Knights of Columbus Co-Sponsors Vatican Conference in Mexico City on New Evangelization in America

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1 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS DECEMBER 2013 Volume 30 Number 11 IN SERVICE TO ONE. IN SERVICE TO ALL. News for Knigts of Columbus Leaders 1 Columbus Plaza, New Haven, CT , USA Knigts of Columbus Co-Sponsors Vatican Conference in Mexico City on New Evangelization in America Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, arcbisop of Mexico City, celebrated Mass for te congress attendees and invited guests at te Srine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Te pilgrimage and meeting titled Our Lady of Guadalupe, Star of te New Evangelization on te American Continent, eld Nov. 16- Fraternal Survey: 19 in Mexico City, ad undreds of attendees from around te emispere Tells Our Story of Service Best including more tan 70 bisops and several cardinals from Canada, te C United States, Mexico and Central and Sout America. ouncils, assemblies and circles must complete te 2013 Annual Te event began wit a procession of flags of nations from trougout Survey of Fraternal Activity (#1728) and submit it to te Supreme te continent and te world, and te entronement of te image of Our Council office by Jan. 31, Tis form can be filed electronically by Lady of Guadalupe in te Marian Plaza Congress Hall, presided over by going to kofc.org/forms, or you can mail in te ard copy from te Cardinal Marc Ouellet, president of te Pontifical Commission for Latin Council Reports Forms Booklet (#1436). America. After words of welcome by Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, arcbisop of Mexico City, and Msgr. Enrique Glennie, te rector of te Grand Knigt Cecklist December Guadalupe Basilica, Cardinal Ouellet introduced te conference. Remember tese upcoming dates: Arcbisop Cristope Pierre, papal nuncio to Mexico, ten greeted te - January 1 Council Per Capita and Catolic Advertising attendees and introduced a video greeting from Pope Francis. Assessments levied by te Supreme Council based on total In is greeting, Pope Francis called on te laity and clergy to fulfill membersip minus onorary, onorary life, and disability teir important roles witin te Catolic Curc. He called on Catolics members. to go to te periperies, and e warned against te dangers of clericalism - January 1 Culture of Life fund assessment levied by te and self-referentialism witin te Curc. Supreme Council based on total membersip minus onorary, onorary life, and disability members. Arcbisop Orani João Tempesta of Rio de Janeiro ten spoke, - January 31 Survey of Fraternal Activity (#1728) due. followed by Arcbisop Carles Caput, OFM, Cap., of Piladelpia. - January 30 Partnersip Profile Report wit Special Olympics Arcbisop Caput discussed te responsibilities and callenges facing te (#4583), Free Trow Campionsip Participation Form (FT-1) New Evangelization in America, igligting tree problems: drugs, and Substance Abuse Awarness Poster Contest Participation Form poverty (temporal and moral) and ourselves. (#4001) all due. Arcbisop Caput noted tat moral poverty is like a parasite of te Review ow your council will participate in te annual Coats for Kids soul. It leaves us constantly eating but constantly ungry for someting and Food for Families initiatives. more all te wile starving te spirit tat makes us truly uman. Begin collecting your council s data for te Annual Survey of Fraternal He encouraged is broter bisops to take up te enormous work of Activity (#1728) due after te start of te new year. Make sure your council is on te pat to earning te Star Council see New Evangelization, Page 2 Award.

