XXI DAMENGGU GI UTDINÅRIU NA TIEMPU

Posted by - August 26, 2018

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                   Jos 24, 1-2a. 15-17. 18b Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Joshua  Ha na’fanetnun si Joshua todu i rasan Israhet giya Schechem, ya ha ågang todu i manåmku’, i manmå’gas, i hues siha yan i manufisiålis-ñiha.  Anai mamila sigun gi mina’gas-ñiha gi me’nan Yu’us, ha kuentusi si Joshua i taotåo siha:  “Yanggin

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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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Pope Francis waves as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 15, the feast of the Assumption. (CNS photo/Claudio Peri, EPA)

On Assumption feast, pope asks consolation for all who suffer

Posted by - August 18, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Mary’s assumption into heaven was a special sign of God’s favor, but it also indicates God’s desire to save all people, body and soul, Pope Francis said. Reciting the Angelus prayer on the feast of the Assumption Aug. 15, Pope Francis also asked the crowd in St. Peter’s Square to join

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Pope Francis greets pilgrims as he arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 12, after an outdoor Mass celebrated by Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti of Perugia-Citta della Pieve, president of the Italian bishops' conference. (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)

Do good to fight indifference, apathy, pope tells young people

Posted by - August 18, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being a Christian isn’t just about not doing evil, but it is a daily exercise in loving others through good works and deeds, Pope Francis said. Many times, Christians can be tempted to “think they are saints” and justify themselves by saying, “I don’t harm anyone,” the pope told thousands of

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A Catholic church and belfry are seen in 2013 in the coastal Philippine town of Balangiga after a typhoon. The town built the belfry in 1998 in the hope that the United States would return three bells it says were stolen during the 1899-1902 Philippine-American War. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Aug. 11 signed documents for the return of the bells to the Philippines. (CNS photo/Nathan Layne, Reuters)

Filipinos welcome U.S. vow to return historic Catholic church bells

Posted by - August 18, 2018

TACLOBAN, Philippines (CNS) — Filipinos welcomed an announcement by the United States that it planned to soon return church bells seized by American troops as trophies during the Philippine-American War more than a century ago. In a statement Aug. 11, the U.S. embassy in Manila said Congress already has been informed about plans to return

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Father Paul Scalia, son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, speaks July 28 at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio. A priest of the Diocese of Arlington, Va., Father Scalia addressed the Defending the Faith Conference, which was attended by 1,400 people. (CNS photo/courtesy Franciscan University)

St. Thomas More gave witness to strong marriage, family, home, says priest

Posted by - August 18, 2018

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (CNS) — St. Thomas More is often heralded as a champion of religious freedom, but supporting that effort was his unshakable faith and evangelical joy in the truth about marriage. “We should remember Thomas More for his domestic witness, the witness of his own marriage, family, and home,” Father Paul Scalia said at

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Underground priests removed in China for holding summer youth camp

Posted by - August 18, 2018

GANSU, China (CNS) — Two underground parish priests in China’s Gansu province have been removed after being accused of holding a summer camp for a youth group at their church. Father Wang Yiqin of Hui county and Father Li Shidong of Leling in Shandong province were serving Maijiqu Ganquan Church in Tianshui Diocese, ucanews.com reported.

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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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