Meeting Notes - July 16, 2024

Meeting Notes

July 16, 2024 

7:00 pm - Call to Order

• Prayer - Our Father
• Pledge of Allegiance

7:03 pm - Warden’s Membership

• Roll Call of Officers
• GK, Recorder, Warden, OG, 2YT, DGK, FS, ADV, Chan, Treasurer Present
• 13 members present (we have a quorum) 

7:05 pm - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes (June)

• Approved

7:08 pm - GK’s Remarks (Don Mey)

• Message from Supreme & State
• State Summer Meeting
• EARLY-  Evangelization of Membership
• Missed District 3 star council by 1 member
• Get everybody signed up online, wear your pin
• Blog/Calendar - Volunteer Opportunities
• SAFE Environment
• Membership Challenge
• 420 for the state
• If 50% of our members brought in one new member, we'd easily hit it.

7:15 pm - District Deputy Remarks (Mark Larson)

• Installation of State Officers at the State Meeting
• Safe Environments - Required, Compulsory, Mandatory and Invested
• District Deputy and District Warden will be changing soon for District 3.  Not known yet who, but Mark Larson is moving on to District Master for 4th Degree

7:20 pm - Treasurer’s Report (Mike Devlin)

• Fraternal $2655.35
• Unity $544.37
• Charity $5.71
• Approved

7:25 pm - Financial Secretary’s Report (Erik Riechers)

• Reports are in the works.
• Thank you from Mother & Child
• Excel Spreadsheet presented of the Breakfast Costs and Earnings
• Audit is in process and will be done by August 15
• Approved

7:30 pm - Membership Reports

• Membership Director (Dan Riechers)
• Retention Chairman (Richard Digregorio)
• No Neighbor Left Behind Phone Calls (Richard Digregorio)

7:35 pm - Programs

• Program Director - (Gene Andres)

7:40 pm - Committees

• Parish / School Updates
• St. Clare (Don Mey)
• Pray for families at Campout at Fr. Stevens this week
• Daily Mass in basement of office, as some safety work is being done in the Church
• Painting the windowsills
• St. John Fisher (Mike Devlin)
• New priest Fr. Valentine from India

7:45 pm - Faith / Community / Family

7:55 pm - KofC Business

• In 2024/2025 we will conduct a total of 10 Pancake Breakfasts at St. Clare and St. John Fisher. These will also be recruiting events.
• Fall PB dates at SC confirmed, Oct. 6th & Nov. 3rd. Fall SJF dates (2) TBD. Late Fall and Spring dates (6) TBD.
• Fr. Jim to display and sell paintings and other art work (details to follow) at SC Pancake Breakfasts, Oct. 6th and Nov. 3rd. (Music room area staffed by Fr. Jim volunteers).
• COR SC parish discussion groups “Beautiful Eucharist” to begin August/September timeline, propose, once per month following the 8:30 AM and 10:45 PM Masses. Consider volunteering. SJF TBD. (Michael O)

8:10 pm - KofC New Business

• Open Business
• Dan R's engagement

8:15 pm - “Beautiful Eucharist” book discussion, Chapters 5-7.

8:28 pm - Closing Prayers

• Intentions for the Sick and/or in Distress – Hail Mary
• RIP Patrick Joseph, brother of Beth Bailey
  
• RIP Robert, brother of Bonnie Owens
• Shannon Seeber
• Daniel's Sister and nieces and nephews in Israel
• Daniel's Friend Gerald struggling with situational related to autism
• Daniel talking to Fr. Jules for Vocation
• Mark B's Wife Mari Jo
• Lacey, reader at St. Clare's 
• God Bless the work of the council and its members and grant eternal peace to the souls of the departed members.
• Prayer for the Canonization of Father Michael J. McGivney.

8:30 pm - Adjournment