What did you do as a Knight in the past year?

Supreme and your Council Leadership want to know!  There's a new form to fill out, called the Individual Fraternal Survey Worksheet.  We need these returned, by e-mail or on paper, by January 21 so that we can compile the answers onto our council report by January 21st.

We have numbers for anything that was a true Council Event.  But you do much more as a Knight.  Inspired by your Knighthood, you gather friends and family into a variety of charitable causes.    You give money, you visit the sick, you serve at Mass in various forms of ministries.  You are the backbone of the church- what Matthew Kelly calls the 7.5% who do 90% of the work.  This is the time to brag about that!  Doing so helps our order keep our tax exempt status as a 501c8 organization.

Click here to go to the PDF form that you can print out, or fill out online.  Some browsers are incapable of filling it out online, but you can always print it out and bring it to our next meeting on Tuesday, January 21st at 7pm.

Reminder- Potluck Family Meeting December 6th - Agenda

MEETING Agenda December 6, 2019 St. Clare Parish Hall

• 6:00 Ted will open the door.  Door will stay open until 8pm.
• 6:30  Food Blessing & eat
• 7:30  Open Meeting with Our Father and Grand Knight's Remarks
• 7:35  For the Good of the Order
• 7:45  Recognition of Knight of the Year and Family of the Year
• 7:50  Recognition of Years of Service for Continuous Service over 25 years
• 7:53  Recognition of Honorary Members
• 7:55  Recognition of Knights Ladies
• 8:00  Essay contest winners recognition St. John Fisher
• 8:15  Essay contest winners recognition St. Clare
• 8:30  Begin Cleanup - need to leave room set up for Fr. Rick's talk in the morning

Nov 17 Meeting Minutes

11/17/2019 Minutes

7:00  Opening Prayer
Roll Call: Present - Grand Knight, Deputy Grand Knight, Recorder, Treasurer, Trustee 1st, Financial Sec., Dist. Deputy, Inside Guard, Warden.  9 brothers present.


7:10 GK Notes:  Be careful with closing procedures after breakfast events.  Pay close attention to ovens, and electrical appliances.
A $50 gift card goes to the brother who sponsors the most new members by Feb 2020 meeting.

• Suggestion to award the last $50 gift card to the brother who recruits a new member.

7:15  Treasurer's Report

• Starting balance: $1,580.53
• Income: $1,210 from last two breakfasts
• Bills Paid: $1,117.75
• Ending Bal: $1,672.78

Financial Secretary Report

• No change in membership
• Group decided to skip free throw contest
• Request for "Coats for Kids" donation

7:20  For the Good of Order: nothing to report

7:21  Committees

• Next Breakfast dates: March 1, June 7 2020 at St. Clare;  The SJF dates are TBD (maybe in new building)
• Essay Contest: 23 from SJF and 1 from St. Clare, judging underway to be complete by end of November.
• Christmas Party is Dec 6th at St. Clare.  Potluck Style, Families encouraged to attend.  There will be anniversary pins for those who have reached a milestone.  Sign Up to bring something.

7:24  New Business

• Advent Mother and Child Baby Bottle Drive at St Clare

7:30  District Deputy Remarks

• Holy League Conf. on Dec 7th
• Reminder that annual dues are being collected.  Also charitable donations for knights sponsored charities are being taken.
• 2nd & 3rd degree ceremony in Feb 2020

7:40  We met a guest of Tom's, Oanh Nguyen who expressed interest in joining the Knights.   He is officially our newest Brother!

7:50  Sick or In Distress, and Final Prayer

8:00  1st Degree Ceremony (DVD version)

Next Breakfast

We have a few dates before March to have a breakfast at SJF.  Contact Mike Devlin to help us decide on workable dates.

Ted-

Here are the Sundays suggested by the school and parish for Knights breakfast activites

January-  12 and 19

Feb.  -  9

March-  1, 8,15

Please poll the group as to if anyone has a conflict for any particular Sunday.  I will only be unavailable on Jan. 12th.

My suggestion would be to take the Feb. 9th and either the March 8 or 15th for a total of two events.  I believe the Jan. 19th weekend is MLK holiday.  Also, better chance the new parish center will be opened by Feb. or March than during January.

Respectfully,

Mike Devlin

Since T-Moble and other carriers only accept PAID conference calls

I have decided to use my own money to buy a conference calling subscription.  Based on research, I have chosen Join.Me, which offers both call in numbers and scheduled online meetings with screen share.  I'm going to use this not just for the Knights, but for other situations where I need to do online presentations.

