Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

Hey Ted, FYI - we cancelled adoration this Saturday because it is a holiday weekend. Please get the word out to the Knights that usually attend. Thanks, Bill

St John Fisher, 6pm-8pm July 1 St Clare 2pm- 4pm July 5 We have so many new members I decided to point out our Holy Hours.  Ted Seeber has Pro-life Rosary Leader Hint pages, and will be out of town July 5. --Edit, due to many participants being out of town for the holiday weekend, July 5 Adoration may be canceled.  If so, I'll post again to the blog. If you are available to lead the Rosary at St Clare's, email seebert42@gmail.com and I will send you the leader hint sheet and instructions.

I do not remember which team we were on, but we came in 8th in the State, barely beating out my brother's Council 5416, and right behind Our Lady of LaVang 15263.

 Supreme Short Video Day 9 Worthy Brother Knights, Please join me in one of my final acts as State Deputy: The Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, according to Padre Pio. Simply recite the following prayers below each day. *If you would like to opt out and no longer receive these Novena emails, please let me know and I will remove you from the mailing list. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be … Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.   II. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in My name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glo...

 Supreme Short Video  - I never knew the Supreme Chaplain had an assistant director of chaplains. Day 8 Worthy Brother Knights, Please join me in one of my final acts as State Deputy: The Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, according to Padre Pio. Simply recite the following prayers below each day. *If you would like to opt out and no longer receive these Novena emails, please let me know and I will remove you from the mailing list. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be … Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.   II. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in My name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in Your name, I ask ...

 Thanks to Deputy Grand Knight Gene Andres for keeping track of our charitable outreach every year.  Most of you don't realize the work he puts in making sure we get our Columbian Award, a precursor to Star Council, year after year after year.  We've at least won the Columbian Award for the past 13 years since we were chartered in 2012; Gene is a huge part keeping track of the four areas we need to be active in. The graphic below is a screenshot of Gene's spreadsheet for 2024-2025.  The image is a png, you should be able to click on it and open it to zoom in:

Supreme Short Video Day 7 Worthy Brother Knights, Please join me in one of my final acts as State Deputy: The Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, according to Padre Pio. Simply recite the following prayers below each day. *If you would like to opt out and no longer receive these Novena emails, please let me know and I will remove you from the mailing list. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be … Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.   II. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in My name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be ...

 A friend of our daughter-in-law’s family recently passed away.  The grandson, that she had raised to an adult, was living with her.  He must now move from the apartment they had shared to another apartment in the same building.   Our daughter-in-law is trying to help, and both are overwhelmed with the process.  She ask if I could get the Knights to help with the move. The building is in the Lloyd District.   The moving date is July 6 th .   The time appears to be flexible.   Please let me know if you are available on the 6 th and would like to help. gene.andres@comcast.net 773.426.4816

  Brother Knights, I reached out to Paul Resweber, to offer our condolences, support, and prayers. In response to that, I pass on Paul’s comments with his permission; “   God bless you too, Brother Knight. Let me add that Christine’s passing was beautifully peaceful with my son and myself holding her hands. She is safe in the presence of Jesus.” Please continue your prayers and support. God Bless, Vivat Jesus 

I just received confirmation that Christine Zotter, Paul Reswebers wife, passed away peacefully this afternoon. Please keep Christine and Paul in your prayers.

 Supreme Short Video Day 6 Worthy Brother Knights, Please join me in one of my final acts as State Deputy: The Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, according to Padre Pio. Simply recite the following prayers below each day. *If you would like to opt out and no longer receive these Novena emails, please let me know and I will remove you from the mailing list. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be … Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.   II. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in My name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glo...

Christine Zotter,  brother knight Paul Reswebers wife, has suffered a stroke and needs prayers. Christine sings in the St. Clare Choir. The situation is quite serious and we'll update this blog post when we know more.

Supreme Short Video Day 5 Worthy Brother Knights, Please join me in one of my final acts as State Deputy: The Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, according to Padre Pio. Simply recite the following prayers below each day. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be … Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.   II. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in My name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be … Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.   III. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass a...

