Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

 At the request of Jason Kopekne, I am trying something new. Please review the volunteer spreadsheet at This Link  as a google sheet. If you cannot open the link, or if you're NOT going to be able to perform your assigned task, please contact seebert42@gmail.com If you do not see your name on the sheet and want to volunteer, ideal times will be for the 10:45am Dining Room duties and the Saturday Night setup after 5pm Mass, for many hands make light work!

 In May, Brothers In the Spirit at St. Clare's, our COR outreach group that came from the November ACTS retreat spent Saturday mornings discussing St. Pope John Paul The Great's Theology of the Body. In thanks to our Knight brothers Daniel Salomon and David Villegas, this summary of our discussions came out in the email this morning, and I'm posting it here for the Good of the Order. Dear Brothers in Christ,  As we conclude our month-long discussion on Theology of the Body, I want to extend my sincere gratitude to each of you for your participation, openness, and thoughtful contributions. The conversations we shared were rich, engaging, and deeply meaningful. Your willingness to reflect honestly and wrestle with profound questions helped make this study both intellectually stimulating and spiritually fruitful. One of the greatest blessings of our final discussion was the emergence of several important and insightful questions regarding how we understand and perceive Theolog...

 I've now heard from the parish, and we're back to more the standard way we do things.   Thus, the following shifts for volunteering are available: Grocery Load in:  4pm Saturday, June 6th  Ted will also be bringing over the contents of the closet at this time Table Setup:  6pm Saturday, June 6th 1st shift Sunday June 7th:  Ted will have the room open at 6:30am, 8am-10:15 am is fine for most roles, though many hands make light work 2nd Shift Sunday June 7th:  Reverse of 1st shift, 10:30-2pm at worst, the more hands the quicker we'll be out of there. So, especially if you're new our council, please contact seebert42@gmail.com  to get on the volunteer spreadsheet- and to save Ted a panic attack.

Hope's Garden is throwing an Open House to say thank you to Knights of Columbus and Catholic Daughters of the Americas for all the great donations.  June 6 1pm-3pm.  Come and see the lifesaving impact we make together. Call Aubrianne to RSVP 503-706-6069

Please pray for Pat Wede, RIP, who died recently thank peace put the Internet also ? To praying. For her. 

 7:00 PM - Call to Order Prayer – Our Father Pledge of Allegiance 7:05 PM - Aubrianne Trout June 6 2026 Open House 1-3  RSVP to Aubrianne 503-706-6069 7:10 PM - Roll Call of Officers Grand Knight- Present Financial Secretary- Present Deputy Grand Knight- Excused Chancellor- Present 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 13 Brothers Voting Strength 7:12 PM - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes (corrections & additions?) Motion accepting minutes into the record 7:13 PM - GK’s Remarks (Don Mey) Membership Challenge State Convention St Clare Pancake Breakfast June 7 Committee Opportunities and Activities 7:30 PM - District Deputy Remarks 4th Degree 250th Anniversary Saturday June 13th (announcement has been on the blog) Discussion on Insurance- Ted Directed to put Karl Inman's GiveSendGo on the blog 7:35 PM - ...

I only met Karl once- when he towed me off the beach.  But that was his way, a life of service. Karl died March 9 leaving no funds for his funeral.  HIs wife Kathy is asking for donations through this GiveSendGo campaign.

Meeting is tonight, Tuesday May 19th, 2026.    Agenda   now available. St. Clare Hall, doors open at 6:30 PM. Meeting is in person and/or online via ZOOM, see below. We will conduct our 2nd and final round of nominations of officer's for next year, 2026/2027. Approval and vote to follow. If you are interested in a particular office, please let us know at the meeting. Ted will have the Zoom room open no later than 6:45pm. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81926336107 Meeting ID: 819 2633 6107 +17193594580,,81926336107# US +12532050468,,81926336107# US

Next Breakfast will be June 7 at St Clare's 

To purchase tickets, or to advance to the 4th degree in honor of the 250th anniversary of 1776, click on this link:   https://donorbox.org/events/ 920208/steps/choose_tickets

 Cost:  $385 (600 stems at .64/stem) Gross Donations: $1073 This makes for a $688 check heading for Mother and Child Education Center.

