Council, Events

PGK & Old Timers Dinner & Installation of Officers

On Thursday, June 25, the council will be holding a combined installation of our officers for the upcoming Columbian year and our annual PGK and Old Timers Dinner. This is the event where we honor our outgoing Grand Knight, welcome our incoming GK, and install our new officers. We also honor our Past Grand Knights and those of our long time members who have achieved milestones of service in the Knights of Columbus.

6:00 PM – No host social hour
6:30 PM – Installation of officers
7:00 PM – Dinner

The cost is $10.00 per adult. PGK’s as well as children 12 and under eat for free. Additional information is available on the attached flyer. For reservations, please call Adam Struck at 914-5041 or visit the Council’s web site at https://sacramento.kofc953.org/event/pgk

Council

Officers Nominated by the Committee for the 2015-16 Columbian Year

The committee has nominated the following slate of officers for the 2015-16 Columbian Year. The slate of officers will be read at the May Business Meeting and voted on at the June Business Meeting:

Grand Knight – Lewis Muñoz
Deputy Grand Knight – Bryan McKrell
Chancellor – Adam Struck
Warden – Garrett Thomas
Recorder – John Watling
Inside Guard – Michael Litwin
Outside Guard – Greg Wolfe
Advocate – Matt Lucien
Treasurer – Dale Edwards
3 Year Trustee – George Mills
2 Year Trustee – Fred Struck
1 Year Trustee – Al Piccardo
Financial Secretary – John Sheldon (to be nominated by Supreme)

Nominations may be accepted from the floor at the May Business Meeting, provided the nominee has agreed to serve if elected.

Council, Youth

Scholarships Awarded to Cristo Rey Students

Scholarships Awarded to Cristo Rey Students by Dale Edwards and Adam StruckAs in recent years, Council 953 selected four graduating seniors at Cristo Rey High School to receive our $500 scholarship awards. Brother
Adam Struck accompanied me to make the presentation on May 20th at the school’s new location on Jackson Highway. This year’s awards went to: Oliverio Barragan, Jezabel Galvan, Maria Reyes and Miriam Pintor.

This is one of the best uses of our council dollars that is made possible by our annual dues. Thanks to all our members for being a part of this program.

Dale Edwards
Youth Director

Knight of the Month

Knight of the Month – May 2015

Michael Litwin and Greg Wolfe were named Knights of the Month at the May Business Meeting.Michael Litwin and Greg Wolfe were named Knights of the Month at the May Business Meeting. In the absence of a chair for this year’s annual Irish Night dinner, both of these Brothers stepped in to fill the void, Michael by taking reservations and Greg by coordinating the preparation and serving of dinner. Thanks to their hard work and dedication, this year’s Irish Night was once again a successful and  fun-filled evening for all.

Insurance

We Stand Strong on Ethical Ground

Some people believe that ethics in business is a contradiction in terms. They think that in order to be profitable, a company and its leaders must abandon morality and embrace the dark, greedy side of capitalism. At the Knights of Columbus, we know this business model is incorrect. As a Catholic organization, we understand the value and importance of our core beliefs and the original mission of Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney. In fact, much of the strength and financial security we provide to members and their families can be attributed to our ethical, moral standards.

More than 96 percent of Knights who buy our life insurance keep it, year in and year out. The Order takes this commitment to our members very highly. This means carefully planning when it comes time to invest. Our professional staff researches all transactions to insure that they fall in line with Catholic values. If a transaction makes them uncomfortable, they don’t make it.

“We exclude any company engaged in activity that conflicts with Catholic moral teaching: companies directly involved in abortion, contraception, human cloning, embryonic stem cell research, for-profit health care that pays for any of these, or pornography,” said the Supreme Knight. “There are many companies in the pharmaceutical and communications industries that would undoubtedly provide excellent returns for us, but which are not in our portfolio because they engage in research and development or programming in ways that violate the sanctity or dignity of human life.”

In the end, the Knights of Columbus investment strategy is motivated by morality and not money-making. Yet, each year we remain profitable, increase our assets and stay dedicated to this vision that will keep the Order sound financially for generations to come.

“Faithful Catholics have choices when buying life insurance,” said the Supreme Knight. “But they know that at the Knights of Columbus their policy is supplied by an insurer that shares their moral and ethical values and is guided in all of its investment and sales practices by those values.”

Contact me today to learn more about our products.

Fraternally, Your Brother and Field Agent,
Marco Manrique
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Council, Grand Knight

Grand Knight’s Message, May 2015

Brother Knights,

Pilgrimage! “Pilgrimage” you say? Well it is quite simple. In July, I decided to become a pilgrim; boots, backpack, shell, and hat in hand. As you read these words, I will be in Spain and traveling along the Way of St. James, also known as the Camino or French Way. They say you do not know “why” until after three days of travel. They also say God only starts building you back up until after you complete another four. Yet I do not take this journey alone. Several thousand other pilgrims are along the route, forming a special bond. In addition, I carry in an envelope those intentions entrusted to me, by friends, family, and Brother Knights. This joyful burden is completed when I place them at the foot of the reliquary of Saint James the Greater in Santiago de Compestela. I trust that once my journey is complete, I will be a better Man, a better Catholic, and a better Knight.

Buen Camino,
John Sheldon
Grand Knight, Council 953

St. John Vianney, Pray for Us.