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KPC 155 Knights & Ladies Celebrate the Year 2010

& Welcome the New Year 2011

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Today’s Program

• Welcome

• Enjoy the Food

• Picture Show of Past Events

• Quiz Time

– Our Organization

– Our 2010 Accomplishments

• 2011 Objectives

• Raffle Time

• Technology Presentation

Welcome

• Thank you for coming!

• Everyone is welcome to take part in this celebration

of Christian fellowship (members, family and

friends)

• In loving memory of our deceased members who

provided the support and made it possible for us to

enjoy ongoing success

And Now…

Time to Eat

and

On with the show…

Quiz Time

Tell us about St. Peter Claver – Our Patron Saint.

St. Peter Claver – Our Patron Saint

• Apostle of the Slaves, born in 1580 in the little

Carlan Village of Verdie, in northern Spain

• At age 42 (1622) became the first Jesuit priest to be

ordained in Cartagena – worked earnestly to bring

some degree of comfort to the African slaves and to

save their souls

• Baptized over 300,000 slaves, loved them deeply,

cared for the sick and dying…”A man who knew

how to love”

Quiz Time

Name the different districts in our National

organization (hint: there are 6)

Quiz Time • National Organization

– How many members nationally? (hint: more than 15,000 but less than 25,000)

– What year was the organization founded? (hint: we just had our centennial celebration last year)

– What is the name of the website? (hint: www.kof--.org)

– How many districts are there? (hint: we just answered that question)

• KPC 155 (St. Francis of Assisi Church, East Palo Alto)– How many members are there in the Western States District?

(hint: more than 1000, but less than 2000)

– What is the name of the website? (hint: www.kpc----.com)

– What year was the KPC 155 Council established? (hint: that was 43 years ago)

– What year was the KPC 155 Ladies Auxiliary established? (hint: that was 29 years ago)

Our Organization• National Organization

– Knights of Peter Claver, Inc. & Ladies Auxiliary is a national lay Catholic fraternal organization (membership totals over 18,000, for more information, www.kofpc.org

– Knights of Peter Claver was founded in 1909 by four Josephite priests and incorporated in Mobile, Alabama on July 12, 1911

– Ladies Auxiliary was authorized in 1922 and recognized as a division in 1926

– 6 Districts (Central, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Northern, Texas, and Western States)

• KPC 155 (St. Francis of Assisi Church, East Palo Alto)– Member of Western States District (1,300+ members),

www.kpcwsdc.com

– Council established on October 18, 1967 (43 Years)

– Ladies Auxiliary established on June 27, 1981 (29 Years)

– 2009 Membership: 14 Knights, 34 Ladies, 4 Junior Knights, and 7 Junior Daughters

Knights of Peter Claver – Knights’ Division

Western States District Conference Officers

2010-2012

Knights of Peter Claver – Ladies’ Auxiliary

Western States District Conference Officers

2010-2012

Quiz Time

What are some of our organization’s goals?

Our Organization’s Goals

• To be a supporter to the local pastor of the parish and to the bishop of the diocese

• To participate collectively in various parish and community activities

• To promote civic improvements

• To encourage Lay Apostolic and Catholic action

• To make contributions to worthwhile causes

Our Organization’s Goals

• To award scholarships (National office)

• To foster recreational assemblies and facilities

• To develop youth

• To provide social and intellectual fellowship for its

members

Quiz Time

What is KPC 155’s motto? (hint: it is typed on

our state of California logo)

Our Organization

E. Palo Alto

Our Motto…

2010 Accomplishments

• KPC Free Community Bar-B-Que – Average of 167 dinners served (2,667 meals over the past 16 years)

• Coffee Duty – over the past 4 years served 6,800 cups of coffee; 25,333 donuts; 68 gallons of milk; and 68 gallons of orange juice

• St. Vincent de Paul – ongoing volunteer hours monthly, Thanksgiving and Christmas (Lady Melody McLaughlin leading the SVDP organization)

• Donated monetarily to St. Francis from fundraising activities over the many years (church festival, zydeco dances, fundraisers, etc.)

2010 Accomplishments

• Donated thousands of hours to the church and community as Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Prison Ministry, Communion to homebound, etc.

• Ladies’ Court 155 won 3rd place Expansion Award (kudos to Gracious Ladies Martha Hanks and Verna Winston); also won 1st place Early Bird Credentials Award for registration at the 2010 WSD Conference

• Newly initiated Lady Cruz Hyland is the Director of CCD at St. Francis of Assisi (500 students)

• Knights & Ladies of #155 held 9 joint meetings (more than any year) – truly worked as one team to successfully organize and plan all necessary activities for Black History Mass, Family Initiation Day, St. Peter Claver Mass, Free Community Bar-B-Que, and Casino Bus Fundraisers (organized by Lady Wilma Guidry)

In Loving Memory…

Marjorie “Myme” Goodwill

July 28, 1928 – May 14, 2010

Humble Servant

Loving Matriarch

Humanitarian

Joseph Thomas Sanders

Aug 20, 1919 – Sep 20, 2010

Loving Husband & Father

Devoted Church Member

Active Businessman

Jessie Lee Schuler

Feb 3, 1931 – Nov 18, 2010

Loving Wife & Mother

Devoted Teacher & Mentor

World Traveler

Looking Forward to 2011

• Keep your Calendar of Activities “near and dear”

• Continue to focus on recruiting and increasing our

membership

• Continue ongoing community and church volunteer and

outreach efforts (to succeed we need everyone’s help)

• Plan to attend the WSD conference at the Hilton

Newark/Fremont Hotel (only 20 minutes away and we all need

to “represent” #155) (April 29 – May 1)

Looking Forward to 2011

• National Convention will be at the Westin Bonaventure

Hotel in Los Angeles (July 29 – August 4)

• New Focus on Technology & Communications in Western

States District (Grand Lady Bradley is Chairperson for the

Ladies’ Division). All Courts/Councils will assign an

Information Coordinator to facilitate training and dissemination

of information for each Court/Council. If you want an

electronic copy of this presentation, please give Lady Bradley

your email address

?? Raffle Time ??

Technology Demo

Lady Kacey Bradley

• KPC National Websitewww.kofpc.org

• Western States District Websitewww.kpcwsdc.com

Special Recognition

• Ladies & Knights of Unit 155 always teaming in Christian outreach and fellowship (total of more than 509 years of service in our Noble Order)

• Jr. Daughters & Jr. Knights always willing to help – especially with the free Bar-B-Que & holiday food baskets

• Families & Friends (our “extended arms” – husbands, wives, brothers, and sisters who are not officially Clavers…but very “Claver-like”)…always there to help & we could not do what we do without you!

• Last (but not least) – special “kudos” to our favorite photographer, James Bradley (Reminder: Pictures taken today will be given out next year).