This is the third in our Lenten series on the three pillars of Praying, Fasting and Almsgiving. On the U.S. Catholic Bishop’s website there is a page dedicated to Almsgiving with a directive to seek out the local Catholic Charities for practical ideas on how to “GIVE” during Lent, so here are some of Karidat’s
By: Edward C. Maratita, Jr. Kids interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) were a big part of the annual Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja science fair. This marks the sixth year the school has organized the STEM fair to its kinder through eighth-grade students, an event implemented by school administrator and principal Carmen
Scripture provides a balance of the individual and the community in the values it espouses. The vision that Christ sets before us as our goal is the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom is embodied in Christ but is meant to be a social reality, a community rooted in the will of God. While our individual
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Ex 20, 1-17 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Exodus Dispues si Yu’us Ha prisenta esti siha na tinagu’: “Guåhu, i Saina, Guåhu Yu’us-miyu, i kumonni’ hamyu ginin i tanu’ Ihiptu, i lugåt anai manisklåbu hamyu. Mungnga na u guaha yu’us-miyu fuera di Guåhu. Mungnga na
Join the Mercedarian Sisters- for the 90th Anniversary of the MMB Arrival to Saipan in 1928 with Sunday Mass, March 4th at 11 A.M. at Maturana. One significant characteristic of the Mercedarian Charism is our Redemptive Fourth Vow. In addition to the three religious vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, professed by all religious men
THERE are a lot of ways in which the traditions and practices of the Catholic faith are counter-cultural. Last week, we explored the injunction to spend the season of Lent as a time of extra prayerfulness. The mandatory days of fasting serve as yet another example of this radically counter-cultural teaching: “Ash Wednesday and Good
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Gen 22, 1-2. 9a. 10-13. 15-18 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Genesis Chinagi si Abrahan as Yu’us. Ha ågang gui’ ya ilek-ña, “Abrahan!” Manoppi si Abrahan, “Listu yu’!” Dispues ilek-ña si Yu’us: “Konni’ i uniku na lahi-mu ni un guaiya ya en hanåo para iya Moriah na tånu’. Guennåo nai
“IF YOU give just one hour a week to your child’s school, you can make a difference.” This is what Luis Camacho, the president of Mount Carmel School’s Parent Council, tells every parent every chance he gets. And it reflects his overall efforts to engage more and more parents in making a difference at their
The United States is a nation that may be on the extreme end of valuing the individual and independence. This value has been shaped by the colonial history of the nation and the character of many of the people who migrated to the shores of the New World. Most of these immigrants were people who
