EDMONTON, Alberta (CNS) — When Gina Marini and her family gather for Christmas dinner, they will continue the tradition they started more than two decades ago: leaving an empty chair for the family patriarch, Giuseppe Arlia. “This is a trying time for us,” said Marini, whose father died around Christmas. “This was 20 years ago,
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Head to confession so Christmas can be a time of peace in your hearts, Pope Francis told Vatican employees and their families. “Yesterday I went to confession for Christmas … and it did me good,” he told the employees during a special audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI hall Dec. 21.
In the presence of the clergy, religious, youth and parish representatives and the local media, His Excellency Ryan P. Jimenez, officially launched the new Diocesan Pastoral Plan, which will mark a road map for the journey of the diocese in the next five years. The simple yet historical event was held at Joeten Daidai Social
What if you could go back to the days before August 2, 2015 and use that time to plan ahead for the weeks and months that came after Typhoon Soudelor? What if you knew the storm was coming and there had been enough time to strategize, stockpile and prepare? Imagine all the ways in which
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Nu 6, 22-27 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Numiru Ilek-ña i Saina as Moises: “Kuentusi si Aaron yan i lalahi-ña ya un sangåni siha: Taiguini bendisin-miyu ni ManIsraelitas. Sangåni siha: I Saina en fambinendisi yan en fampinilan! I Saina u fanina i matå-ña giya hamyu ya u gai ma’asi’ nu
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Sir 3, 2-6. 12-14 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Sirach Si Yu’us Ha na’ma’onra i tata entri i famagu’on-ña; Ha aprueba i åoturidåt i nana gi entri i lalahi-ña siha. Guiya ni umonra si tatå-ña ha apåsi i isåo-ña siha; mamomo’lu guinahan riku guiya ni umo’onra si nanå-ña. Guiya ni umonra
(This is beginning of a series of reflections drawing on the core values mentioned in the Diocese of CK pastoral plan) One of the core values listed in the pastoral plan is Catholic culture. This is a broad term and has several meanings that we can explore. It is probably best to begin with the
1. Diocesan Pastoral Planning Without a doubt, the biggest story of 2017 for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa is the yearlong process of Pastoral Planning which Bishop Ryan Jimenez and the Pastoral Planning Committee spearheaded. This five-year road map for the diocese began with the intensive ‘listening sessions’ by Bishop Ryan five months after his
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Don’t be late for Mass believing the introductory rites do not matter, Pope Francis told visitors and pilgrims. The words and gestures that open the celebration help the faithful come together as one and prepare them to listen to the Word of God and celebrate the Eucharist worthily, he said Dec.
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In an open letter Dec. 15, a group of 20 Catholic bishops and other religious leaders described as “deeply troubling” the movement today “to enforce the false idea — that a man can be or become a woman or vice versa.” “We acknowledge and affirm that all human beings are created by
