Editor’s note: This article was published in the March 2023 issue of the North Star Catholic. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Ihor and Iryna Melnyk and their two sons are refugees from Ukraine navigating a new life in Wasilla. They joined more than 500 other refugees who made their way to Alaska, in this case from the city…
Editor’s note: This article was published in the March 2023 issue of the North Star Catholic. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Statewide numbers of homeless people have jumped for those seeking emergency shelter, but Kodiak, thanks to the help of St. Mary’s Church, is heading off the crisis by staying proactive to grant prevention help. About 60 individuals…
Editor’s note: This article was published in the February 2023 issue of the North Star Catholic. HOMER, Alaska — A new year presents the opportunity for home blessings, a chance both parishioners and the resident priest embrace as a time to renew God’s invitation into the home in preparation for whatever the new year may bring….
Editor’s note: This article was published in the February 2023 issue of the North Star Catholic. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Catholic organizations caring for the homeless in Alaska say they experienced a busier year than usual in 2022. According to Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness, more than 15,000 people throughout the state needed some kind of…
The Daughters of Charity, one of the oldest orders of religious sisters, dates back to the early 1600s with about 14,000 active members throughout five continents. Currently, the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau is home to three of those members. Sister Cecilia Nguyen wanted to join the convent at the age of 13 in the 1980s when…
A candlelight ceremony and a King Islander drum cross, designed as the only one of its kind, led the liturgical celebration honoring the Feast of Christ the King on Saturday, Nov. 19, at St. Anthony Parish in Anchorage. It is one of the first post-COVID-19 gatherings to resume in full after statewide shutdowns. The Native…
Just 5 Days refers to “what can be accomplished in five days if only we can live justly,” said Matthew Beck, the Anchorage archdiocese’s director of evangelization and discipleship.
Alaska teens took full advantage of their chance to question three bishops. Ranging from what led the bishops to the priesthood, to how should they respond to issues of abortion and same-sex attraction…
The difference is the added philosophy and theology courses. One is a college-level bioethics course taught by Father Lilly. Medical advancements offer new ways to create and prolong life that results in new moral dilemmas.
Thanks to the Knights of Columbus from St. Andrew Church in Eagle River, the center can offer ultrasounds. The new machine provides young mothers the ability to see their unborn baby via a free sonogram.