Couples preparing to celebrate their Sacrament of Matrimony participated in the Marriage Preparation Day of Prayer at Maturana House of Prayer on December 9, 2019. Blessings and Prayers! May Blessed Margarita Maria Maturana–pictured at the center in the background—continue to intercede for each of you. The couples are pictured from the left, seated/standing: Raquel B.
Herman’s Bakery celebrated its 75th Anniversary this year on October 26, 2019. The celebration was more than just a tribute to the longevity of the Bakery. It was a tribute to the legacy of Herman R. and Maria T. Guerrero whose lives embodied one of the seven works of Mercy, namely “to feed the hungry.”
World Mission Sunday is celebrated each year by the Universal Church on the third Sunday of October. In keeping with one of the dimensions to be emphasized during this Extraordinary Missionary Month, which concludes today, we invite you to experience Mother Margarita Maria Lopez de Maturana’s life/mission in the Church through the lens of her
The year was 1919. Two missionaries, returning to their respective missions visit the Berriz Convent School. Later, on March 19, the Feast of St. Joseph, Mother Margarita Maturana begins Mercedarian Missionary Youth in the school to help organize the students desire “to do more” for the missions. Later in November of that same year,
Heavenly Father, when your only begotten Son Jesus Christ rose from the dead, he commissioned his followers to “go and make disciples of all nations” and you remind us that through our Baptism we are made sharers in the mission of the Church. Empower us by the gifts of the Holy Spirit to be courageous
The Blessed Mother, under the title Our Lady of Mercy, is celebrated each September 24 by Mercedarians worldwide. She was God’s instrument to call forth into existence in the year 1218 a new religious family—The Order of Mercy (a.k.a. Mercedarians) for the Church. One cloistered Mercedarian convent of women in the small village of Berriz,
They say favors granted from heaven are graces that remind us that there is a God who hears the prayers of those who intercede for us. Mother Margarita, like Saint Theresa (the Little Flower), said she would help us from heaven, and she has helped many people in various parts of the world, as well
The Feast day of Blessed Mother Margarita Maria Maturana, which was celebrated on July 24th, was a lovely tribute to a woman whose life was spent bringing the faith to our islands. Bishop Ryan officiated at the 6 p.m. Mass at Mt. Carmel Cathedral that evening, honoring the life of this great missionary. He began
July is an exciting month in the life of Mother Margarita Maria Maturana, because during this month God graced her with several glorious events. July 23 – Mother Margarita went to her heavenly home on July 23, 1934. July 24 – When Mother Margarita was declared “Blessed” in 2006, the Catholic Church assigned July 24th
June 2019 was a month of celebrations for the Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz– the present day “missionary daughters” of Blessed Margarita Maria Maturana. All twenty-two of the sisters of the Mission of Micronesia (Chuuk, Guam, Saipan, Palau and Pohnpei) gathered at Maturana, Upper Navy Hill in Saipan. The celebration of an eight-day retreat guided by
