June 9, 2003

NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For More Information, Contact:
Bud Bunce (503) 233-8373
bbunce@archdpdx.org

Icon "Mary, Star of Evangelization" travels the Archdiocese

        The Archdiocese of Portland commissioned an icon "Mary, Star of Evangelization."
The icon celebrates the Disciples in Mission process that has been ongoing for
the past three years. Brother Claude Lane, OSB, of Mount Angel Abbey,
wrote the icon. The archdiocesan celebration of the Disciples in Mission process will
take place on Sunday, June 6, 2004 at the University of Portland's Chiles Center.

        An icon is written, because in the earliest days of the Church, the word used to
write and to create an image was the same. One used the pen and the brush to convey
an important message. Tradition says St. Luke, who wrote his Gospel and the Acts of
the Apostles, also wrote icons.

        In the icon of Mary, Star of Evangelization, we see three dominate images Mary,
the Star of Bethlehem and the almond shaped background. As one contemplates the
icon consider the image from three hills or three levels:
 

*  The image is rooted in scripture. In the Gospel of St. Luke, Mary, pregnant with
Our Lord "rises and goes to the hill country" (Luke 1:39) to visit her kinswoman
Elizabeth. This is the first evangelization journey. Mary brings the Word of God,
flesh incarnate, to her cousin. Elizabeth is pregnant with John the Baptist, the
one who goes before him.

*  Mary comes to the new world as Our Lady of Guadalupe and appears on the hill
at Tepejac to St. Juan Diego, a member of the indigenous people. This
appearance is truly a sign of evangelization in the Americas. It was one of the
most incredible conversions in the church. The conversion of the whole country
of Mexico began after her apparition in 1531.

*  Mary, daughter of Zion - out of Zion will come forth blessing and refreshment.
God's Word will come from the hill of Zion.

        The icon will travel around the Archdiocese between now and the Disciples in
Mission event on June 6, 2004. The vicariate schedule for the icon is below.  Each
vicariate will develop its own schedule for displaying the icon within the parishes of that
area. The Southeast Portland vicariate hosted the icon through the month of May.

        Further information about the Mary, Star of Evangelization icon is available on the
Archdiocese of Portland web site: www.archdpdx.org/icon/icon.html.

Vicariate	Date	Contact Person/Parish
Northeast Portland	June 3 - June 20, 2003	Christine Coers-Mitchell / St. Mary Magdalene
East Portland, Suburban	June 21 - July 8, 2003	Connie Ostlund / St. Henry, Gresham
North American Institute of Catholic Evangelization	July 9 - July 12, 2003	Deacon Tom Gornick / Archdiocese of Portland
South Portland, Suburban	July 14 - August 3, 2003	Sally Stone & Diane Orme / St. John, Oregon City
Tualatin Valley	August 4 - August 24, 2003	Ann Marie Cowley / St. Matthew, Hillsboro
Yamhill County	August 25 - Sept. 7, 2003	Ann Marie Cowley / St. Matthew, Hillsboro
Beaverton Suburban	Sept. 8 - Sept. 28, 2003	Scott Kolbet / St. John Fisher, Portland
Columbia County	Sept. 28 9 - Oct. 12, 2003	TBA
Marion County	Oct. 13 - Nov. 2, 2003	Leo Seifer / St. Mary, Mt. Angel
West Portland Suburban	Nov. 3 - Nov. 16, 2003	TBA
Archdiocesan Pastoral Assembly	Nov. 17 - Nov. 22, 2003	Todd Cooper / Archdiocese of Portland
Metropolitan Salem	Nov. 28 - Dec. 7, 2003	Karen Scharosch / St. Edward, Keizer
Southern Oregon	Dec. 8 - Dec. 28, 2003	Bud & Anita Smith / St. Joseph, Roseburg
South Coast	Dec. 29 - Jan. 18, 2004	Ron Horbatiuk / Holy Redeemer, North Bend
Middle Coast	Jan. 19 - Feb. 8, 2004	Tony Molina / Sacred Heart, Newport
Metropolitan Eugene	Feb. 9 - Feb. 29, 2004	Deanna Valenzuela / St. Catherine of Siena
Albany Corvallis	Mar. 1 - Mar. 21, 2004	Sr. Pauline Schwandt / St. Mary, Corvallis
Santiam	Mar. 22 - Apr. 11, 2004	Sr. Pauline Schwandt / St. Mary, Corvallis
North Coast	Apr. 12 - May 2, 2004	Toni Mitchum / St. Mary Star of the Sea, Astoria
Downtown Portland	May 3 - May 28, 2004	Sr. Rita Rose Vistica / St. Mary Cathedral

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