From our worthy FS

GREAT news from today’s doc appt. All proceedings as well as possible !   Thanks for your extremely effective prayers!

Archbishop Vlazney Funeral Activities

From 4th Degree District Master Mark Larson:

(Distribute to All Members A.S.A.P)

 

ALL KNIGHTS

 

 

This is an ALL-hands-on-deck call.

 

For Funeral observations for Archbishop Vlazny

 

Visitation: Thursday, June 5, from 1:00-6:00 PM at St. Mary’s Cathedral

 

Honor Guard is needed for the visitation and vigil Service.  Arrive by Noon.

We will need to rotate Knights for the Visitation; please let me know when you can be there.

 

 

Vigil Service (immediately following the Visitation): Thursday, June 5 at 6:30 PM

 

Honor Guard will be needed for the service.  Please stay and assist.  Arrive by 5:30 PM for the vigil service.

 

 

 

Honor Guard for the Funeral Mass arrive by 10:00 AM.

 

Funeral Mass: Friday, June 6 at 11:00 AM at St. Mary’s Cathedral.  A live streaming of the Mass will be available.  https://www.maryscathedral.com  A reception will follow in the Cathedral playground.

 

 

Honor guard for the Rite of Committal arrive by 1:30 PM (instructions to follow).

 

Rite of Committal: Mt. Calvary Cemetery at 2:30 PM

 

 

The dress requirement for this is a 4th-degree uniform.  All other Knights should wear a dark suit and tie and display their name badge.

 

Archbishop Vlazny’s support and love for the Knights could not be measured.  Please come and remember the love that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit showed us by putting Archbishop Vlazny among us.

 

 

 

Vivat Jesus!

 

Mark Larson PNF, PGK, FFS, FDD

District Master of  the Oregon District,

Blanche Province Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus

districtmaster@oregondistrict4thdegree.org

503-528-4695

 

2nd Call for breakfast volunteers

 I could still use more volunteers for 1st and 2nd shifts on Sunday, especially the 9:30-10:15am rush, the 10:15-10:30 resetting, and the 11:45am-12:15pm rush.

We only got two additional volunteers from SIS, so I urge you to work this breakfast if you can!  Contact seebert42@gmail.com to volunteer

TWO amazing chances, two amazing relics

Monday May 26, 6-8 pm, a relic monsterance blessed by St. Pope John Paul II will be available for adoration at St. Clare's.

Tuesday, May 27, 4:30-6:30pm our State Deputy will have a final showing of the relic of Fr. McGivney at St Thomas More.

Take this chance to get in a little extra prayer time

Pancake Breakfast coming up June 1

 Incoming- volunteers needed for our final breakfast of the year at St. Clare's June 1.  As usual, we'll run this as three shifts.  In addition, we will be doing a membership drive at Mass, and so need additional volunteers.  I've already asked the Sisters In the Spirit for help; encourage your wives to volunteer for serving line for either the 9:30-10:15 shift or the 11:45-12:15 shift.

I don't think I've ever revealed what is on my list before, so here's the list of jobs and when I need people for.

Shopping - Ken Paulsen will do this for the final two breakfasts, we'll need somebody new next year, week before the breakfast

Setup (Shift 1 only)  May 31 You can go to 5pm Mass, 6:15pm-8pm it's scheduled for

Setup (Shift 1 only)   May 31 You can go to 5pm Mass, 6:15pm-8pm it's scheduled for

Setup (Shift 1 only)   May 31 You can go to 5pm Mass, 6:15pm-8pm it's scheduled for

Setup (Shift 1 only)   May 31 You can go to 5pm Mass, 6:15pm-8pm it's scheduled for

Pancake 1  Sunday June 1- 8:00am-noon (or thereabouts)

Serving Line 1  9:30am-10:15am (can go to 8:30 mass and skip out after communion)

Serving Line 2  11:45am-12:15pm (can go to 10:45 Mass and skip out after communion)

