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Laiko Conversation on Saint Joseph, Pillar of Families

Dear LAIKO Brothers and Sisters,

Once more we wish to invite you (and this time with your spouses and children) to join us this Saturday, March 20, 2 pm, for a very exciting topic: “St. Joseph, Pillar of Families, in the Year of Amoris Laetitia”.

As we celebrate jointly the Year of St. Joseph and the Year of Amoris Laetitia, we are glad to listen to some pillars of the family-life ministries in our country.

To speak to us on Amoris Laetitia are Bro. George and Sis. Cynthia Campos, who represented the Philippines during the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family. Bro. Jimmy Ilagan, a long-time Director for Family Ministries of the Couples For Christ Global Mission will also share with us how St. Joseph, Pillar of Families can strengthen and protect our family-life and that of our fellow Filipinos as well.

Pls register with the Laiko Secretariat by replying to this email and invite your members to watch this on the CBCP News and the Sangguniang Laiko Facebook Page.

Thank you very much!

People’s Choice Movement Jan. 29, 2021 Webinar

February 23, 2021

Greetings of Peace !

We would like to share the lectures of Bp. Broderick Pabillo and Ricky Xavier , please open the youtube link of PCM Webinar ( lecture only) https://youtu.be/LDR–b00eD8 , https://youtu.be/_wZkSon-owg

May we also request you to help us in expanding PCM members, supporters or networks so we can reach the broadest number of lay people to participate actively in the coming 2022 elections, share the lecture of Bishop Pabillo on the significance of the coming 2022 election and our role as lay people  in line with this, PCM is advocating the Gabay sa Pagpili ng Kandidato : 6 knock-out issues and the Criteria ( Character, Competence, Commitments ), of which the most important criteria is the strong political will against the dictatorship.

PCM secretariat is very much willing to help facilitate discussions on the basis of knock-out issues and  the criterias; we can also help invite resources person to discuss the knock-out issues like charter change, extra judicial killings and the human rights situation in the Phillipines, the impact of pandemic in economic and political situation, and so on.

If you can organize volunteers or lay leaders to form as PCM coordinators in your localities, the secretariat can help by providing materials and orientation of PCM.

PCM secretariat is also appealing for whatever help you can share to strengthen the secretariat like cash donations for communication, transportation food of volunteers, office supplies, and most importantly, volunteers.

Many thanks and God Bless!

THE PCM SECRETARIAT
[Aida dela Cruz – CpNo. 09151927222;
Judy S. Alan CpNo. 09152158129  /  09772107863]

Citizen Green Online Forum on Environmental Laws & Pollution Related to Mining

Nov. 23, 2020

Dear PMPI partners,

Greetings of peace.

We will be having our third online forum on relevant laws on environment and mining with select lawyers who are also known to have their respective pro-environment advocacy.

Called “Citizen Green: A Forum Series on Select Philippine Environmental and Mining Laws”, the objective of this forum series is to develop the capacity of PMPI Focal Organizations and their respective Sites of Struggle community-partners to understand better and appreciate the fundamental provisions of select Philippine environmental and mining laws, and hopefully, encourage further participation in ecological protection and conservation, and rights-claiming through active environmental citizenship.

Details of this Citizen Green Forum Series, along with the program flow for our November 26, 2020 session with Atty. Galahad R.A. Pe Benito, Far Eastern University – Institute of Law is attached along with this email. He will be discussing the Environmental Laws and Pollution related to Mining.

Kindly take note that these forum series are scheduled every Thursday of November and until December 3, at 9:00am to 12:00nn.  We will be sending the succeeding programs, Zoom links, and announcement via text message and email to everyone ahead of the scheduled forum.

Hope to see you.

Maraming pong Salamat,

PMPI National Secretariat <secretariat@pmpi.org.ph>

Follow this link to watch last week’s forum in Facebook: https://fb.watch/23wAR10wzN/

One Voice Youth Forum: “Choose life and dignity for every Filipino”

One Faith, One Nation, One Voice
September 30, 2020

October 3, 2020, Saturday | 10:00AM – 12:00NN via Zoom and FB Live

In his 5th State of the Nation Address (SONA) President Rodrigo Duterte asked Congress to reinstate the Death Penalty for violators of the Anti-drug law. Following the events in the President’s Anti-Drug war, his promotion of the death penalty is still anti-poor which will only add to the pile of extrajudicial deaths in the Philippines and continued total disregard for civil rights and human lives.

