By Father Pat Travers The North Star Catholic Among the special celebrations in which we engage during November as a Church and as a Nation is November 11–Veterans’ Day–the national holiday that honors all the men and women who have served in the armed forces. This day was originally chosen to commemorate the end of…
By Julie DeKreonThe North Star Catholic In this month of gratitude, we recognize that many of our greatest blessings come to us as people who love and accompany us throughout our lives. Stewards of the faith come in all ages and across all ministries, and they inspire us by their example of loving and following…
By Anna SchultenThe North Star Catholic The 2020 St. Francis Stewardship Awards were celebrated virtually on October 8, 2020. This year, the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau celebrated 35 individuals for their lives of stewardship to our church and the local community. This celebration completes 15 years of honoring the stewards of our parishes. St. Francis Stewardship…
By Dominique JohnsonThe North Star Catholic With three knocks on the front door of Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral, Archbishop Andrew Bellisario, C.M., was welcomed as the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau. The liturgy commenced with the new archdiocese’s inauguration, with the reading of the apostolic mandate from Pope Francis, by Archbishop Christophe…
By Dominique JohnsonThe North Star Catholic With the Catholic Church’s unity in Southern Alaska comes a united Catholic publication to celebrate the Church of the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau, The North Star Catholic. Fifty years ago, Archbishop Francis Hurley began the publication, The Inside Passage, to communicate with the people of the Diocese of Juneau. His…
By Anna SchultenThe North Star Catholic The Seminarian Night Annual Fundraiser, an event founded in 2015, experienced its first virtual iteration this year on August 26. Despite the unexpected change in format, the event was graced with ten speakers, dozens of sponsors, and hundreds of viewers, all from the comfort of their own homes. The…
CatholicAnchor.org Since the last article in June presenting questions and answers about the transition to our new Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau, announced by Pope Francis on May 29, 2020, some new information and questions have appeared that seemed to call for another article on this subject. As you will see, some aspects of this transition have…
CatholicAnchor.org As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt daily life around the world, causing illness and death, Bishop Andrew Bellisario, C.M., held a Holy Hour for the people of the Archdiocese of Anchorage and the Diocese of Juneau to pray for an end to the pandemic and to pray for wisdom for our elected officals….
CatholicAnchor.org The 4th Annual Archbishop’s Golf Tournament for Seminarian Formation gathered a total of 49 golfers on August 26 at Moose Run Golf Course, a course run by the JBER community just northwest of Anchorage. All proceeds generated by this fund support our current and future seminarians in their education and formation as they prepare…
CatholicAnchor.org Archbishop Francis T. Hurley of Anchorage had a vision. As the keynote speaker at a Catholic Press Association national conference in 1997, he spoke about how the Catholic press should live out its mission of proclaiming the Church’s social justice message. In the audience that day was a young University of Portland graduate, John…