Young adults engaged with church through Anchorage outreach
In just three years the Anchorage parish’s outreach has grown from a struggling young adult ministry with only a handful of participants into a lively community of approximately 130 people.
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Evangelizing Young Adults: Mission runs April 9-12
FOCUS missionaries, David and Linda Hickson, who have spent years evangelizing young adults on college campuses, will be in Anchorage for a mission that is open to attendees from across the archdiocese. They will draw on mission field experience to inspire Alaskans to grow in faith and share it with others.
News & happenings around the Anchorage Archdiocese
The following upcoming liturgies, scheduled events and news briefs are from across the Anchorage Archdiocese.
Items on Archbishop’s calendar
Anchorage Archbishop Paul Etienne plans to participate in the following liturgies and events in the month of April.
Archbishop Etienne: There is Easter hope in following the Risen Christ
Easter is a time to celebrate our faith in the Risen Jesus — he has saved us from our sins. If we do not believe in Jesus, we cannot make it to heaven on our own. Jesus told his disciples: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14: 6)
Opportunities for conversion: The liturgies of Holy Week
The liturgies of Holy Week are designed to foster in Catholics an intimate and historical connection to the church, and to death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Poll: Vast majority of Catholics to attend church on Easter
As reported by prnewswire.com, a Knights of Columbus-sponsored poll discovered that more than half of all Americans plan to attend church on Easter (53 percent). Among Catholics, the number rises to 73 percent, and for practicing Catholics, 95 percent.
Thousands of new U.S. Catholics set to enter at Easter Vigil
The Anchorage Archdiocese will welcome 68 new Catholics into full communion with the church at the Easter Vigil liturgy on the evening of March 31. More than 30,000 others around the nation will join these.
Alaskans to offer public witness to the faith during Good Friday Faith Walk
Hundreds of Alaskans are expected to take part in the annual Good Friday Faith Walk on March 30. The annual devotion begins at various points across Anchorage with groups of area faithful walking and praying the Stations of the Cross.
Palm Sunday marks a packed final week of Lent
Palm Sunday is March 25, the last Sunday in Lent. This day marks the beginning of Holy Week and a time when Catholics commemorate the triumphant arrival of Christ into Jerusalem, just days before his crucifixion.