Christian Morality and Care for Environment
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
DEAR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: WE ARE HERE TO HELP
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
Mount Carmel School Board approves Strategic Master Plan, raises teacher salaries again
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
ESFDB students compete in Guam Science Fair
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
A Vocation Story: “He Stole My Heart”
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
Use the Gifts of the Holy Spirit to practice freedom, Bishop tells confirmed Korean Catholics
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
Lesson From A Farmer
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
Priests should ease, not add to faithful’s burdens, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A priest who does not willingly embrace Christ’s cross and who does not try to lighten the burdens of his people is not worthy of the name, Pope Francis told 10 men he was about to ordain. “A priest who perhaps has studied a lot of theology and has one, two
