Gramercy KC Council No August 2015

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1 Gramercy KC Council No August 2015 Brother Knights and Families, Thanks to everyone who attended the July meeting. The meeting this month will be Wednesday, August 12. The rosary will start at 6:30 PM, meal at 7:00 PM and the meeting will start at 7:30 PM. July winner of the was Brother Keith Cap Hymel. The amount was $ Sunday dinner will be August 16. Proceeds will benefit St. James Parish ARC (Association of Retarded Citizens.) Please pray for our Brothers who are sick or in distress especially Brothers Mark Duhe, Floyd Monk Ordeneaux and Kevin Chabaud. Home Board election will take place at the August meeting. Brother s terms expiring are: Richard T-Rich Bourgeois, Keith Cap Hymel, and Paul Zeringue. Nominated at the July meeting are Brothers Richard T-Rich Bourgeois, Keith Cap Hymel and Paul Zeringue. Nominations will be opened prior to the election. There is a Knights of Columbus link on the church web site. Go to Ministerial Commissions link, under Community Life. Under that link you will find our monthly bulletin and calendar. If you would like to also receive your bulletin by , please send your address to barry1weber@att.net. I will continue to mail your bulletin; is just another opportunity to communicate our council s news. Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused! Vivat Jesus Barry Weber Grand Knight August Birthday Wishes 1 st - Wilbur Reynaud 2 nd - Ronald Madere, Jr. 4 th - Christopher Poche 8 th - Dale Hymel, Jr. 8 th - Paul Zeringue, Sr. 9 th - Mac Bordelon 12 th Hubert Cazentre 13 th - Lennis Cormier, Jr. 14 th - Wade Faucheux 14 th - Bruce Mohon 16 th - Malcolm Peytavin 16 th Bobby McClung 19 th Robert Dufresne, Jr. 19 th - Brent Duhon 25 th James Boltin 25 th - Terry McCreary 26 th - Alton Cook Bourgeois 26 th - Rusty Richard 28 th - Richard T-Rich Bourgeois Congratulations! July Knight of the Month Brother Garland Landry July Family of the Month Brother Willie Keating

2 Knights of Columbus Insurance InvestmentNews (07/28/15) Franklin, Mary Beth The rallying cry of the financial advice industry has been for clients to buy inexpensive term life insurance rather than more expensive whole life insurance and invest the premium savings on their own. The only problem is most clients never execute the second part of the equation, leaving many of them uninsured in later life and unprepared for retirement. People don't buy term and invest the difference, said David Babbel, professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and co-author of Buy Term and Invest the Difference Revisited, published in the May 2015 issue of Journal of Financial Service Professionals. They most likely rent the term, lapse it and spend the difference, he said. And even the minority of those who do invest the difference are prone to the real-world emotional investing when individuals investors tend to buy high and sell low, perennially underperforming market indices, he added. Typical economic analyses that compare the cost of buying term and whole life policies fail to properly assess the guaranteed cash value growth component of permanent life insurance, Babbel said. He noted that cash value guarantees always grow, while a more volatile portfolio of stocks and bonds can rise and fall with the market. Marcus Bardwell Rennes rd. Prairieville, LA Dougherty Insurance Agency

3 MEMBERSHIP ACTIVITIES (Brother Gordon Jenkins, Director) Brothers, please try to recruit one candidate for membership. We will schedule a first degree initiation for the September meeting. CHURCH ACTIVITIES (Brother John Abreo, Director) Quarterly communion will be Sunday, August 30 at 7 AM mass at St. Joseph s with breakfast at the KC home immediately following mass. There will be a 25 year celebration of Deacon Alfred Adams Ordination on Saturday, August 29 at 12 noon at St. Joseph Church with a reception following at the Chanel gym. The public is invited. The 4 th degree honor guard will take part. We will cook our Holy Thursday meal for the reception. FATHER MICHAEL J. MCGIVNEY GUILD All Brother Knights should be members of the Father Michael J. McGivney Guild. There is no charge. The guild serves as a source for information about the life, works and spirituality of Father McGivney, our founder. The guild distributes informational materials about him, receives reports of favors granted through his intercession and oversees distribution of relics. Guild members are invited to participate in promoting devotion to this Servant of God. Members of the Knights of Columbus are not automatically guild members and must elect to join the guild. The Father Michael J. McGivney Newsletter is published bimonthly except for July-August, and is sent free to guild members. To join the guild, call or register directly on their Web site, COUNCIL ACTIVITIES As our Council approaches its 100 th year anniversary, Brothers Mac Bordelon, Brent Duhon and Emery Forsythe are busy planning a 100 year celebration. Date will be November 8. Details will be forthcoming. Sunday dinner will be August 16. Proceeds will benefit St. James Parish ARC (Association of Retarded Citizens). July Sunday Dinner Euchre Champs Plant Worker Lunch Euchre Champs First to loose out of the Plant Worker Brothers Roger Louque & Paul Zeringue Brothers Larry Bland and Barry Weber Lunch Euchre Tournament Brothers Boolee Roussel and Ralph Borne

4 Year to date Euchre Championship Standings: Tied for 1 st Brothers Barry Weber & Paul Zeringue 4 Championships Tied for 3 rd Brothers Pat Whitney & Ralph Borne 3 Championships Tied for 5 th Brothers Boolee Roussel, Kerry Dufresne & Roger Louque 2 Championships Tied for 8 th Brothers Larry Bland & Keith Bourgeois 1 Championship Congratulations to the Knight of the Year, Brother Richard St. Pierre and Family of the Year, Brother Roy Fatty & Marie Kliebert. Knight of the Year Brother Richard St. Pierre Family of the Year Roy Fatty & Marie Kliebert CYLA Girl & Boy Winner Tiffanie Poche & Kennan Deslattes COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES We are sponsoring a concealed weapons class on Monday, August 17 at 6 PM at the KC home. If you are anyone you know might be interested, please contact your Grand Knight as soon as possible. My cell phone number is

5 COLUMBIAN SQUIRES CIRCLE As the official youth organization of the Knights of Columbus, the Columbian Squires is deserving of primary consideration in any council s youth program. Development of leadership in the Catholic young man is the main objective of the program. Basic requirements for a circle are at least one enthusiastic, dedicated counselor and 10 young men of Squires age. The official age range for Squires membership is years old. Squires meetings are held every 1 st Tuesday of each month at 7 PM. SENIOR SPECIAL Three old guys are out walking. First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?' Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!' Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer.'

6 Gramercy KC Council No P. O. Box 486 Gramercy, LA NON-PROFIT ORG. U. S. POSTAGE PAID GRAMERCY, LA PERMIT NO. 2 Knights of Columbus HAVE YOU SIGNED UP A NEW MEMBER? Reminder! KC Meeting 2 nd Wednesday every month. 6:30 pm Rosary Meal Meeting Please join us!