BBL Whither?

A CALL FOR THE

PRIMACY OF SOCIAL
JUSTICE
Volume 4 Number 3

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September 23- October 23, 2015

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CDO Archdiocese Joins 1st CABUSTAM BEC Assembly

By: Rev. Fr. Julius B. Clavero, SSJV

Our vision of the Church

as communion, participation,
and mission, about the Church
as priestly, prophetic, and
kingly people and as a Church
of the poor - a Church that
is renewed - is today finding
expression in ... Basic Ecclesial
Communities. (PCP II, 137)
A total of 186 participants
(bishops, priests, religious, and
lay people) from the dioceses
of Tandag, Surigao, Butuan,
Malaybalay and Cagayan de
Oro graced the 1st CABUSTAM
BEC Regional Assembly. This
was held at San Lorenzo de
Ruiz Pastoral Center, Ampayon,
Butuan City on August 12-14,
2015 with the theme: Buhing
Kristohanong
Katilingban,
Kalig-on sa Simbahan sa
Kabus.
The
Archdiocese
of
Cagayan de Oro sent 27
delegates headed by Most. Rev.
Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ, DD, and
Rev. Fr. Julius B. Clavero, SSJV,
BEC Director together with
other BEC formators.
The
delegates
were
welcomed during the opening
mass at St. Joseph Cathedral
by the main presider, Most Rev.
Juan de Dios M. Pueblos, D.D.,
Bishop of Butuan. In his homily,

Bishop Pueblos emphasized

that true Christian witnesses
in the community starts and
are nourished in basic ecclesial
communities.
Some of the highlights of
the said event were: the talk
of Bishop Emeritus Zacharias
C. Jimenez, DD on the impact
of the BEC on the Church of
the Poor; the national BEC
situationer presented by Rev.
Fr. Amado Picardal, CSsR,
Executive Secretary of the
National Commission on BEC.
Most Rev. Jose A. Cabantan, DD,
incoming Bishop in-charge of
the National Commission on
BEC, also shared his valuable
thoughts, experiences, and
hopes for the BEC.
At the end of the assembly,
the delegates drafted and
approved
the
CABUSTAM
BEC statement affirming the
importance of BEC, its lights
and shadows, as well as the
challenges and dreams of BEC
in each diocese and the whole
region.

First
Cabustam
Assembly Statement

Bec

We, The People Of God

From The Dioceses Of Cagayan,
Butuan,
Surigao,
Tandag
And Malaybalay (Cabustam)

Participants of the 1st CABUSTAM BEC Assembly

Express Our Great Gratitude

To God For This First Bec
Assembly On August 12-14,
2015 At San Lorenzo Ruiz
De Manila Pastoral Center,
Ampayon, Butuan City With
The Theme: An Alive Christian
Community, Strength Of The
Church Of The Poor.
We Believe That Basic
Ecclesial Community (Bec) Is A
Way Of Life Centered In Christ
In The Community Through

Mercy And Compassion .

Given The Socio-Economic
And Cultural Situation Of
Cabustam Characterized By
Corruption, Political Dynasty,
Environmental Degradation,
Secularism,
Drug
Abuse,
Exploitation
Of
Women,
Children
And
Indigenous
People, And Misuse Of Media
Which Breed Poverty. The
Bec Being The Church Of The
Poor Has To Respond To These

Issues And Concerns.

Looking Back In Our
Journey As Bec Practitioners,
We Find That Bec Has Become
A Pastoral Thrust Of The
Cabustam Dioceses And In
The Process Bec Has Become
The Locus Of Dialogue,
Active Participation And CoResponsibility.
However,
There
Are
Areas Of Concern That Need
To Be Addressed In The

for a greater understanding of

the Eucharist. The main topics
discussed were:
Eucharist and Creation
and the Poor by Fr. Rey Raluto
Eucharist and Marriage
by Msgr. Rey Monsanto, SSJV,
JCD
Eucharist and Mary by
Sr. Ma. Anicia Co, RVM
These
topics
were
carefully chosen in relevance
to the upcoming International
Eucharistic Congress in 2016
and the Feast of the Nativity of
the Blessed Virgin Mary. There
were 639 official registered

delegates in the congress.

