What’s the best part about living in Alaska?
Alaska is absolutely beautiful year round. As the seasons change you can see God’s hand at work. Right now as I look at the window the leaves of the birch trees are changing from green to gold. I can remember one Christmas, when the Hale-Bopp comet was passing by, coming out of the church after midnight Mass and seeing the Aurora dancing in the sky with the comet behind it. It was absolutely beautiful. Last fall, the Diocese of Fairbanks caught the attention of the Catholic blogosphere and news outlets with “Priestless Sunday” – a weekend when priests left their Fairbanks parishes in the hands of deacons and lay leaders in order to bring the sacraments to the mission parishes. How often are you called upon to serve those outlying missions? What’s the most memorable experience you’ve had in the more rural regions of the diocese? I have not spent much time out in the Bush myself. Last October for “Priestless Sunday” I was asked to visit the village of Alakanuk on the Bering Sea Coast. Be