Supreme's Short Video Day 4 Worthy Brother Knights, Please join me in one of my final acts as State Deputy: The Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, according to Padre Pio. Simply recite the following prayers below each day. *If you would like to opt out and no longer receive these Novena emails, please let me know and I will remove you from the mailing list. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be … Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.   II. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in My name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory B...

Click here to see video from Supreme Day 3 Worthy Brother Knights, Please join me in one of my final acts as State Deputy: The Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, according to Padre Pio. Simply recite the following prayers below each day. *If you would like to opt out and no longer receive these Novena emails, please let me know and I will remove you from the mailing list. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be … Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.   II. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in My name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail...

Click here for Day 2 video from Supreme Day 2 Worthy Brother Knights, Please join me in one of my final acts as State Deputy: The Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, according to Padre Pio. Simply recite the following prayers below each day. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be … Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.   II. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in My name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be … Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.   III. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, heaven a...

Click here to watch the short on Youtube Worthy Brother Knights, Please join me in one of my final acts as State Deputy: The Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, according to Padre Pio. Simply recite the following prayers below each day. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be … Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.   II. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in My name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of (here name your request). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be … Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.   III. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, heaven and ea...

 If you have considered being a Knight in the past, and haven't pulled that trigger yet, consider this your invitation to click here and enter 15485 for the council you wish to join.   Enter BLESSEDMCGIVNEY to get your first year's dues free (yes, people who are not yet in the council get the daily digest). We have another initiation scheduled, at a parish that requested a round table!  St. Thomas More is at  ​3525 SW Patton Rd, Portland OR 97221. We will be holding a degree for Leif Lidin-Lamon after the 10:00am Mass on Sunday.  Come welcome Leif into the council, and if you are not a Knight yet, the degree ceremony takes 30 to 45 minutes (we try to keep it as brief as possible), come join us and we'll sort out the paperwork.

 7:00pm - Call to Order Warden’s Membership Check Prayer – Our Father Pledge of Allegiance Pope Leo XIV Prayer 7:03pm - Roll Call of Officers GK - Present DGK - Present FS -Present Treasurer - Present Chan - Present Advocate - Excused Recorder - Present Warden - Present Outside Guard -Present Inside Guard -Present 3YT- Present 2YT- Present 1YT- Executed Number of Members Present (voting strength)- 15 7:05pm - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes (corrections & additions?) Minutes Approved 7:07pm - GK’s Remarks (Don Mey) Membership Challenge -- Keep it moving, we are alive and we are vibrant Thank you  Welcome New Members -- Edwin Blanco Present Fraternal Benefits SAFE Environment  Membership Challenge 7:10pm - District Deputy Remarks Not Present 7:15pm - Treasurer’s Report (Mike Devlin) Fraternity Checking balance $3,749.70 Unity Savings Account balance $544.59 Charity Savings Acct. balance $5.71 Report Accepted 7:20pm - Financial Secretary’s Report (Erik Ri...

  KofC John Clare Council June Hybrid Meeting will be held on Tuesday 6/17/2025  at 7:00 PM. The meeting will be, in-person, at St. Clare Parish Hall, doors open at 6:30 PM., and online via Zoom.  See the attached  agenda  . Final Officer Nominations  for 2025/2026 year, will be accepted at this meeting. If you are interested in running and have questions, please contact Don Mey @ dmey1951@gmail.com  Election of Officers for 2025/2026 will occur at this meeting! The Zoom information to attend online is listed below. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81926336107 One tap mobile +17193594580,,81926336107# US +12532050468,,81926336107# US Meeting ID: 819 2633 6107

Help us welcome these men to the Knights and Council 15485.   The CUF Ceremony is confirmed for 2:00 PM Saturday at St. Clare Church.  At this time we have two candidates Thomas Bode Sr. and Steve Hall. The Exemplification Personnel roles are as follows; Presiding Officer - Ken Anderson Presenter on Charity - Gene Andres Presenter on Unity - Ted Seeber Presenter on Fraternity - Don Mey Warden - Michael Chau Investing Officer - Ken Anderson .

Welcome to Edwin, Andrew, and Owen- who achieved the Degrees of Charity, Unity, and Fraternity last Friday. But our council is on a roll.  Leif, Thomas, and Steve will be contacted this week to try to schedule  another CUF degree.   Once we have a date for the CUF degree, I'll be sending out emails to ask for volunteers from our normal Exemplification team.

