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Mary Gordon Public Reading
For Immediate Release: June, 2008
The Sisters of the Holy Names U.S.-Ontario Province are pleased to invite the public to a reading by Mary Gordon at the Holy Names Heritage Center, 17425 Holy Names Drive, Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034.
Mary Gordon, Author and Professor of English, Barnard College, New York is known for her examinations of Catholic family life and spirituality, moral struggle, personal sacrifice, female identity and family pain, which she details in novels, short stories and other literary works.
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Holy Names Heritage Center Grand Opening Celebration
For Immediate Release: June 3, 2007
The Sisters of the Holy Names U.S.-Ontario Province invite the public to the grand opening celebration for the Holy Names Heritage Center on Saturday, June 23, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The new Heritage Center is located at 17425 Holy Names Drive, Lake Oswego. full press release
Ageless Art Show
Senior Artists Join in Annual Art Competition
August 8, 2007
More than 100 seniors from across the state will submit their original works of art for judging at the 22nd annual "Ageless Art" contest to be held Thursday, August 16 in Newberg. The event is sponsored by the Oregon Alliance of Senior and Health Services (OASHS.)
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Mary's Woods Residents' Art Show
New Art by Old Hands
August 10, 2007
In Portland's ever-shifting art scene, one never knows where the
hottest, newest, on-the-edge emerging artist might debut. Look no further! full press replease
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The Oregonian
Twelve sisters, 148 years, one new history center
August 8, 2007
When 12 Sisters of the Holy Names left Quebec in 1859, their 36-day boat trip took them through Panama, before there was a canal, then north along the Pacific coast and inland to Portland, then a town of about 3,500 residents. read article
Lake Oswego Review
Opening Doors to Oregon History
July 12, 2007
From they day they arrived in Oregon in 1859 the Sisters of the Holy Names have always had their eyes on education.
Today, the new Holy Names Heritage Center doesn't totally complete that great mission. But it does give it a beautiful memorial and marks a milestone in the study of the history of the Northwest. read article
Catholic Sentinel
Heritage Center Opens, Chronicles Holy Names
July 6, 2007
Nearly 150 years ago, a dozen young women - Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary - left Quebec and headed for Oregon. Along the way, they made an indelible imprint on the development of the Pacific Northwest. read article
West Linn Tidings
Research Center Opening New Doors to Oregon History
July 5, 2007
From the day they arrived in Oregon in 1859, the Sisters of the Holy Names have always had their eyes on education.
Today, the brand new Holy Names Heritage Center doesn't totally complete that great mission. But it does give it a beautiful memorial and marks a milestone in the study of the history of the Northwest.
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Voyage
Out of Canada: Telling our "Family History"
March 2007
Experience tells us that our own sense of self identity is influenced greatly by the
decisions and actions of family members who lived before us - where they began,
where they settled, why they stayed there, what they experienced. The same is
true for our new Province. Our U.S.-Ontario history and charism, our very identity, began
in Quebec 164 years ago. read article
Ventures
New Center Plans to Capture the Past;
Provide for the Future, celebrate the Present
Fall 2006
The survivors of the Katrina hurricane disaster
suffered many losses, even of life and home. One
loss many of them still speak of centers around
treasured family keepsakes: letters, pictures,
documents, awards. The new Heritage Center at
Marylhurst has provisions to protect these kinds of
things, not only from natural disasters, but also from
the scattering and movements of families or groups. read article
Catholic Sentinel
Holy Names Sisters' Archives to be More Than a Warehouse
January 19, 2006
His Grace [Portland Archbishop Alexander Christie] came to St. Mary's announcing that he had fifty acres of valuable land cleared and a good portion under cultivation about one mile and a half from Oswego on the west bank of the Willamette River. . . . The amount asked by the owners is twenty thousand dollars but Mr. O'Brien our real estate agent, hopes to secure it for fifteen."
The aging book containing this 1906 chronicle from the Sisters of the Holy Names will be among items the religious community will store in a new archive on their riverside campus here.
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Ventures
The Holy Names Heritage Center Will Feature
146 Years of History in the Pacific Northwest
Fall 2005
On Sunday, September 18, the Holy Names Sisters and more than 200 family and
friends celebrated the development of a new heritage center with a blessing ceremony
near the future site of the Center at Marylhurst. The 75-acre site-which is also home
to the Sisters' Provincial House and Mary's Woods-is slated to house the Heritage
Center building, which will be open to the public. read article
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