From here on out, the meeting link for joining online will be http://join.me/seebert42

Here is the list of national numbers you can call to join a meeting:
To dial in by phone:

United States - Boston, MA
+1.857.444.6500

United States - Camden, DE
+1.302.202.5900

United States - Denver, CO
+1.720.650.5050

United States - Los Angeles, CA
+1.213.226.1066

United States - New York, NY
+1.646.307.1990

United States - Salt Lake City, UT
+1.801.448.0006

United States - San Francisco, CA
+1.415.594.5500

United States - Seattle, WA
+1.206.636.0011

United States - Tampa, FL
+1.813.769.0500

United States - Washington, DC
+1.202.602.1295

We will be trying this at our next meeting, Tuesday November 19 at 7:00pm.  I will open the chat room at 6:30.  The meeting id for Tuesday's meeting is Conference ID:

381-451-621 #

November 17 meeting Agenda

MEETING Agenda
November 17, 2019
St. Clare Fireside room
We're going to try using Logmein's Join.Me app for teleconferencing this meeting.  If you cannot attend in person for any reason, use this meeting link, or call one of the numbers in the other blog post with this meeting ID:  381-451-621 #

• 6:00 pm Ted will open the chamber and start the Join.Me meeting software
• 7:00pm Opening Prayer  Our Father, Roll Call, Reading of Previous Minutes 
• 7:05pm GK’s/Pastoral Council Member remarks- New Breakfast Procedures at St. Clare's, announcement of the Recruitment Drive Contest, 
• 7:10pm Treasurer’s / FS Report 
• 7:15 For the good of the Order
• 7:30 pm Committees
• Breakfasts - St Clare Dates
• March 1
• June 7
• Breakfast, St. John Fisher?
• Essay Contest
• Christmas Party Scheduled for Friday December 6, 6pm-10pm
• 7:45 pm New Business 
• Advent Mother and Child Baby Bottle Drive at St. Clare's Starts November 24

• 8:00 pm District Deputy/State Officers
• 8:05 pm Sick or in Distress - Hail Mary
• 8:10 pm In Keeping with Resolution Passed at State Convention, Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
• Immediately following the meeting, if any Strangers show up, we will hold an Initiation Degree

Oct 15 Meeting Minutes

10/15/2019

7:00  Opening Prayer
Roll Call: Present - Grand Knight, Deputy Grand Knight, Recorder, Treasurer, Trustee 1st & 3rd

GK Notes:  Recent Delta Drive was not very successful, only 2 prospects which were wives.  We can have our wives volunteer at breakfasts.  There will be a special gift for wives at the Christmas Party.

• Suggestion to award the last $50 gift card to the brother who recruits a new member.

7:12  Treasurer's Report

• Starting balance: $1,401.53
• Income: $515 from St. Clare's breakfast
• Bills: $363
• Ending Bal: $1,580.53

Financial Secretary Report

• as of 10/01/2019, membership 20 total (1 transfer to another council)
• Audit Report 1295 - received
• Order substance abuse awareness kit
• Service program personnel report form 365 - received
• order Catholic Citizen Essay contest kit - done

7:17  Committees

• Next Breakfast is Oct 20th at SJF
• 2 weeks later, Nov 3rd, St. Clare (last of year)

7:24  New Business

• Essay Contest in progress; suggestion to use cash for essay prizes, and or larger cash prizes.
• Christmas party scheduled for Friday Dec 6, 6:00 - 10:00pm, Potluck style
• Advent Mother and Child Baby Bottle Drive at St Clare

7:32  Final Prayer

Kennedy Agency has a job opening

We are looking for new individuals to join our organization. Most of our best associates were referred to us by individuals who knew someone looking for a career change. Take a look at the type of individual we are seeking. You may know someone that we should talk to. Just access the information below and you decide. Thanks for your help.

View the quick facts.

If I can ever serve as a resource for you on additional information, feel free to send me a quick email with your thoughts.

Sincerely,

Gabe Kennedy
503-644-1952
gabe.kennedy@kofc.org

Knights of Columbus

8285 SW Nimbus Avenue

Suite #124

Beaverton, OR 97008

http://www.kofcor.org

Thank you to all who volunteered for the Breakfast

This one turned out to be one of our most successful ever!

$713 Gross, $605 Net, $303 to St Clares.

Thank you to Lynn Vanek for the donation of spoons to the spoon drawer in the school that enabled us to use silverware.

And thank you for everybody who showed up, especially our pancake flipper Scott Young.  Scott is a member of our parent council 3591 in Tigard, though he is a parishioner of St. John Fisher, and he has worked extremely hard for both councils over the past 8 weeks- cooking for 5 breakfasts in that 8 week period.

