Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

 A few minutes ago as I write this, the Supreme Court struck down Roe V. Wade and Planned Parenthood V Casey in Dobbs V Jackson Women's Health.   You can read about it on the SCOTUS blog My brothers, as we have already seen in the past few months since the initial leak, those who are a part of the culture of death cannot be expected to react in a civil way to this decision.  Mother and Child Education Center, which we support as a council, has been vandalized already in reaction to the leak.  It is entirely possible we will see scattered protesting at Mass this weekend.   While I doubt greatly that the three parishes we cover will see such protesting, as Knights we are visibly pro-life, and we will get questions from our fellow parishioners, especially those who see this decision as endangering women.  Our messaging should be that given the politics in Oregon, this decision changes nothing here other than to increase demand on our tax dollars for ...

  7 :00 pm   Call to order Warden's Membership Check waived Prayer - Our Father Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call of Officers (All present except Paul Pompili & Mike Devlin who were excused.) Reading /Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes 7:05 pm   GK's Remarks (Marc Gregoire) Special thanks to Ted Seeber and Mike Devlin for our St. Clare Pancake Breakfast success Kudos to Michael Chau for the Expose for The Good News People Program Sincere, special thanks to Phil Jarvis and a $100 gift certificate to him for his outstanding work as Financial Secretary from the founding of our council to date Marc Gregoire role as Grand Knight ends at the end of this meeting Forms Due 1) SP-7 Columbian Award Application (6/20); Report of Officers Chosen for Term (6/30); and Food for Families (6/30)  7:10 pm     Treasurer's Report  (Mike Devlin) Beginning Balance   May 17, 2022               $579.95 Deposi...

Hello Brother Knights, As part of the Good News People program coordinated by Danny Rauda, Coordinator of Social Justice at St. Anthony's, special participants were selected to share their own story related to how they integrate social action into their spirituality. Michael Chau was choosen to be part of this select group. I thought you might appreciate reading it his expose. Viva Jesus, Marc Gregoire ----------------------------------------- Michael Chau’s Story June 18, 2022   In 2001 I came from Vietnam to the United States with my mom and younger brother. We moved to an apartment and later a house in Beaverton. Soon my Vietnamese uncle who came to the U.S. before me, introduced me to some people who became close friends including Huong Luong and Tom Owens. Huong was an original member of the St. Anthony’s Vietnamese community and she and her entire family had been sponsored into the U.S. by Tom and Bonnie Owens in 1989. Huong took a personal interest in me and after getting to...