Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

As First Trustee, I regret to inform the council that our Grand Knight and Deputy Grand Knight have resigned.  Due to this, we are canceling the Grotto visit and the Chili Potluck Christmas Party on December 9. Please stay tuned for additional information, as we work our way through what the future of this council will look like.

We will meet for our mini-pilgrimage to the Grotto and Christmas Party at 12:30pm at St John Fisher.  Please bring a chili for our chili potluck after the mini-pilgrimage in a self-warming crockpot to share.  We will be hearing from our Essay Contest Winners and we will find out on this day who the Knight of the Year and Family of the Year is.

 If you can volunteer for this, please do so.  I realize it's short notice, but this was discussed at the meeting. Sister Dorothy writes:  Please be at our Current residence at OLD ADDRESS 11855 SW 9TH ST BEAVERTON, OREGON 97005 at 9am  on Wednesday November 29 We are moving to our New Convent at NEW ADDRESS 84 SW HORTON WAY BEARVERTON OR 97006 Thank you so much for your willingness to help us. Please inform the other Knights of the time and the address. Blessings,

We had no entries from St. Clare's, and a couple of ties from St. John Fisher, so unless anybody has any objections I'd like to give the St. Clare's prize money to additional students from SJF, and name five winners in three places.  The Essays this year were excellent, you can e-mail seebert42@gmail.com to get access to the original essays and score sheets. First Place:  #27 Ariana Mazloomi Second Place Tied:  #17  Luke Malnati  #24  Brooks Rice Third Place Tied:  #5  Fiona Eikenberry  #19  James Miller If you have some time I certainly suggest asking for read access to the dropbox folder and reading the essays.  I learned about Saints and saints- Canonized and living- around the world and in our community- many of which I had never heard of before. The winners will be invited to join us on our pilgrimage and rosary at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and our Chili Potluck on December 9th at St. John Fisher....

Dear Brother Knights, Here is the  revised  agenda for our next meeting on November 20th at 7pm at St. Clare Catholic Church in our Knights Den based on your responses: 7:00pm: Guest Speaker (Martin Nicholson, Curator of the Hoyt Arboretum in Portland, Oregon) 7:30pm: Meeting Officially Opens with Prayer, Pledge and Card Check (5 minutes) Feedback and Open Dialogue on Guest Speaker with Grand Knight (5 minutes) Old Business: Breakfasts, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Essay Contest, Brothers Michael and Tom will talk more about their fundraising brainchild, Financial Secretary's Report,  Treasurer's Report, Recorder and Brother Doug (our insurance agent) (40 minutes) New Business: Recycling Update, Appoint Advocate, Next Year's Dues, Reporting Hours, Holiday Party and Ted's Recruitment Dream  (15 minutes) The Good of the Order (5 minutes) Closing Prayer (5 minutes) Please let me know of anything that  still  needs to be added? Looking forward! May the Peace of Chris...

Dear Brother Knights, Here is the revised  agenda for our next meeting on November 20th at 7pm at St. Clare Catholic Church in our Knights Den based on your responses: 7:00pm: Guest Speaker (Martin Nicholson, Curator of the Hoyt Arboretum in Portland, Oregon) 7:30pm: Meeting Officially Opens with Prayer, Pledge and Card Check (5 minutes) Feedback and Open Dialogue on Guest Speaker with Grand Knight (5 minutes) Old Business: Breakfasts, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Essay Contest, Brothers Michael and Tom will talk more about their fundraising brainchild, Financial Secretary's Report,  Treasurer's Report and Brother Doug (our insurance agent) (35 minutes) New Business: Recycling Update, Appoint Advocate, Next Year's Dues and Reporting Hours (10 minutes) The Good of the Order (5 minutes) Closing Prayer (5 minutes) Please let me know of anything that still  needs to be added? Looking forward! May the Peace of Christ be with you! Thanks so much! Sincerely, B...

Dear Brothers The Funeral Services for Sir Knight Ian Gerstel’s wife, Faith, are scheduled on Saturday, November 18th, at 11AM at St. Peters Catholic Church in Newberg.   Faith was a strong supporter of  Assembly 2277 assisting in many of our activities. Faith will be missed. Prayers are requested for the repose of her soul.   Please keep Ian and the Gerstel Family in your prayers. Brother Donald Robert Fournier of Tigard Council #3591 died last week. Don was 83 years old and had 43 years of continuous service to the Knights of Columbus.  Funeral service is  Saturday ,  November 18th 10:30AM  at the St. Mary's in Portland. There will be a burial at St. Anthony Cemetery and a reception to follow at Crowne Plaza Ballroom in Lake Oswego. Please pray for the repose of Donald's soul. Prayer Chairman Andrew F. Robinson, Jr

Dear Brother Knights, Here is the agenda for our next meeting on November 20th at 7pm at St. Clare Catholic Church in our Knights Den: 7:00pm: Guest Speaker (Martin Nicholson, Curator of the Hoyt Arboretum in Portland, Oregon) 7:30pm: Meeting Officially Opens with Prayer, Pledge and Card Check (5 minutes) Feedback and Open Dialogue on Guest Speaker with Grand Knight (5 minutes) Lecturer (5 minutes) Old Business: Breakfasts, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Essay Contest, Financial Secretary's Report,  Treasurer's Report and Brother Doug (our insurance agent) (30 minutes) New Business: Recycling Update, Appoint Advocate, Next Year's Dues and Reporting Hours (10 minutes) The Good of the Order (5 minutes) Closing Prayer (5 minutes) Please let me know of anything that needs to be added? Looking forward! May the Peace of Christ be with you! Thanks so much! Sincerely, Brother Daniel Salomon, GK

