Last week, we shared the overview of the recently approved Guidelines for the Celebration of Matrimony here in our Diocese. This week we will focus on the major changes in the celebration of Matrimony in the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa. Again, we must be reminded that these liturgical guidelines are intended to serve as a
John the Baptist preached about Jesus, prepared the way for his coming, called the people to repentance and baptized them. Jesus was the focus of his life in all he did and said. When he saw Jesus coming toward him, he said; “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”
Several years ago, I read a book by a social worker who helped patients in a hospice prepare for death. In many cases her job boiled down to helping the patients sort through their lives and do the work of assessment. Sometimes she might help them identify projects that would enrich their lives and help
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Is 49, 3. 5-6 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaias Ilek-ña i Saina nu guåhu: Hågu, Israhet, i setbintek-ku, ginin hagu na mama’nunu’i yu’ ni gloriå-hu. Pues kumuentus i Saina ni fumotma yu’ kumu setbinteñ-ña ginin i tiyan, kosa ki u makonni’ si Jacob tåtti para Guiya, ya
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The newly established “Sunday of the Word of God” is an invitation to Catholics across the world to deepen their appreciation, love and faithful witness to God and his word, Pope Francis said. By papal decree, the third Sunday in Ordinary Time — Jan. 26 this year — is to be
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Worshipping the Lord as the Three Kings did involves making a journey “from the greatest form of bondage: slavery to oneself,” Pope Francis said on the feast of the Epiphany. To worship like the Magi did is “to bring gold to the Lord and to tell him that nothing is more
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Health care professionals always must “promote the dignity and life of each person and reject any compromise in the direction of euthanasia, assisted suicide or suppression of life, even in the case of terminal illness,” Pope Francis said. “Life is sacred and belongs to God,” the pope said, “hence it is
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis led pilgrims in prayers for peace as tensions between the United States and Iran escalated following the assassination of a top Iranian general. Several days after Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, warned of “harsh retaliation” for the Jan. 3 U.S. drone attack that killed Maj. Gen. Qassem
PHOENIX (CNS) — Alfonso Fraire, a student at Arizona State University, volunteers his time with youth ministry — and hopes to take back what he’s learned at the Student Leadership Summit sponsored by Fellowship of Catholic University Students to the young adult group at his home parish, St. Mary in Chandler. Fraire said he is
MIAMI (CNS) — After a routine exam 16 years ago, Dr. Shawn Fibkins discovered that he had inherited polycystic kidney disease from his father. “It was devastating for me because now I was in the medical field and I knew what that disease meant for people: trips to the hospital with ruptured brain aneurysms and
