WINTER 2023

Big-Small World

The nature of the connections—sometimes intentional, sometimes full of mystery—that are forged in these holy places are worth examining and cherishing.

• Jessica Murphy Moo

We ❤️ Libraries

We don't think it's a stretch to say our libraries—and the librarians who run them—are the backbone of a free and functioning democracy.

• Danielle Centoni

Goodbye, Columbia

When Columbia Pool—North Portland’s only indoor public pool—closed its doors in 2020, a group of UP researchers set out to understand the pool’s context and history—its story.

• Emilly Prado

The Monteith House

A few years ago, after my wife and I married and had our first kid, we bought the house I grew up in. I think of this house as a sacred space.

• Sam Mowe '22

An Alpine Sanctuary

Alan Herold ’68 maintains a sense of equilibrium by staying connected with the natural world. He took the awe-inspiring photo above on a private pilgrimage to Mount Rainier National Park.

• Alan Herold ’68

Balancing Act

Nate Lynch ’19 likes that when he's mountaineering, his mind can't wander. He has to focus only on what’s in front of him: the next step, the next move.

The Bench on The Bluff

Yvonne (Lacaillade) Connelly ’70 shares her memories of her favorite spot on campus and shows how we're often moving even when we’re sitting still.

• Yvonne (Lacaillade) Connelly '70

Make It New

In October, University of Portland’s Theater Department presented a workshop reading of its first commissioned play, Claire Willett’s "How Can I Keep from Singing?"

• Jessica Murphy Moo

On Faith

With characteristic humility and trust, Sr. Angela Hoffman, PhD, leaves UP for a new chapter as prioress of her Benedictine community.

• Anna Lageson-Kerns ’83, ’14

Always Ready, Always There

During the early days of Covid, Major Maribel Ortega de Pacheco’s eldest son asked why she couldn’t stay home with him for online kindergarten. Maribel told him that she was “a boss” at work and had to go in.