Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

September 15, 2026 7:00 PM - Call to Order • Prayer – Our Father • Pledge of Allegiance 7:00 PM - Roll Call of Officers Our Lord Jesus Christ- Present GK-Excused, online Financial Secretary- Present Chaplain- Excused DGK- Running Meeting Chancellor- Excused Recorder- Present Treasurer- Excused Advocate- Excused Warden-Present Inside Guard-Present Outside Guard- Present Three Year Trustee- Excused Two Year Trustee- Excused, online One Year Trustee- Present 14 Brothers Present Voting Strength 7:00 PM - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes (corrections & additions?)  Voted and Accepted 7:05 PM - GK’s Remarks (Don Mey) Membership Challenge ACTS Retreat 7:05 PM - Treasurer’s Report (Mike Devlin) Fraternity:  $2582.75 Unity:  $544.89 Charity:  $5.71 Accepted 7:10 PM - Financial Secretary’s Report (Erik Riechers)  Council owes $127 to Supreme Letter from Mother & Child Accepted 7:15 PM - Membership Reports Membership Director (Vacant TBD) Retention Ch...

  Meeting, Tuesday September 15th, 2026.     Agenda   now available. St. Clare Hall, doors open at 6:30 PM. Meeting is in person and/or online via ZOOM, see below. A limited agenda is planned for this meeting.  Following the business portion of our session, we will discuss the  "The Holiness of a Knight" prepared by David Villegas. The presentation has been posted on the blog. Check your calendars, volunteer opportunities with our first  Pancake Breakfast at St. John Fisher on September 27th, followed by our second at St. Clare on Sunday October 4th.  Ted will have the Zoom room open no later than 6:45pm. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81926336107 Meeting ID: 819 2633 6107 +17193594580,,81926336107# US +12532050468,,81926336107# US 

Brothers, there comes a time in the life of every Knight when he must ask himself a question deeper than why he joined, how many meetings he attended, or how much good he accomplished: Am I becoming a holy man? Not an impressive man. Not an important man. Not merely a good Catholic man. A holy man. Because one day, brothers, all of this will end. There will be a final meeting. A final Mass. A final time we put on the regalia of a Knight. Someone else will sit in our chair. Someone else will do the work we once thought could not be done without us. And eventually, our name will be spoken mostly in memory. When that day comes, very few people will remember how many meetings we attended. But our wives will remember how we loved them. Our children will remember whether we had time for them. Our grandchildren will remember whether our faces lit up when they entered the room. And our brother Knights will remember whether, when life became difficult, we stood beside them. That is where holine...