CatholicAnchor.org Fifth-year seminarian for the Anchorage Archdiocese, Robert Whitney, was ordained a transitional deacon on June 3 at Holy Family Cathedral. Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz prayed over him, laid his hands upon his head and administered the sacrament of holy orders. That marked the one-year count down to Whitney’s ordination next summer when he is…
David Van Tuyl always thought he would marry someday, but as the years passed the right person never appeared.
Golden, late morning light filtered the stained glass at Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral. In its glow Native American musician Buz Daney drummed and chanted a solemn but joyful opening to the Archdiocese of Anchorage’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Mass on May 14.
The Alaska School Activities Association (ASAA) has agreed to allow students in Alaska to play sports in accordance with whichever gender they identify as regardless of their biological sex at birth.
Those who doubt the existence or goodness of God as affirmed by Christians often point to all the suffering in the world. How can God be compassionate if he allows suffering? How can he be a mighty God if he can’t end suffering?
Tom and Ronda Scrivner of El Paso, Texas, have a unique retirement hobby, one that recently reached Alaska. Born out of grief from the loss of a daughter Tommy Lynn, who died, they began making beaded rosaries, primarily in college colors, and sending them to an ever-expanding circle of schools.
Starting as a small food pantry on 3rd Avenue, we have at our root addressing family struggling with poverty and homelessness in Anchorage. Last month Effie Caldarola wrote a wonderful piece in this paper chronicling the history of Catholic Social Services.
I realize many older Catholics find plenty of ways to give back without joining an organization. But the upsides of IVC or EnCorps include forming community with other volunteers, retreats, and a chance to expand Ignatian education and values like simple living.
In this prolific age of the spoken and written word we are literally and constantly being shouted at, abraded, challenged, disputed and queried. Particularly, during this season of political discontent, for instance, so many seem to be lunging at one another’s throats to establish a particular unassailable opinion or position. Human discourse today seems to have a raw edge to it.
The following letters to the editor were recently published in the Catholic Anchor.