Justin Gaertner, a former Marine who lost both his legs while sweeping for bombs on his third deployment in Afghanistan, is seen at his computer in foreground in an undated photo. Gaertner now has a new mission as a "human exploitation rescue operative," or HERO, with the Department of Homeland Security, pursuing predators who collect and trade child pornography on the internet. (CNS photo/courtesy Justin Gaertner via U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Vigilance by parents and their children called key to safe internet use

Posted by - February 16, 2019

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In his internet safety presentations at schools, Justin Gaertner emphasizes that safety “comes back to parents and kids being vigilant.” “If you see something, say something,” he tells his audiences. Wounded in war while serving in Afghanistan as a Marine veteran, Gaertner works with the Department of Homeland Security, pursuing predators who

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Couples exchange vows during a wedding service at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Georgetown, Del., Feb. 14, 2010. National Marriage Week is Feb. 7-14, 2019, in the U.S. Catholic Church. World Marriage Day is celebrated Feb. 10 this year. (CNS photo/Don Blake, The Dialog)

Weeklong observance in U.S. celebrates ‘beauty and gift of marriage’

Posted by - February 16, 2019

WASHINGTON (CNS) — National Marriage Week USA and World Marriage Day are opportunities for “building a culture of life and love that begins with promoting and defending marriage and the family,” said Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia. The archbishop, who is chairman of the Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth of the

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Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Louis Antonelli at San Isidro Parish in Rota last February 13, 2019 at 1:00 P.M. concelebrated by Bishop Ryan Jimenez, Fr. Ken Hezel S.J., Fr. Noli Lim, Fr. Mike Crisostomo and Msgr. James Benavente.

Msgr. Antonelli, beloved Pastor of Rota passed away

Posted by - February 16, 2019

“We mourn his passing and celebrate his new life as he would have wished” The Island of Rota and indeed the whole Diocese of Chalan Kanoa mourns the passing of Msgr. Louis Antonelli. He was 100 years old. He was admitted at the Hospital few days before because of kidney failure and his conditioned worsen

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MMB Donation to MCS

Posted by - February 16, 2019

At the conclusion of last week’s celebration of Catholic Schools Week 2019, the Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz (MMB) foundation surprised Mount Carmel School with a donation of $10,000 to help the school with its ongoing recovery efforts from Super Typhoon Yutu. MMB Sr. Katherine Bromwell (center) presented the donation to school president, Galvin Deleon Guerrero

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Mount Carmel School music teacher Julian Greening (upper right) leads the school band during a recent performance. The band is gearing up to compete, for the first time ever, in the Tumon Bay Music Festival on Guam.

MCS Band Set for Tumon Bay Music Festival

Posted by - February 16, 2019

By Quincy Chinen and Reica Ramirez for Mount Carmel School’s Introduction to Media Communications Course Mount Carmel School’s Band, led by music teacher Julian Greening, is all set to attend and compete in the Tumon Bay Music Festival that will be held on Guam from February 28th to March 9th. This will be Guam’s 14th

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Continuing Support for Yutu Recovery

Posted by - February 16, 2019

While Super Typhoon Yutu struck the island months ago, Mount Carmel School continues its recovery efforts, which have been aided by continuing contributions from donors off-island. Students at Aquinas High School, a Catholic school in Augusta, Georgia, donated several boxes of school supplies, which has helped many Knights who lost much during the typhoon. The

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Mount Carmel School congratulates her MathCourt Knights

Posted by - February 16, 2019

Mount Carmel School congratulates her MathCourt Knights and their coaches for shining in the recently held CNMI MathCourt Competition: 1st Grade: 1st place, Von Lauron 1st Grade: 3rd place, Kathleen B. Cano 3rd Grade: 1st place, Do Geon Kim 3rd Grade: 2nd place, Remiegem Melchor 6th Grade: 1st place, Nathaniel Clark 7th Grade: 4th place,

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Observing the Annual Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

Posted by - February 16, 2019

Last week, Karidat’s team joined the Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence here in the NMI to mark “Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.” The annual awareness month is observed in February and this year Vice Governor Palacios who officiated mentioned that this was his first proclamation signing.    This is a good opportunity to highlight some

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Love without action is dead

Posted by - February 16, 2019

Coinciding with the month of love, Bro. Gary of El Shaddai shared his reflection last Sunday, conveying the importance of showing love not just in words and speech, but with action. He cited the Bible verse of 1 John 3:13-16, which emphasizes on how to love with action as Jesus did. Bro. Gary enumerated the

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Man Disqualifies, God Qualifies

Posted by - February 16, 2019

There’s a story of a young lady with slight speech disability applying for work at the Call Center. She was asked to use Green, Pink and Yellow in a sentence. She said; “ When the phone sounds,  “Green, Green”, I’ll Pink it up and say, “ Yellow, Yellow? ”. The interviewer said to her, “

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