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St. Mark’s University Parish 40th Anniversary

Inside:Safe Environment

Photos from Clergy DaysFaith & Family Formation

ACCB Statement on DACASeminarian Dinner Fundraiser

Diocese of Fairbanks - Mid-September 2017 - Volume 22 Number 6

Ministering Update

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Bishop & Diocesan Calendar

The Diocesan Online Calendar may be viewed at:

http://dioceseoffairbanks.org

SeptemberNulato, Interior Meeting and Bishop parish visitBishop to San Diego, CA, for Mission AppealSt. Andrew DinnerBishop to Diocese of Oakland, CA, for Mission AppealBethel, AK, Rural Deacon Retreat

OctoberSafe SundayBishop visit to Stebbins, AKBishop visit to St. Michael, AKBishop visit to Unalakleet, AKJuneau, AK, Ordination of Fr. Andrew BellisarioCatholic Schools of Fairbanks, HIPOW AuctionBishop visit to Diocese of Yakima, WABishop visit to Mt. Angel Seminary, ORBishop to Dallas, TX, for Mission Appeal

15-17

18-21

2022-25

Sep 29- Oct 1

12-4

4-6

7-8

10

13-14

21-24

25-27

28-31

We are people of God in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks. Blessed with a rich variety of backgrounds and talents, we strive to be a living reflection of the Universal Church. Through our baptism we continue Christ’s mission to further the kingdom of God through the human family. We share our living faith by proclaiming the Gospel in word and example. Together we celebrate Christ’s presence in worship and sacraments. In a spirit of justice, mercy and love, we dedicate ourselves not only to minister to the people in the urban and rural areas of our Diocese but also to minister to the world community.

The Diocesan Mission Statement

Diocese of Fairbanks Newsletter“Ministering” is a publication of the Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks which serves northern and western Alaska. Its purpose is to provide a regular opportunity for all ministries throughout the Diocese to share information so that our tremendous diversity may enrich our common mission of service to the people of our Diocese. If you have questions or suggestions for articles, please contact David Schienle at the Chancery at (907) 374-9500 or library@cbna.org. Newsletter prepared by David Schienle for Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska.

Editor David Schienle

ContributorsRev. Robert FathRev. Tom Kuffel

Misty MealeyLeigh ScarboroBarbara Tolliver

Bp. Chad Zielinski

ProofreadersDeb Leibee

Misty MealeyLeigh ScarboroBarb Tolliver

Rev. Ross TozziPatty Walter

Credits

Cover Image: Deacon George Bowder leads the entrance procession to the 40th Anniversary Mass of St. Mark’s University Parish. Frs. Gerald Ornowski, Thomas Sagili, Kaspar Mallavarapu, and Jim Kolbe follow behind Deacon George.

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907-297-7744 phone * 907-279-3885 fax

Alaska Catholic Bishops Speak out on the Administration’s DACA Decision We, the Catholic bishops of Alaska, remain united in heart and mind with our brother bishops across this nation in condemning the Administration’s decision today to suspend DACA. At the same time, we stand in strong solidarity with the 800,000 people and their families who have been protected under this provision, and who have called this their country for the primary part of their lives. We as a nation are better than this, and Congress must now act to correct this inhumane disrespect of our brothers and sisters in the one family of God. These are not strangers living among us. They are students in our schools, people we see in the grocery store. They are the friends we have in our lives. America is their home. DACA recipients deserve a legislative path to a secure future. Immigrants are the backbone of our country. This has not changed in over 200 years. All people should be treated with dignity and respect regardless of their immigration status. We as Church recognize the dignity of every human being created in the image and likeness of God. The USCCB issued the following statement: “The cancellation of the DACA program is reprehensible. It causes unnecessary fear for DACA youth and their families. These youth entered the U.S. as minors and often know America as their only home. The Catholic Church has long watched with pride and admiration as DACA youth live out their daily lives with hope and a determination to flourish and contribute to society: continuing to work and provide for their families, continuing to serve in the military, and continuing to receive an education. Now, after months of anxiety and fear about their futures, these brave young people face deportation. This decision is unacceptable and does not reflect who we are as Americans. The Church has recognized and proclaimed the need to welcome young people: ‘Whoever welcomes one of these children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me’ (Mark 9:37). Today, our nation has done the opposite of how Scripture calls us to respond. It is a step back from