2 Pope Francis Documentary Now Available on DVD Francis: Te Pope from te New World is now available on DVD troug Amazon.com. Te production features interviews wit Pope Francis friends and associates in Argentina, as well as wit American commentators suc as Supreme Knigt Carl Anderson and members of te Curc ierarcy, including Cardinal Timoty Dolan, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Arcbisop Carles Caput and Arcbisop Jose Gomez. Te world as been fascinated by our new Holy Fater, but many people still do not fully know te man wo is now our pope. Tis film introduces viewers to Jorge Mario Bergoglio te man wo became Pope Francis and is life story, from is cildood and te patronage of is local soccer team to is vocation and time as a priest, bisop and ten cardinal arcbisop of Buenos Aires. For more information on te film, visit PopeFrancisDocumentary.com. New Evangelization, from Page 1 te New Evangelization, wile being self-critical and examining teir work onestly. Msgr. Eduardo Cavez, postulator of te cause, also spoke Saturday, explaining in detail te istorical circumstances and meaning of te apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe and discussing er role as star of te first and new evangelization in America. Te day concluded wit te recitation of te Rosary of Guadalupan Love wile in procession to te top of Tepeyac Hill, followed by a Mass in te Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe at wic Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera served as main celebrant and omilist. Sunday morning, Supreme Knigt Carl Anderson addressed te congress on te communion and collaboration between te curces of te entire continent in view of te New Evangelization. He noted tat Cristianity is increasingly sifting to te Soutern Hemispere and tat as it does so, te American model of evangelization, based on Our Lady of Guadalupe, will be increasingly important, bot on tis continent and beyond. Te Supreme Knigt pointed out tat tis process is already underway wit te vision of America presented by Pope Jon Paul II, and is now evident in te election and witness of Pope Francis. He added tat evangelization by and troug te domestic Curc must also be part of our analysis of te New Evangelization. Te conference concluded wit reports from various groups tat met Supreme Knigt Addresses Mexican Bisops Conference Supreme Knigt Carl Anderson addressed te Mexican Bisops Conference in Mexico City on Tursday, Nov. 14. He spoke of te istory of te Knigts of Columbus in Mexico, te Order's plans to furter develop in Mexico in solidarity wit te bisops, and te importance of te New Evangelization being pioneered troug solidarity between te Curces in America. Citing Blessed Jon Paul II's apostolic exortation Ecclesia in America, te Supreme Knigt spoke of te need for solidarity witin te American emispere, particularly between Mexico and te United States. to discuss te missionary role of te Curc in America and panel discussions wit significant Curc leaders, including leaders of bisops conferences from Nort and Sout America. Te istoric pilgrimage and meeting ended wit Holy Mass celebrated by Cardinal Ouellet, prefect of te Congregation for Bisops. Supreme Knigt Carl Anderson addressed te congress wit a presentation titled Te Communion and Collaboration Between te Curces of te Entire Continent in View of te New Evangelization. MEMBERSHIP IN THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS is open to men 18 years of age or older wo are practical (tat is, practicing) Catolics in union wit te Holy See. Tis means tat an applicant or member accepts te teacing autority of te Catolic Curc on matters of fait and morals, aspires to live in accord wit te precepts of te Catolic Curc, and is in good standing in te Catolic Curc. 2 2

3 Knigts of Columbus Donates $250,000 to Assist in Pilippine Relief K of C Carities accepting donations to assist te relief efforts In te aftermat of Typoon Haiyan one of te strongest typoons in istory wic devastated te Pilippines, te Knigts of Columbus donated $250,000 to assist in relief efforts in tat country. As we work to assist tose wo ave suffered so muc in te Pilippines, tey will also remain in our prayers, said Supreme Knigt Carl Anderson. Te Knigts of Columbus as a long tradition of caritable service in te Pilippines, and our efforts tere on bealf of tose affected will continue in tat spirit. Locally and internationally, we are committed to elping te people of te Pilippines rebuild teir lives. Tose seeking to assist wit te relief efforts can donate to te Knigts of Columbus Carities Pilippine Disaster Relief Fund at ttp://kofc.org/un/en/carities/articles/disasterrelief.tml. Donations are tax deductible to te extent allowed by law. Knigts of Columbus Carities, Inc., is recognized by te Internal Revenue Service as a caritable organization under section 501(c)3 of te Internal Revenue Code, and 100 percent of all donations collected by Knigts of Columbus Carities, Inc., will be used for disaster relief in te Pilippines. Monument Honoring Past Supreme Knigt Luke E. Hart Rededicated Te Order onored te late Luke E. Hart, a past supreme knigt, in a rededication ceremony of is monument in St. Louis, Mo., earlier tis fall. Te monument was recently restored, and a number of titles tat Hart earned during is lifetime were added. Auxiliary Bisop Edward M. Rice of St. Louis presided at te service, wic included a brief address by Past Supreme Knigt Virgil Decant. An onor guard of more tan 60 Fourt Degree Knigts was also present. Hart served on te K of C Board of Directors from 1918 until is deat in Under is leadersip, te Knigts lobbied te U.S. Congress to add te words Under God to te Pledge of Allegiance. In Fait and Fraternalism, a istory of te Order, Dr. Cristoper Kauffman wrote of Hart: He was te most torougly prepared man ever to old te igest office in te Order.... He ad a masterly command of every facet of te Order. Order