Ni Sr. Josie Alabado, TMM
Mikabat sa kapin kon kulang usa ka gatos ug kawaloan ug lima (185) ka mga deligado nga mga Archdiocesan Directors ug Coordinators ang mitambong sa gipahigayon nga panagtagbo didto sa Archdiocesan Lay Formation Center sa Archdiocese sa Lingayen-Dagupan niadtong Hulyo 12-15, 2010. Matag tuig kausa kini mahitabo nga gipasiugdahan sa Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education (ECCCE) nga gipangulohan ni Bishop Soc Villegas, ECCE Chairman uban usab ni Sr. Jesusa Enginco, OP.
Duha ka mga deligado gikan dinhi sa atong arkidiyosesis and mitambong sila si Rev. Fr. Michael Fabello, Assistant Catechetical Director ug si Sr. Josie Alabado, TMM Coordinator. Sila nagrepresentar sa atong arkidiyosesis. Ang tema sa panagtabo karong tuiga mao ang “Catechesis by the family, with the family and for the family.” Adunay giimbitar nga mga mamumulong aron sa pagpahayag ug pagpaambit sa tema kon unsa ka importante ang pamilya sa trabaho sa ebanghelisasyon. Ang mga speakers adunay mga pari, mga miembro sa couples for Christ, gikan usab sa grupo sa Consecration of the Family Apostolate. Sa katapusang adlaw nagpahigayon ang tigdumala mga arkidiyosesis og travel tour sa Hundred Islands.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Unang panagtigum sa mga mag-uuma gipahigayon sa parokya sa Claveria
Sustainable Agriculture Ministry
Malampusong gipahigayon ang unang panagtigum sa mga mag-uuma sa arkidiyosesis niaadtong Octubre 29 ug 30 sa parokya sa Birhen sa Lourdes sa lungsod sa Claveria. Kiniing unang panagtigum midala sa tema, ‘Malahutayong Pag-panguma, Haum ug Tubag sa Nagka-usab Usab nga Panahon. Si Rev. Fr. Rene D. Soldevilla, ang pangulo sa Sustainable Agriculture Ministry (SAM) miulbo sa kalipay sa nakita nga mga mag-uuma, pangulo sa SAM ug Social Action Center (SAC) sa nagkalain-laing parokya nga mikabat menos o kulang sa usa ka gatos.
Sa maong panagtigum, gipakita ni Arsobispo Antonio Ledesma ang iyang dakong gugma sa mag-uuma diin siya usa sa mamumulong.
Ang mahal nga Obispo misangpit sa mga ka puntos sa ‘Espirituhanong Gabayan sa Kinabuhi’ sama sa: ang kinaiyahan gasa sa Dios; ang kinaiyahan alang sa kinatibuk-an nga kaayohan sa tanan; ang tanang katawhan responsable ug dunay kaakohan isip piniyalan sa Dios sa kinaiyahan; ug usab, ang kalambuan sa tawo nakahan-ay diha sa iyang pagtoo sa Dios.
Dinhi usab nga panagtigum, gipirmahan sa Claveria Technical Coordinating Committee (CTCC) ang ‘Memorandum of Understanding’diin ang tuyo mao ang paglantaw sa kalambuan sa ‘Pilot Project’ sa Arkidiyosesis nga gidala sa Sustainable Agriculture Ministry sa parokya sa Birhen sa Lourdes nga mao ang ‘Bridging Claveria Small Farmers to Jollibee Supply Chain.’ Kining proyekto nga gidamgo ni Arsobispo Ledesma nga alang sa mga mag-uuma sa Arkidiyosesis, maka pa-uswag sa ilang kinabuhi pinaagi sa pag-suplay ug mga abot ngadto sa Jollibee ug ang igsoon niining establisismo nga nag negosyo pinaagi sa “food chain.”
Ang unang panagtigum sa mag-uuma, gisuportahan sa; Department of Agriculture, Municipality of Claveria, Misamis Oriental State College of Agriculture and Technology (MOSCAT), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Landcare Foundation Philippines, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Our Lady of Lourdes Parish of Claveria, ug ang Archdiocese sa Cagayan de Oro, pinaagi sa Ad-Extra Ministry-Social Action Center. Kini usab ang hugpong nga milambigit sa Claveria Technical Coordinating Committee o (CTCC).
Ang mga pagtoon nga nakahatag ug dakong pag-laum sa mag-uuma nga gipakita sa panagtigum mao ang: “Integrated Pest Management ug Natural Farming Technology and System” nga gihatag nila ni G. Maagad ug G. de los Reyes sa Department of Agriculture; “Rice – Duck Farming’ ni Fr. Joel Lusat; ug ang ‘Onion Bulb Production for Jollibee’ nga gihatag ni G. Halasan sa Impasug-ong, Bukidnon ug sa iyang kauban sa CRS.
Sulod sa panagtigum, Gihan-ay ni Fr. Nathaniel Lerio, ang pangulo sa Ad-Extra Ministry-Social Action Center, ang mga gidamgo sa mga mag-uuma sa ilang tagsa-tagsa ka parokya ug sa Distrito sa Simbahan diin usab nahasubay sa plano sa SAM ilabina ang pagmugna sa Demo Farm sa kada Distrito sa simbahan diin ang mga mag-uuma magtoon.
Gitapos ang panagtigum pinaagi sa pag-suroy, isip pag-toon sa Agro-Forestry Demo Farm sa MOSCAT, Barros’ Dairy Farm ug Mercado’s Farm.
Malampusong gipahigayon ang unang panagtigum sa mga mag-uuma sa arkidiyosesis niaadtong Octubre 29 ug 30 sa parokya sa Birhen sa Lourdes sa lungsod sa Claveria. Kiniing unang panagtigum midala sa tema, ‘Malahutayong Pag-panguma, Haum ug Tubag sa Nagka-usab Usab nga Panahon. Si Rev. Fr. Rene D. Soldevilla, ang pangulo sa Sustainable Agriculture Ministry (SAM) miulbo sa kalipay sa nakita nga mga mag-uuma, pangulo sa SAM ug Social Action Center (SAC) sa nagkalain-laing parokya nga mikabat menos o kulang sa usa ka gatos.
Sa maong panagtigum, gipakita ni Arsobispo Antonio Ledesma ang iyang dakong gugma sa mag-uuma diin siya usa sa mamumulong.
Ang mahal nga Obispo misangpit sa mga ka puntos sa ‘Espirituhanong Gabayan sa Kinabuhi’ sama sa: ang kinaiyahan gasa sa Dios; ang kinaiyahan alang sa kinatibuk-an nga kaayohan sa tanan; ang tanang katawhan responsable ug dunay kaakohan isip piniyalan sa Dios sa kinaiyahan; ug usab, ang kalambuan sa tawo nakahan-ay diha sa iyang pagtoo sa Dios.
Dinhi usab nga panagtigum, gipirmahan sa Claveria Technical Coordinating Committee (CTCC) ang ‘Memorandum of Understanding’diin ang tuyo mao ang paglantaw sa kalambuan sa ‘Pilot Project’ sa Arkidiyosesis nga gidala sa Sustainable Agriculture Ministry sa parokya sa Birhen sa Lourdes nga mao ang ‘Bridging Claveria Small Farmers to Jollibee Supply Chain.’ Kining proyekto nga gidamgo ni Arsobispo Ledesma nga alang sa mga mag-uuma sa Arkidiyosesis, maka pa-uswag sa ilang kinabuhi pinaagi sa pag-suplay ug mga abot ngadto sa Jollibee ug ang igsoon niining establisismo nga nag negosyo pinaagi sa “food chain.”
