Centenary of the Foundation of Mercedarian Missionary Youth

Posted by - March 15, 2020

The Association of the Mercedarian Missionary Youth of Berriz was founded in 1920, by Mother Margarita at the Vera Cruz School in Berriz.  This year marks 100 years since its founding. This is significant because in actuality this was the beginning of the great transformation that would take place some 10 years later when the

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Guidelines & Directives for LENT, HOLY WEEK & EASTER SEASON for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa – Music, Creed, Holy Oils.

Posted by - March 15, 2020

As we continue our awareness on the recently approved Guidelines and Directives for Lent, Holy Week and Easter Season here in our Diocese, this week will conclude the awareness on Lent and will address the Sacred Triduum next week. MUSIC In order that we preserve the penitential character of the Lenten Season, the playing of

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On Lent and the “big questions” of life Part 3

Posted by - March 15, 2020

At one level, The Good Place is an entertaining comedy that is a pleasure to watch. At another level, it is simply brilliant.  The series is a contemporary version of Dante’s Divine Comedy, in which this group of friends make the same journey as Dante’s protagonist. The series explores serious philosophical, ethical and spiritual issues

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WATER

Posted by - March 15, 2020

Washing of the hands with water more often is highly recommended especially nowadays as a precautionary measure with the global pandemic outbreak of  Coronavirus in more than one hundred countries says the news. Approximately, up to 60% of an adult human body is water. Studies show that we can’t survive more than three days without

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III DAMENGGUN KUARESMA

Posted by - March 15, 2020

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                               Ex 17, 3-7 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Exodus Gi mina’hun-ñiha, manggonggung i taotåo siha kontra as Moises, ilik-ñiñiha, “Håfa mina’ un konni’ ham huyung ginin iya Ihiptu?  Kåo put i para un na’fanmåtai må’hu ham guini yan i famagu’un-måmi yan i ga’-måmi gå’ga’ siha?”  Intonsis, si Moises ha essalågui i Saina,

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Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 1, 2020. (CNS photo/Reuters)

Never engage in dialogue with the devil, pope says

Posted by - March 8, 2020

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians should follow the example of Jesus in the desert by never trying to dialogue with the devil when tempted, Pope Francis said. “Jesus does two things with the devil: he drives him away or, as in this case, responds with the word of God. Beware: never dialogue with temptation, never

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People exchange the sign of peace during Mass at St. Pius X Church in El Paso, Texas, Sept. 23, 2019. Dioceses nationwide are taking precautions to guard against the spread of the coronavirus and reminding parishioners to take commonsense steps related to hygiene in their personal lives. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Dioceses adopt wide-ranging plans to limit spread of coronavirus

Posted by - March 8, 2020

WASHINGTON (CNS) — As worry about the spread of the coronavirus continues and health officials tend to the sick and emphasize best practices for guarding against getting the disease, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, tweeted a message for the faithful in his diocese March 6. In his “note for a Lenten Friday,”

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Demonstrators join the People's Climate March in Washington to protest President Donald Trump's stance on the environment April 29, 2017. The Catholic Climate Covenant has initiated the Catholic Climate Project, designed to shape a churchwide movement to respond to the challenges posed by climate change. (CNS photo/Mike Theiler, Reuters)

Pope Francis announces Laudato si’ Week to take place in May

Posted by - March 8, 2020

Vatican City, Mar 3, 2020 / 09:57 am (CNA).- Pope Francis is calling on Catholics to participate in “Laudato si’ Week” in May to encourage care for our common home. “I renew my urgent call to respond to the ecological crisis. The cry of the earth and the cry of the poor cannot wait anywhere,”

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Russian President Vladimir Putin with Pope Francis at the Vatican, June 10, 2015. Credit: POOL Catholic Press Photo.

Proposed amendment in Russia would define marriage as between a man and woman

Posted by - March 8, 2020

Moscow, Russia, Mar 3, 2020 / 08:01 pm (CNA).- A definition of marriage as between a man and a woman is among several amendments to the Russian constitution proposed by president Vladimir Putin. The State Duma, Russia’s lower parliamentary house, approved the constitutional reform bill in January. Putin’s amendments will be included in a second

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