s Leaders Meet in Québec Te leadersip of te Knigts of Columbus convened in Québec City, Nov. 6-10, for teir semiannual Midyear Meeting to plan caritable, spiritual and recruitment activities in te coming monts. Te meeting gatered te Order s supreme officers, board of directors and te 70 state deputies wo lead te organization in Canada, te United States, Mexico, te Pilippines and Poland. Also participating in te meeting were te priests wo serve as state caplains from tose jurisdictions, as well as five bisops (Arcbisop William E. Lori of Baltimore, te Order s supreme caplain; Bisop Frederick J. Colli of Tunder Bay; Bisop Ronald P. Herzog of Alexandria; Bisop Bryan J. Bayda, C.SS.R. of Saskatoon (Ukrainian); and Bisop Noël Simard of Valleyfield). Québec City was cosen for te site of tis meeting in response to te invitation extended by Québec Arcbisop Gérald Cyprien Lacroix at te Knigts 130t Supreme Convention in Anaeim, in Te Knigts were welcomed to te Catedral-Basilica of Notre- Dame de Québec on Tursday, Nov. 7, for a solemn Mass celebrated by Québec Arcbisop Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, a strong supporter and member of te Knigts. At te conclusion of te Mass, Arcbisop Lacroix, Supreme Knigt Carl Anderson and Supreme Caplain Arcbisop William E. Lori of Baltimore paused at te tomb see Québec, Page 4 3

4 4 Québec, from Page 3 of Blessed François de Laval to pray for te Curc in Québec and across Canada, for te Knigts of Columbus, and tat te 350t anniversary year of te foundation of Notre-Dame de Québec will be an occasion of grace, renewal and growt. After Mass, dinner was eld at Québec s istoric Frontenac Hotel. Tere, in is keynote remarks, Supreme Knigt Carl Anderson pointed to te eroic vision, determination and oliness of Blessed François de Laval as an example for Knigts. He also in recognition of te Order s support for its creation. In addition, on Aug. 6, at te Knigts 131st Supreme Convention in San Antonio, te Order s new international Marian Prayer Program was inaugurated. Te program features te painting of te Immaculate Conception tat angs above te main altar in te Catedral-Basilica Notre- Dame de Québec, painted in 1925 by Sister Mary of te Eucarist, a Sister of Carity of Québec, to replace te 18t-century painting Most Reverend Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, arcbisop of Québec and primate of destroyed during a fire at te catedral in Troug tis program, framed reproductions of tis painting, eac blessed by Pope Francis, will travel between te Order s more tan 14,000 local councils around te world for te purpose of organizing rosary-based prayer services for Knigts, teir families and oter Catolics. Te current prayer program onoring te Immaculate Conception is te 16t program organized by te Knigts of Columbus to use a sacred image as its centerpiece. Te first suc program was eld in 1979 wit images of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of te Americas. Over te years, te Blessed Moter as also been onored by er Knigts under er various titles, including: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Our Lady of Czestocowa, Our Lady of Pocaiv, Our Lady of te Assumption, Our Lady of te New Advent, Our Lady of te Rosary, Our Lady of Carity and Our Lady of Guadalupe. Tese Orderwide prayer programs ave brougt togeter more tan 16 million people at some 140,000 prayer services conducted at local councils and parises. noted tat te Knigts founder, Canada, was te main celebrant for te Mass. te Venerable Servant of God Fater Micael J. McGivney, studied for te priestood for two years at te Seminary of Saint-Hyacinte in Montreal, Québec. During te meeting, te Supreme Knigt announced tat te Supreme Council autorized an immediate grant of $250,000 for relief efforts in te Pilippines in te wake of devastating Typoon Haiyan, wic impacted te country during te Midyear Meeting. Te Knigts as more tan 250,000 members in te Pilippines. Besides tis pilgrimage of te Order s leaders to Notre-Dame de Québec, te Knigts of Columbus as been involved in te 350t anniversary jubilee celebration in two oter significant ways. Te Knigts of Columbus Supreme Council, te Québec State Council and te Canadian Association of te 10 Canadian State Councils teamed up to donate $500,000 to underwrite te creation of te Holy Door tat will be installed in a side capel of te Catedral- Basilica te first Vatican-sanctioned Holy Door in Nort America. Te massive bronze door bears te emblem of te Knigts of Columbus As te year draws to a close, as your council ad an opportunity to participate in a Special Olympics event? According to te Special Olympics website, te organization olds 50,000 competitions a year, or an average of 136 eac day, bringing togeter atletes, coaces, volunteers and support from local communities. Tere will likely be an upcoming Special Olympics event in your community were council members can get involved, engage wit families and friends, and experience te rewarding feeling of satisfaction tat comes wit volunteering at a Special Olympics event. If your council is not already involved in Special Olympics, find out ow it can be by contacting your State Special Olympics Cairman or visiting Te Supreme Council is offering an incentive for councils to support Special Olympics local Special Olympics organizations. If a council meets te minimum requirements for monies raised and volunteered ours, it will fulfill all four of te Council Activity requirements for te Columbian Award. Te council must provide at least 200 volunteer ours in support of state/local Special Olympics activities and raise alone or in cooperation wit paris or community fundraising activities a minimum of $2,000. Te Knigts of Columbus as always ad a close relationsip wit Special Olympics, and we are proud of our tradition of support. Please remember to visit and submit your council s Partnersip Profile Report wit Special Olympics Form (#4584).