  We still need volunteers for our Mother’s Day Flowers fundraising event for Mother and Child Education Center.    We especially need help at the 11:00am and 5:30pm Masses at ST John Fisner Church.   If you will have already attended and earlier Mass and prefer just to help with the flower distribution, just arrive just before 12:00pm for the 11:00am or 6:30pm for the 5:30 to help with handing a flower to the mothers after the Masses.   If you can help with or have any questions about the event contact Gene Andres at gene.andres@comcast.net  or 773-426-4816.   Please volunteer your time to help make this fundraiser a success.

 We're pretty well covered now for the Sunday Masses at St. Clare's.  We could use one or two more people for Saturday Night.  Email seebert42@gmail.com  to help SJF could use more people, at all 4 Mass times.  Please email gene.andres@comcast.net to volunteer

 If you have not already done so, please let us know which Mass you will be attending on Mother's Day and if you're willing to man a door at the end of Mass to sell flowers.  We need at least 9 men at each parish to volunteer for this (3 per Mass for Saturday and Sunday morning, one or two can handle 4:30pm Sunday Mass at SJF); we will accept any family members who want to volunteer as well.  Please help our Mother's Day Flower Sale become a success! For St Clare, email Ted Seeber, seebert42@gmail.com For St. John Fisher, email  Gene Andres <gene.andres@comcast.net>

St Pier Giorgio Frassati Academy Presents Echos of Ascent Song and Art inspired by the Saints Aquinas Hall  340 NE Clackamas St Portland, OR 7pm May 26 $5/person, $25/Family CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS 

Daniel Salomon and Michael Chau need rides to the convention.  If you are going anyway, please contact cowboychau1@gmail.com or salomon@pdx.edu to corrdindate.

 7:00 PM - Call to Order Prayer – Our Father Pledge of Allegiance  7:05 PM - Roll Call of Officers Grand Knight- Present Financial Secretary- Present Deputy Grand Knight- Present Chancellor- Present 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 Voting Strength 16 members 7:07 PM - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes  Minutes Accepted 7:10 PM - GK’s Remarks (Don Mey) Membership Challenge Thank you for the Breakfast Volunteers Think about guys you know, we need to remind them about service Volunteer Opportunities at State Convention 7:11 PM - Treasurer’s Report (Mike Devlin) Fraternity $2847.02. (Donation to Hope's Garden in process) Unity Savings $544.79 Charity $5.71 Report Accepted 7:15 PM - Financial Secretary’s Report (Erik Riechers) N/A  No new correspondence Third Notice for billings will go out, 8 indi...

 We had a complaint about food handling at the St Clare Breakfast.  We all need a refresher from time to time, and the  course is free at this link, $10 to get a physical copy of your card.   we have been informed from one of our members that there has been a policy update since we last checked- we really need all volunteers to possess a card. Meeting is tonight, Tuesday April 21, 2026.  Agenda  now available. We will conduct our initial nomination of officer's for next year, 2026/2027. If you are interested in a particular office please let us know at the meeting. Ted will have the Zoom room open no later than 6:45pm. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81926336107 Meeting ID: 819 2633 6107 +17193594580,,81926336107# US +12532050468,,81926336107# US

50 Breakfasts served Gross 454 Exp 132.65 Net 321.35

We had a complaint about food handling at the St Clare Breakfast.  We all need a refresher from time to time, and the course is free at this link.

A former Knight got this strange  voice message.  If you do, go ahead and call back and update your information.

