MAR. 31, 2025, NEWS RELEASE -- The Archdiocese of Agaña will hold the first of four public forums discussing the Church’s Safe Environment Child Protection policies and its work to protect children from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 1 at our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church social hall in Yigo. The forums are part of the archdiocese’s activities marking Child Abuse Prevention Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Youth Violence Prevention Month in April. They are also part of “Non-monetary Commitments” the archdiocese has made and is required to meet as part of our court-approved bankruptcy agreement with victim survivors of clergy sexual abuse.

MAR. 26, 2025 NEWS RELEASE -- Archbishop Ryan P. Jimenez and the Safe Environment Office of the Archdiocese of Agaña announce a series of public forums in April discussing the Church’s Safe Environment Child Protection policies and its work to protect all children under its care. With the exception of April 8 because of Chrism Mass, the forums will be held every Tuesday in April starting April 1 at different “vicariates”, essentially regions of our archdiocese. They are part of archdiocese activities promoting Child Abuse Prevention Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Youth Violence Prevention Month all in April.

Dear family in Christ, God’s blessings be with you! One of the many graces our Lord has bestowed upon me as shepherd of the faithful in Agaña is the opportunity to engage with many wonderful people doing many wonderful, important works in our Church and our island community in general. For instance, April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Youth Violence Prevention Month. April highlights one of the most important responsibilities all of us have in life: Protecting our children and all vulnerable people from violence and abuse.

The Sisters of Mercy on Guam and the family of Sister Francis Marie Blas, RSM are gathering in prayer as they mourn the death of the dear religious sister who passed into eternal life on March 13, 2025. She was 91. Funerary schedule: The Novena of Masses and Rosaries is being held at St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church March 13 – 21, 2025. Rosary, followed by the Stations of the Cross begins at 5:15 p.m.. Weekday Mass is at 6 p.m. Last respects may be paid on Wednesday, March 26 at the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica in Hagatña, Guam. Visitation is from 8:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m. in the Conference Center; Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30am in the main church of the Cathedral-Basilica. Interment will be at Pigo Cemetery on Thursday, March 27, at 11 a.m.

Archbishop Ryan P. Jimenez addresses the Catholic faithful in a March 11, 2025 letter discussing and apologizing for a wrong committed with the Blessed Sacrament last January during a Catholic school prayer service. Click here for full message.

Fr. Paul Gofigan, Vicar General and Chairperson of the Archdiocesan Liturgical Commission issued a memo to clergy, communities of consecrated persons, lay collaborators, and the faithful in the archdiocese regarding Holy Days of Obligation. Click the header for the full document.

March 7, 2025 -- Archdiocese of Agaña Announcement: With great thanksgiving to God, Archbishop Ryan P. Jimenez and the faithful of the Archdiocese of Agaña share the joy of the People of God in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as they prepare to officially welcome their new shepherd of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa, Bishop-elect Romeo Duetao Convocar. The Episcopal Ordination and Installation of Most Rev. Romeo Duetao Convocar will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 8 in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral Saipan. The Diocese of Chalan Kanoa will livestream the event on its Facebook page at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18hYFX2gnK/ and will also be shown on its YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF4Fw9vfQxE

MAR. 6, 2025 -- N E W S R E L E A S E: On January 29, 2025, Archbishop Ryan P. Jimenez designated three sites as Pilgrim Churches in Guam during the Jubilee Year of Hope, which Pope Francis opened on Christmas Eve, 2024. Pilgrimages in the Archdiocese of Agaña may begin on the Thursday after Ash Wednesday. Click here for hours the doors will be open for pilgrims at these houses of worship.

March 4, 2022 -- Protocol No. 01-76 Archbishop Ryan’s 2025 Lenten Message Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, The peace of our Lord be with you. As the Church opens the holy season of Lent on Ash Wednesday, our thoughts and prayers are with the Holy Father. Thank you again to the many who have been praying for the health of Pope Francis. He continues to carry his cross of serious illness while hospitalized in Rome. Whatever may come, we trust in the loving providence of our Creator. The pope wrote his annual Lenten Message nine days before being hospitalized on Feb. 14. The Vatican issued his letter on Feb. 25. His message is composed of three parts: 1. Journeying 2. Journeying together and 3. Journeying together in hope, in our celebration of the Jubilee Year of Hope. Journeying is an important part of our salvation history. Discussing the Jubilee motto, “Pilgrims of Hope”, the Holy Father asks us to think of the Israelites and their lengthy, difficult journey from slavery to freedom in the Promised Land

12 WAYS TO OBTAIN A JUBILEE INDULGENCE -- The Vatican has detailed how to obtain plenary indulgences — removing temporal punishment for sin through Christ’s merits — during the 2025 Jubilee Year. Click for full guide prepared by the Archdiocesan Liturgical Commission.