July 21, 2020 K of C Virtual Meeting

Meeting began at 7 p.m.:

GK Marc Gregoire offered the opening prayer
and the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag,
The roll call of officers was skipped.
A reading of our last meeting's meeting was approved.

At 7:05 p.m. GK Marc Gregoire opened the Installation of new officers
with a prayer highlighted our mission to assist the parish and be
charitable to those in need.

At 7:15 p.m. the GK, Marc Gregoire, outlined the direction in which he wanted to lead
and discussed the Service Programs.

Because of the Covid-19 virus we aren't going forward with the (1) Squire Program or
(2) the Sports program.  However a new Liason Committee was formed:
Marc Gregoire will be the liason for St. Elizabeth of Hungary parish; Gene Andres will be the Liason - with assistant Mike Devlin - at St. John Fisher Parish, and Ted Seeber will be the Liason - with  assistant Mike O'Phalan - at St. Clare parish.

At 7:20 p.m., Michael O'Phalan gave an excellent talk for For The Good Of The Order.
He elaborated that God, the Creator, loves everyone, and 'that we all learn
valuable lessons when we wander away from God's teachings'.

At 7:30 p.m.,   Treasurer Report

Phil Jarvis reported no significant change, and reported we got a new member,
Louis Jagucki, who increased our membership tp 29 members.
Treasurer, Mike Devlin, concurred, and said we had a $ 983.69 balance in our checking account.


At 7:35 p.m.,  Service Committee Reports

Breakfast fund raisers are not possible because of Covid-19.
Trying to register to get blue bags for the bottle drop program.
James M. Morgan reported his contact plans for August 2020
RE: No Neighbor Left Behind program.
Note:  Committees will report to Gene Andres, the Program Director, and he
will report their information to the Grand Knight to streamline communications

At 7:51 p.m., New Business

The GK asked us to brain-storm ways to generate funds during this Covid-19 virus.
We will discuss our council's fund raising need(s) at our next meeting.

 Our State Secretary, Brother Dan Boone,  Installed the newly elected officers.
He stressed that our job was to strengthen the Parish and family life and serve as a model
for Catholic Life by holding ourselves to a higher standard.
The GK, Marc Gregoire  offered a closing prayer after the installation.

Dan Boone informed us that the State Supreme had suspended Per Capita Dues, but would accept voluntary Paid Culture Fees.

At 8 p.m.  Prayers were offered by:

James M. Morgan for front line medical staff & covid-19 patients
Phil Jarvis for Karen
Mike O'Phalan for people in hospice care and nurseries and their families.

In closing, the Grand Knight thanked Ted Seeber for starting Council 15485, and for
serving as the council's grand knight many times.  Brother Ted Seeber is an outstanding Catholic and
Knights of Columbus officer. 

Our meeting was closed in prayer.