By Julie Anne loong For the North Star Everyone, especially the youth always look forward to the long Thanksgiving weekend as a time to spend with their family at home, lounging at the Mall or at the beach with their friends, or even just relaxing at the comfort of one’s home watching a favorite movie.
by Reica Ramirez from Mount Carmel School’s Introduction to Communications Course After weeks of clean-up efforts, repair, and recover efforts, Mount Carmel School reopened on November 13. Although many parts of the school were destroyed by one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded in U.S. history, students, friends, family, faculty, and staff had faith that
By Rose Gamier There is something about putting a smile to a child’s face situated at a place – not their own, away from a place of comfort they used to call home. But the San Roque Parish, its Youth Ministry, Pre-Con and Confirmation students, and volunteers did just that by organizing a Pre-Thanksgiving Party
Diocese joins in the typhoon recovery effort providing spiritual support “But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren.” These were the words of Jesus Christ to St. Peter foretelling how His passion and death will shake Peter’s faith and the rest of
26 October 2018 My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Typhoons are not strangers to us. They batter our islands every year. And yet, knowing that it is a fact of life in the CNMI does not make the situation any easier when we are struck by one. We endure the strong winds and punishing
Mount Carmel School congratulated her VOX Knights for their outstanding performance in the recent October NSDA/NJSDA competition. NSDA Winners: Lyndon Digno (3rd place Humorous Interpretation, 3rd place Prose A), Larry Dean Cruz (4th place Original Oratory A, 5th place Poetry A), Ydelle Faye Acosta (3rd place Original Oratory A), Minju Kang (4th place Original Oratory
By Rose Gamier Remembering Our Tradition, Celebrating Today and Envisioning into the New Millennium… October 14, 2018 marked a significant event for Santa Remedios Parish. Not only was it the celebration of their annual fiesta but this year, a “re-enactment” of the arrival of the image of Nuestra Señora Bithen Delos Remedios was also held.
Despite a torrential downpour, Mount Carmel School students volunteered their time this past weekend to help set up the 2018 Field of Heroes at American Memorial Park.
by Rieca Ramirez from Mount Carmel School’s Introduction to Media Communications Course The Mount Carmel School family recently joined the rest of the CNMI in celebrating thee annual Cultural Diversity Day. The celebration featured parades, performances, cultural dances and costumes. The celebration consisted of the following grade levels performing their specific cultural traditions: K4-Philippines, K5-Brazil,
On February 22, 1922 Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti became Pope taking the name Pius XI. In 1926 Pope Pius XI instituted Mission Sunday for the whole Church. This day is a day set aside every year on the second to-the-last Sunday of October, for the Catholic Church throughout the world to publicly renew its commitment to the
