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Youth awarded for essays on living their Catholic faith
“I was moved to tears with pride for those kids and so thankful to the families for teaching and living their faith with their children,” organizer Kerry Whitney said. “Our church will be in good hands with these young hearts as our future leaders.”
Summer Catholic camp registration is still open
The summer’s first session of St. Therese’s Camp in the Mat-Su Valley wrapped up on June 29 but there are still four more weeks of openings.
News Briefs & Happenings around Anchorage Archdiocese
The following is a round up of news items and happening across the Anchorage Archdiocese.
Sister Barbara Scanlon dies
Sister Barbara Scanlon, a fixture at Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage from 1998 to 2008, died on June 20 in her 66th year as a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph.
Gallery: Fr. Steven Moore laid to rest
Father Patrick Brosamer officiated during the burial service for Father Steven Moore at the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery on June 13.
Alaska bishops call border practice of separating children from parents ‘inhumane’
The bishops of Alaska issued the following statement on the U.S. government’s practice of separating children from migrant parents who cross into the country illegally.
PHOTOS: Alaskan takes final step before next summer’s priestly ordination
On June 8 Anchorage Archbishop Paul Etienne ordained seminarian Kevin Klump to the transitional diaconate, the last step before being ordained to the priesthood. The ordination was at Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral in Anchorage.
Inaugural Thomas Merton Alaska conference set for September
to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Father Thomas Merton’s Alaska visit, the inaugural Thomas Merton in Alaska Conference will take place Sept. 28-29 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Anchorage.
Fr. Thomas Merton’s 1968 trek to Alaska’s wild places
It is a little-known story that Father Thomas Merton spent 17 days in Alaska, and that it was one of the last places on earth he saw before he died of accidental electrocution outside of Bangkok just two months later.