St. Clare Breakfast Incomming!

 April 6, 2025 is our next pancake breakfast at St. Clare's.  This is an important one.  

As usual, we have our standard volunteer times:
6pm-8pm Saturday:  The more hands the better setting tables and Prep

7am-10:15am Sunday:  First shift

10:30am-2:30pm: Second shift

Let seebert42@gmail.com know what you can volunteer for- depending on the job, hours may be slightly different, so if you are not an exact fit, go ahead and let us know what you CAN work.  And remember, for school parents, volunteering with the Knights counts towards your volunteer hours for your family!

State Council Jubilee Event 4 to 8pm Saturday at Holy Rosary Parish

 

Soup Supper March 28th- 2nd call, 2 to 3 soups still needed, bread still needed.

 As has been mentioned a few times before on the blog, the Knights of Columbus is the sponsor for St. Clare's March 28th Soup Supper. Please let Ted Seeber (seebert42@gmail.com) know if you ware willing to volunteer for this event.  It's pretty simple:

5:30pm- Ted will open the Cafeteria for setup.  Put out 35 bowls and spoons, set up tables

6pm- pray & dinner (Fr. Don should be back by then)

6:30pm Stations of the Cross 

7pm- Do dishes and cleanup.

Especially let us know if you're planning on bringing a soup.  We need 6 to 8 soups and bread.  Dessert OK, but remember since it's Friday, meat-free soups and fish based soups are required.

Fraternal Benefits tonight (7pm, same time as the digest comes out)

 If you would like to learn more about the membership benefits of the Knights of Columbus, this is a live online event at 7pm each Wednesday.   Please visit the link below.  There is a survey at the end of the presentation.  By filling this out, our council gets credit for your attendance.  It would also help if you could email Don Mey dmey1951@gmail.com to let me know you attended.  

https://kofcpacific.com/fbn/

Easter Egg Hunt! Yes, it's still the middle of Lent

 We have been asked once again to help with setup for the Easter Egg Hunt at St. Clare's.  Mark April 19, Holy Saturday, on your calendar.  We will once again be setting up for two zones to keep the little ones from being run over. 

Soup Supper March 28th

As has been mentioned a few times before on the blog, the Knights of Columbus is the sponsor for St. Clare's March 28th Soup Supper. Please let Ted Seeber (seebert42@gmail.com) know if you ware willing to volunteer for this event.  It's pretty simple:
5:30pm- Ted will open the Cafeteria for setup.  Put out 35 bowls and spoons, set up tables

6pm- pray & dinner (Fr. Don should be back by then)

6:30pm Stations of the Cross

7pm- Do dishes and cleanup.

Especially let us know if you're planning on bringing a soup.  We need 6 to 8 soups and bread.  Dessert OK, but remember since it's Friday, meat-free soups and fish based soups are required.

Archbishop Sample on EWTN

Click on this link to hear Archbishop Sample stand up to Tina Kotek's abortion celebration

https://archdpdx.org/pastoral-teaching-sanctity-of-life

Reminder- Solidarity with Life Prayer Gathering

 

Fraternal Benefits Repost

 

And our Field Agent is Danny Gosser:
https://www.kofcpacific.com/?p=OR

Meeting minutes for March 18,2025

 7:00pm - Call to Order

• Warden’s Membership Check
• Prayer – Our Father
• Pledge of Allegiance

7:03pm - Roll Call of Officers

• GK, DGK, 2yt, WAR, IG, OG, Rec. FS, Treas,  Chan/Lector-Present
• Adv- excused
• 1yt,  3yt excused
• 12 members Present                                                                                                                                                               

7:05pm - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting

Minutes (corrections & additions?)

7:07pm - GK’s Remarks (Don Mey)

• Lenten activities participation SC & SJF
• Fraternal Benefits Training
• SAFE Environment
• Membership Challenge

7:10pm - District Deputy Remarks- N/A

7:15pm - Treasurer’s Report (Mike Devlin)

• Fraternity Checking balance $1,425.64

• Unity Savings Account balance $544.53
• Charity Savings Acct. balance $5.71

7:20pm - Financial Secretary’s Report (Erik Riechers)

• Supreme Correspondence
• June 3rd St. Andrew Nativity Open House
• 29 paid 11 yet to collect from.  
• Vouchers and Unbound

7:25pm - Membership Reports

• Membership Director (Dan Riechers)
• Retention Chairman (Richard Digregorio)
• No Neighbor Left Behind Phone Calls

7:30pm - Programs

• Program Director - (Gene Andres)

7:35pm - Committees

• Parish / School Updates
• St. Clare (Don Mey)
• St. John Fisher (Mike Devlin)
• Programs:
• Faith
• Community
• Family
• Life

7:40pm - KofC Business

• St. Clare Lenten Soup Supper March 28th
• Details will be posted to the blog (Ted Seeber will have the cafeteria open at 5:30pm)
• Report soups to (seebert42@gmail.com )
• Successful Pancake Breakfast - St. John Fisher
• Next Pancake Breakfast
• St. Clare 
• April 6th – Volunteers needed (seebert42@gmail.com )
• June 1st - mark your calendars.
• St. John Fisher 
• May 4th - mark your calendars.
• June 8th - mark your calendars.
• St. Thomas More Coffee and Donuts
• Sundays between Masses, need a few volunteers. (Contact; Jonathan.Jungwirth@gmail.com)
• Frarternal Benefits every Wednesday at 7pm online
• (https://www.kofcpacific.com/fbn/)
• Unbound sponsorship completed.
• COR - Update

7:45pm - KofC New Business

• State Convention May 2nd thru 4th, Redmond, 
• St. Thomas Catholic Church. State site for Agenda & information.
• Mothers Day - May 11th - Flowers distributed at SC & SJF - any donations, support Mother & Child Education Center. - volunteers needed.
• Blessed Michael McGivney relics came through last week.  

