January 9, 2002

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ARCHDIOCESE CELEBRATES WORLD DAY FOR CONSECRATED LIFE

        The Archdiocese of Portland will join in the celebration of the World day for
Consecrated Life on Sunday, February 3rd, with a Vespers service at St. Mary's
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The service will begin at 3:00 p.m., and a
reception will follow. All men and women in religious life and secular institutes are
invited to join Archbishop John G. Vlazny for this liturgical service.

        The theme for this year's celebration is "Be Seekers for the Lord," taken from the
Book of Zephaniah 2:3. Pope John Paul II has written that the World Day for
Consecrated Life offers an opportunity to thank God for the gift of consecrated life,
promote knowledge of the life and to invite consecrated people to celebrate what the
Lord has accomplished in them and acquire more awareness of their mission in the
Church and in the world.

        The day for Consecrated Life includes all men and women in religious orders:
priests, brothers and sisters. These men and women serve in many ministries in
western Oregon including: education at elementary, high school, and college levels as
well as in the Archdiocesan Department of Catholic Schools. They serve in parishes
visiting the sick, in social ministry among the poor, ministering to those in jails and
prisons, in health care, ministering to the Catholic deaf community, in administrative
positions, and some in contemplative prayer praying for the needs of the Church.

Religious orders of women working in the Archdiocese of Portland include:

Adores of the Holy Cross (MTG)
Benedictine Sisters of Mount Angel (OSB)
Carmelite Sisters, Discalced (OCD)
Oblates of Saint Martha (OSM)
Dominican Sisters of Caldwell, NJ (OP)
Dominican Sisters of Edmonds, WA (OP)
Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose (OP)
Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows (OSF)
Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist (FSE)
Holy Spirit Sisters (ALCS)
Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic (MM)
Missionaries of the Rosary of Fatima (MRF)
Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, MI, (RSM)
Servants of Mary (OSM)
Sisters for Christian Community (SFCC)
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM)
Sisters of the Good Shepherd (RGS)
Sisters of the Holy Cross of Notre Dame, IN (CSC)
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (SNJM)
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas - Omaha Region (RSM)
Sisters of Providence, Mother Joseph Province (SP)
Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. (SP)
Sisters of Reparation of the Sacred Wounds of Jesus (SR)
Sisters of St. Dominic of Akron, Ohio (OP)
Sisters of St. Dominic, Blauvelt, NY (OP)
Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque (OSF)
Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity (OSF)
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia (OSF)
Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio (OSF)
Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace of Bellevue, WA (CSJP)
Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon (SSMO)
Sisters of Social Service (SSS)
Society of the Holy Child Jesus (SHCJ)
Vietnamese Holy Cross Sisters

Religious orders of men serving in the Archdiocese of Portland include:

Apostolic Life Community of Priests— Holy Spirit Fathers (ALCP/OCCS)
Augustinian Community (OSA)
Benedictines (OSB)
Brigittine Monks Order of the Most Holy Savior (OSsS)
Brotherhood of People of Praise
Brothers of the Christian Schools
Conventual Franciscans (OFM, Conv.)
Discalced Carmelite Friars, (OCD)
Dominicans (OP)
Franciscan Friars (OFM)
Holy Cross Fathers and Brothers (CSC)
Jesuits (SJ)
Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (MSpS)
Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI)
Paulists (CSP)
Servite Friars (OSM)
Society of Christ (SCH)
Society of Mary (SM)
Trappists (OCSO)

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