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Rehabilitation Update
Natapos na ang pagpanghatag sang materyales sa onse (11) ka mga barangay sa ciento sinquenta y ciete (157) ka pamilya nga “totally damaged”. Bahin pa ini sang mga panimalay nga nahalitan sang bagyo “Frank”.
Ang Chapel sang Barangay Lourdes isa man sa naguba sang bagyo “Frank”. Ang gastos para sa materyales pagakuhaon sap undo sang Bag-o nga Panugod. Ag mga pumuluyo nagabuligay dagyaw para matukod liwat ang chapel. Ini ginapamunuan sang ila Brgy. Kapitan nga si Jessie Casumpang kag sang iya mga kagawad, upod sa ila mapisan nga barangay coordinator. Kabay mabalay liwat ini nga chapel, agud matipunan sang mga tumuluo sa amo nga barangay bilang isa ka pamilya nga may paghiliusa, pagbinuligay, paghiliugyon kag paghigugma sa isa kag isa.
Ang aton rehabilitation committee nagpaninguha gid para matigayon ini nga mga hilikuton sa pagpamuno sang aton mapisan nga Rehabilitation Coordinator Ms. Emma Victoria kag ang priest in-charge Rev. Fr. Andy Esperancilla.
Liwat nga ginapasalamatan sang Kura Paroko sini nga parokya ang mga may buluwanon sing tagipusuon nga naghatag sang ila bulig kag pagsuporta.
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Friday, January 23, 2009
Children carrying guns in Basilan
Children carrying guns in Basilan
From CBCP Online
Rev. Fr. Philip Vincent S. Sinco
MANILA, January 22, 2009—Children as young as twelve years old are now carrying guns in war-torned province of Basilan to defend themselves against lawless elements.
Isabela Bishop Martin Jumoad said primary school age children have started arming themselves due to the escalation of hostilities in Mindanao.
He said that the problem of the young children and guns is “significantly worse”.
“They are as young as Grade 6 pupils,” Jumoad told the CBCPNews Thursday.
The religious leader is very worried about the situation, adding that he already called on the parents to stop arming their children but nothing happened so far.
“It’s not good because we are already teaching people to kill one another... we do not teach the value of life and that should not be the case,” he said.
“We have to inculcate in our children and in our people that life is precious and no one has the power to take life except God,” Jumoad added.
The bishop of the predominantly Islamic region said the youth, even Christians, have started arming themselves after the fighting between the military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front erupted last November.
He said that young people witnessed that the military could not guarantee their security “so they resort to that kind of situation.”
“They still prefer arming themselves because there are so many lawless elements this time,” Jumoad said.
There’s a nice poem written by Dorothy Law Nolte. It’s called “Children learn what they live”. I’d like to borrow some thoughts from this compelling literary work (and I added my own insights) to complement the very sad reality that is happening in the Philippine society nowadays, particularly in Mindanao: “If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn... If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight...If a child lives with fear; he learns to be apprehensive...If a child lives in a war-stricken place, he learns to be violent...If a child lives in armaments, handguns, pistols, rifles and the likes, he learns to survive by killing” I don’t have to articulate further the implications because the news can speak for itself. Everything good or bad starts from the basic and we know for sure that the family has a crucial role in this moral dilemma. Be disturbed. Be very disturbed.
From CBCP Online
Rev. Fr. Philip Vincent S. Sinco
MANILA, January 22, 2009—Children as young as twelve years old are now carrying guns in war-torned province of Basilan to defend themselves against lawless elements.
Isabela Bishop Martin Jumoad said primary school age children have started arming themselves due to the escalation of hostilities in Mindanao.
He said that the problem of the young children and guns is “significantly worse”.
“They are as young as Grade 6 pupils,” Jumoad told the CBCPNews Thursday.
The religious leader is very worried about the situation, adding that he already called on the parents to stop arming their children but nothing happened so far.
“It’s not good because we are already teaching people to kill one another... we do not teach the value of life and that should not be the case,” he said.
“We have to inculcate in our children and in our people that life is precious and no one has the power to take life except God,” Jumoad added.