They participated in all the
activities and were seen taking
down notes from the talks
given.
The
Eucharist
was
celebrated by Most Rev.
Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ, D D
together with all the priests
present. As part of the
concluding rites, there was
a procession of the Blessed
Sacrament and IEC pilgrim
symbol
from
Santuario
Eucaristico to San Augustine
Metropolitan
Cathedral.
(Santuario Eucaristico News)

Continued p.5

5th Archdiocesan Eucharistic Congress

(L-R) Fr. Rey Raluto

Msgr. Rey Monsanto, SSJV, JCD

Sr. Ma. Anicia Co, RVM

To
continually
fulfill
the prophetic mission as
Christians, the Archdiocese
of Cagayan de Oro once again

conducted its 5th Archdiocesan

Eucharistic Congress with the
theme: Christ in you, our hope
of glory (Col. 1:27).

Led by Fr. Joel R. Lasutaz,

SSS and Br. Coke Prieto, this
congress was geared to provide
evangelization to the lay people

By: Sr. Teresita Espina, FSP

milabay nga 30 ka tuig,

wala kaayoy panudlo
ang
Simbahan mahitungod sa
ecological theology. Sa 1986,
si Fr. Sean Mcdonagh, SSC,
nakasulat ug libro, To Care
for the Earth,nga nagsaysay
sa
kamahinungdanon
sa
responsibilidad sa matag usa
sa pag-atiman ug pag-amuma
sa kinaiyahan nga giabusuhan
pinaagi sa illegal mining,
pagpamutol sa kakahoyan,
ug
paghugaw-hugaw
sa
kadagatan.
Laudato Si Mi Signore,
sa English translation, Praise
be to you my, Lord, gikutlo
sa Canticle of Creation ni St.
Francis sa Assisi nga nagpakita
nga ang tanang binuhat adunay
tahas diha sa kinaiyahan ug

ang tanan nagsimba sa Dios

nga mao ang Magbubuhat sa
tanan. Ang iyang sub-title,
Care for our common home,
naglarawan nga dili lang
magbalantay ang katawhan
kondili caregivers pa gayod
kay ang kalibutan mao ang
poloy-anan sa matag-usa.
Ginamit ang steps sa
Simbahan sa pagpamalandong:
to see, act, judge and celebrate;
mao kini ang mga isyu nga
gihatagan ug pagtagad: 1.
kahugaw (pollution), kausik,
kainit sa kalibutan 2. tubig,
3. pagkawala sa kinabuhi sa
kalasangan 4. pagkunhod sa
kalidad sa kinabuhi sa tawo 5.
walay kaangayan, 6. kulang
sa action 7. kulang sa dialogo,
pagdebate ug pakig-estoryahay

Laudato Si Theological Conference Gipahigayon

& Ms. Chloee Marlowe Alaba

Si Fr. Rey Raluto, usa

sa mga propesor sa St. John
Vianney Theological Seminary
naghatag sa katin-awan ug
pamalandong mahitungod sa
Encyclical Letter, Laudato Si ni
Pope Francis sa Septembre 14,
2015, sa mga seminarista ug
represenstante sa nagkalainlain nga grupo ug organisasyon
sa arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan de
Oro.
Gipunting ni Fr. Raluto
nga ang tanan piniyalan sa
kinaiyahan (stewards) apan
kulang sa pagbantay ug pagatiman niini kay kulang man
sa pagsabot sa kinaiyahan
(ecological literacy).
Sa

(L-R) Fr. Cel Reyes SJ, Mr. Edtami Mansayagan, Mr. Felix S. Mirasol, Jr., Msgr.
Salvador and Fr. Rey Raluto

sa uban nga mga sector.

Gipadayag ni Fr. Rey nga
ang naapektuhan mao ang mga
kabus, nag-antos sa kadaot
ug kinahanglan nga hatagan

kini ug special nga atensyon.

