July 23 – 1934 Death Anniversary July 24 – Since 2006, Feast Day in the Church July 25 – 1884 Birth Anniversary Wednesday, July 25, 6 PM In culmination of the Triduum, everyone is invited to remember Blessed Margarita Maria Maturana as Bishop Ryan P. Jimenez presides at the Celebration of the Eucharist at
MARCH 4, 1928 is the significant day that the First Mercedarian Sisters arrived on Saipan. Mother Margarita was not with the first group of Sisters. She came to Saipan later that year on November 2nd, at first staying only a few days, since she was accompanying the Sisters who would be establishing the first mission
Mother Margarita’s calling in life, her life’s work, was to be an instrument in bringing the faith to the islands. Mother Margarita felt a great love for the islands. Our Lord put this love in her heart and Our Lord brought her here to Saipan on her first trip outside the monastery. Mother Margarita departed
“I’m confident that together we will work diligently for the Kingdom of God” Mother Margarita Maturana, May 19, 1927 In the little Basque town of Berriz, the Mercedarian Sisters lived a cloistered life of prayer. When the Sisters needed to better financially support themselves, they decided to open a girls’ boarding school. This eventually was
May 4th, exactly two months to the day after the 90th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz to Saipan— nine students were honored for their participation in Mt. Carmel School’s Commemoration of the day. After the celebration of the eucharist at Mt. Carmel Cathedral, the finalists received their certificates in each
God’s rays of mercy shine everywhere, and through his plan of salvation to these islands, He touched generous souls, who carried out his plans down to the smallest detail. One of these rays of mercy fell on a young man named Shinjiro Stefano Yamamoto. He was a Japanese admiral who was already retired by World
Nourished by that same source from the living water, the Mercedarian Community of Saipan reminisced their 90th year of celebrating their arrival in the island of Saipan on March 4, 1928. In his homily Bishop Ryan emphasized the stimulus that impelled Mother Margarita to mission, expressed in her own words, “From these three glances, at
90th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz in Saipan March 4, 1928 will always be a reminder to the people of Saipan of God’s tender love and mercy. After the arrival of the first five Mercedarian Sisters, the sisters wrote to Mother Margarita and told her all about this special day.
[Today, March 4, is the 90th Anniversary of the arrival of the Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz to Saipan. Sr. Mary Ann Becmer, MMB carries her account of the history into the new millennium.] Now 90 years of grace have been ours since that March 4, 1928 morning when the first Mercedarian Missionaries arrived on Saipan.
Join the Mercedarian Sisters- for the 90th Anniversary of the MMB Arrival to Saipan in 1928 with Sunday Mass, March 4th at 11 A.M. at Maturana. One significant characteristic of the Mercedarian Charism is our Redemptive Fourth Vow. In addition to the three religious vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, professed by all religious men
