[In preparation for the 90th Anniversary of the arrival of the MMB Sisters to Saipan on March 4th, we desire to share with you (with slight editing) the original series authored by Sr. Mary Ann Becmer, MMB in 2002-3. She is now a General Councilor of the community in Rome.] As we reflect back on
(This is a continuation of a series of reflections drawing on the core values mentioned in the Diocese of CK pastoral plan) So, what is involved when we apply these meanings of culture to the concept of Catholic culture? When I was a child I lived in a neighborhood that was comprised primarily of German
…all the while ensuring the common good of all (which, as a reminder, means to ensure the good of everyone without exception, not to try to secure the greatest good for the greatest number of people). The principle of subsidiarity builds on those foundations and then goes on to specify that government, the social body
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Is 60, 1-6 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaias Kahulu’ gi mina’lak-mu, O Hirusalen! Måttu esta i ininå-mu, i glorian i Saina mani’ina giya hågu. Atan sa’ i hinemhum ha tåmpi i tanu’ ya potput na mapagåhis tumåmpi i taotåo siha; Låo giya hågu na mani’ina i Saina,
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Only when Christ is the focus of the Christmas season do all the colorful lights, carols, special meals and traditions help create a festive and joyous atmosphere, Pope Francis said. “If we take him away, the lights go out and everything become fake, illusory,” he said at his weekly general audience
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Those who recognize the Lord in the baby Jesus in the manger also should recognize his presence in children suffering today because of war, poverty and immigration, Pope Francis said. “Jesus knows well the pain of not being welcomed and how hard it is not to have a place to lay
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christmas calls believers to see God’s presence where he is often perceived as absent, especially in the “unwelcomed visitor, often unrecognizable, who walks through our cities and our neighborhoods, who travels on our buses and knocks on our doors,” Pope Francis said. “Christmas is a time for turning the power of
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CNS) — A majority of Americans — 59 percent — say they prefer the greeting “Merry Christmas” to “Happy Holidays” during this season, according to a new Knights of Columbus-Marist poll. The nearly six in 10 who said they preferred “Merry Christmas” is slightly higher than last year’s 57 percent. This year
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The people who work at the Vatican and in the Roman Curia are supposed to be “sensitive antennas” that faithfully transmit the desires of the pope and receive information from dioceses and Eastern Catholic churches around the world, Pope Francis said. Remembering that the Curia exists exclusively for the service of
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNS) — An Arkansas priest-inventor had a hand in creating the candy canes that you know and love this time of year. The history of the candy cane is a little murky. Legend has it that the candy started as plain white sugar sticks, maybe in the 1600s, according to a 2015
