Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

It might be we're only moving her stuff into storage, but the time and date has now been set:  Monday, December 31st at 10:30 am. She is a bit flexible to get the help she needs, and she'll be leaving stuff for St. Vincent De Paul to collect later, but she would like to accomplish this on Monday to hopefully get more help. This is one of those "all hands are good hands" events for our council; an excellent chance to model for your children and grandchildren the virtue of charity. You can call Linda at  971-263-7612 for more info. 1921 SW Marigold St., Portland, OR 97219

I'm posting this letter from Fr. Matt Libra at St. Rose of Lima (Update from same below, so if you're getting this at 7pm on Christmas Eve, be sure to read the whole thing, or come back!) based on the news this morning, because due to our connection to St. Anthony's, we've got a great love for our Vietnamese community. At 12:30 am Christmas Eve, a vandal drove an SUV through the Vietnamese Vicariate parish Our Lady of LaVang.  The vandal first hit the building, then drove through the main entrance, drove in circles over the pews, then exited the building, and was finally captured by police 15 minutes away at the Baxter Auto Parts near Portland Meadows (the pictures on Koin 6 shows that this wasn't exactly an off-road SUV, damage to the vehicle is so extensive that I'm surprised he made it that far). However, I think that the response of Fr. Angsar and Fr. Libra is appropriate, and amazing.  Please keep this congregation in your prayers. Attack at L...

She now does not need to move until January 2.  Better plans will be forthcoming.