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KCFAPI celebrates 51st founding anniversary

By Kate Laceda

THE Knights of Columbus Fraternal Association of the Philippines, Inc. (KC-FAPI) has celebrated its 51st founding anniversary last September 9.

Established in 1958, the Association was founded by Fr. George J. Willmann, S.J., the father of the Knights of Columbus in the Philippines.

The institution was initiated to provide mutual assistance to KC members and their beneficiaries for losses and damages from the injuries and/or losses of lives and properties.

Through its foundations, which are the KC Philippines Foundation and Fr. George J. Willmann Charities, Inc., KCFAPI performs its social responsibility through constantly helping the nation and the Church, especially in the formation of priests.

As part of its commemoration, KCFAPI together with the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) launched its Golden Jubilee stamp last September 9 at the Fr. George J. Willmann, S.J. Center in Intra-

muros, Manila. KCFAPI President Antonio B. Borromeo and Executive Vice-President Ma. Theresa G. Curia as well as

PhilPost officials, namely, Elizabeth C. Tunggol, Assistant Postmaster General for Finance, and Conrado Legaspi, Assistant Postmaster General for Information Technology graced the occasion.

Meanwhile, a voter’s education forum that intends to provide information on poll automation and the proper usage of the new voting system also coincided with the celebration.

Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Commissioner Rene V. Sarmiento, being the lecturer of the fo-rum, discussed on the concept and significance of poll automation to the forthcoming 2010 elections.

Sarmiento is one of the four COMELEC commissioners who are active KC members. Other active KC members include SK Lucenito N. Tagle; SK Nicodemo T. Ferrer and SK Armando

Velasco.Miguel Abila, representative of the Smartmatic-Total Information Management Corp. (TIM), dem-

onstrated on the proper handling of the machine.The said forum focused on the theme “Neighbors helping neighbors understand poll automation.”

KCFAPI Golden Jubilee stamp launchedTHE launching of the Knights of Columbus Fraternal Association of the Philippines, Inc. (KCFAPI) Golden Jubilee Stamp was held last Septem-ber 9 at the Fr. George J. Willmann, S.J. Center in Intramuros, Manila.

KCFAPI President Antonio B. Borromeo and Executive Vice President Ma. Theresa G. Curia led the unveiling and presentation of the commemorative stamp.

Elizabeth C. Tunggol, Assistant Postmaster General for Finance and Conrado Legaspi, Assistant Postmaster General for Information Technology of the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) led the ceremonial turnover of the stamp to KCFAPI.

Part of the turnover was the ceremonial cancellation and signing of the First Day Cover which were also conducted by the PhilPost and KCFAPI officials.

PhilPost has produced a minimum of 500 pieces of the said cover as a standard practice and they were distributed to all those who attended the event as souvenir.

The launching of the commemorative stamp of KCFAPI aims to uphold the value of fraternal service and to commemorate KCFAPI’s 50 years of service.

This said activity was organized by the KCFAPI in collaboration with PhilPost. (KCFAPI News)

KCFAPI President Antonio B. Borromeo and Executive Vice President Ma. Theresa G. Curia with PHILPOST Assistant Postmaster General for Finance Elizabeth C. Tunggol and Assistant Postmaster General for Information Technology Conrado Legaspi during the unveiling of the commemorative stamp last September 9 held at KCFAPI home office in Intramuros, Manila.

KCFAPI President Antonio B. Borromeo and PHILPOST Assistant Postmaster General for Finance Elizabeth C. Tunggol signing the First Day Cover during the recent launching of KCFAPI Golden Jubilee stamp.

COMELEC Commissioner lectures on voter’s education

COMMISSION on Elections (COMELEC) Commis-sioner Rene V. Sarmiento recently conducted a vot-er’s education forum at the Fr. George J. Willmann S.J. Center in Intramuros, Manila last Sept. 9, 2009.

It was organized by the Knights of Columbus Luzon Jurisdiction and facilitated by the Knights of Columbus Fraternal Association of the Philip-pines, Inc. (KCFAPI).