Sorry to forget to do this!  Thank you to all who volunteered. Breakfast at St. Clare's on November 5, Gross $653, Net $440; was a bit lighter net because we stocked up on things we needed and could keep for February, and we bought a bit more food (500 sausages, could have gotten by maybe with 450, about 50 went home at the end of the day, but we used all of our normal sausages, all of the maple, and were working on the sausage patties during the last mass) (35 dozen eggs, I saw less than a gallon of cooked eggs left over) (30 lbs of pancake mix, could have done a bit less here, we has several bags of pancakes left over).  All in all an excellent breakfast.  Thank you all again.

Dear Brother Knights, Happy Veterans Day to all the knights who are veterans! May the Peace of Christ be with you! Thanks so much! Sincerely, Brother Daniel Salomon, GK

Dear Brothers Prayers are requested for the repose of the soul of Bill Waller 'wife who passed away on the morning of  October 18th.   Funeral services were held on  October 27th . Bill is a member of Council 13851 in Tualatin, Oregon. Brother Kenny (Kenneth) Scheckla  passed away  October 31, 2017 .  Kenny was a founding member of Tigard Council #3591 back on  February 7 , 1953.  Kenny had 64 straight years of Membership with the Knights of Columbus.  Kenny is survived by his wife Bibianne.  Please pray for  Bibianne and the family. Kenny was 84 born on 11-17-1932.     On November 5, 2017, Past State Deputy  Dave Denton passed away in his sleep  around 9:30 p.m.   His funeral Mass will be this Saturday (armistice day) 11th November at St Alice in Springfield at 11:00 a.m.. What a perfect day for this exemplary Sir Knight to have his funeral!!!  There is a 4 th ...

Brothers, PSD Bob Kish has shared the funeral arrangements for our PSD and Brother SK Dave Denton. Dave's service is Saturday Nov. 11th at 11:00AM at St. Alice in Springfield.   Any Sir Knight with Regalia is asked to be there at 10:15 to honor our Past State Deputy.   There is a 4th degree exemplification on that same day at but registration is not until 1am. This will leave ample time to get from St Alice to St Mary's for the exemplification.     Bob Kish Oregon State KofC Charities President Oregon Knights of Columbus, PSD Past Oregon State Deputy David Denton passed in his sleep about 9:30pm last night. For those using Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/sharon.aston.75/posts/1548770145211141 Brother Sir Dave was a member of Fr. Patrick Curley Council #4087 in Springfield, OR and Fr. Vincent R. Capondanno Assembly #3258 in Eugene. Fraternally.

Dear Brother Knights, Please e-mail me with your service hours by November 13th in the categories Church, Council, Life, Family and Youth. Looking forward! May the Peace of Christ be with you! Thanks so much! Sincerely, Brother Daniel Salomon, GK

Dear Brother Knights, Our monthly council meeting will be on November 20th at 7pm at our usual time and place. At 7pm at Brother Ted's request, I have invited Martin Nicholson, Curator from the Hoyt Arboretum in Portland, Oregon to talk about the role of trees in reducing our carbon footprint in the spirit of Pope Francis' 2015 Encyclical Laudito Si "On Care for Our Common Home." Since Martin is not a knight, we will not officially and ceremonially open the meeting until 7:30pm. There will also be time for additional feedback, conversation and open dialogue about Martin's talk during our official meeting agenda. Martin plans not to get into anything controversial and he is very soft-spoken. I think you will like him. Please be a good Catholic witness to him and be welcoming to him. Looking forward to seeing you all this Sunday at the breakfast at St. Clare's. Looking forward! Happy All Saints Day and All Soul's Day!  May the Peace of Christ...

Brothers All,   It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Kenny (Kenneth) Scheckla as passed away today and it with our Lord. Kenny was a founding member of Tigard Council #3591 back on February 7, 1953.  Kenny had 64 straight years of Membership with the Knights of Columbus. Kenny is survived by his wife Bibianne.  Please but Bibianne and the family into your prayers.                                                                                   Kenny was 84 born on 11-17-1932. Brian Fihn Grand Knight Tigard, Oregon #3591 fihner@gmail.com

A thank you to all who have signed up: Ken Paulsen Ted Seeber Christopher Seeber Michael Chau Tom Owens David McClean Daniel Salomon Scott Young Steve Root Shannon Seeber Laura Bowers Don Mey Mike Devlin Doug Hagedon Phil Jarvis. But we're missing one key player:  2nd shift egg scrambler.  If time is a bother, well, we really only need you from 11:15 to noon (by then we should be beginning cleanup).  If you are NOT on the above list (everybody on the above list has gone above and beyond the call of duty already) and think you can spend 45 minutes scrambling eggs in a cast iron skillet, please let Ted Seeber know at seebert42@gmail.com . If you can't scramble eggs, we can still use your help.  Minor positions that are still available are serving line and dining room, for both 9:30am-10:30am and 11:45am-12:15pm shifts.  Notice that for these, you would still be able to attend Mass, a...