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At the May 17 meeting of parishes from the North and Northeast Portland Vicariate, parish leaders reported parishioners’ joy in the sacramental and commun
For the 20th year, St. Andrew Parish in Northeast Portland has presented its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. awards to two people whose service embodies the valu
Graffiti on the doors of Holy Redeemer Church in North Portland was discovered early July 12. âItâs a crime and the police are looking into it,â but itâs not the persistent vandalism thatâs occurred nationwide and locally, said Holy Cross Fr. Michael Belinsky, parochial vicar. âWe have not been subject to that,â he said, nor to the relentless, violent persecution Christians face in other parts of the globe. (Courtesy Mark Kirchmeier) A vandal spray painted the ground in front of St. Patrick Church in Northwest Portland, performed a dance and lit a small fire. Parish staff are discussing ways to beef up security measures. (Courtesy St. Patrick Parish)
Fires, graffiti, red paint are among ways Portland churches vandalized
St. Francis of Assisi Church in Southeast Portland, Ore., is seen July 1, 2021, with red paint marking its doors, columns and steps. A group of protesters, including a number of children, dipped their hands in the paint and left the markings. A poster for the protest called it a silent march and vigil to honor the Indigenous children and survivors of the U.S. and Canadian residential/boarding schools. (CNS photo/Father George Kuforiji, courtesy Catholic Sentinel)
By Katie Scott • Catholic News Service • Posted July 20, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) Four Portland Catholic churches have been vandalized in the span of about six weeks.