Archbishop’s March Calendar
Listed here are the liturgies and events which Anchorage Archbishop Paul Etienne is scheduled to attend in the month of March.
ALASKA NEWS
PHOTOS: Archbishop celebrates Ash Wednesday on campus
CatholicAnchor.org Anchorage Archbishop Paul Etienne celebrates Ash Wednesday with college students and staff at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. See photos here.
Events & happenings around the Anchorage Archdiocese
Below are listed events and happenings scheduled across the Anchorage Archdiocese in the month of March.
Archbishop Etienne calls faithful to embrace Lent, each other
It is clear that our Lenten practices cannot be ‘private.’ This season of conversion is an invitation to first be reconciled with Christ and then to be Christ-like in our relationships with one another.
Anchorage Catholic parenting group explores how to communicate effectively with teens
Below is a recap of the February meeting that dealt with successes, failures, frustrations and ideas on how to improve communication with teens.
Catholic Church, disability groups oppose move to legalize physician assisted suicide in Alaska
Alaska’s highest ranking Catholic prelate who leads 30,000 Catholics in Southcentral Alaska — Anchorage Archbishop Paul Etienne — has called doctor-prescribed suicide “a violation of principles of good medicine.”
Young Alaskans travel 4,000 miles to March for Life
Led by military chaplain Father Peter Pomposello and St. Andrew Church youth minister Ricky Shoop, from Eagle River, five Alaskan youth and one adult chaperone traveled more than 4,000 miles to the nation’s capital to take part in the 44th annual March for Life on Jan. 27
Archbishop calls students to embrace suffering in following Christ
Archbishop Etienne’s homily for this year’s Catholic Schools Mass focused on the Sermon on the Mount, wherein Jesus tells the crowd that the humble, meek and lowly and poor will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. The reading ended with Jesus telling his followers that they would suffer because of their faith in him.
Alaska’s missionary to Eastern Siberia to speak on evangelization
Father Michael Shields is scheduled to speak in Anchorage on Feb. 22 about his missionary work in the former Russian gulag work camp, Magadan, where he has served as pastor of the Church of the Nativity in Eastern Siberia for more than 20 years.
Alaskan husband & wife doctors practice medicine in accord with faith
Planned Parenthood employees had seen many pro-life advocates outside their abortion clinic on Lake Otis Parkway in Anchorage. But in late August of 2015, two new figures appeared — a man and woman in unmistakably white medical coats, quietly praying the rosary with a larger group.