Oral history interview with the Reverend Bertram F. Griffin, conducted by Jim Strassmaier in six sessions from July 12 to August 30, 1995, as part of the Legacy of Hope: Catholics and Social Justice Project. Griffin discusses his education at Catholic seminaries and in Rome, and his work as pastor at churches in the Archdiocese of Portland, particularly at St. Andrew Catholic Church in the Albina district of Portland, Oregon.