St. Peter Catholic Church
5905 SE 87th Avenue
http://portlandcatholics.com/indiv/stpetrp/stpetrp.htm
(unofficial website)
St. Peter is located just off Highway 205 and about two blocks south of Foster Road. It does not appear to have a website, but if the information on the City of Portland's PortlandMaps website is correct, it was built in 1962. (But this website describes the church as "pre-Vatican 2.) The inside of the church is very large and today's 9 a.m. Mass was sparsely attended. The interior could use some remodeling. Those who are fans of Mid-Century Modern architecture will love the long cylindrical light fixtures hung from the ceiling. (For more on that style of architecture in Portland, see this site: http://mcmleague.org/.)
The parishioners were predominately White and those in attendance were mostly grey-haired. There were a fair number of Asians and Hispanics rounding out the attendance, who appeared to be relative newcomers to the neighborhood. The church bulletin is in English and Spanish and there is a Spanish Mass at noon on Sundays.
Fr. Dave Zegar is mustachioed and about 50. The most remarkable thing about Fr. Zegar was his startling deep voice. Rather impressive.