Thank you all for another successful breakfast. Gross.         $667 Expenses   $181 Net.             $486

June 19-27, 2025, all Knights are to pray for our Holy Father, Leo XIV. More information here

 11:00am Archbishop Vlazney's Funeral mass can be streamed from https://archdpdx.org 7pm, we will be holding a CUF degree for the following new members: Leif Lidin-Lamon Edwin Blanco Andrew Firth Owen Firth The CUF degree will be held at St. Clare's Church, State Deputy Ken Anderson III will be presiding.   This weekend will be another Breakfast and Membership Drive- if anybody wants to volunteer to man doors for us to invite people to breakfast at SJF and make sure every man has a join us advertisement, please contact Ted Seeber, seebert42@gmail.com .   We especially need help at the 9:00am and 11:00am Masses, when so many of our older members will be working the Breakfast. You can also volunteer for the Breakfast itself with Mike Devlin, mdevprop@hotmail.com .  We especially need to train a backup for our pancake flipper Scott Young, as we've been borrowing him from our parent council for many years.  Perhaps one of our new members would like to lear...

Worthy Brother Knights, Council 15485 has earned the 8x10 Sacred Heart Icon and a fishing pole! Good work putting on a Drive this weekend and bringing in 2 members online! Congratulations and thank you for your hard work! Kenneth J. Anderson Knights of Columbus Oregon State Council State Deputy kennethandersoniii@gmail.com (541) 602-0249 11863 SW Greenburg Rd Apt 8 Tigard, OR 97223 "It is an honor to be a Knight!"

 Thursday June 5, 2025 6pm St. Clare CUF Degree (Exemplification to the 3rd degree for new members) Contact Ted Seeber, seebert42@gmail.com if you can be there All Sunday Masses at St John Fisher- Membership drive.  Sunday Masses are June 7 4:30pm, June 8 9:00am, June 8 11:00am, June 8 5:00pm.  Lets try to have 2 to 3 guys with membership cards and the laptop there.  Contact Ted Seeber seebert42@gmail.com  to volunteer for a Mass Sunday June 8 8am-2:30pm:  Breakfast at SJF, contact Mike Devlin ( mdevprop@hotmail.com ) to volunteer.

 By the numbers: New members signed up online: 4 Gross donations $832 ($95 card + $80 Check + $602 cash + $55 Venmo) Expenses $239.41 Net $592.59 Next one June 8 at SJF!

GREAT news from today’s doc appt. All proceedings as well as possible !   Thanks for your extremely effective prayers!

From 4th Degree District Master Mark Larson: (Distribute to All Members A.S.A.P)   ALL KNIGHTS     This is an ALL-hands-on-deck call.   For Funeral observations for Archbishop Vlazny   Visitation: Thursday, June 5, from 1:00-6:00 PM at St. Mary’s Cathedral   Honor Guard  is needed for the visitation and vigil Service.   Arrive by Noon. We will need to rotate Knights for the Visitation; please let me know when you can be there.     Vigil Service (immediately following the Visitation): Thursday, June 5 at 6:30 PM   Honor Guard  will be needed for the service.  Please stay and assist.  Arrive by 5:30 PM for the vigil service.       Honor Guard  for the Funeral Mass arrive by 10:00 AM.   Funeral Mass: Friday, June 6 at 11:00 AM at St. Mary’s Cathedral.  A live streaming of the Mass will be available.   https://www.maryscathedral.com   A reception will follow in the Cathedral pl...