Giawhag ang matag usa sa
paghatag ug bili sa kinaiyahan,
sama nga
atong paryente.
Gihatagan ug bili ang kanindot

Continued p.5

LAMDAG

September 23- October 23, 2015

Archbishops Page
BBL Whither?

Religious Leaders Call for Peace in Mindanao

Antonio J. Ledesma

Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro

Over the past three months, religious leaders from various faith
traditions have met and raised their voices in support of the peace
process in Mindanao and, in particular, for the passage of an enhanced
Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) draft now pending in both houses of
Congress.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines Plenary
Assembly issued its statement, Striving for a Just Peace, the Moral Road,
on 11 July 2015. Subsequently, on August 29, at a Religious LeadersLegislators Meeting in Cagayan de Oro, convened by Tulay Kalinaw
Mindanaw, Christian, Muslim and Lumad representatives issued A Call
for the Primacy of Social Justice. Then on Sept. 21, the Universal Day of
Peace, a larger group of multireligious leaders convened at the Ramon
Magsaysay Center in Manila to express their views towards Action of
Solidarity for Peace in
Mindanao. This interfaith group, including
women religious superiors and Muslim women, also agreed to form an
Interreligious Council of the Philippines.
In the two gatherings of multi-religious leaders, several consensus
points were expressed.
Enactment by Congress of a meaningful BBL is necessary for the
success of the GPH-MILF peace process. A meaningful BBL should adhere
closely to the Framework Agreement and the Comprehensive Agreement
on the Bangsamoro (CAB). These were earlier signed by both government
and MILF peace panels and widely publicized. The current drafts in the
House of Representatives and the Senate, as analyzed by Atty. Maria Julia
Asis in the Cagayan de Oro forum and Atty. Marlon Manuel in the Manila
forum, fall short of the expectations of civil society and the MILF. In
particular, the Senate alternative bill formulated by the Marcos committee
even removes some of the powers already granted to the Autonomous
Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
Social justice as the central theme of the 1987 Philippine Constitution
provides the overriding framework and spirit for the BBL. Atty. Christian
Monsod, one of the presentors in the Manila forum, elaborates on this:
Our Constitution gave social and economic rights equal primacy
with civil and political rights based on the primacy of human dignity.
Adjusting starting positions is what social justice is about, which is the
central theme of the 1987 Constitution. Bangsamoro is about social
justice.
The CBCP statement points out the three major grievances of Muslim
communities which need to be addressed by social justice provisions:
the reduction of their ancestral territory, the erosion of their cultural
identity, and the loss of self-determination in the development of their
communities. Social justice, continues the CBCP statement, implies
the other moral principles of just peace and inter-religious harmony.

The BBL addresses and tries to put a closure to the long history of
conflict among the peoples of Mindanao involving Muslim, Christian,
and indigenous people communities. Mamasapano is not one incident;
points out Monsod, it is part of a 40-year war that has been interrupted
by attempts at peace. Chairman Mohagher Iqbal, the other speaker at
the Manila forum, pointed out three stages in the MILFs struggle for the
Bangsamoro: from armed struggle to a political struggle (in the crafting
of the BBL), to a democratic struggle (once the BBL is passed and a
plebiscite and elections are held). He reiterated the MILFs readiness to
engage in a peace-and-development process for Muslim Mindanao.
A diluted BBL cannot bring about a just and lasting peace for the
peoples of Mindanao. Chairman Iqbal presents the MILF perspective:
A watered down BBL violates the letter and spirit of the FAB and
CAB. To the MILF, a bad BBL is worse than no BBL at all. This kind of
law will not only be a menu for the continuation of the problem, but will
also bring the MILF down. The MILFs credibility and any claim to moral
ascendancy will be severely hit or shattered. Consequently, those who do
not believe in the way of peace will celebrate and boost their chances to
be heard and get recruits to push their agenda through radical means. Let
us join hands to prevent this to happen.
Religious leaders exercise a key role in removing biases and
prejudices among the peoples of Mindanao as well as in other parts of
the country. The CBCP statement points out the historical paradox of this
situation: Bias and prejudice are part and parcel of the deep mistrust
between Christians and Muslims, two peoples coming from the same
Abrahamic faith.
In the workshop group discussions, several recommendations were
made: engage in intra-faith and inter-faith dialogue; conduct culture
of peace seminars; listen to the voices of Muslim and Christian women
in dialogue; organize a peace vote for the coming elections; project the
message of peace through mass media and social communications.
Fr. Albert Alejo, SJ, one of the panel reactors in the Manila forum,
recalled the six summary Ss for peace that came out of Mindanaowide consultations several years earlier. These are Sincerity, Security,
Sensitivity, Solidarity, Spirituality, and Sustainability. Ms. Amina RasulBernardo, another panelist, proposed the person of Maryam (or Mary) in
the Koran and the Bible as the focal point for a common devotion to our
Mother of Peace among Muslims and Christians alike.
Whither BBL? Regardless of its final outcome in Congress, the
imperatives for Social Justice and lasting Peace provide the moral
guideposts for the continuing engagement of multi-religious leaders in
Mindanao. Peace among religions can be the first step.

