A SAINT FOR OUR ISLANDS—Journey to Sainthood
When people in our islands greeted Mother Margarita as she came ashore in 1928, little did they know she was a saint in the making. What does it take to…
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Pope: Lent breathes life into world asphyxiated by sin
ROME (CNS) — Lent is a time to receive God’s breath of life, a breath that saves humanity from suffocating under the weight of selfishness, indifference and piety devoid of…
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Lent is time to relive exodus from slavery to freedom, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Like the people of Israel freed from the bondage of slavery, Christians are called to experience the path toward hope and new life during the Lenten…
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Philippine archbishop recalls deceased Cardinal Sin in time of upheaval
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Expressing concern about thousands of deaths in the nation’s so-called “war on drugs,” the president of the Philippine bishops’ conference has sought courage from a deceased…
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Don’t worry how it’s spent, always give homeless a handout, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People who don’t give money to the homeless because they think it will be spent on alcohol and not food should ask themselves what guilty pleasures…
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Lent: 40 days of prayer, fasting, almsgiving to ‘jump-start’ one’s faith
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Lent, the 40-day period before Easter, is often viewed as a time to give up something and go without meat on Fridays. But a glance at almost…
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Diocese of Chalan Kanoa Liturgical Commission: DIRECTIVES FOR LENT AND EASTER
By Pali Isaac Ayuyu THE following directives to be observed throughout the parishes in the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa. Season of Lent – Lent runs from Ash Wednesday (March 1,…
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Pope: Jesus guided by truth, mercy, not ‘one size fits all’ mentality
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus was motivated by truth and mercy, not blanket judgments that lead to deceit and hypocritical ways of skirting around God’s law, Pope Francis said. Christians…
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A SAINT FOR OUR ISLANDS
(This is the first of a series of articles which the Committee for the Canonization of Mother Margarita Maturana will publish in the next few months. The purpose of this…
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OAR Provincials visit Saipan
Fr. Dionisio Q. Selma, OAR Prior Provincial and Fr. Jose Ernil R. Almayo, OAR Provincial Secretary visited the OAR community of Saipan a.k.a “Recoletos de Saipan” last February 23 to…
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