| News | | Local | Nation and World | Pope Francis/Vatican | | For one family, religious life is joy | BEAVERTON — For decades, one Washington County Catholic clan saw its women join the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon. And though none of their kin has entered the convent since the 1960s, the Sohlers are optimistic about their mission and oh so glad to be SSMOs.
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August 31, 2014 16:15
| Foster parents needed in Lincoln City | LINCOLN CITY — Of the 130 children placed in foster care annually in Lincoln County, 32 are not likely to be reunited with their families.
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| Catholic teens serve and pray during summer | GRANTS PASS — Catholic teens from Southern Oregon put their faith into action this summer, spending a week during late June sprucing up the homes of elders, cleaning the county fairgrounds, helping people with disabilities, landscaping a local retreat center and cleaning up at a school, including scraping gum off the bottoms of desks.
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| Viewpoints | | Editorials | Letters | Submit a Letter | | Longing for dog days | What a wretched summer this is turning out to be: Gaza civilian casualties, Malaysian Air shoot-down, the drought, Western wildfires. What’s next — locusts?
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August 31, 2014 16:35
| Fatherhood requires selflessness modeled on Christ's
| SALEM — In my nine years of being a father, some of the most meaningful and thought-provoking books I have read about fatherhood were written for priests.
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July 30, 2014 12:39
| Don't just follow your liberal candidate | Follow Catholic teachings, not your favorite liberal candidate.
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| Arts | | Arts and Entertainment News | Crossword and Sudoku | | 'Hercules' amiable, reasonably diverting | This much can be said for the passable 3-D adventure "Hercules" (Paramount): By comparison with this year's earlier cinematic addition to the store of lore about antiquity's most acclaimed strongman, "The Legend of Hercules," the new film is practically a masterpiece.
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July 30, 2014 12:42
| Film 'Mary of Nazareth' available for parish, school screenings | WASHINGTON — Viewing the movie "Mary of Nazareth" at a parish or school screening will enable Catholics to have a greater and a more profound understanding of the mother of God, said Anthony Ryan, director of sales and marketing for Ignatius Press.
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July 30, 2014 15:22
| Books show Blessed Mother still relevant today | Jesuit Father Mitch Pacwa, a biblical scholar and host on the Eternal Word Television Network, provides a "hands-on" approach for those seeking a biblical understanding of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in his new book, "Mary: Virgin, Mother and Queen."
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| | | Faith/Spirituality | | Living Faith | Archbishop Sample's Column | Columns | | A summer of change | We have been going through some very significant changes at the Pastoral Center, the “headquarters,” if you will, of the Archdiocese of Portland, serving the many parishes and schools of western Oregon. I can say without hesitation that these changes are not easy, but that they are timely and needed for us to move forward with the work of the New Evangelization in this local Church.
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July 29, 2014 14:01
| Live the simple life | Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The call to Gospel poverty that we hear in today’s readings challenges the values we esteem…material success, productivity, self-reliance, and competition. Gospel poverty dares us to be totally open to God’s grace, to model ourselves in the image of Jesus, to place our hope in the Lord rather than in material goods. This is not the poverty of the inner city, of the poorly fed and housed, of the vulnerable and disenfranchised in our society. Gospel poverty is the result of choice—the determination to identify oneself with Christ.
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July 29, 2014 13:58
| History of women deacons' role unclear | Q — Since Pope Francis has expressed a desire “to create still broader opportunities for a more incisive female presence in the Church,” my question is: when were the first women ordained to the diaconate? The Council of Chalcedon in 451 defined the age and marital status for women’s ordination, yet I do not know when the first women deacons were ordained. I assume they were in existence prior to this? How would it come about if we were to re-establish the ordination of women to the diaconate?
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July 29, 2014 13:55
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| Parish/School Life | | Parish and School News | Here's What's Happening Calendar | Churches and Schools Directory | | Priest is installed as pastor | Father Thomas Layton was installed as pastor at St. Anthony Parish in Waldport on July 13. Previously his title was administrator.
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August 31, 2014 16:48
| Parish gathers for picnic | Sacred Heart-St. Louis, Gervais, parishioners gathered recently for a picnic and farewell party for Father Jeff Eirvin, who has been appointed to serve as vocations director for the Archdiocese of Portland.
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July 29, 2014 13:21
| Parish, school get new roofs
| In June, St. Ignatius Parish began holding Masses in the school gym while a new wood ceiling is installed in the church, along with new wiring and lighting. Both the church and school will also get new roofs.
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July 29, 2014 13:19
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