 Hopefully you got your convention registration in. Volunteer Opportunities  They really need help resetting the room after Friday Night BBQ Many other easy jobs are available Convention registration is required https://signup.com/go/QEXBirO In other news, congrats to our own Michael Chau, Color Guard Commander for the 4th Degree

Oregon March for Life – Oregon State Capitol - 900 Court St. NE | Salem, OR ( link to Oregon March for Life ) May 30, 2026 Schedule of Events ·       2:30 pm Rally ·       March follows after Rally Mark your calendar and plan to attend  

 ANY 3rd degree member can go to the convention May 1-3, 2026, at St. Matthew's in Hillsboro.  It will cost you $25 to attend sessions, $50 if you register after April 15.  Meals & this year's Polo are additional, see Registration Form for details.  In addition, by signing up for volunteer opportunities the State will pay our council $10/hr for your labor! Registration Packet is at  https://oregonkofc.org/knights-of-columbus-118th-state-convention/ Registration Form is at  https://donorbox.org/events/904885/steps/choose_tickets Volunteer Opportunities  They really need help resetting the room after Friday Night BBQ https://signup.com/go/QEXBirO

Just a reminder that our council is serving a pancake breakfast at St. John Fisher Church this Sunday April 19th .  Doors to the Corrado Center will be open at 7:00am.   Help is needed: ·      Early, to set up the dining area, prepare drinks and fruit cups, crack eggs etc.     ·      Prepare for and serving breakfast after the 9:00am Mass ·      Clean and reset the dining area, prepare and serve breakfast after the 11:00am Mass.  ·      Clean and restore the dining area and kitchen to  (better than)  its previous condition.  Clean-up should be completed by 1:30pm.  Please come and help make this another enjoyable breakfast for our guests. Contacts: Mike Devlin mdevprop@comcast.net or Gene Andres gene.andres@comcast.net 

My sister is asking for🙏 for the ceasefire to continue long enough for her to get the medicine she needs for her bipolar and to have the child welfare meeting to get more hours with her own children because the grandmother has become ill with a contagious disease, not taking care of herself, and being an unfit incompant guardian to the children. 

Worthy Sir Knights of Oregon,  Our Brother Knight, Dionisio Terrado, a member of Council 1634 in Hillsboro, Father in-law of Duane Morris, Our District Secretary, suffered a stroke yesterday., and is receiving medical care. Let us all keep Dionisio and all of his family members in our prayers for his speedy recovery.   Richard Huff   District Master, Oregon District

$722 gross making $261.60 Expenses (including the syrup error) The crowd was surprisingly light,  only 10 girls showed up for Children's choir. We served 64 breakfasts for the first Mass and 40 for the second.  This was very lite for St Clare's. Thank you to all who volunteered especially Casey LeAir, our youngest Knight to be, volunteering with his father Mark LeAir.

 We can still use help with the 2nd half of the 2nd shift for the Breakfast on April 12- say 11:45-2pm if we can get enough volunteers for cleanup. Contact seebert42@gmail.com  if you can help us out!

✈ Gentlemen, please be advised, I will be traveling the next two weeks.  ✈Yes, I will again miss breakfasts at St. Clare & St. John Fisher.  I ask that if you have considered volunteering in the past, please sign up and help fill the void of those who are unable to attend. Contact Ted Seeber (St. Clare April 12th), and Mike Devlin (St. John Fisher, April 19th) for volunteer opportunities. We have tentatively added a 3rd breakfast at St. John Fisher scheduled for May 17th. (I will be in attendance!) Our breakfasts are a great opportunity for recruiting, please be prepared to share the Knights story with our parish brothers and families. State Convention May 1st-3rd , reminders; All third and fourth degree Knights in good standing may attend all or portions of the convention. Our voting Delegates are Don Mey and Erik Riechers All members attending any portion of the convention (exception mass and brunch with the Bishop on Friday) must register on line and pay a registratio...

ANY 3rd degree member can go to the convention May 1-3, 2026, at St. Matthew's in Hillsboro.  It will cost you $25 to attend sessions, $50 if you register after April 15.  Meals are additional  In addition, by signing up for volunteer opportunities the State will pay our council $10/hr for your labor! Registration Packet is at  https://oregonkofc.org/knights-of-columbus-118th-state-convention/ Registration Form is at  https://donorbox.org/events/904885/steps/choose_tickets Volunteer Opportunities  https://signup.com/go/QEXBirO

