Without a close friendship with Christ the priesthood is dead
Everything changes when we have this deep friendship with Jesus. But if we don’t have a deep personal friendship with him, our priesthood is dead.
EDITOR’S PICKS
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.
Fr. Steven Moore burial on June 13
Father Steven Moore passed away on Dec. 22, 2017, at home in Anchorage. Due winter weather conditions his burial was delayed. A graveside burial service will be held at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery on June 13 at 11 a.m.
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.
Archbishop Etienne: ‘For the love of God and our Catholic schools’
Catholic schools provide a great possibility to parents and families when it comes to academic excellence paired with great human and faith formation, and we are here to partner with you.
Mat-Su school emphasizes traditional academics and lively Catholic faith
Teachers and students at Our Lady of the Valley School in Wasilla are drawn to the Catholic school because it incorporates a distinctive classical academic curriculum that includes Scripture and Catholic teaching throughout the curriculum.
New cathedral rectory to expand options for Dominicans & will house 6 friars
The week after Easter saw the demolition of the old rectory at Holy Family Cathedral in downtown Anchorage, and if luck, weather and other logistics associated with building go according to plan, Dominican priests could move into new housing the week before Christmas.
New clergy assignments effective on July 1
Anchorage Archbishop Paul Etienne announced the following clergy changes last month. They take effect July 1.
Vespers prayer to be offered on eve of seminarian’s ordination to the transitional diaconate
Vespers prayer service will be held at Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage the night before Kevin Klump’s ordination to the transitional diaconate. Vespers begins at 7 p.m. on June 7.