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Fr. Claude Pomerleau

“The Reaction” Featuring Carl DuPont, Oct. 23

In this second performance of the Fr. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., Memorial Concert Series, widely celebrated bass-baritone Carl DuPont of the Peabody Conservatory, whose research focuses on transformative inclusion in higher music education, offers a free recital of African-American art song, accompanied by pianist Gregory Thompson. The concert is Wednesday, October 23, at 7 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall.

Co-sponsored by performing and fine arts and the Garaventa Center. For ADA accommodations or more information contact PFA at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Fr. Claude Pomerleau Memorial Concert with Andreas Klein, Oct. 9

The performing and fine arts department is honoring Fr. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., with a memorial concert series beginning with globally acclaimed pianist Andreas Klein on Wednesday, October 9, at 7 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Klein will offer a recital entitled “Bach, Beethoven and Beyond. The concert series if co-sponsored by PFA and the Garaventa Center.

For ADA accommodations or more information contact PFA at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

UP Museum: Rev. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., 1938-2019

The University remembers Fr. Pomerleau for his years of service to the University community as priest, political science professor, administrator, and pastoral resident. Our memorial post from the University Archives and Museum about Fr. Pomerleau’s work at the University and beyond can be found here.

As a complement to the online entry, please also see the memorial and photo display for Fr. Pomerleau in the Buckley Center first floor display case near the Studies Abroad office.

For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, piatz@up.edu or x8038.

Memorial Mass for Fr. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C.

A memorial Mass will be offered for the repose of the soul of Fr. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., on Thursday, September 5, at 5 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. All members of the UP and local community are welcome to join with the Holy Cross community and members of Fr. Claude’s family as we celebrate his blessed presence in our midst and offer our prayers for his eternal joy in God’s heavenly communion. A social in the Bauccio Commons Board Room will follow the memorial Mass.

For more information contact Campus Ministry at x7131 or ministry@up.edu.

Fr. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., At Rest

Beloved Holy Cross priest and University of Portland professor Fr. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., died on the morning of Sunday, July 21, after a long battle with cancer. Fr. Claude resided for the last month at the Holy Cross nursing home in Notre Dame, Indiana. He enjoyed many meaningful visits with family and friends that gave him deep peace as he passed from this life.

The wake and funeral for Fr. Claude will take place on Thursday and Friday, July 25 and 26, at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. This Tuesday, July 23, the regular 12:05 p.m. Mass at the Chapel of Christ the Teacher will be offered for Fr. Claude’s eternal rest. After classes resume, when more faculty, students, and staff can participate, a larger memorial Mass will be celebrated in gratitude for the many blessings God gave our UP community through the presence and ministry of Fr. Claude.

Fr. Claude was a professor in political science, with specialties in both Latin America and Europe. In addition, he served as director of the Peace Studies Program (1994-2000) and the Social Justice Program (2000-2008), and he also helped establish an African School of Diplomacy at Uganda Martyrs University in Kampala. He also advised numerous clubs, served as the pastoral resident of Haggerty & Tyson Halls, ministered in Oregon prisons, and assisted faithfully at local parishes, especially by offering Mass in Spanish. Fr. Claude performed all of this sacred labor with joy in his spirit, a smile on his face, and a song in his heart. His love of music was, perhaps, Fr. Claude’s most defining feature, as evidenced both in his clarinet performances at Holy Cross community and UP Masses and in his frequent attendance at performances of the Oregon Symphony and Portland Baroque Orchestra.

In remembrance of Fr. Claude’s love of music, you may donate to the Fr. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., Excellence in Music Fund at the University of Portland. Gifts may be given online at: giving.up.edu/Pomerleau or mailed to: University of Portland, Office of Development, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. Portland, OR 97203 with “Fr. Claude Pomerleau” in the memo field.

Memorial contributions in honor of Fr. Claude and in support of the mission and ministries of the Congregation of Holy Cross can be made to: United States Province of Priests and Brothers, Office of Development, P.O. Box 765, Notre Dame, IN 46556-0765 or online at donate.holycrossusa.org.

Fr. Claude, as a genuine Holy Cross priest, was an educator in the faith and a person with hope to bring.  We will miss him dearly, and we entrust him in confidence to God’s loving embrace.

Religion and Politics Lecture with Fr. Claude Pomerleau, Nov. 16

frclaudepomerleauThe Garaventa Center hosts UP political science professor emeritus Fr. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., as he presents “Religion & Politics: The Forces of Globalization” on Wednesday, November 16 at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall 120. Fr. Pomerleau will examine the political significance and influence of religion and the emergence of diverse theology of liberation movements in Latin America from the 1970s to the present. He proposes that religion is most effectively universal when it is most local, and suggests that the future effectiveness of religion in Latin America will depend on its ability to enter into cooperation with the growing diversity of organizations from Christian to Muslim, secular, regional and national.

With long-time interests in peace studies and Latin America, Fr. Pomerleau taught at the University of Notre Dame before coming to the University of Portland and has spent his summers in Chile working as a visiting professor in international relations since 1991.

For ADA accommodations or more information: garaventa@up.edu or x7702.