Just because I’m living in the States now doesn’t mean that I have left island life far behind. There are many mainland communities with sizable island populations. Living in Erie there is a sizable Palauan population, though mostly our family and relatives. Fort Wayne (IN) has a good size Carolinian community, though again, mostly my
In 1218, the Blessed Virgin appeared to Peter Nolasco and asked him to participate in the work of redeeming captive Christians, who were being cruelly tormented in prisons, trying to make them deny their faith. She desired the establishment of a religious order, which would derive its name from the Spanish “merced” or mercy. The
While Fr. James Balajadia celebrates the Easter Mass at the summit of Mt. Tapochau with hundreds of parishioners on attendance from all over the island, another large crowd gathered outside San Antonio Church accompanying the processions of large images of the Resurrected Christ and Our Lady of Sorrows who were coming from opposite sides of
Saipan’s Catholics celebrated the Holy Week and expressed their faith in different ways. The celebration of the Holy Week normally begins with Palm Sunday and the churches were filled more than usual of parishioners carrying coconut branches – some of them beautifully and artistically woven. Then the on the evening of Holy Wednesday, the faithful
LIVING up to its commitment to take an active role in the life and mission of the Church, the San Roque Youth Ministry participated in all of the parish Holy Week activities. Fr. Allan Cabatian, OAR, Pastor of San Roque Parish assigned the youth to take the lead in liturgical ceremonies and events. On the
In preparations for the upcoming 2017-2018 school year, Mount Carmel School’s leadership recently agreed to hold tuition and fees at their current rates. After discussing the issue with Bishop Ryan Jimenez, who serves as the corporate sole of the school, and the school’s Board of Directors, school president, Galvin Deleon Guerrero, shared that the school
Bishop Ryan blesses the Oil of the Catechumens, Oil of the Sick and the Oil of Chrism during the Mass of Chrism last Wednesday. Behind him are the clergy of the diocese who renewed their vows to priestly commitment.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The cross, loving service and humble sacrifice are the only way to overcome evil and give hope to the world, Pope Francis said. Those who love their own lives and always hunger for more are the losers, the pope said at his weekly general audience April 12. Rather, those who readily
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The kind of health care most at risk of being neglected for those who are ill or hospitalized is love, Pope Francis told pediatric patients. A hospital must always carry out certain procedures and functions, but “there is the danger, the risk of forgetting the most important medicine only a family
ROME (CNS) — On the eve of Palm Sunday, Pope Francis gave young people several missions: to ask their grandparents what their dreams were; to work to make those dreams reality; and to let their bishops and the pope himself know what they need from the church. Officially launching the youths’ preparation for the 2018
