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Holy Cross Father John I. Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, places the Laetare Medal on Sister Norma Pimentel May 20 at the university's 2018 commencement ceremony. Sister Pimentel, a member of the Missionaries of Jesus, is the executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas and longtime advocate for immigrants and refugees. (CNS photo/Matt Cashore, courtesy University of Notre Dame)

Catholic college graduates urged to make difference for those in need

Posted by - May 25, 2018
WASHINGTON (CNS) — University of Notre Dame graduates were asked May 21 to take stock of where they are going and what they will do with their talents. “Today you…
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Saipan pilgrims from took a group photo at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican. About 50 pilgrims from Saipan travelled to Rome for the meeting with Pope Francis to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Neo Catechumenal Way on May 5, 2018

Saipan Pilgrims Travelled to Rome for the 50th Anniversary of the Neocatechumenal Way

Posted by - May 25, 2018
By: Julie Anne Loong If you ask any of the pilgrims who participated early this month in the pilgrimage to Rome, to describe it in one word, they would reply…
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Pope Francis passes youths holding cell phones as he arrives for a meeting of the international network "Scholas Occurentes" at the Vatican May 11. In remarks May 14 the pope said a few young people extended a hand when he arrived for the "Scholas Occurentes" meeting, but most were trying for a photo. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

‘Selfie’ culture leads to alienation, departure from reality, pope says

Posted by - May 19, 2018
ROME (CNS) — While taking selfies can be an occasion to capture treasured memories, it can also be a sign that young men and women are deprived of meaningful human…
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These are the first Jesuits assigned to work in Micronesia before their departure for the islands in 1920. Bishop Santiago de Rego is seated in the middle. Standing (from left): Br. Gojenola, Fr. Marino de la Hoz, Br. Oroquieta, Br. Tudanca, Br. Casasayas, Fr. Espinal. Br. Cobo is 4th from right standing, and below him is Br. Emilio Villar. After the seizure of the islands by Japan in 1914, following the expulsion of all German missionaries, Jesuits from Spain were asked to continue the mission work.

Mother Margarita and The Jesuits

Posted by - May 19, 2018
“I’m confident that together we will work diligently for the Kingdom of God” Mother Margarita Maturana, May 19, 1927 In the little Basque town of Berriz, the Mercedarian Sisters lived…
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