Ang unang panagtigum sa mag-uuma, gisuportahan sa; Department of Agriculture, Municipality of Claveria, Misamis Oriental State College of Agriculture and Technology (MOSCAT), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Landcare Foundation Philippines, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Our Lady of Lourdes Parish of Claveria, ug ang Archdiocese sa Cagayan de Oro, pinaagi sa Ad-Extra Ministry-Social Action Center. Kini usab ang hugpong nga milambigit sa Claveria Technical Coordinating Committee o (CTCC).
Ang mga pagtoon nga nakahatag ug dakong pag-laum sa mag-uuma nga gipakita sa panagtigum mao ang: “Integrated Pest Management ug Natural Farming Technology and System” nga gihatag nila ni G. Maagad ug G. de los Reyes sa Department of Agriculture; “Rice – Duck Farming’ ni Fr. Joel Lusat; ug ang ‘Onion Bulb Production for Jollibee’ nga gihatag ni G. Halasan sa Impasug-ong, Bukidnon ug sa iyang kauban sa CRS.
Sulod sa panagtigum, Gihan-ay ni Fr. Nathaniel Lerio, ang pangulo sa Ad-Extra Ministry-Social Action Center, ang mga gidamgo sa mga mag-uuma sa ilang tagsa-tagsa ka parokya ug sa Distrito sa Simbahan diin usab nahasubay sa plano sa SAM ilabina ang pagmugna sa Demo Farm sa kada Distrito sa simbahan diin ang mga mag-uuma magtoon.
Gitapos ang panagtigum pinaagi sa pag-suroy, isip pag-toon sa Agro-Forestry Demo Farm sa MOSCAT, Barros’ Dairy Farm ug Mercado’s Farm.
Mga katekista iskolar sa Lourdes College
Ni Sr. Josie Alabado, TMM
Ang Arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan de Oro ug ang Archdiocesan Catechetical Ministry uban sa pagpaluyo sa Lourdes College nagkauyon sa paghimo ug usa ka programa ug kasabutan sa pag-umol sa mga katekista nga mamahimong professional catechists nga magtabang sa atong arkidiyosise. Kini nga programa gisugdan karong tuiga 2010 ug adunay kitay lima (5) ka mga batan-ong nga nakapulos niining maong programa nga nagagikan sa lima ka distrito: Balingasag, Camiguin City East, City West ug Initiao. Sila gitawag ug mga Catechists’ District scholars. Sila usab gibuligan sa mga kaparian sa matag distrito nga naga naka-amot sa ilang financial nga tabang. Kini sila nagkuha sa upat ka tuig nga kurso sa BS in Religious Formation. Gawas sa Academic formation, aduna usab silay Human and Spiritual Formation nga ipahigayon sa Archdiocese Catechetical Formation Team. Dili lang usab sila giumol aron mahimong hanas sa mga Doktrina sa atong pagtoo kondili mamahimo usab silang mamaayong mga katekista ug Kristiyanos. Sa pagkakaron tulo kanila nagpuyo sa Catechetical Center (former deacon’s formation house).
Mao kini ang tubag sa atong gipangandoy nga makabaton ug mga professional nga ketekista. Adunay daghan nga nagtinguha ug interesado sa maong program apan lima ra gayud ang nakuha human sa upat (4) ka screening nga gihimo. Mapasalamaton kita niini nga programa uban sa pagbulig sa atong talahurong Arsobispo Most Rev. Antonio J. Ledesma, S.J., D.D. nga maoy nagduso niini. Mapasalamaton usab kita tungod kay dili lang nga sila makatabang sa catechetical ministry kondili kita usab makatabang alang niining mga batan-on nga nagtinguha nga makahuman og kurso. Kini mao na gayud ang matag tuig nga programa sa atong Arkidioseses.
Ang Arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan de Oro ug ang Archdiocesan Catechetical Ministry uban sa pagpaluyo sa Lourdes College nagkauyon sa paghimo ug usa ka programa ug kasabutan sa pag-umol sa mga katekista nga mamahimong professional catechists nga magtabang sa atong arkidiyosise. Kini nga programa gisugdan karong tuiga 2010 ug adunay kitay lima (5) ka mga batan-ong nga nakapulos niining maong programa nga nagagikan sa lima ka distrito: Balingasag, Camiguin City East, City West ug Initiao. Sila gitawag ug mga Catechists’ District scholars. Sila usab gibuligan sa mga kaparian sa matag distrito nga naga naka-amot sa ilang financial nga tabang. Kini sila nagkuha sa upat ka tuig nga kurso sa BS in Religious Formation. Gawas sa Academic formation, aduna usab silay Human and Spiritual Formation nga ipahigayon sa Archdiocese Catechetical Formation Team. Dili lang usab sila giumol aron mahimong hanas sa mga Doktrina sa atong pagtoo kondili mamahimo usab silang mamaayong mga katekista ug Kristiyanos. Sa pagkakaron tulo kanila nagpuyo sa Catechetical Center (former deacon’s formation house).
Mao kini ang tubag sa atong gipangandoy nga makabaton ug mga professional nga ketekista. Adunay daghan nga nagtinguha ug interesado sa maong program apan lima ra gayud ang nakuha human sa upat (4) ka screening nga gihimo. Mapasalamaton kita niini nga programa uban sa pagbulig sa atong talahurong Arsobispo Most Rev. Antonio J. Ledesma, S.J., D.D. nga maoy nagduso niini. Mapasalamaton usab kita tungod kay dili lang nga sila makatabang sa catechetical ministry kondili kita usab makatabang alang niining mga batan-on nga nagtinguha nga makahuman og kurso. Kini mao na gayud ang matag tuig nga programa sa atong Arkidioseses.
St. Eymard’s Bone Relic visits ACDO
By Fr. Joel R. Lasutaz, SSS
The Pilgrimage of the Bone Relic of St. Peter Julian Eymard, the Modern Apostle of the Eucharist and Founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament received a warm welcome from parishioners of the Sacred Heart Parish when it arrived last September 24, 2010 from Davao with Fr. Frankie de los Reyes, SSS, who led the delegation of mostly members of the Life in the Eucharist Seminar (LITES) team.
The relic was welcomed at the Stigmatines Seminary in Upper Puerto with a motorcade from the seminary to the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Holy Eucharist (ASHE), R.N. Pelaez Blvd., Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City.
During the Mass, the shrine was filled with pilgrims who attended the Holy Hour and the veneration of the relic.
The pilgrimage was in celebration of St. Eymard’s 200th birthday on February 4, 2011 and his baptism anniversary on February 5, which for St. Eymard is far more significant than his day of birth. The pilgrimage is done to proclaim his message “to set the four corners of the world on fire with eucharistic love”.
St. Eymard’s message of Eucharistic Love resounds until these days. He desired to be embraced by Jesus’ love in the Eucharist. His belief in Divine Love celebrated in the Eucharist and contemplated in Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament exposed made him the Apostle of the Eucharist when he was canonized a saint in December 9, 1962 by Pope John XXIII at the end of the First Session of the Second Vatican Council. It was this Council of the Church that declared the “Eucharist is the Source and Summit of Christian Life” (Lumen Gentium 11) following St. Eymard’s Eucharistic Spirituality and Theology.
St. Eymard’s Bone Relic visited the churches of Jesus Nazareno (Lapasan), San Antonio de Padua (Nazareth), the Cathedral, Eco Church (Kauswagan), Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmen), Sto. Niño de Oro (Cogon) at ASHE, Immaculate Conception (Bulua) and Nuestra Señora Virgen del Rosario (Consolacion). It was also venerated during the culmination of the City West District Catechetical Month at Country Village Hotel.
The Relic was brought to Manila and accompanied the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament during their Amplified Provincial Council Meeting attended by Parish Priests and Local Superiors of SSS Communities nationwide last October 18-22, 2010.
