Cast and crew members of the Mount Carmel School Theatre Club production of Mamma Mia! were all smiles during curtain call after sold-out performances that had audience members singing and dancing along to the timeless music of ABBA.

Mamma Mia! Message of Appreciation

Posted by - December 15, 2019

Last week, Mount Carmel School’s Theatre Club staged its production of Mamma Mia!, the hit broadway musical featuring the timeless music of ABBA. The show was a huge success with sold-out performances, rave reviews, and overjoyed audience members. The cast and crew members were phenomenal with several break-out performances, a professional upgrade to the club’s

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The Role of the Assembly in the Mass

Posted by - December 15, 2019

Our focus this week is the role that we, as an assembly play in the Mass. Every liturgical celebration that is celebrated is an action of Christ and of the whole Church.  During a celebration of the Mass, or of any liturgy, there are ministers who may seem to be doing the ‘work’.  While it

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Diocesan Youth Ministry will close the year with a “Youth Camp Night”

Posted by - December 15, 2019

By Julie Ann Loong, for the North Star As 2019 comes to a close, the Youth Ministry of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa along with Bishop Ryan cordially invite everyone to attend the upcoming Youth Camp Night scheduled for Friday, December 27. Registration begins at 3PM, followed by Mass in Our Lady of Mount Carmel

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The Divine Mercy-St. John Paul II Chapel a Gift from God

Posted by - December 15, 2019

The third Sunday of Advent is traditionally called, “GAUDETE SUNDAY”. Gaudete is a Latin word meaning “REJOICE”  in English. Rose colored vestment is worn by the priest at Mass. The joyful sense of the celebration of the Lord’s birth and the joyful expectation of his final coming is set in Philippians 4:4-5; “Rejoice in the

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On Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral

Posted by - December 15, 2019

While I was raised in a Catholic home, attended Catholic schools through 12th grade, had one cousin who was a Carmelite nun and another who was a Monsignor, when I was in college I wandered from the Church. It is a relatively common occurrence. In the past it was often part of the process of

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III DAMENGGUN ADBIENTU

Posted by - December 15, 2019

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                               Is 35, 1-6. 10  Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaias        I disiettu yan i manånglu’ na tånu’ u fanmaguf; i kansådu na tånu’ u maguf yan u famfloris.  Para u famfloris abundånsia, ya u fanmaguf mangånta.  Para u fanmanå’i ni glorian Lebanon i ginatbun Catmelo yan

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Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church will celebrate 70th Year Anniversary

Posted by - December 8, 2019

A spiritual symbol of the faith and resiliency of the people of Saipan All of us have passed by up and down countless times along Beach Road through Chalan Kanoa and are familiar with that large gray Church – Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral alongside the road that is an iconic landmark in Saipan

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Diocese prepares to celebrate Solemnity of Immaculate Conception

Posted by - December 8, 2019

The Diocese of Chalan Kanoa is celebrating the Solemnity of the Immaculate Concepcion on Monday, December 9, 2019 with the Solemn Mass at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral. Novena will begin at 3:30 pm followed by the Solemn Mass which will be presided by Bishop Ryan Jimenez and concelebrated by the clergy of the

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