Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

Based on the weather forecast for the rest of  the week, and on communications with  Wilsonville Little League, we are officially  canceling our games on Saturday. There is  no way the fields will dry out and be safe for  our players. Wilsonville LL has generously agreed to host  us on our open date on May 18th instead. While we understand this decision has been  made pretty early in the week, there are a lot of  behind the scenes logistics involved that have  made it necessary to make  the call now. If you are one of the families that have ordered  tickets to the Hops game on May 11th, we will  collect those payments at our new Opening  Weekend on May 11th in Tigard at Cook Park. We will see you all in Tigard! Your OD4 Challenger Board Challenger Baseball For general inquiries, please contact your organization directly. Email:  OD4Challengerinfo@yahoo.com

 Dorothy Riechers' father Tom Chambers was 911'd to the hospital Friday night with post surgical infections from a cancer operation.  The family is requesting your prayers.

  when May 18, 2024 // 2:30 PM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME where CAPITOL STEPS 900 COURT ST NE, SALEM, OREGON For more information, click the link below. Oregon March for Life Oregon March for Life was moved from January to May this year.  Perhaps. with the more moderate weather in May, there will be a greater number of participants.  My observation, in recent years, has been that the Knights of Columbus are not very visible at these events.   Let us do our part to improve that this year by attending the March on May 18th.  There will be reserved parking available in the Capitol Mall Parking Structure.  See the website ( link ) for details.

        Benefit Concert for Mother & Child Education Center on May 3rd at 7pm Singing Duo Beth Donnelly and Doug Fisher, together with the Glory Singers Concert Choir, will be performing in a benefit concert for Mother & Child Education Center on May 3rd.  Come join us for an evening of music and fun at The Community Center at Marquis in Tualatin. Get ready to enjoy amazing performances by singing duo, Beth Donnelly & Doug Feller, The Glory Singers Concert Choir, and special guest soloist, 8 year old Mia Russo, while also supporting a great cause. ​ Don't miss out on this heartwarming event that will bring joy to all attendees. Bring your family and friends along for a memorable night filled with love and music. See you there!

 Contact Mike Devlin to volunteer for the breakfast at SJF- mdevprop@hotmail.com

This is for our "no neighbor left behind" program.  If you appreciate Rich's monthly voice reminders, please email seebert42@gmail.com with the phone number you want that reminder going to.

 To give our council credit, here's the link for the survey you need to fill out. https://kofcpacific.com/survey/

Ted Seeber will hold a group watch party in the Clare Room of the Parish office at St. Clare's on Wednesday, April 24th at 6:45pm.  (Please enter through rear door of office just off the office parking lot) There will be snacks and a simple signup sheet. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the financial benefits of being a Knight of Columbus- how to sign up for them, and how to use them. We aren't just a Family organization run by fathers- we are not just a charitable organization.  Charity begins at home, and we are also an insurance company insuring the future of our families. This counts towards our Star Council goals, so also invite other men from the parish older than age 18 to come find out about this side of the Knights- many a member in the past has joined for the insurance. For those attending the Zoom meeting from home, please email your confirmation of attendance to Don Mey, GK@kofc15485.org Passcode is 864485 Join Zoom meeting at 7pm on April 24th at...

 The Challenger Board has put out this schedule.  Ted Seeber will also update our council calendar.  Would be great to see you at one or more of the games cheering these special needs kids on, You haven't seen alternative baseball until you've seen a father pushing a wheelchair around the bases to Tokyo Drift into Home. All games are subject to weather cancelation the day of, contact seebert42@gmail.com to double check the day of the game, we're usually told by 9am.  Games start with Little League at 10:30, and Senior League at Noon, except for the Jamboree and One Big Game days.  Jamboree schedule is different based on how many teams travel from other areas of the state to join us, One Big Game will have all the Little League players on one field and all the Senior League players on the other. Ted already has commitments of volunteers for the big games.  Free lunch comes with three of these games- Troutdale, Tillamook, and wherever we end up playing the O...