8:00pm - For the Good of the Order (Mike O’Phelan)

8:10 pm - Closing Prayers

• Intentions for the Sick and/or in Distress – Hail Mary
• Shannon Seeber
• Mary Muoth
• Jazlyn's family
• Daniel S Sister in Israel
• 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.

8:15 pm - Adjournment

March Meeting 7pm 3/18/2025

KofC John Clare Council March Hybrid Meeting will be held on Tuesday 3/18/2025  at 7:00 PM. The meeting will be, in-person, at St. Clare Parish Hall, doors open at 6:30 PM., and online via Zoom. See information below.

We have completed our discussion of “Beautiful Eucharist".  We are asking for suggestions of a book for our future reviews.

Here is the agenda to download.

The Zoom information to attend online is listed below.

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 819 2633 6107

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Thank you!

A thank you to all who participated in the Stations of the Cross and soup supper at St John Fisher church Friday, March 14^th.  There were over 50 participants at the Stations of the Cross—the most I have seen at the Stations in my 10 years with the parish.   We provided 6 pots of soup and fed 38 people.  All the pots were empty at the end of the evening.  Again, thanks to all of you who helped make this a successful event for our council.

Love Life Choose Life

Protest Abortion Provider Appreciation Day at State Capitol on

Saturday, March 22nd @ 3:00 PM

Attention Brother Knights,

On March 10th, Oregon Governor Kotek signed a proclamation declaring March 10th as the annual "Abortion Provider Appreciation Day".

Declaring an appreciation day for those who murder children in the womb? What can be more disgraceful than this proclamation

the actual killing of these precious children. Brothers, we cannot just stand by on this one. We need to respond! And we need to respond in

numbers. Please join us for a peaceful demonstration at the Oregon State Capitol on March 22nd at 3:00 PM. We will be start

promptly at 3:00 PM by praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet.

Brothers, our State leaders and our community need to see there are citizens in Oregon who do not support this disgrace. We

large turnout. Please invite as many people as possible including your families and offer carpooling for those who need transportation. There

will be pro-life signs but please feel free to bring your own signs.

Event: Protest Abortion Provider Appreciation Day

Loc: Oregon State Capitol, 900 Court St. NE, Salem, OR 97301

Date: Saturday, March 22, 2025

Time: 3:00 PM

https://tinyurl.com/566f6js2

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pray for us

St. Joseph, Pray for us

Blessed Fr. Michael McGivney, Pray for us

Vivat Jesus,

Eric Walter

State Life Program Director

Oregon Knights of Columbus

dominuspictura@gmail.com

Council Sponsored Stations of the Cross and Soup Supper at SJF Friday March 14th

 We are still in need of another pot or two of soup for the soup supper that our council is sponsoring at St. John Fisher Church tomorrow Friday March 14^th.  Enter through the church.  The doors for the church will be open around 5:30. We will set up for the supper in the Corrado Center between 5:45 and 6:00.  The Stations of the Cross start at 6:00.  The supper will be served after the service.  Contact Gene Andres (gene.andres@comcast.net 773-426-4816) with any questions.

Please come (with or without soup) to support our council’s activity.

KofC Fraternal Benefits Seminars for March

 

And our Field Agent is Danny Gosser:
https://www.kofcpacific.com/?p=OR

Blessed Fr. McGivney Relic Tour is this weekend

 Click through to blog to see graphic with churches and times.  SD Kenneth Anderson would like to see every Knight take the time to go.

To Protect and Serve

 This morning in my spam email, I found out it was time again for Praesidium training.  I had apparently missed two previous emails.  I encourage our entire council to visit https://www.praesidiumacademy.com/learn and complete this training if you haven't done so recently.  

The first part appears to be the same as previous, but there is a Knights specific 2nd part this year.

Our constitutional roll promises have changed and will be printed out and distributed at our meeting on March 18.

You can also download all print material about the Safe Environment Program at this link.

Council Hosting Stations of the Cross at SJF March 14th

Our council will be hosting the Stations of the Cross and a Soup Supper at St John Fisher Church this Friday, March 14th.  The Stations will begin at 6:00pm followed by the Soup Supper.  The council will provide a simple meal consisting of meatless soups bread and water.  Please plan to attend to show the Knights support for our parish. Let Gene Andres (gene.andres@comcast.net - 773-426-4816) know if you plan to bring soup or bread for the meal.

Prayers Needed for Paul Pompili

Paul became ill last night.  This morning, he was taken to the Emergency Room and later admitted to the hospital.  The doctors believe he is suffering from an infection but haven't been able to determine the source.  Please pray for Paul's recovery. 

A Palendromic Profit Breakfast

Gross revenue $503.50

Expenses $198.42

Net $305.08

60 breakfasts served

Thank you to all who worked this breakfast