The event was introduced to the commission early this year, 2023. Although unfamiliar with the activity, the youth commission embraced the idea as a response to the challenge of the Holy Father, Francis to be synodal not only in spirit but also in truth. CARDBOARD CITY is a novel idea to the young people in
Last October 22, 2023 the worldwide Catholic community celebrated World Mission Sunday where Pope Francis invited all of the faithful to support mission dioceses in Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands, Latin America and parts of Europe. In these mission dioceses, priests, religious, and lay leaders serve the world’s most vulnerable communities. The Diocese of Chalan
The Episcopal Conference of the Pacific, more commonly known as CEPAC (Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici), held its plenary assembly on November 13-17, 2023 at the Accueil Mont-Mou, a retreat house administered by the congregation of Soers Missionaries de la Société de Marie in Paita, New Caledonia. The plenary assembly of CEPAC is held once every two years but due to
The Diocesan Youth Commission cordially invites the youths of each parish, ages 13-21, to join this year’s Diocesan Youth Camp: Cardboard City. The theme of the youth camp is “Rejoicing in Hope” as envisioned by Pope Francis. By this, the mission of the Youth Camp: Cardboard City is to plant the seed of social awareness
APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION LAUDATE DEUM OF THE HOLY FATHERFRANCIS TO ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILLON THE CLIMATE CRISIS 1. “Praise God for all his creatures”. This was the message that Saint Francis of Assisi proclaimed by his life, his canticles and all his actions. In this way, he accepted the invitation of the biblical Psalms and
Thank you for your part in the extraordinary giving to the Collectionfor the Church in Central and Eastern Europe, especially last year inresponse to the crisis in Ukraine and the surrounding countries. Thatgenerosity has allowed our office to send critically needed aid todioceses/eparchies in Ukraine. Let me share with you some of themessages I have
