Christmas Vespers Concert

University of Portland Advent Vespers Concert Featuring the UP Singers, Bel Canto and Chamber Choir (Dec. 3)

November 12, 2022

Please join us for UP’s signature choral event of the year with music to celebrate the Advent and Christmas seasons, including works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, R. Nathaniel Dett, Eric Whitacre, Ola Gjeilo and others. We’re very excited to be returning to St. Mary’s Cathedral for this year’s concert! The concert is free, […]

Christmas Light on The Bluff

November 12, 2022

This year’s Christmas Light on The Bluff celebration includes a variety of fun, festive, and faith-filled activities. Staff, faculty, and their families are invited to stroll our beautiful campus under the glow of twinkling lights and enjoy our celebration of this most sacred season: Presidents’ Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony – Tuesday, Nov. 29, 4:15 p.m. (Academic Quad) Join […]

Annual UP Christmas Vespers Concert: Dec. 1

November 23, 2018

The annual University of Portland Choral holiday concert will take place on Saturday, December 1, at 7:30 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. The concert will feature the University of Portland Singers, Bel Canto, the Trombone Ensemble and Hand Bell Choir, and readings, carols, hymns, and the music of Michael Praetorius, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Kim […]

Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland Magazine and director of storytelling, wrote the lyrics to two songs in “We Go On, Oswego,” a song cycle honoring female refugees who lived at Camp Ontario in upstate New York. From 1944-1946, Camp Ontario provided emergency shelter to refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. “We Go On, Oswego” was performed at Nazareth College, in collaboration with Finger Lakes Opera, on December 4, 2025. It was commissioned by Katie Hannigan, PhD. The song “There Is No Underground,” was written in collaboration with composer Maria Thompson Corley, and the song “My Table,” was written in collaboration with composer Kurt Erickson.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “A Spirituality of Desert Discipleship for Our Times. Reflections on the Readings of the Third Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 13, 2025.

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