Diocesan News

Fr. Allan and the youths of San Roque distributed lunch to the children who are in residence at the shelter at Gregorio T. Camacho Elemetary School as part of their Pre-Thanksgiving event to reach out to those families who were affected by Super Typhoon Yutu.

Giving Thanks and Sharing Love to our Brothers and Sisters
Pre-Thanksgiving Party Post-Yutu at GTC Shelter

Posted by - November 24, 2018

By Rose Gamier There is something about putting a smile to a child’s face situated at a place – not their own, away from a place of comfort they used to call home. But the San Roque Parish, its Youth Ministry, Pre-Con and Confirmation students, and volunteers did just that by organizing a Pre-Thanksgiving Party

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“Fan into Flame”

Posted by - November 24, 2018

I wrote this article during our Guam Priests’ Retreat at Angels’ Hills retreat house in Tagaytay City, Philippines on October 22-26, 2018. I’m sharing with you some beautiful thoughts from the talks of Fr. Luciano Filone, our retreat master. He is actually from Argentina but has lived in the Philippines for long time and he’s

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In the Heart of Recovery

Posted by - November 24, 2018

The afternoon of Friday, October 19th: It was “full house” at the Sister Remedios Community Center. People joined in from all over the island to celebrate the Open House of the newly-renovated building. Karidat and partners had done so much to revitalize the space into a “third life” and we were (humbly) proud to showcase

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XXXIV osino I UTTIMU NA DAMENGGU GI SAKKAN KRISTO RAI

Posted by - November 24, 2018

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                       Dn 7, 13-14 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Daniel  Mientras ki sisigi ha’ i manna’manman na lini’e’-hu gi pupuengi, manli’i’ yu’ Unu ni parehu yan i Lahin i Taotåo ni mamamaila’, gi hilu’ i mapagåhis i langit; Anai måttu Gui’ guatu gi Un Åmku’ ya maprisenta Gui’ gi

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On theodicy and typhoons Part 1

Posted by - November 24, 2018

Life was really great for Job.  He had loyal friends, land, livestock, servants, good health, a wife whom he loved, plenty of children and every benefit that money could buy. His life was an endless celebration. He considered himself one of the most blessed persons he knew. Then one day his world got turned upside-down. A

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Parishioners of San Roque distributed relief packages to the families of San Vicente Parish around the neighborhood of Holy Rosary Oratory in Dandan. Fr. Allan Cabatian encouraged his parishioners to help out the parishes in the south who are more devastated by Super Typhoon Yutu.

“Let us turn to God and let us help one another!”

Posted by - November 18, 2018

Diocese joins in the typhoon recovery effort providing spiritual support “But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren.” These were the words of Jesus Christ to St. Peter foretelling how His passion and death will shake Peter’s faith and the rest of

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Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square Nov. 11 at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Claudio Peri, EPA)

God wants quiet humility, not showy altruism, pope says

Posted by - November 17, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While all Christians are called to help those in need, they must fight against the temptation of boasting about their gifts of charity to seek attention, Pope Francis said. Before praying the Angelus prayer with about 20,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square Nov. 12, the pope said that the Gospel

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August Bueltel of St. John the Baptist in Savage, Minn., makes rosary beads Oct. 30 from his basement. (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)

Rosary maker grows own beads; ‘too few people pray in world,’ he says

Posted by - November 17, 2018

SAVAGE, Minn. (CNS) — For most of his life, August Bueltel of Savage rarely held a rosary. Now, he grows them. In the backyard of his modest home, the 90-year-old waters and nurtures waist-high plants known as “Job’s Tears.” He picks the round grains when they ripen in late summer and uses them for rosary

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Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, center, leads the opening prayer Nov. 12 during the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. Also pictured are Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, vice president of the USCCB, and Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield, general secretary. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Gobsmacked: Rome steps in, reform votes delayed

Posted by - November 17, 2018

BALTIMORE (CNS) — Seasoned bishop watchers know that just about every fall meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has a surprise. Sometimes it’s an election result. Sometimes it is the debate you never expected. Sometimes it’s that there’s no debate. But the first day of the 2018 fall meeting was one that caught

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Monica Rubeling, 16, of St. Peter the Apostle in Libertytown, Md., walks the "Fifty Miles in Faith: Pilgrimage-Walk for the Priesthood in Penance and Prayer" Nov. 9. Her brothers include two studying for the priesthood and Father Michael Rubeling, associate pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Severna Park, Md. (CNS photo/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review)

Maryland pilgrims walk 50 miles ‘in penance and prayer’ for priesthood

Posted by - November 17, 2018

EMMITSBURG, Md. (CNS) — Stephanie Rubeling’s support of the priesthood goes beyond thoughts and prayers. The 54-year-old parishioner of St. Peter the Apostle in Libertytown was among 19 hardy souls who set out Nov. 9 for a three-day trek on foot from Emmitsburg to Baltimore, dubbed “Fifty Miles in Faith: Pilgrimage-Walk for the Priesthood in

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