Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

  Gentlemen,  We have a number of volunteer opportunities at St. Clare Church. Fr. Don has asked if the Knights would conduct a call tree, inviting St. Clare Parishioners to the One Mass, One Family & St. Clare Picnic (see flyer below). We will need phone volunteers starting Tuesday Sept. 6th through Friday Sept. 9th. If calling from the St. Clare Offices, calls to be conducted between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM Tuesday thru Thursday. Friday expanded hours with calls beginning at 12:30 PM. You may choose to call from your personal phone. Lists of parishioners will be available Tuesday Sept. 6th.  Contact Don Mey directly via text or email with the day or days you are available. Debbie Henkelman is organizing the St. Clare Picnic on Sept. 11th. Debbie advises the greatest need is for food servers and ground crews (filling in food and drinks and keeping garbage empty).  This is the link for volunteers to sign up.  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gfczV-7_UUX5F...

 NOTE: This August  16, 2022 In-Person K of C meeting was held in St. Clare Parish Church 7:00 pm - Call to Order Warden's Membership Check 7:05 pm - Installation of Officers for New Term   Mark Larson District Deputy, District 3 presiding Deacon Bill McNamara, Acting Chaplain 7:35 pm - GKs Remarks (Don Mey) Reading & Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes Calenday pending input from the St. Clare School Children Mass dates: We might have a breakfast on the 1st Sunday in October, 2022 the 1st Sunday in March 2023 and/or the 1st Sunday in March 2023. We are going to begin having Monthly Officer Agenday Meetings starting on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7 pm on Video. A select group of officers will plan our monthly K of C Meetings Since an officer can only have 1 role, the Grand Knight named Dan Riechers to be the Membership Director. Don Mey pointed out that there are open Director/Chairman Roles in Vocations, Life, Health Service, Public Relations, and Insurance Pro...

  Council Meeting Tuesday August 16th 7pm (In-person Meeting)                                        Installation of Officers New Term, followed by business Agenda In person @ St. Clare Parish Church Hello Brother Knights, Please join us this Tuesday, August 16th at 7pm for our next Council #15485 meeting, in person, at St. Clare Parish Church, 8535 SW 19th Avenue, Portland, OR 97219.  We will conduct the Installation of New Officers, with Mark Larson, Deputy Director, district 3, and Deacon Bill McNamara, acting Chaplain, in attendance. (We request business casual with collared shirt for this ceremony)  We will continue with our monthly meeting following the installation of New Officers. We have 2 important items scheduled for a vote on our Agenda. Please review the information recently posted on our Blog regarding, 1) Support of Fr. Jim Galluzzo Minist...

Attention John/Clare Council members 15485 From Tom Owens dated July 17th in an email sent to Don Mey and forwarded to all John/Clare Council members. I have had contact, as you requested, with Fr. Jim Galluzzo two weeks ago regarding how our Council might support his various charitable activities with the poor and homeless. Below is a brief summary of our conversation. Contact with Fr. Jim Galluzzo    I talked with Fr. Jim this past week regarding support our KC Council may be able to provide to him for the charitable organizations he coordinates—The Urban Spirituality Center (USC) and Diversity as Gift (DAG). USC serves the needy at Street Roots, Rose Haven, Maybelle Center for Community, and the Portland Homeless Family Solutions. The types of items he collects through USC include bottled water, men and women’s underwear, socks, hygiene items, baby diapers and wipes, and children’s underwear, school supplies, juice boxes and dried fruit and nuts.   The DAS serves ...

Click through to see video. A new devotional has started in the Phillipines among Knights Councils. Blessed Father Michael J. McGivney, Pray For Us!

Volunteers are needed for the Ice Cream Social Saturday Night at St. Clare's. Contact Kim@saintclarechurch.org for more info.

Click through to post to see a video from Supreme on the dignity of human life.

 A group of contemplative nuns, The Handmaids of the Precious Blood , make it a point to pray for our priests and other leaders in the church.  They also have one nun, Sr. Regina, whose cartoons I often read. This week, Sr. Regina is paying a great honor to our Order, in favor of the 140th Supreme Convention. Click through to the article on the blog to see the cartoon.