From Mother and Child Education Center

 

Benefit Concert for Mother & Child Education Center on May 3rd at 7pm

Singing Duo Beth Donnelly and Doug Fisher, together with the Glory Singers Concert Choir, will be performing in a benefit concert for Mother & Child Education Center on May 3rd.  Come join us for an evening of music and fun at The Community Center at Marquis in Tualatin. Get ready to enjoy amazing performances by singing duo, Beth Donnelly & Doug Feller, The Glory Singers Concert Choir, and special guest soloist, 8 year old Mia Russo, while also supporting a great cause. ​ Don't miss out on this heartwarming event that will bring joy to all attendees. Bring your family and friends along for a memorable night filled with love and music. See you there!

Call for volunteers, SJF Breakfast this weekend, April 28th

 Contact Mike Devlin to volunteer for the breakfast at SJF- mdevprop@hotmail.com

We are updating the phone list

This is for our "no neighbor left behind" program.  If you appreciate Rich's monthly voice reminders, please email seebert42@gmail.com with the phone number you want that reminder going to.

Survey Link from the Webinar

 To give our council credit, here's the link for the survey you need to fill out.

https://kofcpacific.com/survey/

Group Watch Party- Financial Services Webinar from the Pacific Agency

Ted Seeber will hold a group watch party in the Clare Room of the Parish office at St. Clare's on Wednesday, April 24th at 6:45pm.  (Please enter through rear door of office just off the office parking lot) There will be snacks and a simple signup sheet.

This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the financial benefits of being a Knight of Columbus- how to sign up for them, and how to use them.

We aren't just a Family organization run by fathers- we are not just a charitable organization.  Charity begins at home, and we are also an insurance company insuring the future of our families.

This counts towards our Star Council goals, so also invite other men from the parish older than age 18 to come find out about this side of the Knights- many a member in the past has joined for the insurance.

For those attending the Zoom meeting from home, please email your confirmation of attendance to Don Mey, GK@kofc15485.org

Passcode is 864485

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More information on Challenger Baseball

 The Challenger Board has put out this schedule.  Ted Seeber will also update our council calendar.  Would be great to see you at one or more of the games cheering these special needs kids on,

You haven't seen alternative baseball until you've seen a father pushing a wheelchair around the bases to Tokyo Drift into Home.

All games are subject to weather cancelation the day of, contact seebert42@gmail.com to double check the day of the game, we're usually told by 9am.  Games start with Little League at 10:30, and Senior League at Noon, except for the Jamboree and One Big Game days.  Jamboree schedule is different based on how many teams travel from other areas of the state to join us, One Big Game will have all the Little League players on one field and all the Senior League players on the other.

Ted already has commitments of volunteers for the big games.  Free lunch comes with three of these games- Troutdale, Tillamook, and wherever we end up playing the One Big Game at the end of the season on June 29th.

If you have kids or grandkids in Little League, and have any suggestions for team sponsorship for the 5/18 or 6/29 games, please contact the board at od4challengerinfo@yahoo.com

Fraternal Benefits Webinar April 24

The Pacific Agency of the Knights of Columbus is holding a Fraternal Services Webinar Wednesday, April 24 at 7pm.  This is an excellent chance to learn more about the financial benefits for you and your family of being a Knight.

Passcode is 864485

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Correction to Glory Singers Event

DAY correction:

As mentioned at the meeting, Mary and Mike O'Phelan sing with the Glory singers, and are performing on Friday May 3rd at the Community Center at Marquis at 7 PM.  

The address is 

19805 SW Boones Ferry Rd in Tualatin, OR 97062.  

The funds go to the Mother and Child Education Center.  

It would be wonderful if some of the Knights could be with us.  

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Call for Volunteers: Wine and Cheese or Breakfast at St. John Fisher

Calling volunteers!  Help is needed for the Wine and Cheese after 4:30 pm Mass on April 27 and for the Pancake Breakfast on April 28 after the 9am and 11am Mass at St. John Fisher.  These are good opportunities for service to community, and increases the visibility of our council at St. John Fisher.

Setup on the breakfast will begin at 7am, start serving at 10.  Ted will be there for coffee and taking credit cards- so we might get some more business.

For both these opportunities, e-mail Mike Devlin at mdevprop@hotmail.com

Glory Singers Charity Show for Mother and Child Education Center

As mentioned at the meeting, Mary and Mike O'Phelan sing with the Glory singers, and are performing on Friday May 3rd at the Community Center at Marquis at 7 PM.  

The address is 19805 SW Boones Ferry Rd in Tualatin, OR 97062.  

The funds go to the Mother and Child Education Center.  

It would be wonderful if some of the Knights could be with us.  

Financial Webinar April 24, 2024 at 7:00pm

 As mentioned at the meeting last night, it's our goal to get 10 members, or even potential members (men over the age of 18) to attend this Zoom meeting.

                                          

                             Links:
Join Zoom meeting at 7pm on April 24th at 
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Passcode is 864485

Meeting Notes April 16, 2024

KofC Council 15485 Hybrid Meeting Notes

April 16th, 2024

Hybrid Meeting

• 7:00 pm - Call to Order
• Prayer - Our Father
• Pledge of Allegiance
• 7:05 pm - Warden’s Membership
• Roll Call of Officers Present: GK FS DGK Chancellor Recorder Treasurer Advocate IG OG 1YT 3YT
• 15 members present --11 officers present
• 7:10 pm - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes (March)
• accepted as sent  
• 7:15 pm - DGK’s Remarks (Don Mey)
• Welcome new members! Tom McCaffrey and William Douglas II.
• Thanks to all who helped and supported the SC Pancake Breakfast
• Blog/Calendar - Volunteer Opportunities
• Membership Challenge
• 7:20 pm - District Deputy Remarks (Mark Larson)
• We are a FAMILY organization
• 7:25 pm - Treasurer’s Report (Mike Devlin)
• Fraternity- 2850.76
• Unity- 544.31
• Charity- 5.71
• Report Accepted
• 7:30 pm - Financial Secretary’s Report (Erik Riechers)
• Accounting of the breakfast on Blog
• Semi-Annual Report passed around
• CUF degree last Saturday
• Report Accepted
• 7:35 pm - Membership Reports
• Membership Director (Dan Riechers)
• Great weekend for membership- 18 and 21, not going to stop now!  Speaking to dads at every breakfast and every Sunday at C&D
• Retention Chairman (Richard Digregorio)
• FS & Chair getting together on non-payment of dues
• No Neighbor Left Behind Phone Calls (Richard Digregorio)
• 7:40 pm - Programs
• Program Director - (Gene Andres)
• 7:45 pm - Committees
• Parish / School Updates
• St. Clare (Don Mey)
• School auction is underway, see bulletin at http://www.saintclarechurch.org
• St. John Fisher (Mike Devlin)
• 27th of April for Wine and Cheese
• 28th of April SJF breakfast
• 7:55 pm - Faith / Community / Family
• Challenger Baseball will be on the blog
• Mother's Day Pro-Life flower sale will be on the blog
• 8:00 pm - KofC Business
• Pancake Breakfast at SJF 4/28/2024, volunteers needed, see Mike Devlin.
• Credit Card processing was only $0.91 on $95.00 of sales
• Book “Beautiful Eucharist”, initial discussion at 4/16/2024 meeting.
• 15 minutes - introduction and 1st chapter next meeting
• COR SC parish discussion groups “Beautiful Eucharist” to begin May/June timeline, propose, once per month following the 8:30 AM and 10:45 PM Masses. Consider volunteering. SJF TBD. (Tom O, Michael O)
• Representatives for 116th Annual State Convention, May 3rd thru 5th, in Newport will be Erik Riechers and Don Mey. (Don M)
• 8:15 pm - KofC New Business
• Officer Nominations 2024/2025 - all incumbents staying except Trustees moving up.
• 3YT Nominated- James Michael Morgan
• Review of State Resolutions.
• Quite a bit of discussion on Baker City Resolution
• This council has concerns on both sides
• Fraternal Benefits Webinar Wednesday 7:00 PM 4/24/24
• Need 10 potential members - Male 18 and older
• Open Business
• 8:20 pm - For the Good of the Order (Mike O’Phelan)
• Called to Glory Singers will be doing charity May 2nd- on blog
• 8:25 pm - Closing Prayers
• Intentions for the Sick and/or in Distress – Hail Mary
• Continued Prayers for Daniel's sister's custody battle in a war zone
• Shannon Seeber
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• God Bless the work of the council and its members and grant eternal peace to the souls of the departed members.
• Prayer for the Canonization of Father Michael J. McGivney.
• 8:30 pm - Adjournment

Mother's Day Flower Sales May 11 - 12, 2024

 We need three people a mass at St. Clare's, two a mass at SJF

And while Ted Seeber has taken charge of ordering and obtaining the flowers, due to a conflict with a Challenger Baseball opportunity, Ted will need somebody else to deliver the flowers to St. John Fisher and St. Clare's on May 11 for the 4:30pm and 5pm Saturday masses (plus the people to sale).

If you'd like to volunteer for this vital pro-life activity, please e-mail seebert42@gmail.com for scheduling..

Meeting Announcement

 Meeting Tuesday, April 16th, 2024

 KofC John Clare Council Hybrid Meeting Tuesday 4/16/2024

The meeting on 4/16 will be in-person @ St. Clare Parish Hall, doors open at 6:30 PM, and on-line, meeting starts at 7:00 PM. Online information listed below. Meeting Highlights;

 - Officer Nominations for the 2024/2025 year, please consider volunteering.

 - Review of the various State Resolutions to be presented at the upcoming 116th State Convention in Newport.

 - Volunteer opportunities @ St. John Fisher Pancake Breakfast on 4/28. See Mike Devlin for sign up.

Here is the Agenda to download.

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Hybrid Meeting, Tuesday, April 16 7:00pm

There will be a Hybrid Meeting of Council 15485 at St Clare's School Cafeteria for in person, or you can click through to the blog and click on the meeting link in this article.

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Eucharistic Revival In Tualatin Valley Vicariate

 Click through to blog to see the flyer- April 13 to May 24, a Pilgrimage of Adoration is happening from Cornelius to Aloha.

