AUCKLAND, New Zealand (CNS) — Church leaders from Oceania, meeting in New Zealand to discuss protecting the oceans, also served meals to the homeless and met with Pacific Islander high school students. A cardinal from Papua New Guinea, an archbishop from New Caledonia, and four bishops from Australia and New Zealand served meals to people
JAMAICA, N.Y. (CNS) — Fostering vocations to the priesthood and religious life is the “biggest challenge” for the Catholic Church in China, said Passionist Father Robert E. Carbonneau, executive director of the U.S. Catholic China Bureau. “The whole society is becoming more materialistic,” said Father Carbonneau, adding that “many options” have opened up for young
HOUSTON (CNS) — Surrounded by thousands of teens from throughout the Houston region at the 2017 Archdiocesan Youth Conference, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston encouraged the youth to seek holiness in all parts of their lives. Cardinal DiNardo, who is the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, closed the weekend July 30
By Edward C. Maratita, Jr. Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja began the journey of a new academic year 2017-2018 by welcoming returning and new students, and the grace of a greater being into our hearts and community with Mass of the Holy Spirit. A joyful tone filled the air at San Francisco de Borja Church
By Edward C. Maratita, Jr. Eskuelan San Fracisco de Borja embarked on a one day sponsored prayer campaign for peace on Monday, August 14, 2017. The Luta community faithful’s joined the students at the San Francisco de Borja Church for rosary prayer and song to draw attention to more than a hundred thousand lives in
AFTER a brief hiatus, Mount Carmel School will once again offer its SAT Boot Camp. First offered in the fall of 2009, the six-week boot camp is designed to help students improve their performance on the College Board’s SAT, a standardized test used for most college admissions in the united States. The school announced that
Many of the sayings of Jesus are so famous that we hardly need to reference Him as the source. Matthew 25:40, “Whatever you do for the least of these, you do for Me.” Mother Teresa used to condense the saying into just five words. Many told the story of how she would grab hold of
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Is 56, 1. 6-7 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaias Intonsis ilek-ña i Saina: Dalalaki håfa dinanchi, che’gui håfa tunas; sa’ i satbasion-hu esta ti åpmam måttu, i hustisiåk-ku ti åpmam umannuk. I istrangheru ni mañisiha yan i Saina, ni sumesetbi Gui’, maguaiya i na’an i Saina, ya
Earlier I mentioned that passing on the faith requires an engagement of the heart, mind and will. Given the better educated populace in many parts of the world, it is no longer sufficient simply to repeat theological jargon that young people can memorize. What do the words mean? Why should I believe it? What evidence
Last June Pope Francis shared that it is dangerous to think that one can only have a personal relationship with Jesus “without communion with and the medication of the church”. We need to unpack and understand what the Pope is really saying here in this context. Obviously, we do encounter Jesus in personal prayer and
