Diocese opens registration for Group Wedding 2018

Posted by - August 26, 2018

“It is good that your wedding be simple and make what is truly important stands out” As Pope Francis and the whole world turn their eyes in Dublin, Ireland this week for the international gathering of World Meeting of Families, here in saipan, the wedding bells are in the air as the Diocese of Chalan

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Couples for Christ returning to CNMI

Posted by - August 26, 2018

The Couples for Christ Movement (CFC) are coming back to Saipan! On September 1 & 2, Couples for Christ invites everyone to a spiritual journey through the Christian Life Program (CLP) which will be held at San Roque Parish. A team of CFC volunteers from Manila and Guam are coming this week to lead this

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SAN ROQUE PARISH CELEBRATES ANNUAL FIESTA WITH TWO-DAY EVENTS

Posted by - August 26, 2018

By Rose Gamier for the North Star The island may have been put under Tropical Storm Watch last weekend but that did not deter San Roque Parish from celebrating the annual feast of their beloved patron saint. PRE-FIESTA CELEBRATION Activities kicked off the occasion with the 8th Day Novena to San Roque on August 18, 2018,

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Students sign up for athletics at Mount Carmel School’s annual Student Activities Fair.

MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL HOLDS ANNUAL STUDENT ACTIVITIES FAIR

Posted by - August 25, 2018

by Reica Ramirez ‘19  a student in Mount Carmel School’s Introduction to Media Communications course Over 300 middle school and high school students participated in Mount Carmel School’s Activities Fair this past Wednesday, August 22. Held every year and sponsored by Student Council, students were able to sign up to various extracurricular activities available at

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CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING: ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

Posted by - August 25, 2018

Earlier this month, Bishop Ryan P. Jimenez announced that Social Justice Commission of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa would publish articles that share Catholic social teachings on several issues that are of interest and concern to voters and candidates alike as the November 2018 elections approach. These articles are not meant to direct voters to

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CCD catechists and participants to the Formation Seminar took a group photo at San Antonio Social Hall. The event was organized by the Of ce of Religious Education in preparation for the new CCD school year.

Office of Religious Education facilitates formation seminar for CCD teachers

Posted by - August 18, 2018

In preparation for the coming catechetical year 2018-2019, the Office of Religious Education held a Formation Seminar for all the CCD teachers over the last two weekends. Last August 4, 2018, Sr. Nina Caccam, SJBP and her team gathered 11 new catechist/aide from the different parishes who answered the call as volunteers to help in

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2017 Teacher of the Year, Filmah Buenaflor, who taught AP Computer Science Principles, helped many of her students earn a 3 or higher on the College Board test for the course.

MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL STUDENTS SCORE HIGH MARKS ON NATIONAL TESTS

Posted by - August 18, 2018

Mount Carmel School announced that its students fared very well in recently administered SAT-10 and College Board AP national standardized tests. The results show significant improvement in all subjects across all grade levels. On average, students performed at or above the 50th percentile on the SAT-10 and improved from previous years. For the complete 2018

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2nd grade teacher, Zita Sablan (right), lines students up on the first day of the school year.

FOR SEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW, MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL OPENS NEW SCHOOL YEAR WITH ANOTHER ENROLLMENT BOOST

Posted by - August 11, 2018

Marking a seventh year in a row of enrollment increases, Mount Carmel School opened doors for the new 2018-2019 school year with over 600 students, up from a historic low of 260 seven years ago. In addition to the enrollment increase, the school launched the year with some new additions, including new teachers, new courses,

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The delegates, translators and secretaries of the XVI General Chapter of the Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz at their motherhouse in Berriz, Spain. One month was spent in the Chapter, in this every six year gathering, by the sister-delegates from around the world in prayerful discernment of their ONE MISSION.

GENERAL CHAPTER 2018

Posted by - August 11, 2018

The spirit of Blessed Margarita Maria Maturana pervaded the XVI General Chapter of the Institute of the Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz which she founded.  An updated Missionary Plan for the next six years (2018-2024) was formulated, along with the election of a new governing structure and leadership team. Our own–Sr. Isabel Seman–from Saipan, was elected

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