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225 Cordova Street * Anchorage, AK * 99501 907-297-7744 phone * 907-279-3885 fax

the progress that we need to make as a country. Today’s actions represent a heartbreaking moment in our history that shows the absence of mercy and good will, and a short-sighted vision for the future. DACA youth are woven into the fabric of our country and of our Church, and are, by every social and human measure, American youth. We strongly urge Congress to act and immediately resume work toward a legislative solution. We pledge our support to work on finding an expeditious means of protection for DACA youth. As people of faith, we say to DACA youth – regardless of your immigration status, you are children of God and welcome in the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church supports you and will advocate for you.”

+Archbishop Paul D. Etienne +Bishop Chad Zielinski Archdiocese of Anchorage Diocese of Fairbanks

Bishop Elect Andrew Bellisario, CM +Archbishop Emeritus Roger Schwietz, OMI Diocese of Juneau Archdiocese of Anchorage

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DIOCESE OF FAIRBANKS1316 Peger Road ˖ Fairbanks, Alaska ˖ 99709 ˖ 907-374-9500 ˖ Fax: 907-374-9580

OFFICE OF THE BISHOP

9 August 2017

My Dear Sons and Daughters in Christ:

With great joy, I share this first pastoral letter about the upcoming diocesan conference, “Families Fully Alive,” which will take place February 2018 in Fairbanks.

It is a warm summer evening and I am sitting in my office reflecting on the two and a half years since I was called to be yourbishop. Many emotions are running through my heart. Deep within me echo the words of Saint Augustine, when he became a bishop: “With you, I am a Christian; for you, I am a bishop.”1

There have been countless blessings (and multiple challenges) in my time as bishop, but since the beginning, you have welcomedme to walk with you on this pilgrimage of our beloved Diocese of Fairbanks. It seems as if it were yesterday when I awoke to the ringing from an unknown number, an unfamiliar voice at the other end giving me an even stranger message! Half-awake, I learned my life was about to change drastically. It was a call to a deeper level of commitment to my priestly vocation and I was humbled by what Pope Francis was entrusting to me: To become a bishop.

But not just any bishop—a missionary bishop in northern Alaska, the largest diocesan territory in the United States, with parishioners from many different cultures. A great call, but at the same time, overwhelming. My thoughts raced towards heaven: “Thank you, Lord?” and “Your will be done.” Follow by, “But how am I going to do this?”

Today, I reflect how God’s call can radically change our lives. We see during the visitation of Mary to Elizabeth that John the Baptist recognized his calling in the womb.2 Shortly after I was ordained a transitional deacon, my class was asked to give a homilyon a scripture that had been influential in our vocational call. I had always been moved by the missionary passion and zeal of John the Baptist, so I gave a short reflection on “He must increase; I must decrease.”3 It is no surprise, then, that I also chose this verse as my Episcopal Motto.

Then there was Saint Paul, who began by persecuting Christians, but through a divine call,4 came to understand that Christianity was actually the fulfillment of ancient prophecies and that Christ was the Messiah. It was this very real encounter with the Risen Christ that brought Paul to his knees and turned him into a missionary apostle.

Nowadays, many of us find it hard to listen to God and hear His voice. We sometimes doubt His existence. Did God really createthe universe and does He really care about us personally? To find these answers, we need to enter a sphere we call “mystery,” where we can see only part of the Truth. Our faith is a little like the universe--the more we learn, the more mysterious it becomes.

My own experience has taught me that to understand God, I must get to know Him personally first–-I need to be in relationship with Him. I can’t just read a book about Him or listen to what others say. Our God communicates in a deeply relational way; He yearns to establish close, loving relationships with His children. He has designed us as creatures who only understand themselves through relationships with others.

This is why the family is the foundation for human life. By nature, we are born of the intimate relationship between man and woman and hopefully, are raised in loving relationships with others.5 God established the family to help us grow, but sometimes, our families are not a good example of what they were meant to be.6 Yet no matter how broken, the family’s purpose is still revealed in our deep desire for authentic, intimate relationships with each other.

We know God created humanity in His image and likeness,7 but what does this really mean? Scripture gives us the answer: “Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.”8 This is important because if we are created in God’s image and Christ is the image of God, then we are also created in the image of Christ. To fulfill our potential, then, means to become more and more Christ-like. For in doing so, we discover our dignity and that of our neighbor. And this journey begins with baptism.

Pope Francis reminds us in his apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia of the dignity of being God’s children and of our call to become what we are meant to be. He shows us that spiritual growth is deeply rooted in the family, an institution present in Scripture from Genesis to the Book of Revelation.9 When you were baptized, the priest or deacon said: “You are a child of God for so indeed

1 Saint Augustine, Sermon 462 Lk. 1:413 Jn. 3:304 Acts 9:4-55 CCC, 371-3726 …there is always arguing in marriage, sometimes the plates even fly. Yet we must not become saddened by this, this is the human condition. The secret is that love is stronger than the moment when there is arguing, and therefore I always advise spouses: do not let a day when you have argued end without making peace. Pope Francis, “Catechesis on Marriage,” 2 April 20147 Gen. 1:26-278 Col. 1:159 Amoris Laetia, 8-10

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you are.” This means, “You are a big deal because you are created in the image and likeness of God.” And you are a big deal because the Most Holy Trinity has claimed you to be part of a very real relationship with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Now allow me to guide you in a slightly different direction. It was the late Cardinal Avery Dulles who said, “Christ has three bodies in one person.”10 The first body, Jesus received from the Blessed Virgin Mary; the second, He gave us in His most precious Body and Blood of the Eucharist. And the third is what we call the Mystical Body, which is the Church.11 Through baptism, we become part of this Mystical Body and through the Eucharist; we receive His Body and gradually come to the fullness of Christ living within us.

We need to see the intimate connection that exists between baptism and the Eucharist. Like baptism, the Eucharist brings us into an ever-growing closeness with God. In the Mass, we encounter the Risen Christ in the reading of his Word and it stirs within us a desire for conversion. Then we offer to God all of who we are, together with the simple gifts of bread and wine. Through the consecration, these gifts become transformed into the True Presence of Christ under the appearance of bread and wine. This humble appearance enables Jesus to encounter us in a most intimate way when we consume Him. And in this encounter, we are transformed, too.

In an important and particular way, our membership in the Body of Christ comes to its fullness within the family. The New Testament speaks of “churches that meet in homes.”12 A family’s living space could turn into a domestic church, a setting for the Eucharist, the presence of Christ seated at its table.13 Jesus himself chose to live in a family with all its blessings and challenges. In fact, our primary witness to the world should be how we care for each other within the family: “But a body calls also for a multiplicity of members, which are linked together in such a way as to help one another. And as in the body when one member suffers, all the other members share its pain, and the healthy members come to the assistance of the ailing, so in the Church the individual members do not live for themselves alone, but also help their fellows, and all work in mutual collaboration for the common comfort and for the more perfect building up of the whole Body.”14

I came to understand this profound connection between family members in a beautiful way in 1996, when I was celebrating the Christmas Eve Mass at our parish. I was a young priest and poured all my passion into the homily that I directed to the little ones. In living colors, I painted the poverty of Mary and Joseph—how hard it was staying in a cold, uncomfortable stable with animals on a winter night with no heat. Suddenly, a little three-year-old girl ran to the nativity where little Baby Jesus was lying in the manger with no blanket. She tenderly picked up the infant, covered him with her little arms, and started to rock him like we do with living babies. She simply knew little Jesus needed help and she ran to give it to him. Just three years old and already she had a missionary heart.

When we encounter the living Christ, He sends the fire of the Holy Spirit into our hearts. Jesus will make us His missionaries if we allow Him to. According to Pope Francis, “The Risen Lord poured out upon his disciples two forms of consolation: interior joy and the light of the paschal mystery. The joy of recognizing the presence of the Risen Jesus draws you into His Person and His will: for this very reason, it leads to mission.”15 Or as Pope St. John Paul II stated, “The Spirit leads the company of believers to ‘form a community,’ to be the Church. After Peter's first proclamation on the day of Pentecost and the conversions that followed, the first community takes shape (cf. Acts 2:42-47; 4:32-35). One of the central purposes of mission is to bring people together in hearing the Gospel, in fraternal communion, in prayer and in the Eucharist. To live in ‘fraternal communion’ (koinonia) means to be ‘of one heart and soul’ (Acts 4:32), establishing fellowship from every point of view: human, spiritual, and material. Indeed, a true Christian community is also committed to distributing earthly goods, so that no one is in want, and all can receive such goods ‘as they need’ (cf. Acts 2:45; 4:35). The first communities, made up of ‘glad and generous hearts’ (Acts 2:46), were open and missionary--they enjoyed ‘favor with all the people’ (Acts 2:47). Even before activity, mission means witness and a way of life that shines out to others.”16

