Catholic Charities dedicates housing complex in Molalla

MOLALLA — Catholic Charities of Oregon and Caritas Housing Initiatives recently dedicated new affordable housing. Originally known as Rondel Court, Molalla Gardens Apartments here went through a major renovation, with 17 new apartments, a new community room, a children’s play structure and gardens for residents.
Trump signs executive order stopping family separation policy

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order June 20 that halts his administration's family separation policy for families who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
Abuse allegation against Cardinal McCarrick found credible

WASHINGTON — Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, said he will no longer exercise any public ministry "in obedience" to the Vatican after an allegation he abused a teenager almost 50 years ago has been found credible.
Catholics rally at the Washington County Court House

More than 40 people gathered at the Washington County Court House Monday morning to express their concern about children being separated from their families by immigration agents at the U.S. border. The court house was chosen as a site because ICE agents have been active there targeting Latino-appearing people. The vigil coincided with a weekly Monday 9 a.m. vigil that originated because of that ICE activity.
Bishops across U.S. condemn separation, detention of migrant children

WASHINGTON — From Portland to New York City, the country's Catholic bishops have joined a chorus of organizations, institutions and high-profile individuals urging the Trump administration to stop separating children from their parents as they seek respite in the U.S. from dire conditions in their home countries, largely in Central America.

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Catholic Charities dedicates housing complex in Molalla

MOLALLA — Catholic Charities of Oregon and Caritas Housing Initiatives recently dedicated new affordable housing. Originally known as Rondel Court, Molalla Gardens Apartments here went through a major renovation, with 17 new apartments, a new community room, a children’s play structure and gardens for residents. READ MORE>>
Catholic Youth Organization chaperones, DJ make annual dance great

A Friday last month marked the start of a great migration. Centered on the banks of the Willamette River at historic Oaks Park, hundreds could be seen moving in formation to musical rhythm.

Many Portland area residents, like MaryAnn and Bryan Stewart, have been gathering in this same spot for more than a decade to witness the event.

Salmon? Canadian geese?

Nope. Catholic Youth Organization dancers.

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Parish and School

Transitions at Jesuit High School

After 12 years at Jesuit High School in Portland, Jesuit Father JK Adams will leave this summer to serve as theology teacher and chaplain at Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Washington.

Pope Francis and Vatican

Pope: Aborting children with birth defects is like Nazi eugenics program

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis denounced the practice of administering prenatal tests to determine birth defects that often lead to abortions, comparing it to the Nazi-era eugenics program that determined what lives were worth keeping or eliminating.

Living Faith

Prayer for Priests

“A Year of Prayer for our Priests” is a ministry of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. We share the joy of this devotion with all Oregon Catholics. A day each month is set aside to pray for the names of priests serving in the Archdiocese of Portland. Please remember them and all priests, deacons and religious in your daily prayers.

Nation and World

Trump signs executive order stopping family separation policy

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order June 20 that halts his administration's family separation policy for families who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

Arts and Entertainment

Catholic disability group sees danger, opportunity in Netflix series

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Season two of "13 Reasons Why," a popular Netflix series portraying, among other things, suicide, sexual assault and substance abuse, might lead some young people to behave in dangerous and self-destructive ways, according to a May 31 open letter by the National Catholic Partnership on Disability.

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From the Archives

Benedictine women’s spiritual work alive and well

Corpus Christi 2018

During Mass and procession in downtown Portland June 3, Catholics make their eucharistic faith public.

Priesthood ordination 2018

Two are ordained Catholic priests as men who offer sacrifice on behalf of the people and are servants.

Peace and Pentecost

Amid multicolored spring flowers May 19, Christ the King Parish here offered a big bouquet of languages, dances, songs and prayers for peace. It was a show of unity that only a Catholic parish could offer.

Memorial Day Mass

“This is hallowed ground upon which we stand and upon which we celebrate the holy sacrifice of the Mass,” Archbishop Alexander Sample told the crowd. “It is our duty, truly our duty, to honor those who made that supreme sacrifice, to honor those who served our country in the armed forces, and to commend to the mercy of God all of our beloved dead.”

Archbishop Sample's Column

Reverence for our Eucharistic Lord

Most Rev. Alexander Sample

My sister who lives here in Portland watched on EWTN the Mass I celebrated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on April 28. One of her comments (after she finished making fun of her younger brother!) was about how Holy Communion was received. She remembered with some real fondness how, when we were children, we always received Holy Communion at the Communion rail and on the tongue. No one dared touch the Holy Eucharist, except the priest.