Availability of Resources for promoting the Cause for Canonization

Posted by - March 3, 2019

This week, on March 4, is the 91st anniversary of the arrival of the Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz to Saipan. The promotion of the Cause for the Canonization of Blessed Margarita Maria Maturana, their foundress continues.  To that end, we joyfully share that the Novena for the Sick through her intercession is now available, without

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Our Brothers’ Keepers

Posted by - March 3, 2019

The demands of love are straightforward, but that is not to say they are easy: Love your neighbor as God loves you.  The commandment was given explicitly by Jesus but God had already made it clear from the very beginning that we are to care for each other. All the way back in the book

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Love is about giving and sharing.

Posted by - March 3, 2019

In last Sunday’s El Shaddai service, Bro. Ping started his talk with the song “Ang Salita ng Diyos” which translated in Tagalog as “The Word of God”. The lyrics of the song say, “that the Word of God gives healing and power. We all must listen to the Word of God so that we will

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On Catholic Education (Part 3)

Posted by - March 3, 2019

You can’t entirely fault the schools for the increase. It is expensive to operate a school. No longer can the schools rely on religious sisters who teach for a token salary. There are fewer sisters available to teach and they must be paid a living wage, not only out of justice but because their income

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VIII DAMENGGU GI UTDINÅRIU NA TIEMPU

Posted by - March 3, 2019

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                               Sir 27, 4-7                     Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Sirach Yanggin machalåochåo i para manåfyi, manannuk i lassas;             taiguennåo ha’ lokkui’ yanggin kumuentus i taotåo manannuk i isåo-ña. Taimanu ha’ na i hetnu dumitetmimina i hotman nå’yan             taiguennåo ha’ na gi kumbetsasion-ña dumitetmimina i taotåo. A’annuk gi frutas i

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Pope Francis, cardinals and bishops attend a Mass on the last day of the four-day meeting on the on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 24, 2019, in this image taken from Vatican television. (CNS photo/Vatican Television via Reuters)

Pope: No more excuses; time for ‘all-out battle’ against crime of abuse

Posted by - March 2, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The time has come for an “all-out battle” against the abuse of minors, erasing this abominable crime from the face of the earth, Pope Francis said, closing a global four-day summit on child protection in the Catholic Church. For quite some time, the world has been aware of the “serious scandal”

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esus welcoming children is depicted in a stained-glass window at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Malverne, N.Y. Pope Francis said that through their Lenten journey, Christians can bring "the hope of Christ also to creation, so that it may be free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God." (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Lent is time to let go of ‘destructive’ selfishness, pope says

Posted by - March 2, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Lenten season is a reminder for Catholics that overindulgence ruptures communion with God, with others and with creation, Pope Francis said. A failure to live as children of God can give way to sin, which “takes the shape of greed and unbridled pursuit of comfort, lack of concern for the

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Pope Francis celebrates a Mass on the last day of the four-day meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 24, 2019, in this image taken from Vatican television. (CNS photo/Vatican Television via Reuters)

Pope to issue post-synod document on young people in March

Posted by - March 2, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will issue a document on “young people, faith and vocational discernment” five months after the world Synod of Bishops gathered to discuss the topic. The Vatican announced Feb. 24 that the pope will present his post-synodal apostolic exhortation March 25, the feast of the Annunciation, during a visit to

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Students and parishioners from St. Elisabeth of Hungary School in Van Nuys venerate the incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney after Mass in Van Nuys Feb. 22, 2019. The heart was on tour through several parishes of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Feb. 20-26. The heart was on tour through several parishes of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Feb. 20-26. (CNS photo/Pablo Kay, The Angelus News)

Relic of ‘holy priest’ offers chance to pray for church and her ministers

Posted by - March 2, 2019

VAN NUYS, Calif. (CNS) — In the few moments she spent up close and personal with the incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney during its visit to St. Elisabeth of Hungary Church in Van Nuys Feb. 22, Milagros “Lally” Guiao only asked the legendary saint for one thing. “Give us holy priests.” There were plenty

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Pope Francis reviews papers during the third-day of a meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 23, 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

After the Vatican’s summit on abuse, the stakes are clear

Posted by - March 2, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The long-awaited “Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church,” nicknamed the abuse summit, was an extraordinary and historic gathering that surpassed many expectations while perhaps disappointing others. Historic in that it brought together the heads of 114 bishops’ conferences from the entire world, as well as the leaders of

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