Neither freezing temperatures nor blowing snow kept Barry Sutton from Archbishop John Vlazny’s 25th-anniversary Mass Sunday.
With snowflakes falling, Mary McAleese, the eighth president of Ireland, visited Portland Saturday and helped dedicate a newly installed Oregon Irish Potato Famine Memorial at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Northwest Portland.
MILWAUKIE — St. John the Baptist Parish here hosted Archbishop John Vlazny last week for the annual Guadalupe Feast, a central celebration for Mexican faithful and a growing devotion among all Oregon Catholics.
Archbishop John Vlazny will host a weekend retreat “On the Priestly Vocation.” The retreat will be held at Our Lady of Peace Retreat House in Beaverton the weekend of Jan. 23-25. The retreat is for single men ages 18-50. The retreat will provide an opportunity for prayer, conferences, and conversation with Archbishop Vlazny about the ministry of a Catholic priest.
A coalition of churches, community groups and unions in the Portland area has a plan. The initiative could simultaneously help the environment, build the green economy and save cash for struggling homeowners.
The Archdiocese of Portland was found to be compliant with the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in 2008 after submitting information for the data collection audit.
BEAVERTON — Students of all ages got a thrill when two-time gold medalist and Olympic women’s sabre fencer Mariel Zagunis came to visit the Valley Catholic campus last month.
EUGENE — As an educator himself, Archbishop John Vlazny knew what he was talking about when he spoke to the people of Marist High at the school’s 40th anniversary last month.
ST. BENEDICT — Benedictine Father Placidus Zach, a mechanical whiz and science teacher, died Dec. 1 at Mount Angel Abbey.
He was born Jan. 23, 1920 and baptized as Adolph in Humphrey, Neb. His Austrian-born parents, Emil Zach and Anna Hassenstab, had 10 children.
NEWBERG — During the rainy fall of 1948, the Catholic Daughters of America instituted Court Christ the King number 1489 at St. Peter Church here. The women have been a mainstay of the parish ever since.
