Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

It might be we're only moving her stuff into storage, but the time and date has now been set:  Monday, December 31st at 10:30 am. She is a bit flexible to get the help she needs, and she'll be leaving stuff for St. Vincent De Paul to collect later, but she would like to accomplish this on Monday to hopefully get more help. This is one of those "all hands are good hands" events for our council; an excellent chance to model for your children and grandchildren the virtue of charity. You can call Linda at  971-263-7612 for more info. 1921 SW Marigold St., Portland, OR 97219

I'm posting this letter from Fr. Matt Libra at St. Rose of Lima (Update from same below, so if you're getting this at 7pm on Christmas Eve, be sure to read the whole thing, or come back!) based on the news this morning, because due to our connection to St. Anthony's, we've got a great love for our Vietnamese community. At 12:30 am Christmas Eve, a vandal drove an SUV through the Vietnamese Vicariate parish Our Lady of LaVang.  The vandal first hit the building, then drove through the main entrance, drove in circles over the pews, then exited the building, and was finally captured by police 15 minutes away at the Baxter Auto Parts near Portland Meadows (the pictures on Koin 6 shows that this wasn't exactly an off-road SUV, damage to the vehicle is so extensive that I'm surprised he made it that far). However, I think that the response of Fr. Angsar and Fr. Libra is appropriate, and amazing.  Please keep this congregation in your prayers. Attack at L...

She now does not need to move until January 2.  Better plans will be forthcoming.

Linda Collins is a disabled parishioner at St. Clare's with MS.   She is getting evicted from her current home at 1921 Marigold St. She knows this is short notice, but she'd like help possibly as soon as Thursday. Her phone number is 971-263-7612 She is willing to rent a U-Haul, but I told her we have some men with pickup trucks; if a U-Haul is needed she will need a ride as her car has broken down.

Dear friends,      Our long time parishioner and friend Bob Kocarnik is in Meridian Park Hospital  with pneumonia.  Bob has been an active member of our parish and at 93 he has  still been visiting Markham House faithfully every fourth Wednesday. Let's all pray for him and for his family.       This Wednesday, December 19th, will be the St. Clare Community Reconciliation  Service in the church at 7 p.m. (If you cannot make it to this service, Reconciliation  will still be available after morning mass on Thursday and Friday and at the usual  4:30 time on Saturday).      On a dark, rainy, but joyful (Gaudate) Sunday, this prayer from some sixteen  centuries ago still speaks to us. From St. Augustine of Hippo:  Look on us, Jesus,  and let all the darkness of our souls disappear before the beams of your brightness.   Fill us with your holy love, and open t...

Remember, no business meeting this month.  Instead, Friday Night, December 21st at 7pm will be the Knights of Columbus Holiday Potluck!  Families are invited!  Anybody from either SJF or St. Clare's is welcome as well, to make merry with us and find out what we do! Come find out who won Knight of the Year and Family of the Year, and enjoy good food brought by your fellow Knights.  Bring anything you like! St. Clare's Parish Center, from 7pm-9pm, on Friday, December 21. Also, you should have gotten an e-mail from our financial secretary Phil Jarvis, with the State Charities "Green Sheet".  Pray about it, and bring your green sheet to hand to Phil on Friday.

Will be February 10, 2019, one week after the breakfast at St. Clare's.  This will enable us to shop for both and save money. As agreed in the last meeting, 100% of the proceeds will go to the SJF Building Fund.

Since we aren't going to have a business meeting in December, SJF breakfast captain Mike Devlin,  mdevprop@hotmail.com , would like your opinion on two upcoming dates: January 13th would be three weeks before our next breakfast at St. Clare's. February 10th would be the week after. Please let Mike know of your preference, and we'll discuss at the potluck on the 21st.