FEBUARY 2016 VOL. 7 ISSUE 2 14995 ST. CHARLES BORREMEO Your K of C News Msgr. Lawrence K. Breslin K of C Council 14995 St. Charles Borromeo GRAND KNIGHTS NOTES Our Council s Mission Statement contains the sentence We are unambiguously pro-life. There are many opportunities to help support Right to Life causes but did you know that you can help support Dayton Right to Life when you shop? Here are four free and easy ways you can donate while you are shopping! ITEMS OF INTEREST: PROGRAM ACTIVITIES SQUIRES CHAPLIN'S MESSAGE NOTICES LATEST INFORMATION WEB SITES SUPREME: kofc.org OHIO kofcohio.org ST. CHARLES kofc14995.org 1. Goodsearch and Goodshop Use the Goodsearch search engine and/or Goodshop online shopping and designate Dayton Right to Life as your charitable cause. Go to www.goodsearch.com. Create your account. Select "Dayton Right to Life Foundation" as your favorite cause. Start using Goodsearch as your search engine and/or shop with Goodshop! 2. Amazon Smile Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible Amazon Smile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice. Go to smile.amazon.com and use your existing Amazon.com account or create your account. Under Find a Different Charitable Organization, key in Dayton Right to Life Foundation. Hit Search, then Select. 3. Kroger Community Rewards Program Kroger donates to charitable organizations based on your purchases. You can check the bottom of your Kroger's grocery receipts to confirm your participation. You must re-enroll in this program each April. Go to the Kroger Community Rewards Program and sign into or create your account. Enter NPO number 83586 for Dayton Right to Life Foundation (formerly Greater Dayton Pro-Life Education Foundation) as your charity. 4. Dorothy Lane Market Good Neighbor Program Go to the sign-up page at the Dorothy Lane Market website. Enter the 11-digit number from your DLM Club card. Under NAME, type "Dayton Right to Life" Under CHARITY ID, type "130" NEWSLETTER EDITOR Bob Schiller HISTORIAN Bob Schiller Vivat Jesus! Ed Leschansky Grand Knight, Council 14995
February 2016 Council 14995 Newsletter Page 2 Msgr. Lawrence K. Breslin K of C Council 14995 Officers & Support GRAND KNIGHT SK Ed Leschansky dleschansky@att.com 937-848-7169 FINANCIAL SEC. SK Dan Hauser dhauser@hotmail.com 937-298-4873 DEP. GR. KNIGHT SK John Brown jabrown147@gmail.com 937-886-8188 CHANCELLOR Eric A. Crouch eric.crouch@att.net 937-435-9004 RECORDER SK Don Rethman don.rethman@sbcglobal.net 937-435-4542 TREASURER SK Ed J. Stoermer ed@stoermerco.com 937-299-9916 ADVOCATE SK Tony A. Lush tlush@sbcglobal.net 937-223-8171 WARDEN Mike Burke kpdpio2@gmail.com INSIDE GUARD SK John Moran johnjanmoranwoh.rr.com 937-299-8729 INSIDE GUARD SK Ken Betche betche@sbcglobal.net 937-436-7997 OUTSIDE GUARD David Brightman simp03@sbcglobal.net 937-439-1990 OUTSIDE GUARD Mark Burian meburian@sbcglobal.net 1 YEAR TRUSTEE SK James A. Domin jadomin@att.net 937-434-7198 2 YEAR TRUSTEE SK Donald Coty ohiocoty@woh.rr.com 937-885-3668 3 YEAR TRUSTEE SK J R Bob Schiller bob_schiller@msn.com 937-435-7818 CHAPLAIN Fr. Dan Meyer dmeyer@stcharles-kettering.org 937-434-6081 LECTURER ACTIVITY DIRECTORS: CHURCH SK John Kahle jpkahle1@gmail.com 937-365-3675 COMMUNITY Bob Whelan rwhelanjr@sbcglobal.net 937-439 1760. COUNCIL SK Jim Brinkman JamesJBrinkman@woh.rr.com 937-294-4222 COMMUNICATIONS John Griffin griffin@ameritech.net 937-434-4223 FAMILY Bob O Conner recon14578@live.com 937-434-9587 PRO-LIFE Gary Taphorn GARYTAPHORN@SBCGLOBAL.NET 937-848-6163 YOUTH Cliff Thorstenson CliffT@woh.rr.com 937-660-8608 MEMBERSHIP SK Jim Gehring gcmsjimmargo@aol.com 937-435-5954 V.A. Chuck Sorrell cssorrell@woh.rr.com 937-434-0700 SQUIRES Scott Hornick hornickhome@yahoo.com 937-428-7295 STATE OFFICERS DISTRICT DEPUTY SK Bob Burns sirknightbob@woh.rr.com 937-219-4139 INSURANCE AGENT SK Steve Timmer Stephen.timmer@kofc.org 937-470-3616
February 2016 Council 14995 Newsletter Page 3 PRAY FOR OUR THOUGHT OF THE MONTH: GREAT NATION AND ITS ELECTIONS Cut these cards out and use them at GFS and Staples to raise money for us
February 2016 Council 14995 Newsletter Page 4 14995 PROGRAM ACTIVITY CHAIRMEN: PROJECT STATUS CHURCH ACTIVITIES SK John Kahle COMMUN ITY ACTIVITIES Bob Whalen COUNCIL ACTIVITIES John Brown CULTURE OF LIFE Gary Taphorn MEMBERSHIP Jim Gehring YOUTH ACTIVITIES Cliff Thorstenson V. A. ACTIVITIES Chuck Sorrell FAMILY ACTIVITIES Bob O Conner RETENTION Don Coty COUNCIL 14995 CHAPLAIN'S MESSAGE: FATHER DAN MEYER, PASTOR ST. CHARLES BORROMEO This is Catholic Schools Week. I am very blessed to be a part of St. Charles School. We have a dedicated principal and staff. I would like to thank you for gifts of time talent and treasure to our school. I am deeply grateful.