According to Sarmiento, the concept of poll automation is a product of joint congressional initiative.

“This is the suggestion of non-governmental organizations and electoral reform groups because for the first time the NGOs were consulted by the Congress,” he said.

“That is why we have the adversary counsel the same counsel that advised us to adopt the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS). This counsel is com-posed of the public and private organizations and individuals,” he added.

He also disclosed that source code reviews will

be given to aspiring candidates and its parties to give them detailed information on the automated election system.

“The source code contains the readable instruc-tions on how the machine will operate. This will be made available for political parties for them to justify that no markings has been made yet in the machine,” the COMELEC commissioner stated.

He added that the primary role of the COMELEC is to conduct elections regardless of several barriers that block its implementation.

“COMELEC resolved to hold elections for 2010 despite the tendency of House Bill 1109. This is a serious concern by the speaker of the house ad-vocating for constitution amendment for charter change and the opposition are saying that this is a quota course to leave the term of the incumbent President,” Sarmiento said.

Sarmiento, who is a very active member of the Knights of Columbus, has also acknowledged his

COMELEC Commissioner Rene V. Sarmiento led the voter’s education forum held last September 9 at the Fr. George J. Willmann S.J. Center in Intramuros, Manila.

KCFAPI recognizes its service awardeesTHE Knights of Columbus Fraternal Associa-tion of the Philippines, Inc. (KCFAPI) presented certificates of recognition to this year’s service awardees.

A Service award is given to recognize the length of service or loyalty of an employee to the Association.

The awarding was held last September 9 on the occasion of its 51st Anniversary Celebration held at KCFAPI home of-fice in Intramuros, Manila.

This year’s service awardees were: Mr. Enrique V. Mangona, for his 30 years of ser-vice and Ms. Ma. Luisa P. Manuel, for her 20 years of service.

Mr. Enrique V. Man-gona is an IT Assistant for the Management Information System and has been with the Association since Oc-tober 1979. While Ms. Ma. Luisa P. Manuel is an Underwriting Staff for the Underwriting Department and has been with the Associa-tion since May 1989.

Certificates were awarded by KCFAPI President Mr. Antonio Borromeo and Execu-tive Vice President Ms. Ma. Theresa Curia. Also present to wit-Comelec / C3

KCFAPI President Antonio Borromeo, KCFAPI Executive Vice President Ma. Theresa Curia and Msgr. Joselito Asis with service awardee Mr. Enrique Mangona during the awarding of certificate of recognition for Mr. Mangona’s 30 years of service with the Association.

ness the occasion were Msgr. Joselito Asis and employees of KCFAPI and its subsidiaries. (April Basilio)

KCFAPI President Antonio Borromeo and Executive Vice President Ma. Theresa Curia with service awardee Ms. Ma. Luisa Manuel during the awarding of certificate of recognition for Ms. Manuel’s 20 years of service with the Association.

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Chairman’s Message

Patrocinio R. Bacay

President’s Message

Antonio B. Borromeo

FIFTY one years of fulfilling the dream of Fr. George J. Willmann, S.J., our founder, is cer-tainly an audacity for KCFAPI to venture on. It has endeavored with fraternal dedication to continuously serve our brother knights and their families to face a brighter future.

More and more, our brother knights have realized and appreciated the vision and mission of KCFAPI through the years. As God allows it, this fraternal institution will search for more and better plans to afford, more benefit to our brother knights and their families.

We have accomplished it for 51years and promised to do better in the next 49 years with the blessing and guidance from above.

To the KCFAPI family, congratulations and we all look forward to a better year and more fruitful life.

AS we celebrate our 51 years as a Mutual Benefit Association this September 9, 2009, we are reminded of the more than 55,000 brother knights and 24,000 family members whom we serve. In this economi-cally difficult and spiritually troubled time, we look forward to con-tinue serving our Benefit Certificate Holders and their beneficiaries in the next 49 years of our corporate life. We have grown from a seed

money of only P32,000 to almost P3.0 B in resources and we expect to strengthen further our portfolio to be able to make good our promises to our stakeholders.