CUF Degree Exemplification Scheduled April 13, 6pm, at St. Clare's

 If you are around, please attend 5pm Youth Mass at St. Clare's on Saturday, and stick around for about a half hour afterwards to welcome our new members Bill & Tommy into the Knights!  

If you haven't had a chance to see a post-Covid exemplification, I highly recommend this chance.  Remember that the CUF degree is no longer secret- invite your families, especially your teenage children and grandchildren, to come learn what our order is about.   Boys today, can volunteer with us and will be the Knights of tomorrow.

Breakfast Results!

 Thank you to all who volunteered at the extremely busy breakfast at St. Clare's on Divine Mercy Sunday.  I have the following statistics and lessons learned to report.

First of all- the money.
We took in $803 in cash, $35 in Venmo, $95 in credit card donations, for a gross take of $933.00

Ted's business passed $94.09 on to the bank account, $.91 was eaten in credit card processing fees.  This is a small enough amount that Information-R-Us will continue to offer credit card processing with the next breakfast- better signage will be created before then.

Total expenses, including credit card processing, was $298.45, for a net of $634.55.

We lost track of number of breakfasts served- at least 206.  Ted was expecting less than 200 and only put 200 plates out.  We also let the restocking cart run out of silverware during the 10:45 Mass- Ted will be asking for a volunteer next breakfast at St. Clare's to take over overseeing coffee and busing tables for both masses.

On shopping, Ken Paulsen did most of it and should have done all of it; Ted tried to use Christopher's Fred Meyer discount on the sausages, but we ended up spending about $1.80 per bag over advertised price at Winco.  We bought 600 sausages, had 3 bags left which we will use for next breakfast (had one bag from a previous breakfast for a total of 650- so the proper amount going forward at St. Clare's is 500 sausages).  We purchased 480 eggs and used 384, the remainder 96 eggs were broken down into 8 cartons and donated to SVDP.   Since we buy in 5 dozen boxes- and used 32 dozen, recommended buy from here on out will be 35 dozen for St. Clare's breakfasts.

Thank you greatly to Roger Hebling, Christopher Seeber, James Michael Morgan, Rich Digregorio and Shannon Seeber for helping Ted set up.

Scott Young flipped pancakes for us again and mixed up 4 tubs of batter- I did not hear if we ran out or not but we only had a couple ziplock bags of pancakes left over.

Paul Pommpili, Gene Andres, Michael Chau and Daniel Salomon did a good job on the serving line.

Mike O'Phelan did his normal great job on the eggs.

Dan and Jazlyn were on coffee and orange juice, while Tom Owens and Oanh Nugyen did a good job resetting tables between the masses.

Don Mey and Mike Devlin kept up nicely on the dishes and helped with cleanup at the end, along with Rich Digregorio.

Thank you all for your hard work!  This was a large and stressful breakfast.  But it resulted in 2 new candidates for the Knights, whom we will see this Saturday at 5pm Mass at St. Clare's for a CUF degree!

Blessing of the Rose Festival and Special Planting Honoring Fr. Richard and the St. John Fisher Community

 Below is a clipping from this past week’s St John Fisher's bulletin:

Please plan to attend.  This is a good opportunity for the Knights to be visible and show our support for Father Richard and the St. John Fisher Community.

2nd Call for volunteers at the Divine Mercy Breakfast!

 With the 2nd graders doing 8:30am Mass, we're likely to have quite the rush early.  Got plenty of volunteer spots still left open.  Email seebert42@gmail.com to get on the list.

Easter Egg Hunt was a great success

I did not get any pictures of the crowd- was way too busy shouting "0-5 to my left, 6-12 to my right" and trying to spot kids trying to start early!  4500 eggs hidden, nearly 1000 kids showed up. We had 3 Knights volunteer, and 25 other volunteers from the school stuffing and hiding eggs.

These photos were taken a few minutes before Mass let out, nearly 30 people showed up only for the egg hunt (hope they went to Mass later).

Ted Seeber donated 100 saints medals for lucky kids- but with 4500 eggs, I only saw 3 or four who claimed they found Saints Medals.

Divine Mercy Breakfast Volunteers Needed

 Divine Mercy Sunday, April 7, will be a pancake breakfast at St. Clare's.  This one is going to be a big one- the 2nd graders are doing Mass, which should draw a big crowd.

Please volunteer for one or more of the following time slots:  

April 6, 6-8 pm:  Load in groceries and set up tables
April 7, 7-10:15 am Shift 1 Breakfast- we will serve at 9:30, so when you arrive will depend on your job
April 7, 10:30-2pm  Shift 2 Breakfast- Due to Divine Mercy Sunday video shown in the church, we may still be serving as late as 1:30

Email Ted Seeber, seebert42@gmail.com, to volunteer

The more hands, the faster it will go: Easter Egg field setup

Setup for the Easter Egg field will be Saturday, March 30th, 2 to 4 pm.  I doubt it will actually take us that long.  I could use 1 to 2 more volunteers.  Be prepared to take your turn on the 25 lb red fence post pounder, or do the easy job of wrapping colored tape around fenceposts to create a barrier between the 0-5 year olds and the older kids.