5 Protect Your Family Wit Knigts of Columbus Insurance Work Wit Your Knigts of Columbus Insurance Agent Te Knigts of Columbus insurance program is operated for members and teir families, and relies on council-agent teamwork for its success wile providing te financial strengt for all te Order s good works. We often refer to insurance as your greatest fraternal benefit. It can also be a compelling reason for a man to join te Knigts of Columbus. Many men even tose wo don t ave a great deal of time can find it attractive to be able to protect teir family wit top quality life As part of te Order s continued effort to provide te best service to our members and teir families, Knigts of Columbus Insurance now offers two accelerated deat benefit policy riders: Cronic Illness Accelerated Deat Benefit (CI-ADB) and Terminal Illness Accelerated Deat Benefit (TI-ADB). Tese new life riders provide additional living benefits on our permanent life insurance plans. Tese riders are designed to allow an insured to ave access to deat benefit money wen certain conditions are met before deat. Best of all, tere are no premiums carged for tese riders. Tese riders are available on most fully-underwritten, single-life permanent policies. A policy can be issued wit bot of tese riders; owever, te policy owner can only make a claim under one. Te Cronic Illness Accelerated Deat Benefit Rider can be claimed if te insurance (including disability income, long-term care and retirement annuities) wic elps to support te many good works of te Order. Your council needs to work as closely as possible wit its field agent. Start by appointing an insurance promotion cairman if possible, te field agent to ensure a smoot council-agent relationsip. New officers need to get to know teir field agent as well as teir general agent. Call on im to be a part of your recruitment team or to elp train recruiters. Remember, e is a professionally trained salesman work wit im. Introducing Two New Policy Riders By Martin Leal, DD 168 As a teacer of Texas istory, I always tell my students ow big and vast te state of Texas is. As a district deputy I always tell new and old members alike ow our insurance program is second to none and tat tey sould spend an our or two wit one of our field agents. As a fater of two sons wo are Knigts I am very proud to be a member of te Knigts of Columbus, and my wife as enjoyed er time wit te Knigts and te wives of my broter Knigts, Se is very proud of er tree Knigts, but is extremely proud of er youngest, Lazaro. He as earned is way into one of te top Catolic universities in Texas, currently a junior at Our Lady of te Lake in San Antonio. Now, many of you may be asking yourselves, Wat is tis broter rambling on about? On Nov. 29, I was in my class teacing wen I received a text message from my son, informing me tat e ad been sick te nigt before and taken to te ospital. I figured e was already out, as e did not elaborate furter. I called im, and e informed me e was still in te ospital. I made arrangements to take time off to go see im. An our later, e sent me anoter text tat indicated e was going to require surgery. I called im and tere was no answer; te numbers I ad for im and is friends were not getting troug. We live in Brownsville, and e was in San Antonio a five-our drive. My wife, like most moters would, became very worried, and te lack of communication made it insured is cronically ill and permanently resides in a nursing ome. Te Terminal Illness Accelerated Deat Benefit Rider can be claimed wen te insured is certified as terminally ill (wit a life expectancy of 12 monts or less). Tese new riders add to te list of many value-added options available on Knigts of Columbus permanent plans. Do you know about our Guaranteed Purcase Option (GPO) Rider, wic allows for te purcase of more insurance witout proof of insurability? How about our Spousal Waiver of Premium Rider? Te best way to learn about all te riders, options and plans offered by te Order is to contact your local field agent or general agent. He can elp find protection tat suits your family's needs. Wat Are Our Insurance Agents About? worse. Se was on te verge of a nervous fit and to tell te trut, so was I, but I was not letting on. I was not looking forward to a long trip wit a very worried mom, and I felt te vastness of Texas itting me at once. I suggested tat se go on Facebook and ask for prayers for our son, as tis would get muc-needed prayers coming our way and give er someting to do as we raced to San Antonio. We started getting prayers and pone calls. One call in particular would cange te world for my wife and I a call from Cyndi Hernandez, te wife of our general agent, Josep Hernandez. Se was calling to see ow se could elp. Josep must ave eard er and asked wat was going on; wen e got te story, e jumped into action. He made a call, and witin a few minutes e ad contacted Field Agent Micael Henriquez in San Antonio. Micael was 10 minutes away from te ospital, and witin 20 minutes e was calling us wit reports on te condition of our son. Micael s call brougt a sense of peace to my wife. He spent a few ours wit Lazaro and kept us posted wile we got to San Antonio. Te trip to San Antonio was still tense but a wole lot easier. Josep and Micael exemplify wat te Order is about. Wit agents suc as tese, I know my family will be taken care of wen my time comes to go to my final resting place. In times of need, te Order is tere, and our agents are on te frontline wit us. 5