We, Muslim and Christian religious and sectoral leaders from various
parts of Mindanao, gathered in Cagayan de Oro City on August 29, 2015 to
consider the fate of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) currently
pending before Congress.

the legislative mill. We are also concerned that the current versions that came
out of the committee-level considerations in the House of Representatives
and the Senate do not measure to the minimum requirements for genuine
autonomy. Hence, there is growing perception among the Moro communities
the government is not serious in making true its commitments enshrined in
the CAB.

A CALL FOR THE PRIMACY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

The BBLone that is meaningfulis a key ingredient of the peace

process between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF) that aims to give closure to the armed conflict that began in 1968. The
decades-long rebellion has claimed the life of at least 120,000 people and led
about a million to permanently flee their homes and communities to restart
a new life away from strife.
A meaningful BBL is one that includes the spirit of social justice articulated
in the Constitution, addresses the historical grievances of Muslims, faithful
to the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), and respects the
human rights of every one.
Therefore, as advocates of peace, we are hoping that Congress will enact
a meaningful BBL. Congress should match the gains already achieved by
communities and grassroots peoples in Mindanao in maintaining the peace
through the long and arduous years of establishing a civilian-led ceasefire
monitoring mechanism and advocacy for peaceful and nonviolent means to
resolve the Moro conflict.
We are saddened that prejudice, bias, and deep-seated bigotry still
dominate public discourse and opinion-forming about the BBL, to which
many legislators pander on in order to advance their interests in electoral
politics. This is not healthy for a legislative exercise aimed to shape a new
reality for a people and region long mired in conflict and underdevelopment.
The peace process transcends electoral politics. We therefore call on the
members of Congress to rise above themselves in the interest of social justice.
We are worried over the persistent delays suffered by the proposed BBL in

Among others, the history of the peace process with Moro rebels is
littered with examples that act to strengthen this perception: the 1976
Tripoli Agreement of Peace that was not implemented; the 1996 Final Peace
Agreement to implement the 1976 agreement but was not thoroughly carried
out; the 2008 Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain that was
aborted due to legal questions.
We ask Congress to optimize its legislative calendar in an effort to churn
out a meaningful BBL, soonest.
We have listened and reflected upon the obtaining dynamics of our
communities. We are concerned that a failure to have a meaningful BBL
would only favor the interests of traditional politicians and lead to the
growth of adherents to extremist approaches and ways.
On our part, we will continue the work of helping foster tolerance for
religions and cultures to lessen or take away biases and prejudices. We will
reach out to like-minded peace advocates to widen and sustain this longterm effort.
The road towards a peaceful and progressive Mindanao is still long, and
probably winding and thorny. Even then, we will continue treading this road
for as long as it takes.
We agreed on this call on 29 August 2015 at the Archdiocese of Cagayan
de Oro during the RELIGIOUS LEADERS LEGISLATORS MEETING hosted by
H.E. Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, S.J., Convenor Tulay Kalinaw Mindanaw