Contact Ted Seeber at seebert42@gmail.com to volunteer

Save your egg cartons!

 Given how the breakfast in October went, and the fact that Divine Mercy Sunday we will be facing a similar set of circumstances, the decision has been made to double the number of eggs and sausage we buy.  This means we *might* face needing to donate unused eggs.  We'll buy the cheap way, in large flats, but may need to break down to standard dozens at the end of the day for donation to SVDP.

Bring empty cartons with you on April 7.  And contact Ted Seeber at seebert42@gmail.com for questions

Meeting Notes, Tuesday, April 19, 2024

• 7:00 pm - Call to Order 
• Prayer - Our Father 
• Pledge of Allegiance 
• 7:05 pm - Warden’s Membership 
• Roll Call of Officers
• Grand Knight- Present
• Deputy Grand Knight- Present
• Chancellor- Excused (tried to contact Recorder)
• Treasurer- Present
• Advocate- Excused
• Recorder- Present
• Warden- Present
• Inside Guard- Present
• Outside Guard- Present
• 1 Year Trustee- Present
• 2 Year Trustee- Excused
• 3 Year Trustee- Excused
• 11 members present, we have a Quorum 
• 7:10 pm - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes (February) 
• Accepted into the record   
• 7:15 pm - DGK’s Remarks (Don Mey) 
• Blog - Calendar - Volunteer Opportunities 
• Membership Challenge 
• "I'm too busy" - Good, that's who we want
• Let people know what's going on
• 7:20 pm - District Deputy Remarks (Mark Larson)
• New Membership quota by June is 6 (State Deputy Request)
• Lesson on Ceremony in meetings  
• Consistency
• Officer roles should be a progression
• 7:25 pm - Treasurer’s Report (Mike Devlin)
• Fraternity Checking: $2205.63
• Unity Savings: $544.21
• Charity Savings: $5.34
• Report approved
• 7:30 pm - Financial Secretary’s Report (Erik Riechers)
• Submission of Audit Report- Awaiting one more signature
• Don and Erik have been reported as Delegates to State Secretary
• 14 members have paid- 10 unpaid - missing membership card for one member
• Assumed Business Name is Knights of Columbus John Clare Council 15485 reported with Secretary of State of Oregon
• Accepted Report

• 7:35 pm - Membership Reports 
• Membership Director (Dan Riecher)
• Notes from Dan given to GK - A new member Tom- will be joining online and getting a CUF in next few weeks)
• This Sunday Dan will be speaking after one of the Masses (likely 10:45). Volunteers are requested to stand at the doors
• Young Catholic Professionals Retreat- Dan was there as well as the sponsorship from District 3. He did a good job raising the profile of the Knights.
• Retention Chairman (Richard Digregorio) 
• No Neighbor Left Behind Phone Calls (Richard Digregorio) 
• 7:40 pm - Programs 
• Program Director - (Gene Andres) 
• 7:45 pm - Committees
• Parish / School Updates 
• St. Clare (Don Mey) - up about 20% over last year. Likely due to Kids Masses. Next Breakfast, April 7, may be very large. RCIA, preparing for 1st communion
• St. John Fisher (Mike Devlin) - Easter Sunday event passing out books- requested. Scott Young and Fr. Richard ordered 500 copies of Beautiful Eucharist
• 8:00 pm - KofC Business 
• Easter Egg Hunt SC, volunteers needed 3/30 for set up. See blog. Get a chance to use a fence post pounder.
• Pancake Breakfast at SC 4/7/2024, volunteers needed, see Ted Seeber.  
• Venmo App implementation. Update (Ted, Marc, Erik, Mike)
• Book “Beautiful Eucharist”, initial discussion at 4/16/2024 meeting. 
• COR SC parish discussion groups “Beautiful Eucharist” to begin May/ June timeline, propose, once per month following the 8:30 AM and  10:45 PM Masses. Consider volunteering. SJF TBD. (Tom O, Michael O) 
• SJF Wine and Cheese- next one will be last Saturday in April
• Representatives for 116th Annual State Convention, May 3rd thru 5th, in  Newport will be Erik Riechers and Don Mey. (Don M) 
• 8:15 pm - KofC New Business  
• Request from pastor, Fr. Martin L. King, to establish a Roundtable at St.  Thomas More. Initial membership event on Saturday 4/06/2024, Wine &  Cheese following the 5:00 PM mass at St. Thomas More. Some State  Officers and I will be in attendance, additional Knights needed. Details  to follow. 
• Challenger Baseball- Michael Chau and Ted will be recording all games, and our council will be credited with donating the YouTube Channel
• Open Business  
• 8:05 pm - Closing Prayers 
• Intentions for the Sick and/or in Distress – Hail Mary
• Grand Knight Mark C at Elizabeth Ann Seton and his wife
• Shannon Seeber recovery
• Nieces and Nephews of Daniel S. in Israel- child custody and war threats
• Mother of a Professor of Daniel S. in hospice
• Judy Pompili in hospital
• Cathy Andres Heart Operation
• Pray for the soul of Paul Lewis- Lenore Lewis's son dead at 65
• God Bless the work of the council and its members and grant eternal   peace to the souls of the departed members. 
• Prayer for the Canonization of Father Michael J. McGivney.
• 8:09 pm - Adjournment

Due to Chancellor not being available, click here to see For the Good of the Order

For the Good of the Order: St Joseph

A reading from the sermons of St Bernardine of Siena (Sermon 2, On St Joseph)

A faithful foster-parent and guardian was St. Joseph the Worker. This is the general rule that applies to all individual graces given to a rational creature.  Whenever divine grace selects someone to receive a particular grace, or some especially favored  position, all the gifts for his state are given to that person, and. enrich him abundantly."