6 During te first few monts of 2014, Knigts in te United States, Canada and te Pilippines will ave te opportunity to stand up in defense of life at marces and Walk for Life events. In te United States, te annual Marc for Life will be eld in Wasington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 22, to call for overturning te U.S. Supreme Court s infamous Roe v. Wade decision tat legalized abortion trougout all nine monts of pregnancy. Visit marcforlife.org for more information. Every council is encouraged to organize a bus, subsidize marcers, or provide a free bus for Knigts and oters wising to participate in te Marc for Life in Wasington, D.C.; te Walk for Life West Coast, in San Francisco; or some oter pro-life marc, walk, conference or rally nearer to ome. To assist you in building a culture of life, te Supreme Council offers a variety of materials free of carge, except for sipping, if ordered in reasonable quantities. See te Supply Catalog (#1264) for a complete listing or visit ttp:// Order Knigts of Columbus Defend Life signs (13 x 20 ) (#9341 in Englis, Frenc or Spanis) for your event by calling or send an to william.obrien@kofc.org wit your name, address, telepone number and te exact number of signs you wis to order. Te Supreme Council will count a qualifying Marc or Walk for Life event as fulfilling all four of te Culture of Life activities requirements for te Columbian Award. In order to qualify, councils must involve a minimum of 100 Knigts/family members/parisioners/students in a local, regional or national Marc for Life event and ten submit a Featured Programs Report Form wit te Marc for Life section completed. Service Programs Plan Now to Support te 2014 Marc for Life 6 In onor of St. Francis of Assisi and to sow solidarity wit Pope Francis call for service to te poor, te Supreme Council encouraged Knigts to conduct caritable activities from Oct. 4 (te feast day of St. Francis) to Oct. 12. Te following are some of te many initiatives taken on by Knigts across te globe during our Orderwide Outreac Week. True to te inspiration given by St. Francis of Assisi and Pope Francis, Council 8262 (Luzon) as continued its tradition of osting te Food for Families program. Assisted by local government workers, malnourised families were served meals and taugt ow to eat nutritiously and economically. Orderwide Outreac Week Delaware Council 1056 (Oio) took it upon temselves to literally ease te weigt of a single moter s struggles by elping er family relocate to an apartment. Knigts provided a trailer and pickup truck, lifted and reassembled furniture, worked on repairing te woman s car, and joined te family for a group prayer in teir new ome. Te moter, a recent convert to Catolicism, said tat te service of te Knigts reaffirmed er belief tat God loved er. Fater Sine Council 1966 (Neb.) elped a woman wit disabilities by replacing er ome s roof. All materials were donated or paid for by te council, and over 50 ours of labor were contributed to te effort. In total, te woman was saved tousands of dollars. More tan 50 omeless people didn t ave to go to bed ungry tanks to te combined efforts of La Purisima Council 3570 (Lompoc, Calif.) and teir family members, as well as local lay organizations. Tey served a earty meal of salad, Mexican meatball soup, grilled quesadillas and various cakes. Afterward, all guests were also provided wit a brown-bag lunc for te following day. St. Ann Council of Raynam, Mass., worked wit leaders of see Orderwide Outreac Week, Page 7

7 Orderwide Outreac Week, from Page 6 teir paris and community to old a winter coat/cloting drive at teir paris. Teir collaborative effort was a uge success, collecting over 75 quality coats, as well as oter cloting and accessories, for kids and adults. Te visibility of te Knigts working wit Vincentian broters and sisters was evident and produced four new membersip applications into te council. LTC Timoty J. Maude Council of Rein Main, Germany, donated six large bags of canned foods and oter products to a women s selter. Tey ave made donations and assisted in feeding te poor since 2006 a tradition tat tey intend to continue as tey contribute to additional local food selters. Acts of carity can touc te lives of tose bot near and far, as Service Programs (cont.) Sort