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MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL RE-OPENS DISCOUNT ON REGISTRATION FEE

Posted by - August 4, 2018

In the wake of the passage of the CNMI Workforce Act and the lifting of government austerity measures, Mount Carmel School announced that it is re-opening the discount on registration fees that was originally restricted to students who registered back in May under the school’s annual “Early Bird” discount. “Many former and prospective parents wanted

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800th Anniversary of the Mercedarian Order

Posted by - August 4, 2018

ORIGINS (roots) are important. 800 years of “roots” is highly significant. August 10, 2018 marks the 800th Anniversary of the official founding in the year 1218 of the Order of Mercy, also known as Mercedarians. On that date a new religious family within the Catholic Church was established. The prompting came from simultaneous apparitions by

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The New Karidat Office is Open and Running!

Posted by - August 4, 2018

It’s been an extra busy summer over at Karidat and we are now back in business after our big move. Karidat’s new office space in the newly-remodeled Sister Remedios Community Center is fresh and new and we are excited to show it off to visitors. Come on over! All of our contact information remains the

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Introductory concepts regarding social justice and Catholic social teaching (Part 1)

Posted by - August 4, 2018

A parishioner complained to his pastor that the church was too involved in political issues. He longed for the “good old days” when you went to church to pray and to a political rally to hear about public policy issues. “What about the separation of church and state?” he asked. The pastor realized that this

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THE MIRACLE OF GENEROSITY

Posted by - August 4, 2018

Someone shared the story of a father and son driving around. “ Wow, it’s a beautiful overfly, Dad.” It’s a flyover, son”. Later the boy said, “ I see pedestrians on the pass-over”. “No, it’s an “overpass” son.” We’ll, when will you “ take over” that slow car, Dad?” John’s gospel 6:1-15, presents the miraculous

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XVIII DAMENGGU GI UTDINÅRIU NA TIEMPU

Posted by - August 4, 2018

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                               Ex 16, 2-4. 12-15 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Exodus  Interu i kumunidån i ManIsraelitas manggonggung kontra si Moises yan Aaron.  Ilik-ñiha i ManIsraelitas ni esti i dos, “Manmåolek-ña ha’ hit yanggin manmåtai gi kannai Yu’us giya Ihipto, mientras manmatå’ta’chung hit ya mañotchochu kåtni yan pån ya manhåhaspuk hit.  Låo nåya

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A priest blesses a couple during their June 1 wedding at a Catholic church in Middleburg, Va. Fifty years ago in issuing his encyclical "Humanae Vitae," Blessed Paul VI "reaffirmed the beautiful truth that a husband and wife are called to give themselves completely to each other," the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said July 25. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

On 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, reasons for hope

Posted by - July 28, 2018

By Michelle La Rosa (CNA) Fifty years after Pope Paul VI issued Humanae Vitae, the landmark encyclical reaffirming Church teaching against contraception, many Catholics still don’t really understand the document and what it teaches. “The woeful fact is that pathetically few have ever read Humanae Vitae or ever heard a homily or defense of it,” said Dr. Janet

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Pope Francis leads an ordinary public consistory for the conclusion of sainthood causes at the Vatican July 19. The pope announced he would canonize seven news saints Oct. 14. Among those to be canonized are Blessed Paul VI, Blessed Oscar Romero and Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio, an Italian teenager. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope adds teen to list of saints to be declared during synod on youth

Posted by - July 28, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis added an Italian teenager to the list of people he will formally recognize as saints Oct. 14 during the monthlong meeting of the world Synod of Bishops on young people. During an “ordinary public consistory” July 19, Pope Francis announced he would declare Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio a saint the

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Students at Cristo Rey New York High School listen attentively and take notes during an April 27 science class. There will be 35 Cristo Rey Catholic schools functioning nationwide at the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year, institutions that use a corporate work-study program where students are required to work in the community one day a week earning job experience and a wage that helps pay for their tuition. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

Keeping Catholic school tuition affordable requires creativity

Posted by - July 28, 2018

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Making Catholic education accessible to everyone has been a mission of the church in the U.S. for centuries, but keeping it affordable in modern times has required innovative methods. Religious orders and parish schools labored in the 19th century to bring education to everyone, which meant keeping it inexpensive. This could be

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Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., speaks July 23 during the 2018 National Diaconate Congress in New Orleans. The cardinal said that permanent deacons are absolutely crucial to the church's life. (CNS photo/Christine Bordelon, Clarion Herald)

Cardinal says deacons’ life of action, charity, service models Jesus’ life

Posted by - July 28, 2018

NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — While the ministry of the deacon has changed in the Catholic Church’s history, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, said deacons today are a sign of what Christians are called to be in their service of God and neighbor. Speaking at the 2018 National Diaconate Congress in New Orleans

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