REMINDER - Pancake Breakfast Tomorrow - Sunday May 1st at SJF

Our council’s pancake breakfast will be tomorrow (Sunday) in the new Corrado Family Center at St. John Fisher Church. Volunteers are needed. This is our first breakfast since the beginning of the pandemic and our first to be held in the new facility at SJF.  Please plan to help make this a successful event.

Gene will open the doors at 7:00am. Ted has volunteered to start brewing the coffee at that time. Our first serving will be after the 9:00am Mass, around 10:00am. The second after the 11:00am Mass, around Noon. Cleanup should be completed by 2:00pm.

The entrance to the center is near the Southwest corner of the church, between the church and the school.

If you have any questions, contact Gene Andres at gene.andres@comcast.net or 773-426-4816.

Pancake Breakfast Sunday May 1st at SJF

 Just a reminder, our council’s pancake breakfast will be this Sunday in the new Corrado Family Center at St. John Fisher Church.  Volunteers are needed.  This is our first breakfast since the beginning of the pandemic and our first to be held in the new facility at SJF.  Please plan to help make this a successful event.

 Gene will open the doors at 7:00am.  Ted has volunteered to start brewing the coffee at that time.  Our first serving will be after the 9:00am Mass, around 10:00.  The second after the 11:00am Mass, around 12:00.  Cleanup should be completed by 2:00pm.

 The entrance to the center is near the Southwest corner of the church.  Between the church and the school.  If you have any questions, contact Gene Andres at gene.andres@comcast.net or 773-426-4816.

K of C Council 15485 Hybrid Meeting April 19, 2022 - Recorder James M. Morgan

 

7:00 pm     Call to Order

• Warden's membership check
• Prayer "Our Father ..."
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Roll Call of Officers
• The minutes from the last meeting were approved

7:05 pm     GK's Remarks (Marc Gregoire)

• Marc discussed the KofC 365 Club & how it works. The Grand knight & the financial secretary are the ones allowed to discuss the emergency needs of Knights and the 365 Club
• Marc discussed the approaching May 2, 2022 pancake breakfast at St. John Fisher: he recommended that we get food handlers permits.
• He concluded by saying there are no forms due at this time.

7:10      Treasurer's Report ... Mike Devlin

• Beginning 3/15/2022 checking account balance $1487.95
• Income received                                                          0.00
• Bill paid to Phil Jarvis book reimbursement         <100.00>
• New checking account balance                            $1,387.95
• Unity Savings account                                              543.83
• Charity Savings                                                         571.00
• Outstanding Essay contest checks outstanding       $125.00

7:15     Financial Secretary's Report  ... Phil Jarvis

            We have 1 member who hasn't paid his dues in spite of several dues requests.

7:20 pm      For the Good of the Order ... Mike O'Phelan

       Mike gave us a wonderful sermon based on the Book of Corinthians Chp. 4 vs 6 and chp verse1.

       Our physical bodies are like 'jars of clay', they can be broken easily and so can our spiritual lives.

7:30 pm     Committees 

• Program Director Gene Andres discussed things we could do for Mother's Day
• St. Clare's Representative Ted Seeber discussed setting up and dismantling the Easter Egg hunt
• St. Elizabeth of Hungary rep. Marc Gregoire said 'Nothing going on there'
• St. John Fisher rep. Gene Andres didn't have anything to report, but Mike Devlin said he would like to show members where things were in the remodeled kitchen
• Faith Director Don Mey said the "St. Clare Coffee & Donuts event" went well, but they are still finding people needed to make it work efficiently
• Community Director Michael Chau told us how different activities were beginning to open up
• Life Director-Family Director-Membership Director Ted Seeber has been totally occupied by taking care of his wife Shannon
• Retention Chairman Mike O'Phelan will resolve what to do about our 1 member who has not paid his dues.

7:40 pm   Life is Messy by Matthew Kelly was discussed by our council members. 

• We discussed how to rehumanize ourselves when we strayed off course from our value systems
• We discussed how indifference is the opposite of love, and how to care about other people
• We discussed the importance of making ourselves comfortable
• And we discussed the need to have a steady stream of positive inspiration in our lives

8 pm     K of C business

• No neighbor left behind phone calls: James Morgan contacted every member and asked them to attend our meeting. Every one is doing well is spite of some hurdles in their lives! 
• Don Mey discussed the possibility of telephoning members at St. John Fisher to invite them to church services
• We discussed the pancake breakfast at St. John Fisher on 5/1/22 and St. Clare on 6/12/22
• Ted Seeber moved that we donate $500.00 to the Bishop White Seminary and James Morgan seconded the motion.  All members voted their approval of the motion and it passed.
• Ted Seeber and Michael Chau pointed out that there hasn't been any action to creat a Special Needs Adaptive Mass at this time

8:15 pm     New Business

• Mike Devlin also discussed the possibility of telephoning members at St. John Fisher to invite them to mass.
• Don Mey and Tom Owens discussed the humanitarian work of Fr. Galluzzo
• Marc Gregoiare reinterated that, "If we have any members who have lost their jobs or who are in financial difficulties, State will adjust their State per capita billing, so we do not have to worry about charging them any dues for this fraternal year