The bishop of the predominantly Islamic region said the youth, even Christians, have started arming themselves after the fighting between the military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front erupted last November.
He said that young people witnessed that the military could not guarantee their security “so they resort to that kind of situation.”
“They still prefer arming themselves because there are so many lawless elements this time,” Jumoad said.
There’s a nice poem written by Dorothy Law Nolte. It’s called “Children learn what they live”. I’d like to borrow some thoughts from this compelling literary work (and I added my own insights) to complement the very sad reality that is happening in the Philippine society nowadays, particularly in Mindanao: “If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn... If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight...If a child lives with fear; he learns to be apprehensive...If a child lives in a war-stricken place, he learns to be violent...If a child lives in armaments, handguns, pistols, rifles and the likes, he learns to survive by killing” I don’t have to articulate further the implications because the news can speak for itself. Everything good or bad starts from the basic and we know for sure that the family has a crucial role in this moral dilemma. Be disturbed. Be very disturbed.
Pope: Shrine Is Key to Europe's Christian Identity
Pope: Shrine Is Key to Europe's Christian Identity
From www.zenit .org
Mary's Greatness Is in Her Availability to All
VATICAN CITY, JAN. 22, 2009 - Benedict XVI gave an improvised discourse on the Virgin Mary, in gratitude for receiving honorary citizenship of Mariazell, home of one of the most important Marian shrines in Europe.
This distinction was conferred on the Pope after Wednesday's general audience. Mariazell is the site of the Basilica of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, which houses a statue of Our Lady believed to be miraculous. For centuries, the town has been one of Europe's principal pilgrimage sites. Today, some 1 million pilgrims visit it annually.
The Holy Father spoke in German about being joyful "at being a citizen of Mariazell and at being able to live so close to the Mother of God" and he spoke to the others about Mary's role as "promoter of unity" between men.
The Pontiff last visited the shrine in September 2007, and he noted that "according to human foresight, in this life I will not be able to return to making a pilgrimage there physically, but now I live there truly and in this sense I am always present."
He recalled two previous visits to the shrine, and he told some stories that he lived through with the bishop and the rector, especially during his last visit in which they were surprised by a torrential rain.
European identity
Benedict XVI also affirmed the importance that this shrine has had on European history.
"Mariazell is much more than a place!” he said. It also represents "the living history of a pilgrimage of faith and prayer down the centuries."
Yet, he added: "It is not only the prayers and invocations of men that are present, but rather a real answer is also present.
"We feel that the answer exists, that we do not extend a hand toward something unknown, that God exists, and that, through his mother, he wants to remain particularly close to us.
"For this reason I am happy to be at home in my heart and now, so to say, also by law, in Mariazell."
The Holy Father noted that Mariazell expresses all that Europe has been able to build. He affirmed that Mariazell is that "from which proceeds all that today forms [Europe's] identity, and through which Europe would always be able to return anew to be what it is: through the encounter with the Lord, to whom his mother guides us."
True greatness
The Pope recalled that the Virgin of Mariazell has received important titles throughout history, like "great mother" of Austria and of the Slavic towns, in this sanctuary visited by thousands of people during the centuries, until Mariazell was even considered the spiritual center of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
However, he added, the Virgin shows us that greatness does not arise from the quality of being unattainable.
He explained that Mary's "greatness is evident precisely in the fact that she addresses herself to the smallest, that she is present for them, that we can turn to her at any moment without having to pay an entrance fee, just with our hearts."
This greatness has nothing to do with "exterior majesty," the Pontiff continued, but rather with "goodness of heart that offers to all the experience of what it means to be together."
"In the trips that I make through the fields of memory," he said, "I always make a stop in Mariazell, precisely because I feel that there the Mother goes out to meet us and reunites us to all."
