Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

Brother Knights, It is time to start thinking and formulating resolutions for discussion and/or enactment at the 2021 State Convention in Klamath Falls, on April 30th to May 2nd, 2021 (Note State By-Laws Article 1, Sec. 13 & 14). Resolutions sent from councils need to be signed by either the Grand Knight or Trustee and the Financial Secretary.  The original copy with appropriate signatures and the imprinted Knights of Columbus Council Seal needs to be sent to the State Advocate by March 1, 2021 .  Copies of the original resolution also need sent to both the State Deputy and State Secretary. A Resolution Committee appointed by the State Deputy in January will review the resolutions in early March.  Copies of the resolutions with the committee’s recommendation will be sent to all councils approximately end of March.  Delegates that will be attending the State Convention should be knowledgeable of the contents of the resolutions and be ready to discuss and/or vote t...

Brother Knights, The State has set up a YouTube Channel for K of C in Oregon. Here is the LINK  for the channel.

 K of C Council 15485 Virtual Meeting January 19, 2021  / Recorded by James M. Morgan 7 pm Call to Order Warden's Membership check (waived) Prayer "Our Father" Pledge of Allegiance Roll call of officers & members / yes for present Reading of Previous Meeting Minutes Approved 7:05 pm GK's Remarks (Marc Gregoire) The Grand Knight requested that our membership who had resolutions that they wanted considered at the State Convention in 2021 send every their ideas to him. He asked that we fill out the new Sid Thiel Survey that will be sent to us this week. We discussed the new Council Business Meeting Conduct manual; we decided that our council was to small to have an officers meeting and a membership meeting every month. We put the Parishioner Award on hold for later discussion. FORMS DUE   The Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Contest form is N/A. The Free Throw  Championship form is N/A. On 1/31/21 --- The Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity form and the Partners...

Brother Knights, There exists a pin you will see very few of as a Knight, The Shining Armor Award .  The requirements for it are all about becoming a productive member of the council.  The requirements are not that hard, but few men achieve this honor. There are 5 requirements with this program:   1)  Worked on at least 3 council Faith in Action Programs 2)  Attended at least 3 Council Meetings 3)  Attended Exemplification 4)  Met with Council Insurance Representative or Attend Online Fraternal Benefits Night 5)  Sponsored at least One New Member

Brother Knights, The State Council is putting on a Catholic Men's Retreat at Powell Butte both in person and virtually. Information is below if you are interested. If interested, here is the LINK for registration.

Brother Knights,  During stressful times we all need a place to reflect, pray and get our mind in the right place.   On March 18th @ 6:30pm State Chaplain Fr. Theo Lange is holding a Virtual Easter Spiritual Reflection.  This will be a virtual event and to register please check out the flyer for those instructions.  You will need to reserve early due to the limit of 150 participants. The event is being sponsored by Medford’s 4th Degree Assembly 905.

 Since March for Life has been postponed or moved online in most states and nationally, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops requests we all join in for 9 Days for Life Novena , starting Thursday, January 21.

Ted, Will you ask on the blog that we all pray for my oldest son's wife.  She has just been notified that her ovarian cancer is back and has metastasized to her lungs.   Thank you, Phil 

Hello Brother Knights, Please join us this Tuesday, January 19th at 7pm for our next online Council #15485 meeting. Here is the  AGENDA   to download.  Marc will open the chat room at 6:50pm. Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet or phone. MEETING LINK You can also dial in using your phone if needed. United States: 646-749-3122 Access Code: 372-718-853 One-touch: tel:+16467493122,,372718853# 

As you probably already know, Helen Mason's and Mike Wilcoxen's funerals will be next Friday and Saturday.    Due to the limited number of people that may attend, in addition to Helen's and Mike's families, you must contact the church office to sign up.  The funeral will be live streamed on Facebook on the St Anthony's page.  Facebook page link is Here

Brothers, Kevin Guenther, Past Grand Knight, has been admitted to the hospital with Covid-19. He will most likely be moved to the ICU. I call upon every Knight reading this to stop whatever you are doing and offer up a prayer for our brother followed by a Hail Mary asking to intercede on his behalf. I thank you all. Jeff Frisch Grand Knight Council 3591              

  The Oregon March For Life originally scheduled for January 23rd has been postponed.  Oregon Right to Life hopes to reschedule the event to the end of the 2021 legislative session, sometime in the spring.  They also hope to hold a virtual event on Saturday, January 23 in place of the March. Follow this link for more information.

 Article is here at the Catholic Sentinel  .  Due to COVID-19 restrictions and expected counter-protesters becoming extremely violent, the decision has been made to postpone this event. Lois Anderson says there will be an online event for January 23rd, but  “It would be tragic to have the event co-opted by people who want to push their own political agendas,” she said. “Worse still if, in their struggle, our innocent advocates were hurt.”

Scot Young from our parent council writes: Hi Ted, I wanted to let you know that Mike Wilcoxen, long time Financial Secretary of 3591, passed away early this morning, January 8, 2021.  I'm sure you are aware that he had been in poor health for a long time. He's in a much better place now.