Serving Line 3  Same times as Serving Line 1

Eggs 1 8am-noon (or thereabouts)

Coffee/OJ/Milk 7am-noon (or thereabouts) can also do Dining Room

Sausage 8am-11:45am, can do other jobs as well in kitchen

Applesauce/fruit cocktail 7am-noon (or thereabouts)  can also do Dining room

Dishes 1 - 9am-2pm

Dining Room Manager - 9:30am-10:30am, can go to 10:45 Mass if reset is done

Dining Room Crew 1 - 9:30am-10:30am, can go to 10:45 Mass if reset is done

Dining Room Crew 2 - 9:30am-10:30am, can go to 10:45 Mass if reset is done

Cleanup  12:15-2, the more hands the better

Money 9:30am-12:30pm, prefer two people

Membership Drive Mass Door 1 After each Mass, 6pm, 9:30am, 11:45am for about 10 minutes

Membership Drive Mass Door 2 After each Mass, 6pm, 9:30am, 11:45am for about 10 minutes

Membership Drive Mass Door 3 After each Mass, 6pm, 9:30am, 11:45am for about 10 minutes

Meeting Minutes

7:00pm - Call to Order

• Warden’s Membership Check
• Prayer – Our Father
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Pope Francis Death, Pope Leo XIV & Prayer for Peace and Unity

7:03pm - Roll Call of Officers

• GK Present
• FS - Present
• DGK Present
• Chancellor- Absent
• Recorder - Present
• Treasurer- Excused
• Advocate- Present
• Warden - Present
• Inside Guard -Present
• Outside Guard- Present
• One Year Trustee - Excused
• Two Year Trustee - Excused
• Three Year Trustee - Present

7:05pm - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes (corrections

& additions?)

• Accepted

7:07pm - GK’s Remarks (Don Mey)

• Membership Challenge
• The reality is that North Dakota has more membership than we do in Oregon- with less population
• We need to keep asking, even through the no
• State Convention Comments
• Thank you to State officers
• go to https://oregonkofc.org to see the notes
• Vocations 
• 6 priests on the altar at Church during State Convention
• Support Seminarians 
• Fraternal Benefits Training- On-line Every Wednesday at 7:00 PM  
• SAFE Environment - https://kofc.org/SafeEnvironment
• Membership Challenge

7:10pm - District Deputy Remarks

• New State officers

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

• Fraternity: 3115.49
• Unity: 544.47
• Charity:  5.71
• Report Accepted

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

• Correspondence and thank you from Mother and Child
• Thank you from Holy Family Catholic Clinic
• St. Andrew Nativity School Fundraising dinner
• State assessment has been paid
• 8 members have not paid dues yet
• Report Accepted

7:25pm - Membership Reports

• Membership Director (Dan Riechers)
• Invites for Dan's wedding 
• June 21 his life will settle down 
• 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)
• Confirmation- Archbishop Sample 
• 40 young people Confirmed May 18
• Go to St. Clare website to watch
• St. John Fisher (Gene Andres)
• May 31 Feast of the Visitation Pilgrimage to the Grotto (link to SJF Bulletin)
• 10:30 Am start (insert itinerary info)

• Programs:
• Faith
• Community
• Family
• Life

7:40pm - KofC Business

• Frarternal Benefits
• On-line Every Wednesday at 7:00 PM  (Click Link on Blog)
• Wine & Cheese at SJF Saturday May 31st after the 4:30 PM Mass.
• Pancake Breakfasts
• St. Clare June 1st - mark your calendars, volunteers needed, see Ted Seeber. Member Drive assignments also needed.
• St. John Fisher June 8th - mark your calendars, volunteers needed, see Mike Devlin. Member Drive assignments also needed.
• Need Member with Costco membership to volunteer for shopping, Ken Paulsen needs to take a step back
• St. Thomas More Coffee and Donuts Sundays between Masses, need a few volunteers (Contact; Jonathan.Jungwirth@gmail.com)

