After 50 plus years, long-time secretary for late Archbishop Hurley retires
For Joann White, long-time secretary to the late Archbishop Francis Hurley, her work has always been much more a vocation than a job.
Articles by Effie Caldarola
Anchorage doctor who worked with Mother Teresa makes pilgrimage for canonization
Creed Mamikunian was already a medical doctor when he volunteered in 1991 to work in Kolkata, India, for three months with the global icon Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity. What he experienced during those months compelled him to honor Mother Teresa by attending her Sept. 4 canonization at the Vatican.
Fr. Bugarin retires to take up environmental work in Philippines
Father Fred Bugarin, a long-time pastor who celebrated his 40th anniversary of priesthood for the Archdiocese of Anchorage last year, has officially retired to devote part of his time to working in his native Philippines with an environmental project called “Eco Genesis.”
A ‘pilgrim faith’ can face suicide
When my brother died, my mother didn’t want anyone to know it was suicide. She feared the priest would not bury my brother in our Catholic cemetery if he knew.
Young Alaskan outdoorsman off to train for priesthood
Burke, 19, is the oldest of 11 siblings and the son of Toby and Laura Burke of rural Kenai. A product of life-long home-schooling, he is an avid Alaskan hunter and fisherman.
Newly arrived priest part of larger Korean outreach to Alaska
Archbishop Roger Schwietz, who first invited the Korean Missionary Society to Alaska, said he thinks their presence in the state could also benefit the dioceses in Fairbanks and Juneau.
Cling to God, for this too will pass
But anxiety. Ah, anxiety can rob us of both the humor and the hope that makes this beautiful life bearable and resilient.
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.
There are treasures in the desert
Norris points out that Judeo-Christianity begins in a desert, and advises us to read Exodus again. There, our ancestors sought escape from slavery, but began to question God’s faithfulness. “Did God lead us here to kill us?” they asked. The desert is challenging, but God remains faithful.
Alaska tour guide headed to Rome to continue priestly formation
A tourist riding one of the fleet of buses exploring Alaska this summer might be surprised to learn that the personable young tour director enthusiastically reciting the state’s attributes is actually a seminarian studying for the Catholic priesthood.