Saint Paul writes in his second letter to Timothy: “For this reason, I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather of power and love and self-control.”17

My dear ones, God loves us and wants to be in a loving relationship with us. He builds us up through the Church’s sacraments and community and He calls us through Christ to become disciples and missionaries to this world. It is particularly within and through the family that the new evangelization will take place. There is much to be done and God is with us. Let us reflect the words of Pope Francis from Amoris Laetitia: “The family lives its spirituality precisely by being at one and the same time a domestic church and a vital cell for transforming the world.”18

May God bless your families and renew your mission in the upcoming Faith and Family Fully Alive Conference in February. May Mary, the Mother of our Lord and wife of St. Joseph, be our intercessor, model, and help in this endeavor.

In Christ our Lord

†Most Reverend Chad W. ZielinskiCatholic Bishop of Northern Alaska

10 Card. Avery Dulles. “Christ’s Presence in the Eucharist: True, Real and Substantial,” Adoremus-Online Edition, 11(2), April 2005..11 Cf. Col 1:2412 cf. 1 Cor 16:19; Rom 16:5; Col 4:15; Philem 213 Amoris Laetitia, 1514 Mystici Corporis Christi, 1515 “Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to Participants in the General Chapter of the Congregation of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ,” 24 June 201716 Redemptoris Missio, 2617 2 Tim. 1:6-718 Amoris Laetitia, 391

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Safe EnvironmentBarbara Tolliver

Safe Environment Coordinator

Attention all priests, deacons, administrators, staff, teachers and volunteers. Our diocese requires that all youth who participate in religious education, first Communion and/or confirmation classes, RCIC, youth outings, or Vacation Bible School must receive training in how to stay safe from abuse. This training is a mandate from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Washington, D.C., Our bishop, Most Rev. Chad Zielinski, supports this mandate. Your Safe Environment Office at the Chancery in Fairbanks has training DVDs that are loaned out for the purpose of training our young about what to do

should they be abused and how to avoid a bad situation. All adults working with children, including teachers, priests, deacons, catechists, administrators, staff, secretaries, youth ministers, and child care workers must be trained to promote child safety. Please follow this diocesan requirement. Use our training DVDs and then record by name who received the training. These confirmed training documents are to be sent to the Safe Environment Office. Also, any adult (18 years of age or older) who stays overnight on church property must submit

paperwork for a background check. Any volunteers for the church or who are on church property when children are around must receive a background check and training in child safety. Again, all adult names must be recorded and dated as to when the training occurred and what training was presented. Submit this information to Barbara T. Tolliver, Safe Environment Coordinator, 1316 Peger Road, Fairbanks, AK, 99709 or you may call (907) 374-9516 for assistance in following these directives. Thank you!

Calling all parishes, schools, and youth programs. With the school year in full swing - our religious education and youth group programs are starting up again. All youth programs require mandatory presentations on child safety.

This means that our children will be taught what is acceptable and not acceptable behavior. What is good touch and what is bad touch needs to be addressed. The official kickoff date this year for Safe Sunday is October 1st . Your parish

may choose a more agreeable time to fit your planned schedules. For more information, contact Barbara T. Tolliver, the Safe Environment Coordinator, at (907) 374-9516. Together, we can make a difference!

Sacramental Records

Sacramental Records, Official Catholic Directory, and Diocesan Directory information is due to the Archives by September 30th. To track the status of records you can visit the archive website at: http://dioceseoffairbanks.org/joomla/index.php/who-we-are/chancery-offices/sacramental-archive/28-2011-received-records.