The Pacific Agency of the Knights of Columbus is holding a Fraternal Services Webinar Wednesday, April 24 at 7pm.  This is an excellent chance to learn more about the financial benefits for you and your family of being a Knight. Passcode is 864485 Join Zoom meeting at 7pm on April 24th at  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88031291904?pwd=UjEvc3FVVHZpWIRIK2PzTHJiV1hLUT09 The Pacific Agency -  www.kofcpacific.com                                        Main Office: (855) MCGIVNE (855-624-4863)                          Proudly Serving Hawai’i, Alaska, Washington, and Oregon

DAY correction: As mentioned at the meeting, Mary and Mike O'Phelan sing with the Glory singers, and are performing on Friday May 3rd at the Community Center at Marquis at 7 PM.   The address is  19805 SW Boones Ferry Rd in Tualatin, OR 97062.   The funds go to the Mother and Child Education Center.   It would be wonderful if some of the Knights could be with us.   _______________________

Calling volunteers!  Help is needed for the Wine and Cheese after 4:30 pm Mass on April 27 and for the Pancake Breakfast on April 28 after the 9am and 11am Mass at St. John Fisher.  These are good opportunities for service to community, and increases the visibility of our council at St. John Fisher. Setup on the breakfast will begin at 7am, start serving at 10.  Ted will be there for coffee and taking credit cards- so we might get some more business. For both these opportunities, e-mail Mike Devlin at mdevprop@hotmail.com

As mentioned at the meeting, Mary and Mike O'Phelan sing with the Glory singers,  and are performing on Friday May 3rd at the Community Center at Marquis at 7 PM.   The address is 19805 SW Boones Ferry Rd in Tualatin, OR 97062.   The funds go to the Mother and Child Education Center.   It would be wonderful if some of the Knights could be with us.  

 As mentioned at the meeting last night, it's our goal to get 10 members, or even potential members (men over the age of 18) to attend this Zoom meeting.                                                                                 Links: Join Zoom meeting at 7pm on April 24th at  https://us02.web.zoom.us/j/88031291904?pwd=UjEvc3FVVHZpWIRIK2PzTHJiV1hLUT09 The Pacific Agency - www.kofcpacific.com                                                Main Office: (855) MCGIVNE (855-624-4863)                                Proud...

KofC Council 15485 Hybrid Meeting Notes April 16th, 2024 Hybrid Meeting 7:00 pm - Call to Order Prayer - Our Father Pledge of Allegiance 7:05 pm - Warden’s Membership Roll Call of Officers Present: GK FS DGK Chancellor Recorder Treasurer Advocate IG OG 1YT 3YT 15 members present --11 officers present 7:10 pm - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes (March) accepted as sent   7:15 pm - DGK’s Remarks (Don Mey) Welcome new members! Tom McCaffrey and William Douglas II. Thanks to all who helped and supported the SC Pancake Breakfast Blog/Calendar - Volunteer Opportunities Membership Challenge 7:20 pm - District Deputy Remarks (Mark Larson) We are a FAMILY organization 7:25 pm - Treasurer’s Report (Mike Devlin) Fraternity- 2850.76 Unity- 544.31 Charity- 5.71 Report Accepted 7:30 pm - Financial Secretary’s Report (Erik Riechers) Accounting of the breakfast on Blog Semi-Annual Report passed around CUF degree last Saturday Report Accepted 7:35 pm - Membership Reports Membership Di...

 We need three people a mass at St. Clare's, two a mass at SJF And while Ted Seeber has taken charge of ordering and obtaining the flowers, due to a conflict with a Challenger Baseball opportunity, Ted will need somebody else to deliver the flowers to St. John Fisher and St. Clare's on May 11 for the 4:30pm and 5pm Saturday masses (plus the people to sale). If you'd like to volunteer for this vital pro-life activity, please e-mail seebert42@gmail.com for scheduling..

