Meeting Minutes 3/17/2026

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

7:40 PM - Committees

• Parish / School Updates
• St. Clare (Don Mey)
• ACTS Retreat Luncheon Very useful

7:45 PM - KofC Business

• Lenten Soup Supper / Stations of the Cross
• St. John Fisher, Friday March 27th (Gene Andres) - Dinner Starts at 5:30 so get soups there early
• Pancake Breakfasts Winter/Spring
• St. Clare
• Sunday April 12th (Ted Seeber)
• Sunday June 7th (Ted Seeber) 
• St. John Fisher
• April  19th  (Mike Devlin)
• State Convention May 1-3, 2026 St. Matthews Hillsboro
• Confirm Delegates & alternates; 
• Delegate Don Mey, Erik Riechers, delegates. 
• Alternates Dan Riechers, Mark LeAir
• Accepted as Read
• Registration Packet is at https://oregonkofc.org/knights-of-columbus-118th-state-convention/ - Deadline April 15
• Volunteer Opportunities 
• https://signup.com/go/QEXBirO

7:47 PM KofC New Business

• Hope’s Garden Maternity Home, financial support. $500 proposal, motion and vote.
• Unanimously approved
• SC Easter Egg Hunt
• Sunday April 5th following the 8:30 AM Mass - set up Saturday, April 4th @ 4:00 PM and clean up starting around 10:30 AM on Sunday. (Ted Seeber)
• Report From Rachel, Daniel S.'s sister, on the attack on the Church of the Holy Sepulcure

7:50 PM - “For the Good Of the Order” Mike O’Phelan 

• Reflection on the Passion
• Celtic Prayer to St. Patrick
• John Ireland O'Phelan Football Team 1903 Notre Dame Photo shown and report

7:55 PM - Closing Prayers

• Intentions for the Sick and/or in Distress – Hail Mary
• Rachel in the bomb shelters of Israel
• Marianne Maziark - stroke
• Richard Locharie RIP
• Peace in the Middle East
• Peace in Ukraine
• Fr. Richard Burr HCP chaplain at Mary's Woods back at Notre Dame in Assisted living
• 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.

8:00 PM - Adjournment