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Seminarian Fundraiser a Success Despite Heavy Rainby Misty Mealey

Seminarian Fredrick Granheim helping to serve dinner

Diocese of Fairbanks Photograph by David Schienle

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Not even torrential downpours could dampen the spirits of more than 50 supporters who attended the diocese’s seminarian fundraising dinner in mid-August. The guests, who donated $80 each for seminarian expenses, enjoyed a three-course, oriental-style meal and drinks under tents in the front yard of the Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati House of Discernment in Fairbanks. During dinner, three of the diocese’s four seminarians spoke about the different stages of their formation process; most are attending Mount Angel Seminary in Oregon. Conor Baer, a seminarian who grew up in Washington state, spoke about the first year of study, which includes several philosophy courses. “You’re really learning how to think about life and faith, which is preparing you for the theology that’s coming later,” Baer said. “And the

whole time, you’re learning how to become a better person so you can be a good priest.” Seminarian Ben Doudna followed Baer’s talk by sharing his experiences as a second-year seminary student. Doudna described seminary as a place where men “learn to speak about God and the truths He’s revealed, especially through the Church.” He added that while second-and third-year candidates do study abstract theological concepts, they’re encouraged by professors to relate these ideas to concrete situations in people’s lives. Seminary is academically rigorous, but its real purpose is to train candidates to “be men of God who can take his love out to the world,” insisted Doudna, who is the only seminarian to have been born and raised in Alaska. Seminarian Fredrick Granheim, who grew up in Norway and attended his first three years of

seminary in England, finished the presentation by describing the final year of formation--the pastoral year. Granheim just finished his pastoral year at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Fairbanks, and appreciated being able to share an entire liturgical year with one community. He especially enjoyed visiting people who were homebound, at the hospital, or incarcerated. “It allowed me to serve people who might otherwise be forgotten,” he said. Granheim pointed out that while Jesus appointed apostles, he didn’t send them to evangelize right away. “He trained them first,” said Granheim, who is excited about working in a missionary diocese whose climate mirrors his arctic childhood home in northern Norway. Before responding to God’s call to the priesthood, Granheim worked as an information technology technician. Proceeds from the

Between serving guests dinner, three of the diocese’s seminarians described the process of formation as they advance through priestly formation.

Fr. Robert Fath talking to supporters

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Seminarian Conor Baer Seminarian Ben Doudna serving dinner to supporters

seminarian dinner will help defray the cost of training men for the priesthood, which costs the diocese about $40,000 per year per candidate. Seminarians are accepted to the diocese after a

lengthy and thorough evaluation process. Candidates must undergo a psychological test, background check, and medical assessment, and have multiple in-depth conversations with Bishop Chad

Zielinski and vocations director, Fr. Robert Fath. Interested men must be practicing Catholics who have completed their sacraments, and have graduated from high school.

Guests gather by the fire during closing prayer

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What is Faith? Faith is innate!By Fr. Tom Kuffel, Pastor

St. Joseph Church in Nome, Alaska

Faith is a deep longing in our hearts for love! Faith is a desire that keeps us focused on what makes life worth living. Love makes life worth living. Yet, faith today for many is the gospel of prosperity and peace, a message of health and wealth, a belief that I am privileged and superior. Faith today means I am served. The gospel of many today is that I deserve to be loved. This worldly faith sells. People buy it and demand special privileges and treatments at the expense of using others. We become consumers of faith: I buy the faith that best fits my lifestyle. Yet the faith of the Gospel of Jesus is a gift. Christian Faith teaches that :

1. God created me out of love.

2. In this world, I have choices. 3. My choices express what I

love.4. Each choice has

responsibilities and consequences.

5. Good and evil exist. 6. I am responsible for my

choices!7. My choices make up my life

– my happiness.

Faith innately chooses happiness as we are created to be happy. Happiness is not just being content, comfortable, and gratified. Happiness is not a state of being, satisfied as the rich farmer was after an abundant harvest. Happiness is activity. Happiness actively seeks meaning, purpose, and most importantly,

reconciliation so I can obtain happiness. Christian faith commands self-sacrificial love. Our faith is incomplete; it desires something greater than myself. It is a desire to want more, to be more human. But remember, I am made in the image God and God is love. Faith seeks love. Faith is only complete when I am filled with love and fill others with my love. Why be Catholic? Why be a believer in the Gospel of Jesus? Because Christianity teaches us that Divine Love is the ultimate purpose of my life and only God’s love will fill me and only by his love will I be able to love others as I want to – as I should!