We will always be grateful to all our brother knights who have been part of and are still part of KCFAPI. To our energetic sales force who link KCFAPI to the Order through the fraternal service they provide, to the employees, who are our most valued resource, and to the Board members who guide us and support our en-deavors, thank you.

Saving the best for last, to the Almighty Father, who is our beacon in our day-to-day operations, we give it back to him for His greater glory.

CAGAYAN de Oro City is popularly known as the “City of Golden Friendship”. It is the center of trade, commerce, finance and educa-tion in Northern Mindanao. The City is also known as the Gateway of Northern Mindanao since it is the arrival point for around 80% of visitors in the region.

The name Cagayan de Oro was derived from the word “KAGAY-AN” which means “the place where gold is panned” owing to the rich tributaries that abound with gold. The name was later changed to “Cagayan” upon the arrival of the Spaniards. The phrase “DE ORO” was added when gold was found in the river traversing the village.

Cagayan de Oro is geographically located along the central coast of Northern Mindanao. It is bounded by two municipalities, Mis-amis Oriental – Tagoloan and Opol. Its strategic location and its considerable coastline have made it the principal commercial center of Northern Mindanao.

The City represents 14 percent of the entire province of Misamis Oriental and is considered to be the most densely populated area in the region. This is indicative of bustling economic activity in the area.

The Knights of Columbus Fraternal Association of the Philippines,

KCFAPI – Cagayan de Oro Service OfficeInc. (KCFAPI) started its operations in the city in 1988, serving the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Lanao del Norte, Bukidnon, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Sur, Surigao del Norte, some parts of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur and its component cities. It is located in the heart of the City in our own Knights of Columbus Building located at Capt. V. Roa Extension, a walking distance from Jesus Nazareno Church and Gaisano Mall.

Since its establishment, it has always been the thrust of the Service Office to give the optimum customer service, fraternal benefits to our Brother Knights and their families and unceasing support to the Order of Knights of Columbus and its Social Dimension.

Fraternal Benefits Associate Renante Rio Bragat and Service Office Assistant Mary Ann San Juan currently man the Cagayan de Oro Service Office.

With the Fraternal Counselors from Northern Mindanao headed by Bro. Cres C. Dal, East Central Mindanao headed by Bro. Jojo S. Amoroso and North Western Mindano headed by Bro. Cris T. Lagare, the aspirations of the founder of Knights of Columbus, Fr. Michael J. McGivney were being continued through KCFAPI. (Renante Rio M. Bragat)

Fraternal Benefits Associate Renante Rio Bragat and Service Office Assistant Mary Ann San Juan of KCFAPI – Cagayan de Oro Service Office.

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THE fraternal counselors of the North-ern Luzon (NL), also known as Gold Miners, have given their assurance to revive their negative variance produc-tion on their sales performance.

“The FCs of Northern Luzon prom-ised to cope with their negative variance production,” said Fraternal Benefits Service Manager Gari San Sebastian in an interview.

The group has also affirmed that Gold Miners will have a representative in the forthcoming 2009 Annual Family Service Awards along with their sales improvement.

“(They) will (also) try their best to join in the upcoming Annual Awards,” San Sebastian stated. This statement was made by the group during the produc-tion orientation seminar and refresher course program that was conducted by the Fraternal Benefits Group (FBG) last

NL Gold Miners to rev up sales performance

August 28-29, 2009. Held in La Trinidad, Benguet, San

Sebastian has facilitated the activity.He discussed the Basic Product Lines

such as the Gold Series Plan, KC Dollar Supreme Plan and the Special Plan for the Elderly Knights (SPEK) and the Ba-sic Computation of Contributions.

Initial steps in selling and other pro-cesses of sales were also tackled.

The event was attended by 20 fra-ternal counselors from the Northern Luzon region.

Meanwhile, one of the Benefit Certifi-cate (BC) holders, Judge Adolfo Malin-gan, from the said region has recently received his early maturity from the Return of Contribution of his Ordinary Line Coverage.

