To commemorate the International Day of Peace and Martial Law proclamation, we are inviting you to a webinar session entitled: “From Marcos to Duterte: The Challenges of Chasing Peace” on September 22, Tuesday at 2:00PM.
Thank you,
PMPI
September 7, 2020
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:
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,
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!
Starting this month until December 2020, we’ll be having a series of episodes highlighting the situation of ‘Sites-of-Struggle’. These SOS areas are mining affected communities.
We will know what it’s like for the people in these SOS areas to face the threats of COVID-19 pandemic and mining all at the same time.
“The Sites-of-Struggle in the Face of COVID-19: Stories of Mining Affected Communities (Homonhon Island)”
6:00 PM PHT | August 19, 2020
Good day PMPI partners
We are sending you these webinar invitations this coming August 12 and 14 arranged by our partners, INAM (Integrative Medicine for Alternative Healthcare Systems Philippines, Inc.) and MAG (Medical Action Group).
Please check the links below to register.
Thank you very much.
PMPI
5 August 2020
Dear partners in development,
Warm greetings from the Council for People’s Development and Governance! We hope this email finds you well. Below are some of the upcoming online forums this August. Highlighted in pink will be happening today, 5 August 2020.
You may also share with us your events, activities so we can share widely our advocacies towards genuine change.
| Date & Time | Activity | Organizers and link to activity |
| Aug 5 10AM to 12 NN | BAI Speaks: Voices of Indigenous Women on the Terror Law, SONA and COVID-19 Pandemic | Indigenous Women’s Network – BAI, Inc. ( LIVE via Bai FB page:@BAIindigenouswomen at Katribu FB page:@katribuphils) |
| Aug 5 2PM to 4PM | From the Gates to Your Plates: A Webinar on the Corporatization of Food and Agriculture amid COVID-19 | MASIPAG, Inc. ((https://www.facebook.com/SGRNAsia/photos/a.367085610368151/890955484647825/?type=3&theater) |
| Aug 6 3PM to 5PM | Moving towards the new normal: : Continuing to work together for the rights and welfare of the people | Synergies for Sustainable Development, Inc. (https://www.facebook.com/events/2318131828488610) |
| Aug 7 1:30PM to 5PM | MAGSASAKA HINDI TERORISTA! Ika-5 Peasant Update Online Forum tungkol sa Anti-Terrorism Act o “Terror Law” at Epekto nito sa mga Magsasaka | UMA Pilipinas, KMP (https://www.facebook.com/uma.phl/photos/rpp.460141750829856/1639285062915513/?type=3&theater) |
| Aug 7-8 | Protest from farms and home: “No to GMO, No to Golden Rice” streamer hanging and fan sign. | MASIPAG, Inc. |
| Aug 10 2PM – 4PM | Implications of the Anti-Terror Law of 2020 on Community-Based Disaster Management | Citizens’ Disaster Response Center (CDRC) and Citizens’ Disaster Response Network (CDRN) |
| Aug 10 4PM | Human Rights and Environmental Defenders in the Philippines | Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment; APNED (https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=asia%20pacific%20network%20of%20environment%20defenders%20-%20apned&epa=SEARCH_BOX) |
| Aug 11 2PM | “Breaking the Barriers: A Webinar on the Impacts of Large-Scale Dams in Asia” | Asia Pacific Research Network together with the International Indigenous People’s Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL), Asia Pacific Network of Environment Defenders (APNED) and the People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS) https://www.facebook.com/APRNet/photos/a.514186828609524/3807356109292563/?type=3&theater |
Sincere regards and in solidarity,
Coordinating Council for People’s Development and Governance
Jennifer H. Guste
Coordinator
July 2, 2020
To: All Heads: Arch/Diocesan Councils of the Laity & National Lay Organizations
Dear Brothers & Sisters,
The peace and love of the Lord!
Yesterday afternoon a broad coalition of business people, labor leaders, the leaders of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, NGOs and Most Rev. Broderick S. Pabillo, D.D., came out with a Unity Statement urging the President to veto the Anti-Terrorism Bill. Please see attached.