Volunteers Needed For Breakfast This Weekend

There is still a need for volunteers to help with the pancake breakfast at St Clare this weekend.  Help is needed for all shifts—Saturday 6pm to 8pm, Sunday 7:00am to 10:30am or 10:30am to 2pm.  Please reply if you will be available to help with one, all or a portion of any of the shifts.  If you only have an hour or two I’m sure that will be helpful.

gene.andres@comcast.net

Remember the time change, and volunteer for the Breakfast!

Do not forget to fall back, perhaps for the next to the last time, Saturday night, turn your clocks back an hour.  Sleep in that extra hour, and then volunteer for the Breakfast at St. Clare's!

Let Gene Andres know which shift (or custom hours) you wish to work:  8:00am-10:30 am or 10:30am-2pm.  The more people who volunteer for the later shift, the earlier we will be finished!

Degrees Rescheduled

Gentlemen-

The 2nd & 3rd degree scheduled for December 7th at St. Anthony's in Tigard has been cancelled.  You next opportunity to get 1st degree members through the 2nd and 3rd is February 22nd in Sherwood - St. Francis parish.

Dan

Hi Guys,

 

Since Tom and his team will not be available for the degree in December, I decided to not reschedule it January because there is a 2nd & 3rd Degree @ Sherwood in February. Thanks for your help and willing to reschedule I think this would be better.

 

 

Vivat Jesus,

 

Ron Boyce

Knights of Columbus

Oregon State Deputy

PO Box 23093

Tigard, OR 97281

Cell #503-730-1986

 

One Member, Per Council, Per Month

Quo Vadis Movie Night

Worthy Brothers All,

Assembly 3219 in Beaverton, Oregon will be hosting a public event to promote our initiative for Our Lady, Help of Persecuted Christians. This movie from 1951 takes place during the Roman Empire and features the persecution of many early Christians. It is not too graphic. The intention of this movie night is to help us remember the sufferings that many in our world undergo even today simply for their belief in Christ. Let us pray for the religious freedom of all.

The details are here:

Saturday November 9th

6:30pm in the school cafeteria

Holy Trinity Catholic Church/School

13715 Walker Rd,

Beaverton, OR 97005

For those who haven't been to Holy Trinity before, the cafeteria is around the campus in the back. It will be a little down a slope.

--

Kenneth J. Anderson

Knights of Columbus

Oregon State Council

State Warden

kennethandersoniii@gmail.com

(541) 602-0249

11863 SW Greenburg Rd Apt 8

Tigard, OR 97223

Last Breakfast of 2019 will be November 3rd at St. Clare's

As usual, we are recruiting for 3 shifts:
6pm-8pm on Saturday, November 2nd (come early, go to Mass, see if Fr. Don plays his sax for All Saint's day!)
8am-10:30 am Sunday November 3rd
10:30am-cleanup Sunday November 3rd.

Please contact Gene Andres  to volunteer

New Recruitment contest

We finally got our raffle prizes to our winners, but since we had only two people give us interest cards, we could only give away two out of the three prizes.

In keeping with the discussion at the last meeting, I am proud to announce the Knights Recruitment Contest!  The man who gets the most new recruits to their 1st Degree by the Sherwood Degrees on February 15th, will get this nice shinny $50 gift card for Safeway.  Good luck, and get recruiting!

Fr. Ricky Manalo,CsP at St. Clare's

From: Pia de Leon <Pia@saintclarechurch.org>

Hello Everyone,

Yesterday a wonderful surprise proposition came to us from Fr. Ricky Manalo,CsP, an Oregon Catholic Press composer, a much sought-after international speaker on Liturgy and a Paulist priest, to speak on the liturgy since he will already be in Portland on Nov 5.  This is a last minute offer which I think is gift from God.  This speaker is as dynamic as he is as a composer.  His love for the Catholic liturgy has brought him to many parts of the world both teaching and learning at the same time about people’s practices and experiences of the Eucharist.
 This is what he would like to share with us.  Through his presentation entitled “Do you see what I see?”, Liturgy through the Traditional, Modern and Postmodern Perspectives. he would like to discuss the intersection of these world views in the celebration of the Liturgy.
 Please plan to attend this event at St. Clare on November 5 at 6:30 pm in the Parish Hall.
Thank you so much,

Pia
 Pia de Leon
Pastoral Associate
St. Clare Catholic Church
503-244-1037, ext 103

 

 

Sign Up for the Men's Conference

4th Annual Catholic Men’s Conference

Saturday, Dec. 7
6am - 5pm St. Stephen Catholic Church
1112 SE 41st Ave. Portland, OR 97214
This day is about igniting men to be soldiers of
Christ and His Church and encouraging them to
be the husbands, fathers, and sons that God has
called them to be! Fathers bring yours sons!
Wives tell your husbands!
Archbishop Alexander K. Sample has said that he
wants all the men in his Archdiocese at this event!
This is the only Men's Conference where he will be
speaking and celebrating Mass as well as sharing
time in fraternity!
Listen to nationally known Catholics speakers and
authors. Speakers include Archbishop Sample,
Dr. Ralph Martin, Jesse Romero and Tim Gordon.
Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Confession will be available throughout the day.
For more information and ticket purchase, go to
www.hlcmcnw.net.

