Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

  7:00 pm     Call to Order Warden's Membership check (Michael Chau) Prayer: Our Father Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call of Officers Previous Meeting Minutes approved 7:05 pm     GKs Remarks  - Don Mey Don Mey expressed his appreciation for the work that Marc Gregoire performed as Grand Knight. Then Don introduced himself and discussed his background in Sales & Customer Service: he is presently retired and donates much of his time to working at St. Clare and in our Council He went on to say that he saw our Council as composed of men of action and faith Don Mey will strive to increase membership by improving the parishes and various ministries visibility of Knights activities and service offerings There will be one Parish Liason: St. Clare - Don Mey; St. John Fisher - Mike Devlin; and St. Elizabeth- Marc Gregoire  7:15 pm     Treasurer's Report - Mike Devlin 6/21/2022 Beginning balance            ...

 Click through to blog for video. At our meeting on Tuesday, July 19, Tom Owens made the motion and Marc Gregoire seconded, to have the Council donate $300 to help support the work of the St. Andrews Nativity School in NE Portland. The motion was tabled to next month to give the members more time to learn about St. Andrews Nativity School, and why we should support it. The following information was offered by Tom Owens: This school, under the sponsorship of the Jesuits, provides a first-class education, tuition free, for about 45  6  through 8 grade low income, predominately minority boys and girls. The staff also commit to follow up with the students and their families to prepare to get high school scholarships and later scholarships for college and/or work training programs. Michael Chau and I attended a tour of the school and fund-raising lunch there last month and were impressed. Michael, Oanh Nguyen, and I have already committed to making personal monthly donations t...

  Council Meeting Tuesday July 19th 7pm (Hybrid Online Meeting)  In person @ St. Clare Parish Hall (School Cafeteria) Hello Brother Knights, Please join us this Tuesday, July 19th at 7pm for our next Council #15485 meeting, Online via the link below, or in person at St. Clare Parish Hall, 1807 SW Freeman St, Portland, OR 97219. Here is the  AGENDA  to download. NOTE - We are continuing Life is Messy, Finale Pages 127-152 For Online Only Don/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#

The Oregon State Council will be holding a prayer hour at 11 am on Fr. McGiveney's feast day, August 13, at St. Philip Catholic Church in Dallas, OR. 825 SW Mill St. Dallas, OR 97338

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Hello Brother Knights, At our next KofC meeting on Tuesday, July 19th we will be conclude the discussion on our book by Matthew Kelly  Life is Messy  with Part 6. Part 6 of the book will be starting with the chapter  Change Something  through the end chapter  The good life  (~pages 127-152). 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 final and 6th part: Questi...

A Message from Scott Peterson, Grand Knight of Fr. Luke O'Donnell in Beaverton ------------------------------- Brothers, Peace of Christ to you! Recently, Our Blessed Virgin Mary’s Radio station, KBVM, experienced several events that have impacted the station.  The heavy wet snow several months ago caused two trees to fall over with one damaging a retaining wall.  Additionally, the station had to install some pilings for a retaining wall after some construction on the property next door.  Jeff and Scott have repaired the large retaining wall and completed several other small items.  With Mater Dei Radio dealing with these unexpected expenses, the opportunity to provide assistance in the form of manpower has presented itself to the Knights.  On July 16, 2022, a work party will plant around one hundred small plants and trees, address a small retaining wall issue, line a drainage channel with rock and spread two units of bark dust.  Scott is seeking help from ...

Click on the link if you're seeing this in the digest, to watch this important 10 minute video from Archbishop Sample.

 Over the June 24 to 26 weekend, Mother and Child Education Center was a victim of vandalizing mobs, in response to the Dobbs vs Jackson Women's Health decision.  Mother and Child supports impoverished women in choosing to keep their children, they are the main 211 support service for the City of Portland, and in the wake of the Supreme Court Decision, even though abortion is still legal here, their client load is only going to go up. Let's help them to repair this damage so that they can get back to helping connect young mothers to resources. To Donate, click here: