7 pm Call to Order
- Warden's Membership Check
- Prayer - Our Father
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Roll Call of Officers
- A motion was made, seconded and passed to Approve the Previous Meeting Minutes
7:05 pm GKs Remarks (Don Mey)
- Don Mey spoke about the importance of recruiting new KofC Members. He also discussed techniques to approach parishioners to inform them about the Knights of Columbus and how to ask them if they would like to work on projects with us.
- He admonished our KofC Directors to invite non-knight members to work with them on their committees.
- In conclusion, we discussed the effective interaction of our members and the use of our blog to send messages to our members.
7:15 pm Treasurer's Report 11/15/2022 (Mike Devlin)
- Beginning Checking Balance 10/18/2022 $2,339.03
- ADD: Income received SJF Oct. Breakfast 275.00
- Total $2,614.03
- Less Bill Paid: none NONE
- Current Checking Account Balance $2,614.03
- Unity Savings Account $543.97
- Charity Savings Account $5.71
- Outstanding checks none
7:20 pm Financial Secretary's Report (Erik Riechers)
- Erik discussed the problems that he has been experiencing with the Voucher Process.
- There wasn't anything to report at this meeting.
7:25 pm Committees
- Program Director (Gene Andres)
- Gene pointed out that to confirm our Star Council Eligibility we need 5 new members
- He also stated that we needed to report our Gross Profits as well as our Net Profits
- Parish/School Updates
- St. Clare / Don Mey Don said St. Clare is going to start a Outreach Commission who will list all of our different ministries and make sure they reflect Catholic teaching
- St. John Fisher / Mike Devlin He discussed the possibility of having an Advent Festival
- St. Elizabeth of Hungary / Marc Gregoire said Fr. Charles had been on retreat and that the church had started serving donuts and coffee after mass.
- Faith Director / Mike O'Phelan For the Good of the Order was cancelled to make room for our book review.
- Community Director / Michael Chau Nothing new to report
- Family Director / Ted Seeber discussed the Essay questions that are being judged now. Tom Owens commented on the quality of the student essays he has already read. He recommends a summary of the essays be made by a teacher, -- and/or student team --, and that the synthesis be shared widely and discussed by the teachers, students, and parents. He also recommends that they be made available to the parish through inclusion in a Sunday bulletin.
- Membership Director / Dan Riechers was absent
- Retention / Richard Digregorio Retention is not an issue at this time
7:35 pm Our council discussed "Holy Moments" by Mathew Kelly. Part 1 Awareness (pp 1-31). The basic message that the author wanted to convey is based on an old psychological
premise: "What goes around comes around". Beneficial changes in a system drives more
beneficial. Mathew Kelly also inferred that doing the "Right Thing" takes you to a Holy
Moment that is pleasing to your soul.
7:55 pm KofC Business
- James M. Morgan reported that he had contacted all of the council's members and that everyone was doing well.
- It was decided to have a Pot Luck Dinner for members and families on December 20, 2022.
- And we still haven't decided on an exemplification Ceremony date.
- It was decided that the Knights will host a Coffee & Donuts at St. Clare after Sunday Mass in the 1st quarter of 2023.
- There was no open discussion.
8:10 pm Mark Larson District Deputy was absent.
8:20 pm Sick or in Distress - Holy Mary
- Prayers for Irv Cohen who has been hospitalized
- Kim Aea's granddaughter
- Marc Gregoire's mother, Lucie, his sister, Suzanne, and his daughter Laura.
- Bonnie Owens
- God bless the work of the Council and its members and grant eternal peace to the souls of departed members
8:30 pm Closing Prayer - Prayer for the Canonization of Father Michael J McGivney
