WEDNESDAY MARCH 28, 2018 CHRISM MASS – 7:00 p.m. Mt. Carmel Cathedral HUEBES SANTO – MARCH 29, 2018 HOLY THURSDAY Konfesion (Confessions) Mt. Carmel Cathedral: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. San Vicente: 8:30 p.m. San Jose (Saipan): 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. San Jose (Tinian): 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. San Roque: 8:00 p.m. –
These last two weeks has been an intense moment of prayer, reflection and Sacramental Reconciliation for the faithful of the diocese as the Lenten Season winds down leading towards the Holy Week. Fr. Arthur Leger, SJ at the invitation of Bishop Ryan toured the islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota giving Lenten reflection in different
His Excellency Ryan P. Jimenez, D.D. has once again begun his annual visit to the parishes on the occasion of their parish fiestas. Last Sunday, he presided the Fiesta Mass of Santa Soledad in Kagman and the Fiesta celebration on the Solemnity of St. Joseph in Oleai on Monday. He emphasized the importance of these
On Easter Saturday, April 7th, Bishop Ryan will ordain the following five men as permanent Deacons at Mt. Carmel Cathedral at 10:00 AM From Saint Jude Parish, Estanislao Roque Kogure Benavente; from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral-Parish, Jeffrey Melvin Tenorio Camacho; from Santa Soledad Parish, Rosiky Flores Camacho; from Santa Remedios Parish, Thomas Joseph
THIS PAST week, 39 students were inducted into Mount Carmel School’s Immaculate Conception Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) and Father Arnold Bendowski Chapter of the National Elementary Honor Society (NEHS). Bishop Ryan Jimenez, was on hand to help celebrate the special occasion. He also opened the induction ceremony with a prayer and
By Rose Gamier The community and the whole Diocese of Chalan Kanoa joined the family of the late Bishop Emeritus Tomas P. Camacho, the first bishop of Saipan, as he was finally laid to rest at Mount Carmel Cathedral last Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Many are still in mourning and the outpouring of people who
Escorted by Bishop Ryan and the incardinated priests of the diocese, Bishop Emeritus Tomas A. Camacho entered Mt. Carmel Cathedral one last time and was laid to rest in one of the crypts under the sanctuary. In a solemn Funeral Mass presided by His Excellency Ryan P. Jimenez, the faithful of the Diocese of Chalan
“Practice charity, be unsparing of yourselves!” These were the paternal word of admonition by His Holiness John Paul II to then Bishop-elect, Msgr. Tomas A. Camacho in the Apostolic Letter “Properamus Nos”, which formally created the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa and at the same time, appointed Msgr. Camacho as its first bishop. On Monday, March
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.