Pastoring the earth
Fr. Casibjorn Quiacao, SSJV
With fatherly greetings, Pope Benedict XVI challenged all faithful in his New Year’s Day letter for the 43rd World Day of Peace, “If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation.” Sixteen days after this letter’s release he wrote another one in anticipation of World Communications Sunday (May 16, 2010), specifically addressed to priests. The theme Pope Benedict chose was: “The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word.” The significance and the relation of these two letters set the atmosphere of the Signis Asia Assembly 2010, an international meeting of social communicators and media-related apostolate from various countries in Asia held on September 20-24, 2010, in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. The Archdiocesan Social Communications Apostolate (ASCA) of Cagayan de Oro was among the few select Filipino Catholic media organizations representing the Philippines at the assembly.
This is the context of this short reflection.
For starters, while this is not an exhaustive article intended to assess our pastoral approaches concerning an issue at hand, namely, that on pertinent ecological problems vis-a-vis our parochial/archdiocesan pastoral efforts - this is a reflection aimed at an advocacy. An advocacy towards choosing a fundamental compelling pastoral consideration on the issues of environment, such a one consideration that will determine all of the other pastoral priorities we make or maybe our ministerial life as a whole.
It sounds overly monumental, but in truth, it is very simple.
1. Listening to the voice of the earth. Pope Benedict is more and more vocal of his concern about protecting the environment – so that even during his vacation in 2007 in the northern mountains of Italy in front of 400 priests, deacons and seminarians from the region, he expressed his thought with a tone of urgency – “Our Earth is talking to us and we must listen to it and decipher its message if we want to survive.” Ecojustice, or justice for the Earth, has its basis in the fundamental truth that all of the natural world, every living thing has intrinsic value, hence they ought to be given the appropriate respect and rights, including the right to be heard. Because when we remain deaf to the rumblings of the earth, it might speak to us in forms of worldwide natural cataclysm being observed now as an everyday reality.
The continual deforestation at an alarming and unsustainable pace leading to the destruction of thousands of species of flora and fauna, the ongoing careless and profligate use of these natural resources, including our lands and seas, certainly confirm our lost contact with the Divine whose being we all share in a web of unity. Understanding this vital connection, St. Paul wrote to remind us that it is in Christ, the image of the invisible God, that we live and have our being: “For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible... all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together” (Col 1:16-17). Meaning, even the obscure bush and shrub at our very door have their beginnings in Christ and sustained in Christ.
What are the practical implications of this?
2. An effective shift in mentality. Pope Benedict considers protecting the environment a moral issue. During his annual address last January before diplomats to the Holy See from over 170 nations, the Holy Father denounced how world leaders at the Copenhagen climate change summit failed to address the issue. He decried, “How can we forget, that the struggle for access to natural resources is one of the causes of a number of conflicts in Africa, as well as a continuing threat elsewhere?” Calling for an adoption of a new lifestyle through an effective shift of mentality, the Pope in his encyclical ‘Caritas in Veritate’ (Charity in Truth) charges every Catholic to assert it in public spheres and in personal lives.
Therefore, enlightened by these, we should start examining our pastoral activities and personal choices through the lens of faith. So that while we “think globally, we act locally”, we cannot encase our parishes, archdiocese in isolation from the few sincere concerned people. Shifting paradigms demands not only inner conversion, but visible, credible examples – the organic farm in Agay-ayan, Gingoog Parish; the mangrove replanting by an NGO in Taytay, El Salvador; Fr. Roger Almonia’s efforts of preserving the last standing trees in the mountains of Anakan, and thankfully, so much more.
3. Voluntary simplicity. The preservation of the created world has now become an indispensable prerequisite in the preservation of peace and coexistence of humankind, meaning – no food, no peace. The Jewish notion of peace, Shalom – “the wholeness of right relations with the goodness of creation” – inspires us to take wholeness as the measure of life in abundance which is not essentially and primarily material. It is rather the stewardship, an extension of compassion to the entire created world, leading us to greater equity and unity. So that as we pray the Our Father and ask for ‘our daily bread’, we remember that this bread didn’t just jump onto our table but is acquired through a complicated process that has both economic and ecological implications. This is the very reason why our pastoral activities, and even food decisions at that, ought to be faith decisions. We celebrate food as sacramental, the bread and wine has come a very long way towards the table of the Lord, but nevertheless has arrived on time. We rely on this, the Lord provides - hence voluntary simplicity has become for us a pastoral value of inestimable measure. And in the end, as the Lord communicates himself to us in the simple form of the bread and wine, so shall the Earth speak to us through abundance, even satisfying our wayward curiosity. And we will journey through the fields, tread no longer upon the ordinary bush, but stand on holy ground.
With fatherly greetings, Pope Benedict XVI challenged all faithful in his New Year’s Day letter for the 43rd World Day of Peace, “If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation.” Sixteen days after this letter’s release he wrote another one in anticipation of World Communications Sunday (May 16, 2010), specifically addressed to priests. The theme Pope Benedict chose was: “The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word.” The significance and the relation of these two letters set the atmosphere of the Signis Asia Assembly 2010, an international meeting of social communicators and media-related apostolate from various countries in Asia held on September 20-24, 2010, in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. The Archdiocesan Social Communications Apostolate (ASCA) of Cagayan de Oro was among the few select Filipino Catholic media organizations representing the Philippines at the assembly.
This is the context of this short reflection.
For starters, while this is not an exhaustive article intended to assess our pastoral approaches concerning an issue at hand, namely, that on pertinent ecological problems vis-a-vis our parochial/archdiocesan pastoral efforts - this is a reflection aimed at an advocacy. An advocacy towards choosing a fundamental compelling pastoral consideration on the issues of environment, such a one consideration that will determine all of the other pastoral priorities we make or maybe our ministerial life as a whole.
It sounds overly monumental, but in truth, it is very simple.
1. Listening to the voice of the earth. Pope Benedict is more and more vocal of his concern about protecting the environment – so that even during his vacation in 2007 in the northern mountains of Italy in front of 400 priests, deacons and seminarians from the region, he expressed his thought with a tone of urgency – “Our Earth is talking to us and we must listen to it and decipher its message if we want to survive.” Ecojustice, or justice for the Earth, has its basis in the fundamental truth that all of the natural world, every living thing has intrinsic value, hence they ought to be given the appropriate respect and rights, including the right to be heard. Because when we remain deaf to the rumblings of the earth, it might speak to us in forms of worldwide natural cataclysm being observed now as an everyday reality.
The continual deforestation at an alarming and unsustainable pace leading to the destruction of thousands of species of flora and fauna, the ongoing careless and profligate use of these natural resources, including our lands and seas, certainly confirm our lost contact with the Divine whose being we all share in a web of unity. Understanding this vital connection, St. Paul wrote to remind us that it is in Christ, the image of the invisible God, that we live and have our being: “For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible... all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together” (Col 1:16-17). Meaning, even the obscure bush and shrub at our very door have their beginnings in Christ and sustained in Christ.
What are the practical implications of this?
2. An effective shift in mentality. Pope Benedict considers protecting the environment a moral issue. During his annual address last January before diplomats to the Holy See from over 170 nations, the Holy Father denounced how world leaders at the Copenhagen climate change summit failed to address the issue. He decried, “How can we forget, that the struggle for access to natural resources is one of the causes of a number of conflicts in Africa, as well as a continuing threat elsewhere?” Calling for an adoption of a new lifestyle through an effective shift of mentality, the Pope in his encyclical ‘Caritas in Veritate’ (Charity in Truth) charges every Catholic to assert it in public spheres and in personal lives.
Therefore, enlightened by these, we should start examining our pastoral activities and personal choices through the lens of faith. So that while we “think globally, we act locally”, we cannot encase our parishes, archdiocese in isolation from the few sincere concerned people. Shifting paradigms demands not only inner conversion, but visible, credible examples – the organic farm in Agay-ayan, Gingoog Parish; the mangrove replanting by an NGO in Taytay, El Salvador; Fr. Roger Almonia’s efforts of preserving the last standing trees in the mountains of Anakan, and thankfully, so much more.
