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Pancake Breakfast - Jan. 8 - SJF

My Dear Brother Knights,     Merry Christmas!  And Happy New Year!    First up for the new year is a pancake breakfast at St. John Fisher on January 8th.  We'll start setting up at 8 am.  I have some SJF youth to help as well.    If you are able to volunteer for part of the day or all day, please let me know.   And Ted and Ken, how can we help you in getting the supplies from the closet and shopping for supplies?   God bless. Deacon Scott

Catechism & Popes In a Year- adult learning in your e-mail every morning in 2017

Ready to break another world record? Let's make the largest group in history to ever study the catechism (i.e. y'all!)...even bigger. It's free, simple and effective. You get one email a day (MON-FRI) and cover the entire catechism in a year! To sign yourself up for Catechism in a year,  click here . To invite your friends, just email or share this link:  flocknote.com/catechism . We also have  Popes in a year ! We know the current pope traces his authority all the way back to the first pope (St. Peter). But do you know much about all the popes in between? Join us (and thousands of your closest friends) on a journey from St. Peter all the way to Pope Francis. Each weekday morning, we'll send you a short, engaging 2-minute something about one pope. By the end of the year, you'll know something about every single one! To sign yourself up for Popes in a Year,  click here . To invite your friends, just email or share this link:  flocknote.com/popes ...

Marian Dogmas

Hi Brother Knights.  Merry Christmas I was reading a blog about the possible fifth and final dogma of Mary; that she is the Advocate, Mediatrix of all graces and Co-Redemptrix.  These terms are somewhat confusing and easily misunderstood.  All this is not approved yet.. .and may never be.  But the conversation by theologians is pretty interesting. The Catholic Church, in her history, has approved four Marian Dogmas: 1.  Divine Motherhood (Mother of God) 2.  Perpetual Virginity 3.  Immaculate Conception (She was conceived free from original sin) 4.  The Assumption (Taken to heaven body and soul) Incidentally, the "infallibility" of the pope has only been used twice in the past 100 years or so in connection with establishing these last two dogmas.  Infallibility is grossly misunderstood by non- Catholics who think we believe everything the pope says is infallible. Incidentally #2; Mary identified herself as "The Immaculate Conceptio...

Congradulations to our Essay Contest Winners!

St. John Fisher: Tied for first place first place winners are: 815 - Fiona Lenth 821 - Lilo Pham and second place is: 812 - Ava Krippaehne St. Clare's First Place Lucy Quinn (sc10) Second Place Dominic Duda (sc13) Third Place Timothy Crimmins (sc15)

From our State Health and Welfare Chairman

Dear Brothers The funeral for Sir knight Arnold Depner was held on  Monday November 7, 2016.  Prayers are requested for the repose of Arnold soul, who turned 100 on January 16, 2016, and his family.  Arnold joined the knights June 1, 1943 and  received his Patriotic Degree on May 1, 1962. Funeral Services were held on  Saturday ,  November 12th  at Immaculate Conception Church in Stayton for Sir Knight Donald E Porter an Honorary Life Member of St Anthony Council 2439 and a member of the Knights for over 55 years.  Don was also a 4th Degree Member of Archbishop Howard Assembly 900.  Prayers are requested for the repose of Donald soul. Anna Silvia, wife of Frank R Silvia Jr. Passed away on Monday, November 14 th  2014 from complications of diabetes.  Frank is the Immediate Past Grand Knight of council 7246 in Newport and a Past DD and Past State Warden.  There were no plans for a service at that time. Please pray fo...

November Volunteer Hours are due by December 10

Dear Brother Knights,   Please remember to submit your hours to me.  You can use the form that Ted has set up or email a list of what you have done, ideally sorted under the columns of Community, Life, Youth, Church/Vocations, Council and Family. http://informationr.us/JohnClareCouncilMonthlyReporting.html   May God bless you.  Deacon Scott   scoitik18@yahoo.com

Update from Kathy Nichols

From:  "Kathy Nichols" < kathyclyde54@gmail.com > As of today [ Saturday ] Clyde is still in ICU.   They are still trying to discover where these blood clots are coming from.    They are pleased with his progress but will not be releasing him from ICU yet.  The doctor tells me it is a day by day. Is still  on oxygon . He is eating well and in good spirits.    Keep the prayers going.  Thank you to everyone.      We love you all. blessings,   Kathy

Some Announcements

Pro-Life Rosary at St. Clare's at 3:00pm during Adoration on Saturday December 3. ----------------- Kathy Nichols sends this request for prayers for her husband Clyde.  Clyde and Kathy are long time parishioners at St. Clare's. "  I took Clyde to Doctor this a.m. and they put him in an ambulance to OHSU. After 4 hours of tests, they concluded that it was many small blood clots floating in his lungs.   He is in ICU on Heperin and they will monitor the next couple of  days.   Pray all goes well.........thanks." -------------------- Finally, news from Supreme of the State Deputy meeting: Brother Knights:    During the recent meeting of state deputies, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson addressed the primary importance of membership recruitment and provided updates on other Knights of Columbus initiatives. Click  here  to read more.   The state deputies also watched a video highlighting events of the 2016 Supreme Convent...