In this youth-led forum, we will take a closer look of legality and ethical aspect of death penalty. As believers in the redeeming love of Christ, we must continue to bear witness to Christ’s promise of abundant life manifested in justice and peace. Now is a time for the Christian faithful to deepen our resolve to choose life, to uphold life.  In the face of a looming effort to reinstitute capital punishment in the Philippines, it is urgent for us to make known our call for the strengthening of justice system toward rehabilitation and restoration of persons.  We seek redemption and restorative processes, rather than an intensification of a culture of retribution, violence and death in our society.

2020 National Laity Week

September 7, 2020

To: All Laiko Members: Arch/Diocesan Councils of the Laity & National Lay Organizations
Dear Brothers & Sisters:

The peace and love of the merciful Lord be with you!

The Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas will once again celebrate the National Laity Week (NLW 2020) on September 19 to 26, 2020. Despite the present situation, we believe all the more that we have to highlight the indispensable role of the laity in the life and mission of the Church.

This year’s theme is:

“Shema: Hear the Groaning of Mother Earth; Hear the Cry of the Poor;
Hear the Call and Promise for Unity and Solidarity”
“Shema: Dinggin ang Daing ng Inang Kalikasan; Dinggin ang Pagtangis
ng Maralita; Dinggin ang Tawag at Pangako ng Pagkakabuklod-buklod”

The Launching of the NLW 2020 will be held on September 19, 2020, 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon in the Diocese of Pasig, while the Closing Event will be on September 26, 2020, 8:00 A.M.-12:00 noon in the Archdiocese of Cebu. A Luzon Celebration will also be held on September 20, 2020, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., to be hosted by the Archdiocese of Lipa.

We will be using zoom platform for these activities and will be cross-posted live at the Facebook Pages of the CBCP News, Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas, Diocese of Pasig, Diocese of Cebu and Lipa. For those who would like to join in the Zoom Rooms of these events, may we request to kindly register by sending an email to: laiko_phils@yahoo.com.ph on or before September 17, 2020.  Kindly indicate the event/s that you would like to participate. Registration is on a first-come-first-serve basis.

While we request you to join us in these activities, we encourage you, in coordination with your Bishops, Priests & superiors to organize Laity Week related activities in your respective Arch/Dioceses, parishes and communities.

Thank you. Once again, we count on your utmost support and active participation. 

Sincerely in the service of the Lord,

Invitation: See Judge Act: An Analysis of Social Issues and Discernment on Action, Guided by the Catholic Social Teaching

To our friends and partners in Christ,

Greetings of peace and solidarity! The Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan and the John J. Carroll Institute on Church and Social Issues would like to invite you and the members of your organisation to See, Judge, Act: An Analysis of Social Issues and Discernment on Action, Guided by the Catholic Social Teaching.

Happening digitally on September 12, from 10 AM to 12NN, this will be a presentation of an analysis of pressing social issues and prayerful discernment on possible actions and responses of the Church by both the Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan and the John J. Carroll Institute on Church and Social Issues. We will also be joined by Fr. Danny Pilario CM, Dean of the St. Vincent School of Theology, and Ms. Joanne Arceo, a faculty member at the Ateneo de Manila University Theology Department and member of the Prophet Project, as reactors. They will be sharing their insights on the national situationer from their respective perspectives and experiences with the marginalised communities and the Church.

Should you want to take part in the national situationer presentation and the discernment circle discussion, you can register here:  https://bit.ly/SeeJudgeAct. Limited slots will be available for the online discussion but the presentation and reactions will also be broadcasted live on Facebook.

We hope that you can join us and come together to bravely face these dark and violent times with hope and courage. We look forward to your registration and to seeing our vibrant Church community on September 12.

Thank you!