  Meeting Tuesday, April 16th, 2024  KofC John Clare Council Hybrid Meeting Tuesday 4/16/2024 The meeting on 4/16 will be in-person @ St. Clare Parish Hall, doors open at 6:30 PM, and on-line, meeting starts at 7:00 PM. Online information listed below. Meeting Highlights;  - Officer Nominations for the 2024/2025 year, please consider volunteering.  - Review of the various State Resolutions to be presented at the upcoming 116th State Convention in Newport.  - Volunteer opportunities @ St. John Fisher Pancake Breakfast on 4/28. See Mike Devlin for sign up. Here is the  Agenda  to download. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87338834174 Meeting ID: 873 3883 4174 One tap mobile +1 253 215 8782,,87338834174#  US (SeaTac) +17193594580,,87338834174# US Dial by your location • +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) • +1 719 359 4580 US • +1 253 205 0468 US • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 873 3883 4174 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom...

There will be a Hybrid Meeting of Council 15485 at St Clare's School Cafeteria for in person, or you can click through to the blog and click on the meeting link in this article. Zoom Meeting info: Topic: KofC15485 Hybrid Meeting Time: Apr 16, 2024 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)         Every month on the Third Tue   Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87338834174 Meeting ID: 873 3883 4174 --- One tap mobile +16699009128,,87338834174# US (San Jose) +17193594580,,87338834174# US --- Dial by your location • +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) • +1 719 359 4580 US • +1 253 205 0468 US • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) • +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) • +1 669 444 9171 US • +1 309 205 3325 US • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • +1 360 209 5623 US • +1 386 347 5053 US • +1 507 473 4847 US • +1 564 217 2000 US • +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 689 278 1000 US • +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) • +1 305 224 1968 US Meeting ID: 873 3883 4174 Fin...

 Click through to blog to see the flyer- April 13 to May 24, a Pilgrimage of Adoration is happening from Cornelius to Aloha.

 If you are around, please attend 5pm Youth Mass at St. Clare's on Saturday, and stick around for about a half hour afterwards to welcome our new members Bill & Tommy into the Knights!   If you haven't had a chance to see a post-Covid exemplification, I highly recommend this chance.  Remember that the CUF degree is no longer secret- invite your families, especially your teenage children and grandchildren, to come learn what our order is about.   Boys today, can volunteer with us and will be the Knights of tomorrow.

 Thank you to all who volunteered at the extremely busy breakfast at St. Clare's on Divine Mercy Sunday.  I have the following statistics and lessons learned to report. First of all- the money. We took in $803 in cash, $35 in Venmo, $95 in credit card donations, for a gross take of $933.00 Ted's business passed $94.09 on to the bank account, $.91 was eaten in credit card processing fees.  This is a small enough amount that Information-R-Us will continue to offer credit card processing with the next breakfast- better signage will be created before then. Total expenses, including credit card processing, was $298.45, for a net of $634.55. We lost track of number of breakfasts served- at least 206.  Ted was expecting less than 200 and only put 200 plates out.  We also let the restocking cart run out of silverware during the 10:45 Mass- Ted will be asking for a volunteer next breakfast at St. Clare's to take over overseeing coffee and busing tables for both masses. O...

  Below is a clipping from this past week’s St John Fisher's  bulletin: Please plan to attend.  This is a good opportunity for the Knights to be visible and show our support for Father Richard and the St. John Fisher Community.

 With the 2nd graders doing 8:30am Mass, we're likely to have quite the rush early.  Got plenty of volunteer spots still left open.  Email seebert42@gmail.com to get on the list.

I did not get any pictures of the crowd- was way too busy shouting "0-5 to my left, 6-12 to my right" and trying to spot kids trying to start early!  4500 eggs hidden, nearly 1000 kids showed up. We had 3 Knights volunteer, and 25 other volunteers from the school stuffing and hiding eggs. These photos were taken a few minutes before Mass let out, nearly 30 people showed up only for the egg hunt (hope they went to Mass later). Ted Seeber donated 100 saints medals for lucky kids- but with 4500 eggs, I only saw 3 or four who claimed they found Saints Medals.