December 15-17, a day of contemplation, a day of service

Theresa Duda writes that Christmas Box Filling will be December 15-16 at St. Clare's and that deliveries will be done on December 17th. Ted Seeber reminds us that if you've signed up for the Men's Conference in Salem, that too is ?December 16-17. So either way- if you are a Knight at St. Clare's, we expect you to be working on your own spirituality that weekend; either in service or retreat. Come tell us about your weekend experiences on Monday, December 19 at our Advent Potluck!  Meeting is at 6pm in the St. Clare Parish Hall, and this is the meeting of the year to bring family and friends to!

Catholic Climate Covenant Webinar

From Brother Daniel Salomon We are excited to let you know about our upcoming webinar and to encourage you to start planning for Earth Day 2017! Scroll down to register for our webinar on Climate and Refugees and to sign up to receive our Earth Day Program Guide. As we prepare for the challenges ahead in 2017, we also hope you will take a few minutes on  November 29th  to share our  Giving  Tuesday  campaign  on social media. Upcoming Climate Change and Migration/Refugees Webinar-REGISTER TODAY!
      ā€œIn the Footsteps of the Holy Family: Refugees                   in an Era of Climate Change"                         Wednesday, December 07, 2016                    ...

New Charitable Policy

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As our council has grown, it was suggested that we needed a rewrite of the charity policy.  The Financial Officers got together before our meeting Monday Night, and suggested several changes, some of which it was deemed needed a vote.  All changes, as you can see in the minutes, passed.  The following is an image of the PDF copy of the rewrite that Worthy Grand Knight Deacon Scott wishes us all to have a copy of.  You may need to click on it to view it in your browser.

Next Meeting- Christmas Potluck!

Mark your Calendars!  Next meeting will be a Christmas Potluck Social, invite your family!  We're keeping it the same night- third Monday, December 19th, 2016, and we'll be inviting both parishes.  St. Clare Parish Hall is the location, 6pm is the time.  Bring your favorite Holiday Dish! In addition, for members, if you bring your checkbook or paypal your $35 dues to pdjarvis1@comcast.net , Phil will have your 2017 membership card ready at the Potluck, saving stamps and time to bill.

Best Advent Ever

Dynamic Catholic is once again offering one of these really holy free e-mail study programs.  Best Advent Ever starts November 27.   Click Here to Sign Up!

Meeting Notes November 21st, 2016

Opening Roll Call of officers Our Lord Jesus Christ Present Grand Knight Present Deputy Grand Knight Present First Year Trustee Present Second Year Trustee Present Third Year Trustee Present Financial Secretary Present Treasurer Present Recorder A Chancellor Present Lecturer Present Chaplin Excused Advocate Present Outside Guard Absent Inside Guard Excused Warden Present 10 officers present, 11 brothers present Reading of the previous Minutes- No recorder, so no minutes present GK Remarks Feast of Christ the King should be our Liturgical Celebration as Knights- to Go out and Be his Knights. Treasurer's Report $1994.81 Beginning balance St. Clare Breakfast $409- Breakfast Stipend $235 for St. Clare's SJF Breakfast $313- Outstanding to SJF Youth Group for $157 Paid $10 recycling fee Financial Secretary's reports 31 members at present, 7 honorary life.  No bills outstanding for the council.  Either paypal pdjarvis1@comcast.net or bring your ch...

Council meeting tomorrow - Nov. 21

Dear Brother Knights,   We will have our monthly council meeting tomorrow (Nov. 21) at 7 pm in the Fireside Room of St. Clare. The Executive Committee (I think that is proper term - GK, Dep. GK, Trustees, Financial, etc) will meet at 6:30 to discuss our charitable giving plan. God bless. Deacon Scott

Essay Contest

Dear Brother Knights, For our contest, the essays for St. Clare and St. John Fisher have been completed.  Now we need volunteers to evaluate. I suggest two teams to split up the work, with 3 people each. If you are willing to help read essays and evaluate, please let me know. I believe Ted has an evaluation form that we can use online. I will be glad to read St. Clare essays.  I recuse myself from St. John Fisher as I have already read the essays as their teacher and to avoid a conflict of interest. All essays will be sent to you digitally (pdf hopefully). God bless. Deacon Scott

