The Catholic Anchor was recognized nine times for excellence in journalism at the national competition sponsored by the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada. The contest winners, for works published in 2016, were announced in June at the Catholic Media Convention in Quebec City, Canada.
The universality of the church is a beautiful mystery and reality, one that calls us to live in ‘communion’ with one another.
The chief operating officer for the Anchorage Archdiocese will step down Sept. 30. Deacon Les Maiman announced his decision July 28.
The following is a list of news briefs and upcoming events from across the Anchorage Archdiocese.
Anchorage Archbishop Paul Etienne is scheduled to attend the following liturgies and events in the month of August.
The world-famous international Pilgrim Virgin Statue is just landed in Anchorage for a July 26-30 stop as part of a two-year U.S. tour for peace.
Pope Francis has named Vincentian Father Andrew Bellisario, age 60, as the next Bishop of Juneau. He succeeds Bishop Edward Burns who was installed as bishop of the Dallas Diocese earlier this year.
In the Anchorage bowl, Marian gardens are cropping up outside private homes and on parish grounds. Whether still purchasing annuals for a humble window box or welcoming back perennial blooms in established landscaping, dedicating or rededicating flowerbeds can cultivate new meaning as a sacred space honoring Our Lady.
D’Ambrosio served in the US Army. In 1998, at age 26, he was convicted and sentenced to death. Always maintaining his innocence, D’Ambrosio said being on death row was the “loneliest, heart-wrenching thing that will haunt him the rest of his life.”
If a young Catholic reaches adulthood with a poor understanding and personal appreciation of how the sacraments infuse her life with the grace of God, then she will feel little reason to go to regular confession, attend weekly Mass, marry in the church, baptize her children and bury her loved ones with the aid and guidance of the church. The question for many is, “What difference does it make.”