This is especially true of that holy man Joseph, the supposed father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and true husband of the queen of the world and of the angels. He was chosen by the eternal Father to be the faithful foster-parent and guardian of the most precious treasures of God, his Son and his spouse. This was the task which he so faithfully carried out. For this, the Lord said to him, ‘Good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your Lord.’

A comparison can be made between Joseph and the whole Church of Christ. Joseph was the specially chosen man through whom and under whom Christ entered the world fittingly and in an appropriate way. So, if the whole Church is in the debt of the Virgin Mary, since, through her, it was able to receive the Christ, surely after her, it also owes to Joseph special thanks and veneration.

For he it is who marks the closing of the Old Testament. In him the dignity of the prophets and patriarchs achieves its promised fulfilment. Moreover; he alone possessed in the flesh what God in his goodness promised to them over and again. 

It is beyond doubt that Christ did not deny to Joseph in heaven that intimacy, respect, and high honor which he showed to him as to a father during his own human life, but rather completed and perfected it. Justifiably the words of the Lord should be applied to him, ‘Enter into the joy of your Lord.’ Although it is the joy of eternal happiness that comes into the heart of man, the Lord prefers to say to him ‘enter into joy’. The mystical implication is that this joy is not just inside man, but surrounds him everywhere and absorbs him, as if he were plunged in an infinite abyss.

Therefore be mindful of us, blessed Joseph, and intercede for us with him whom men thought to be your son. Win for us the favor of the most Blessed Virgin your spouse, the mother of him who lives and reigns with the Holy Spirit through ages unending. Amen.

Prayer

Almighty God, at the beginnings of our salvation, when Mary conceived your Son and brought him forth into the world, you placed them under Joseph's watchful care. May his prayer still help your Church to be an equally faithful guardian of your mysteries, and a sign of Christ to mankind.

(We make our prayer) through our Lord.

(Through Christ our Lord.)

Prepared by Pontifical University Saint Thomas Aquinas

Meeting April 19,2024

 Meeting Tuesday, March 19th, 2024

 KofC John Clare Council Hybrid Meeting Tuesday 3/19/2024

The meeting on 3/19 will be in-person and on-line @ St. Clare Parish Hall, doors open at 6:30 PM, meeting starts at 7:00 PM. Online information listed below.

Volunteer opportunity @ St. Clare Easter Egg Hunt, set up on 3/30, see previos blog post and Ted Seeber for details.

Volunteer opportunity @ St. Clare Pancake Breakfast on 4/07. See Ted Seeber for sign up.

Here is the Agenda to download.

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Need readers and warden for CUF Degree March 17

We will be holding a CUF degree March 17 at St. Clare's after the 10:45 Mass. Please e-mail Ted Seeber at seebert42@gmail.com if you are available to read and/or act as Warden or Conferring Officer. Dress code will be coat and tie.

Easter Egg Hunt Volunteering

 Hello!

Thank you for reaching out for offering to help with the St Clare Easter Egg hunt this year. 

This is a quick overview of the plan and ways you could sign up to help. Please let me know what would interest you and work best with your schedule. 

Setup:

The Knights of Columbus group has volunteered again to help with setting up the age group zones. This will take place on Saturday before Easter. Sounds like they have enough people to have this covered. 

Run of show day of Easter 3/31: 

There will be 2 age groups this year: 0-5 by the side lawn to the garage and 6-12 by the playground to the open field. Kids will line up on the curb waiting for the air horn sound to start the egg hunt.

The areas of volunteer help are mostly for the day of the event in the morning. I know this is harder with younger kids. 

• Day of Easter laying/hiding eggs in the zoned areas (15 people or as many as we can get. Start at 7:30 about an hour)   
• Day of Easter help families and kids / guide them to their zones (2 people outside the church side door by the parking lot and side gate)  
• Day of Easter Line up in front of the curb by the school field and playground as a monitor before the egg hunt begins (6 people needed - 5-10 min ask) 
• Day of Easter Clean up (5 volunteers needed - 20 min ask) 

If any of you are interested in helping in one of these areas or any other ideas please let me know! I have a google sign up sheet. I have already started and listed most of you as helping laying eggs. Again reach out and let me know what works best with your schedule. 

We are in need of candy!! There is a basket on the counter at the east door of St. Clare's Church for wrapped small candy.  St Clare's parish Moms group has a stuffing event on Thursday 3/21 that was a success last year of stuffing most of the eggs. If you would like to attend I can send you the details. We will see how far we get then I might reach out to see if people can stuff eggs with candy at home. 

