By: Edward C. Maratita, Jr. Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja held its graduation ceremony on Monday, May 29 at the San Francisco de Borja Church. Eight years of hard work culminated in one final celebration as two of Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja junior high graduates strode across the aisle with their parents. Joining the
By Edward C. Maratita, Jr. The idea of scholastic sports is to provide a fun and learning experience, create excitement, and playing where a student athlete can look to achieve their goals to the minimum or maximum potential. Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja track and field team was in Saipan for the 2017 PSS/McDonald’s All
By Edward C. Maratita, Jr. and Rev. Fr. Isidro Ogumoro One of the most celebrated feast in Luta, the Feast Day of San Isidro who is the Sinapalu Village patron saint as well as the patron saint of farmers. The celebration of the Feast of San Isidro Labrador started with a novena on May 12
Having completed Phase I – “Assess” of the Pastoral Planning, the clergy, religious sisters, parish councils, community members and various catholic organizations and ministries gathered on May 18, 2017, at San Antonio Parish Social Hall to begin the next phase of the pastoral planning: Design. This forum aims to provide the framework of the pastoral
On Thursday May 18th 2017, members of the clergy and laity from around the Diocese gathered at the San Antonio Social hall for a day oriented on the Diocesan Pastoral Planning. As mentioned in past articles, Pastoral Planning concerns the future of a local church. Prayer is a vital part of this process and so
His Excellency The Most Rev. Ryan P. Jimenez, DD, of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa announces the following appointment effective Sunday, May 21, 2017: Sr. Narcisa R. Penaredonda, SJBP Assistant to the Office of Religious Education Catechist, San Vicente Parish Fr. Isaac M. Ayuyu Chaplain to the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral Parish
AT ITS meeting this past week, Mount Carmel School’s Board of Directors approved the school’s first ever strategic master plan, which included a planning priority to making teacher salaries competitive by increasing salaries for the second time in two years. “This is just one more example of how our board and leadership are moving the
By Edward C. Maratita, Jr. Carmen H. Atalig ESKUELAN San Francisco de Borja students were in Guam for the 39th Annual Island Wide Science Fair held at the university of Guam on May 13, 2017. Approximately 500 students from Kinder to 12th grades representing various schools in Guam and Commonwealth of the northern Mariana Islands
On May 5, 2017 Sister Narcisa Penaredonda with the congregation Sisters of Jesus, the Good Shepherd arrived on Saipan to join the present community under the Diocese. Sister Narcisa is originally from Imus Cavite, Philippines and is the second born of ten children. She has been a nun for 30 years, having professed her perpetual