 And thus, the available volunteer slots have once again changed: April 11 3:30pm-5pm - Load in groceries.  Stack all items from closet on Butcher Block Counter.  New refrigeration units (white refrigerator and freezer to the right of the refrigerator) available for cold food. April 12 6:30am-10:15am - First shift.  IF you can't make the early start and you normally do a job that doesn't require it, it's ok to start later, but we will not get to organize the kitchen or set up tables until 6:30am, so the more help the better for this time period.  I will allow anybody helping with serving or dining room to escape at 8:30am for Mass, as long as you come back immediately after taking the Eucharist to tell us that communion is going on. April 12 10:30am-2:30pm, 2nd shift and cleanup.  Same deal for anybody on serving line or dining room, you may escape to 10:45 Mass.  All items must be back in the closet and everything locked up by 3pm. Please email Ted Se...

I believe enough people are meeting me at 4pm on Saturday for setup. Here is the message from Heather, who is organizing the rest of the hunt. Hello everyone, Thank you all for reaching out offering your time to help Volunteer for the St Clare Easter egg hunt or if you are looking to help!  The good news is we have lots of stuffed eggs! Nice work St Clare community and St Clare moms group who helped stuff eggs! I wanted to send a reminder to all of you wonderful volunteers on the details on the areas you have signed up to help or if you are still looking for areas to help with. Google sign up sheet Hide Eggs/setup yard decor - Sunday 4/5- arrive 7:15/7:30 am at St Clare. Make your way to the playground/field behind the school. Use the side gate close to church. We will be hiding hundreds of eggs in 2 roped off zones throughout the playground and fields.  Monitors in aged zones - Need some people to line up in front of the playground and swings, field to hold kids back from sta...

 But I was just reminded I hadn't sent out the link in a while. Here's the Google Calendar Link for adding the Blog Calendar to your phone calendar

 Could use one or two extra people to set up the fence between the 5 and under Easter Egg Hunt and the Big Kids Easter Egg Hunt.  We'll be running two zones again this year.  Light work- just pounding fenceposts and running orchard tape.  Contact seebert42@gmail.com to volunteer.  4pm Saturday, April 4

  Dear Hope’s Garden Community, Just like the changing of seasons,  all things must come to an end. But before you pull out the tissues, this goodbye isn’t what you think. Today, we’re stepping into a new beginning! Over the past year, we’ve witnessed growth—not just in our program, but in the lives of the women and children who call Hope’s Garden home. With that growth came a desire to more fully reflect the heart of this mission. That is why we’ve thoughtfully reimagined our brand, including a new logo and a completely redesigned website. This update is more than a new look. It’s a clearer expression of who we are, what we value, and the hope that continues to bloom here each day. We invite you to explore our new website and experience this next chapter with us: www.growinghopesgarden.org As you scroll, we hope you see our heart and know this was only made possible because of  you. Thank you for being part of Hope’s Garden. Until Next Time, Christine Kelly Director of P...

Reminder: Our council will be hosting the soup supper and assisting with the Stations of the Cross at St John Fisher Church this Friday, March 27th.  Setup starts at 5:00pm, supper at 5:30pm, and Stations at 6:30pm. Members are providing either soup or bread; if you bring soup, please include a ladle.  Everyone is encouraged to join—members wear your nametag — and enjoy the meal and fellowship and participate in the Stations even if you're not bringing food.

Immediate prayers for Sadaat, my sister's lifeline/friend/support person in Isreal. She is in the hospital, for kidney problems. Her illness is not related to war however, her treatment is affected by triage and rationing. Prayers for her medical treatment under wartime conditions.

My Dear Brothers, Ladies, and Friends: Anyone who has attended a State Convention or Mid-Year meeting knows Florence Morris.  From leading rosary-making sessions to helping prepare meals and joining in many Knights of Columbus activities, Florence has been an icon within the Oregon Knights of Columbus for many years.     Now, our 2022 Oregon Lady of the Year, who has prayed for so many of us and our causes, could use our prayers.  As many of you know, Florence has been battling cancer and all the side ailments that go along with it.  She is such a strong believer in the power of prayer, and this is our chance to be strong for her. The Oregon Knights of Columbus will lead a virtual Rosary - this Sunday, March 22nd, at 1:00 p.m.    The link to attend online, along with the telephone number to call in, is listed below. Please pass the word, this is open to all.   If you cannot attend at that time, please take some quiet time on ...

