AT ITS meeting this past week, Mount Carmel School’s Board of Directors approved the school’s first ever strategic master plan, which included a planning priority to making teacher salaries competitive by increasing salaries for the second time in two years. “This is just one more example of how our board and leadership are moving the
By Edward C. Maratita, Jr. Carmen H. Atalig ESKUELAN San Francisco de Borja students were in Guam for the 39th Annual Island Wide Science Fair held at the university of Guam on May 13, 2017. Approximately 500 students from Kinder to 12th grades representing various schools in Guam and Commonwealth of the northern Mariana Islands
On May 5, 2017 Sister Narcisa Penaredonda with the congregation Sisters of Jesus, the Good Shepherd arrived on Saipan to join the present community under the Diocese. Sister Narcisa is originally from Imus Cavite, Philippines and is the second born of ten children. She has been a nun for 30 years, having professed her perpetual
On May 14, 2017, 20 members of the Korean Catholic Community received the sacrament of Confirmation. With excitement and zeal, Bishop Ryan celebrated the Eucharist, sharing that they are a small group but are very much alive. The sacrament of Confirmation is one of the three initiation rites for Catholics, with the other two being
We recently celebrated the feast of St. Isidore the Farmer (San Isidro Labrador), patron of Saipan. He is likewise the patron of farmers, day laborers, and agriculture in general. St. Isidore was known for his daily devotion to morning mass, encountering Jesus in the Eucharist. However, his devotion would often irritate his fellow workers. They
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A priest who does not willingly embrace Christ’s cross and who does not try to lighten the burdens of his people is not worthy of the name, Pope Francis told 10 men he was about to ordain. “A priest who perhaps has studied a lot of theology and has one, two
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Mary, like many mothers throughout the world, is an example of strength and courage in accepting new life and in sharing the suffering of their children, Pope Francis said. Although she had no idea of what awaited her when she accepted to bear God’s son, “Mary in that instant appears to
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To best respond to new challenges in the field of communication, the Vatican needs smart, courageous teamwork, not nostalgia for a glorious past or doomsday forecasts, Pope Francis said. As the Vatican continues to integrate and coordinate its numerous media outlets under the Secretariat for Communication as part of a wider
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The best formula for Catholic evangelization is “go and listen,” not “go and proselytize,” Pope Francis said. “All men and women have a restlessness, whether good or bad, in their hearts. Listen to that restlessness,” the pope said May 4 during his early morning Mass. The first step in sharing the
