PORTLAND (OR)
OregonLive.com
5/1/2006, 11:08 a.m. PT
The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Archbishop John Vlazny is warning Catholics throughout Western Oregon that the Archdiocese is facing "serious cash flow problems," and needs to cut $1 million from its budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
Parishes and schools throughout the western half of the state could be affected by the cutbacks coming from the Portland-based Archdiocesan Pastoral Center.
Vlazny wrote about the cutbacks in a letter distributed throughout parish churches on Sunday, which also updated congregants about property and insurance litigation in the Archdiocese's ongoing bankruptcy case.