By Brenna Wiegand Singing sacred music in a heavenly venue – for the 100 voices of Festival Chorale Oregon, it doesn’t get much better than that. And, they say, barring the real thing, there’s hardly a more sublime setting for the choir’s 35th anniversary concert than Saint Mary’s Catholic Church in Mount Angel. “That place has the most amazing acoustics,” […]
By Don Murtha At a long table in the parish office at Saint Mary’s Church in Mount Angel, several women sit knitting or crocheting under the guidance of Sister Dorothy Jean Beyer. The women are members of the Prayer Shawl Ministry. They knit and crochet shawls to give to the sick; those who have lost a loved one or to […]
A church steeple should be on top of a tower where people can gaze up at it. So why is the steeple from St. Mary’s Catholic Church going to be resting in the church’s parking lot?