New Staff

Holly Hines has been hired as the new part-time receptionist for the Chancery. Nick Shamrell is the newest maintenance assistant. He will be working with Dale Chapman to assist with projects and maintenance needs.

Holly Hines Nick Shamrell

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Bishop’s TravelsAugust 25 to September 6

New Clergy

Please welcome Fr. Yakubu Zirra Aiden and Fr. Alphonsus Afina. They have arrived this week to start serving in the Diocese of Fairbanks. Both are from the Diocese of Maiduguri, Nigeria.

Fr. Yakubu Zirra Aiden Fr. Alphonsus Afina

Bishop Chad Zielisnki with parishioners of St. Michael parish in McGrath, Alaska

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Adrian Dominican Sister who Served in Fairbanks Marks 75-Year Jubilee

from Adrian Dominican Sisters

August 23, 2017, Adrian, Michigan – Adrian Dominican Sisters from throughout the United States came home to their Motherhouse in Adrian, Michigan, for a special week this summer to mark their Jubilees, their years of service and dedication to their Church and the Congregation. The 2017 Jubilee Class includes six sisters serving 75 years; 22 celebrating 70 years; 25 celebrating 60 years; and 14 celebrating 50 years. Sister Carol Louise Hiller, O.P., a native of Detroit who served as a high school librarian in Fairbanks, Alaska is marking 75 years with the Adrian Dominican Sisters. She entered the Congregation on November 1, 1941, professed her first vows on August 20, 1943, and made her final profession on August 20, 1948. Sister Carol Louise holds

a bachelor’s degree in English from Siena Heights College (now University) in Adrian, a master’s in English from DePaul University in Chicago, and a master’s degree in library science from the University of Michigan. Her earliest years of teaching took her to Chicago, the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and back to Illinois before she began her ministry as a high school librarian. She served in that profession in Illinois, Florida, and Nevada before going to Fairbanks to serve as librarian for Monroe Catholic High School from 1976 to 1983. After a sabbatical year, Sister Carol Louise served from 1984 to 1990 as the school secretary at All Saints Catholic Church in Hayward, California. She lived in retirement in California and then in

Michigan before traveling to New Orleans for a few months to serve as a volunteer in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She has been a resident at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Michigan since 2007. The Dominican Sisters of Adrian are a congregation of nearly 645 vowed women religious whose roots go back to St. Dominic in the 13th century. The sisters minister in 22 states and in four other nations: the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Norway, and the Philippines. The vision of the Adrian Dominican Sisters is to “seek truth, make peace, reverence life.” We have a limited supply of “Gleeson” books on hand in the Alaskan Shepherd office for $15. Call (907) 374-9532 to purchase your copy.

Sr. Carol Louise Hiller, O.P., at work on biography of Bishop Francis D. Gleeson, S.J.

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St. Mark’s University Parish 40th Anniversary Celebration

August 6, 2017

Diocese of Fairbanks Photograph by David Schienle

Photographer J.R. Ancheta preparing to take a group photo

Parishioners during the Our Father

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Clergy DaysAugust 22-24, 2017

Diocese of Fairbanks Photograph by David Schienle

Priests gather for morning prayer to start Clergy Days

Bishop Chad with priests

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Bishop Chad Zielinski giving his homily during Clergy Days

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2017* | 9AM-3 PM | RAVEN LANDING

Sr. Karen Martin, OSB, a Benedictine Sister, and Peggy Frank, OPA, an Associate

of the Dominican Sisters of Peace, Order of Preachers, will facilitate the Voices of Hope Prayer Group on Tuesday, 9/19, and an

Evening of Reflection on Thursday, 9/21,

both at Sacred Heart Cathedral from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

Additionally, they will present a Retreat, entitled "Continuing the Journey" at Raven Landing, Saturday, 9/23, from 9am to 3pm.  All are invited to share in this

Journey!  Lunch will be available for $15.  Continue with us and as we celebrate at

the 4:30 pm Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral, followed by a shared meal and fellowship in the social hall.  

INFO/RSVP* ANN HAGESTEAD 388-2501 ahagestead@gmail.com

BUILDING 2 | MULTIPURPOSE ROOM | 1222 COWLES STREET

 Sr. Karen and Peggy are both former parishioners of SHC.  Sr. Karen served in music ministry as our organist and Peggy as cantor. Peggy also led the Voices of Hope Prayer group.