Someone shared the story about a wife asking her husband whether it’s true that a person speaks an average of ten thousand words a day. “It’s true, he replied, but remember, honey, you are above average.” With that he got cold treatment from her the whole week. Some people think of themselves above average
I gave a homily recently on the Our Father prayer that Jesus taught to his disciples. I wanted to expand on that homily for an ATW reflection, as it is an important concept for understanding our faith. So, here goes… Back in 1991 my father came to Saipan to visit. It was his first trip
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Wis 18, 6-9 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Tinemtum Atyu na puengi matungu’ ha’ kuntiempu ni mañaina-ta, put ennåo na gigun mali’i’ håfa na klåsin manhula nai mapo’lu i inangokun-ñiha, mansen maguf manå’i ånimu. I taotåo-mu mananangga i satbasion i manunas yan i manmadistrosan i inimigun-ñiha. Sa’ anai Un
Gospel Reflection for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Deacon Jeffrey Camacho, Kristo Rai Parish
The Diocese of Chalan Kanoa Youth Ministry participated in the recent Life Teen Catholic Youth Ministry Convention held last June 9-12, 2019 in Scottsdale, AZ. This is our 3rd year of participation with Fr. Harold Funa, Sr. Emma Lusterio SJBP, and Edward Dela Cruz as prior years delegates. This year, Gerald De Guzman, youth leader
Gospel Reflection for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Deacon Tony Yarobwemal, Saint Jude Thaddeus Parish.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Prostitution is a horrendous crime that reduces vulnerable women to tortured slaves who are at the mercy of their clients, Pope Francis said. All people of goodwill have a duty to help vulnerable women and other victims of human trafficking escape from forced sexual slavery, the pope wrote in a prologue
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — An elderly religious sister who worked for many years at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the papal residence, was at her congregation’s house recovering from surgery when she received an unexpected visit from Pope Francis. The pope arrived at Rome’s Regina Mundi House July 28 and greeted Sister Maria Mucci, a member
MARAWI, Philippines (CNS) — Christians and Muslims prayed in the ruins of a church and a mosque in the southern Philippine city of Marawi, which was devastated by a five-month siege in 2017. The prayers July 27 were led by Father Teresito Soganub, parish priest of the Marawi Catholic cathedral, who was held hostage by
UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — A worldwide network of 2,000 Catholic religious sisters marked the 10th anniversary of its efforts to combat human trafficking and slavery July 29. Speakers from the Talitha Kum organization headlined a United Nations panel on the eve of the U.N. annual observance of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. “Human