Mary has always been an exemplar and instrument of Christian unity all over the world. The growing devotion in her honor has drawn millions of people not just to ask favour through her intercession but to experience what it’s like to be a community of believers, united in prayer, with a fervent hope that God will continue to bestow His generosity of Spirit to the wounded humanity. The affirmations mentioned by Pope Benedict XVI is a constant reminder for us to always keep ourselves closer to the abiding love and protection of Our Mother, who served as a humble servant in bringing into the world the promise of salvation which God has offered to us all. Ad Jesum per Mariam! (To Jesus through Mary!)
Rev. Fr. Philip Vincent S. Sinco
From www.zenit .org
Mary's Greatness Is in Her Availability to All
VATICAN CITY, JAN. 22, 2009 - Benedict XVI gave an improvised discourse on the Virgin Mary, in gratitude for receiving honorary citizenship of Mariazell, home of one of the most important Marian shrines in Europe.
This distinction was conferred on the Pope after Wednesday's general audience. Mariazell is the site of the Basilica of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, which houses a statue of Our Lady believed to be miraculous. For centuries, the town has been one of Europe's principal pilgrimage sites. Today, some 1 million pilgrims visit it annually.
The Holy Father spoke in German about being joyful "at being a citizen of Mariazell and at being able to live so close to the Mother of God" and he spoke to the others about Mary's role as "promoter of unity" between men.
The Pontiff last visited the shrine in September 2007, and he noted that "according to human foresight, in this life I will not be able to return to making a pilgrimage there physically, but now I live there truly and in this sense I am always present."
He recalled two previous visits to the shrine, and he told some stories that he lived through with the bishop and the rector, especially during his last visit in which they were surprised by a torrential rain.
European identity
Benedict XVI also affirmed the importance that this shrine has had on European history.
"Mariazell is much more than a place!” he said. It also represents "the living history of a pilgrimage of faith and prayer down the centuries."
Yet, he added: "It is not only the prayers and invocations of men that are present, but rather a real answer is also present.
"We feel that the answer exists, that we do not extend a hand toward something unknown, that God exists, and that, through his mother, he wants to remain particularly close to us.
"For this reason I am happy to be at home in my heart and now, so to say, also by law, in Mariazell."
The Holy Father noted that Mariazell expresses all that Europe has been able to build. He affirmed that Mariazell is that "from which proceeds all that today forms [Europe's] identity, and through which Europe would always be able to return anew to be what it is: through the encounter with the Lord, to whom his mother guides us."
True greatness
The Pope recalled that the Virgin of Mariazell has received important titles throughout history, like "great mother" of Austria and of the Slavic towns, in this sanctuary visited by thousands of people during the centuries, until Mariazell was even considered the spiritual center of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
However, he added, the Virgin shows us that greatness does not arise from the quality of being unattainable.
He explained that Mary's "greatness is evident precisely in the fact that she addresses herself to the smallest, that she is present for them, that we can turn to her at any moment without having to pay an entrance fee, just with our hearts."
This greatness has nothing to do with "exterior majesty," the Pontiff continued, but rather with "goodness of heart that offers to all the experience of what it means to be together."
"In the trips that I make through the fields of memory," he said, "I always make a stop in Mariazell, precisely because I feel that there the Mother goes out to meet us and reunites us to all."
Mary has always been an exemplar and instrument of Christian unity all over the world. The growing devotion in her honor has drawn millions of people not just to ask favour through her intercession but to experience what it’s like to be a community of believers, united in prayer, with a fervent hope that God will continue to bestow His generosity of Spirit to the wounded humanity. The affirmations mentioned by Pope Benedict XVI is a constant reminder for us to always keep ourselves closer to the abiding love and protection of Our Mother, who served as a humble servant in bringing into the world the promise of salvation which God has offered to us all. Ad Jesum per Mariam! (To Jesus through Mary!)
Rev. Fr. Philip Vincent S. Sinco
Parish Announcement
1. Help build a strong Basic Ecclesial Community (BEC). Join and support the project of Our Lady of Candles Multi-Purpose Cooperative. We are now in full swing of its operation. This Cooperative was mobilized to provide employment or livelihood opportunities to our brothers and sisters who have less in life but willing to work for a livelihood. The on-going project is candle making specifically the “PERDON” being sold every year, during the feast day of Our Lady of Candles.
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