Diocesan News

“LOVE AND PRAYER CAN ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING” (PART 1)
Mother Margarita Maria Maturana’s First Missionary Trip 90 Years Ago

Posted by - June 30, 2018

Mother Margarita’s calling in life, her life’s work, was to be an instrument in bringing the faith to the islands.  Mother Margarita felt a great love for the islands.  Our Lord put this love in her heart and Our Lord brought her here to Saipan on her first trip outside the monastery. Mother Margarita departed

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A New Office Location and a Temporary Pause in Services

Posted by - June 30, 2018

As of this week, the Karidat office will now be located at the new Sister Remedios Community Center in Chalan Kanoa (directly south of Mt. Carmel Cathedral, about 2 city blocks away). We have now closed our Chalan Piao location for good. The new space has a fresh coat of paint, along with some new

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TWO ROADS

Posted by - June 30, 2018

We have many trials and challenges in life but these are also opportunities to test our faith in God, identify our weaknesses and resilience. We learn lessons from our life’s troubles and victory is greater when the battle is fiercer. In Matthew’s Gospel, 7: 13-14, Jesus implies that there are two different roads that we

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On Relationship with Jesus Part 4

Posted by - June 30, 2018

There is a story told by the theologian Lawrence Cunningham, former chairman of the Theology Department at the University of Notre Dame, about a student who came to him to sign up for a freshman theology course. The student explained that he was an atheist. He would do the course work, but he didn’t believe

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XIII DAMENGGU GI UTDINÅRIU NA TIEMPU

Posted by - June 30, 2018

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                       Wis 1, 13-15; 2, 23-24 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Tinemtum  Ti si Yu’us fuma’tinas i finatai, ni ti nina’mamaguf Gui’ gi finatai i lala’la’.  Sa’ Ha fa’tinas todu i kosas siha kosaki u fanggai lina’la’;  ya i fina’tinas siha guini na tånu’ mambråbu, ya tåya’ peknu’ na binenu gi entalu’-ñiha

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The six con rmandi of San Roque Parish took a group photo with Bishop Ryan Jimenez and Fr. Allan Cabatian, OAR after the Mass of Con rmation last Saturday.

San Roque Parish Celebrates the Sacrament of Confirmation

Posted by - June 23, 2018

By: Julie Ann Loong for the North Star The Most Reverend Bishop Ryan P. Jimenez, D.D. presided over the San Roque Parish Confirmation Mass last Saturday, June 16, 2018. The parish priest, Father Allan Cabatian, O.A.R and Father Neil Bullos, O.A.R were also present during the mass. A total of six candidates for confirmation were

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Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 20. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope: Commandments are God’s loving words, not oppressive commands

Posted by - June 23, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Ten Commandments given by God are meant to protect his children from self-destruction; they are not harsh rules meant to enslave and oppress, Pope Francis said. Since the days of Adam and Eve, the devil has sought to deceive people into believing that the rules set forth by God are

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In this 2014 file photo, Filipino children participate in a procession of Marian images at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. A new document, "Encountering Christ in Harmony," is described as a "pastoral response" meant to provide support and to offer ideas for ministry to the nation's nearly 3 million Asian and Pacific Island Catholics. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Bishops adopt ‘pastoral response’ for Asian, Pacific Island Catholics

Posted by - June 23, 2018

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CNS) — A new document focused on guiding the American church in addressing the pastoral needs of Asian and Pacific Island Catholics was approved by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during their annual spring assembly. Adopted 187-2 with two abstentions, “Encountering Christ in Harmony” is described as a “pastoral response” meant to provide

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Women take a photo in front of a mural in Miami, Fla., Dec. 7, 2017. Pope Francis said June 15 during morning Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae that exploiting women or treating them like objects is a sin against God. (CNS photo/Rhona Wise, EPA)

Using women, trampling on their dignity is a sin, pope says

Posted by - June 23, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Exploiting women or treating them like objects is a sin against God, Pope Francis said. “There is a rage against women, terrible rage,” the pope said in his homily June 15 during morning Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae. It will do people good — especially those who enjoy freedom — to

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Newspapers are seen in a stand in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 13. During his homily at morning Mass June 18 at Domus Sanctae Marthae, Pope Francis said all dictatorships begin the same way: Media outlets are put in the hands of "unscrupulous" people who spread lies and weaken democracy. (CNS photo/Kith Serey, EPA)

Dictatorships begin with taking over media to spread lies, pope says

Posted by - June 23, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — All dictatorships begin the same way: media outlets are put in the hands of “unscrupulous” people who spread lies and weaken democracy, Pope Francis said. Typical standards, norms and laws in regard to communications are first eliminated, the pope said in his homily June 18 during morning Mass at Domus Sanctae

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