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Basic Ecclesial Communities:Agents of Communion, Participation and Mission Fr. Amado L. Picardal, CSsR, STD The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has declared 2017 as the Year of the Parish as Communion of Communities. The CBCP pastoral exhortation “On Era of New Evangelization” describes the focus of this year: “This is a year when we more deeply discern not only the structures of governance of our dioceses and parishes but also of the quality of faith life in the parish, the      fellowship, belongingness, and participation by its members. In a special way we shall probe into our efforts of making the parish a communion of communities,      a communion of Basic Ecclesial Communities and of covenanted faith-communities and ecclesial movements. We shall discern and implement measures on how      communities of consecrated life may be more integrated into the life and mission of the parish. In brief, our focus ...

I am tired of people saying that the Internet is trash. I usually respond with the note "well you are not putting anything good at it". We know that the Internet is of a great potential for Evangelization. The Catholic Church is aware of this already but we have to encourage other to share their knowledge through the Internet. Individual catholic relies on the institutional Church to lead on this endeavor, well we are not lag behind on this issue as the Church through the efforts of some dioceses, religious congregations, parishes and catholic bishop conferences of different nations as well as some Enterprises which carries catholic brand. However, this is not enough, individual must also share the faith received through the use of internet of which today is easily available though the internet providers are sometimes are too slow. I am still encouraging my fellow clergyman to share their homily, reflection or any thoughts concerning the faith. I am still offeri...

Today is the second day of the Philippines Conference on the New Evangelization. It is only this morning that the convenors announce that the seminar can be viewed in the live streamed of Radio veritas.     Video streaming by Ustream Date:  October 16 – 18, 2013 Venue:  University of Sto. Tomas, Manila Philippines Day 1: October 16, 2013 – Come and See (Encounter with God) Time Activity Venue 7:00 – 8:30 AM On site Registration Lobby of the Quadricentennial Pavilion 8:30 – 10:00 Misa ng Bayang Pilipino Presider: His Eminence Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle, D.D. Quadricentennial Pavilion 10:00 – 10:30 Break 10:30 – 12:00 Opening Remarks Light Talk with the Cardinal Quadricentennial Pavilion 12:00 – 12:30 Instructions for the Streams of Encounter with God Quadricentennial Pavilion 12:30 – 1:30 Lunch 1:30 – 3:30 PM STREAMS OF ENCOUNTER WITH GOD (Refer to Concept for Day 1) 1.Word of God 15 areas Venue: Central Library 2.Prayer 20 areas Venue: College ...

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Source: Rome Reports (October 29, 2012.  -  On the last day of the three week Synod on the New Evangelization, the Pope received a document with 58 proposals.  The document is not yet official, but it includes a series of ideas that can help the Church and its laity in its mission of evangelizing to the modern world. The Pope will review the list before drafting the final version.) FINAL LIST OF PROPOSALS  Introduction Proposition 1 : THE DOCUMENTATION SUBMITTED TO THE HOLY FATHER In addition to the entire documentation on The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith related to this synod, submitted to the Holy Father for his consideration, namely, the Lineamenta, the Instrumentum laboris, the Relatio ante disceptationem, the Relatio post disceptationem, the presentations, both given in the synod hall and those in scriptis, the Message to the People of God, the Reports of the Small Groups and their discussions, the synod fa...