Archbishop Schwietz’s August Calendar
Below are the liturgies and events that Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz is scheduled to attend during the month of August.
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News & Upcoming Events
CatholicAnchor.org Below are news briefs and upcoming events from across the Anchorage Archdiocese. Annual Friar’s Fest set for downtown cathedral Aug. 13 Saturday, Aug. 13, will be a festive day at Holy Family Cathedral as parishioners and guests celebrate the 5th Annual Friars’ Fest in the parish courtyard. This year’s festival will mark the 800th…
Catholic men join priest in seeking God in Alaska’s mountains
Crossing mountain passes, hopping giant boulders and trekking across two ancient glaciers, 16 Catholic men marched into Alaska’s backcountry seeking God, friendship and adventure.
Archbishop receives honorary affiliation with Vincentians
“At the Mass when this was announced, so many incredibly nice things were said, like what is said for somebody once they die,” Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz observed. “It was very nice hearing these things while I am still alive.”
Court’s abortion ruling conflicts with Catholic subsidiarity
In the media kerfuffle that followed, the Supreme Court’s recent 5-3 decision in Whole Women’s Health vs. Hellerstedt, which overturned Texas’ law requiring abortionists to have hospital privileges, among other things, I received an email from an American Catholic politico lamenting the ruling.
Former Irish Benedictine monk approved as a full-time Alaskan priest
Father McGilloway, a 51-year-old former Benedictine, spent years of his ministry at two places steeped in legendary Irish beauty, Glenstal Abbey in Murroe, County Limerick, and Kylemore Abbey in County Galway.
Alaska Supreme Court strikes down parental notice on abortions
By striking down the law Justice Stowers, in his dissent, said the court has indicated that “no parental notification law recognizing parents’ fundamental legal rights to notification of, much less meaningful involvement in, their minor daughters’ decisions to have abortions will be upheld by this court…”
Alaska governor has until July 28 to sign law on parental rights over sex education
The Alaska Legislature has sent legislation to Gov. Bill Walker to sign that requires sex education teachers as well as their curriculum and classroom materials to first be approved by local school boards before such classes can begin. Governor Walker has until July 28 to sign it, veto it, or do nothing and let it become law.
Alaska to send 119 pilgrims to World Youth Day in Poland
Alaska teens and college students plan to join Pope Francis and more than 2 million people at the World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland this month. It is a pilgrimage meant to change lives and open life-long connections.
Former Alaskan airman & would-be dad tells how he gave it up for priesthood
As an intelligence officer in the Air Force and with a desire to marry and have children, Father Tom Lilly wasn’t planning to become a Catholic priest.