October Volunteer Hours are due

Edit from Ted- I put the wrong title on this.  Please report your hours using either the form or the e-mail address below, for OCTOBER Dear Brother Knights,   Please remember to submit your hours to me.  You can use the form that Ted has set up or email a list of what you have done, ideally sorted under the columns of Community, Life, Youth, Church/Vocations, Council and Family. http://informationr.us/JohnClareCouncilMonthlyReporting.html   May God bless you.  Deacon Scott   scoitik18@yahoo.com

Well worth the half hour- Archbishop Sample on the 2016 Election

http://materdeiradio.com/episode-61-the-election/ A half-hour radio show- the Voice of Our Shepherd, from Mater Dei Radio

This was an interesting training

You can tell how busy I'm getting by how far back in my e-mail I'm working on posting to my blogs.   http://event.on24.com/ wcc/r/1277826/ 9AB181F32E9F1CC6BF4F43ABCEFE83 C6?mode=login&email=seebert42@ gmail.com ">October 23rd, Supreme held a training for recruiters and as your membership chairman I attended.  The link above goes to the recording of the training.  I found it extremely interesting, and from it got a couple of ideas we will be talking about at the next meeting November 21st

Remember to take time out to pray during this final week of the election season

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And what better, than to join adoration at St. Clare's and St. John Fisher to pray for the unborn! TWO CHANCES TO PRAY A ROSARY FOR LIFE WITH OUR COUNCIL AND COMMUNITIES! SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5 AT 3PM  IN THE WEST TRANSEPT AT ST. CLARE'S DURING ADORATION! TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 AT 7PM AT ST. JOHN FISHER DURING ADORATION! PRAY FOR A CHANGE IN OUR CULTURE TOWARDS LIFE!

State Council Steps Up for Guadalupe Shrine

I have great news to share with everyone Brother Bob Kish (past state deputy) and the other state officers voted to donate $2,850 towards the Oregon state KofC  Shrine . This donation pays off the remaining balance that we still needed to raise. We now have everything that was planned, funded Bob Kish, and all other state officers Thank you very much helping to complete this project God bless Doug Klein   Just in time for the dedication tomorrow at 3pm at the Grotto.  Hope to see a few of you there.

Breakfast Results

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Gross $460.31 Expenses  $147.31 Mass 1 net $210 Mass 2 profit $103 Total Net of $313 Donation: $156.50 to SJF Youth Group, who helped us with the Breakfast. Thank you to our volunters Marc Gregoire, Evan Crader, Mike Devlin, Mike O' Phelan, Tom Owens, Michael Chau, Christopher Seeber, Ted Seeber, Jim VanDomelen, Paul Pompili, and of course, Breakfast Captain Ken Paulsen Specific Kudos: I think the breakfast was very successful on several levels.  Cash, Camaraderie and Community benefits.  The food was especially well prepared... Thanks for taking on the eggs Mike.  We got many compliments - in fact, one man donated an additional $20 after breakfast as a "tip".   I will be preparing an inventory spreadsheet for our next (March) breakfast supplies.  I suggest that we forego buying meatless sausage because it is so expensive and there weren't many takers... (I pushed it at tables.)  I believe one of the two packages I bought wa...

PANCAKE BREAKFAST SUNDAY!!!

This is just a reminder and call to all Knights to join us for fun and food Tomorrow , Sunday, at St. John Fisher.  We'll be serving breakfast after the 9am and 11am masses . Our Grand Knight, Deacon Scott will open doors to the school cafeteria at 8:30am.  We'll be cracking eggs, flipping pancakes and setting up tables for the first rush after the 9am mass - around 10:15.   The second wave is after the 11am mass - around 12:15 - and we should be able to wrap up the clean up by 1pm.  Please come for one or both shifts; 8:30 to 11 or 11 to 1. Brother Ken.

From the State of Oregon Knights of Columbus- Upcoming Events

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OREGON STATE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS EVENT INVITATION Saturday October 29 . 2016 From  3pm The Grotto 8840 NE Skidmore St Portland, OR 97220 Google Map www.thegrotto.org Our Lady of Guadalupe Dedication of the Shrine at the Grotto All Welcome and All Invited 2:00  ~  3:00    1st group, (Alejandro) preform at the main Grotto's outside alter lower level.  Start  any time but end with the procession into the church at  3:00PM . Priest to follow behind (Procession will be through the 4thdegree Sir Knights) 3:00  ~  3:30  Father Jack, over sees the dedication and blessing in the main chapel (St Henry's Latino Choir assist Father Jack) 3:30 ~  3:45  Reading of names to thank for all their support in make this shrine happen 3:45  ~  5:00   2nd group, (Jessica) blow their sea shells to call the peo...