With all the issues and attacks on houses of worship in the news as of late, it is prudent for Parish leaders to be prepared.  Canby Council is sponsoring a free training on noticing and reacting to violent intruders.  

Don Mey and Erik Riechers are our Delegates Dan Riechers and Mark LeAir are our alternates (Encouraged to attend, don't have to unless one or both of our delegates cannot serve). But remember- ANY 3rd degree member can go to the convention May 1-3, 2026, at St. Matthew's in Hillsboro.  To have meals, you need to register by April 15.  In addition, by signing up for volunteer opportunities the State will pay our council $10/hr for your labor! Registration Packet is at  https://oregonkofc.org/knights-of-columbus-118th-state-convention/ Volunteer Opportunities  https://signup.com/go/QEXBirO

7:00 PM - Call to Order Prayer – 4th Anniversary of the War in Ukraine Prayer – Our Father  Pledge of Allegiance 7:05 PM - Roll Call of Officers Present- GK, Recorder, Warden, 3YT, OG, Chancellor Excused- DGK, Treasurer, FS, 1YT , Advocate, 2YT, IG Voting Strength 10 7:07 PM - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes  (corrections & additions?) Accepted 7:25 PM - GK’s Remarks (Don Mey) Happy St. Patrick's Day Membership Challenge Thanks to all who made SJF & SC Breakfasts a Success! Thanks to all who helped with the ACTS Retreat Luncheon Membership Challenge 7:30 PM - District Deputy Remarks State Convention Coming Security Threat and Awareness Training April 18, 2pm, St. Patrick's in Canby (see flier posted on blog), open to anybody, free of charge 7:35 PM - Treasurer’s Report (Mike Devlin) Fraternity Checking Account:  $2,731.40 Unity Savings Account balance $544.77 Charity Savings Acct. balance $5.71 Accepted Report 7:40 PM - Membership Reports Membership ...

The March Hybrid meeting will be held on Tuesday 03/17/2026 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. Guest speaker Phil Barr from nearby Lake Oswego Council #3818,  “Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadelupe”. Be ready to sign up for the Saint John Fisher Lenten Soup Supper, Friday March 27th; supper at 5:30 PM, Stations at 6:30 PM. We will need soups, bread, and volunteers for clean up. Set up is between 5:00 PM and 5:30 PM in the St. John Fisher Corrado Family Center. State Convention information and volunteer opportunities to be discussed. This is a great opportunity to pay this years dues, checks are accepted. The Agenda   available  via this link. (Agenda is subject to change.) Council meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of each month. At the Parish Hall or online: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81926336107 Meeting ID: 819 2633 6107 One tap mobile +12532158782,,81926336107# US

 It appears that the "Member Registration without Academy Account" is now available again at Supreme's Safe Environment training  .   Please take this training if you haven't done it yet, particularly if you are going to be volunteering for helping with and cleaning up after the Easter Egg Hunt in a few weeks.

 Thank you to all who helped with the ACTS women's retreat.  Please mark your calendars for September 17 through 20, 2026 for the next mens's retreat.

Please click through to see the elaborate document attached.   click here to RSVP

 I have 10 guys so far, I'd rather have 15 to make sure Sunday March 15 goes smoothly.  The ask is 10am-4pm, but the more guys we have the quicker cleanup will go.  This is of course the ACTS retreat reception at St. Clare's, please contact seebert42@gmail.com if you can volunteer, especially for the 10am-1145 am slot.

If you have a few hours to donate Thursday Night, we can still use a few spare seat belts for driving the ACTS participants down to Mt Angel.  You do NOT need to have participated in November to drive a few ladies down. Here is the original volunteer request, form, and contact info.  Dear Brothers, In just two weeks, a new group of 25 ACTS retreatants and their supporting team will gather in Mt. Angel for the 2025 Women’s ACTS Retreat, taking place March 12–15. As their ACTS Brothers, we are asking for your support to help make the first Women's ACTS Retreat at St. Clare a success. There are several ways to get involved, from the send-off on Thursday, March 12 to the Candlelight service on Saturday, March 14, as well as the Sunday return luncheon that is being run by the parish. Please review the volunteer options and sign up for a time that fits your schedule using the link below: https://docs.google.com/ spreadsheets/d/ 17vi8UBMcs8qnOsF7xnFnEMiCbI7I3 RNp/edit?usp=sharing...