3. Voluntary simplicity. The preservation of the created world has now become an indispensable prerequisite in the preservation of peace and coexistence of humankind, meaning – no food, no peace. The Jewish notion of peace, Shalom – “the wholeness of right relations with the goodness of creation” – inspires us to take wholeness as the measure of life in abundance which is not essentially and primarily material. It is rather the stewardship, an extension of compassion to the entire created world, leading us to greater equity and unity. So that as we pray the Our Father and ask for ‘our daily bread’, we remember that this bread didn’t just jump onto our table but is acquired through a complicated process that has both economic and ecological implications. This is the very reason why our pastoral activities, and even food decisions at that, ought to be faith decisions. We celebrate food as sacramental, the bread and wine has come a very long way towards the table of the Lord, but nevertheless has arrived on time. We rely on this, the Lord provides - hence voluntary simplicity has become for us a pastoral value of inestimable measure. And in the end, as the Lord communicates himself to us in the simple form of the bread and wine, so shall the Earth speak to us through abundance, even satisfying our wayward curiosity. And we will journey through the fields, tread no longer upon the ordinary bush, but stand on holy ground.
Signis Asia Assembly underscores environmental protection
By Mary Anne Padilla, FSP
Social Communications Apostolate of the archdiocese represented by Sr. Mary Anne Padilla, FSP together with Rev. Fr. Casibjorn Quiacao participated in the Signis Asia Assembly 2010 (SAA) in Surabaya, Indonesia last September 20-24, 2010. The Theme chosen for this year's assembly “Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation: Media's Role” was inspired by Pope Benedict XVI's message for World Day of Peace on January 10, 2010. The Pope said, “The environment must be seen as God's gift, and the use we make of it entails a shared responsibility for all humanity, especially the poor and future generations.”
Augustine Loorthusamy, in an address from the Signis World President heeds the pontiff's call for environmental protection interconnecting with cultivating peace. Aware of the many problems relating to man's natural environment, such as the abuse of natural resources led to climate change and catastrophic calamities, he urged all delegates and participants coming from various countries in Asia to bring in more media professionals and practitioners to their country's Signis to work collectively for peace and protection of creation.
Antonio and Elizabeth de Castro, founders of Earthworm Sanctuary, Quezon City, Philippines, keynote speakers for the first day of the conference spoke of the value of Vermiculture, an artificial rearing or cultivation of earthworms and uses worm's vermicompost for organic farming, which not only converts garbage into valuable manure but also keeps the environment healthy. Vermiculture, a newly introduced technology, counters inorganic fertilizers and consequently prevents cancer risks in consumers.
Mr. Errol Jonathans, deputy general manager of Surabaya Radio Station and speaker for the second day of the conference emphasized Media's role in cultivating peace and protecting creation. Citing Pope Benedict XVI's passage, he said “Media play a great role and responsibility in protecting the environment.”
Prevalent suggestions raised after the second day's group discussion were to come up with a common media project on environmental protection translated into different languages and share it to the different countries in Asia where Signis is established. Others also mentioned that available materials at hand can also be shared for other countries.
The third day set for local Radio and TV immersion, the delegates and observers were first brought to the district of Sidoarjo, a place where the Lapindo mudflow has caused havoc in the area since December 2006. The disastrous mud flow was the result of human error performed by an oil drilling company Lapindo Brantas Inc.
During the mudflow tragedy, the Church jointly working with the local media in the area played a significant role in awakening people's consciousness of their role and responsibility toward creation. This responsibility saves mankind from the danger of self-destruction.
The assembly continued with two day assessment reports of Signis members from South Asia, South East Asia and East Asia. A concelebrated Mass was presided by Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Surabaya to conclude the five-day meeting of Asian Catholic Communicators, the other name of Signis Asia.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Illegal mining persists in hinterland barangays
Church workers from the parishes of Dansolihon and Taglimao have reported that environmentally destructive mining still persists in their respective areas despite a citywide mining ban declared in 2009 by then-Mayor Constantino Jaraula.
During a watershed preservation workshop conferred by Abp. Antonio J. Ledesma, S.J., a Dansolihon church worker stated that a big mining firm, which she refused to name, is still conducting activities in her neighborhood, having bribed the Higaonon locals for their silence. A church worker from Taglimao reported that another mining company does its blasting for copper and gold from boulders every night.
Abp. Ledesma responded by stating that the city government should investigate all concerned mining firms.
Besides the two barangays already named, illegal mining activities also persist unhindered in Mambuaya, Tagpangi, Tuburan and Tumpagon.
During a watershed preservation workshop conferred by Abp. Antonio J. Ledesma, S.J., a Dansolihon church worker stated that a big mining firm, which she refused to name, is still conducting activities in her neighborhood, having bribed the Higaonon locals for their silence. A church worker from Taglimao reported that another mining company does its blasting for copper and gold from boulders every night.
Abp. Ledesma responded by stating that the city government should investigate all concerned mining firms.
Besides the two barangays already named, illegal mining activities also persist unhindered in Mambuaya, Tagpangi, Tuburan and Tumpagon.
Initao District midaog sa Bible Quiz
Ni Mark Harvey Elloren
Nagmaya ang Initao District sa ilang pagkadaog sa Archdiocesan Family Bible Quiz niadtong Oktobre 16, 2010 didto sa Lourdes College Auditorium, Cagayan de Oro City. Gipildi sa Abaday Family ug Plaga Family nga gikan sa Initao District ang napulo ka pamilya nga gikan sa laing distrito sa arkidiyosesis.
Ang Bible Quiz usa ka programa sa Archdiocesan Bible Apostolate nga gipangulohan ni Fr. Michael Fabello. Inabagan kini sa Episcopal Biblical Apostolate team nga gikan pa sa Manila ug maoy nagbuhat sa mga pangutana alang sa Bible Quiz. Sila gipangulohan ni Fr. Paul Marquez, SSP, editor sa Sambuhay ug manunulat sa CBCP Monitor.
Ang Quiz may lima ka rawon ug sa usa ka rawon may napulo ka mga pangutana nga gikan gayod sa Bibliya.
May walo ka eskwelahang Katoliko ang niapil sa maong Biblle Quiz. Sa High School Level Competition, migawas ang unang mananaog, ang St. Mary’s School sa Aluba, Macasandig. Gisundan kini sa St. Joseph Academy sa El Salvador ug sunod ang Lourdes College High School.
Si Fr. Fabello nagaiingon na ang Bible Quiz sa High School level makatabang sa pagsuta sa kapasidad sa mga tunghaan sa ilang Katolikanhong edukasyon. Si Fr. Perseus Cabunoc, SSJV, ang Ad Intra Coordinator, nagaiingon nga usa ka “encouragement” ang Bible Quiz sa mga batan-on sa pagbasa sa Balaan nga Kasulatan. Si Fr. Eddie V. Magtrayo, Catechtical Director, nagaingon, “Ignorance of the Bible is ignorance of Christ.” Mao kini ang tumong sa Bible Quiz; alang pagpaila kang Kristo ug kalambigitan sa Bibliya sa Kristohanonong kinabuhi.
Nagmaya ang Initao District sa ilang pagkadaog sa Archdiocesan Family Bible Quiz niadtong Oktobre 16, 2010 didto sa Lourdes College Auditorium, Cagayan de Oro City. Gipildi sa Abaday Family ug Plaga Family nga gikan sa Initao District ang napulo ka pamilya nga gikan sa laing distrito sa arkidiyosesis.
