Nearly four months after Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, Oregon, closed his Department of Catholic Schools, the prelate announced he has established an education office focused on evangelization.
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In response to the church abuse crisis, many parishes around the country have been bringing out the big guns in a spiritual sense — calling on St. Michael the Archangel to help the church.
Portland Archbishop Alexander Sample issued a letter Aug. 20 to western Oregon Catholics in which he expresses shock, anger and discouragement over revelations of clergy sex abuse in other parts of the country.
The Field Hospital: NCR continues coverage of the archdiocesan-level encuentros with a report from western Oregon. There is a new urgency to reach the estimated 60 percent who are of Latino background among 431,000 Catholics here.
