RECENTLY, Mount Carmel School faculty, staff, and administrators participated in a spiritual retreat at the Maturana House of Prayer in Navy Hill. Held every year, the retreat gives the school’s employees an opportunity to reflect on their vocation and to cultivate deeper connections with each other and their school. The retreat was spearheaded by the
By Edward C. Maratita, Jr. On September 16, early morning before the sun rises was a perfect cool and gloomy day for a healthy activity. Students and parents from Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja run and walked from Tatachok Beach Pavilion to the school campus as part of their fundraiser for Catholic Education. The 3rd
By Sr. Nina Caccam, SJBP As the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa celebrates the Catechetical Sunday with the theme “Living as Missionary Disciples,” Coordinators and Assistant Coordinators of the CCD Program of the Diocese were commissioned last Sunday, September 17 at 9:00 AM at Mt. Carmel Cathedral. They were called forth and designated to a particular
By: Edward C. Maratita, Jr. “God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world, peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the earth, Amen!”- Pope Benedict XVI. On September 8, students from Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja joined the Mayor of Rota, Jerry Tan of
The whole project began in May 2013. An invitation was sent to one hundred members of all the parishes in Saipan and Rota and Tinian to attend a presentation on Lay Ministry Training Program for the Diocese at The Fiesta Hotel. That was the beginning of a five year Program designed to “equip” men and
A recent short film, “We Drank Our Tears: Francisco Babauta’s Story”, from Mount Carmel School’s Theatre Club is one of three finalists for the Made in the Marianas Award at the 7th Annual Guam International Film Festival (GIFF). The film is adapted from “We Drank Our Tears”, a 2004 oral history of the civilian experience
MOUNT CARMEL School’s Theatre Club kicked off its 2017-2018 performance season with auditions for its next big musical, Disney’s Mulan Jr. Held this past week, the auditions brought in the largest group of aspiring dramatists ever in the school’s history, with over 100 students from grades 1 through 9 auditioning. “I am overwhelmed by the
While their peers slept in on Saturday, August 26, Mount Carmel School’s student leaders got up bright and early to participate in the school’s Student Leadership Retreat in the school’s Maturana Building. Held every year, the retreat helps students grow as leaders and gives them the opportunity to work together to plan all school activities
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has announced a call for emergency collection to assist the victims of Hurricane Harvey in Southeast Texas. The Hurricane, which brought in very strong winds and torrential rains have caused a lot of damage to the affected areas with approximately twelve (12) million persons affected. This emergency