Ang Bible Quiz usa ka programa sa Archdiocesan Bible Apostolate nga gipangulohan ni Fr. Michael Fabello. Inabagan kini sa Episcopal Biblical Apostolate team nga gikan pa sa Manila ug maoy nagbuhat sa mga pangutana alang sa Bible Quiz. Sila gipangulohan ni Fr. Paul Marquez, SSP, editor sa Sambuhay ug manunulat sa CBCP Monitor.
Ang Quiz may lima ka rawon ug sa usa ka rawon may napulo ka mga pangutana nga gikan gayod sa Bibliya.
May walo ka eskwelahang Katoliko ang niapil sa maong Biblle Quiz. Sa High School Level Competition, migawas ang unang mananaog, ang St. Mary’s School sa Aluba, Macasandig. Gisundan kini sa St. Joseph Academy sa El Salvador ug sunod ang Lourdes College High School.
Si Fr. Fabello nagaiingon na ang Bible Quiz sa High School level makatabang sa pagsuta sa kapasidad sa mga tunghaan sa ilang Katolikanhong edukasyon. Si Fr. Perseus Cabunoc, SSJV, ang Ad Intra Coordinator, nagaiingon nga usa ka “encouragement” ang Bible Quiz sa mga batan-on sa pagbasa sa Balaan nga Kasulatan. Si Fr. Eddie V. Magtrayo, Catechtical Director, nagaingon, “Ignorance of the Bible is ignorance of Christ.” Mao kini ang tumong sa Bible Quiz; alang pagpaila kang Kristo ug kalambigitan sa Bibliya sa Kristohanonong kinabuhi.
CDO St. Joseph Academy writers garner 10 awards
By Fr. Macky V. Ceballos, SSJV
The writers of St. Joseph Academy’s school paper, The Carpenters won 10 awards in the recently concluded Division Schools Press Conference held at Balingasag North Central School, Balingasag, Misamis Oriental on September 30 – October 2, 2010. Contestants from the Elementary Level garnered 6 places while the Secondary Level gathered 4 awards including one in the team event.
The following winners are: Nyssa Angela Jabonga, 3rd place in Feature Writing, and 2nd in Editorial Writing, both in Filipino; Kathleen June Lignes, 2nd in English News Writing; Mariel Dave Giganto, 7th in English Sports Writing; Kayllien Duran, 9th in Feature Writing and 6th place in Editorial Writing, both in English.
In the Secondary Level division, the winners are: Jean Ian Ampoyo, 8th in Sports Writing (English); Vielly Joe Fuentes, 7th in Sports Writing (Filipino); Lyndie Mae Taneo, 2nd in News Writing (English).
Meanwhile, the secondary level was also honored with 5th place in Radio Broadcasting, English category in the persons of Grace Marie Aguilar, Jean Ian Ampoyo, Joseph Martin Buray, Hazel Rowelle Mae Caylo, Vielly Joe Fuentes, Christmi Joy Lomongo, and Lyndie Mae Taneo.
Mrs. Erlinda Dael, DepEd Supervisor for English of the Division of Misamis Oriental, disclosed that only those who won the first four places in the division level will qualify to participate in the Regional Schools Press Conference. Thus, only three students from SJA will qualify to the regional competition: Nyssa Angela Jabonga and Kathleen June Lignes, both from the elementary level, and Lyndie Mae Taneo for the secondary level.
This year’s gathering of campus journalists had the theme: “Campus Journalism as a Catalyst for Change: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.” There were around 88 public and private elementary and secondary schools in Misamis Oriental and close to 1,300 participants all over the province.
As School Director and Moderator of the school paper, this writer remarks: “It was an improved performance of the SJA students as compared to last year’s participation of our school in Opol, Misamis Oriental. We got a big leap from last year’s three awards only which did not even qualify to the regional level. It was indeed a good finish.”
The Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC) will be held in one of the schools in Iligan City on November 18-20, 2010.
The writers of St. Joseph Academy’s school paper, The Carpenters won 10 awards in the recently concluded Division Schools Press Conference held at Balingasag North Central School, Balingasag, Misamis Oriental on September 30 – October 2, 2010. Contestants from the Elementary Level garnered 6 places while the Secondary Level gathered 4 awards including one in the team event.
The following winners are: Nyssa Angela Jabonga, 3rd place in Feature Writing, and 2nd in Editorial Writing, both in Filipino; Kathleen June Lignes, 2nd in English News Writing; Mariel Dave Giganto, 7th in English Sports Writing; Kayllien Duran, 9th in Feature Writing and 6th place in Editorial Writing, both in English.
In the Secondary Level division, the winners are: Jean Ian Ampoyo, 8th in Sports Writing (English); Vielly Joe Fuentes, 7th in Sports Writing (Filipino); Lyndie Mae Taneo, 2nd in News Writing (English).
Meanwhile, the secondary level was also honored with 5th place in Radio Broadcasting, English category in the persons of Grace Marie Aguilar, Jean Ian Ampoyo, Joseph Martin Buray, Hazel Rowelle Mae Caylo, Vielly Joe Fuentes, Christmi Joy Lomongo, and Lyndie Mae Taneo.
Mrs. Erlinda Dael, DepEd Supervisor for English of the Division of Misamis Oriental, disclosed that only those who won the first four places in the division level will qualify to participate in the Regional Schools Press Conference. Thus, only three students from SJA will qualify to the regional competition: Nyssa Angela Jabonga and Kathleen June Lignes, both from the elementary level, and Lyndie Mae Taneo for the secondary level.
This year’s gathering of campus journalists had the theme: “Campus Journalism as a Catalyst for Change: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.” There were around 88 public and private elementary and secondary schools in Misamis Oriental and close to 1,300 participants all over the province.
As School Director and Moderator of the school paper, this writer remarks: “It was an improved performance of the SJA students as compared to last year’s participation of our school in Opol, Misamis Oriental. We got a big leap from last year’s three awards only which did not even qualify to the regional level. It was indeed a good finish.”
The Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC) will be held in one of the schools in Iligan City on November 18-20, 2010.
Land ownership finally awarded to Sumilao Farmers
By Louise Dumas
Most people think that their story started with the first step crossing the boundary of their farms and the highway. To many, their struggle was encompassed by the road which led from Bukidnon to the country’s seat of power in Malacañang. But in their war for social justice, the Sumilao March was only a battle.
The story of the Sumilao farmers actually began when, like the untold histories of Indigenous Peoples of Bukidnon, settlers put up ranches and grazing fields in what had been their self-sustaining communities.
In the late 1930s, Higaonon communities in Sumilao were displaced when a deed of sale was drawn and the Angeles family put up a cattle ranch in their lands. In the 1970s, part of the land went to Salvador Carlos while the 144 hectares – which would be the center of their struggle – were sold to Norberto Quisumbing. In 1990, under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) of Corazon Aquino’s government, the land was declared eligible for distribution to the farmers. But in 1996, because of loopholes in the law, the area was easily reclassified from agricultural to agro-industrial land, exempting it from CARP.
Once more denied their right to the land their forefathers had developed, the farmers staged a hunger strike in front of the Department of Agricultural Reform Central Office in Quezon City. The Office of the President, seemingly relenting, decided to award 100 hectares of land to the farmers. But as if toying with the latter, the order was again revoked and a series of promises that were never fulfilled followed.
Finally, in 2007, the farmers decided to bring their issue beyond their communities and to appeal to the rest of the country for support. They made history when they decided to walk all the way from their farms in Sumilao to personally plead with the president. But despite their historic march, their effort was countered with only a flimsy promise from the government.
This year, the long-sought Certificate of Land Ownership Agreement was finally awarded to them in a program held on October 10. The certificate was personally handed over to PANAW Sumilao Multipurpose Cooperative chairperson Napoleon Merida by DAR Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes.
