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Top 10 Stories of 2019

Posted by - December 28, 2019

Year 2019 is coming to an end and every time we arrive at the end of a year it is almost natural to look back and reflect on the events that make 2019 what it is. Here at our North Star Publication, it has been our ‘tradition’ to list down the top ten stories among

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MISA DURÅNTI I HA’ÅNI

Posted by - December 23, 2019

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                               Is 52, 7-10  Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaias  I na buninitu gi hilu’ i eksu’ siha i adding atyu siha i chumuchuli’ manmåolik na nutisia siha, Mananununsia pås, mañuñuli’ måolik na nutisia,             mananununsia satbasion, ya ha sangångani iya Sion,             “Rai i Yi’os-mu!”  Ekkunguk!  I guatdian-miyu siha

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MISAN CHATANMAK

Posted by - December 23, 2019

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                               Is 62, 11-12  Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaias Atan ha’ sa’ i Saina Ha pruklåma             asta i puntan i tanu’; Sangåni i hagan Sion,             mamamaila’ i Satbadot-mu!  Ha chuchuli’ i premiu,             I premiu ni gaigi gi me’nå-ña. U fanma’ågang mansinantusan na tåotåo,             i mana’fanlibri

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PÅSGUAN NOCHE BUENA MISAN GÅYU

Posted by - December 23, 2019

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                               Is 9, 1-6  Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaias I taotåo siha ni ginin manmamomokkat gi hinemhum              esta mali’i’ un dångkulu na inina; Gi hilu’ atyu siha ni mañåsaga gi tanu’ hinemhum             esta manina påpa’ un kåndit.  Un chuli’i guatu giya siha abundånsia na minaguf

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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines, shown during a 2014 Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, said evangelization can happen even in shopping centers. The cardinal celebrated Mass in a shopping mall in Manila on Dec. 17 with hundreds of people in attendance. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Evangelization happens in Philippine shopping malls, Cardinal Tagle says

Posted by - December 20, 2019

MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — It might be “unbelievable” to people in other countries, but a Catholic chapel inside a shopping mall and thousands of people attending Mass there have become a new norm among Filipinos. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, the incoming prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, said evangelization can

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Pope Francis embraces Scalabrinian Father Ricky Gente, coordinator of the Catholic mission to Filipinos living in Rome, at the end of a Mass Dec. 15, 2019, in the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica. The Mass was the first of the "Simbang Gabi," a novena of nighttime or pre-dawn Masses in preparation for Christmas. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Proclaim the Gospel in every language, in every land, pope tells Filipinos

Posted by - December 20, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Continue being ‘smugglers’ of the faith,” Pope Francis told thousands of Filipino migrants living and working in Italy. Starting the Italian Filipino community’s “Simbang Gabi,” a novena of nighttime or pre-dawn Masses in preparation Christmas, the pope praised the community for not only keeping their faith alive, but for enlivening the

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Pilgrims hold up figurines of the Christ Child as Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec 15, 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope blesses Nativity scene statues, calls them signs of God’s love

Posted by - December 20, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis blessed hundreds of figurines of the baby Jesus — ranging from tiny plastic figures to life-sized statues — and encouraged children to make sure they have Nativity scenes at home. After reciting the Angelus prayer Dec. 15, the third Sunday of Advent, Pope Francis did the traditional blessing of

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