CatholicAnchor.org Alaskan scholar shares first hand impressions of Pope Francis’ trip Some things are serendipity. More than a year ago, I knew I would be on a sabbatical from Alaska Pacific University (June 2013 to July 2014). Between Easter and the end of May I planned on being in Jerusalem where I would be living…
CatholicAnchor.org In an effort to promote Catholic education, three Anchorage youth were awarded scholarships for winning essays on the theme: “Jesus loves us; How do we spread that love?” The Catholic Daughters of the Americas court in Anchorage organizes the annual student essay scholarship. This year the Daughters partnered with the Knights of Columbus council…
CatholicAnchor.org Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage lost an energetic priest with a passion for pro-family and pro-life outreach. Father Paul Raftery, who first arrived at the cathedral in 2012, has been reassigned to serve again as head chaplain at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, Calif., a post he previously held from 2006 to 2012….
CatholicAnchor.org For the fifth straight year, a group of Catholic men, joined by several priests, will don heavy backpacks and head into an Alaska mountain range. The three-day trek, beginning on Sunday, July 13 and concluding on Tuesday, July 15, is known as the “Fathers’ Hike.” The informal adventure is a chance for men to…
CatholicAnchor.org Many young adult Catholics drift from the faith of their childhood upon leaving home. Eagle Eye Alaska is an innovative annual hike and retreat that takes young adults into Alaska’s backcountry in an effort to inspire and reconnect young adults to the practices, sacraments and prayers of the Catholic faith. “After spending the first…
CatholicAnchor.org 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…
CatholicAnchor.org Juniors and seniors at Holy Rosary Academy in Anchorage continued the annual spring tradition of publicly defending philosophical thesis papers. The practice explores moral and philosophical dilemmas and resembles thesis defenses that many students are required to give in college. Each year juniors and seniors at Holy Rosary must develop an original philosophical thesis…
CatholicAnchor.org Immersion in the Catholic faith has defined the education of Holy Rosary Academy graduates Jacob Owens and Justin Klump. The two young men comprised the 2014 graduating class of the small K-12th-grade Anchorage school. On May 20, the graduates were surrounded by family, friends and educators at the baccalaureate liturgy in St. Nicholas of…
CatholicAnchor.org Moments before receiving their high school diplomas, the six graduating seniors from Lumen Christi High School were urged to seek God, to be humble enough to really know themselves and to remember their Catholic roots as they head off into the wider world. Lumen Christi, which serves grades 8-12, hosted its 16th annual commencement…
CatholicAnchor.org Staff and students of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School in Anchorage presented Father Tom Lilly with a surprise gift on April 30 to show gratitude for his leadership in the renovation of their school building. Father Lilly is pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, which sponsors the K-6th grade school. Last year the…