Malingan then said that he plans to reinvest part of its proceeds to KCFAPI Gold Series Plan. (Kate Laceda)

THE District M-22 of Calumpit, Bula-can launched the Knights of Columbus Fraternal Association in the Philippines (KCFAPI) month last September 12, 2009 at the meeting hall of San Isidro Labrador, Council #6105 in Pulilan, Bulacan.

This activity was through the ini-tiative of SK Rodolfo Y. Manumbas, PFN, District Deputy of M-22, while SK Lauro L. Evangelista, FC/DGK, Fraternal Counselor of 2008 and the District Chairman for the Fraternal Protection Program, led the launching ceremony.

The launching aimed to raise aware-ness and intensify the campaign for the

District M-22 launches KCFAPI monthInsurance Protection Program of the members and their families.

The said program is being achieved through the KCFAPI Programs such as the C.A.R.E.S. Plans and the S.P.E.K Plans.

Topics that were tackled during the launch were the status of the said district for the quarter, KCFAPI events namely, TOKCA and the Council of Honors Award, and KC Luzon’s forthcoming 10th Luzon State Con-vention at the Palacio ng Maynila on October 10.

Other matters taken up were the new membership quota for Councils titled as, “Council Insurance Quota”, the

schedules of the degree exemplification, the various district programs and the council accomplishment report.

The Manager of the Fraternal Benefits Services, Gari San Sebastian, was the guest speaker for the event.

This activity, which marked its 6th year last September 12, was first con-ducted by Council 6613. In 2003, it was adapted as a district wide program.

According to San Sebastian, the launching was scheduled on the month of September since it is the anniversary of the KC association and the death an-niversary of the Father of the Knights of Columbus in the Philippines, Fr. George J. Willmann. (KCFAPI News)

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SUPPORTING a sports team has the ability to unify a city. But in every game, the fans of one team are pitted against the fans of another.

As I participated in the Order’s Guadalupe Festival in Phoenix, Aug. 8 —at an arena where sporting events are usually held — I observed how our faith has the power to unite us, but without the necessity of pitting us against “another team.”

At the festival, nearly 20,000 people from a variety of back-grounds joined together, uni-fied in their celebration of Christ’s mother and her son’s message, which she brought to our continent centuries ago.

We shared an arena with people of every conceivable ethnic background. And as we prayed the rosary in 26 languages from Europe, Asia, Africa and North America, I realized that the force that uni-fied those in the arena is that which can and does unify all of us in this hemisphere: the Christian faith.

Our continent is one drawn together by shared history. On a historical level, all of its countries— to some degree— are nations of immigrants and Native Americans. On a spiritual level, all of these countries share a common heritage of Christianity. And on a personal level, every person on this continent shares a mother: Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Of course, Our Lady of Guadalupe has been unifying this hemi-sphere for nearly 500 years. In the 1700s, Pope Benedict XIV said of her: “To no other nation has such a wonder been done.” And at the time he said this, that nation stretched from Seattle to the Southern tip of Argentina.

The message of Our Lady of Guadalupe unites the American

continent in a common bond of faith

The Catholic HemisphereBy Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson

It is no surprise that Pope Pius XII later proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalupe “Empress of the Americas.”

Our Lady of Guadalupe points us to her son, and she also points us to unity in her son. For Catholics, this unity must transcend bor-ders. In this spirit of unity—the second principle of our Order— it took only a few years after our foundation for the Knights to spread throughout the Christian hemisphere—to Canada (1897), to Mexico (1905), to Panama and Cuba (1909), and to many other countries in this hemisphere since.

No other place on earth has as many practicing Catholics as the Americas. While some continents have never been Christian, and while many European churches are nearly empty, ours are still full.

Here, the Church faces a bright future. Here, we are indeed fortu-nate to be citizens of the Catholic hemisphere, a continent of baptized Christians, unified by the Gospel message of Christ.

For if we who live on the American continent have a shared past, we have a shared future as well: a future of unity in faith.

What unites us as a Christian family is far greater than anything that divides us. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the mother of each of us, regardless of where we are from or what language we speak.