Please reach out if you have any additional ideas or questions. Also please encourage candy donations and if you know anyone else who could volunteer please pass this along or have them reach out to me. 

Thank you for offering to volunteer!

Cheers, 

Heather (Owen 2nd Grade / Stella Kinder)

Webinar tonight from Supreme

 

February Fraternal Leader Webinar   Council Focus Areas for the Next Four Months   Thursday, February 22, 2024 8:00 PM EST

 

Join us on Thursday, February 22nd for an informative fraternal webinar entitled Council Focus Areas for the Next Four Months.   In this webinar, we will share with you where your Council's focus should be for the final four months of the Fraternal Year. We will cover essential information your council needs to be successful in growth, programs and administrative tasks as you attempt to make Star Council.    And remember, if you can't join us live, it will be available on-demand afterwards. Be sure to sign-up to ensure you get the link for this important webinar.   Click Here to Register

Exemplification at St Anthony's

Worthy Brother Knights,

Reminder, we are having a district-wide Exemplification for degrees 1 - 3 at
1PM, and 4TH degree at 2PM, this upcoming Saturday, February 24TH at St.
Anthony's O'Reilly Hall. Please invite any practicing Catholic man, 18 years
of age or older, to join our prestigious council.

For any knight seeking to complete the 4TH degree, here is your opportunity
this Saturday.

Please contact me with any prospects and I will be delighted to get them
squared-away for this Saturday.  Let's bring in new brothers to Our Lady of
the Valley Council!

On March 3rd, Oregon State Council is hosting Holy Hour at the Cathedral
with Archbishop Sample at 2PM.  Brothers, please make time with our Lord
during Lent. The world needs our prayers and here is a stellar opportunity
to join your brother knights in Holy Prayer. (See attachment) We can meet at
St. Anthony's and carpool to the Cathedral.  If anyone needs a ride, please
let me know. 

Thank you brothers!

Let's make a difference!

Holy Trinity, "Have mercy on us!"

Your brother in Christ,

Sal Arellano
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus #3591
Sal_mvp@yahoo.com
Grandknight3591@gmail.com

Meeting Notes Tuesday February 20

• 7:00 pm - Call to Order
• Prayer - Our Father
• Pledge of Allegiance
• 7:05 pm - Warden’s Membership
• Roll Call of Officers -GK Present, Rec Present, War Present, 2yt absent, OG Present, Chan/Lect present, DGK present, Treasurer Present, 1yt excused, FS present, Adv absent, IG excused, 3yt Present
• 7:10 pm - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes (January)
• Motion accepted
• 7:15 pm - DGK’s Remarks (Don Mey)
• Blog - Calendar 
• Volunteer Opportunities
• "Ask to Join" Membership Challenge
• Pancake Breakfast Thank you.
• Safe Environment- goal of 50% of council members
• 7:20 pm - District Deputy Remarks (Mark Larson)
• Send off pictures to Tkarl@charter.net and write an article
• CUF Degree Scheduled March 17 St. Clare's, March 23 Mollala/Canby St. Patrick's council, 4th degree 4pm.
• Go to http://kofc.org to get more information about web based programs coming out.
• 7:25 pm - Treasurer’s Report (Mike Devlin) 
• Fraternity Checking- $2082.83
• Unity Savings- $544.27
• Charity Savings- $5.71
• Report accepted
• 7:30 pm - Financial Secretary’s Report (Erik Riechers)
• Mother & Child, St. Joseph's, and Holy Family Catholic Clinic sent thanks
• 14 members have already paid dues
• Report accepted
• 7:35 pm - Membership Reports
• Membership Director (Dan Riechers)
• Retention Chairman (Richard Digregorio)
• No Neighbor Left Behind Phone Calls (Richard Digregorio)
• 7:40 pm - Programs
• Program Director - (Gene Andres)
• 7:45 pm - Committees
• Parish / School Updates
• St. Clare (Don Mey)
• Soup Supper Fridays!  In New Business
• 1st one went well 7 soups, 5 homemade breads, humble journey
• RCIA Candidates were at 10:45 Mass
• If you haven't met Kim Zea, thank her for all the work.
• St. John Fisher (Mike Devlin)
• Stations on Friday also.   No soup supper this year.
• Heat is back on after a month
• 7:55 pm - Faith / Community / Family
• Faith - 
• Community -  
• Family - no updates from Ted
• 8:00 pm - KofC Business
• Member dues and 360 contributions high priority! Look for invoices mailed/email. Payments accepted at meeting. Payment methods cash and check.
• SC Lenten Friday Soup Supper/Stations, Friday February 23rd. Supper at 6:00 PM Parish Hall, Stations at 6:30 PM. Kim Zea providing themes. (Don/Ted contacts)
• Don, Ted, Mike O, James, and Gene to bring soups
• Ted and James to bring bread
• Don and Mike O to read at stations
• Pancake Breakfasts at SJF we need dates for 3 for SJF following the cancelation of the 2/11 date. The confirmed Pancake Breakfasts at SC are 4/7/2024 and 6/2/2024
• April 28th and June 9th at SJF
• Knights Shirt purchases - finalize order, invoice members. See blog for selection. Order will be placed following meeting 2/20/2024. Payments accepted at meeting and prior to distribution. Update (Dan R.). 
• Knights Wine and Cheese at SJF- next date is Saturday February 24 after the 4:30 Mass
• Venmo App implementation issues. Update (Ted, Marc, Erik, Mike) 
• Book “Beautiful Eucharist “, initial discussion at 3/19/2024 meeting.
• COR SC parish discussion groups “Beautiful Eucharist” to begin following Lent, propose, once per month following the 8:30 AM and 10:45 PM Masses. Consider volunteering. SJF TBD. (Tom O, Michael O)
• 8:15 pm - KofC New Business
• Candidates for 116th Annual State Convention, May 3rd thru 5th, Newport. (Don M.)
• State assessment on dues will be voted on at the convention.
• Delegate #1:  Don Mey
• Delegate #2:  Erik Riechers
• Alternate #1: Ted Seeber
• Alternate #2:  Dan Riechers 
• Exemplification Ceremony at SC tentative date, 3/17 following the 10:45 Mass. Optional dates 3/10 and 3/24. (Don M.). NOON on 3/17.  
• Consider resolution to State for development of Youth Web discussion site. Build on current Essay Contest ideas. (Tom O/Ted S)  - Ted was due to contact Archdiocese Office of Education and will consider a resolution for next year.
• Open Business
• 8:20 pm - For the Good of the Order (Mike O’Phelan)
• Dear Abby Letter - choosing a good minister
• Paul's epistle to Philomena
• 8:25 pm - Closing Prayers
• Intentions for the Sick and/or in Distress – Hail Mary
• Shannon Seeber
• Mary Muoth and Millie Muoth
• Daniel S.'s sister
• Scott's friend in danger of abuse
• GK of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Council Mark Goldberg
• Marge Mey 
• God Bless the work of the council and its members and grant eternal peace to the souls of the departed members.
• Prayer for the Canonization of Father Michael J. McGivney.
• 8:30 pm - Adjournment

