Seminarian Spencer Hodgson participated in the Mass of Candidacy with Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz on June 1 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Anchorage. This was the moment when he formally and publically declared before the archbishop his desire to become a candidate for the sacrament of holy orders.
CatholicAnchor.org Alaskan Orthodox priest Father Andrew Petrovich Kashevaroff (1863-1940) is the namesake of the new Alaska state musueum in downtown Juneau. Father Kashevaroff was an Alaskan-born priest of Russian and Native Alaskan heritage who served the Orthodox Church for more than 60 years throughout Alaska. He was also the first librarian and curator of the Alaska…
The following is a list of news briefs and upcoming events around the Archdiocese of Anchorage.
Below is a list of liturgies and public events which are on Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz’s calendar for the month of June.
Seminarian Spencer Hodgson, who has been in formation since 2014 to become a priest for the Anchorage Archdiocese, will take a pivotal step in his journey tonight, June 1, when he participates in the Mass of Candidacy with Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz at 7 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Anchorage.
As a young girl growing up in Western Washington, Beverly Walsh didn’t imagine her life ahead: a journey into the Catholic Church, a marriage that would take her to Alaska and produce eight children including a son who is a priest, and a faith commitment that would establish her as a leading woman in the Catholic Church in Southcentral Alaska.
She served in parishes and day homes in California until 1954, when she went to Hawaii. She remained there serving in parishes and missions for 22 years before moving to Alaska where she worked in parishes and missions of Sitka until 1983. She then took time to take a clinical pastoral education program. Returning to Alaska in 1985, Sister Dutra spent the next 20 years in spiritual care in various areas of the Providence Health System in Anchorage.
Youth planning to attend the Alaska Catholic Youth Conference (ACYC) are in for some new surprises and activities. Organizers for the annual conference, held at Lumen Christi High School and Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral from June 6 -9, are aiming for an engaging, uplifting and challenging event — open to middle and high school students.
A recent reflection on the sacrament of confirmation by Bishop Robert Barron as published in the Catholic Anchor got me thinking back on my 26 years confirming Catholics. Conferring the sacrament of confirmation has always been a great joy in my ministry as bishop, but in looking back over the years I can see that my message changed at some point. That is, of course, because the world has changed a great deal since 1990.
On May 6 at Holy Family Cathedral Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz ordained David Van Tuyl as a permanent deacon for the Archdiocese of Anchorage. Read the full story of his journey in the upcoming June issue of the Catholic Anchor.