VI DAMENGGUN PÅSGUAN RESUREKSION

Posted by - May 21, 2017

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                                 Acts 8, 5-8. 14-17 Un tinaitai ginin i Bidan i Manapostulis Put ihemplu humånåo si Felipe påpa’ para Samåria na songsung ya ha anunsia guihi i Misihas. Interu i linahyan ni humunguk si Felipe yan lumi’i’ i milågru ni ha cho’gui, magef ékkunguk håfa para u sångan. Guaha meggai ni

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Clergy, religious sisters, representatives from parishes, religious organizations and associations attend a day of reflection, sharing, and discussion on May 18, 2017 at the San Antonio Social Hall. Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes, Co-Adjutor of the Archdiocese of Agana, and Fr. Fran Hezel, S.J., facilitated this whole day event.

Christian Morality and Care for Environment

Posted by - May 21, 2017

Imagine that you and your neighbors lived along a beautiful little river that provided clean, sweet, fresh water to all of you. This river provided you with drinking water, bath water, and water to irrigate your gardens. You could even go fishing in the river. It was a beautiful river and you would often sit

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DEAR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: WE ARE HERE TO HELP

Posted by - May 21, 2017

Since 2001, Karidat has operated a shelter for victims of domestic violence, Guma Esperansa (“House of Hope”). This is the only shelter of its kind in the CNMI and we have had men, women and children as clients at one time or another. This week I had a chance to sit down with one of

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Bishop Ryan P. Jimenez (fifth from left) gathers with members of Mount Carmel School’s Board of Directors and Leadership to present the school’s first ever strategic master plan. From left to right: Board Treasurer Will Hunter, School President Galvin Deleon Guerrero, School Principal Frances Taimanao, Board Member Lynette Villagomez, Bishop Ryan P. Jimenez, Board Chair Vicente “Ben” Babauta, Board Member Merced “Marcie” Tomokane, Board Vice Chair Jacqueline Che, Board Member Mark Rabauliman, Faculty Representative Rosiky Camacho, and Parent Teacher Organization President Luis Camacho.

Mount Carmel School Board approves Strategic Master Plan, raises teacher salaries again

Posted by - May 21, 2017

AT ITS meeting this past week, Mount Carmel School’s Board of Directors approved the school’s first ever strategic master plan, which included a planning priority to making teacher salaries competitive by increasing salaries for the second time in two years. “This is just one more example of how our board and leadership are moving the

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First grade student Eianne Ladao posed for a souvenir photo at the 39th Annual Island Wide Science Fair. Congratulations, Eianne!

ESFDB students compete in Guam Science Fair

Posted by - May 21, 2017

By Edward C. Maratita, Jr. Carmen H. Atalig ESKUELAN San Francisco de Borja students were in Guam for the 39th Annual Island Wide Science Fair held at the university of Guam on May 13, 2017. Approximately 500 students from Kinder to 12th grades representing various schools in Guam and Commonwealth of the northern Mariana Islands

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Sr. Narcisa is welcomed by Sr. Emma and Sr. Nina at the airport. Sr. Narcisa is a member of the Pastorelle Sisters doing ministry in our diocese.

A Vocation Story: “He Stole My Heart”

Posted by - May 21, 2017

On May 5, 2017 Sister Narcisa Penaredonda with the congregation Sisters of Jesus, the Good Shepherd arrived on Saipan to join the present community under the Diocese. Sister Narcisa is originally from Imus Cavite, Philippines and is the second born of ten children. She has been a nun for 30 years, having professed her perpetual

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Use the Gifts of the Holy Spirit to practice freedom, Bishop tells confirmed Korean Catholics

Posted by - May 21, 2017

On May 14, 2017, 20 members of the Korean Catholic Community received the sacrament of Confirmation. With excitement and zeal, Bishop Ryan celebrated the Eucharist, sharing that they are a small group but are very much alive. The sacrament of Confirmation is one of the three initiation rites for Catholics, with the other two being

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Lesson From A Farmer

Posted by - May 20, 2017

We recently celebrated the feast of St. Isidore the Farmer (San Isidro Labrador), patron of Saipan. He is likewise the patron of farmers, day laborers, and agriculture in general. St. Isidore was known for his daily devotion to morning mass, encountering Jesus in the Eucharist. However, his devotion would often irritate his fellow workers. They

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 Eighteen candidates for First Holy Communion attentively celebrates the Mass as they prepare to receive the Holy Eucharist last Sunday at Santa Remedios Parish, Tanapag. Seated behind the candidates were their parents.