For better or worse, we all live interconnected lives. Like it or not, we find ourselves in situations where others look to us for an example of holiness. That’s right, someone is probably looking at you to be a model of what it means to be holy! If that seems a little scary, remember that
New parish assignments for all clergy effective within the next month Bishop Ryan Jimenez will be implementing a new pastoral structure within the next month by reorganizing the parishes by clusters. This initiative is a result of prayerful discernment and consultation with other bishops in order to better serve the needs of the diocese and
Back in the 90’s one of my favorite comedians was Mike Warnke. He was a Christian comedian, in that a lot of his humor was from the perspective of Christian belief and practice. He usually used the humor to get across a Gospel related message. It was sort of a cross between standup comedy and
Gospel Reflection for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Rev. Fr. Albert Pellazar, OAR
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Is 66, 10-14c Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaiah Taiguihi ilek-ña i Saina: Fanhamyu manmaguf yan iya Hirusalen ya na’fanguntentu hamyu put guiya, todu hamyu ni gumuaiya gui’; Na’fansen maguf hamyu yan guiya, todu hamyu ni mampininiti put guiya! I mohun ya un saonåo sumusu
June 2019 was a month of celebrations for the Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz– the present day “missionary daughters” of Blessed Margarita Maria Maturana. All twenty-two of the sisters of the Mission of Micronesia (Chuuk, Guam, Saipan, Palau and Pohnpei) gathered at Maturana, Upper Navy Hill in Saipan. The celebration of an eight-day retreat guided by
Gospel Reflection for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Rev. Fr. Jesse Reyes, Santa Soledad Parish
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Announcing the themes for the next three World Youth Day celebrations, Pope Francis called on young men and women to meditate on the path of Christian life that God has called them to walk. Meeting with 280 young people from 109 countries who took part in a postsynod Youth Forum in
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Every time a Catholic receives Communion, it should be like his or her first Communion, Pope Francis said. Marking the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ June 23, the pope spoke about the gift of the Eucharist during his midday Angelus address at the Vatican and at the Rome
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic doctors have a mission to show God’s compassionate love to those who are suffering and to defend life at all stages, Pope Francis said. While progress has been made in treating patients, medical professionals always must “remember that healing means respecting the gift of life from the beginning to the
