CatholicAnchor.org One of the best-known photos of Father Scott Garrett shows the priest baptizing a baby at a dining room table. Sunlight from a nearby window illuminates only three people: the priest and a young mother holding a tiny baby over a large bowl of water. A collection of coffee mugs hangs on the wall…
CatholicAnchor.org Almost 200 miles east of Anchorage along the Glenn Highway, you will find Holy Family parish in Glennallen, one of the smallest parishes in the Archdiocese of Anchorage. Since 2016, Deacon Jon Hermon has served the parish as Parish Life Minister. Holy Family doesn’t have a resident priest, but Hermon, who lives in Wasilla,…
By Father Leo Walsh CatholicAnchor.org From its humble beginnings as a gathering of priests from the Archdiocese of Anchorage at St. Bernard’s Parish in Talkeetna, the annual Statewide Priests’ Convocation has grown into a unique opportunity for prayer, priestly fraternity, and continuing education for the priests of Alaska. Each year, the priests and the bishops…
“Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.” – Leo Buscaglia As I write this, we are facing daily news updates about the coronavirus and how to best protect ourselves and those we love. This threat can be intimidating. I am grateful for the people…
CatholicAnchor.org Divine Mercy Sunday is the first Sunday after Easter. It was designated by St. John Paul II and officially became a feast day of mercy for the church. Two years ago, I decided we need to celebrate mercy concretely, not talk about it. For my first Divine Mercy Sunday, I went in search of…
By Brian Ross CatholicAnchor.org In speaking with Catholic families across the Archdiocese about our school, two of the most common concerns I hear from parents and students is that our sports offerings are too limited and that we don’t offer Advanced Placement (AP) classes like public schools do. We are pleased to announce that, within…
CatholicAnchor.org You might call it a memorial card, maybe a prayer card. I call it a holy card. It’s a picture of a little saint, Jakelin Caal Maquin, who was seven years old when she died after migrating to the U.S. from Guatemala. On the back of the picture is a prayer for children in…
CatholicAnchor.org Father Michael Kim, KMS, pastor at St. Joseph parish in Cordova, celebrates ten years of ordination this July. However, his path to the priesthood was unexpected; “I never thought of becoming a priest when I was young,” he said. In fact, he didn’t become Catholic until he was 19 years old. While he was…
Archbishop Emeritus Roger Schwietz and representatives from the Knights of Columbus gathered at Commuinity Pregnancy Center (CPC) in Anchorage to bless the new ultrasound machine on Friday, January 24. Knights of Columbus councils in the Anchorage area raised money last fall to purchase a new ultrasound machine for the CPC. The machine has been in…
CatholicAnchor.org Catholic Schools Week began with an all-schools Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral on Monday, January 27th. The schools in attendance filled nearly every pew, with only a few spaces in the back for family and community members. Archbishop Emeritus Roger Schwietz celebrated the Mass, and members of the school communities participated in…