“The presence of DAR secretary Gil de los Reyes indicated that the new administration intends to complete the agrarian reform,” Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ, DD, said. The church had maintained an advocacy support for the farmers through the years of their struggle. Under the new government, many more lands have been identified for distribution under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms. Most of these lands are in Negros Occidental, Isabela, Camarines Sur and Bukidnon.
Most people think that their story started with the first step crossing the boundary of their farms and the highway. To many, their struggle was encompassed by the road which led from Bukidnon to the country’s seat of power in Malacañang. But in their war for social justice, the Sumilao March was only a battle.
The story of the Sumilao farmers actually began when, like the untold histories of Indigenous Peoples of Bukidnon, settlers put up ranches and grazing fields in what had been their self-sustaining communities.
In the late 1930s, Higaonon communities in Sumilao were displaced when a deed of sale was drawn and the Angeles family put up a cattle ranch in their lands. In the 1970s, part of the land went to Salvador Carlos while the 144 hectares – which would be the center of their struggle – were sold to Norberto Quisumbing. In 1990, under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) of Corazon Aquino’s government, the land was declared eligible for distribution to the farmers. But in 1996, because of loopholes in the law, the area was easily reclassified from agricultural to agro-industrial land, exempting it from CARP.
Once more denied their right to the land their forefathers had developed, the farmers staged a hunger strike in front of the Department of Agricultural Reform Central Office in Quezon City. The Office of the President, seemingly relenting, decided to award 100 hectares of land to the farmers. But as if toying with the latter, the order was again revoked and a series of promises that were never fulfilled followed.
Finally, in 2007, the farmers decided to bring their issue beyond their communities and to appeal to the rest of the country for support. They made history when they decided to walk all the way from their farms in Sumilao to personally plead with the president. But despite their historic march, their effort was countered with only a flimsy promise from the government.
This year, the long-sought Certificate of Land Ownership Agreement was finally awarded to them in a program held on October 10. The certificate was personally handed over to PANAW Sumilao Multipurpose Cooperative chairperson Napoleon Merida by DAR Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes.
“The presence of DAR secretary Gil de los Reyes indicated that the new administration intends to complete the agrarian reform,” Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ, DD, said. The church had maintained an advocacy support for the farmers through the years of their struggle. Under the new government, many more lands have been identified for distribution under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms. Most of these lands are in Negros Occidental, Isabela, Camarines Sur and Bukidnon.
Bishops to formally discuss RH Bill with PNoy
By Louise Dumas
Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ, DD, cleared that there were no talks in the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) of ex-communicating President Benigno Aquino III because of his support for the Reproductive Health Bill.
Archbishop Ledesma said that in a recent dialogue with the president, together with CBCP President, Bishop Nereo Odchimar, His Eminence Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal and Bishop Chito Tagle on October 11, PNoy said that he was also against abortion and was for responsible parenthood and informed choice. The government is to provide information for family planning. PNoy reportedly said that the Philippines will not be like Thailand where pro-choice means abortion.
“The meeting was cordial and with a frank atmosphere,” said Archbishop Ledesma. “Hopefully, it will bring about convergence. There is no talk of ex-communication and it was just sensationalized by the media. We are arranging for a more formal dialogue with the president.”
The Reproductive Health Bill is an act providing for a national policy on reproductive health, responsible parenthood & population development. “It is not so much as the macro population issue,” said Archbishop Ledesma. “Rather, it is about helping low-income families to plan the number of their children. Large families are not sustainable. It [reproductive health] is a matter of social science – not of faith and morals.”
In his article, Three Challenges of Humanae Vitae, however, Archbishop Ledesma makes it clear that legislative measures should not ‘infringe on the rights of parents or resort to contraceptive methods deemed contrary to the moral law.’ Citing Humanae Vitae, 12, he stated that ‘These measures tend to devalue the true nature of marriage by artificially separating the “unitive and procreative meanings” of the conjugal act.’
The church approves the active Natural Family Planning Program. In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, it is stated that the Periodic continence, that is, the methods of birth regulation based on self-observation and the use of infertile periods, is in conformity with the objective criteria of morality. These methods respect the bodies of the spouses, encourage tenderness between them, and favor the education of an authentic freedom (CCC, 2370).
The All-Natural Family Planning Program which is implemented through the Christian Family and Life Apostolate, as the name indicates, does not combine natural methods with artificial contraceptives. It includes temperature and mucus methods, sympto-thermal and lactational amenorrhea methods, the Standard Days Method and the Two Day Method.
PNoy, stating that the government would support the approach recommended by the church, however, has no bias for what kind of family planning.
Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ, DD, cleared that there were no talks in the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) of ex-communicating President Benigno Aquino III because of his support for the Reproductive Health Bill.
Archbishop Ledesma said that in a recent dialogue with the president, together with CBCP President, Bishop Nereo Odchimar, His Eminence Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal and Bishop Chito Tagle on October 11, PNoy said that he was also against abortion and was for responsible parenthood and informed choice. The government is to provide information for family planning. PNoy reportedly said that the Philippines will not be like Thailand where pro-choice means abortion.
“The meeting was cordial and with a frank atmosphere,” said Archbishop Ledesma. “Hopefully, it will bring about convergence. There is no talk of ex-communication and it was just sensationalized by the media. We are arranging for a more formal dialogue with the president.”
The Reproductive Health Bill is an act providing for a national policy on reproductive health, responsible parenthood & population development. “It is not so much as the macro population issue,” said Archbishop Ledesma. “Rather, it is about helping low-income families to plan the number of their children. Large families are not sustainable. It [reproductive health] is a matter of social science – not of faith and morals.”
In his article, Three Challenges of Humanae Vitae, however, Archbishop Ledesma makes it clear that legislative measures should not ‘infringe on the rights of parents or resort to contraceptive methods deemed contrary to the moral law.’ Citing Humanae Vitae, 12, he stated that ‘These measures tend to devalue the true nature of marriage by artificially separating the “unitive and procreative meanings” of the conjugal act.’
The church approves the active Natural Family Planning Program. In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, it is stated that the Periodic continence, that is, the methods of birth regulation based on self-observation and the use of infertile periods, is in conformity with the objective criteria of morality. These methods respect the bodies of the spouses, encourage tenderness between them, and favor the education of an authentic freedom (CCC, 2370).
The All-Natural Family Planning Program which is implemented through the Christian Family and Life Apostolate, as the name indicates, does not combine natural methods with artificial contraceptives. It includes temperature and mucus methods, sympto-thermal and lactational amenorrhea methods, the Standard Days Method and the Two Day Method.
PNoy, stating that the government would support the approach recommended by the church, however, has no bias for what kind of family planning.
Stewards of God’s Gift to All Generations
From the documents, we can summarize five major themes that bring out the spiritual-moral context for our discussion on climate change in the Philippine setting.
1) “The environment is God’s gift to everyone.” (CV, 48)
• In nature the believer recognizes the creative activity of God. “Nature expresses a design of love and truth,” given to us by the Creator as the setting for our life. A beautiful landscape can fill us with awe and wonder – a mirror of God’s presence in the world that He has created.
• The biblical message situates the first man and woman in a garden for them to keep and till. And with regard to every created reality, “God saw that it was good.”(cf. Gen. 1:4 f.) Man’s original innocence is best expressed in his vocation to be master of all other created beings in the universe.
2) The environment is a collective good, destined for all. (cf. CSDC, 466)
• All beings are interconnected in an ordered ecosystem that we call the “cosmos.” We are all part of a web of life that reaches out from the smallest creatures to the most complex.
• The environmental value of biodiversity must be adequately protected. Our forests, in particular, help preserve the natural balance among diverse forms of life, including our own.