7:45pm - KofC New Business

• Nomination of Officers 2025/2026. John/Clare Council 15485
• GK- Don Mey
• DGK- Gene Andres 
• Chancellor- Mike O'Phelan
• Recorder - Ted Seeber
• Treasurer - Mike Devlin
• Advocate-Dan Richers
• Warden- Michael Chau
• Inside Guard- Mark LeAir
• Outside Guard - Daniel Salomon
• 1 year Trustee - Marc Gregoire
• 2 year Trustee- James Morgan
• 3 year Trustee- Paul Reswebber
  

8:00pm For the good of the order- Give Us This Day Pentecost Reflection Don Mey 

8:10 pm - Closing Prayers

• Intentions for the Sick and/or in Distress – Hail Mary
• Paul Pompili
• Erik Riechers
• Bernice Jones- mother of 3591 Treasurer- Stroke
• Kyle LeAir (fractured knee on soccer field)
• Daniel Salomon's Sister and Parents
• Erik's Father-in-Law Tom
• 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

John / Clare Council 15485, May Meeting 7pm 5/20/2025

KofC John Clare Council April Hybrid Meeting will be held on Tuesday 5/20/2025  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 the attached agenda .

Mark your calendars, volunteers needed for upcoming Pancake Breakfasts, SC on 6/1, and SJF on 6/8.

We will conduct member drives during these breakfasts as well.

Officer Nominations for 2025/2026 year, will be accepted at this meeting. If you are interested in running and have questions, please contact Don Mey @ dmey1951@gmail.com 

The Zoom information to attend online is listed below.

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Mother's Day Flower Sale is a huge success

Donations $1016

Flower cost was $336
That is $680 headed for Mother and Child Education Center

Thank you to Don Mey, Ken Paulsen, and Ted Seeber for heading this up!  Well done all!

Cute at 5pm Mass St Clare

The Youth Choir had 8th grade girls from parenting class.  Mother Mary babysat the Balloon babies.  Sorry for the sideways.

Pray for FS Erik

The condition has been diagnosed as a bone infection, potentially quite dangerous.  More information Monday

Andrew Seeber and his mother Alison on Vocations

Ok, I'm a bit proud of my nephew, who was on The Morning Blend on Mater Dei Radio this morning advertising the upcoming Seminarian Tea.

This entire talk was Extremely Enlightening on the process of discernment and vocation.  For tickets to the Annual Seminarian Tea, click this second link

Contact info and Welcome

 In recent days we've had a large number of potentially new subscribers, potentially new Knights, through our "Sign up through digests" form.  I've added you all to blog digests, so if this if your first post you've seen in a digest, Welcome!

As we heard a few weeks ago in our Fraternal Benefits watch party, you have benefits as a Knight that accrue to your wife and children and grandchildren.  Sadly, looking at Membership Online with Supreme, some of our contact information has become incorrect over the years.  Consider this your chance to let us know who you are and let us know backup contact information for you!  

Click on this link to answer an identity Survey Monkey form, let us know your preferred phone and email, and let us know more about your family and parish life, so we can better support the parishes we're supposed to be covering, be it St. Clare's, St. John Fisher, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, or St. Thomas More.

Mother's Day Flower Sale

Needed 3 people per Mass, per parish.  This is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year.  Please let your parish captain know which Mass you go to, to receive instructions.  Families may volunteer together to cover a single door.

Saint Clare Captain:  Ted Seeber, seebert42@gmail.com 

Saint John Fisher Captain:  Ken Paulsen, kparchitect@gmail.com

Successful Breakfast

Expenses $217

9am Mass:  $299 gross

11am Mass $ 245 gross

Estimated Net $327

57 breakfasts served

Prayers for our FS Erik Riechers

Erik is having some severe and painful neuropathy foot issues, and requests prayer