Council of Laity Walk for Life (Feb 16 @Quezon Memorial Circle) and Catholic Church Network Against Human Trafficking (CCNAHT) united call for action and celebration of the Eucharist on Feast Day of St Josephine Bakhita (8 Feb)
8 February 2019
| Friday | 11:00 AM
Sangguniang
Laiko ng Pilipinas
LAIKO Building, 372 Cabildo St., Intramuros, Manila Philippines
Tel: (02) 5275388/ 09771794938
e-mail: laiko_phils@yahoo.com.ph
The Council of Laity of the Philippines/ Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas announces its call for respect of human dignity and human life by action – Walk for Life – and invites all who are concerned with different current issues and debates related to Life, to join by walking on February 16 at Quezon Memorial Circle, QC from 4:00-9:00am; this announcement is joined by the call of Catholic Church Network Against Human Trafficking (CCNAHT) composed of CBCP Cluster Against Human Trafficking and the Association of Major Religious Superior of the Philippines, for awareness and action to combat human trafficking especially recent trends on vulnerable children, on this day of International Day of Prayer Against Human Trafficking and Feast Day of St. Josephine Bakhita, Patron saint of victims of slavery and human trafficking (February 8). The Joint Press Conference culminates in a mass at the Manila Cathedral at 12:10pm concelebrated by Manila Auxillary Bishop Most Rev. Broderick S. Pabillo and Balanga Bishop Ruperto Santos, Chairperson of Episcopal Commission on Migrant and Itinerant People.
Contacts:
Joseph
Jesalva
Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas (LAIKO)
09771794938
laiko_phils@yahoo.com.ph
Dyz Pumarada
Episcopal Commission on Migrant and Itinerant People (ECMI)
09175136504
dyzp0413@gmail.com
Linda Noche
CBCP- National Secretariat for Social Action/ Caritas Philippines
09053519411
cbcp.nassajp@gmail.com
