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For the 2025–26 school year, Ascend awarded $971,000 in tuition assistance and hardship funding, helping more than 500 students attend Archdiocese of Portland elementary schools across western Oregon.

Beginning July 5, 2026, St. Mary's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception will offer additional Mass and Confession times.

With gratitude for their priestly service to the people of the Archdiocese, the Most Rev. Alexander K. Sample announces the following parish assignments and priest updates (effective July 1, 2026 unless otherwise noted)

On Saturday, June 20 at 11:00 AM at St. Mary's Cathedral, Archbishop Alexander K. Sample will ordain four men to the Holy Priesthood for the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon.

It is with deep sorrow that we share the passing of our seminarian Tom Kloucek, who passed away unexpectedly following medical complications.