This is a unity that joins us as Knights, that joins us to the Church and to our fellow Christians on this continent.

But we cannot rest easy viewing this history of unity as a settled matter; we must protect it going forward. It is up to us—in our lives, in our homes and in our families—to put our faith into practice.

From Canada to Argentina, all of us who live in the Americas are called, like St. Juan Diego, to bridge the divide of cultures. We are called to communicate the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe, mother of the civilization of love.

It is up to us to make that unity real by living exemplary family and professional lives, and by supporting the faith of Catholic im-migrants today so that they become the Catholic parents of tomor-row. If we do these things, our legacy will be a Catholic hemisphere that remains Catholic.

Vivat Iesus!

THE Knights of Columbus Luzon Jurisdiction will be holding the 10th Luzon State Convention on October 10 (Saturday) from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. at Palacio De Maynila, M.H Del Pilar St. Malate, Manila, near the Diamond Hotel. This year’s theme is, “Neighbors Helping Neighbors in Service Together”, which speaks of true vol-unteerism.

Following are the registration fees if you pay on the corresponding dates.

10th Luzon State Convention slated in October

Php1,500.00 - September 10Php1,600.00 - September 11 to 30Php1,700.00 - October 1 to 3

We advise brother knights to register early. We will close the registration as soon as we reach 500 paid delegates. Ten percent discount will be given for every group of 10 delegates registered up to September 30, 2009. This additional incen-tive is only applicable to councils and districts.

All paid delegates are entitled to convention kit which includes: one Convention bag, Identification Card, Certificate of Attendance, Meals Stubs (a.m. snacks, lunch, p.m. snacks and state dinner) and also one raffle stub for the door prize.

Council resolutions should be forwarded to KC Luzon Office using the form attached to the circular sent to all Grand Knights.

We look forward to see you at the 10th Luzon Convention. (Bonifacio B. Martinez)

Fraternal Benefits GroupSchedule of Activities

September 14, 2009Fr. George J. Willmann’s Death Anniversary

September 18-20, 2009Fraternal Service Training

(North Eastern Luzon)Santiago, Isabela

September 23-24, 2009Fraternal Service Training

(Manila)

September 25, 2009Joint Meeting and Mini Sports fest

appreciation for the KC association who has been an advocate in educating people on poll automation.

“KCFAPI is in front line in educating our people on poll automa-tion. Isn’t that historic? Isn’t that divine? Isn’t that an obligation? And we are holding it on the 51st anniversary of KCFAPI,” he stated.

Miguel Abila, representative of the Smartmatic-Total Informa-tion Management Corp. (TIM), has demonstrated how the machine works. He also discussed on the necessary guidelines for trouble-shooting problems.

Meanwhile, an audio-visual presentation was also shown. It presented on the milestones of KCFAPI and highlighted events for the year 2009.

KCFAPI Executive Vice-President Ma. Theresa G. Curia extended her gratitude to the attendees as she delivered her opening speech while President Antonio B. Borromeo gave his concluding message. (KCFAPI News)

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KCFAPI joins opening of 127th Columbus Day Celebration

THE Knights of Columbus Visayas Juris-diction, Province of Cebu opens the 127th Columbus Day Celebration with the theme, “The Year of the Volunteer” held at Mandaue City Sports Complex and Cultural Center in Mandaue City last August 16

The event was hosted by Justice Sotero Cabahug of Council No. 6160 and headed by the Overall Chairman, Atty. Allan Nicolas C. Ouano, Past Grand Knight of the host council and incumbent Visayas Secretary.

First Degree Exemplification was con-ducted simultaneously during the opening at the KC Center of the host council.

The affair opened with a parade of con-spicuous delegations coming from 26 coun-cils of Cebu Province which started from Colegio dela Immaculada Concepcion (CIC) Tipolo, Mandaue and ended at Mandaue City Sports Complex and Cultural Center. This was followed by a Fraternal Mass offici-ated by Rev. Fr. Vincent Barrio, OAD.

