Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

 As usual, I haven't heard from all the folks.  We still need dining room crew both shifts, and cleanup.  Send me an email at seebert42@gmail.com or text me at 503-318-1508 and let me know if you can be there Sunday, November 2 at St. Clare's.

Due to a combination of health and work reasons, one of our Trustees has pulled out from being a judge for the Essay Contest.  If you'd like to learn about the Popes from the point of view of 8th graders, the ones I have read so far are fascinating.  Let me know if you'd like me to forward the PDF of SJF essays, and by the end of the week I am expecting the St. Clare Essays as well. Email me if you'd like to be a judge at seebert42@gmail.com

 To Sign Up for the Saint Clare Acts Retreat November 13-16, Click through to this link to the parish website .  Still 7 slots available, according to Fr. Don this morning.  St. Clare's men only until November 2 then he'll open up registration to other parishes. For anybody not going on this retreat we have a couple of volunteer requests for the same weekend: Contact Michael Chau at 971-770-4797  if you can give him a ride to Mass that weekend.  All the normal suspects are going to be on the retreat.  He normally goes to 8:30 at St. Clare's but will gladly go to any available Mass at SJF, St. Clare's, or St. Anthony's.  He lives on 130th off of Scholls Ferry in Tigard/Beaverton, to give you an idea how much of an ask this is. Contact John Creegan at 503-314-5164, he'd like to go on retreat but needs to arrange for some dog sitting on the days of the retreat.  John lives off of Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy in Hillsdale.

2nd Fall breakfast at St. Clare's is quickly approaching Nov 2.  Remember to Fall Back on your clocks! As usual we have 3 major shifts: Saturday night 6pm:  Load in and setup (I think I have enough help for this, but the more hands we have, the quicker we can set up our standard 96 place settings and 225 plates stacked) Sunday morning 8am-10:15am (kitchen keycard turns on at 6:30 if you feel the need to vome in early due to the time change)-  MANY positions still available Sunday morning 10:15- cleanup-  MANY positions still available For those new to our council, our 10 breakfasts (5 at each parish) every year are our major fundraising. Backup Pancake flippers Steve Hall and Mark LeAir will be understudying Master Pancake Flipper Scott Young Contact Ted Seeber ( seebert42@gmail.com  or  503-318-1508 ) to volunteer and get on the spreadsheet.

 7:00 PM - Call to Order Warden’s Membership Check Prayer – Our Father Pledge of Allegiance 7:05 PM - Roll Call of Officers GK,FS, Chan, Recorder, Warden, 2YT , IG, OG - Present  DGK, Treasurer, Advocate, 1YT, 3YT Excused 13 Voting Members Present 7:10 PM - Fraternal Benefits Presentation Welcome Field Agent Andres Contreras Andres R. Contreras Will be here next meeting 503-462-5772 is the number to call for insurance 7:11 PM - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes Approved as posted 7:15 PM - GK’s Remarks (Don Mey) Membership Challenge Fraternal Benefits SAFE Environment Membership Challenge 7:20 PM - District Deputy Remarks Presentation of Star Council Award 7:30 PM - Treasurer’s Report (Mike Devlin) Fraternity Checking balance $1,670.51 Unity Savings Account balance $544.67 Charity Savings Acct. balance $5.71 Report Approved 7:32 PM - Financial Secretary’s Report (Erik Riechers) Report Approved 7:33 PM - Committees Parish / School Updates St. Clare (Don Mey) Dinner...

John Clare Council 15485 October Hybrid Meeting will be held on Tuesday 10/21/2025  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 links below. Following our meeting opening at 7:00 PM, we will have a Fraternal Benefits Presentation from Field Agent, Andres Contreras.  An abbreviated business meeting will follow. The agenda is available via this link. (Agenda is subject to change.) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81926336107 One tap mobile +17193594580,,81926336107# US +12532050468,,81926336107#  US

 But still a successful Breakfast.  Special thanks to Steve Hall, who showed up early to learn to make pancakes with Scott Young. $257 was the net profit after expenses.

 Jaz has had a miscarriage, and needs an operation to deal with it.  They are requesting prayers, but no extra communication at this time.

 Even if you can just volunteer for part of the time, please email mdevprop@comcast.net  to let Mike Devlin know you'll be there.

 We heard this morning at Mass that only 8 men have signed up for 25 slots for the St. Clare Acts Men's Retreat.  Fr. Don would like this to be full.  It is $300, but scholarships are available.  Click into the blog, then click on this link to register.

The day of our council sponsored Pro-Life Holy Hour at St John Fisher is changing from the first Tuesday of each month to the first Monday.   Brother Deacon Scott suggested the change and we, who normally participate, agreed.     The reasons for making the change: there is no daily Mass on Mondays at SJF church, and there is a Holy Hour every Tuesday morning before Mass.   Please update your calendar to move the Holy Hour at SJF from the first Tuesday to the first Monday of each month and plan to participate .

We sure had a strong turnout for volunteers!  Thank you especially to Mark LeAir and Steve Hall for understudying Scott Young's Pancake flipping technique. Due to the sudden rescheduling of the Children's Mass, we were a bit lighter than usual, serving 167 breakfasts. 8:30 Mass - We served 83 plates Donations were $445.99 Expenses $149.51 Net $296.48 10:45 Mass - Served 84 plates Donations (nothing but net, covered expenses) $354.80  Totals: Donated $800.79 Expenses $149.51 Net $651.28 Let's do some ...Data analysis Average cost of a plate served:   149.51 purchased  + 40 estimated carryover in supplies from last month) ---------------------------------------------------------------- $189.51/167 plates = $1.13/plate spent Average Donation/plate: $4.79 Making an average earned/plate:  $3.66  

 My spreadsheet is indeed filling up fast!  Message seebert42@gmail.com or call 503-318-1508 to volunteer. Still available are mainly the public facing roles: Shift 1 8am-10:15am  Serving line- Can go to 8:30 Mass if you pull a Judas Shuffle and come immediately after taking communion, not waiting for the end of Mass, to let us know when the crowd is going to hit! Dining Room & fruit cups- during the first hour and a half you'll be finishing setup, then it's bussing tables and resetting tables as people finish.  Maybe taking a plate of additional pancakes around if we've got extras. Shift 2:  10:30-cleanup Serving Line- Can go to 10:45 Mass if you pull a Judas Shuffle and come immediately after taking communion, not waiting for the end of Mass, to let us know when the crowd is going to hit! Dining Room & Cleanup- the more hands the better, but this is by far the lighter crowd, usually around 75% compared to Shift 1. Remember, families can and should vo...