While recruiting, I am confronted with the question “Is the KofC a Secret Society?” The answer is a firm “NO”. Secret Societies of the past did not allow their members to be actively visible to the general public. Their membership roles, charters, and rules were privileged to members only. Almost all activities were limited to members and held in secret.
Does that sound like the Knights of Columbus? NO!

We are a “Benefit Society”! The primary mission of the Knights of Columbus is to “protect widows and orphans”, openly support the Catholic Church and her values, enthusiastically assist our parish priest, and actively evangelize within our families and communities. As members, we are asked to wear our name badges or Colombian Lapel Pin at public events, volunteer as Knights around our parishes and within the community, invest our time and talent to recruit new members from the ranks of Catholic men (ages 18 or older), defend our principles of faith, respect our priest and the religious brothers and sisters, go to meetings, and whenever possible utilize the Insurance Program. No secrets here, though some people treat the Life Insurance Program as a secret to the extent that they avoid a FREE service.

Do you know exactly what kind of Life Insurance you have and how it works? Do you know if it can be “converted”? Will the premiums go up in the future? If the stock market plunges again or inflation “takes off” will your policy keep up with the times? Can your family afford not to have life insurance? Are you taking advantage of the “Riders” you paid for? Do you know the advantages and disadvantages between a Group Policy, a Term Policy, a Whole Life Policy, a Universal Life Policy, a Key Person Policy, a Survivorship Policy; the list goes on and on. When you bought your last policy, did you fully understand the difference between Guaranteed Values and Non-guaranteed Values with respect to the independent rankings by Standard and Poor’s or AM Best?

Let me provide a free pair of eyes to give you a second opinion and explain what you have. That is better than “no eye’dia” or I think…

Fraternally, Your Brother and Field Agent,
Marco Manrique
CA LIC 0I39878, FA16570
(707) 301-1783
marco.manrique@kofc.org