Archbishop’s March Calendar
Anchorage Archbishop Paul Etienne is scheduled to participate in the following liturgies and events in March.
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News & Happenings around the Archdiocese
CatholicAnchor.org The following is a run down of news and happenings across the Anchorage Archdiocese. Alaska’s First Lady accepting ‘Volunteer of the Year’ nominations Alaska First Lady Rose Dunleavy opened nominations for the 2019 First Lady’s Volunteer of the Year Awards. The awards are an annual tradition started by First Lady Bella Hammond to recognize…
With new Alaska home Dominicans hope to grow northern ranks
The newly completed rectory is designed to house the Dominican priests, brothers and seminarians who come to serve the people of Alaska.
Alaskans set to peacefully pray for an end to abortion
Next month in Anchorage, Alaskans are invited to join in peaceful prayer outside the local Planned Parenthood abortion clinic on 4001 East Lake Otis Parkway. Those who cannot make it to the abortion clinic are encouraged to pray and fast.
Alaska priests gather for formation, friendship, liturgies
More than 50 Alaska priests from around the state gathered in Anchorage last month for several days of formation, fellowship and to celebrate Masses together and with local Catholics.
‘Let me suffer and love with you Lord. Only with you’
I am in exile from my beloved Russia. I know that God’s plans for me are for my good, so what must I do to embrace this time? I must love and suffer.
Alaska pilgrims return from World Youth Day with ‘missionary heart’
World Youth Day is meant to be a pilgrimage, and a way of participating in a tangible way in the universal church. A highlight of the event is always the final Mass with the pope, and this year did not disappoint the 76 pilgrims who traveled with the group from Alaska.
Alaska priests set for annual gathering, Masses open to public
Roughly 50 Alaska priests from around the state will gather in Anchorage this month for several days of formation, fellowship and to celebrate Masses together and with local Catholics.
Young Alaskan shares love of sacred music – hopes it will spread
“Sacred music is beautiful and has been left as ‘a part of the past’ to some and I want to resurface that beauty and have it accessible to everyone,” she said.
Social media & an increasingly scattered sense of reality
Twitter, and to a lesser extent Facebook, often make me feel as if I have a ping-pong game going on in my head.