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Racial equality vigil, talk this Friday at St. Philip Neri

St. Philip Neri Parish in Southeast Portland is holding a number of events to promote racial equity.
Annual recycling event at The Madeleine aims to care for creation by keeping electronics out of landfills

Most spring cleaners have at some point looked down at a hodgepodge of defunct electronics — old cellphones and laptops, severed cords, and broken chargers — and wondered what to do with it all.
A local Catholic doctor talks about her calling to heal

LAKE OSWEGO — “I was healed by love,” says Dr. Grace Jazrawi from her office at Holy Family Catholic Clinic. Jazrawi recalls the power of her college friends’ love in bringing her out of darkness. “After that, I realized I wanted to be able to do that for people. I wanted to be able to love people and help heal them.”
‘She loves Jesus more than anything’: St. John the Baptist parishioner turns 100

MILWAUKIE — These days she can’t hear the digital version, but Alice Shelley nonetheless has an effective alarm clock. “God gets me up in the morning for daily Mass,” she said. “He is my alarm.”
Student nurses stepped up during pandemic

When Oregon desperately needed her, Katherine Lund stepped forward, hypodermic needle in hand.
UP to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all staff, faculty and students

The University of Portland announced Tuesday that it will require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, faculty and staff when the fall semester begins.
Gonzaga Law School announces new social justice scholarship program

SPOKANE, Wash. — Students applying to Gonzaga University School of Law for the upcoming academic year had the opportunity to apply to the school’s newest full-tuition scholarship, which focuses on social justice.
St. Joseph parishes of the past

Three vibrant archdiocesan parishes and two missions are named for St. Joseph — they include one of the two largest parishes in the archdiocese (St. Joseph Parish in Salem) and a mission that is one of the oldest churches of any denomination in Oregon (St. Joseph Mission in Jacksonville, built in 1858). There are, however, two more St. Joseph parishes, closed but not forgotten.
Simple prayer to Patron of the Universal Church

MYRTLE CREEK — Father Karl Schray, administrator of All Souls Parish here, fashioned an image and a prayer for parishioners to say together during the Year of St. Joseph.
Parish offers experience of the extraordinary form

COTTAGE GROVE — Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish here celebrated three sung traditional Latin Masses on consecutive Sundays earlier this year. The sung Masses, or Missae Cantatae, were seen as a spiritual gift to the parish community, and were the fruit of intense preparation and planning.
UP plans virtual graduation

The University of Portland announced plans for a virtual commencement ceremony honoring the graduating class of 2021, which will be held Sunday, May 9, at 1 p.m.
Vocations grant enables Oregon Catholic to enter religious formation

Hien Nguyen, a member of Our Lady of La Vang Parish in Happy Valley, is the recipient of a grant from the Fund for Vocations, a nonprofit that pays student loan debt so individuals can enter religious formation.
La Salle student Anthony Nguyen devotes his life to faith

MILWAUKIE — Anthony Nguyen, a senior from La Salle Prep, discovered his devotion to the Catholic Church through hardship.
Discipleship among musicians

The Oregon/Southwest Washington chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians offers a Zoom presentation by Dolores Martínez on the role of discipleship in being a pastoral musician on Monday, April 19, 4-5:30 p.m.
Rams hold sway in short season

Football in March? It’s only the latest pandemic oddity.
As the pandemic shows signs of ending, one of Oregon’s largest parishes reminds worshippers that the church is the place of their greatest joy and fulfillment

TIGARD — It took courage for Leilani Arellano to return to Mass. Now there’s nothing sweeter.
Earth Day e-waste event at The Madeleine April 18

Have a pile of dilapidated printers, cellphones and wires stashed in the garage taking up space? Carve out some time this Sunday and head to The Madeleine Church in Northeast Portland. The parish is hosting an e-waste recycling event April 18 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Senate bill seeking to bring more oversight to private schools dies in committee

SALEM — After a heated hearing March 17, a bill that would have created a registration process for private schools along with greater oversight and regulation of those registered, will not be moving out of the Senate Education Committee.
La Salle Prep names new principal

MILWAUKIE — La Salle Catholic College Prep has named Alanna O’Brien its 11th principal. She becomes the first female principal at the high school, which the Christian Brothers founded in 1966.
Mass honors first responders

The Knights of Columbus have organized a Mass to support first responders, including police.

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