“Islam: Friend or Foe,” was the headline that drew nearly 50 attendees to a banquet room of the Sea Galley Restaurant in Anchorage earlier this fall. The speaker, popular Catholic scholar, writer and teacher Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio, was in Anchorage to kick off this year’s Theology & Brew monthly speaker series for young adults in the Anchorage Archdiocese.
Dr. Doris Gunderson, a leading expert on the social and psychological impact of marijuana use, will be in Anchorage later this month to speak with medical providers, priests and others on issues related to the legalization of marijuana. During her talk, Gunderson will present findings from several studies on the impact of legalizing recreational marijuana in Colorado, her home state, and will discuss the psychiatric impact of the drug.
The co-founder of the international 40 Days for Life campaign of prayer to end abortion will be in Anchorage for a special rally on Saturday, Oct. 4.
CatholicAnchor.org This talk talk was given on Aug. 28, 2014 by missionary priest to Far East Siberia Fr. Michael Shields. He spoke on the topic of ongoing conversion at St. Andrew Church in Eagle River Alaska.
In a talk given Aug. 28 at St. Andrew Church in Eagle River, Father Michael Shields explains why Christianity is really the cure for a deadly disease — a virus that all humanity suffers from.
On Tuesday, Sept. 30, Theology and Brew in Anchorage will host a public presentation by Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz. The talk will address the future of the archdiocese as Archbishop Schwietz is now less than 10 months from turning 75, the mandatory age at which all bishops must submit their resignation papers to the pope.
Anchorage Archdiocese Director of Finance & Insurances Monika Scott recently participated in a 10-day program at Notre Dame that aimed to serve Catholic organizations by offering executive education that addressed challenges within the church.
CatholicAnchor.org Long time servant to Alaska, Sister of Providence Claire Gagnon, marked her 75th year as a religious sister earlier this summer. Sister Gagnon was the longest-serving Sister of Providence at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, where she worked for 28 years. She retired in 2003. A Frontiersman article from that year noted that…
The annual Red Mass takes place on Sunday, Sept. 28 at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage. Held annually in many American cities, the Red Mass is a special Mass at which the Catholic Church prays for all who practice law, especially asking the Holy Spirit’s guidance for attorneys, judges and politicians. Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz and Juneau Bishop Edward Burns will concelebrate the Mass.
I like my job. But truth be known, I have just spent the last hour and some odd minutes in the presence of Christ. Not figuratively. For real. Right there, not 30 feet away. I have just come from adoration, where I have knelt and prayed and felt the welling of emotions: glad for the gift of Eucharist, tearful and intimidated by Christ’s Passion, yet elated by what that means. Giddy that my faith grows with each visit, but mostly I feel an overwhelming internal warmth in the privilege of spending time in silence with him.