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October 21, 2009 - Video: PBS reports on Oregon Season of Service

Evangelist Luis Palau’s Season of Service was recently  featured on “Religion & Ethics” for which PBS aired thorough coverage about Portland’s Season of Service.   This is a great video.


October 21, 2009 - Poker priest wins $100,000 for local parish

Father Andrew Trapp, Priest of Saint Michael’s Catholic Church, entered a national televised poker contest and out-hustled poker rivals for the top winning spot of $100,000. Father Trapp plans to dedicate those funds to construct a new church building in South Carolina. Over $5 million is needed to complete the […]


October 20, 2009 - Federal Court to Hear Kentucky Ten Commandments Case

CINCINNATI — Liberty Counsel will present oral argument at the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in defense of the “Foundations of American Law and Government” display, which includes the Ten Commandments. Liberty Counsel represents McCreary and Pulaski Counties in Kentucky. These are the same cases Liberty Counsel argued at the […]


October 19, 2009 - Faith survey results on roadside sign holders

Oregon Faith Report monthly survey, If you have not answered our October survey, please do so HERE. Do you believe that giving money to sign holders on the side of the road… Comments below:


October 18, 2009 - How Facebook is changing churches, communties

Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community A revolution is taking place, one profile at a time. Online social networks like Facebook and MySpace are connecting people like never before. With hundreds of millions of users, they’re creating almost limitless potential to redefine our personal worlds. It’s a movement that’s […]


October 17, 2009 - Faith-Family Film Review: Where the Wild Things Are

Faith-Family Film Review: Where the Wild Things Are By Catholic Office for Filma nd Broadcasting, Where the Wild Things Are—Intriguing though melancholy fantasy in which a rambunctious young boy (Max Records) quarrels with his divorced mother (Catherine Keener) and runs away from home, eventually sailing to the island abode of […]


October 16, 2009 - Pew Poll on civil unions, gay marriage

Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, A clear majority of Americans (57%) favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to enter into legal agreements with each other that would give them many of the same rights as married couples, a status commonly known as civil unions. This finding marks a […]


October 15, 2009 - First Annual Blasphemy Day Draws…Controversy?

By Traci Scott, Oregon Faith Reporter, People from around the world observed the first-ever International Blasphemy Day on September 30 by participating in a variety of organized events, including blasphemy poem, essay and cartoon contests, public discussion forums, petition drives and a new website launch. The Center for Inquiry, based […]


October 14, 2009 - Moses as Braveheart in new film

As reported by News In Film, “20th Century Fox is planning to re-tell the biblical story of Moses using the visual style and modern effects of Zack Snyder’s 300. This is the first major acquisition for new Fox chief Peter Chernin. The story will start with Moses’ near death experience […]


October 14, 2009 - Bethany House closes. One shelter left in Oregon.

By Beaver Believer, Portland, Oregon’s ability to help mothers in need just turned more riskier after it was announced that the well known maternity home, Bethany House, will be closing it’s doors.    This puts an added burden one the state’s remaining faith-based maternity home ministry, Saint Child (formerly known […]