First th money, Gross $974, net $791 Thank you to all who showed up early this morning to setup: Ted Seeber Michael Chau Jason Kopanke Gene Andres Edwin Blanco Roger Hebling And all who showed up later! Scott Young Mark LeAir Paul Pompili Paul Reswebber Dave McAllister Mike Devlin Richard DiGregorio Erik Riechers Dan Riechers Chad Velk John Creegan Andre Moulton

 Steve Hall's mother passed away on March 1st and a brother on March 2nd.  Please remember Steve and his Family in your prayers.  Here is a link to his mother's obituary: ( https://www.legacy.com/legacy/eileen-hall  ). Following is the information for the funeral: Prayer Service Tuesday, March 17, 2026  (St Patrick's Day) 12:30 - 1:00 pm St. Pius X Catholic Church Funeral Service Tuesday, March 17, 2026 Starts at 1:00 pm St. Pius X Catholic Church 1280 Northwest Saltzman Road, Portland, OR 97229

 Funny, Michael Chau asked about this just Friday Night. Hello! The St Clare Easter Egg hunt is upon us! The below are opportunities and ways we could use help and need volunteers. Some of you have helped in past years. Please fill out the google sheet if you are interested in helping this year. If you need to get your final in parish school hours this event counts towards those hours.  This is a quick overview of the plan and ways you could sign up to help.  Setup: The Knights of Columbus group has volunteered again to help with setting up the age group zones. This will take place on Saturday before Easter. TBD if they need more help.  Run of show day of Easter 4/5:  There will be 2 age groups this year: 0-5 by the side lawn to the garage and 6-12 by the playground to the open field. Kids will line up on the curb waiting for the air horn sound to start the egg hunt. The areas of volunteer help are mostly fo...

And pray for his grandmother who is going into assisted living.  With this change, Michael needs to contemplate his next living situation.  Prayers are also requested for this.

We still need hep with the Breakfast for 2nd sitting and cleanup!  10am-2pm Sunday.  If you can volunteer email Ted @ seebert42@gmail.com  

 Deacon Bill McNamara is giving a dinner talk at St. Clare's Thursday, March 5 at 5:30pm.  If you want to go RSVP here . IF YOU ARE GOING, The Knights of Columbus is in charge of setup, serving, and teardown.  Let seebert42@gmail.com know if you can arrive by 5pm.

 Nothing like me mentioning "Don Mey's out of town" to bring the volunteer requests out of the woodwork. March 5, 2026:  Dinner and a talk, Deacon Bill on Evangelization.  Register at this link  and if you can come early or stay late for setup/teardown contact seebert42@gmail.com March 6, 2026:  Friday soup suppers at both St. Clare and St. John Fisher March 8, 2026:  Breakfast at St. Clare's.  Ted will now have the doors open at 6:30 am as we will not be able to set up tables the night before, contact seebert42@gmail.com March 13, 2026:  St. Andre Besette is doing soup supper at St. Clare's with half their members on the Women's retreat.  John says they have enough soup. Contact  johnkowal@aol.com  if you can volunteer.  Soup supper also at SJF that night March 15, 2026:  Knights are setting up and serving and cleaning up for the end of the Women's ACTS retreat. Contact seebert42@gmail.com if you can volunteer 10am-2pm

 On both of these, with Don Mey out of town, I'm taking the organizing lead.  email to seebert42@gmail.com to volunteer March 8th breakfast.  I've heard from enough people for Saturday Night setup.  Still need people to cover either the early or the late Sunday morning shifts.  Sunday morning is 7:30-10am or 10:00-2pm, with some adjustment available due to which mass you go to and what jobs you get assigned to. March 15:  Women's ACTS reception.  10:30-1pm.  We'll be serving lunch.