Takes demonstrated by te Spanis Jesuit Martyrs of Virginia Council in Quinton. Working wit Troug te Hands Across te SEAS (St. Elizabet Ann Seton Paris) and Cigars for Warriors, 135 care packages wit cards and letters, in addition to 40 cigars, are being sent to troops serving in Afganistan. Locally, 40 books were collected for incarcerated veterans in a local correctional center, and 75 pounds of food was donated to te Poor Clare Sisters in West Point, Va. Wen Holy Trinity Paris of Des Moines, Iowa, decided to old a walkaton to generate funds to purcase new tecnology for its associated scool, tey called upon te Knigts of Fater Francis Ostdiek Council to elp feed 700 ungry walkers. Te council stepped up wit te needed funds and manpower to make tis dinner a welcome reward and managed to raise $35,221 tat will go toward purcasing new tecnology for te classrooms. Membersip Recruitment Start Your Year Out by Recruiting Former Members Former Knigts are men wo are familiar wit te ideals of Columbianism. Tey left te Order at one time but represent a pool of prospects tat councils sould not overlook in striving for membersip growt. Appoint a special Welcome Back Broter committee specifically to recruit former members. Past grand knigts familiar wit circumstances of earlier departures are especially suited. Obtain a list of Former Members (tose wo took witdrawals/suspensions) and Inactive Insurance Members (tose wo took witdrawals/suspensions but maintain K of C insurance policies) from te Department of Fraternal Services by calling or Ceck wit your financial secretary for additional names and most recent addresses. Review te list to determine former members known to be residing in te area wo are eligible for membersip. Prepare information for a presentation for former members, igligting canges, new programs/activities/benefits and recent council acievements. Order recruitment materials from te Supply Department. Prepare Knigts of Columbus Free Trow Campionsip to Include 9 Year Olds Te Knigts of Columbus Free Trow Campionsip as been providing a safe, positive environment for kids of all faits for more tan 40 years. Te program is expanding 9-year-old boys and girls are now eligible to compete. Te contest is easy to conduct, requiring just a couple of broter Knigts, access to a oop, and some minor paperwork. Item #FT KIT is available online (only wit Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser Crome and Firefox are not compatible at tis time) at It as materials for 75 participants. Tose witout internet access can call to order te kit. Use te posters included to advertise te contest beforeand. Try to preregister contestants prior to te event to get an idea of ow many kids will participate. Local winners can move up te ladder to district, regional and state level contests, wit te igest scoring state winner receiving our new International Campionsip Crystal Tropy. kits of tese materials for distribution. Contact eac former member by pone to arrange a personal visit or invite tem to a reception for former members. If conducting personal visits, tailor presentations to igligt new canges/benefits, etc. If planning a Welcome Back or former-member reception, use te open ouse procedures. Be sure to invite your council caplain and insurance agent to speak at te event. Refer to te Grand Knigt s Handbook (#915), Membersip Procedures section, for proper procedures for recruiting former members. Ask every former member visited or tose at te reception to sign a Membersip Document (#100) to renew membersip. NOTE: Reactivating inactive insurance members qualifies te council for bot membersip and insurance additions toward Fater McGivney and Founders Awards quotas. NOTE: Reinstatements, readmissions or reapplications qualify te council for membersip additions for te Fater McGivney Award. Food for Families Wile te need to feed ungry families is constant, te Tanksgiving, Advent and Cristmas season is traditionally a time of increased Knigts of Columbus outreac to feed ungry people. In order to encourage increased council outreac to food banks, food pantries and soup kitcens, te Knigts of Columbus offers financial rebates to councils tat donate food or money. Te Supreme Council will refund $100 for every $500 or 500 pounds of food tat a council contributes to a paris food pantry, community food bank or soup kitcen, up to a maximum refund of $500 per council per fraternal year. Indicated contributions of food and/or money sould be cumulative for te fraternal year. Altoug food donations are valuable, food bank managers often say tat contributions of money are even more valuable, as tey allow te food bank to procure exactly te food items tat tey need. In addition to monetary donations, volunteer support may be provided to elp sort food and perform oter valuable functions. 7

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