May 7, 2003

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

University of Portland will host the first North American Institute for Catholic
Evangelization

        The University of Portland will host the first North American Institute for Catholic
Evangelization July 9 – 12, 2003. The Institute will provide a forum for Catholic
leadership to come together and reflect upon the essential mission of the Church.
Participants will explore ways to foster their varied ministries through the lens of
evangelization.

        The Institute will be held at the University of Portland's Chiles Center. It is co-
sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Secretariat for
Evangelization, the Archdiocese of Portland, Archdiocese of Vancouver, British
Columbia, and by the University of Portland. Participants will include Bishops, priests,
religious and laity who minister across the United States, western Canada, and will
include a number of Bishops from Central and South America.

        Keynote speakers at the Institute will include Cardinal Theodore McCarrick,
Archbishop of Washington, DC, Sister Angela Ann Zukowski, MHSH, Director of the
Institute for Pastoral Initiatives and Associate Professor in the Department of Religious
Studies of the University of Dayton, Bishop Wilton Gregory, President of the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Bishop of the Diocese of Belleville, Father
Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, General Councilor for Canada for the Oblates of Mary
Immaculate, and Father Donald Senior, CP, President of the Catholic Theological Union
in Chicago, among others. Father David T. Tyson, CSC, President of the University of
Portland, will welcome participants on Wednesday evening, and Archbishop John G.
Vlazny, Archbishop of Portland, will preside at the closing Liturgy.

        The North American Institute for Catholic Evangelization sponsors will open the
gallery of the Chiles Center to the public. Individual day passes are available at the
door. There is no advanced sale. On Wednesday, July 9, passes are $10. Thursday
through Saturday, July 10 – 12, passes are $20 per day. The daily entrance fee covers
admission for one, or all, of the presentations and panel discussions that day, but does
not include meals or materials. Campus concessions will be open.

        Members of parish leadership are particularly encouraged to attend: parish
council members, Disciples in Mission teams, administrative councils, Knights of
Columbus, stewardship leaders, Catholic school and religious education teachers.
For more information on the North American Institute for Catholic Evangelization,
including the daily schedule of speakers and presentations, and links to the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops Secretariat for Evangelization web page, see the
Archdiocese of Portland's web site: www.archdpdx.org/news&events/.
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