Both for custody of her children, but also because she's in a bomb shelter in a city north of Tel Aviv.

I will be out of town the next three weekends.  My son's mother in-law suffered a stroke. I am helping out with child care until they determine their options. I don't have a return flight but I think I will be gone at least the next 3 Sundays.

Next breakfast is March 8 at St Clare's.  Please contact seebert42@gmail.com  to volunteer.  We will run the same three shifts as normal: 6pm on Saturday, March 7:  load in and setup, many hands make for light work 7:30am-10am Sunday March 8:  1st shift.  Depending on the job you are assigned, you may start as late as 9:15 10:30am-2pm: 2nd shift and cleanup.

State Convention May 1-3, 2026 St. Matthews Hillsboro Confirm Delegates & alternates Don Mey Erik Riechers Dan Riechers To be Determined at March Meeting Registration Packet is at  https://oregonkofc.org/knights-of-columbus-118th-state-convention/ Volunteer Opportunities  https://signup.com/go/QEXBirO

  Dear Brothers, In just two weeks, a new group of 25 ACTS retreatants and their supporting team will gather in Mt. Angel for the 2025 Women’s ACTS Retreat, taking place March 12–15. As their ACTS Brothers, we are asking for your support to help make the first Women's ACTS Retreat at St. Clare a success. There are several ways to get involved, from the send-off on Thursday, March 12 to the Candlelight service on Saturday, March 14, as well as the Sunday return luncheon that is being run by the parish. Please review the volunteer options and sign up for a time that fits your schedule using the link below: https://docs.google.com/ spreadsheets/d/ 17vi8UBMcs8qnOsF7xnFnEMiCbI7I3 RNp/edit?usp=sharing&ouid= 105896743798718299070&rtpof= true&sd=true Thank you for supporting our Sisters in Christ through your service and presence. Your Brothers in Christ, Rip Howell and Rodrigo Lara

By my country we easily served 90 breakfasts this morning, grossing $774.  Very Well Done, and a thank you to the   Next breakfast is at St Clare in two weeks, March 8.

Just a reminder that our council is serving a pancake breakfast at St. John Fisher Church this Sunday February 22 nd .  Doors to the Corrado Center will open at 7:30am.   Help is needed: ·      Early, to set up the dining area, prepare drinks and fruit cups, cracking eggs etc.     ·      Prepare for and serving breakfast after the 9:00am Mass ·      Clean and reset the dining area, prepare and serve breakfast after the 11:00am Mass.  ·      Clean and restore the dining area and kitchen to  (better than)  its previous condition. Clean-up should be completed by 1:30pm.  Please come and help when and where you can.

 Two links from Supreme: A new video channel for Lent:   https://www.kofc.org/lent AND  A Spanish Fraternal Benefit Event:   https://files.constantcontact.com/716460b3001/d66e02ec-ff10-485b-ae46-68a3aaffe6a9.pdf

 7:00 PM - Call to Order Prayer – 4th Anniversary of the War in Ukraine Prayer – Our Father Pledge of Allegiance 7:05 PM - Roll Call of Officers GK- Present FS- Present.           DGK-Present Chan- Present Treasurer- Present Advocate-Excused Recorder - Present Warden - Present IG  - Present OG -Present 3YT-Present 2YT-Presnet 1YT-Present Chaplain- Excused Lecturer- Same as Chancellor Program Director- Same as DGK Voting Strength 20 brothers 7:07 PM - Reading / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes Minutes Accepted 7:10 PM - GK’s Remarks (Don Mey) Membership Challenge Be Men of Service A number of opportunities to volunteer tonight Soup Supper this Friday at St. Clare Brunch on March 15 Pancake Breakfast at SJF  Prayer and reflection during Lent Membership Challenge 7:20 PM - Treasurer’s Report (Mike Devlin) Fraternity: $2776.85 Unity: $544.75 Charity:  $5.71 7:25 PM - Financial Secretary’s Report (Erik Riechers) Financial Secretary's Report Is...