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Cathedral School innovates for online learning

With an array of technology and teachers’ creativity, Cathedral School in Northwest Portland began digital learning Sept. 14.
Portland church honors feast day of saint who devoted life to helping victims of slavery

Holy Redeemer Parish in North Portland hosted a prayer service in honor of St. Peter Claver on the saint’s feast day, Sept. 9.
Verboort church blesses new statue in honor of Visitation of Mary

VERBOORT – Bishop Kenneth Steiner blessed and dedicated a new statue honoring Mary on the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sept. 8.
Keep on keeping on

COOS BAY — Five months into the pandemic, Father Robert Wolf, pastor of St. Monica Parish here, resists thinking that life as it stands will somehow be the new normal. He believes many of the people of God feel the same way.
Gonzaga professor studies radicalization in social media

SPOKANE, Wash. — Raven Maragh-Lloyd, assistant professor of communication studies at Gonzaga University, is part of a research project that examines how and why some people adopt extreme political and cultural views through their use of social media.
Parish garden ministry provides hundreds of pounds of produce for Tualatin food pantry

TUALATIN — As spring flowers bloomed and pollen floated through the air, Resurrection Parish welcomed a new growing season for its garden ministry.
Facebook comments during Masses show a longing for missed communities

“Good morning, all!” “G’morning!” “Good morning everyone!” “Good morning, Holy Redeemer.” The joyous greetings may seem like they come from a parish hall during an after-Mass coffee hour, but in reality they appeared before and during a livestreamed Mass from North Portland’s Holy Redeemer Parish.
Despite hard times, parish will build a welcome center

GRESHAM — Despite a pandemic and recession, St. Henry Parish has broken ground on a $4 million welcome center to enhance community life and outreach.
De La Salle North Catholic receives M.J. Murdock grant

De La Salle North Catholic High School has received a $600,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to support construction of the school’s new $20.5 million campus, set to open next fall. The campus will be the first new Catholic high school campus in Portland in more than 50 years.
Despite returning to Mass, church life in St. Helens is far from back to normal

ST. HELENS — Columbia County officially entered Phase 1 of Oregon’s COVID-19 reopening plan on May 15, but like most aspects of society here, this didn’t lead to an instant return to life as normal at St. Frederic Parish.
Archdiocese of Portland and Notre Dame team up to bring pastoral ministry apprentices to Oregon parishes

Catholics long have wondered how to attract and retain young adults in parishes. The University of Notre Dame and the Archdiocese of Portland have teamed up to do something about it.
Trail Life troop receives Outdoor Fund grant

NORTH PLAINS — The Trailmen of Trail Life Troop OR-315, a Catholic scouting youth ministry of St. Edward Parish here, recently received an equipment grant from retailers Bass Pro Shop and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund.
Leading his flock

Father Edgar Rivera was installed as pastor for St. Helen Parish in Junction City and St. Rose of Lima in Monroe July 31.
Salem Catholic school offers bilingual education

SALEM — Father Manuel Becerra, pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Salem, feels joyful that the parish school is about to begin a dual immersion program in Spanish and English.
Program on racial injustice set

Members of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Northeast Portland may soon return to Mass. The parish intends to resume liturgy as soon as Multnomah County enters phase 2 of Oregon’s reopening plan. As of press time, the county is still in phase 1.
For confirmations at Holy Family, everyone has a role

As everyone has had to do since the pandemic struck, the teens at Holy Family Parish in Southeast Portland who were set to be confirmed in the spring had to wait.
Creativity propels Christ the King

MILWAUKIE — Since the start of the pandemic, the crew at Christ the King here worked diligently to keep parishioners involved in the community. Masses were livestreamed, as was evening prayer.
Help on the way

Parishes around the archdiocese continue to serve as distribution points for federal coronavirus food aid.
Gonzaga alumna on front lines of COVID-19 battle

Helen Xun, a 2015 Gonzaga University biochemistry graduate, is on the front lines of the scientific battle against COVID-19
Pro-life float wins prize

BROOKINGS — The people of Star of the Sea Parish here were prominent in a pro-life parade float that won a blue ribbon in the town’s annual Azalea Festival in mid-July.

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