By: Edward C. Maratita, Jr. Communities of Faith, Knowledge, and Service is the theme this year for Ntional Catholic Schools Week. To celebrate this year’s theme and Catholic education, Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja have a slate of activities planned for Catholic Schools Week, which kick-off this past Sunday, January 29 with a Eucharistic celebration
HeJin Lee, a 5th grade teacher at Mount Carmel School, was recognized this week as the school’s Teacher of the Year (TOY), while Marlon Villafuerte, the school’s maintenance supervisor, was declared 2017 Support Staff of the Year. The runner up for the TOY was science teacher Luz Baldazo. The awards were presented by Bishop Ryan
By Miguel Aninon When our pastor, Fr. Allan Cabatian, OAR announced to all members of the San Roque Youth Ministry (which includes altar servers, choir members, CCD students) that Bishop Ryan would be visiting our parish, I asked myself- “What’s so special about it?” I got even more curious when Fr. Allan emphasized that there
Later this month, the CNMI’s three Catholic schools, Mount Carmel School on Saipan, Sister Remedios Early Childhood Development Center on Saipan, and Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja on Rota, will join the rest of the nation in celebrating Catholic Schools Week (CSW) 2017. This year’s CSW theme speaks to the holistic framework of Catholic education
Mount Carmel School 5th grade student, Leyonne Tolentino, was recently recognized by Achieve3000 for ranking as one of the nation’s top readers two years in a row. Achieve3000 consultant, Troy Akiyama, visited the school to personally congratulate Tolentino and his teacher, Mila Calibo, along with school principal, Frances Taimanao. Achieve3000 is a nationally recognized program
His Excellency Ryan P. Jimenez, DD will begin visitation of all parishes of the diocese this weekend by conducting listening sessions with every group of each parish. “I would like to meet as many groups as possible and I wanted to listen as much as possible,” says Bishop Ryan. He will spend the whole weekend
Mount Carmel School takes great pride in its rich legacy of alumni, many of whom have garnered admission into some of the world’s colleges and universities and have distinguished themselves as noted leaders in business, government, and the community. Known as “AlumKnights” after the school’s mascot, these successful individuals are now giving back to their
It’s that time of the year! Many families woke up on Christmas and New Year’s Day to a loudspeaker playing Chamorro Christmas carols in front of their house. Most of them purposely woke up early to welcome the Niño groups of their respective parish whom they know will bring the image of the Niño (Child
It has been an eventful 2016 for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa and before North Star ventures into the New Year, it is necessary that we look at some of the events of the past year that will make us grateful to God and hopeful in 2017. 1. We have a Shepherd! Without doubt the
In response to Vatican’s reform on communication, the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa is now active in disseminating information online by its new responsive website www.rcdck.org for the diocese and an online version of the North Star Publication at www.northstar.website. To provide a better user experience, the new website is compatible and renders easily on various
