Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

Theresa Duda writes that Christmas Box Filling will be December 15-16 at St. Clare's and that deliveries will be done on December 17th. Ted Seeber reminds us that if you've signed up for the Men's Conference in Salem, that too is ?December 16-17. So either way- if you are a Knight at St. Clare's, we expect you to be working on your own spirituality that weekend; either in service or retreat. Come tell us about your weekend experiences on Monday, December 19 at our Advent Potluck!  Meeting is at 6pm in the St. Clare Parish Hall, and this is the meeting of the year to bring family and friends to!

From Brother Daniel Salomon We are excited to let you know about our upcoming webinar and to encourage you to start planning for Earth Day 2017! Scroll down to register for our webinar on Climate and Refugees and to sign up to receive our Earth Day Program Guide. As we prepare for the challenges ahead in 2017, we also hope you will take a few minutes on  November 29th  to share our  Giving  Tuesday  campaign  on social media. Upcoming Climate Change and Migration/Refugees Webinar-REGISTER TODAY!
      “In the Footsteps of the Holy Family: Refugees                   in an Era of Climate Change"                         Wednesday, December 07, 2016                    ...

As our council has grown, it was suggested that we needed a rewrite of the charity policy.  The Financial Officers got together before our meeting Monday Night, and suggested several changes, some of which it was deemed needed a vote.  All changes, as you can see in the minutes, passed.  The following is an image of the PDF copy of the rewrite that Worthy Grand Knight Deacon Scott wishes us all to have a copy of.  You may need to click on it to view it in your browser.

Mark your Calendars!  Next meeting will be a Christmas Potluck Social, invite your family!  We're keeping it the same night- third Monday, December 19th, 2016, and we'll be inviting both parishes.  St. Clare Parish Hall is the location, 6pm is the time.  Bring your favorite Holiday Dish! In addition, for members, if you bring your checkbook or paypal your $35 dues to pdjarvis1@comcast.net , Phil will have your 2017 membership card ready at the Potluck, saving stamps and time to bill.

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Opening Roll Call of officers Our Lord Jesus Christ Present Grand Knight Present Deputy Grand Knight Present First Year Trustee Present Second Year Trustee Present Third Year Trustee Present Financial Secretary Present Treasurer Present Recorder A Chancellor Present Lecturer Present Chaplin Excused Advocate Present Outside Guard Absent Inside Guard Excused Warden Present 10 officers present, 11 brothers present Reading of the previous Minutes- No recorder, so no minutes present GK Remarks Feast of Christ the King should be our Liturgical Celebration as Knights- to Go out and Be his Knights. Treasurer's Report $1994.81 Beginning balance St. Clare Breakfast $409- Breakfast Stipend $235 for St. Clare's SJF Breakfast $313- Outstanding to SJF Youth Group for $157 Paid $10 recycling fee Financial Secretary's reports 31 members at present, 7 honorary life.  No bills outstanding for the council.  Either paypal pdjarvis1@comcast.net or bring your ch...

Dear Brother Knights,   We will have our monthly council meeting tomorrow (Nov. 21) at 7 pm in the Fireside Room of St. Clare. The Executive Committee (I think that is proper term - GK, Dep. GK, Trustees, Financial, etc) will meet at 6:30 to discuss our charitable giving plan. God bless. Deacon Scott

Dear Brother Knights, For our contest, the essays for St. Clare and St. John Fisher have been completed.  Now we need volunteers to evaluate. I suggest two teams to split up the work, with 3 people each. If you are willing to help read essays and evaluate, please let me know. I believe Ted has an evaluation form that we can use online. I will be glad to read St. Clare essays.  I recuse myself from St. John Fisher as I have already read the essays as their teacher and to avoid a conflict of interest. All essays will be sent to you digitally (pdf hopefully). God bless. Deacon Scott

Edit from Ted- I put the wrong title on this.  Please report your hours using either the form or the e-mail address below, for OCTOBER Dear Brother Knights,   Please remember to submit your hours to me.  You can use the form that Ted has set up or email a list of what you have done, ideally sorted under the columns of Community, Life, Youth, Church/Vocations, Council and Family. http://informationr.us/JohnClareCouncilMonthlyReporting.html   May God bless you.  Deacon Scott   scoitik18@yahoo.com

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