Articles by Alexandra Braunlich

After 41 years of legal abortion, Alaska prolife advocates still have hope

CatholicAnchor.org A group of 75 pro-life advocates braved the chill and freezing rain to pray at the 14th annual Ecumenical Memorial Prayer Service on January 18th at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery. Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz opened the ceremony with prayer, reflecting upon Pope Francis’s recent statement about a “throwaway society” that thoughtlessly discards anything undesirable…

Newly ordained Alaskan priest sees renewal of seminaries

CatholicAnchor.org From 1965 until 2013, the total number of priests in the United States dropped from 58,632 to 39,600. During the same years, the total number of graduate level seminarians dropped from 8,325 to 3,694. And yet, the number of self-identified Catholics increased from 48.5 million to 78.2 million. Now a large, aging population…

BISHOP’S CORNER

Archbishop’s April Calendar

Anchorage Archbishop Paul Etienne is scheduled to participate in the following liturgies and events in April.

Archbishop Etienne: Give up everything for Jesus — gain everything in return

In this year where the church has been marred and disgraced with renewed focus on the sinful and criminal behavior of our shepherds, of scandalous failures in leadership, may we hear afresh and anew the words of Jesus about genuine discipleship, take them to heart, and keep them with renewed vigor and hope: