Are You a Knight of Columbus?

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I have life insurance through my job also however, I work in manufacturing and my job is only as stable as the next contract. No job. No insurance. So I bought insurance, just in case.

That being said. I good field agent isn’t just going to try and sell you insurance. He’s also going to cover all the benefits and some of the history of the Knights…

And now you have me selling insurance!!! 🤣
 
I’ve already sat down with an insurance guy though, just to help him meet his quota. Didn’t buy it then either. I don’t know. I don’t want them having to pay for it but at the same time, my viewpoint is whatever costs the least. I’d rather be buried than cremated but what does it matter?
 
I am not sure that I have the needed timber to put together a raging fire. 🙂
 
JoeShlabotnik said:
I do not feel worthy, because I am a sinner.
Most of the Knights that I know are much better men than I am.
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Oh you’re a sinner? Buddy, in the sin sprint, you’re still at the starting line. Some of the Knights at my council are already way ahead of you. And you know what? They’re magnificent Knights. It’s not about being perfect or even “worthy” because, as Knights, we strive to better ourselves and our communities though service and brotherhood.
 
You would be wise to have a plan. Know what things cost either way and have enough of your own insurance to cover it should something happen to you.

In our local paper, there is an epidemic of people dying with the instructions: “ In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the funeral home to help defray the cost of the funeral.”

Obviously, they had little to no insurance. Do not burden your family by not having insurance unless you have money put aside which your family has access to.
 
Just fyi I sort if agreed about the insurance, although I would have worded it differently. But I have rat heard about it since tbh. Don’t deny yourself if a fraternal organization if your interested!
 
I don’t have Life Insurance through the KofC. However, down the road I may end up doing it.

Any Catholic Man in good standing with the Church, I.E., attend Church regularly and trying to live a Christian life should join the KofC, if they want to. It’s a great group of guys and we do a lot for our local Parishes, communities, States and the world. Ya ain’t got to buy the insurance to belong. 😉
 
JoeShlabotnik said:
I have never felt worthy of joining the Knights of Columbus.
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Please do not feel that way.
If you are a practicing Catholic man age 18 or older, all ya have to do is join and try to help. Nobody judges others. We are simple regular guys who just band together to help out. No special skills are required. “Worthiness” I promise is not an issue to become a knight of Columbus.

Please do reconsider and pray on that.

Blessings,
 
Yes, I agree. I’m very particular about the activities I participate with the Knights. Our big fund raisers are a golf tournament and a car show, neither of which I’m interested in. I do help with providing meals to a shelter in occasion and with helping parish families in need. I help with our annual summer festival and occasional other activities. I have no desire to be an officer or lead committees. I don’t want my personal schedule to be driven by the KoC. I do plenty of other things to support our parish and charities.
 
childinthefaith said:
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JoeShlabotnik:
I have never felt worthy of joining the Knights of Columbus.
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Please do not feel that way.
If you are a practicing Catholic man age 18 or older, all ya have to do is join and try to help. Nobody judges others. We are simple regular guys who just band together to help out. No special skills are required. “Worthiness” I promise is not an issue to become a knight of Columbus.

Please do reconsider and pray on that.

Blessings,
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Correct, there is no question of “worthiness” per se.

But there is qualification, namely the part about being a practicing Catholic.* There was a gentleman of my parish who I asked to join, but he would not. Until I’d asked him, I did not realize he was in an irregular marriage, but he recognized that he should not attempt to join the Knights until it was resolved. (And God bless him for that)
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Or, to use the Knights’ technical term: “practical Catholic” – A phrase they can define so someone may be disqualified without judging the state of his soul or membership among the Catholic faithful.
 
FrancisFan43 said:
The insurance is tied to the history of the knighthood. Father McGivney saw that recent widows would come up to him for aid. He would regularly give all he had for these widows. Eventually it took such a toll on him and his health he asked the other families to help him and the widows out by donating some money. This became the prototype to the insurance that the KoC would be known for.

The KoC insurance is exclusive to Knights and their families (this keeps costs low). It is one of the many perks of becoming a knight. It isn’t necessary to have, but you would be missing out on alot if you didn’t have it.

And don’t despair, I myself am the least qualified to be a knight, but I still am one. You can too and your brothers can help you start a raging fire for the LORD in your heart.
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Member can however be insurance only members, which means that they don’t pay dues to the local council, they simply sign up to be a member for no other benefit besides the benefit to themselves.

Supreme has made it extremely difficult for councils to drop members who are not current with their dues and exhibit no interest in remaining a Knight. Something our council has struggled with for years. Every year it seems Supreme adds additional criteria which must be done before a member can be dropped.
 
I am a practicing Catholic. I attend Mass each Sunday and on Holy Days. I go to confession every two to three weeks.
Life is good.
 
Irishmom2 said:
You would be wise to have a plan. Know what things cost either way and have enough of your own insurance to cover it should something happen to you.

In our local paper, there is an epidemic of people dying with the instructions: “ In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the funeral home to help defray the cost of the funeral.”

Obviously, they had little to no insurance. Do not burden your family by not having insurance unless you have money put aside which your family has access to.
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Dying can be expensive; so can funerals. Our local Catholic cemetery experienced so many cases of survivors’ sticker shock at funeral expenses that they are urging people to prepay for Trappist caskets, and to get itemized expense lists from local funeral homes. They also urge buying a funeral expense policy rather than sticking your survivors with a huge debt.

I bought my first insurance policy while in grad school. An agent climbing up the rickety steps to my 3rd floor attic apartment noted that you could kill yourself navigating those steps. Then he asked if my parents could afford to bury me. It would have been a big expense for them. I figured I should pay for my own planting.
 
According to what I read in the Obituaries in my small city, many people in my community are getting cremated. No viewing. No service. No mass. No mention of burial.
 
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