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Alaska Catholic Youth Conference aims to ‘reinvigorate’ faith

Attendees will participate in daily Mass, go to eucharistic adoration and confession, perform service projects in the community and raise money for Heifer International. On Tuesday evening, Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz, Fairbanks Bishop Chad Zielinski and Juneau Bishop Edward Burns will join young people for an ice cream social, after which the youth will be able to grill the bishops with questions about the faith. This is a popular and well attended yearly event at ACYC.

Anchorage parish to mark 10 years of perpetual eucharistic adoration

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in south Anchorage will be celebrating 10 years of offering perpetual eucharistic adoration at the parish.

New Alaskan deacons urged to be instruments of mercy

It’s no secret that the vast, sparsely populated expanse of Alaska suffers from a grave shortage of Catholic clergy. On May 1 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral in Anchorage that burden was lessened just a bit when six Alaskan men, dressed in white albs, were called from their seats among family and friends to be ordained permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of Anchorage.

News & Upcoming Events across the Anchorage Archdiocese

Here is a listing of news briefs and upcoming events across the Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska.

Anchorage Archbishop’s June Calendar

Here is a list of liturgies and events that Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz is scheduled to participate in during the month of June. For more news, photos, opinions and features from the Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska, go to www.CatholicAnchor.org.

June Community Calendar for Anchorage Archdiocese

Here are some calendar events scheduled in June across the Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska. For more news, opinion and features go to www.CatholicAnchor.org.

Fertility restoration brought life, strengthened our faith

Just prior to my fifth pregnancy, my husband Alex and I decided that we would close off our marriage to new life. With a vasectomy on the calendar, our daughter Bethany was conceived, and Alex went through with a sterilization that cost about $800 and took an hour. And that was it. No longer would we ponder the possibility of new life each month in our marriage; our family had grown even beyond what is considered a normal size and we certainly had plenty of children already, right?

Jesus makes absolute, universal claims like no other

Some believe it is arrogant to say that Jesus is the Savior of the world — the only name by which any can be saved. Such statements are narrow and dangerous, we are told, and they offend and alienate others. Past generations might have held such a view but we live in the modern world in which our neighbors are secular or Muslims or from various faith or non-faith backgrounds.

Longing for God

It has often occurred to me that the longing for God — for the sacred — is one of humankind’s deepest primeval yearnings. We obviously know that we are not our own creation but that a divine power has made this deep mystery possible. Hence the normal response is to find words of gratitude amid an overwhelming sense of powerlessness.

LETTERS: Parishioners welcome seminarian who will soon be their new priest

We would like to welcome Deacon Arthur Roraff to our parish, St. Andrew Church in Eagle River. We look forward to your pastoral guidance and new enthusiasm of entering into the priesthood.