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Father William P. O’Reilley Council #4967
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KC Newsletter
Knights of Columbus
Father William P. O’Reilley Council #4967
North St. Paul, MN
Father William P. O’Reilley Council News
OCTOBER 2011
Volume 3; Issue 26
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GRAND KNIGHTS MESSAGE
Brothers,
It's October and that means that we are about to
embark on the schedule of fund raising, and other,
events for the fiscal year. We begin with Fall
Festival Bingo on Friday evening, October 7th
followed by Fall Booya on the 15th, and finally with
Fall Major Degrees on the 29th. The success of each
one of these events depends on volunteers. This is
not difficult or labor intensive work and we always
have a good time working together. Actually, there is
one other very important event on October 10th. At
6:00 PM that evening, in Fellowship Hall, we will
join with the Council of Catholic Women, to
acknowledge and honor the contributions of four
individuals who have been chosen to accept awards
for their contributions to the betterment of our church
and community. This is a wonderful opportunity to
show your thanks and support for those honorees. It's
a fun evening, open to all parishioners and families
and snacks and refreshments will be offered
following the program. Please join us as we
celebrate the work of those four award recipients!
Also, a reminder that October is "Respect Life"
month. Among the gravest threats to human dignity
are abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia,
reproductive technologies, contraception and
elimination of the unborn with physical or mental
disabilities. Our daily prayers to bring an end to
these threats are too important to ignore. May God
bless each one of you and your family.
Vivat Jesu!
Denny Reber
Grand Knight
THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!
We had a Great year last year with the percentage of
Knights involved in projects. Keep up the good work.
INSURANCE CORNER
Brother Knights and Families,
My career as your KC representative gives me the opportunity
to visit with many people from all walks of life. I always ask if
they currently work with a financial planner. When they say
“yes,” I like to ask a follow up question: “Has your planner
ever told you when it's a “good” time to sell your stocks?” Only
occasionally do I hear an affirmative to that question. They are
typically told one of the following when the markets are going
down:
1. Don't get out now! The market always comes back.
2. Let it ride! (Hmmm.... isn't this a gambling term?)
3. Now is the time to buy more!
Now, I'm not against owning stocks, but I do remember when it
was a rich man's game, that is until the advent of the 401k.
People used to be able to count on the guaranteed income that
pensions provide. You can bring this stability back to your
portfolio by investing in a Knights of Columbus guaranteed
annuity. In fact, if you had placed $100,000 into a KC annuity
on January 1, 2000, it would have grown in value by December
30, 2010, to at least $150,000 (plus bonus interest!). By
comparison, the S&P 500 would have provided you only
$104,000 during the same period. A Knights of Columbus
flexible premium annuity is guaranteed never to lose money
and is currently guaranteed to earn at least 3% return
annually! Maybe it's time to think about that KC annuity! Call
me!
God bless,
Dale Robinson, FIC
Certified Senior Advisor
Knights of Columbus Field Agent
651-757-4400 (office)
dale.robinson@kofclife.com
PROUD TO BE A KofC
NEWSLETTER UPDATE
It is always great to see Brother Knights working at
events and doing good things for the community.
In the supreme Knights report for the fraternal
year 2010-2011 the orders charitable
contributions at all levels reached $154.6 Million.
Knights have also during that same time period
contributed 70 Million Hours of Volunteer
Service.
WEBSITE UPDATE
As many of you have noticed that our website has had
technical difficulties for the updates. Zack will be working
to get everything updated so please continue sending
updated information to zack@jm-innovations.com.
Thanks!
We continue to collect and update the email address list.
We now have over half of the council on our list. We will
continue to try to improve the reliability and readability of
the newsletter. If you have suggestions for improvement or
if we are not delivering your newsletter electronically we
may have an incorrect address so send an email to John
Lawless @ maryjon.lawless@comcast.net.
Each month’s updated newsletter are available on the
Council
website,
as
well
as
past
issues.
www.kofc4967.com
FIRST DEGREE TEAM
The council First Degree Team is up and
functioning.
If you are interested in being involved call Ben
Rauen at 651-777-9176
COUNCIL 4967 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
CHAPLAIN
GRAND KNIGHT
DPY GRD KNIGHT
CHANCELLOR
RECORDER
ADVOCATE
INSIDE GUARD
OUTSIDE GUARD
FR. STAN MASLOWSKI
DENNIS REBER
TERRY THELEN
ERICH HASTREITER
JOE MORRISETTE
JIM HURT
MARK MAURER
TOM TURCOTTE
789-3163
777-2383
714-9135
748-0647
770-5203
777-5829
777-2617
777-4198
TRUSTEE YR 3
TRUSTEE YR 2
TRUSTEE YR 1
WARDEN
FINANCIAL SEC
TREASURER
INSURANCE AGENT
DISTRICT DEPUTY
MARK SLAIKEU
FRANK SCHULTZ
KEN JONES
BEN RAUEN
John LAWLESS
MIKE STAHLMANN
DALE ROBINSON
DENNIS BECHEL
777-5187
770-0749
481-3237
777-9176
779-0917
770-9148
757-4400
429-6665
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS:
All events are held at St. Peter’s Catholic Church or School unless noted otherwise.
To volunteer for an event, call Program Director Al Worm at 651-777-0910 or via email at
wt12@msn.com
DATE
EVENT
Oct. 7, 2011
Oct. 10, 2011
Oct. 16, 2011
Oct. 29, 2011
Nov. 5, 2011
Nov.19, 2011
Fall Festival Bingo
Columbus Awards
Fall Booya
Fall Degrees
Mass for the Deceased
Turkey Bingo
CHAIR
Mark Slaikeu
Ken Jones
Paul Otte/Scott Franzmeier
Denny Reber/John Lawless
Erick Hastreiter
Denny Reber
Remember that all council members are encouraged to attend the council meetings and stay for
refreshments and fellowship after the meeting!
UPCOMING FULL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS:
Monday, Oct.
Monday, Nov.
Monday, Dec.
17, 2011 in Fellowship Hall; Rosary at 6:45 pm Meeting at 7:00 pm
21, 2011 in Fellowship Hall; Rosary at 6:45 pm Meeting at 7:00 pm
19, 2011 in Fellowship Hall; Rosary at 6:45 pm Meeting at 7:00 pm
UPCOMING OFFICERS & DIRECTORS MEETINGS:
Monday, Oct.
Monday, Nov
Monday, Dec.
3, 2011 in Conference Room C, Meeting at 7:00 pm.
14, 2011 in Conference Room C, Meeting at 7:00 pm
5, 2011 in Conference Room C; Meeting at 7:00 pm