Familian San Jose: St. Joseph Church 340th Jubilee, 1680-2020 poetry Aguon grapples with one heart-breaking

Aguon grapples with one heart-breaking loss after another by immersing himself in the beauty of his island

500 years to the first people who called the beautiful island of Guam their home

Tinian was integral in the plan to drop atomic bombs on Japan

economic development in small societies

The publication is a reversible book featuring the legends in English on one side and in CHamoru on the other

Familian San Jose: St. Joseph Church 340th Jubilee, 1680-2020 poetry Aguon grapples with one heart-breakingFamilian San Jose by William "Bill" Paulino and Judy Flores tells the story of the parish of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Inalhan, Guam and the larger story of how the church and village life have been interwoven for more than 340 years. It captures Indigenous oral histories that were passed down through generations, as well as stories that were written in the 1970s and interviews with elders. Anyone with connections to this timeless village will