VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Never speak, act or make a decision without first listening to the Holy Spirit, who moves, troubles and inspires the heart, Pope Francis advised. A cold and calculating heart that is closed to the Holy Spirit results in a faith that is “ideological,” he said May 29 during a morning Mass
• July 25, 1884 Maria Pilar Lopez de Maturana and her twin sister, Leonor, were born in Bilbao, Spain. • January 10, 1901 she entered the boarding school of Berriz. • January 25, 1903 she joined the Mercedarian monastery of the “Vera Cruz” of Berriz. • August 15, 1904 she made her first vows and
In an effort to give back to its alma mater and to help strengthen the island workforce and community, Mt. Carmel Class of 1990 recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to a graduating senior who won the scholarship by submitting an application that focused on a desire to return from college to give back to the
Biba Santa Maria! It was a festive occasion last Sunday, May 28, 2017 as parishioners and community members flocked to San Antonio Parish for the May Flower Festival 2017 in celebration of the Centennial of Our Lady of Fatima. 32 lovely women – 22 queens and 10 parish representatives, together with the 2015 Little Mr.
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Acts 2, 1-11 Un tinaitai ginin i Bidan i Manapostulis Anai måttu i ha’ånin Pentekostes, mansinedda’ i mandisipulu mane’etnun gi un lugåt. Gotpi ha’ måttu un dångkulu na buruka kalang mohun un metgut na månglu’ ginin hihilu’ gi mapagåhis ni mahunguk gi todu i halum guma’ anai manmatåta’chung siha. Kalang guåfi na
By: Edward C. Maratita, Jr. Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja held its graduation ceremony on Monday, May 29 at the San Francisco de Borja Church. Eight years of hard work culminated in one final celebration as two of Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja junior high graduates strode across the aisle with their parents. Joining the
Last week a nation-wide event was launched that, as far as I know, did not make a single headline on any major news network. “Bread For The World,” an organization whose mission is to put an end to hunger at home and abroad, started up a campaign in response to proposed budget cuts to social
Recently Trump commented that health care was an incredibly complex issue. I was dismayed at his surprise over the complexity of health care. Back when I was first out of college I took a course in medical economics. Even back then it was an incredibly complex issue. Medical economics has only grown more complex over
We recently celebrated the memorial of St. Justin Martyr. The word Martyr comes from the Greek word martus, which literally means witness. A martyr is someone who suffers for his or her beliefs. Like many Christians in the early centuries, St. Justin was killed because of the faith. When I lived in Rome, I often