 I could still use more volunteers for 1st and 2nd shifts on Sunday, especially the 9:30-10:15am rush, the 10:15-10:30 resetting, and the 11:45am-12:15pm rush. We only got two additional volunteers from SIS, so I urge you to work this breakfast if you can!  Contact seebert42@gmail.com  to volunteer

Monday May 26, 6-8 pm, a relic monsterance blessed by St. Pope John Paul II will be available for adoration at St. Clare's. Tuesday, May 27, 4:30-6:30pm our State Deputy will have a final showing of the relic of Fr. McGivney at St Thomas More. Take this chance to get in a little extra prayer time

 Incoming- volunteers needed for our final breakfast of the year at St. Clare's June 1.  As usual, we'll run this as three shifts.  In addition, we will be doing a membership drive at Mass, and so need additional volunteers.  I've already asked the Sisters In the Spirit for help; encourage your wives to volunteer for serving line for either the 9:30-10:15 shift or the 11:45-12:15 shift. I don't think I've ever revealed what is on my list before, so here's the list of jobs and when I need people for. Shopping - Ken Paulsen will do this for the final two breakfasts, we'll need somebody new next year, week before the breakfast Setup (Shift 1 only)  May 31 You can go to 5pm Mass, 6:15pm-8pm it's scheduled for Setup (Shift 1 only)   May 31 You can go to 5pm Mass, 6:15pm-8pm it's scheduled for Setup (Shift 1 only)   May 31 You can go to 5pm Mass, 6:15pm-8pm it's scheduled for Setup (Shift 1 only)   May 31 You can go to 5pm Mass, 6:15pm-8p...

7:00pm - Call to Order Warden’s Membership Check Prayer – Our Father Pledge of Allegiance Pope Francis Death, Pope Leo XIV & Prayer for Peace and Unity 7:03pm - Roll Call of Officers GK Present FS - Present DGK Present Chancellor- Absent Recorder - Present Treasurer- Excused Advocate- Present Warden - Present Inside Guard -Present Outside Guard- Present One Year Trustee - Excused Two Year Trustee - Excused Three Year Trustee - Present 7:05pm - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes (corrections & additions?) Accepted 7:07pm - GK’s Remarks (Don Mey) Membership Challenge The reality is that North Dakota has more membership than we do in Oregon- with less population We need to keep asking, even through the no State Convention Comments Thank you to State officers go to https://oregonkofc.org to see the notes Vocations  6 priests on the altar at Church during State Convention Support Seminarians  Fraternal Benefits Training-  On-line Every Wednesday at 7:00 PM...

KofC John Clare Council April Hybrid Meeting will be held on Tuesday 5/20/2025  at 7:00 PM. The meeting will be, in-person, at St. Clare Parish Hall, doors open at 6:30 PM., and online via Zoom.  See the attached  agenda  . Mark your calendars, volunteers needed for upcoming Pancake Breakfasts, SC on 6/1, and SJF on 6/8. We will conduct member drives during these breakfasts as well. Officer Nominations for 2025/2026 year, will be accepted at this meeting. If you are interested in running and have questions, please contact Don Mey @ dmey1951@gmail.com  The Zoom information to attend online is listed below. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84350385362 Meeting ID: 819 2633 6107 One tap mobile +17193594580,, 84350385362 # US +12530468 205 ,, 84350385362 # US

Donations $1016 Flower cost was $336 That is $680 headed for Mother and Child Education Center Thank you to Don Mey, Ken Paulsen, and Ted Seeber for heading this up!  Well done all!

The Youth Choir had 8th grade girls from parenting class.  Mother Mary babysat the Balloon babies.  Sorry for the sideways.

The condition has been diagnosed as a bone infection, potentially quite dangerous.  More information Monday

Ok, I'm a bit proud of my nephew, who was on The Morning Blend on Mater Dei Radio this morning advertising the upcoming Seminarian Tea. This entire talk was Extremely Enlightening on the process of discernment and vocation.  For tickets to the Annual Seminarian Tea, click this second link

 In recent days we've had a large number of potentially new subscribers, potentially new Knights, through our "Sign up through digests" form.  I've added you all to blog digests, so if this if your first post you've seen in a digest, Welcome! As we heard a few weeks ago in our Fraternal Benefits watch party, you have benefits as a Knight that accrue to your wife and children and grandchildren.  Sadly, looking at Membership Online with Supreme, some of our contact information has become incorrect over the years.  Consider this your chance to let us know who you are and let us know backup contact information for you!   Click on this link to answer an identity Survey Monkey form , let us know your preferred phone and email, and let us know more about your family and parish life, so we can better support the parishes we're supposed to be covering, be it St. Clare's, St. John Fisher, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, or St. Thomas More.