CatholicAnchor.org After living as an atheist lesbian, Melinda Selmys converted to Catholicism and has authored several books, including “Sexual Authenticity: An Intimate Reflection on Homosexuality and Catholicism.” She writes and speaks regularly about issues pertaining to the church and the LGBTQ community. In May she traveled to Alaska in order to participate in two public…
Notes there’s ‘something special’ in Anchorage One of the highest ranking clerics in the Catholic Church — Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York — addressed Catholic high school students in Anchorage telling them, “You are worth every ounce of sacrifice” that goes into Catholic education. More than 100 students and faculty members…
Once every three months, I spend an evening driving with a chaplain to Nebraska’s death row. The chaplain, a woman who is a spiritual director to a death row inmate, organizes the group visit and submits our names.
Long before changing her name and swapping her wardrobe for a long, white nun’s habit, former Alaskan Rhia Viens, now 30, had an inkling that the religious life might be in her future.
Three young women with a passion for inspiring faith in youth have landed in Alaska to help launch the inaugural season of St. Theresa’s Camp — a Catholic summer camp in the Mat-Su Valley. Thanks to the work of a local non-profit, Southcentral Alaska will again have a vibrant Catholic summer camp for the first time in nearly a quarter century. The last camp on the Kenai Peninsula closed in the early 1990s.
By MARIO BIRD CatholicAnchor.org 700 pack Anchorage parish for public talk Cardinal Timothy Dolan held an estimated 700 Alaskans in rapt attention during a standing room only presentation at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Anchorage on March 24. The cardinal archbishop of New York, who often draws comparisons to the late Catholic author and…
Says transparency, compassion and God’s grace are keys to a culture of respect Catholic Archbishop Roger Schwietz of the Anchorage Archdiocese led an annual march through the state’s largest city calling for an end to domestic violence and abuse. Several hundred people attended, including Catholics from the archdiocese. The March 27 event was part of…
On any given summer day dozens of neighborhood children gather at St. Anthony Church in Anchorage for lunch and playtime on the parish’s expansive green lawn and parking lot. Games and free play often follow a hastily eaten meal, sometimes organized by teens from the south Mountain View parish and other youth volunteers. Beginning its…
Tickets on sale for CSS fund-raiser ball On May 10, at 6 p.m., Catholic Social Services will host its annual Wilma Carr Charity Ball, the largest annual fund-raiser for the social services arm of the Archdiocese of Anchorage. This year’s ball will take place at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage with the theme “Hollywood…
May 5, 6:30 p.m., Confirmations (combined liturgy) for St. Patrick’s & St. Anthony’s, St. Patrick May 6, 7 p.m., Confirmations (combined liturgy) for St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Benedict, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton May 7, 7 p.m., Confirmations, St. Andrew, Eagle River May 8, 6 p.m., Confirmations, Sacred Heart, Wasilla May 9, Apostolic admin….