Breakfast Report From Phil

Donations:

9:00 $289

11:00 $195

Supplies: $116

Yielding:  $484 Gross, $368 Net

Next Breakfast is November 3 at St. Clare's.

used laptop needed

Hi Ted, 

I have a friend, whom I'm also representative payee for, who is on SSD because of mental and physical handicaps who is requesting a donated laptop computer to use. Could you please send out an announcement to see if any Knights or their families/friends may have such a laptop they would be willing to donate. If so if they contact me I would be happy to pick it up and take it the man making the request.

Thanks,

Tom Owens

503.789.7313

Meeting Agenda Tuesday October 15, 2019

MEETING Agenda
October 15, 2019
St. Clare Fireside room

• 6:00 pm Ted will open the chamber
• 6:30 pm Strangers to the Order arrive to fill out paperwork before the meeting
• 7:00pm Opening Prayer  Our Father, Roll Call, Reading of Previous Minutes 
• 7:05pm GK’s/Pastoral Council Member remarks - Review of "Delta Drive"
• 7:10pm Treasurer’s / FS Report 
• 7:15 For the good of the Order
• 7:30 pm Committees
• Breakfasts - St Clare Dates
• November 3
• March 1
• June 7
• Breakfast, St. John Fisher October 20
• 7:45 pm New Business 
• Essay Contest in progress
• Christmas Party Scheduled for Friday December 6, 6pm-10pm
• Advent Mother and Child Baby Bottle Drive

• 8:00 pm District Deputy/State Officers
• 8:05 pm Sick or in Distress -Sub Tuum Praesidium
• 8:10 pm In Keeping with Resolution Passed at State Convention, Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
• Immediately following the meeting, if any Strangers show up, we will hold an Initiation Degree

For all who do announcements in St. Clare's Bulletin

Deadlines for St. Clare's bulletin have changed.  Ted usually does announcements for the Knights, but you should all be aware of the new deadlines:

Dear Bulletin Contributor,

I am writing to let you know that the deadline for submissions to the parish bulletin has changed.  Catholic Printery in Seattle is no longer printing our bulletins as their owner retired and transferred the bulletin printing services to Liturgical Publications, Inc. (LPi).  The new printer is located in Las Vegas, so the shipping timeframe is longer.   Therefore, I now have to send the completed bulletin to the printer by Monday at 11am...rather than Wednesday at 11am.  So the two lost work days will need to be made up during the previous week.

This means I need bulletin items/notice of flyers by 8am on Wednesdays for TWO Sundays ahead.

For example, if you want to have a bulletin item in the Oct. 20 bulletin, I need your item by 8am on Wednesday, Oct. 9 (tomorrow morning).
For Oct. 27, I need the item by Wednesday, Oct. 16.
For Nov. 3, I need the item by Wednesday, Oct. 23.

Etc., etc., etc. …

However, if you let me know that you are planning a flyer by the Wednesday deadline, I really don’t need it until 8am on Monday morning as long as it is in a pdf format, with a ½ inch white border and printer ready with no editing required.

I know this is a BIG change for all of us as we will need to be planning way ahead of what we have been doing for so many years.  I will try to be as flexible as possible until we get used to it.  If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thank you for the good work you always do in keeping the parish bulletin full of interesting events, activities and information.

With much gratitude,

Laurie Zupsic

Another successful Breakfast

Under the wise leadership of our Deputy Grand Knight Gene Andres, the breakfast at St. Clare's went off quite smoothly.  Thank you to all who volunteered.  Final results are:

$515 Gross
$358 Net
$179 donated to St. Clare
$179 kept for our council (money needed to cover Delta Drive activities next weekend- we hope anyway).

Next Breakfast will be at SJF on October 20th

Ambassadors needed at St. Clare's this weekend

It's a Delta Drive- and one of the things that means is FAMILY.  We need 6 people at each Mass- two per door- to hand out Fr. McGivney Prayer Cards and to pick up response cards after Mass, as well as represent the Knights at Coffee and Donuts or the Wine and Cheese after the 5pm Mass.

So grab a spouse or a child (including grown "children"), and let me know which Mass you can attend- Saturday night at 5pm, Sunday morning at 8:30am, or Sunday morning at 10:45 am.