February 2016 Council 14995 Newsletter Page 5 Brought 2 more members into the Circle Special Olympics Bowling. We have volunteers to help. Provided assistance at the Spaghetti Dinner Performed the Stations of the Cross CLIFF THORSTENSON AND SON MAN OUR INFO DESK AT THE SCHOL OPEN HOUSE Investiture of David and Bryce Claggett. Welcome!! OUR CIRCLE MEETS ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH AT 4:00 PM IN WALSH HALL
February 2016 Council 14995 Newsletter Page 6 SQUIRES AT WORK DOING THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS THE FIRST FRIDAY OF LENT.
February 2016 Council 14995 Newsletter SOME SPAGHETTI DINNER VOLUNTEERS Page 7
February 2016 Council 14995 Newsletter Page 8 JIM BRINKMAN, CHAIR OF COUNCIL14995 RIB FEST, PRESENTS A CHECK TO DAVID BOGLE, PRINCIPAL OF ST. CHARLES SCHOOL FOR $ 14,000.
February 2016 Council 14995 Newsletter Page 9 Msgr. Lawrence Breslin Knights of Columbus Council 14995 St. Charles Borromeo Who are we and what we accomplish? Our Council s Mission Statement is: We are a fraternal association of adult Catholic men whose key principles are those of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism. Our mission as Knights of Columbus is to support our priests, our parish, our school, our community and our country. We are unambiguously pro-life. We exhibit our support through our faith and our prayers, and by doing Christ s work, particularly by promoting and actively participating in charitable works. We dedicate our time, our talent, and our resources to support our mission to the Greater Glory of God. Our projects that we participated in during the past year are: Managed and helped finance a Vocations Essay Contest for 15 area Catholic Elementary Schools. Veterans Administration - Decorated the Halls and passed out gifts at Christmas, managed the Bingo Games, grilled and served at the summer cookout, delivered winter coats, and provided financial support. Treated our Servers, Squires and Boy Scouts to a UD Basketball game. Provided financial and volunteer hour support to Pro-Life causes through the Rosary Rally, Culture of Life Bike Ride, Mobile Ultra Sound Machine/Van, and Viva La Vita. Support of a Seminarian ($500 annually) and Bishop Fenwick Seminary support ($500 annually). Provided two St. Charles 8th grade female Scholarship to a Catholic High School ($1,000 annually). Provided two St. Charles 8th grade male Scholarship to a Catholic High School ($ 1,000 annually). Donated over $400 to Catholic Social Services. Donated over $400 to the Miami Valley Down Syndrome Foundation. Donated over $400 to St. Vincent DePaul. Assisted with Special Olympics volunteers and organized a kite flying contest. Assisted the local Food Pantry with monetary contributions and over 300 volunteer hours. Assisted with Ohio K of C fundraising efforts. Supervised the St. Charles Squire s youth program, Junior Achievement, and Tutored students in math. Donated $600 to the Boy Scouts and $500 to the St. Charles Squires program. Provided assistance for St. Charles Fish Fry, and Spaghetti Dinner. Hosted Simple Soup Dinners before Stations of the Cross during Lent. Financial support for the Men in Blue, Coats for Kids, Mother s Day Flowers, and Memorial Day mass. Donated to St. Charles School $15,677 Student Chromebooks: $14,000 from Rib Fest Donation & Profits: Entertainment Books: $1,677 donation to the school. Funded the Artist in Residence program for students in grades K-2 to integrate arts into the curriculum. Hosted St. Charles Parish Kids Christmas Party. As an organization, we will support our Parish community, our School, our Clergy and those in need of assistance wherever we can offer a service. Your St. Charles Knights of Columbus Council is always looking for Catholic men over the age of 18 to join us and further Christ s mission here on earth. In joining the Knights you will make many new friends who share the same Catholic values. To find out more about joining, please contact any one of our 150 plus members or call/e-mail our Grand Knight Ed Leschansky at 602-8001 edleschansky@att.net or our Membership Director Jim Gehring 435-5954 (GCMSJimMargo@aol.com).
