{"id":3203,"date":"2026-06-23T17:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desarrollo.mmberriz.net\/micronesia-mission\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T13:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:05:27","slug":"mission-of-micronesia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/en\/mission-of-micronesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission of Micronesia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3203\" class=\"elementor elementor-3203 elementor-1833\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c03cc98 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c03cc98\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4564dce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4564dce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Mercedarian Missionary Sisters of Berriz in Micronesia share life and mission in five communities spread across five small islands in three different countries in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.<\/p><ul><li><strong>Republic of Palau<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Saipan<\/strong> and <strong>Guam<\/strong> in the Mariana Islands<\/li><li><strong>Pohnpei<\/strong> and <strong>Chuuk<\/strong> in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base e-808c540-1e97cc9\" data-interaction-id=\"808c540\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"808c540\" id=\"3200\" src=\"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Micronesia-1.webp\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Micronesia-1.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Micronesia-1-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Micronesia-1-768x429.webp 768w\" alt=\"\"\/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58fcf76 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"58fcf76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"...and God took them to the Mariana and Caroline Islands.\" They arrived in Saipan\non March 4, 1928, and Pohnpei on November 11 of the same year\nyear\".\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">El porqu\u00e9 de una transformaci\u00f3n, pg.116<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77e54df e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"77e54df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base \" data-interaction-id=\"32c2805\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"32c2805\" id=\"3201\" src=\"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3.2.webp\" width=\"923\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3.2.webp 923w, https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3.2-300x210.webp 300w, https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3.2-768x538.webp 768w\" alt=\"\"\/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f1176a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f1176a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Teaching<\/strong> in secondary education is the main apostolate of the sisters in <strong>Pohnpei, Chuuk and Palau<\/strong> .<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The sisters also participate and collaborate in various pastoral activities, such as the parish council, liturgy, and catechesis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7f2ae8 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b7f2ae8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0604ed3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0604ed3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>The <strong>Maturana House of Prayer in Saipan<\/strong> provides the venue for various activities of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa, such as Days of Prayer for students of Mt. Carmel School, Premarital Courses, and various parish groups. The sisters also help facilitate some of these Days of Prayer and the parish catechism program.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>The <strong>Maturana Community in Saipan<\/strong> is the closing community of the Mission. The sisters take their missionary prayer apostolate seriously, in the name of and in communion with the world, the Church, and the Institute.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base \" data-interaction-id=\"bbaaf3c\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"bbaaf3c\" id=\"3202\" src=\"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260314-WA0025.webp\" width=\"1577\" height=\"1092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260314-WA0025.webp 1577w, https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260314-WA0025-300x208.webp 300w, https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260314-WA0025-1024x709.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260314-WA0025-768x532.webp 768w, https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260314-WA0025-1536x1064.webp 1536w\" alt=\"\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf307b6 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bf307b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base \" data-interaction-id=\"3fe8ea4\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"3fe8ea4\" id=\"1951\" src=\"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-24-2019-Children-praying-to-MMM.webp\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-24-2019-Children-praying-to-MMM.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-24-2019-Children-praying-to-MMM-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-24-2019-Children-praying-to-MMM-768x512.webp 768w\" alt=\"\"\/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9c8368 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9c8368\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Guam<\/strong> is the community and headquarters serving the Mission. Alongside this work, the sisters are involved in the pastoral activity of the parish and in the catechetical ministry.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e007737 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e007737\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base \" data-interaction-id=\"9bb585f\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"9bb585f\" id=\"1952\" src=\"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260328_092213.webp\" width=\"1920\" height=\"909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260328_092213.webp 1920w, https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260328_092213-300x142.webp 300w, https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260328_092213-1024x485.webp 1024w, 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alt=\"\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a656a5 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a656a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2adcb86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2adcb86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>The communities of <strong>Palau<\/strong> and <strong>Guam<\/strong> are also involved in the formation of the <strong>MMB Laity<\/strong> .<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e26fa7 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e26fa7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Republic of Palau Saipan and Guam in the Mariana Islands Pohnpei and Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) &#8220;&#8230;and God took them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3203","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3227,"href":"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3203\/revisions\/3227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmberriz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}