Meeting Tuesday, February 20, 2024

 KofC John Clare Council Hybrid Meeting Tuesday 2/20/2024

We will return to our normal Hybrid Meeting for our 2/20 meeting. In person @ St. Clare Parish Hall, doors open at 6:30 PM, meeting starts at 7:00 PM. Online information listed below.

Be prepared to pay outstanding dues, via check or cash. If you are interested in new KofC shirts please be prepared to pay for shirts as we are finalizing our order following our 2/20 meeting.

Volunteer opportunity @ St. Clare Lenten Soup Supper / Stations sponsored by the Knights, this Friday 2/23. Soups and bread needed, set up and clean up as well. 

Here is the Agenda to download.

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SJF Breakfast on Feb 11 will be rescheduled

Calendar Conflict with the parish.

A big thank you to all of our breakfast volunteers

Another successful breakfast is in the books. Was a bit more expensive on the food- $202- but we still netted $449.

Here's some video of our two larger rushes. We served 156 breakfasts this morning.

2nd Call for St. Clare Breakfast Volunteers

 Email Ted Seeber seebert42@gmail.com to volunteer.  We're good on setup Saturday night, but could use more help Sunday 7am-10:30 am, and especially with cleanup, 12pm-2pm.  

Archdiocese Sanctity of Life Event.

 Click on the image to go to the https://www.archdpdx.org/lifegala

Volunteers Needed- Breakfasts coming up- February 4 & 11

Well, it's that time again- time to volunteer for the upcoming breakfasts!  We're going to try to save some shopping money and do two back-to-back- February 4 @ St. Clare's and February 11 at SJF.

Saturday, Feb 3, 6pm-8pm:  Usually only need an hour for this, more hands the better, setup of tables and basic kitchen setup, load of all the equipment from the closet, load of groceries!

Sunday, Feb 4, 7am-10:30am:  Shift 1.  Check with Ted Seeber if you're volunteering for a specific job, start times may be later depending on the job, you might actually be instructed to go to 8:30am Mass, then do the Judas Shuffle to let us know when Eucharist is. 

Sunday, Feb 4, 10:30-2pm:  Shift 2, includes cleanup after about 12:15.  Can be the shorter of the two shifts, even though it doesn't look like it.

Contact Ted Seeber, seebert42@gmail.com or 503-318-1508, to volunteer for Feb 3&4.  

Sunday Feb 11, 7:30am-2pm:  St. John Fisher, we do things a bit differently- volunteer for whatever you can in this time period. Contact Mike Devlin, mdevprop@hotmail.com to volunteer.

2024 March For Life In Washington D.C.

 Your State Deputy Ken Anderson attended the annual March for Life in Washington D.C. this past weekend.  His fiancée Anastasia Paulsen, accompanied by her chaperone grandpa also attended.

The weather was extremely cold, but sacrifice merits greater success.  Many great speakers including Frank Pavone and Bishop Strickland provided motivation.