8:25 pm     District Deputy / State Officers (none)

           Installation of officers for new term  is still on hold for a New District Deputy

8:26 pm   Sick of in Distress  / Open with a prayer Hail Mary

• Continued prayers for Shannon Seeber who is recovering from surgery with Ted Seebers help
• Prayers for Mike O'Phelan's brother John who is suffering with vascular dimentia
• Prayers for Mary O'Phelan who is suffering from "long-haul covid"
• Prayers for Michael Chau's grandmother who has been suffering for a long time from several health problems including Shingles
• Tom Owen's asked that we prayfully remember his son Bob Owen's who died in a car accident.
• Prayers for Marc Gregoire who is preparing to have another surgery
• Prayers for medical professionals who have been risking their lives to save covid patients lives

Council Meeting Tues April 19th 7pm (Hybrid Meeting --> Both InPerson & Online Options)

Hello Brother Knights,

Please join us this Tuesday, April 18th at 7pm for our next Council #15485 meeting either in person at St. Clare's Fireside Room OR Online via the link below. Here is the AGENDA to download.

NOTE - We are continuing Life is Messy, Pages 50 -76.

For InPerson Only

We will try and have the Fireside Room opened by 6:40pm.

For Online Only

Marc will open the chat room 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#

Life is Messy by Matthew Kelly (Current Knights Discussion Book - Part 3)

Hello Brother Knights,

At our next KofC meeting on Tuesday, April 19th we will be continuing our discussion on our book by Matthew Kelly Life is Messy with Part 3. Part 3 of the book will be starting with the chapter The great rehumanization through the chapter Morning the life that could have been. For those that do not have the book, you may still be able to pick one up at Church or contact me directly to have a copy delivered to you.

This book is about putting our lives back together, and allowing ourselves to be put back together, when life doesn’t turn out as we expected it to. Based on his own heart-wrenching personal journals, Matthew Kelly shares how the worst three years of his life affected him, by exploring this question: Can someone who has been broken be healed and become more beautiful and more lovable than ever before?

Here are some possible discussion questions that have been recommended for you to think on as you read the 3rd part:

Question 1: Matthew Kelly says to rehumanize we need to banish indifference from our hearts.  Indifference is the opposite of love.

• How can we do this?
• Carelessness, thoughtlessness, and recklessness rob us of tenderness.  How have they robbed you of tenderness?  What effect has that had on you? How does that erode our humanity?

Question 2: “It’s natural to turn to comfort in times of pain, distress, exhaustion, trauma, and suffering.”

• What is the purpose of comfort? What can you do today to comfort yourself in a way that brings forth healing?

Question 3: We need a steady stream of inspiration!

• Where do you get your inspiration? 
• List ordinary things that bring you joy when you experience them consciously.

Thank you all,

Marc Gregoire

Save the Dates - Pancake Breakfast

Hello All,

A change of seasons is in the air, with the smell of fresh pancakes and local blueberries being served up by the Knights of Columbus again. The Knights are back with live, in-person breakfast at both St. John Fisher and St. Clare.

St. John Fisher = Sunday May 1st

St. Clare = Sunday June 12th

More exciting details to come!

Party at the Seebers

Very late notice.  So not really a council event. I just did not have a better way to notify everybody.

It has been a week and Shannon is doing well.

And it is Easter!

So party time!

The Seebers will be hosting an Argentinian Asada from 2pm-8pm Easter Sunday at 5470 SW Erickson Ave. Beaverton, OR 97005.

Meat will be provided.  All else is potluck.  Swing by any time in those hours if you can. 

 And Shannon would love to have visitors anytime.

UPDATE - Ted needs help preparing for Shannon to come home

Hello Brother Knights,

Shannon (Ted Seeber's wife) will be coming home a day early from the hospital. With that, there are some slight changes to Saturday.

Time to stop by if you have availability and would like to assist would be between 8am-4pm. The dump truck will be there between 10am-2pm.

Priorities will be decluttering kitchen and dining room.

Please reach out to Ted on his cell phone (503-318-1508) is you need any specifics.

Ted needs help preparing for Shannon to come home

Shannon Seeber, after a long recovery from brain surgery, comes home April 12.  

Ted has been at the hospital every day since the surgery on March 14, and the family has had a covid-related hording problem fir a couple of years now.

Ted's family will be up with the big dump truck on Saturday, April 9.  There are several jobs that need to be accomplished:

-cleaning and organizing the master bath and bedroom to allow for walker and cane use

-adding safety grab bars to the master bath

-organizing additional safety and medical equipment in master bathroom

-organizing the kitchen, dining room, and living room to allow for walker/cane use

-separating garbage, unfinished projects, and left over daycare toys in back yard to create space for a coming home BBQ for Easter.

Any time you can donate to this day, would be helpful.  Even if you cannot work at Ted's house, visiting Shannon in the hospital on this day to free up Ted for the hard task of declutter decisions would be helpful.