother Knights & Their Families,

So much to address in this month’s message. I trust everyone is preparing for the coming of our Lord & Savior. Opening our hearts to God’s message enables us to better perform His plan for us and others. Don’t forget the “keep Christ in Christmas” campaign sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. Please visit our website for additional information.

A special thank you to all who attended our November main meeting. We had over 37 Knights participate in our very first (to my knowledge) “Veterans thank you dinner.” This great turn out was indeed a sign of support & thanks to those who served our great country.

This month also marks our first ever “e-waste drive” on December 17th. Please bring your old tv’s, computers, lap tops, fax machines, printers etc… to the hall between 9am -1pm. Also don’t forget that Friday December 9th is our Christmas pot luck, please join us if you are able.

Please remember those who are in need especially at this time of the year. Keeping this in mind the officers of our Council at the December Officers Meeting decided to donate $200.00 to Loaves & Fishes as the council has done in past years.

Next month message will complete the fourth principle of patriotism. Thank you all for a great first half of the Columbian year. It is my sincere hope that we take this momentum into the new year.

Thank you, may God bless us all & keep us close to His heart.

“St. John Vianney, Pray for Us.”
Ricardo Saldana
Grand Knight, Council 953

Council

Council 953’s Christmas Potluck

The Council’s Christmas Potluck will be on Friday, Dec. 9, 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

Community, Council

Tootsee Roll Drive at Sacred Heart Parish

Council 953 was able to hold a tootsee roll drive to benefit local ID guests at the Sunday Masses at Sacred Heart Church in Sacramento.  Through the efforts of the volunteers, we collected $330.00.  By combining this collection with the funds collected at St. Mary’s Church allowed the Council to exceed its goal of $1,000 for this program.  The 953 Knights participating were Fran Mugartegui, Zac Rivera and young Bill James along with chair Dick Cutting PSD.  The event was assisted by volunteer Chuck Parsons from a neighboring Council; Don Baumgartner a parishioner and Dick’s two grandchildren Annie and Steve.  We thank them all for their generous help.

Dick Cutting PSD

Insurance

Are You Ready For Your Insurance Check-up for 2012? The Holidays Are Fast Approaching!!

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS INSURANCE “Your Shield For Life”.

Are You Ready For Your Insurance Check-up for 2012? The Holidays Are Fast Approaching!!

Now that the holidays are fast approaching! Can you believe it will soon be 2012? I hope that 2011 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 2012. 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 LTC or any of your insurance needs, please call my office at (916) 691-4571 or e-mail me at hank.cornell@kofc.org

By Knights … For Knights ….
Hank Cornell, FIC
Ca Lics #0G05138

St. John Vianney, Pray for Us.