Our Council Welcomes Two New Members

During our First Degree Ceremony in April the council inducted two new members into our honored order. We wish to welcome Travis Mendez and John Hiatt into our ranks. Please introduce yourself to them if you have not already done so and make them feel at home.

We have one more degree to conduct for the 2011-2012 fraternal year. That one will be before our June regular meeting. As you may have read or heard the council is going to vote on changing our meeting time from 8:00 PM to 7:00 PM. This change will not affect the timing of our First Degree exemplifications. We will still start our First Degree ceremonies at 7:00 PM but then the council meeting will take place immediately thereafter beginning with the roll call of officers.

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 what we offer with our Shield for Life.

We guarantee the cash value in your whole life policies will be there.

We guarantee the rates on your term insurance.

We guarantee our retirement products will provide a stream of income when you need it.

On top of those product guarantees, I guarantee that I will offer professional, high-quality service that you would expect from our organization.

And you don't have to take my word for it. Standard & Poor's and AM Best, two outside ratings companies, continue to give the Order their highest marks for strength and security. Standard & Poor's states that its "AAA" rating is based upon the following strengths: extremely strong capital, very strong competitive position, extremely strong liquidity and historically strong profitability. We've earned this rating for 18 consecutive years!

I would suggest that a principal reason that we were able to achieve those accolades is because we remain steadfastly committed to the vision of Father Michael J. McGivney by providing life insurance by brother Knights for brother Knights.

That commitment is an essential core value of the Knights of Columbus, and our core values permeate all levels of our organization. These principles for marketing are summed up by our Golden Rule: "In all my professional relationships, I pledge myself to the following rule of conduct: I shall, in light of all conditions surrounding those I serve, render that service which, under the same circumstances, I would apply to myself."

Give me a call today to discuss how our products can bring that peace of mind to you and your family.

Our council has many senior members.

One of the recognitions of long service to our organization is special membership status.

Members 65 years of age or older, with 25 years of consecutive service, are recognized with Honorary Membership. Their dues of $10 are charged by the council to cover Supreme and state assessments and levies.

Members 70 years of age or older, with 25 years of consecutive service, or members with 50 years of consecutive service and priests and religious brothers who have taken their final or perpetual vows, are recognized with Honorary Life Membership.No dues are charged to these members. They receive a permanent plastic membership card from Supreme.

Recent members of our council achieving Honorary Life status include Richard Chamberlin, Virgil Branson, Frank Rossi, Larry VanDee

Congratulations gentlemen.