On August 28, 2021, Mount Carmel School students participated in the reinstated Student Leadership Retreat. In the photo, students reviewed the agenda for the day.

MCS Provides Student Leadership Training

Posted by - September 2, 2021

While the CNMI is in level green, Mount Carmel School has reinstated students events and activities including the recent Student Leadership Retreat. The purpose of the retreat is to serve as a professional development for elected student leaders as they prepare for student engagement activities throughout the school year. The retreat was held on Saturday,

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MISSIONARY
RAYS OF MERCY

Posted by - August 27, 2021

    God’s rays of mercy fall upon us in the most unexpected places and often during the most trying of times     During World War II, an unusual but beautiful conversion story would involve God’s rays of mercy in the person of Ida Mancini.  Born in Italy, her family had immigrated to the United States

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MCS Launches Advanced Placement Computer Science A

Posted by - August 20, 2021

Mount Carmel School recently announced that for the 2021-2022 school year, eligible high school students will be able to take the new Advanced Placement Computer Science A course with Ms. Filmah Buenaflor. The AP Computer Science A course and exam focus on leveraging programming in Java to solve problems. Students cultivate their understanding of coding

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Mount Carmel School Welcomes New Employees for SY 21-22

Posted by - August 11, 2021

Mount Carmel School is welcoming back most of last year’s teachers and staff, as well as some new and not-so-new faces, in time for the start of the school year. NORISA CAMACHO7th and 8th Grade -reading and English language arts teacher Camacho is a 2002 AlumKnight and returns to the school as Mount Carmel’s new

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Ministry on Social Justice and Outreach

Posted by - July 20, 2021

Karidat Executive Director Ms. Lauri Ogumoro receives a check from Bishop Ryan Jimenez and Fr. Michael Linden, S.J. of the Diocesan Ministry on Social Justice and Outreach amounting to $4,652.75 representing the sum of donations offered by the faithful of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa during a special collection conducted around the parishes last May

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Essence of Mission
– Japan –
(Part 3 of 3)

Posted by - July 17, 2021

The Aftermath of World War II Once it was over the sisters had to think of survival. Money was scarce and they didn’t know how long the situation would last. They sewed and worked in the fields. The villagers were very kind and helped them organize their material life. The sisters helped the villagers organize

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Essence of Mission
– Japan –
(Part 2 of 3)

Posted by - July 9, 2021

The Beginnings of Koen; War Looms A few days after the school opened, a small group of girls asked to come to school on Sunday so the nuns could talk to them about God. The school tried to incorporate catechesis in other ways, such as talks on religious themes, conferences with slides, and the creation

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Essence of Mission
– Japan –
(Part 1 of 3)

Posted by - July 1, 2021

MMB Beginnings in Japan      The beginnings of a house in Tokyo appear initially in the writings of Mother Margarita in 1928, while she was preparing for her First Missionary Trip accompanying the Third Missionary Expedition to Ponape (now Pohnpei). As Mother Margarita set out on this Third Expedition, Spanish Jesuit Father Jose Zameza who

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2016 Mount Carmel School AlumKnight Thomas Manglona was recently featured in PBS to discuss his thesis documentary, “The Ocean is the School.”

“Passing the Mic” an AlumKnight’s Journey to Inclusive Storytelling in the Pacific

Posted by - June 24, 2021

Born and raised on the island of Rota, Mount Carmel School’s 2016 AlumKnight Thomas Mangloña III became acutely aware of the disproportionate amount of media coverage between the various islands of the CNMI. However, from a broader standpoint, Thomas recognized throughout his high school career that the richer stories available in the Pacific region were

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