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Two Sisters of the Society of Mary profess final vows Archbishop Alexander Sample presides in Corvallis May 15 at a vows rite for two members of the Society of Mary, Sr. Anunciata and Sr. Johanna. (Courtesy Society of Mary) 7/9/2021 3:34 PM select Sr. Anunciata beams as she leaves St. Mary Church in Corvallis after her solemn profession of vows May 15. (Courtesy Society of Mary) Sr. Johanna smiles during the Mass of final profession of vows May 15 at St. Mary Church in Corvallis. (Courtesy Society of Mary) �...

EUGENE —Archbishop Alexander Sample blessed the new chapel in the lobby at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center, University District campus May 20. Due

SHERWOOD — It’s confirmation season, and at parishes throughout the Portland Archdiocese hundreds of young people are receiving the sacrament. Confi

Sr. Mary Immaculate Bunty, SR October 10, 1929 — May 4, 2021 Sister Mary Immaculate of the Sisters of Reparation talks to guests Ed Gustafson and Dolores Zielinski at the Seminary Tea in April 2005 at the home of the Morse family in the Alameda neighborhood in Northeast Portland. 5/5/2021 7:01 PM select Mother Mary of the Angels and Sister Mary Immaculate at the Mass celebrating the Sisters of Reparation’s 50 years of service. Sr. Mary Immaculate, left, beams as the sisters receive a decree of praise from the Archdi...

Portland, Maine, Apr 15, 2018 / 04:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The word ‘hermit’ might conjure up some strange images, a la John the Baptist living reclusively in the desert, wearing a hair shirt and eating locusts and honey. The word itself comes from the Greek ‘eremos’, meaning wilderness or an isolated place. The vocation of a hermit became most popular among early Christians, who, inspired by Old Testament saints such as Elijah and John the Baptist, desired to live a life set apart and therefore withdrew into the desert in order to live lives of prayer and penance. But the vocation is...