A group of cloistered nuns in Alaska launched their first-ever vocations video. The clip offers a rare inside perspective on the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, a community of nuns who live their lives in an Anchorage monastery.
On March 5 the Anchorage Archdiocese celebrated the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion in which 39 adults and 20 children from parishes across the archdiocese took a pivotal step in their preparations to formally enter into full communion with the Catholic Church at the upcoming Easter Vigil.
Our “God of surprises,” to quote Ted Miles of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), awed me in January through an invitation to join the CRS ”Called to Witness Ethiopia” immersion trip.
Abstaining from meat on Fridays is an important part of the Lenten season, Archbishop Etienne said. But given that the Feast of St. Patrick, March 17, falls on a Friday in Lent the archbishop granted Catholics of the Archdiocese of Anchorage a dispensation from abstinence from meat on that day.
Listed here are the liturgies and events which Anchorage Archbishop Paul Etienne is scheduled to attend in the month of March.
Below are listed events and happenings scheduled across the Anchorage Archdiocese in the month of March.
An Oregon bill on advance medical directive rules could allow patients who suffer from dementia or mental illness to be starved or dehydrated, opponents warned.
Father Michael Shields is scheduled to speak in Anchorage on Feb. 22 about his missionary work in the former Russian gulag work camp, Magadan, where he has served as pastor of the Church of the Nativity in Eastern Siberia for more than 20 years.
In an effort to sharpen their writing skills, Catholic homeschool students meet weekly at Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage. The class is structured as a co-op with students divided by age and skill level into small groups led by parent instructors.
Jessica Cler, a Planned Parenthood spokeswoman in Alaska, said Murkowski’s efforts in support of abortions overseas was commendable.