• The climate itself is a good that must be protected. “One considers relations between human activity and climate change which, given their extreme complexity, must be opportunely and constantly monitored at the scientific, political and juridical, national and international levels.” (CSDC, 470)
• “Care for the environment… is a common and universal duty, that of respecting a common good.” (CSDC, 466)
3) “Human beings… exercise a responsible stewardship over nature.” (CV, 50)
• As stewards, human beings are entrusted by the Creator to conserve the environment, enjoy its fruits and cultivate it in new ways to make it more productive to accommodate and feed the world’s population.
• The covenant between Yahweh and Noah and his descendants after the flood, symbolized by the rainbow (Gen. 9), also connotes a covenant between human beings and the environment – i.e., no longer to destroy God’s creation.
• “One of the greatest challenges facing the economy is to achieve the most efficient use – not abuse – of natural resources, based on a realization that the notion of ‘efficiency’ is not value-free.” (CV, 50)
• Environmental protection at the macro level cannot be assured solely on the basis of financial calculations of costs and returns at the micro level. “The environment is one of those goods that cannot be adequately safeguarded or promoted by market forces.” (CSDC, 470)
• The adverse effects of climate change that we have experienced from recent calamities in Ormoc, Infanta, Marikina, etc. are warning signs and a call for responsible stewardship − particularly with regard to our watershed and river basin areas.
4) “Projects for integral human development cannot ignore coming generations, but need to be marked by solidarity and inter-generational justice.” (CV, 48)
• The adverse effects of environmental degradation often take place in a gradual, cumulative manner that are not immediately noticed until sudden calamities occur. Only then do communities come to realize that the effects are irreversible, affecting future generations.
• Such are the consequences of the loss of bio-diversity and the extinction of various species of wild-life. Likewise, soil erosion from the uplands and the resultant siltation of river beds and destruction of coral reefs are oftentimes irreversible and permanently damage the environment.
• Hence, “the right to a safe and healthy natural environment” is gradually receiving juridical recognition. (CSDC, 468) Likewise, the right of the children of our present generation to inherit and enjoy the blessings of an unspoiled environment has been upheld by the Philippine Supreme Court, a landmark decision that has caught the attention of other countries.
• “Intergenerational solidarity” is thus a moral value we need to uphold – for instance with regard to the search for alternative sources of energy that do not produce a greenhouse effect or global warming altering climate patterns.
5) The Church has a responsibility towards creation and integral human development. (cf. CV, 51)
• “When ‘human ecology’ is respected within society, environmental ecology also benefits.” (CV, 51)
• Human ecology refers to our understanding and appreciation for the dignity of the human person and the inter-personal value of human society. Respect for the person as the subject and goal of development also flows into respect for the environment. “The decisive issue is the overall moral tenor of society.” (CV, 51)
• “The book of nature is one and indivisible: it takes in not only the environment but also life, sexuality, marriage, the family, social relations: in a word, integral human development.” (CV, 51)
• “The way humanity treats the environment influences the way it treats itself, and vice versa.” (CV, 51) Care for the environment invites modern society to adopt new life – styles away from the prevailing spirit of hedonism and consumerism. Culture and nature are thus closely linked. A wholesome human ecology leads to a wholesome natural ecology.
In summary, our concern over the adverse consequences of climate change stems from our appreciation that:
(1) The environment is God’s gift;
(2) It is a collective good that we share with others;
(3) As human beings, we are called to be responsible stewards of God’s creation;
(4) Solidarity and inter-generational justice are key moral principles for our protection and conservation of the environment; and
(5) The Church espouses integral human development that encompasses a wholesome environmental ecology.
Inter-Diocesan College Seminary Assembly gipahigayon sa CdO
Ni Jan Crispin Adrian O. Rayon
Nagkatigum-tigum pag-usab ang mga seminarista sa diyosesis sa Cagayan de Oro, Butuan, Surigao, Tandag ug Malaybalay alang sa ika-lima nga Cagayan, Butuan, Surigao, Tandag, Malaybalay (CABUSTAM) Inter-Diocesan College Seminary Assembly nga nahitabo niadtong Oktubre 15 - 17, 2010 sa San Jose de Mindanao Seminary, Camaman-an, ubos sa tema, “The Call to Nurture the Encounter of the Sacred in the Human Experience Thru Prayer.”
Dako ang kalipay ni Rev. Fr. Othelo Polinar, SSJV, rector sa San Jose de Mindanao Seminary (SJMS) nga mao ang pinaka-una nga nagpasiugda sa tinuig nga kalihukan upat na katuig ang milabay. Sa iyang mensahe, miingon siya “it’s good to be back here, where we all started this assembly…” Ang SJMS ang pinaka-una nga nagdumala sa CABUSTAM Assembly niadtong tuig 2006, ang Golden Anniversary sa SJMS. Gisundan dayon kini pagdumala sa Bukidnon (2007), Surigao(2008) ug Butuan (2009).
Ang unang parte sa kalihukan mao ang makatandog nga pakigpulong ni Rev. Fr. Raul Dael, SSJV sa SJMS chapel. Sa iyang pakigpulong, gipunting niya ang kamahinungdanon sa pag-ampo ilabi na gayod nga ang mga seminarista ang mamahimong mga pari ugma damlag. Gisundan kini sa Santos nga Misa nga gipangulohan ni Rev. Fr. Othelo Polinar, SSJV kauban ang mga seminary fathers sa nagkadaiyang seminary sa CABUSTAM Region. Bibo usab kaayo ang mga participante sa assembliya nga bisag nibundak ang kusog nga ulan ug napalong ang kuryente sa ikaduhang hugna kamulo ang programa, wala gihapon magpapugong ang mga seminarista sa pagpasiklab sa ilang mga talento sa pag-awit ug pagsayaw sa gipahigayon nga Choral Contest ug Interpretative Dance Contest. Naangkon sa St. Peter College Seminary ang unang gantimpala sa Choral contest ug ang San Jose de Mindanao Seminary ang nakakuha sa unang gantimpla sa Interpretative Dance Contest.
Sa ikaduhang adlaw sa panagtigum, gipangulohan ni Most Rev. Fr. Antonio Ledesma, SJ, DD ang Santos nga Misa. Gipunting sa Obispo ang pagtimbang-timbang sa mga prioridad sa kinabuhi isip mga umaabot nga mga pari ugma damlag. Wala usab nawala ang tradiyonal nga sportsfest nga didto gihimo sa Kong Hua High School, Kauswagan. Naangkon sa St. Peter College Seminary ang over-all champion sa Sports fest.
Kapin sa gatos ang mitambong sa gipahigayon nga assembliya. Otsentay sais (86) ka seminarista ang mitambong gikan sa St. Peter’s College Seminary-Butuan (23 kanila gikan sa Tandag Diocese), singkwentay tres (53) ang gikan sa Pope John XXIII College Seminary-Malaybalay, trantay otso (38) gikan sa Maradjao Magbalantay College Seminary-Surigao City ug adunay sitentay siete (77) ka mga seminarista ang gikan sa San Jose de Mindanao Seminary-Cagayan de Oro (18 kanila gikan sa Tandag Diocese).
“Malipayon kaayo ko sa asembliya…Nadasig ko pag-ayo nga magpadayon sa akong bokasyon”, miingon si Mark Tiu, usa sa mga seminarista gikan sa diyosesis sa Surigao nga mitambong sa gipahigayon nga panagtigom. Excited napud ang tanan sa sunod nga CABUSTAM assembly nga pagahimoon didto sa Malaybalay, Bukidnon sunod tuig. Kining tanan gihimo alang sa kalamboan sa bokasyon ug sa paglig-on sa communal life sa mga seminarista sa CABUSTAM.
MSPC XIV - “Word of God in Mindanao: Creation and Peace”
Ni Erdman Pandero
Digos City, Philippines – 213 ka mga deligado gikan sa nagkalain-laing mga diyosesis ug arkidiyosesis sa pulo sa Mindanao ug Sulu ang mitambong sa ika-14 nga Mindanao-Sulu Pastoral Conference (MSPC) nga gipahigayon niadtong Oktubre 18 – 22, 2010 sa Crisbel Crown Center dakbayan sa Digos.