One of the highlights of the affair was the donation of books to the City of Mandaue by the host council. The donation was grate-fully acknowledged by the City Mayor of Mandaue, Honorable Jonas C. Cortes who was also the guest speaker.

The Fraternal Counselors (FC) of the Knights of Columbus Fraternal Association of the Philippines, Inc. (KCFAPI) adhered to the Opening of the Columbus Day Celebra-tion. A KCFAPI Booth was set up inside the complex. CARES, SPEK and Dollar Supreme brochures were displayed. FCs entertained queries from brother knights regarding Council Mortuary Benefit Plan (CMBP) and Free Fraternal Accidental Benefit (FADB). Some brother knights filled up the Member Information Sheet (MIS) form on the spot, taking the opportunity while their respective Grand Knights were around. The booth also offered Blood Pressure monitoring courtesy of Nursing

Members of the host council Justice Sotero Cabahug No. 6160 headed by the Overall Chairman Atty. Allan Nicolas Ouano welcome delegates to the opening of the 127th Columbus Day Celebration at Mandaue Sports Complex and Cultural Center, Mandaue City last August 16.

UC-Banilad Nursing students supervised by FBA Floralin Bohol are seen rendering their services at the KCFAPI booth during the opening of the 127th Columbus Day Celebration at Mandaue Sports Complex last August 16.

SO Assistant Cyrus Lao at the KCFAPI booth as brother knights accomplish the Member Information Sheet (MIS).

(L-R) Bro. Joel Flordelis (Team Leader-CVA), Sis. Floralin Bohol (FBA), Bro. Romualdo Montemayor, Dr. Teodoro Ando and Bro. Alfredo Aranas during the Opening of the 127th Columbus Day Celebration. Also in the photo are the Nursing students from UC-Banilad.students from the University of Cebu (UC)-

Banilad Campus. These activities were organized by the

Fraternal Benefits Associate (FBA) Floralin Bohol and Cebu Service Office Assistant Cyrus Lao with the vigorous support from the following Fraternal Counselors: Bros. Joel Flordelis (Team Leader-CVA); Dennis Cañares (Team Leader-CVE); Romualdo Montemayor; Antonio Valle; Albert Qui-ñanola; Teodoro Ando; Alfredo Aranas; Ramon Aguilar and Bibliano Liston.

The Culmination Day will be on October 24, 2009 with the following line up of activi-ties: a) Thanksgiving Mass at National Shrine of St. Joseph Parish, Mandaue City at 8:00 a.m.; b) Squires Investiture – Provincewide at Mabolo KC Center, Cebu City at 9:00 a.m.; c) Fourth Degree Exemplification at Sacred Heart Center, Cebu City at 1:00 p.m.; and d) Culmination Night at Sacred Heart Center, Cebu City, at 6:00 p.m. (Floralin Bohol)

THE Knights of Columbus Luzon Juris-diction will be spearheading a clean-up drive on September 19 to celebrate inter-national coastal clean-up day.

Luzon Deputy Alonso L. Tan will lead his officers in the activity, along the Las Piñas habitat critical area.

District P23 headed by District Dep-uty Nicanor Jimenez, will be the host district for this project.

Following the clean-up drive is a tree planting activity which is aimed to help address the present problem on global warming.

State Community Director Bro. Ra-moncito A. Ocampo and State Ecology Chairman Bro. Carlos Gubat will orga-nize the event in commemoration of the

KC Luzon spearheads clean-up drive

32nd Death Anniversary of Fr. George J. Willmann, S.J. and as part of the pre-convention activities.

Expected to join the group to dip in the muddy coastal area are the entire State Of-ficers, State Secretary Bro. Arsenio Isidro G. Yap, State Treasurer Bro. Jack B. Joaquin, State Advocate Justice Jose C. Reyes Jr. and State Warden Bro. Pasky C. Carbero. Other state officers who will join us are Bro. Bobby G. Lorenzo, Bro Vicente V. Ortega, Bro. Alejandro V. Alvaira, Bro. Elmer Erolesa, and Bro. Conrado S. Dator Jr.

The participation of District Deputies and Grand Knights of councils 3713, 5688, 5697, 6167 and 6181 will ensure the success of the project. (Bonifacio B. Martinez)

KCFAPI employee receives

Professional designation from LOMA

Ms. Evangelina Dawal - recipient of the Professional Customer Service designation

LIFE Office Management Association (LOMA) recently awarded Ms. Evange-lina F. Dawal, an employee of Knights of Columbus Fraternal Association of the Philippines, Inc. (KCFAPI), a designa-tion for completing the Professional, Customer Service (PCS) Program. The awarding of the certificate was held at KCFAPI Home Office in Intramuros, Manila.

Ms. Dawal is a Customer Relations Assistant for the Actuarial and Cus-tomer Relations Group. Aside from her PCS designation, she is also a Fellow in Life Management Institute (FLMI) of the Life Office Management Association.

Congratulations and continue to be an inspiration to others! – From your KCFAPI Family. (April B. Basilio)

THE Knights of Columbus Luzon Jurisdiction took part in the Centen-nial Celebration of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) last August 21-22, 2009 in Bangued, Abra.

Headed by Luzon Deputy Alonso L. Tan, other Brother Knights who at-tended were State Secretary Arsenio Isidro Yap and State Treasurer Joven Joaquin.

A courtesy call to Bangued Bishop Leopoldo C. Jaucian, SVD was im-mediately conducted before the big celebration.

Josefino Valencia, Region 1 Membership Chairman, past and present district deputies and sev-eral grand knights also attended the courtesy call.

The main agenda of the meeting was the participation of the KC Order

KC Luzon joins SVD Centennial riteson the SVD Centennial celebration.

Souvenir items were handed out by Bishop Jaucian who expressed his grati-tude to the KC Order for having actively participated in the important milestone of the congregation.

Another meeting was held, this time for the Bangued-based Knights. This meeting aimed to know the situation of the other Brother Knights in Abra.

Matters discussed were the strength-ening of the recruitment campaign, new re-districting program, financial status of the jurisdiction, importance of settling for the State Deputy’s assessment, and benefits of being a member of the Vener-able Fr. Michael J. McGivney Guild as well as being a Fr. Willmann fellow.

Tan, facilitator of the meeting, un-derscored the importance of the Luzon Convention that is scheduled on Octo-

ber 10 at the Palacio de Maynila. He then called on the Bangued-based Knights to attend the affair.

Bro. Josefino Valencia and his wife hosted a “merienda cena” with native delicacies prior to the formal recep-tion of the Centennial celebration.

On their second day, the Knights of Columbus delegation attended the Eucharistic celebration at the Cathedral of St. James the Elder in Bangued.

President Gloria Macapagal-Ar-royo and Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, graced the event.

The celebration was capped by the participation of more than 300 priests and bishops. Many of the songs were in the native dialect. (Arsenio Isidro Yap)

The Knights of Colum-bus Fraternal Associa-tion of the Philippines Inc., is an established and progressive Mutual Ben-efits Association operating for 51 years, has been high-ly committed to provide mutual aid and assistance to its members and their immediate families.

KC Fraternal firmly believes that the continued progress and success of the association depends to a great extent on its human capital

KC Fraternal also be-lieves that through training and a host of other benefits if coupled with hard work, will help employees and the association attain their goals and objectives.

In our continuous drive to provide excellent ser-vice to our members, we are currently on the look-out for individuals with promising potentials. He must be dedicated, service oriented, and willing to undergo training

Our compensation and employee benefits are comparable, if not better than most companies of our same size and nature of business

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Auditor

If you are dedicated, service-oriented, and have the promising potential to join us in our continuous drive to provide mutual aid, assistance and excel-lent service to our members. Kindly send your comprehensive resume’ thru fax number 527-2244 or hand-carry resume’ with a 2x2 photo and transcript of records to:

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES INC.

Gen. Luna cor. Sta. Potenciana Sts., Intramuros Manila

You may also call 527 – 2223 local 202 for queries and look for Ms. Kris-tianne or Ms. April of HRCC or visit our official website: www.kofc.org.ph