I know I've talked to some of you personally, but I have no definite commitments as of yet.  We need 9 families total- 3 at each Mass- so come on out and prove to the St. Clare community that we do not leave our families to volunteer, we lead our families to volunteer.

Passdowns from the Supreme Convention

The following is the Actions on Resolutions presented at the 137th Supreme Council Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota held August 6-8, 2019, as presented by the Committee on Laws and Resolutions.

Fraternal Training Portal:

If the Fraternal Training button is not appearing, we suggest that you request your grand knight or financial secretary update your record with a primary email address. If this is not the issue, feel free to contact 203-752-4270, selecting option 3 for assistance; or email FraternalTraining@KofC.org.

The Fraternal Training Portal is open to all officers and members by going to the Open Enrollment site at KofC.org/trainingmicrosite, and choose 'Sign Up' to complete the one-time registration process.

Volunteers Needed For Breakfast This Weekend

There is still a need for volunteers to help with the pancake breakfast at St Clare this weekend.  Help is especially needed for the first (Saturday 6pm to 8pm) and third (Sunday 10:30am to 2pm) shifts.  You can reply to me at gene.andres@comcast.net to let me know when you are available or just show-up.  Walk-ins are welcome!

Some confusion on our DGK's e-mail address

To volunteer for the breakfast, gene.andres@comcast.net is the address.

All hands requested for Breakfast, and a change in our schedule

Please let Gene Andres (link in blog) know which of our normal breakfast shifts you are available to work.  He's organizing the volunteers this time.

After discussion with our Chaplain Fr. Don Gutmann, and taking the Delta Drive Training, we have chosen to move our Delta Drive out to October 12-13.  Please prayerfully consider attending at least one Mass at St. Clare's that weekend to help with the Delta Drive, which your Grand Knight, Ted Seeber will be leading.  Your duties with the delta drive will be to stand WITH YOUR FAMILY at a door of the church before Mass, handing out Fr. McGivney Prayer Cards, and at the same door after Mass, collecting Prospect Interest cards.  Those volunteering at the 10:45 Mass will also be asked to help collect all leftover materials from the pews after the last person has left Mass.

The reason for the change is that we simply don't have the manpower to do a breakfast on the same Sunday as a Delta Drive.  Reply to the blog e-mail if you can be at the 5pm, 8:30 am, or 10:45 am Mass on that weekend.  We need 9 families to volunteer for this, and when assigning doors, I will take into account the age of children.

Ted Seeber, GK 15485

A Brother Passes away- from Tigard Council 3591

Brothers,

With sadness, I must share with you the news that one of our members, Brother Bob Koeber, has passed away.

Brother Bob was a Past Grand Knight of our council for the fraternal year 2009-2010 and was currently serving as one of our council trustees. In addition, Bob was the person that embroidered our hats and aprons for members of our council. He also organized our council Adopt-A-Highway program that we still participate in.

Brother Bob passed away on September 9, 2019. Mass and a Celebration of Life will be on,

Saturday November 16th at 11:00am

Sacred Heart Church 3910 SE 11th Ave. Portland, OR 97202

If you are able, please join his family, friends and Brother Knights for this Celebration of Life for Bob.

Please keep Bob's wife Mary and the rest of the Koeber Family in your prayers.

Vivat Jesus

Joseph Jones

Grand Knight 3591

Sep 17 Meeting Minutes

7:00 pm Opening Prayer  Our Father, Roll Call, Reading of Previous Minutes

Roll Call:
Grand Knight: Present
Deputy Grand Knight: Present
Chancellor: Present
Recorder: Present
Financial Secretary: Present
Treasurer: Present
Lecturer: Present
Chaplain: Excused
Advocate: Excused
Warden: Present
Inside Guard: Present
Outside Guard: Excused
Trustee 3rd: Present
Trustee 2nd: Excused
Trustee 1st: Present
11 brothers present

7:05 pm GK’s/Pastoral Council Member remarks:
Delta drive is same day as next breakfast, Oct 6th.  Sign-ups via mobile device, need extra help with breakfast, Gene will organize volunteers.

7:10 pm Treasurer's / FS Report
No change in membership. 
September starting balance $1,867.28, Expenses $465.75, Ending balance: $1,401.53 (no change since last report)

7:20 pm Committees :
Proposed breakfast dates: SJF: Oct 20th, St Clare: Oct 6, Nov 3, Mar 1, June 7
Ted has 30 lbs blueberries, will cover aprox. 8 breakfasts

7:35pm New Business:
Safe Environments Training,  Knights to sponsor the training, Sep 24th & 29th.
New member Delta Drive will be on Oct 6th during breakfast at St. Clare.
Tom mentioned PBOT Sunday Parkways as possible fundraising opportunity, also 2 Catholic recruiting brochures.
Gene & Marc attended retreat at The Grotto, focus was Our Lady of Guadalupe.  Brought posters to share.

