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Official News Magazine of the Diocese of Spokane

Deacon Eric Meisfjord, Editor
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Regional Report

the Inland Register

(From the Aug. 22, 2002 edition of the Inland Register)

OREGON
Archdiocese of Portland
  • PORTLAND — A show called “Art from the Streets” is on display at Blackfish Gallery this month, featuring works from a number of places that serve the down and out. Several of the works were done by homeless persons, the result of an art project started in 1999 at the St. Francis Dining Hall at St. Francis Parish. A grant had been received by the directors of the Dining Hall to purchase art supplies and people who came to the Hall were invited to try them. The program proved so popular it gained a regular schedule.
  • SHERWOOD — Members of St. Francis Parish donated blood Aug. 22, to help a parishioner who is suffering with leukemia.
  • ST. BENEDICT — The 31st annual Abbey Bach Festival was held recently at Mount Angel Abbey. The festival began in 1972 under Abbot Damian Jentges. The festival has become so popular that tickets are often sold out months in advance.
    — The Catholic Sentinel, Portland

    IDAHO

  • BOISE — Two Boise parishes, St. Mark and St. Mary, and Holy Apostles Parish in Meridian have volunteers who sign Masses each week for the hearing impaired.
  • CULDESAC — Bishop Michael Driscoll made his first visit to St. Joseph Mission. He and retired Jesuit Father J. Alfred Carroll of Spokane concelebrated Mass which was followed by a baked salmon dinner and fund-raiser to benefit the Kateri Tekakwitha group from Sacred Heart Parish in nearby Lapwai.
  • COTTONWOOD — Benedictine Sister Jean Lalande, who is prioress of the Monastery of St. Gertrude, has been elected as councilor to the president of the Federation of St. Gertrude. The federation is a group representing 18 independent communities and five dependent monasteries of Benedictine women throughout North and South America.
    In other news, the Benedictine Sisters at St. Gertrude offer an immersion experience into the everyday life of a monastery with a retreat scheduled Aug. 24-30. Theme is “Discover the Monk Within.” For more information call the retreat team at 208-962-3224 or use e-mail: retreat@camasnet.com.
    — The Idaho Register, Boise

    MONTANA
    Diocese of Great Falls-Billings

    BILLINGS — Since 1990 St. Bernard Parish has donated over $160,000 to St. Louis Parish and its 11 chapels in Haiti which is one of the world’s poorest countries. The amount includes seed money for a $60,000 school at one of the chapels. Parish involvement is deep. A team of parishioners tries to visit the Haiti parish each year. Haitian crafts come to Billings to be sold, with the proceeds going to help the poor. Individual parishioners sponsor individual children for the school. St. Bernard Parish children collect school supplies for Haitian children.
    — The Harvest, Great Falls

    Diocese of Helena

  • BUTTE — Butte Central Elementary School will get a two-story, six classroom addition, the first Catholic school construction in Butte in 40 years. The building should be ready for occupancy by November. The addition is funded by a $250,000 grant from the Cardinal Foundation of Dayton, Ohio, through Tom and Marie MacLeod in honor of his parents, Thomas and Marie O’Brien MacLeod who were born and raised in Butte.
    — The Montana Catholic, Helena

    WASHINGTON
    Archdiocese of Seattle

  • VANCOUVER — When it is finished in 2004, St. John the Evangelist Church will be the largest in the Archdiocese. Ground was broken at the recent parish picnic to signal the start of the two-year project which is expected to cost $4.3 million. The parish’s Vogel Hall will be expanded and then used for worship while the old church is torn down and the new one built. The parish has 1,800 families, 1,200 of whom are Hispanic.
    — The Catholic Northwest Progress, Seattle
  • VANCOUVER — Talk about your large gatherings. St. Joseph Parish held its annual parish picnic the last weekend of July with thousands of parishioners in attendance. The event included a barbecue, a petting zoo and face painting.
    — Catholic Sentinel, Portland

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