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Pat Kennish receives Alaska vounteer award
As Patricia “Pat” Kennish quietly walked onto the stage, as if she was trying to go unnoticed by the crowd, people cheered and applauded her. Seeking out the spotlight is…
Advent begins Dec. 1 for Catholics worldwide
This year, Advent begins Sunday, Dec. 1, and ends Tuesday, Dec. 24. Cues are everywhere: the all-Christmas radio channel, the all-Christmas movie channel, and Advent calendars with everything from coffee…
Faith & Blue: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School students meet local police chief and friends
One by one, children slowly marched in single file to their designated spaces in the auditorium of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School on Friday morning, Oct. 11, for their school assembly. With every student came an amplification of chatter and laughter as their unsure faces began to settle into the excitement of seeing visiting…
Celebration of El Señor de los Milagros in Anchorage
For Peruvians, October means only one thing: “El Señor de los Milagros,” or “The Lord of the Miracles” in English, a Catholic celebration that extends throughout all of Peru, finding its origin in Lima. It is one of the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau’s most anticipated Hispanic celebrations in Anchorage, Alaska. The Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau celebrates El…
Catholic school students go gaga for Gaga Ball
An Eagle Scout project led a Lumen Christi Catholic High School student to plan, fund, and build a Gaga Ball pit for generations of future Archangels to enjoy. “Lumen has given me so much,” said 16-year-old Vincent Everard, who is currently in his junior year at Lumen. “All the teachers here are just incredible and…
Ketchikan parish helps community members recover after deadly landslide
A family impacted by the August 25 landslide in Ketchikan that killed a man and destroyed several homes received help from the local Catholic church. “We [Holy Name Parish personnel] are all here to work,” said Shelly Tradel, administrative assistant at Holy Name. She noted that Father Armand Dice as well as all parish and…
Joyce Lund earns Teacher of the Year award
A teacher at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic School was honored in 2024 as Teacher of the Year by the Wasilla Sunrise Rotary Club. This is the fourth time in Joyce Lund’s 52 years of teaching children that she has been granted this award by various organizations. At 73, she recently retired as the…
Golfers turnout in the pouring rain for 7th Archbishop’s Golf Tournament
In the early morning of August 8, pros, novices, and hackers peppered the Moose Run Golf Course for the 7th Annual Archbishop’s Golf Tournament for Seminarian Formation. Despite the early morning hour, and their various levels of play, 50 of the 64 registered golfers set out on the course amid bouts of heavy rain to…
Meet the new caretakers of the National Shrine of St. Thérèse
The desire for more prayer opportunities and to serve others brought a couple north to serve as the new caretakers at the National Shrine of St. Thérèse in Juneau. Deacon Peter Nguyen and his wife, Professor Loni Nguyen, recently took on the joint role of caretakers at the Shrine. He’s a retired information technology computer…
Unity in the Eucharist: Alaskans share spiritual takeaways from the 10th National Eucharistic Congress
After more than eight decades, the highly anticipated 10th National Eucharistic Congress saw more than 50,000 Catholics gather for a five-day event in Indianapolis last month — the centerpiece of a three-year campaign launched by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in 2022. The USCCB initiated the National Eucharistic Revival as a “joyful,…
Q&A: Meet Fr. Jun Ho, the new Juneau priest
Father Jun Ho Lee, a priest with the Korean Mission Society (KMS), is the newest priest to join the clergy at St. Paul’s the Apostle Parish in Juneau, said Matt Meggs, vice chancellor and chief operating officer of the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau. “We are so happy to have Fr. Jun Ho in our archdiocese,” said…
Alaska’s Catholic faithful pilgrimage to the 10th National Eucharistic Congress
Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau’s (AOAJ) Catholic faithful join the thousands pilgrimaging to Indianapolis in July for the 10th National Eucharistic Congress — the first in the United States in 83 years. Some of those traveling from the archdiocese are ten individuals who registered early with the archdiocesan Eucharistic Revival committee and a group of five traveling…