7:45 pm Deputy's Remarks: 2nd & 3rd degree ceremony Dec 10 at Tigard, after that not till Feb 2020.

8:00 pm Sick or in Distress – Closing Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel

July 16 Meeting Minutes

7:00 pm Installation of Officers
7:10 pm Opening Prayer  Our Father, Roll Call, Reading of Previous Minutes

Roll Call:
Grand Knight: Present
Deputy Grand Knight: Present
Chancellor: Present
Recorder: Present
Financial Secretary: Present
Treasurer: Present
Lecturer: Present
Chaplain: Excused
Advocate: Excused
Warden: Present
Inside Guard: Present
Outside Guard: Excused
Trustee 3rd: Present
Trustee 2nd: Excused
Trustee 1st: Present
10 brothers present

7:15 pm GK’s/Pastoral Council Member remarks:
Ted would like next year to be a turn-around in terms of membership.  Read Letter to a Suffering Church by Bishop Barron; Suggestion for a new monthly book club; GK would like us to make progress toward "Star Council"; Ted will need more help this year; Sep St. Clare picnic, renting grill from #3591; New more rugged rosaries available from Supreme; The August meeting is canceled.

7:25 pm Treasurer's / FS Report
No change in membership.  There was a recent membership audit of 2017, membership as a result of a court order.  Looking for volunteers for church cleaning at SJF.
July starting balance $1,867.28, Expenses $465.75, Ending balance: $1,401.53

7:40 pm Committees :
Proposed breakfast dates: SJF is TBD, St Clare - Oct 6, Nov 3, Mar 1

7:45pm New Business:
5 first Saturdays for book discussion group starting in Oct., simple lunch 1:00-2:00pm;  Safe Environments Training, the training for Knights is online.
1st degree consists of DVD + 2 officers; we would like to schedule ceremony & perhaps more than one;  looking for ideas to host more events toward Star Council.
8:00 pm Deputy's Remarks: 2nd & 3rd degree ceremony at St. Cyril; recommended article on the sex abuse scandal.
8:10 pm Sick or in Distress – Closing Prayer

St. Clare's Breakfast October 6

Gene Andres has graciously volunteered to collect the list of volunteers for the Breakfast on the Weekend of October 6 at St. Clare's.

We will have our normal 3 shifts- 6:30pm-8:30pm Saturday October 5, 8:00am-10:30am Sunday October 6, and 10:30am-2pm on Sunday October 6

We are also going to be running a Delta Membership Drive that weekend.

Please volunteer by clicking on Gene Andres e-mail above.   Please consider volunteering WITH YOUR FAMILY for 4:30pm-8:30pm on Saturday.  I would like to have 2-3 FAMILIES volunteer to help with the Saturday Night Delta Drive and setup for the Breakfast.  Christopher and I will be there, as will my wife, Shannon.

Ted Seeber, GK 15485

Pass-downs from the District Deputy/State Deputy: A chance at higher honors with the Knights

The first three are for any who seek the honors of being a Third Degree Knight:

The Holy Family Council is holding an Admissions Degree, Formation Degree & Knighting Degree on October 12th starting at 12pm for the First Degree, Second Degree at 1pm, third degree at 2:10pm, then Gregorian Chant of the Rosary, Mass then a dinner.  Please see the attachment.  

Council will pay for those attending the dinner.

 If you already have your 1st Degree, and miss October 12, there are two more chances quickly approaching, and I'd be perfectly willing to accompany any member to them:

On December 7th, 2019 a 2nd and 3rd degree is scheduled at the Tigard Council (this is our parent council and the BEST DEGREE TEAM in the state).  Tom Hays will be the facilitator for these degree's.

On January 18th, 2020 a 2nd and 3rd degree is scheduled at the Corvallis Council.   David Keeling will be the facilitator for these degree's.

Finally, you may have heard the news about the breakdown of the contract and lawsuit between Supreme and a national website vendor UKnight.  

Gentlemen- not sure if you have followed this lawsuit against the Knights by Uknight for breach of a verbal contract.  They were asking 100M, plus they alleged fraud as well.   The court awarded 500,000 for breach of verbal contract and through out the fraud allegations.

