IV DAMENGGU GI UTDINÅRIU NA TIEMPU

Posted by - January 27, 2018

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                              Dt 18, 15-20 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Deuteronomy Ha kuentusi si Moises i taotåo siha, ilelek-ña: “I Saina, i Yi’us-miyu, para u kåhat hulu’ un prufeta parehu yan guåhu ginin i entalu’ i parentis-miyu; guiya para en ekkunguk. Guiya esti mismu atyu i finaisin-miyu ni Saina, i Yi’us-miyu, giya Horeb

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Family members bring up the offertory gifts as Pope Francis celebrates Mass marking the World Day of Migrants and Refugees in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 14. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Fear becomes sin when it leads to hostility toward migrants, pope says

Posted by - January 21, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being afraid and concerned about the impact of migration is not a sin, Pope Francis said, but it is a sin to let those fears lead to a refusal to help people in need. “The sin is to allow these fears to determine our responses, to limit our choices, to compromise

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Pilgrims smile while holding crosses as they wait for Pope Francis to arrive for a Jan. 17 meeting with youths in Santiago, Chile. (CNS photo/Luca Zennaroi, EPA)

Pope challenges Chilean youth to ask, ‘What would Christ do?’

Posted by - January 21, 2018

SANTIAGO, Chile (CNS) — Pope Francis challenged young Chileans, telling them to always ask themselves, “What would Christ do in my place?” “At school, at university, when outdoors, when at home, among friends, at work, when taunted: ‘What would Christ do in my place?’” he told thousands of young people who came from all over

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Pope Francis blesses a pregnant prisoner as he visits the women's prison center in Santiago, Chile, Jan. 16. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

‘No one can replace a mother,’ Chilean inmate tells Pope Francis

Posted by - January 21, 2018

SANTIAGO, Chile (CNS) — When mothers are in prison, “children are the ones who suffer the most,” a female inmate at San Joaquin Women’s Prison told Pope Francis Jan. 16. “Nothing and no one can replace a mother,” the inmate, Janeth Zurita, told the pope on behalf of the hundreds of other women in the

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Panel: Immigrants, like everyone else, want love, family, peaceful life

Posted by - January 21, 2018

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis has encouraged Catholics to move beyond statistics in discussions of migrants and refugees, and to remember that “each of them has a name, a face and a story,” said John Garvey, president of The Catholic University of America. He made the comments in opening an event titled “On the Margins:

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Pope Francis accepts offertory gifts from indigenous people as he celebrates Mass at the Maquehue Airport near Temuco, Chile, Jan. 17. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Division, segregation a threat to humanity, pope tells indigenous people

Posted by - January 21, 2018

TEMUCO, Chile (CNS) — Celebrating Mass in a land steeped in indigenous history and culture, Pope Francis said the greatest threat facing humanity is the stifling of differences driven by the idea that some cultures are better than others. Greeting members of the Mapuche people and other indigenous peoples living in southern Chile Jan. 17,

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Diocese Will Launch New Health Ministry with a Walkathon

Posted by - January 21, 2018

The Diocese of Chalan Kanoa is launching a new Health Ministry with a 5K Walkathon on Saturday, January 22, 2018. The First Annual Health Ministry 5K Walkathon will be held at the parking lot of Kristo Rai Parish in Garapan. Registration will begin at 6:00 AM and go-time will be at 7:00 AM. This new

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“ALUMKNIGHT ASSOCIATION”: The AlumKnight Association’s Program Committee met recently to plan the program for the upcoming “Night with the Knights”, the school’s annual AlumKnight fundraising banquet. Clockwise from bottom left: Victor Cabrera, Cyji Cepeda, Helene Manning, Priscillla Dela Cruz, and James Benavente.

Mount Carmel School Alumknight Association Gearing Up for “Night With The Knights”

Posted by - January 21, 2018

MOUNT CARMEL School’s AlumKnight Association is gearing up for its signature annual event, “The Night with the Knights”, set for Saturday, February 3, at Pacific Islands Club. Since the association launched over a year ago, AlumKnights have been working together to help their alma mater. Headed by AlumKnight, Charles V. Cepeda, the association has supported

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Pre-War Life in Saipan, New Missions, First MMB Vocation

Posted by - January 21, 2018

[In preparation for the 90th Anniversary of the arrival of the MMB Sisters to Saipan on March 4th, we desire to share with you (with slight editing) the original series authored by Sr. Mary Ann Becmer, MMB in 2002-3. She is now a General Councilor of the community in Rome.] The “Dream” continued in the

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“Something’s wrong and god will Fix It”

Posted by - January 21, 2018

By Pastor L. O. Taylor & Ambrose Milton Bennett People are often saying “something is wrong” about something or someone that they believe is true. But finding something wrong only raises the question of what are you going to do? Whether it’s the car, the family, the marriage or even the Govern- ment there will

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