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We are Christ the King Catholic Church, centered in Christ and Empowered by the Holy Spirit to serve and to build God's kingdom through prayer, stewardship, education, and evangelization. Monsignor John Cihak was raised in a large family on the outskirts of Corvallis, OR. He has a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame and earned a Li... centiate in Fundamental Theology and Doctorate in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. He is the author of Balthasar and Anxiety (T&T Clark, 2009), co-author of The Catholic Guide to Depression (Sophia Institute, 2012), the editor of Charles Borromeo: Selected Orations, Homilies and Other Writings (Bloomsbury, 2017), and several articles in theology and catechesis. Prior to his arrival to Christ the King Parish in July 2018, he served at the Vatican as an official of the Congregation for Bishops and as a Papal Master of Ceremonies for Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. In 1958, a mission of St. John the Baptist parish called "Christ the King Mission" was established due to the growing local Catholic population. Initially, the congregation met in an unused school room in the "Old Harmony School Building", near the site of the current church building. The next year (1959) the parish, formally titled "Our Lord Jesus Christ The King" was canonically erected, and plans for a permanent (and larger) church building were underway. There were 83 families at the first mass of "Christ The King Parish." The new church structure was completed in 1960. It is currently being used as the gym for the CTK school. As the community expanded, another new church was planned. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on Sunday May 20, 1979, and the church was dedicated on April 15th, 1980.Read More