News & Upcoming Events across the Anchorage Archdiocese
Here is a listing of news briefs and upcoming events across the Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska.
Daily Archives: May 2015
Anchorage Archbishop’s June Calendar
Here is a list of liturgies and events that Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz is scheduled to participate in during the month of June. For more news, photos, opinions and features from the Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska, go to www.CatholicAnchor.org.
June Community Calendar for Anchorage Archdiocese
Here are some calendar events scheduled in June across the Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska. For more news, opinion and features go to www.CatholicAnchor.org.
Fertility restoration brought life, strengthened our faith
Just prior to my fifth pregnancy, my husband Alex and I decided that we would close off our marriage to new life. With a vasectomy on the calendar, our daughter Bethany was conceived, and Alex went through with a sterilization that cost about $800 and took an hour. And that was it. No longer would we ponder the possibility of new life each month in our marriage; our family had grown even beyond what is considered a normal size and we certainly had plenty of children already, right?
Jesus makes absolute, universal claims like no other
Some believe it is arrogant to say that Jesus is the Savior of the world — the only name by which any can be saved. Such statements are narrow and dangerous, we are told, and they offend and alienate others. Past generations might have held such a view but we live in the modern world in which our neighbors are secular or Muslims or from various faith or non-faith backgrounds.
Longing for God
It has often occurred to me that the longing for God — for the sacred — is one of humankind’s deepest primeval yearnings. We obviously know that we are not our own creation but that a divine power has made this deep mystery possible. Hence the normal response is to find words of gratitude amid an overwhelming sense of powerlessness.
LETTERS: Parishioners welcome seminarian who will soon be their new priest
We would like to welcome Deacon Arthur Roraff to our parish, St. Andrew Church in Eagle River. We look forward to your pastoral guidance and new enthusiasm of entering into the priesthood.