Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

  7 pm     Call to Order Warden's membership check:   waive the roll call Prayer - Our Father Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call of Officers   (Excused Don Mey, Eugene Andres, and Paul Pompili) Previous Meeting Minutes approved 7:05     GK's Remarks   (Marc Gregoire) Mike Devlin and Scott Kolbet  helped move things for St. Vincent de Paul Washington State has a new long term Care program, but the K of C also has a similar plan No Forms are due until January 2022 7:10 pm     For the Good of the Order            Mike O'Phelan Mike O'Phelan has pointed out that the Covid virus has been a problem for everyone!  He quoted scripture from Matthews gospel, 'Come to me all of you who are burdened.  Jesus takes on the weight of our load with us.  He notes that this is a good time to trust one another. Mike O'Phelan commented on the death of Tom Owen's son, Bob Owens. ...

“As we prepare to meet for our annual Priest Convocation, it has become evident to me through prayer that St. Therese of Lisieux is interceding for us in our work with the priests and bishops in our Archdiocese. Therefore, I ask and urge each of you, to please join me in fervent prayer beginning today, Thursday, September 23. Let's storm heaven in prayer together each day, for 9 days, in furthering the powerful work the Holy Spirit has already begun here until we celebrate the feast day of St. Therese of Lisieux on October 1." —Archbishop Alexander K. Sample The full page website can be found at this link.

 Hello Brother Knights, Please join us this Tuesday, Sept 17th at 7pm for our next Council #15485 meeting, ONLINE ONLY.  This change is out of an abundance of caution, due to key personnel having COVID-19 exposure.   Charge of the Cross Presentation is being put off until we are all able to be back together again. Here is the  AGENDA  to download. Some Meeting Highlights: * Discussion on Part 5 of the book  I Heard God Laugh  (Part 5 Info  HERE ) Marc will open the on-line session at 6:50pm. Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet or phone. MEETING LINK You can also dial in using your phone if needed. United States: 646-749-3122 Access Code: 372-718-853 One-touch: tel: +16467493122,,372718853#

Hello Knights, We had another terrific discussion last KofC meeting on the book I Heard God Laugh. This book is a guide to help us encounter God in a powerful way and to help us start a habit of daily prayer. We will be wrap up our discussion at our next meeting (Tuesday Sept 21st) with the final Part 5 - The God Who Gave Us Laughter. For those that do not have the book, you can click  HERE  and download a scanned PDF of Part 5. Here are some possible discussion questions that have been recommended for you to think on as you read the 5th and final Part: Question 1: Matthew says in the book “The more we get to know God, the more we desire to know him.” Have you experienced that since we started this journey together? Can you think of a specific moment in this journey? Question 2: Matthew talks about how he decides what events and commitments to participate in. Do you have a way of discerning what to be involved with? Or do you say yes to every opportunity? Do you feel pressur...

 The son of our brother Tom died in a car accident Wednesday night. The family would prefer privacy for the next 3-4 days as they deal with this tragedy.

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