Tom and Ronda Scrivner of El Paso, Texas, have a unique retirement hobby, one that recently reached Alaska. Born out of grief from the loss of a daughter Tommy Lynn, who died, they began making beaded rosaries, primarily in college colors, and sending them to an ever-expanding circle of schools.
Starting as a small food pantry on 3rd Avenue, we have at our root addressing family struggling with poverty and homelessness in Anchorage. Last month Effie Caldarola wrote a wonderful piece in this paper chronicling the history of Catholic Social Services.
The following letters to the editor were recently published in the Catholic Anchor.
Catholic Social Services hosts its annual World Refugee Day celebration on Saturday, June 11, 4-6 p.m., at Clark Middle School in Anchorage. World Refugee Day is an annual international celebration established by the UN to celebrate the positive contributions of refugees worldwide.
Teens from around Alaska are participating in the annual Alaska Catholic Youth Conference, which runs June 6-9 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral and Lumen Christi High School in Anchorage. This year’s theme is “Boundless Mercy.”
Seminarian Spencer Hodgson participated in the Mass of Candidacy with Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz on June 1 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Anchorage. This was the moment when he formally and publically declared before the archbishop his desire to become a candidate for the sacrament of holy orders.
CatholicAnchor.org Alaskan Orthodox priest Father Andrew Petrovich Kashevaroff (1863-1940) is the namesake of the new Alaska state musueum in downtown Juneau. Father Kashevaroff was an Alaskan-born priest of Russian and Native Alaskan heritage who served the Orthodox Church for more than 60 years throughout Alaska. He was also the first librarian and curator of the Alaska…
The following is a list of news briefs and upcoming events around the Archdiocese of Anchorage.
Below is a list of liturgies and public events which are on Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz’s calendar for the month of June.
Seminarian Spencer Hodgson, who has been in formation since 2014 to become a priest for the Anchorage Archdiocese, will take a pivotal step in his journey tonight, June 1, when he participates in the Mass of Candidacy with Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz at 7 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Anchorage.