Request from Tom Owens

Dear Fellow Knights, As some of you may know, Michael Chau and I have been helping a poor Vietnamese friend who arrived in Oregon this summer with his 4 children ages 5 to 16. After being homeless for several months they have found a 3 bedroom duplex in Hillsboro with the aid of Community Action. The dad, Dan Mac, is looking for work and getting his children settled in school. He will be getting some basic furniture from Community Warehouse  tomorrow but is in great need of a number of things listed below. If you have any of these you would care to donate please bring them to the St. John Fisher pancake breakfast  Sunday . Michael Chau and I will be helping at  10:30 . You could also contact Tom Owens at  503.789.7313  to arrange to donate any items below. Thanks much. Tom Owens Bath towels Kitchen towels Sheets, pillows, pillow cases and comforters for 1 king size bed 1 queen bed 3 single beds Old style mop Broom 3 desks and chairs ...

Dedication of Guadalupe Shrine

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2:00  ~  3:00    1 st   group, (Alejandro)  preform at the main Grotto’s outside alter lower level.  Start  any time but end with the procession into the church at  3:00PM . Priest to follow behind (process will be through the 4 th  degree Sir Knights that show up) 3:00  ~  3:30  Father Jack, over sees the dedication and blessing in the main chapel (St Henry’s Latino Choir assist Father Jack) 3:30 ~  3:45  Reading of names to thank for all their support in make this shrine happen 3:45  ~  5:00   2nd  group, (Jessica)  blow their sea shells to call the people to start the procession from the chapel to the outside main altar while the Color Guard of Sir Knights line the pathway towards the main outside altar.  4:00  ~ ?   St Henry choir sings after the blessing ceremony is over until close?

Supreme Calls for National Novena

Dear Brother Knight, In preparation for Election Day, the Knights of Columbus is calling its members and all the faithful to join together in a novena to the Holy Trinity through the maternal intercession  of the Blessed Mother, under her title of the Immaculate Conception, patroness of the United States. On the nine days leading up to Election Day — beginning on Sunday, Oct. 30 and concluding on Monday, Nov. 7 — please join me and Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori in invoking the intercession of Mary, the Immaculate Conception, for our country. In 1791, America’s first bishop, John Carroll, entrusted the country to the Blessed Mother, and in 1846 the bishops of the United States reaffirmed that dedication, declaring Mary as patroness of the United States under her title of the Immaculate Conception. The novena prayer can be found HERE. I ask that you promote this national novena widely through the ranks of our brother Knights and their families, as well as at pari...

During the election, Pray For Life!

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Two Chances to Pray a Rosary for Life with our Council and Communities! Saturday November 5 at 3pm  in the West Transept at St. Clare's during Adoration! Tuesday, November 8 at 7pm At St. John Fisher during Adoration! Pray for a change in our culture towards Life!

Archbishop Sample Writes us a Love Letter

You can download A True and Living Icon  , Archbishop Sample's reflection on the Pope's exhortation on the family.

Meeting Monday October 17 7pm

Ted will have the doors open by 6:30 as usual.  Sorry for the late notice; it snuck up on us with such a busy month.

Request for help for a neighbor

To:    All members of Council 15485 From: James M. Morgan  (503) 320-1510       ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS, MIKE WOLFE, HAS BEEN ON OREGON STATE DISABILITY BECAUSE OF A LOWER BACK INJURY  AND HE NEEDS HELP MOVING FROM 7121 SW GARDEN HOME RD. APT. 1 TO 12017 SW TUALATIN RD. IN TUALATIN, OREGON 97062. (about 7 miles) HE HAS TO MOVE AT  9 A.M.  ON  SATURDAY 10/29/16 . WE ARE TRYING TO FIND SEVERAL STRONG MEN WHO OWN PICK-UP TRUCKS TO HELP US MOVE HIS THING TO HIS NEW ADDRESS.  WE ALSO NEED SIX STRONG MEN TO MOVE HIS POSSESSIONS  FROM 10-FEET IN FRONT OF HIS APARTMENT ON THE GROUND-LEVEL AND UP 3-FLIGHTS OF STAIRS AT HIS NEW APARTMENT. WE WILL BE MOVING 1 HEAVY SOFA 1 LIGHT RECLINER 1 DINETTE SET WITH 3 CHAIRS 1 FULL SIZE BED 1 DRESSER 2 LIGHT PIECES OF FURNITURE 4 COFFEE SIZE TABLES SOME  LIGHT BOXES & DUFFLE BAGS  CONTAINING CLOTHES, & MISC. HOME GOODS I THINK WE CAN MOVE EVERYTHI...