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Five Deacon Candidates to be installed as Acolytes

Posted by admin - January 6, 2018

This coming Saturday, Jan 13th, Bishop Ryan P. Jimenez will install five aspirants to the Permanent Deaconate as Acolytes. This is an important step towards diaconal ordination. The church reminds…

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Thirteen couples from different parishes in Saipan received the Holy Sacrament of Matrimony last Saturday, December 30, 2017 during the Group Wedding Liturgy at Mt. Carmel Cathedral. His Excellency Ryan P. Jimenez, DD, officiated the wedding and con-celebrated by Fr. Harold Funa, Fr. Phillip Rollon Jr, OAR and Fr. Jason A. Granado.

A New Year, A New Beginning
13 Couples Received Sacrament of Holy Matrimony

Posted by admin - January 6, 2018

Thirteen couples have begun their New Year striding into a new beginning in their relationships and in their journey in faith. On Saturday, December 30th, on the eve of the…

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The Beginnings: Christian captives, an Order of Mercy, a Re-founding Call to be Missionaries

Posted by admin - January 6, 2018

[In preparation for the 90th Anniversary of the arrival of the MMB Sisters to Saipan on March 4th, we desire to share with you (with slight editing) the original series…

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Members of Italy's Golden Circus perform for Pope Francis during his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 27. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

Pope: Festivities become a facade when Christ is left out of Christmas

Posted by admin - December 30, 2017

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Only when Christ is the focus of the Christmas season do all the colorful lights, carols, special meals and traditions help create a festive and joyous…

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Pope Francis delivers his Christmas blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 25. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope prays for world’s suffering children on Christmas

Posted by admin - December 30, 2017

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Those who recognize the Lord in the baby Jesus in the manger also should recognize his presence in children suffering today because of war, poverty and…

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Pope Francis kisses a figurine of the baby Jesus as he celebrates Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 24. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Christmas proclaims hope, charity where fear reigns, pope says

Posted by admin - December 30, 2017

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christmas calls believers to see God’s presence where he is often perceived as absent, especially in the “unwelcomed visitor, often unrecognizable, who walks through our cities…

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New poll shows most Americans want to hear ‘Merry Christmas’ at holidays

Posted by admin - December 30, 2017

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CNS) — A majority of Americans — 59 percent — say they prefer the greeting “Merry Christmas” to “Happy Holidays” during this season, according to a new…

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Pope Francis speaks during his annual pre-Christmas meeting with top officials of the Roman Curia and Vatican City State and with cardinals living in Rome in the Clementine Hall Dec. 21 at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Claudio Peri pool via Reuters)

Curia exists for service, not for glory, pope says

Posted by admin - December 30, 2017

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The people who work at the Vatican and in the Roman Curia are supposed to be “sensitive antennas” that faithfully transmit the desires of the pope…

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Father Gregory Keller, seen here around 1924, served as a parish priest while making inventions for his brother-in-law's candy company in Georgia. Father Keller, a native of Little Rock, Ark., had a hand in creating the candy cane, a treat that is especially popular at Christmastime. (CNS photo/Diocese of Little Rock Archives)

Priest’s ‘sweet secret’: He invented machine that ‘hooked’ the candy cane

Posted by admin - December 30, 2017

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNS) — An Arkansas priest-inventor had a hand in creating the candy canes that you know and love this time of year. The history of the candy…

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Reese Buchinger, 12, a seventh-grader at Holy Spirit School in Kimberly, Wis., helps sort items for the food pantry at St. Anthony Parish in Neopit, Wis., Dec. 15. The parish food pantry is located on the Menominee Indian Reservation. (CNS photo/Bob Zyskowski, for The Compass)

Church pantry’s needs take priority over toys for this holiday drive

Posted by admin - December 30, 2017

NEOPIT, Wis. (CNS) — Not one toy. Bags of flour, boxes of cereal, cans of vegetables, cases of juice, bundles of blankets, bottles of shampoo — they all came off…

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