What if you could go back to the days before August 2, 2015 and use that time to plan ahead for the weeks and months that came after Typhoon Soudelor? What if you knew the storm was coming and there had been enough time to strategize, stockpile and prepare? Imagine all the ways in which
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Nu 6, 22-27 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Numiru Ilek-ña i Saina as Moises: “Kuentusi si Aaron yan i lalahi-ña ya un sangåni siha: Taiguini bendisin-miyu ni ManIsraelitas. Sangåni siha: I Saina en fambinendisi yan en fampinilan! I Saina u fanina i matå-ña giya hamyu ya u gai ma’asi’ nu
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Sir 3, 2-6. 12-14 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Sirach Si Yu’us Ha na’ma’onra i tata entri i famagu’on-ña; Ha aprueba i åoturidåt i nana gi entri i lalahi-ña siha. Guiya ni umonra si tatå-ña ha apåsi i isåo-ña siha; mamomo’lu guinahan riku guiya ni umo’onra si nanå-ña. Guiya ni umonra
(This is beginning of a series of reflections drawing on the core values mentioned in the Diocese of CK pastoral plan) One of the core values listed in the pastoral plan is Catholic culture. This is a broad term and has several meanings that we can explore. It is probably best to begin with the
1. Diocesan Pastoral Planning Without a doubt, the biggest story of 2017 for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa is the yearlong process of Pastoral Planning which Bishop Ryan Jimenez and the Pastoral Planning Committee spearheaded. This five-year road map for the diocese began with the intensive ‘listening sessions’ by Bishop Ryan five months after his
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Don’t be late for Mass believing the introductory rites do not matter, Pope Francis told visitors and pilgrims. The words and gestures that open the celebration help the faithful come together as one and prepare them to listen to the Word of God and celebrate the Eucharist worthily, he said Dec.
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In an open letter Dec. 15, a group of 20 Catholic bishops and other religious leaders described as “deeply troubling” the movement today “to enforce the false idea — that a man can be or become a woman or vice versa.” “We acknowledge and affirm that all human beings are created by
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Foreign trips, a focus on the rights and needs of migrants and refugees and a Synod of Bishops dedicated to young people all are on the 2018 calendar for Pope Francis. His activities and the passions that drive them are familiar by now. In fact, March 13 will mark the fifth
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christmas joy expressed through music brings a message of peace and brotherhood for those most in need, Pope Francis said. Meeting with organizers and artists participating in a benefit Christmas concert at the Vatican, the pope said the talents of musicians and artists during the festive season “is a formidable way
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Spending too much time looking in the mirror makes men and women conceited and focused on how their appearance, rather than their behavior, affects others, Pope Francis said. When vanity becomes a part of life, “you begin to dialogue with the mirror with an attitude that is almost or totally narcissistic,