We appeal to all organizations to support this statement. Please let us know if you are willing to endorse it. Kindly send your organizations’ logo to us by 10:00 a.m. today so that they will be included in the publication. The unity statement will be published this afternoon.
Thank you & God bless!
Sincerely in the service of the Lord,
ROUQUEL A. PONTE
President
Noted by:
+MOST REV. BRODERICK S. PABILLO, D.D.
Chairman, CBCP Episcopal Commission on the Laity
UNITY STATEMENT TO VETO ANTI-TERRORISM BILL
We, the undersigned citizens and organizations, appeal to the President to veto the anti-Terrorism bill. We are one with the proponents that we need the proper legal provisions to fight this scourge. However, more thorough discussion is needed to get broad support for a law as important as this and to strengthen the unity the country needs to fight the bigger health and economic crisis we are all facing.
June 29, 2020
To All Laiko Members: National Lay Organizations & Arch/diocesan Councils of the Laity Members
Dear Brothers & Sisters,
The peace and love of the risen Lord be with you!
Once again, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for continuously and actively participating in our online activities. Your endless support inspires us to become all the more relevant in these trying times.
One of the burning issues in our country brought about by this pandemic is the concerns on education. Everyone it seems is in a quandary on this matter. To somehow help us elucidate on this, the LAIKO Board has decided to organize an Online Conversation on the State of Education in our country on Saturday, July 4, 2020, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. We have invited Bro. Armin Luistro, FSC, President of De La Salle University and former Secretary of the Department of Education to be our Resource Speaker.
As in the past, we will be using a Zoom application for this. Kindly let us know if you’re capable and available to join this conversation by replying to this email on or before July 3, 2020 so that we could send to you the link where you could register to actively participate in this meeting. It will be on a first- come – first- serve basis since participants are limited to 100 persons only.
Thank you.
Keep safe!
Sincerely in the service of the Lord,
22 June 2020
Dear friends and colleagues,
Days before UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet delivers her report on the human rights situation in the Philippines, Philippine-based and international NGOs will be having a webinar #NoLockdownOnRights: UN Human Rights Report on the Philippines and Trends amid the pandemic June 26, 2020, 4pm – 6pm Manila/ 10am – 12nn Geneva
You may register in advance for this webinar via: https://bit.ly/26JuneEvent
After registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
You may also view the webinar through the following Facebook pages:
@EcuvoicePH
@nationalcouncilofchurchesinthephilippines
@karapatan
@nuplphilippines
@apwld.ngo
through Twitter accounts
@NCCPhils
@karapatan
@nuplphilippines
@apwld
Please feel free to contact the Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace with any questions, concerns, or if you do not receive confirmation of your online registration. You may reach us via email at ecumenicalvoice.phils@gmail.com, through our Facebook Page @EcuvoicePH, and via Signal, WhatsApp, and phone at +639983489307. We look forward to your participation!
Sincerely yours,
SGD. Dr. Edith Burgos, D.Ed.
Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines
June 8, 2020
Dear Friends and Compatriots,
Warm greetings of solidarity!
This June 12, Independence Day, the Movement Against Tyranny, along with various other movements, networks, organizations and individuals, are planning to hold coordinated protest actions against the draconian anti-terrorism bill which is now awaiting President Duterte’s signature.
Dubbed “June 12 Grand Mañanita,” the protest aims to provide a venue for ordinary people to show their opposition to the anti-terrorism bill and commitment to uphold our hard-won rights and freedoms. It is our hope that such protests could persuade members of Congress to initiate a repeal or amendment to their approved measure, for the Executive to not use the law’s draconian powers to clamp down on free expression and democratic dissent, or for the Supreme Court to strike it down as unconstitutional.
So far, the following activities are shaping up:
We hope you and your institution or network can take part in any or all of these activities. We shall keep you posted on the details as they come. You may also visit the MAT Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/TheMovementPHL/ for updates.
CBCP News Catholic News Services
