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Anchorage cathedral vandalized

The historic Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage was vandalized on Dec. 2. The Dominican priests who staff the parish found it damaged and in disarray at about 4:30 p.m.

A video of the damage taken by Dominican Father Mark Francis Manzano shows overturned pews, spilt holy water, toppled liturgical furniture, including the archbishop’s presider’s chair and debris scattered throughout the sanctuary. Advent candles and the ambo were also thrown to the floor and a microphone connected to the sound system was ripped out.

Reception for new head of Catholic Social Services in Anchorage

The Catholic Social Services Board of Trustees is hosting a reception to welcome the new Executive Director Lisa DH Aquino. The event takes place on Dec. 10, 5:30-8 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Heritage Library and Museum (301 West Northern Lights Blvd., Anchorage).

Anchorage attorney freed to enter cloistered monastery

CatholicAnchor.org Anchorage attorney, convert to Catholicism and Holy Family Cathedral parishioner Tara Clemens has finally been able to enter the Corpus Christi Monastery, a Dominican religious cloister in Menlo Park, Ca. The mission of the cloistered Dominican nuns is to honor and promote devotion to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Writing in the cathedral’s…

December calendar items across Anchorage Archdiocese

CatholicAnchor.org Editor’s note: The following is a list of events and liturgies planned across the Anchorage Archdiocese in the month of December. Events are in Anchorage unless noted. Sundays, 11 a.m., Mass, AK Native Medical Center Sundays, 4 p.m., Dominican Rite Mass, Cathedral Sundays (2nd & 4th of the month), 7-9 p.m., Sacred Harp choral…

Anchorage Archbishop’s December calendar

CatholicAnchor.org Editor’s note: The following is a list of some of the engagements, public events and liturgies on Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz’s December calendar. All events are in Anchorage unless noted. Dec. 4, 9 a.m., Mass, Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 11, 9 a.m., Mass, Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 12, 5:30 p.m., Mass of…

Nome churches, nonprofits keep tax exemption after citizens pack city council

Business owners, nonprofit workers and others packed the city council chambers in Nome, Alaska, to voice opposition to a proposal that would have ended sales tax exemptions for churches and nonprofits. As a result of the packed meeting, Nome’s nonprofits and churches will remain exempt from city sales tax.

Remembering a legend who brought Catholic faith to Alaska

CatholicAnchor.org Juneau Bishop Edwards Burns lead a group of Alaskan pilgrims to the hometown of an Italian priest who traveled to Alaska in the late 1800s to bring the Catholic faith to far-flung villages. Read the account of their pilgrimage here.

In the face of domestic violence we must act

The next time you hear of a designation for a problem faced in our world, ask yourself, “What can I learn about this problem? What is my role to make a positive step to solving this problem?” The first step may be simply to challenge an attitude in yourself or someone else.

Open to life, even when kids may have Cystic fibrosis

Openness to life involves suffering with happiness. In our family’s case, the suffering usually has a name: cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that occurs when both parents pass on the mutated gene to their child. This occurs at the moment of conception and is a one in four chance with each pregnancy. It has happened to my husband and me twice with seven children. Some have wondered why we would bring more children into the world to suffer and die but the truth is that every single person is born to a life of joys, sufferings, then death.

Alaska parish rethinks, breaks faith formation mold

To achieve its goal, the parish launched “Super Sundays,” which strives to make youth faith formation enjoyable and lively, while drawing parents out of their cars in the parking lot and into classes of their own. Bob McMorrow, the parish’s director of evangelization and catechesis, said that he knows from his own large family that kids sometimes balk at going to religion class. Being a dad, he had a few ideas about how to change attitudes.