Campus Ministry
President
May 8, 2025
In an announcement to the University of Portland community, President Robert D. Kelly wrote:
“As Oregon’s Catholic university, the University of Portland joins the Church and the world in celebrating Pope Leo XIV, our new Holy Father, and we pray for him as the successor to Saint Peter and the Bishop of Rome.”
When news of the new Pope’s election reached The Bluff, the bells on the University Bell Tower pealed for one hour until the official announcement of Pope Leo XIV from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. The University will decorate its Chapel of Christ the Teacher in bunting of white and yellow, the colors of the Vatican flag, and will soon announce plans to celebrate a special Mass for Pope Leo XIV.
“We at the University of Portland are especially heartened to see an American — and a graduate of American Catholic higher education — assume the Papacy,” said President Kelly. “We wish Pope Leo XIV well and send the prayers of all of us in the Pilot community.”
“We pray for our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, and our campus community cannot wait to see how he continues the work of hastening along the coming of God’s kingdom,” said Rev. Tim Weed, C.S.C., the University’s Director of Campus Ministry.
As the campus community unites in celebration for Pope Leo XIV, the University plans to create prayer cards containing a special prayer for visitors to the Chapel of Christ the Teacher.
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