{"id":223801,"date":"2016-03-24T06:06:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T20:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=223801"},"modified":"2016-03-24T06:06:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T20:06:44","slug":"mcs-opens-new-campus-chapel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcs-opens-new-campus-chapel\/","title":{"rendered":"MCS opens new campus chapel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-223801 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcs-opens-new-campus-chapel\/mcs-chapel-blessing-1\/'>MCS-Chapel-Blessing-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-223802'>\n\t\t\t\tFr. Ryan Jimenez, Apostolic Administrator for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa, leads the school community in an opening prayer before blessing the new Mount Carmel School Chapel. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcs-opens-new-campus-chapel\/mcs-chapel-blessing-2\/'>MCS-Chapel-Blessing-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-223803'>\n\t\t\t\tDiocese of Chalan Kanoa Apostolic Administrator Fr. Ryan Jimenez, left, and Mount Carmel School president Galvin Deleon Guerrero officially open the new Mount Carmel School Chapel with a ribbon cutting. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcs-opens-new-campus-chapel\/mcs-chapel-blessing-3\/'>MCS-Chapel-Blessing-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-223804'>\n\t\t\t\tFr. Ryan Jimenez, Apostolic Administrator for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa, blesses the new Mount Carmel School Chapel. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcs-opens-new-campus-chapel\/mcs-chapel-blessing-4\/'>MCS-Chapel-Blessing-4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-223805'>\n\t\t\t\tDiocese of Chalan Kanoa Apostolic Administrator Fr. Ryan Jimenez, left, talks with Journalism student Tanisha Bachani about the new Mount Carmel School Chapel. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>After almost two years of development, Mount Carmel School opened a new campus chapel this week, which was highlighted by a special blessing led by Fr. Ryan Jimenez, the Apostolic Administrator for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa. The opening and blessing were scheduled to coincide with the Catholic church\u2019s annual observance of Holy Week.<\/p>\n<p>In this prayer and blessing, Fr. Ryan said, \u201cIt is very fitting that we open and bless this chapel as we prepare for the Easter Tridiuum,\u201d referring to the Mass of the Lord\u2019s Supper, Good Friday of the Lord\u2019s Passion, and the Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord. After blessing the chapel, Fr. Ryan added, \u201cThis is a very nice chapel, one that can even be used for class masses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>School president, Galvin Deleon Guerrero, agreed with Fr. Ryan. He said, \u201cNow our students, faculty, staff, and even parents have a quiet and safe place to go to pray and be with the Lord.\u201d Deleon Guerrero added, \u201cWhile we have always appreciated the opportunity to pray in the Cathedral\u2019s facilities, having this chapel on campus is a special way to uphold our Catholic identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The MCS chapel was funded primarily by campus ministry efforts, both through collections at school masses and a Pray-a-Thon that was held in October last year. The Pray-a-Thon raised over $3,000, which was led by 2nd grade students, who raised over a $1,000 by themselves. Deleon Guerrero\u2019s family also contributed by purchasing the chapel\u2019s altar at an auction held a couple of years ago in honor of the school\u2019s chaplain, Fr. Rey Rosal.<\/p>\n<p>Open during school hours, the chapel is located in the former office of the school president, adjacent to the school\u2019s business office. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After almost two years of development, Mount Carmel School opened a new campus chapel this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":223802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6547,10496,1737,1181],"class_list":["post-223801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-apostolic-administrator","tag-easter-tridiuum","tag-galvin-deleon-guerrero","tag-mcs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}