February 2016 Council 14995 Newsletter Page 10 Monsignor Breslin Council 14995 St Charles Borromeo 4500 Ackerman Blvd Kettering, Ohio 45429 February 4, 2016 Annual Report to: St. Charles Parish Re: Knight of Columbus Donations Since our Charter on April 1, 2010 The St. Charles Knight of Columbus Council 14995 is happy to provide this report of our donations made over the last 5 years: St. Charles School - $65,623 $10,865 in donations to the school from the profits of the sale of the Entertainment Books. $5,500 in scholarships to graduating students attending a Catholic High School. $49,258 from the Annual RibFest profits, which the school used to purchase laptop computers for the teachers and students and to upgrade the school s infrastructure for wireless internet access. Other Donations - $29,605 Bishop Fenwick Society St. Charles Boy Scouts St. Charles Youth Group St. Charles Knight of Columbus Columbian Squires Youth Group Dayton VA Hospital Annual Rosary Rally Autism Society Serra Club of Dayton St Charles SVDP Food Pantry St. Charles Church- New Alb s for servers, Church Picnic Catholic Social Services Miami Valley Downs Syndrome St. Vincent DePaul Society Life Resource Center Mary Queen of Peace School Adopt-A-Families Seminarians Seminary Ultra Sound Mobile Van St. Rita Respect Life Life Chain Youth of St. Charles recognition outing to UD Basketball Game Lenten Soup Dinners Annual Dayton Area Grade School Vocation Essay Contest Total Donations since our Inception in 2010 = $95,228
February 2016 Council 14995 Newsletter Page 11 OTHER COMPANIES UNIVERSAL LIFE PREMIUMS GOING UP Condensed from the Wall Street Journal 12/5-6/2015: Many people in their 70s and 80s are paying higher premiums on a type of life insurance known as Universal Life. The increase is as much as 20% in some instances. The past decade has been a time of low investment returns and low interest rates, and has put pressure on insurance companies. Bond yields have fallen precipitously. This category of life insurance has a provision, in the contract, called contractual maximum charges somewhere in the depths of their long contract. These provisions let a company raise its premium rates if necessary, at any time, even many years into the contract. This practice, for many years, was considered a taboo. In the past several months, however, AXA, Voya, Aegeon, and Legal & General PLC have hiked their premium prices. Unfortunately, once the barrier has come down, many other companies will copy them. The Knights of Columbus does not have this; it puts too much risk on our policyholder members. We don t want to treat our fellow members like that! You are fellow brothers and mutual owners! Please call me for an evaluation, and possible solution. WIDOWS RIGHT This is a Fraternal Benefit of the Knights of Columbus. When an Insured member of the Order dies, his widow has the right to do new business with the Order. Sadly, when an Associate member dies, his widow does not. We have seen cases in which the widow wanted the safety of our company, and was not able to move funds to us. In either case, the widow may keep whatever insurance she already has with the Knights of Columbus in force. Call me to talk about the details. QLAC We now offer a Qualified Longevity Annuity Contract. These have become very popular, because they enable one to defer IRA taxes later into retirement. Using IRA or other Qualifed funds, one can take a portion, as much as $125,000 or more, and defer RMD (Required Minimum Distribution) until as late as age 84. Call me to discuss this valuable new Annuity.
February 2016 Council 14995 Newsletter Page 12 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE KOFC14995.ORG FOR THE LATEST UP TO DATE INFORMATION AVAILABLE Our Council s Mission Statement is: We are a fraternal association of adult Catholic men whose key principles are those of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism. Our mission as Knights of Columbus is to support our priests, our parish, our school, our community and our country. We are unambiguously pro-life. We exhibit our support through our faith and our prayers, and by doing Christ s work, particularly by promoting and actively participating in charitable works. We dedicate our time, our talent, and our resources to support our mission to the Greater Glory of God.
February 2016 Council 14995 Newsletter Page 13 Council 14995 polo shirts are available to order. Pre pay $ 25.00 & specify with or without a pocket. Available in burgundy or white. See: Tom Gaudion Call: 750-1917 E-Mail: tom.j.gaudion@gmail.com TAKE THE TIME TO INVITE SOMEONE TO JOIN OUR COUNCIL. ASK AND HE MAY COME!
February 2016 Council 14995 Newsletter Page 14 Three compelling reasons to choose Knights Insurance: Promised Benefits From its humble beginnings, our insurance program has grown into a formidable institution, providing billions of dollars in future death benefits to our members and families. Financial Strength Prudent management has led to the rapid growth of our assets, providing adequate backing for our member s protection, and securing our obligations to our insured's and their beneficiaries. Ownership Benefits Because we re a Fraternal Benefit Society, we have no stockholders. Our owners are our members. We return our good fortune in the form of dividends to our policyholders. Make a difference for your family! Contact Steve Timmer 470 3616 Excerpts from the Supreme Website Knights of Columbus Msgr. Lawrence K. Breslin K of C Council 14995 St. Charles Borromeo 4500 Ackerman Blvd. Kettering, OH 45429 NEXT MEETINGS: FEB. 16 MAR.18 ASK A PRIEST TO ASK FOR PRIESTS PRAY FOR VOCATIONS