About St. Michael · Oakridge, Oregon
St. Michael Parish is a small Roman Catholic mission community serving Oakridge, Oregon, a Cascade-footmill mountain town in Lane County along Highway 58. It belongs to the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon and is clustered with neighboring parishes, offering one Sunday Mass a week at 11:00 AM and weekday confession by appointment. The parish is part of the broader parish family that also supports bilingual English/Spanish worship, youth ministry, and St. Vincent de Paul outreach.
- Patron
- St. Michael the Archangel
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon
Why belong here
St. Michael is a small, tightly-knit mountain parish in the Cascade foothills where the faithful of Oakridge and the surrounding Upper Willamette gather for one Sunday Mass at 11 AM and ongoing sacramental life, including weekday confession. As part of the Archdiocese of Portland's parish family it shares in bilingual English/Spanish worship, youth ministry, and St. Vincent de Paul outreach, so visitors and new parishioners are welcomed into a broader network of Catholic community even in this rural setting.
Mass times at St. Michael
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Monday 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM (call ahead)
- Tuesday 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM (call ahead)
- Wednesday 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM (call ahead)
St. Michael Parish at a Glance
St. Michael is a small Roman Catholic mission community in Oakridge, Oregon, in the Cascade foothills of Lane County. It belongs to the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon and is part of the broader parish family that supports bilingual English/Spanish worship, youth ministry, and St. Vincent de Paul outreach in the area.
- Located at 76387 Crestview Street, Oakridge, OR 97463
- Phone: (541) 782-3262
- Diocese: Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon
- Rite: Roman-Latin
- Clustered with St. Henry in Dexter as a mission
Parish History
St. Michael's Catholic presence in Oakridge predates its 2008 incorporation as St. Michael Catholic Church, Oakridge, Oregon (Oregon Domestic Nonprofit Corporation #51669498). Through the decades the parish has been served by a succession of priests from the Archdiocese of Portland, several of whom simultaneously pastored St. Henry in Dexter as a mission.
- 2008 – Parish incorporated as a domestic nonprofit corporation in Oregon
- Earlier era – Father Vincent L. Cunniff serves as pastor of St. Michael in Oakridge
- 2010 – Father Ken Olsen named administrator of St. Michael in Oakridge with St. Henry in Dexter as a mission
- 2017 – Archbishop Alexander Sample assigns Father Ed Coleman as pastor, effective July 1, 2017
Parish Leadership & Incorporation
The parish is incorporated as St. Michael Catholic Church, Oakridge, Oregon, with lay officers working alongside the assigned pastor in administering parish life.
- Edward / Ed Coleman – President
- David Brown – President
- Mary Susan Freeman – Secretary
- Patrick Morrison – Secretary
- Incorporated April 29, 2008, Registry #51669498
Ministry & Outreach
As a small mission parish within a larger parish family, St. Michael shares in ministries that extend beyond Oakridge, connecting mountain-town Catholics with broader regional support.
- Youth ministry
- St. Vincent de Paul outreach
- Bilingual English/Spanish worship support across the parish family
Sacraments
The parish offers Sunday Eucharist and weekday confession, with other sacramental needs (baptism, marriage, anointing, RCIA) handled through the pastor and cluster parishes. Parishioners are encouraged to call ahead, especially for confession outside of scheduled hours.
- Sunday Mass – 11:00 AM
- Confession – Mon/Tue/Wed, 8 AM – 3 PM (call ahead)
- Other sacraments available through the pastor and cluster parishes
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Father Vincent L. Cunniff
Earlier pastor of St. Michael in Oakridge; WWII veteran bombardier who made a vow to become a priest if he survived the war; later served St. Peter in Eugene and Our Lady of the Dunes in Florence; died Sept. 28, 2022, at age 102.
- Father Ken Olsen2010–2017
Took over as administrator in 2010 with St. Henry in Dexter as a mission; taught iconography to parishioners; also chaplain for the PeaceHealth/Sacred Heart system; retired in 2017.
- Father Ed Coleman2017–
Announced by Archbishop Alexander Sample as the new pastor of St. Michael in Oakridge with St. Henry in Dexter as a mission, effective July 1, 2017; previously pastored Immaculate Conception in Stayton (2011–2017) and Our Lady of Lourdes in Jordan with mission St. Patrick in Lyons; also previously served St. James Parish in Molalla.