Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

 A few minutes ago as I write this, the Supreme Court struck down Roe V. Wade and Planned Parenthood V Casey in Dobbs V Jackson Women's Health.   You can read about it on the SCOTUS blog My brothers, as we have already seen in the past few months since the initial leak, those who are a part of the culture of death cannot be expected to react in a civil way to this decision.  Mother and Child Education Center, which we support as a council, has been vandalized already in reaction to the leak.  It is entirely possible we will see scattered protesting at Mass this weekend.   While I doubt greatly that the three parishes we cover will see such protesting, as Knights we are visibly pro-life, and we will get questions from our fellow parishioners, especially those who see this decision as endangering women.  Our messaging should be that given the politics in Oregon, this decision changes nothing here other than to increase demand on our tax dollars for ...

  7 :00 pm   Call to order Warden's Membership Check waived Prayer - Our Father Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call of Officers (All present except Paul Pompili & Mike Devlin who were excused.) Reading /Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes 7:05 pm   GK's Remarks (Marc Gregoire) Special thanks to Ted Seeber and Mike Devlin for our St. Clare Pancake Breakfast success Kudos to Michael Chau for the Expose for The Good News People Program Sincere, special thanks to Phil Jarvis and a $100 gift certificate to him for his outstanding work as Financial Secretary from the founding of our council to date Marc Gregoire role as Grand Knight ends at the end of this meeting Forms Due 1) SP-7 Columbian Award Application (6/20); Report of Officers Chosen for Term (6/30); and Food for Families (6/30)  7:10 pm     Treasurer's Report  (Mike Devlin) Beginning Balance   May 17, 2022               $579.95 Deposi...

Hello Brother Knights, As part of the Good News People program coordinated by Danny Rauda, Coordinator of Social Justice at St. Anthony's, special participants were selected to share their own story related to how they integrate social action into their spirituality. Michael Chau was choosen to be part of this select group. I thought you might appreciate reading it his expose. Viva Jesus, Marc Gregoire ----------------------------------------- Michael Chau’s Story June 18, 2022   In 2001 I came from Vietnam to the United States with my mom and younger brother. We moved to an apartment and later a house in Beaverton. Soon my Vietnamese uncle who came to the U.S. before me, introduced me to some people who became close friends including Huong Luong and Tom Owens. Huong was an original member of the St. Anthony’s Vietnamese community and she and her entire family had been sponsored into the U.S. by Tom and Bonnie Owens in 1989. Huong took a personal interest in me and after getting to...

Hello Brother Knights, Please join us this Tuesday, June 21st at 7pm for our next Council #15485 meeting. You can meet us in the St. Clare Cafeteria or join Online. Here is the  AGENDA  to download. NOTE - We are continuing Life is Messy, Pages 102 - 127. For InPerson: We will be meeting in St. Clare's Cafeteria. Doors should be opened around 6:30pm. For Online: Marc will open the Online link 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#

Hello Brother Knights, At our next KofC meeting on Tuesday, June 21st we will be continuing our discussion on our book by Matthew Kelly  Life is Messy  with Part 5. Part 5 of the book will be starting with the chapter One choice at a time  through the chapter  Forgiveness  (~pages 102-127). For those that do not have the book, you may still be able to pick one up at Church or contact me directly to have a copy delivered to you. This book is about putting our lives back together, and allowing ourselves to be put back together, when life doesn’t turn out as we expected it to. Based on his own heart-wrenching personal journals, Matthew Kelly shares how the worst three years of his life affected him, by exploring this question: Can someone who has been broken be healed and become more beautiful and more lovable than ever before? Here are some possible discussion questions that have been recommended for you to think on as you read the 5th part: Question 1:  “The...

You, your families and anyone in the parish community are invited to join the Knights of Columbus free virtual webinar featuring Ed Slott on June 23rd at 6pm. Ed specializes in the latest retirement planning strategies and opportunities for 2022. REGISTER TODAY to reserve your spot. You can CLICK HERE for a copy of the flyer for the fraternal benefit event.

 The bank counts more accurately than we do.  When they counted our deposit, it came to $782 net.  We paid expenses in cash, which means the breakfast Sunday at St. Clare's grossed a record $882 for our intended charities.

  Many thanks to Knights Don Mey and Paul Pompelli who both participated in the yard clean up project at the home of Lynne Smith on Saturday. The event was successful and very productive. Both homeowner Lynne Smith and neighbor Brian Martinek were very appreciative of our efforts. Likely there will be a follow up event scheduled in the near future.

St Clare's Junque&Jewels is looking for trucks for volunteer opportunities June 17-22.  Contact Bryan Mullen for connection at 503-849-3288

A few Statistics: 12 of our brother Knights Volunteered, putting in a total 40 man-hours At the 9:30 Breakfast, we served 90 breakfasts (including feeding our own crew).  At the 11:45 rush, we served another 51 breakfasts.   For a total of 141 plates served. $882 was raised.  $100 was paid to Mike Devlin for supplies, netting $782. A very successful event indeed! Ted

 And I need anybody willing to wear a mask for a few hours.  I have dining room crew (mainly bussing tables, taking spare pancakes out for refills, and the big 10:45 reset) left.  For these slots, we have the reduced timeslots of 9:15am-10:30am or 10:45am-1pm.  We also need cleanup people for 12:30pm-2pm (or whenever we are done- like with setup, more hands will make lighter work). If you are available for these timeslots and have not already volunteered, email me at seebert42@gmail.com

My wife told me about this new pro-life maternity home in Beaverton:  http://road2hopepdx.org .  I will research and report in the Life portion of our meeting on June 21 in the St Clare School Cafeteria

Mike Devlin has received enough positive responses to schedule the clean up event on Saturday, June 11 am for the home of Lynne Smith (8408 SW Capitol Hwy). Both Lynne, and her neighbor Brian Martinek, will be happy to see all who participate. Please bring any tools on hand. Any questions, please call  Mike Devlin  at 503-901-5407.

It is finally that time again, Breakfast at St. Clare's.  We will be serving 9:30-12:30 on June 12.  To make this happen, we need to fill three shifts worth of volunteers.  It's easy!  Just e-mail seebert42@gmail.com  with your availability for one of the following shifts: Saturday, June 11 6pm Setup- The easy shift and a good way to get in Confession at 4:00pm, Mass at 5:00pm, Setup 6pm-8pm.  Just doing the basics.  Four volunteers makes this easy, setting up tables, getting all equipment in to the kitchen, helping to unload the shopping. Sunday, June 12  7am-10:30am- The main rush.  Cooking and we normally serve 75-110 breakfasts in this period.  Come see how many we get post-covid.  14 volunteers needed Sunday, June 12 10:30am-2pm- Lunch crowd.  Refill everything, reset dining room, get something to eat yourself.  Good time to volunteer if you want to take home leftovers.  The more the sooner we are done, ideally 1...