Author: CLAIRE SEELINGER DEVEY

The demands of love are straightforward, but that is not to say they are easy: Love your neighbor as God loves you.  The commandment was given explicitly by Jesus but…

This past week, a headline caught my eye: “Pope Francis approves four priorities for the Jesuits’ next decade.” It was a story in America Magazine, and summarized the four guidelines,…

Last week, Karidat’s team joined the Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence here in the NMI to mark “Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.” The annual awareness month is observed in…

Do you know the saying, “Familiarity breeds contempt”? Lately I have been considering why that saying has become so well-known. Ordinarily, it is referring to the withering of happiness in…

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before others to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. So when you give to the…

The Corporal Works of Mercy as outlined by Christ in Matthew 25 give us direction for how to care for the bodily needs of people around us.  This great article offers inspiration to see living out…

The calendar year now launches with a World Day of Prayer for Peace. Cardinal Tagle, in his homily on New Year’s Eve, spoke about how to achieve peace.  His proposed…

Last week’s column spoke about the new phase we are entering in post-Super typhoon recovery. Clean-up is, in large part, complete and now it is time to rebuild. The timing…

Things look a little different around Saipan these days. I hope they do in Tinian, too. There are no more long lines at gas stations or water suppliers.  No more…

It is so easy to become caught in the trap of considering some people as “winners” and others as “losers.” It has become such a common way of talking, even…