“You place a crown on your head, and people are interested in what you have to say,” observed reigning Miss Alaska Angelina Klapperich. “It’s a very unique opportunity, and I want to make as much use of that as I can and spread good messages.”
Father Michael Shields will lead a prayer mission at St. Patrick Church in Anchorage May 14-16. The event is open to the public with talks and reflections from 7-9 p.m. each night. The event is titled “Alive in Christ.”
A screening of the new movie ‘Paul, Apostle of Christ’ will take place in Anchorage at the Lumen Christi High School gym, followed by a question and answer session with the executive producer, Eric Groth.
In 1968, with the country besieged by political upheaval, Father Thomas Merton — a Trappist monk — under the sponsorship of the new Archdiocese of Anchorage, set off for the peaceful wilds of Alaska for 17 days
Maggie Schmitt grew up as a student walking the hallways of St. Mary’s Catholic School on Alaska’s Kodiak Island where she attended pre-school through eighth grade. From a young age she wanted to work with children. Six years ago she returned to her alma mater as an elementary teacher.