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The Diocese of Fairbanks (Latin: Dioecesis de Fairbanks) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the northern part of the state of Alaska in the United States. It was formerly named the Prefecture Apostolic of Alaska (1894–1917), the Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska (1917–1951), and the Vicariate ...
Catholic Charities USA is a member of Caritas Internationalis, an international federation of Catholic social service organizations. [2] Catholic Charities USA is the national office of 167 local Catholic Charities agencies nationwide. Founded in 1910 as the National Conference of Catholic Charities (NCCC), the organization changed its name in ...
John Althoff from the Canadian Diocese of Vancouver Island established the first permanent Catholic presence in Alaska, then a U.S. territory.His superior, Bishop Charles J. Seghers, sent Althoff to Wrangell, Alaska, to serve that town, the Cassiar mining district on the Stikine River, and the former Russian capital of Sitka.
Caritas Internationalis was one of many organisations involved in the World Social Forum (here pictured in 2003 in Porto Alegre). Nonetheless, Caritas also continued its work as social service provider and development actor around the world. For example Caritas Hong Kong, greatly expanded its educational and healthcare services. [74]
Catholic spiritual teaching includes spreading the Gospel, while Catholic social teaching emphasises support for the sick, the poor and the afflicted through the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. The Catholic Church is the largest non-governmental provider of education and medical services in the world. [1]
Caritas Social Action Network or CSAN is a British not-for-profit social welfare and social justice organisation. It is a service of the Catholic Church in England and Wales and a member of both Caritas Internationalis and Caritas Europa .
Sacred Heart Cathedral is a cathedral of the Catholic Church in the United States. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Fairbanks and is the seat of the bishop of the diocese. [1] It is located in the City of Fairbanks in the state of Alaska and sits close to the geographic center of the city.
Steven John Maekawa, O.P. (born 22 November 1967) is an American prelate and Dominican friar of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop for the Diocese of Fairbanks in Alaska since 2023. At the time of his appointment, he was serving as a priest in the Archdiocese of Anchorage–Juneau , where he was the pastor of Holy Family Old Cathedral .