Frigid temperatures and no roads – ministry in the remote Alaskan wilderness

Frigid temperatures and no roads – ministry in the remote Alaskan wilderness

Getting to St. Jude Catholic Church on Little Diomede – a small Alaskan island in the Bering Strait – is no easy feat.The priests who serve at the parish must first fly from Fairbanks to Anchorage, then Anchorage to Bethel. After that, they take a bush plane from Bethel to a small native village. There, they hop on a helicopter for a flight to the island.All told, it’s a 613-mile voyage from Fairbanks to Little Diomede.A deacon and villager lead…