Judgment reached in Knights of Columbus contract lawsuit


https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/judgment-reached-in-knights-of-columbus-contract-lawsuit-59714

Delta Drive Training

We have received permission from Fr. Don to hold a Delta Drive along with our Breakfast on the weekend of 10/5-10/6.  There is new training associated with this recruiting method, so if you have the time, please attend this webinar:

UPCOMING ONLINE TRAINING- & September

TUE. – 9/24 7:30 PM-8:30 PM PacificDT

Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/734028765
You can also dial in using your phone.
United States: +1 (646) 749-3122
Access Code: 734-028-765

New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts:
https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/734028765

Meeting Tuesday, September 17

MEETING Agenda
September 17, 2019
St. Clare Fireside room
or dial in to (605) 313-5658 Access Code 840260

The conference call went well last month, will be using it again  However, for those who attend in person, there will be "door prizes", copies of Bishop Barron's _Letter to a Suffering Church_

• 6:45pm Ted will open the Webinar call in and have the Meeting room Open
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• 7:00pm Opening Prayer  Our Father, Roll Call, Reading of Previous Minutes 
• 7:05pm GK’s/Pastoral Council Member remarks 
• 7:10pm Treasurer’s / FS Report 
• 7:15 For the good of the Order
• 7:30 pm Committees
• Breakfasts - St Clare Dates
• October 6
• November 3
• March 1
• June 7
• Breakfast, St. John Fisher October 20
• 7:45 pm New Business 
• Safe environment training is changing, Deacon Bill asks if we'll sponsor a training evening
• New member Delta Drive at October 6 Breakfast.
• Idea storm- a more spiritual and social year involving more of our families and more events at both parishes

• 8:00 pm District Deputy/State Officers
• 8:05 pm Sick or in Distress -Sub Tuum Praesidium
• 8:10 pm In Keeping with Resolution Passed at State Convention, Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel

St. Clare's Picnic is coming

Many of you have already told me you'd be there, I believe we have enough volunteers, but if you'd like to help out and haven't already told me you are coming, the more the merrier.  Knights are in charge of cooking and the soccer kick challenge.  The Lego Church Project will not be making a reappearance this year.

The schedule as of right now:

Saturday night 5pm Mass if you aren't going Sunday morning
Saturday night 6pm-8pm pre-setup.
Sunday morning 7:30-8am Grill arriving and setup
Sunday morning 8:30am-11am cooking (we will use 3591's warming ovens)
Sunday morning 10am- One Mass One Family.
Sunday morning 11am- begin serving Hamburgers and Hotdogs, kids go off on the Dragon Dash
Sunday Noon- kids return from the dragon dash, wave 2 starts.
Sunday Noon- Mike Devlin starts Soccer kick activity
Sunday 1pm- cooking should be complete, grill cleanup begins.
Sunday 2pm- put grill away in the trailer.

Any questions?  Please e-mail or call me at 503-318-1508.  I'll be donating the propane this year.

And more from the State Deputy

State Deputy Ron Boyce was on Mater Dei radio recenly.  You can find the replay here.

From the State Deputy

Brothers,

 

This is incredible opportunity to not only to listen to Monsignor Eduardo Chavez the world's most renowned expert on the Guadalupe apparitions, Sr. Juan Diego, and the role of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the New Evangelization.  We will also exclusively have access to the Relics of the Mexican Martyrs and the Supreme Icons. These relics and Icons are usually reserved for events like the Supreme Convention. 

 

The State Council will need volunteers from Council members to make this a successful event.  We are going to need at least 50 members and/or families to be ushers, parking lot attendants, and security to help with the 2,000 people that we anticipate showing up for the Guadalupe Encounter. I am asking the Grand Knights and Financial Secretaries to talk with your council members and call or email me back with the number of men and their families who wish to not only help but enjoy this spectacular retreat. 

 

This will also be a great opportunity to check off the Spiritual Reflection program that Supreme requires for Star Council and Columbian Award.

I attached the Guadalupe Encounter Flyer. Please give a copy to those who would like to volunteer and those who wish to attend. Thanks

Vivat Jesus,

 

Ron Boyce

Knights of Columbus

Oregon State Deputy

PO Box 23093

Tigard, OR 97281

Cell #503-730-1986

 

One Member, Per Council, Per Month

Correction on next meeting date

Next meeting will be Tuesday, September 17.  We will have much to discuss by then

Volunteer Request from St. Clare SVDP chapter

I have been working with a resident at Stephens Creek Crossing that needs to move quickly this week. She is need of transportation to get her there. She has no income to rent a pickup or UHaul.  Is there any way you would know of someone who could help her out with this? SHe lives by Jewish Community Center and needs to get to the Lombard area in North Portland sometime this week.  Just let me know asap and I'll be happy to coordinate it. Thanks Mary Bunday (e-mail in link)

St. Clare One Mass, One Family, One Picnic schedule September 8th

On September 8th, we are supporting One Mass One Family Picnic at St. Clare's.  We will once again be renting the grill from 3591.


