Services We Offer
Catholic Union of Texas, The KJT has provided members with solid financial protection through life insurance. Your membership in the Catholic Union of Texas, The KJT gives you access to the many member benefits, member activities, and the opportunity to volunteer to raise money for the various charities that are supported by the Union.
Member Benefits
Daily Holy Mass
Holy Mass is offered for all living and deceased members of the KJT on a daily basis.
Insurance Portfolio
KJT offers a full portfolio of insurance products including whole life, limited pay life, term life, simplified issue and guaranteed issue.
Annuity Portfolio
A KJT annuity, kapital account, traditional IRA or Roth IRA allows our members to provide for retirement and build an estate through both taxable and tax deferred retirement products.
KJT Youth Camp
KJT offers a youth camp to 80 of our members who are age 9-12 as of July 1 of each year. To be eligible for the annual summer camp, applicants must be insured members of Catholic Union of Texas, The KJT as of April 30 prior to the date of camp. KJT Youth Camp is currently held at the SPJST Environmental and Nature Center located in Waldek, Texas.
KJT News
The KJT News is the official publication of the Catholic Union of Texas, The KJT. Our monthly news publication keeps you informed of what is going on in the KJT around the state. KJT News is published eleven times during the year, January through October, and the November/December issue is combined. The deadline for news articles is the 10th of each month.
KJT Insurance Services, LLC
KJT Insurance Services, LLC is KJT's wholly owned insurance agency that offers home, auto, boat, motorhome, individual health, group health, and Medicare supplement insurance.
KJT Newborn Security Benefit
The KJT Newborn Security Benefit guarantees coverage in the amount of $2,000 beginning with the 25th hour of birth. This coverage is available if both parents and all eligible brothers and sisters (including 1/2 brothers and 1/2 sisters living within the same household) are KJT insurance members prior to the birth of the infant. During the first 60 days, KJT guarantees the eligible newborn may be insured at standard rates for $5,000 of permanent life insurance regardless of the infant's health.
KJT Memorial Foundation
The KJT Mmeorial Foundation is a charitable, religious and educational non-profit corporation administered by the officers and directors of the Catholic Union of Texas, The KJT. Upon donation of at least $5, an entry will be made in the Book of Remembrances, which is part of the permanent archives, of the KJT Home Office. For more details or enrollment information, click here.
College Scholarships
KJT offers ten $1,000 scholarships annually to graduating high school seniors. If any of the scholarship recipients are attending a Catholic College or University, the amount of the scholarship is raised to $2,000. Currently, the KJT Memorial Foundation is offering two $1,000 scholarships as well.
Religious Scholarships
KJT offers scholarships for individuals studying for the religious life. The amount of the scholarship depends on the year of study.
Catholic School Tuition Grant Program
KJT offers 50 - $100 tuition grants to members from grades K - 11 who are attending a Catholic school. For more information or to download the form to register, click here.
ScriptSave Prescription Discount Card
In addition to receiving discounts on prescriptions at participating providers, ScriptSave has now expanded to include other ancillary benefits as well, including Vision Care, Hearing Care and discounts on Daily Living Products. Click here for more details.
Member Activities
Your membership in Catholic Union of Texas, The KJT offers an individual several member activites througout the state as well as an avenue to volunteer one's service through various community and parish events.
Golf Tournament
KJT will hold its 6th annual golf tournament on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at the Weimar Golf Club in Weimar, Texas. The tournament will be open to the first 9 four person teams to call and register. Email David at insurance@kjtnet.org for more information on registering your team for the tournament.
Tarock Tournament
The KJT Tarock Tournament will be held on Sunday, September 8, 2013 at the KJT Activity and Fraternal Center. The cost of the tournament is $25 per person. A complementary lunch will be served. Click here to download the registration form.
Join Hands Day
KJT encourages its societies and members to take part in a Join Hands Day project. Join Hands Day, sponsored by the American Fraternal Alliance, is a national day of volunteering which allows societies to work with other fraternals or organizations with the goal of joining together for a common purpose. Join Hands Day will be held on May 5, 2012. For more information go to joinhandsday.org.
Flag Day
Flag Day, is a day in which local societies are encouraged to host a flag day ceremony in their area to honor our nation's flag. Other opportunities to honor our nation's flag include Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Veteran's Day.
Fraternal Alliance of Texas Bowling Tournament
Along with several Texas based fraternals, KJT helps sponsor the Fraternal Alliance of Texas Bowling Tournament. The proceeds raised from this event benefit the Fraternal Alliance of Texas Scholarship Fund. Click here for a list of last year's scholarship recipients.
Statewide Charities
Each year, the KJT Board of Directors names specific charities and asks that societies hold fundraising efforts to support these charities.
Priest and Religious Retirement Fund
Funds raised for the Priest and Religious Retirement Fund are distributed to the dioceses from which the funds are raised. The funds are presented to the Bishops of the respective dioceses each year to be distributed to the retired priests and other religious in those dioceses.
Seminarian Education Fund
With the ever increasing costs of educating seminarians, the KJT Board of Directors felt that this should be a new charity supported by KJT and its societies.
Julie Michelle Koch Lyons Foundation
This corporation, a 501(c)(3), was formed by Julie's family members in her memory after a courageous battle with Melanoma. The purpose of the foundation is to reduce the incidence of skin cancer through educating people on prevention techniques, early detection and effective treatment of skin cancer through literature endorsed by dermatologists. The funds raised through the corporation are used to help offset the costs of travel and board for families who are currently dealing with treatment for melanoma. For more information on Julie's Foundation, click here.
Contact Us
Contact information for Catholic Union of Texas, The KJT
Email:
Phone:800.245.8182
Address:P.O. Box 297
214 East Colorado Street
La Grange, TX 78945