Campo Azul
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- Campo AzulCampo AzulCampo Azul, which is Spanish for "Blue Camp," was, according to The Oregonian, the most heavily fined migrant camp in the state of Oregon. The camp, which was founded in the 1970s, was named for the color of the shacks on the farm...
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for "Blue Camp," was, according to The Oregonian
The Oregonian
The Oregonian is the major daily newspaper in Portland, Oregon, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 1850...
, the most heavily fined migrant camp in the state of Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/news/oregonian/00/04/lc_21azul24.frame The camp, which was founded in the 1970s, was named for the color of the shacks on the 133 acre (0.53823238 km²) farm. It was reported that 90 or so adults and children lived on the camp, paying $125 per month rent per person.
Operated by the Boggs Family
Campo Azul was owned and operated by the Boggs family of Scholls, OregonScholls, Oregon
Scholls, Oregon is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. It is located along the southern shore of the Tualatin River, near the intersection of Oregon Routes 210 and 219. Scholls is located approximately seven miles north of Newberg, seven miles west of Tigard,...
. When Lorraine Boggs, mother of Haven Boggs and former mother-in-law of Mary Manin Morrissey
Mary Manin Morrissey
Mary Manin Morrissey is a New Thought minister from Oregon, U.S.A. She was a founding minister of Living Enrichment Center in the 1970s. By the mid-1990s, the church's congregation was variously estimated at numbering between 2,000 and 5,000, making it the biggest New Thought church in the state...
, died on February 28, 2000, the ownership of the Boggs farm was in dispute. Only after various legal negotiations was ownership of the farm settled.
Birthplace of Living Enrichment Center
In the 1970s, the Boggs farm was considered for a possible location for Living Enrichment CenterLiving Enrichment Center
Living Enrichment Center, often referred to as LEC, was a New Thought megachurch and retreat center in the U.S. state of Oregon. Originally founded in the Scholls, Oregon farmhouse of senior minister Mary Manin Morrissey in the mid-1970s, the church grew so exponentially that it moved to a 94,500...
's retreat center, with thoughts of converting the camp shacks into cabins for retreat participants. It was while living at the Boggs farm that Lorraine, Haven, and Mary Boggs began the church that would evolve into Living Enrichment Center. (Mary Boggs would later divorce Haven Boggs and marry Edward Morrissey, becoming Mary Manin Morrissey
Mary Manin Morrissey
Mary Manin Morrissey is a New Thought minister from Oregon, U.S.A. She was a founding minister of Living Enrichment Center in the 1970s. By the mid-1990s, the church's congregation was variously estimated at numbering between 2,000 and 5,000, making it the biggest New Thought church in the state...
.)
The church would eventually move off the Boggs farm and begin to meet in various locations throughout the Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
area, until finally settling on the Callahan Center in Wilsonville
Wilsonville, Oregon
Wilsonville is a city primarily in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. A portion of the northern section of the city is in Washington County. Originally founded as Boones Landing due to the Boones Ferry which crossed the Willamette River at the location, the community became Wilsonville in...
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Living Enrichment Center would later become the biggest New Thought
New Thought
New Thought promotes the ideas that "Infinite Intelligence" or "God" is ubiquitous, spirit is the totality of real things, true human selfhood is divine, divine thought is a force for good, sickness originates in the mind, and "right thinking" has a healing effect.Although New Thought is neither...
church in the state of Oregon, as well as one of the biggest New Thought churches in the world.