Mount Carmel School congratulates her recent MathCourt Knights for their success in recent meets:Individual Results:1st place – Nathaniel Clark (1st place, 6th grade) 5th place – Chae Eun Kim (5th place, 5th grade) 5th Place – Juncheol Hwang (5th place, 6th grade) Team Results:2nd Place Team (4th—6th grade)Lexi Lansangan (5th grade)Leonard Jake Regalado (5th grade)Ji
By Julie Anne Loong, For the North Star Having ran from Micro Beach to Pacific Islands Club and back, Bishop Ryan Jimenez, along with three diocesan staff members, completed a whopping 21.8 kilometer (13.1 miles) run within 3 hours– an accomplishment that may be difficult for others to achieve. Last Saturday, March 9, 2019, they
By: Fr. Ken Hezel, SJ, For the North Star As the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa enters once again the Holy Season of Lent, the Faith Formation Committee will conduct a Parish Mission Program in the parishes in Saipan, Tinian and Rota. In the past years, Come Back to Life Lenten Retreats were done either by
By Fr. Ken Hezel, SJ In a recent message, Bishop Julio Angel, Coadjutor-Bishop of the Diocese of the Carolines appealed to the Bishops of Dioceses in the Pacific for help for “food” after damages from the recent powerful Typhon Wutip. Super Typhoon Wutip crossed over and damaged about ten low lying islands in the Western
This week, on March 4, is the 91st anniversary of the arrival of the Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz to Saipan. The promotion of the Cause for the Canonization of Blessed Margarita Maria Maturana, their foundress continues. To that end, we joyfully share that the Novena for the Sick through her intercession is now available, without
Following the wishes of Msgr. Louis Antonelli, a Tridentine Mass was solemnly celebrated by Fr. Eric Forbes, OFM Cap., at Santa Lourdes Shrine in Rota last Wednesday on the ninth day after his death. Fr. Noli Lim, the pastor of both San Isidro and San Francisco de Borja, concelebrated along with dozens of parishioners, many
As the Church of Northern Marianas still mourns the passing of Msgr. Louis Antonelli, this coming week, the diocese will begin the preparation for the 1st Death Anniversary of the death of its First Shepherd, Bishop Emeritus Tomas A. Camacho, DD. Beginning February 25th, Monday, Mass of intention for the soul of Bishop Tomas and
The Diocese of Chalan Kanoa launched the implementation of VIRTUS Program with an online workshop training for the priests of the diocese last Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at Mt. Carmel Rectory conference center. VIRTUS is a program created by the National Catholic Risk Retention Group in the United States with a “Protecting God’s Children” component that
“We mourn his passing and celebrate his new life as he would have wished” The Island of Rota and indeed the whole Diocese of Chalan Kanoa mourns the passing of Msgr. Louis Antonelli. He was 100 years old. He was admitted at the Hospital few days before because of kidney failure and his conditioned worsen
At the conclusion of last week’s celebration of Catholic Schools Week 2019, the Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz (MMB) foundation surprised Mount Carmel School with a donation of $10,000 to help the school with its ongoing recovery efforts from Super Typhoon Yutu. MMB Sr. Katherine Bromwell (center) presented the donation to school president, Galvin Deleon Guerrero
