DID YOU KNOW? Quick Facts About Karidat

Posted by - January 27, 2018

For more information about any of the following, or to find out more about Karidat services, please call 234-6981 during regular business hours—Monday thru Friday, 8am- 5pm. Karidat is a non-profit agency which has operated under the auspices of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa for almost 38 years. Karidat exists to serve those who are

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The War Years – 1941-1945: A Time of Agony

Posted by - January 27, 2018

So often when people discover mutual friends or acquaintances, you hear them say,” It’s a small world!” and truly on those occasions it seems so. And it must have seemed so in 1941 when the world was in turmoil and the clashes of nations reached the shores of Saipan. Although our sisters could not send

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Catholic Culture Part 4

Posted by - January 27, 2018

(This is a continuation of a series of reflections drawing on the core values mentioned in the Diocese of CK pastoral plan) Promoting Catholic culture is not directed only inward toward the members of the Catholic Church but has an external component as well. During the 11th and 12th centuries Europe underwent a significant transformation. The politics

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IV DAMENGGU GI UTDINÅRIU NA TIEMPU

Posted by - January 27, 2018

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                              Dt 18, 15-20 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Deuteronomy Ha kuentusi si Moises i taotåo siha, ilelek-ña: “I Saina, i Yi’us-miyu, para u kåhat hulu’ un prufeta parehu yan guåhu ginin i entalu’ i parentis-miyu; guiya para en ekkunguk. Guiya esti mismu atyu i finaisin-miyu ni Saina, i Yi’us-miyu, giya Horeb

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Family members bring up the offertory gifts as Pope Francis celebrates Mass marking the World Day of Migrants and Refugees in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 14. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Fear becomes sin when it leads to hostility toward migrants, pope says

Posted by - January 21, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being afraid and concerned about the impact of migration is not a sin, Pope Francis said, but it is a sin to let those fears lead to a refusal to help people in need. “The sin is to allow these fears to determine our responses, to limit our choices, to compromise

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Pilgrims smile while holding crosses as they wait for Pope Francis to arrive for a Jan. 17 meeting with youths in Santiago, Chile. (CNS photo/Luca Zennaroi, EPA)

Pope challenges Chilean youth to ask, ‘What would Christ do?’

Posted by - January 21, 2018

SANTIAGO, Chile (CNS) — Pope Francis challenged young Chileans, telling them to always ask themselves, “What would Christ do in my place?” “At school, at university, when outdoors, when at home, among friends, at work, when taunted: ‘What would Christ do in my place?’” he told thousands of young people who came from all over

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Pope Francis blesses a pregnant prisoner as he visits the women's prison center in Santiago, Chile, Jan. 16. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

‘No one can replace a mother,’ Chilean inmate tells Pope Francis

Posted by - January 21, 2018

SANTIAGO, Chile (CNS) — When mothers are in prison, “children are the ones who suffer the most,” a female inmate at San Joaquin Women’s Prison told Pope Francis Jan. 16. “Nothing and no one can replace a mother,” the inmate, Janeth Zurita, told the pope on behalf of the hundreds of other women in the

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Panel: Immigrants, like everyone else, want love, family, peaceful life

Posted by - January 21, 2018

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis has encouraged Catholics to move beyond statistics in discussions of migrants and refugees, and to remember that “each of them has a name, a face and a story,” said John Garvey, president of The Catholic University of America. He made the comments in opening an event titled “On the Margins:

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Pope Francis accepts offertory gifts from indigenous people as he celebrates Mass at the Maquehue Airport near Temuco, Chile, Jan. 17. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Division, segregation a threat to humanity, pope tells indigenous people

Posted by - January 21, 2018

TEMUCO, Chile (CNS) — Celebrating Mass in a land steeped in indigenous history and culture, Pope Francis said the greatest threat facing humanity is the stifling of differences driven by the idea that some cultures are better than others. Greeting members of the Mapuche people and other indigenous peoples living in southern Chile Jan. 17,

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Diocese Will Launch New Health Ministry with a Walkathon

Posted by - January 21, 2018

The Diocese of Chalan Kanoa is launching a new Health Ministry with a 5K Walkathon on Saturday, January 22, 2018. The First Annual Health Ministry 5K Walkathon will be held at the parking lot of Kristo Rai Parish in Garapan. Registration will begin at 6:00 AM and go-time will be at 7:00 AM. This new

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