Meeting Notes, November 18, 2025

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7:00 PM - Call to Order

  • Prayer – Our Father
  • Pledge of Allegiance

7:03 PM - Roll Call of Officers

  • GK,  Advocate, Chan, DGK, FS, 1YT, 3YT, Warden, OG, IG, Recorder- Present
  • 2YT, Treasurer- Excused
  • 19 Brothers Present, one Online, for a total of 20

    • 7:05 PM - Fraternal Benefits Presentation

    • Welcome Field Agent Dan McDermott
    • 541-680-9764
    • dan.mcdermott@kofc.org
    • Anima Christi Prayer
    • Worldview- Tempus Fugit, Memento Mori - Learn to Die to Learn to Live
    • $200 million a year in charity
    • There are small guaranteed whole life insurance plans for burial and final expenses
    • There are term insurance for paying off debt
    • https://kofcpacific.com/?p=OR
    • Your agent is your servant
    • New online webinars will ba posted every night at https://www.kofcpacific.com/fbn
    • $24 million of that $200 million is direct aid to Ukraine- trucks of supplies driven by fellow 
      • Knights from Poland

    7:35 PM - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes

    • Approved

    7:40 PM - GK’s Remarks (Don Mey)

    • Membership Challenge
    • 3 new Knights and a transfer, perhaps 2 more we met at the ACTS Retreat

    7:50 PM - District Deputy Remarks

    • Nothing to Say tonight

    7:55 PM - Treasurer’s Report (Mike Devlin)

    • Fraternity Checking balance $2,413.01
    • Unity Savings Account balance $544.69
    • Charity Savings Acct. balance $5.71

    8:00 PM - Financial Secretary’s Report (Erik Riechers)

    8:05 PM - Committees

    • Parish / School Updates
      • St. Clare 
        • ACTS Retreat (Don Mey)
          • Talk to Roger, Don Mey, Ted, Mike OPhelan, Daniel Salomon, or David Villegas
        • Giving Tuesday- Please give to the infrastructure reserve account 100%
        • This Sunday November 23rd is Fr. Jim's Box packing 9:30am-2pm
      • St. John Fisher (Mike Devlin)
        • Nothing to report

    8:10 PM - KofC Business

    • Wine and Cheese after 4:30pm Mass at SJF
    • Pancake Breakfasts Winter/Spring
      • St. Clare
        • March 8th - April 12th - June 7th
      • St. John Fisher
        • TBD
    • Initial round of donations are prepared- Mt Angel Seminary, Bishop White Seminary, Francis Center $500 each plus 2 boxes of Coats for Kids at the Francis Center delivered,  Used Clothing, washed, men's pants are needed, bring to any of our meetings.
    • St Thomas More- Need a membership drive
    • State Convention 2026 May 1-3 St. Matthew's in Hillsboro
      • Our council will earn $10/hr for volunteers

    8:15 PM - KofC New Business

    8:20 PM - “For the Good Of the Order” Mike O’Phelan

    • Reading From _The Lives We Actually Have_, Kate Bowler & Jessica Richie

    8:25 PM - Closing Prayers

    • Intentions for the Sick and/or in Distress – Hail Mary
      • Mike O'Phelan's niece Sara Baasarama
      • Tom Chambers on Hospice
      • Mark Hall 
      • Rich Porter
      • Daniel's Mother 
      • Oscar Roches Jr.
    • 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

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