Ang MSPC usa ka panagtigum sa mga Obispo, Kaparian, Kamadrehan ug mga Laygo nga nahisakop sa pulo sa Mindanao ug sa Sulu. Ang unang MSPC nahitabo niadtong Nobyembre 17 – 21, 1971 didto sa Arkidiyosesis sa Davao. Ang MSPC mahitabo kausa sulod sa tulo ka tuig.
Ang atong Arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan de Oro nagpadala og napulo ka opisyal nga mga deligado nga gipangulohan ni Msgr. Columbus Villamil, SSJV (Vicar-General). Uban kaniya mao sila si Fr. Florencio Salvador, SSJV, SLD, (Vicar-Genereal), Fr. Perseus Cabunoc, SSJV (Ad Intra Ministry), Fr. Nathan Lerio, SSJV (Ad Extra Ministry), Fr. Eddie Magtrayo, SSJV (Catechetics), Fr. Roy Barros, SSJV (BEC), Fr. Butch Zayas (SJVTS Vice-Rector), Sr. Mary Anne Padilla, FSP (Social Com), Ms. Myrna Siose (ACCESS), Ms. Ann Pielago (All-NFP), ug Mr. Benny Sy (Alpha, BEC). Si Sr. Padilla wala nakatambong hinuon gipulihan siya ni Bro. Erdman Pandero (Vice-Chancellor).
Ang tema sa ika-14 nga MSPC Word of God in Mindanao: Creation and Peace. Giablihan ang maong kumperensya sa usa ka Santos nga Misa nga gipangulohan sa atong talahuron nga Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams. Sa iyang maanindot ug lawom nga homiliya, iyang gidapit ug gipahinumduman ang mga kaparian nga ang Pulong Sa Dios nga kanunay gibasa ug gisaulog diha sa Santos nga Misa mamahimo untang buhi diha sa kinabuhi sa mga kaparian.
Ang 21 ka mga Obispo, 71 ka mga kaparian, 3 ka mga relihiyosong lalaki, 25 ka mga madre, ug 93 ka mga laygo maiiniton nga gidawat ug gihatagan og luna nga kapapahulayan sa mga foster families. Sulod sa tulo ka adlaw, ang mga deligado masubsob nga namalandong mahitungod sa (1) Pulong sa Dios, (2) ang Kabuhatan ug Kinaiyahan, (3) ug Kalinaw. Gibahin sila ngadto sa 16 ka mga grupo ug uban sa ilang pinili nang daan nga facilitators, ilang gipadayag ang ilang mga pamalandong ug mga kasinatian. Aduna usab Plenary Session ug Synthesis sa matag adlaw.
Usa sa mga maanindot nga punto nga gihatag ni Bishop Romulo T. dela Cruz, DD mahitungod sa Pulong sa Dios mao nga ang Pulong sa Dios Buhi. Kini buhi tungod kay ang Pulong sa Dios adunay (1) tingog (voice), (2) hulagway (face), (3) balay (home), ug (4) nagpadala kanato ngadto sa misyon (sends us to mission). Ang Pulong sa Dios Buhi tungod kay adunay tingog nga nasinati diha sa creation story, sa mga propeta, ug sa mga sulugoon sa Dios, adunay hulagway diha sa atong Ginoong Jesukristo, adunay balay diha sa mga katilingban sa mga matuohon, ug nagpadala sa misyon ngadto sa mga pamilya ug katilingban.
Sa pagtapos sa MSPC XIV, nauyonan sa mga deligado nga ang sunod nga MSPC nga mahitabo sa tuig 2013 pagahimoon sa Arkidiyosesis sa Zamboanga.
Digos City, Philippines – 213 ka mga deligado gikan sa nagkalain-laing mga diyosesis ug arkidiyosesis sa pulo sa Mindanao ug Sulu ang mitambong sa ika-14 nga Mindanao-Sulu Pastoral Conference (MSPC) nga gipahigayon niadtong Oktubre 18 – 22, 2010 sa Crisbel Crown Center dakbayan sa Digos.
Ang MSPC usa ka panagtigum sa mga Obispo, Kaparian, Kamadrehan ug mga Laygo nga nahisakop sa pulo sa Mindanao ug sa Sulu. Ang unang MSPC nahitabo niadtong Nobyembre 17 – 21, 1971 didto sa Arkidiyosesis sa Davao. Ang MSPC mahitabo kausa sulod sa tulo ka tuig.
Ang atong Arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan de Oro nagpadala og napulo ka opisyal nga mga deligado nga gipangulohan ni Msgr. Columbus Villamil, SSJV (Vicar-General). Uban kaniya mao sila si Fr. Florencio Salvador, SSJV, SLD, (Vicar-Genereal), Fr. Perseus Cabunoc, SSJV (Ad Intra Ministry), Fr. Nathan Lerio, SSJV (Ad Extra Ministry), Fr. Eddie Magtrayo, SSJV (Catechetics), Fr. Roy Barros, SSJV (BEC), Fr. Butch Zayas (SJVTS Vice-Rector), Sr. Mary Anne Padilla, FSP (Social Com), Ms. Myrna Siose (ACCESS), Ms. Ann Pielago (All-NFP), ug Mr. Benny Sy (Alpha, BEC). Si Sr. Padilla wala nakatambong hinuon gipulihan siya ni Bro. Erdman Pandero (Vice-Chancellor).
Ang tema sa ika-14 nga MSPC Word of God in Mindanao: Creation and Peace. Giablihan ang maong kumperensya sa usa ka Santos nga Misa nga gipangulohan sa atong talahuron nga Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams. Sa iyang maanindot ug lawom nga homiliya, iyang gidapit ug gipahinumduman ang mga kaparian nga ang Pulong Sa Dios nga kanunay gibasa ug gisaulog diha sa Santos nga Misa mamahimo untang buhi diha sa kinabuhi sa mga kaparian.
Ang 21 ka mga Obispo, 71 ka mga kaparian, 3 ka mga relihiyosong lalaki, 25 ka mga madre, ug 93 ka mga laygo maiiniton nga gidawat ug gihatagan og luna nga kapapahulayan sa mga foster families. Sulod sa tulo ka adlaw, ang mga deligado masubsob nga namalandong mahitungod sa (1) Pulong sa Dios, (2) ang Kabuhatan ug Kinaiyahan, (3) ug Kalinaw. Gibahin sila ngadto sa 16 ka mga grupo ug uban sa ilang pinili nang daan nga facilitators, ilang gipadayag ang ilang mga pamalandong ug mga kasinatian. Aduna usab Plenary Session ug Synthesis sa matag adlaw.
Usa sa mga maanindot nga punto nga gihatag ni Bishop Romulo T. dela Cruz, DD mahitungod sa Pulong sa Dios mao nga ang Pulong sa Dios Buhi. Kini buhi tungod kay ang Pulong sa Dios adunay (1) tingog (voice), (2) hulagway (face), (3) balay (home), ug (4) nagpadala kanato ngadto sa misyon (sends us to mission). Ang Pulong sa Dios Buhi tungod kay adunay tingog nga nasinati diha sa creation story, sa mga propeta, ug sa mga sulugoon sa Dios, adunay hulagway diha sa atong Ginoong Jesukristo, adunay balay diha sa mga katilingban sa mga matuohon, ug nagpadala sa misyon ngadto sa mga pamilya ug katilingban.
Sa pagtapos sa MSPC XIV, nauyonan sa mga deligado nga ang sunod nga MSPC nga mahitabo sa tuig 2013 pagahimoon sa Arkidiyosesis sa Zamboanga.
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