St. Cyril Catholic Church in Wilsonville, OR

Our Parish for the Week of November 17:

St. Cyril Catholic Church in Wilsonville, OR

This week we are stopping in Wilsonville to visit St. Cyril’s Catholic Church! Here’s a few fun facts about this wonderful parish.

Parish Ministries and Events:

  • Confirmation Program for Parents & Youth Candidates
  • Focus on building community through Coffee & Donuts after Sunday Mass, and Wine and Cheese after Saturday Vigil
  • Recently had an Autumn Parish Grounds Cleanup
  • Vincent De Paul:
    • Hosts a fundraiser Pancake & Omelet Breakfast
    • Food pantry items listed in bulletin
    • Sharing updates like helping a family who needed help after a truck broke down needed for construction business
  • Women’s First Saturday mornings in fall and spring. Past speakers have included Miriam Marston and Deacon Steve Tabor.
  • Men’s Bible Study
  • Fall Kickoff event to celebrate new school year with food, games, and activities
  • Traveling Crib program through Catholic Charities to help collect donations for babies
  • Participated in LifeTeen Summer Mission Camp near San Diego
  • Prayer Shawl Ministry

Upcoming Events:

  • Free Thanksgiving Dinner! Anyone is eligible, so the parish encourages people to check on neighbors and deliver a meal to them.
  • Immaculate Conception Mass on Monday, December 9, at 12 & 7 pm

Liturgy Schedule

  • Mass
    • Saturday at 4:30 PM
    • Sunday at 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM, and 1:30 PM Spanish
    • Tuesday at 6:00 PM Spanish
    • Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 12:00 PM
  • Confession
    • Sundays 7:30 AM to 7:45 AM and 10:00 AM to 10:15 AM
    • Saturdays 4:00 PM to 4:15 PM
  • Adoration
    • Thursdays 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM, and 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM
  • Anointing of the Sick held on first weekend of the month

History of St. Cyril Parish

  • The first masses were celebrated in the St. Anthony Chapel railroad car with Pastor E.S. Olson presiding, under the auspices of the Catholic Truth Society and traveled between Salem & Portland, stopping in Wilsonville and other Willamette Valley communities about once a month.
  • In 1925 the Bishop gave Father William Hampsen permission for a church to be built in Wilsonville. Monsignor Hildenbrand, Administrator of Oregon City asked for and was granted $1,000 from the Extension Society to build a church. Seventeen acres, stretching from 5th Street to the Willamette River were donated by parishioner, George Stangel. The river section was known as Parish Park. On June 17, 1929 the park was dedicated by Father Joseph Saal and became known as Columbia Park. During the Great Depression Father F.W. Thiele sold the park property to defray church expenses.
  • Father J.H. Maloney was the first pastor of the church, which was dedicated in 1926. The church bell is inscribed to St. Therese, the Little Flower, who was canonized in 1926, the same year St. Cyril Catholic Church was dedicated.
  • The altar was made by parishioner Francis Roos and contains a relic of St Cyril.
  • The original church building had six pews on the right side and five pews on the left. There was a small door on the right that led to a small sacristy where the early priests lived. In 1927, a small house was moved to the east side of the church to be used as the Rectory. In 1979 the rectory was removed and the church building expanded to it’s present size.
  • St. Cyril Parish became a mission church to St. Francis Parish in Sherwood, during 1952. Each church had about 40 families. By the 1960’s there were 100 families at St Cyril and it was necessary to have two masses on Sunday. Priests from Mount Angel came to help and celebrate Mass during this time. In 1987 three Masses were celebrated for 120 families. By 1998 there were almost 400 families in the parish and in 2004 there were 600 families.  St Cyril Parish became a full-fledged parish again in 1992.
  • Wilsonville continued to grow along Boones Ferry Rd, which was the main street through Wilsonville at the time. The old two story Feed Mill at Boones Ferry & 5th Street was used as a Social Hall in the early days. There the whole town enjoyed dances, performances and dinners. Many of the present parishioner’s mothers and fathers met there.
  • The Berger property, once a chicken farm located across the street from the church, was purchased in 1998.  The Berger’s home became the Parish Office. Construction on the Parish Hall began in 2001 and was dedicated by Archbishop Vlazney on February 14, 2003.
  • Father Theodore Prentice was assigned to St Cyril July 2023 and is the current Pastor at St Cyril.

Learn more about the parish on their website!