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February 14, 2002

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

NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING WORKSHOP

        The Archdiocesan Office for Marriage and Family Life will sponsor a workshop on
natural family planning and marriage preparation enrichment. The workshop will be
held at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center on Saturday, March 23 from 8:30 am to
1:00 pm. Father Richard Hogan, a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis,
will be the presenter. The workshop is designed to share the beauty of the Church's
teaching about marriage and human sexuality and encourage marriage ministry in the
parish.

        Father Richard M. Hogan, a native of Minneapolis, graduated from the University
of St. Thomas in St. Paul in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. After
spending a year at the University of Munich in Germany on a Fulbright grant, he
returned to the University of Minnesota for graduate school earning a Master of Arts
degree in 1975, and a Ph.D. in medieval history in 1978. He was ordained a priest for
the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis in 1981. After his ordination he has co-
authored two books on the theology of Pope John Paul II.

        The cost of the workshop is $10 per person. Registration and payment are due
by March 15. Send registration and payment to the Archdiocese of Portland, Marriage
and Family Life Office, 2838 E. Burnside St., Portland, OR 97214. For further
information contact the Marriage and Family Life Office, 503-233-8393.

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