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Sacrament Preparation Is your child ready to learn about receiving the Sacrament of First Communion? Please contact Kim at the office 503-231-4955 ext. 103 to get your study book.

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If you’ve been meaning to have a Mass prayed for someone living or dead—maybe for yourself—or for another special reason, it is still early enough in the year when the current forms for calendar year 2021 are stacked on the table. Please take one. Write in your preferred dates and for whom or what the priest will offer the Mass. Some people wish to mark birthdays, anniversaries, pressing worries, or reasons to be thankful. Filled-in forms can be mailed, emailed or placed in the collectio...

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Adoration will be available for prayer.  Three Priests will be available for individual confessions. 

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For Lent: A Simple Introduction to Catholic Social Teaching Catholic Social Teaching has its roots long ago in Pope Leo XIII’s 1897 encyclical Rerum Novarum, literally meaning “of new things.” Its context was the industrial revolution, and it strove to address the excesses of unfettered capitalism: unsafe factories, poor working conditions, poverty, slums, broken families, child labor, discrimination, greed, and corruption. Its distinctive feature is its concern for the poorest members of our society, echoing both the Jewish law of the Old Testa...

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Twenty-five years ago, Pope St. John Paul II wrote that the Gospel of life is at the heart of Jesus’ saving message to the world. (Evangelium Vitae 1). In taking on human flesh, dwelling among us, and sacrificing is very life for our redemption, Christ reveals the profound dignity of every human person. This God-given dignity does not change with our stage of life, abilities, level of independence, or any other varying circumstance. Rather, it is rooted in the permanent fact that each of us is made in the image and liken...

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Remember October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month The Altar Society is again asking for cash donations to provide welcome & hygiene bags throughout the year —plus gift cards at Christmas— to the women, children, and men sheltered by Bradley Angle. This unique and ongoing project started in October 2009. To date, 486 welcome bags have been delivered as a result of parishioner contributions and the work of Altar Society volunteers. Domestic violence is a pattern of coercive behaviors that can include physical, ...

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