8:00 am Setup
8:30 am Setup for Lego Church Project and Soccer.  We will be recruiting at the Lego Church table this year using the new methodology, Ted have a battery, my cell to provide WIFI access, a tablet and a bluetooth keyboard for support.  Ted has also purchased a large number of soccer kick prizes, including the medals and prayer cards that have been so popular in years past.
9:00 am Start Grilling.  Menu this year is corn on the cob, hotdogs, and pre-marinated chicken.
10 am: One Mass
11 am:  Dragon Dash begins.  Our first lunch customers, anybody not dashing, will be coming now.
12 noon:  Dragon Dash people finish.  We should already have all the chicken, hotdogs, and corn grilled up by now.
1 pm:  After grill cool down, cleaning.

Please e-mail seebert42@gmail.com to volunteer.

Initiation Degrees Scheduled

I will be offering the video Initiation Degree in the Fireside Room at St. Clare's after both Masses on September 1, 2019 and after the 5pm Mass on August 31, 2014.  Please contact any 0 degree members you know.  This is in potential support of recruits from St. Clare's for cooking for the picnic, it would be nice to have a few at a time.  We will be following the DVD script we have, including props and pausing for all the standard oaths.

To sign up  a 0th degree member, please visit http://kofc.org/joinus, or just come and we will do the necessary signups on the spot.

Please e-mail seebert42@gmail.com if you are planning on bringing somebody.

News for August

As the GK will be out of town, NO August meeting.

Next Meeting will be September 17

We have two volunteer requests that will be in separate articles on the blog.

Guadalupe Encounter At the Grotto

The State Council is asking for volunteers for this event September 14.  Please contact our district deputy Dan Boone for questions.

6/18/2019 Meeting Minutes

• 7:00pm Opening Prayer  Our Father, Roll Call, Reading of Previous Minutes 

Roll Call:

Chaplain: Excused
Grand Knight: Present
Deputy Grand Knight: n/a
Chancellor: Present
Recorder: Present
Financial Secretary: Present
Treasurer: Present
Lecturer: Present
Advocate: Excused
Warden: Present
Inside Guard: Present
Outside Guard: Excused
Trustee 3rd: Present
Trustee 2nd: Excused
Trustee 1st: Present
9 brothers present

• 7:05pm GK’s/Pastoral Council Member remarks - Explanation of nomination and voting procedures
• 7:10pm Treasurer’s / FS Report :  April starting balance $1,867.49

No Change in membership; Request for $400 for Mai Lam School in Vietnam was approved.

• 7:20 Lecturer remarks
• 7:30pm Nominations Reopened and called for each office (no new nominations)
• 7:35 pm Elections
• Officer nominations.  Trustee's slate is as below:
• GK: Ted Seeber
  DGK: Gene Andres
  Chancellor: Michael O'Phelan
  Recorder: Joe Mildenberger
  Treasurer: Mike Devlin
  Advocate: John Keppel
  Warden: Michael Chau
  Inside Guard: Tom Owens
  Outside Guard: James Michael Morgan
  1 Yr Trustee: Marc Gregoire
  2 Yr Trustee: Paul Pompili
  3 Yr Trustee: Don Mey
  Chaplain: Fr. Don Guttman
  Lecturer: Michael O'Phelan
• Slate was voted on in full and passed by unanimous vote.
• 7:40 pm Sick or in Distress -Sub Tuum Praesidium
• 7:45 pm In Keeping with Resolution Passed at State Convention, Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel

The Prayer to St Michael and the Sub Tuum Praesidum

Some of you have approached me about the use of the two prayers at the end of our meeting.  The Wikipedia Article on the subject is very good, and includes the fact that Pope Francis himself has recommended the Leonine prayers at this stage in Church history.

Having said that, I will put the alternate cards in my computer bag, and be sure to bring them to the next meeting.

District Deputy Dan Boone will install officers at July 16 meeting

Agenda in previous post has been adjusted.  The following members are strongly requested to attend this meeting, especially if you find yourself in a new officer role.  All who show up will get a copy of _Letter to A Suffering Church_ by Bishop Barron.

GK: Ted Seeber

DGK: Gene Andres

Chancellor: Michael O'Phelan

Recorder: Joe Mildenberger

Treasurer: Mike Devlin

Advocate: John Keppel

Warden: Michael Chau

Inside Guard: Tom Owens

Outside Guard: James Michael Morgan

1 Yr Trustee: Marc Gregoire

2 Yr Trustee: Paul Pompili

3 Yr Trustee: Don Mey

Chaplain: Fr. Don Guttman

Lecturer: Michael O'Phelan