JACQUELINE RAPP, JCL AND PETE VERE, JCL Here are some of the common questions about marriage and annulments. As a Judge and a Defender of the Bond within our respective dioceses’ Catholic Marriage Tribunal, we encounter misunderstandings every day about the declaration of nullity (or annulment) process. Often, the people who come into our offices
We are Baptized and Sent! Next week is World Mission Sunday, in a special Extraordinary Missionary Month. We are called through our baptism to be part of the Church’s missionary efforts, through prayer, self-sacrifice and support of missionary vocations through material aid. Remembering that we are baptized and sent as a Universal Church of Christ
“There’s water on the table. Feel free to stand and get one if you are thirsty. The restroom is over there if you need.” This was how Pope Francis started his audience with the bishops of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (CEPAC), welcoming them in his private library at the Apostolic Palace. He was
“Remain close to the people!” This was the message of Pope Francis to Bishop Ryan and the Church of Saipan regarding the CW issue that haunts the Northern Marianas’ immigrants for years now. One of the things that Bishop Ryan shared with Pope Francis during their private audience last Monday, was the plight of many
VIRTUS fully integrated into the CCD program The new school year of ‘Eskwelan Pali’ has officially begun this weekend. Sunday Masses will be filled once again with young people, Churches parking lot will have lots of coming and going with parents dropping and picking up their kids for the CCD classes. Last Sunday, CCD teachers
On September 17, 2019, Mount Carmel School, otherwise known as MCS, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand reopening of its gymnasium after the destructive impact by Super Typhoon Yutu. The ceremony began with a prayer and blessing led by Most Reverend Ryan Jimenez, Bishop of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa and Corporate Sole of
“Religious instruction will not just be about teaching doctrines, but always include the witness of the Gospel!” By Julie Ann Loong, for the North Star Attending Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, better known as CCD, has been a tradition in the Catholic church practiced generation after generation. Adults will remember their parents telling them, “Go attend
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,
By Sr. Nina Caccam, SJBP This weekend, the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa joins with the whole Church in celebrating, Catechetical Sunday. This year’s theme will be “Stay with Us.” Catechetical Sunday is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the role that each person plays, by virtue of Baptism, in handing on the faith and being a
On Wednesday, August 14, 2019, Mount Carmel School held its annual Open House event to give parents and families a chance to meet their child’s teachers and advisors for the new school year. After all the teachers, staff, and administrators were introduced, families spent time visiting their children’s classrooms. While in the classrooms, teachers shared
