Mount Hood Climb 40th Remembrance Events
This May, OES will mark the 40th anniversary of the 1986 Mount Hood Climb through a series of remembrance-focused events:
In Shared Remembrance: A Requiem for the 1986 Mount Hood Tragedy
Friday, May 8, 7 p.m.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
147 NW 19th Ave.
Portland, OR 97209
Reception to follow in Kempton Hall
Oregon Episcopal School, in collaboration with the Episcopal Church in Western Oregon and the Trinity Music Series, invites the broader community to a requiem service marking the 40th anniversary of the Mount Hood tragedy. We gather to honor the lives lost, to hold in prayer the survivors and families, and to remember the extraordinary outpouring of care that surrounded the school community in the days and months that followed.
The service will center on Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, along with selected readings, offered as a prayer for the departed and an expression of quiet consolation. Trinity Cathedral’s choir, conducted by Katie Webb, with organist James Walton and chamber orchestra, will be joined by singers from Oregon Episcopal School and St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church which resides on the OES campus.
All are welcome to attend this service of remembrance at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. There is no charge to attend; but registration is requested to assist with seating.
Annual Mount Hood Climb Observance Day
Wednesday, May 13
OES Campus
Our annual Mount Hood Climb Observance Day will include the traditional Belltower ceremony and other events throughout the morning.
- 8:45 a.m.: Middle School Chapel focusing on the Mount Hood Climb story
- 9:15 a.m.: Mount Hood Climb Observance Day Ceremony at the Belltower
- 9:45 a.m.: Reception in the OES Chapel
- 11 a.m.: Sharing of Eucharist in the newly renovated Mount Hood Memorial Garden