Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

Since 1973, the year the Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide in Roe v. Wade, the month of October has been set aside by the U.S. bishops as a time to focus on protecting God’s precious gift of human life.  What better way to start the month than attending our council sponsored pro-life Holy Hour at St. John Fisher Church on Tuesday October 3rd at 7PM.  Our Holy Hours including Eucharistic Exposition, Pro-life Rosary and Benediction are at St. John Fisher at 7PM on the first Tuesday and at St Clare from 2PM to 4PM on the first Saturday of each month.

 Let there be PICTURES.  We missed out on Star Council last year by three recruits, but we're on track this year.

 KofC Council 15485 Hybrid Meeting  September 19, 2023 7:00 pm - Call to Order Prayer - Our Father Pledge of Allegiance 7:05 pm - Warden’s Membership Roll Call of Officers  FS, GK, DGK, Rec, Warden, IG, OG, Chan, 3YT  here all others excused 12 Members here 7:10 pm - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes (August) approved 7:15 pm - GK’s Remarks (Don Mey) Blog - Calendar - Volunteer Opportunities I will be brief- New member Paul, Daniel S returning Two more are in process Membership Challenge Make sure that you keep asking.  Even when it is embarrassing,  Be willing to ask.  You do not need to do anything more than you are already doing as a Knight Safe environment training can be accessed at http://kofc.org 7:20 pm - District Deputy Remarks (Mark Larson) Columbian Award and Founder's Award for 2022-2023 September 30- State Faith In Action day at Hillsboro- Retreat starting at 8:30 am, CUF Degree and 4th Degree Exemplification will be offered R...

Hybrid Meeting (Online and In-person) Hello Brother Knights, Please join us Tuesday September 19th, at 7pm for our next John/Clare Council #15485 meeting. We will meet in-person at the St. Clare Parish Hall/cafeteria, or join  Online via ZOOM invitation.    Online availably starting at 6:45PM. We will discuss the new KofC Cor initiative. Please review the Webinar, link listed on our Blog site dated, September 7th.  Please check our blog calendar and recent posts for volunteer opportunities.  Here is the  AGENDA  to download. For Online: The Online link will open at 6:50pm. Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet or phone. MEETING LINK  for Zoom App/website, or see below for audio call in instructions September 19th, 2023 6:30 PM Doors Open Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87338834174 Meeting ID: 873 3883 4174

Fraternity, Formation, Prayer.  Supreme is asking us to start some form of the Cor program in our parishes.    Please visit the link from the blog, and watch the video at least.  There are a lot of options to implement this program.  Let's get those creative juices flowing, and we'll discuss soon.  Help the man- to help the family- to help the church.

 I went to the first one in Silverton, it was awesome.

  Worthy Brother Knights, Many of you may have heard at this point that St. Joseph's  Catholic Church in Salem experienced a devastating fire  early on 8/31. This is extremely devastating to our Catholic  community in Oregon and especially the Salem metro area.  It is one of the largest Parishes in the State. It is in times like this, when we as Knights are called to step  forward to assist those in need. I have reached out to the  Parish, the Council, the DDs in the area, and the Archdiocese  on guidance on how best to proceed. I also made correspondence  with Supreme. Having reached out to these resources, I have the  following information for all councils and would like to strongly  encourage each and every member of the State to assist in  any possible way. 1. There will be a public Rosary in the parking lot at St. Joseph's  on Sunday evening 9/ 3 at 7pm . Thank you very much to the  Keizer Council for helpin...