MANILA, Sept. 8, 2011― A weeklong celebration leading up to the commemoration of the death anniversary of Fr. George J. Willmann, SJ started with a Eucharistic Mass offered on the feast of the Nativity of our Lady on September 8.
The Knights of Columbus in the Philippines celebrated in high spirits the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary with an 8:00 am Mass led by Msgr. Joselito Asis at the KCFAPI main office in Intramuros, Manila.
The Eucharistic celebration marked as well the commemoration of the 53rd Anniversary of the KCFAPI on September 9, 2011.
Various activities are expected to fill the week at the KCFAPI’s main office from September 8 until September 14, 2011, the Death Anniversary of Rev. Fr. George J. Willmann, S.J.
Meanwhile, it was on September 9, 1958 when KCFAPI was duly licensed by the Insurance Commission to operate as an insurance system for the exclusive protection of the members of the Knights of Columbus and their immediate family members.
Apiece of writing titled “New Insurance Group Organized for KC’s” from The Sentinel Newspaper in 1958 cited that the KCFAPI will operate as a mutual benefit, relief and benevolent society. It was patterned after the insurance system operated by the society in the United States and Canada.
The first claimant was Ms. Marina G. Cura, the daughter and beneficiary of the late Raymundo Cura (member of the San Sebastian Council 3655 of Tarlac). She received an amount of P2,500.00, three months after the insurance group was organized. (KC News)