Marriage Preparation Day

Posted by - December 15, 2019

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.

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GENEROSITY AND GRATITUDE: Herman and Maria Guerrero and the Mercedarian Sisters

Posted by - November 23, 2019

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.”

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Margarita Maria Lopez de Maturana: “One of the greatest missionaries of the 20th Century”

Posted by - October 20, 2019

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

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Centennial Celebration Extraordinary Missionary Month 2019

Posted by - October 12, 2019

     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,

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PRAYER FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY MISSION MONTH OCTOBER 2019

Posted by - October 5, 2019

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

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Instruments of the Vision: -Our Lady of Mercy- -Mother Maria Nieves Urizar- -Mother Margarita Maria Maturana-

Posted by - September 21, 2019

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,

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Stories of Faith and Favors

Posted by - August 23, 2019

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

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The Feast of Blessed Mother Margarita Maria Maturana

Posted by - August 2, 2019

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

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JULY: Mother Margarita’s Month

Posted by - July 21, 2019

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

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Celebrating in the Mission of Micronesia

Posted by - July 6, 2019

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

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