  

Lynn V Move accomplished

THANK YOU TO ALL VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED

Ted Seeber

Christopher Seeber

Shannon Seeber

Gene Andres

Mike Devlin

Paul Pompili

Dan Riechers

Josslyn 

Don Mey

Richard DiGregorio 

Erik Riechers

David Pickett 

Lynn Vanek Move rescheduled

Way too icy up here on Marquam Hill Saturday Morning.  Landlord wants her out by Monday Evening. 

Here is the plan:  Sunday afternoon, after church and after the day warms up, we will meet at Lynn's at 1pm and get whatever small boxes we can, and dismantle furniture.  

Monday Evening at 4pm will be the big move with the Uhaul.

This schedule may still slip, based on weather, so call Ted Seeber at 503-318-1508 so that he has your phone number and availability for either of these times.

Lynn Vanek Move is OFF

Way too icy

Contact Ted Seeber, seebert42@gmail.com or 503-318-1508 if you can help.   

Meet at the parking lot link below at 10am on Saturday, January 20th.

Map to closest parking lot we can use for staging for Lynn's apartment

Map to storage unit 

Meeting Minutes January 16, 2024

Zoom Only, send errata to seebert42@gmail.com

7:00 pm - Call to Order

•  Prayer - Our Father
•  Pledge of Allegiance

7:05 pm - Warden’s Membership

• Roll Call of Officers - 12 members on call, 14 Knights including DD & DW, 
• GK Here
• DGK here
• Chan Here
• Rec Here
• Treasuer here
• Adv Absent
• OG Absent
• Warden Heree
• 2 trustees

7:10 pm - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes (November)

• Approved

7:15 pm - DGK’s Remarks (Don Mey)

• Blog - Calendar - Volunteer Opportunities
• Membership Challenge - ask people to join!  Unless you ask, they won't join.
• Christmas Potluck success

7:20 pm - District Deputy Remarks (Mark Larson)

• 4th Degree - Jan 27 in Milwaulkie - Districtmaster@oregondistrict4thdegree.org
  
• CUF Degree March 2
• Printout of calendar for breakfasts

7:25 pm - Treasurer’s Report (Mike Devlin)

• Fraternity - $1383.21
• Charity - $5.71
• Unity - $544.25
• Accepted into the record

7:30 pm - Financial Secretary’s Report (Erik Riechers)

• Highest priority is billing, but FS computer went dead.

7:35 pm - Membership Reports

• Membership Director (Dan Riechers)
• Breakfast.  Will will be packed for the 8:30 mass
• Retention Chairman (Richard Digregorio)
• No Neighbor Left Behind Phone Calls (Richard Digregorio)

7:40 pm - Programs

• Program Director - (Gene Andres)

7:45 pm - Committees

• Parish / School Updates
• St. Clare (Don Mey)
• St. John Fisher (Mike Devlin)

7:55 pm - Faith / Community / Family 

• Offer table games for soup supper - coordinate with Kim Zea

8:00 pm - KofC Business

• Member dues and 365 contributions high priority! Look for invoices via snail mail and or email. Payment methods cash and check.
• Knights SJF Wine & Cheese, Saturday January 20th following the 4:30 PM Mass. (Gene A/Mike D)
• Pancake Breakfasts SC 2/4/2024, SJF 2/11/2024. See Ted and Mike D for volunteer opportunities and assignments.
• Knights purchase - finalize order, invoice members. See blog for selection. Order will be placed when paid in full. Update (Dan R.)  
• Venmo App implementation issues. Update (Ted, Marc, Erik, Mike)
• Mount Angels Seminarian donation delayed. (Funding)

8:15 pm - KofC New Business

• Volunteer opportunity, SC parishioners, apartment contents move to storage unit scheduled for Saturday January 20th, 10:00 AM. (See Ted and blog for details)
• SC Lenten Friday Soup/Stations. Knights to sponsor at least one Friday.  Kim Zea providing dates and themes. (Don/Ted contacts)
• Book discussion opportunity, “Beautiful Eucharist “. KofC meeting segment as in the past and/or COR parish discussion opportunity. (Tom O, Michael O)
• Motion to submit up to $125 to buy books for the discussion groups.
  
• Discussion to try to add book groups after mass
• Motion passed- budget of $125 for Mass
• Consider resolution to State for development of Youth Web discussion site. Build on current Essay Contest ideas. (Tom O/Ted S)
• YCP Donation $50 - moved, seconded and voted aye.  
• Open Business

8:20 pm - For the Good of the Order (Mike O’Phelan)

• Readings for next Sunday- Jonah, 1 Corinthians, Gospel calling the fishermen- need to listen for the call.

8:25 pm - Closing Prayers

• Intentions for the Sick and/or in Distress – Hail Mary
• Phil Jarvis, RIP, and Donna especially
  
• For the O'Phelan family
  
• For the soul of John Stengal - quick cancer leaving behind wife and family of 4
  
• Marc's Sister starting Chemo for 3rd time
• For all impacted by this series of storms
  
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• God Bless the work of the council and its members and grant eternal peace to the souls of the departed members.
• Prayer for the Canonization of Father Michael J. McGivney.

8:30 pm - Adjournment