Archdiocesan News
Kapistahan ni San Nicholas de
Tolentino Gisaulog

LAMDAG

September 23- October 23, 2015

Culmination of the New

Apologetics Seminar
By Cleb B. Calimutan

The new Apologetics seminar

conducted by the Confraternity of
Catholic Lay Theologians and Defenders
of the Faith (CTD) culminated on
August 30, 2015 with the inspiring
message of Fr. Remargin J. Ubalde,
SSJV. The parish priest encouraged
his more than a hundred parishioners
who patiently attended the four-day
doctrinal formation to learn more

about Catholic teachings and becoming

active in Church ministries. Some of
the participants came from hinterland
areas like Barangay Linabo, San
Juan, and Samay. A monthly followup lecture was agreed upon to keep
the members always updated about
Catholic teachings with some further
trainings. This is the aim of the CTD
to have sustainable studies among
different parishes in the Archdiocese of
Cagayan de Oro.

(L-R) Fr. Ledesma, Fr. Magracia, Fr. Sombilon, Fr. Clavero, Bp. Jose Cabantan, D.D, Fr. Ebana and Fr.
Retiquez.

Mabulokong
gisaulog
ang
kapistahan ni San Nicholas de
Tolentino, sa Barangay Puntod diha
sa santos nga misa nga gipangunahan
ni Most Rev. Jose Cabantan, DD, Obispo
sa Diocese sa Malaybalay uban sa mga
kaparian sa Arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan
de Oro sa Septembre 10, 2015.
Diha
sa
iyang
homiliya,
gipahinumduman ni Bp. Cabantan ang
katawhan nga sa Tuig sa mga Kabos,
ang modelo mao si Jesukristo nga anaa
sa krus. Diha sa Sulat Pastoral sa mga
Kaobispohan sa Pilipinas, nag-awhag
kanato nga sud-ongon ang Ginoo
nga pinaka-kabos nga tawo, natawo
sa pasungan, namatay sa krus, ug giakusahan nga kriminal, ingon nga ang

kakabos
bunga sa gugma sa Dios,
bunga sa kamanggihatagon, bunga sa
kamapasayloon ug pagkamaloloy-on sa
Ginoo, matod ni Bp. Cabantan.
Gipuy-an ni San Nicholas de
Tolentino ang ligdong nga kinabuhi
diha sa iyang pagkamanggihatagon sa
mga kabos. Si Nicholas gipangayo
sa iyang mga ginikanan sa Dios, ug
kini nagpalawom sa iyang pagtoo
sa Dios ug nagpalawom sa iyang
pagkamanggihatagon sa isigkaingon.
Mao kini ang hagit sa tanan nga
ipalawom ang gugma sa Dios diha
sa pagsalig kaniya ug makiglambigit
sa kinabuhi sa mga kabos. (Lamdag
News)

Kapistahan sa Birhen sa
Consolation Gisaulog

Participants of the four-day Doctrinal Formation

WAF-CDO Conducts Seminar at Relocation Site

By: Charlie Lorzano

It was June 13, 2015 when WAFCDO received permission from Rev. Fr.
Ferdinand Dagcuta, CRSP Superior, to
organize and conduct the WAF/YAF Basic
Seminar at Our Lady of Fatima Chapel at
the Phase 1 Relocation Site in Calaanan,
Canitoan, CDO.
From June to the present, lectures
on different topics of the Catholic Faith
are given every Saturday night to the
Sendong Relocation Site in the West
District. We thank the support of the
Chapel leaders and also to the Religious
Congregations most especially the Clerics
Regular of St. Paul, the Angelic Sisters of
St. Paul, and the Missionaries of Our Lady
of the Miraculous Medal through Sr. Delia
Akut.
On August 15, Feast
of the Assumption of
Mary, Most Rev. Antonio J.
Ledesma, SJ, Archbishop of
Cagayan de Oro joined the
group to Calaanan with four
other Barnabite priests:
Fr. Rudyson Nulo, CRSP,
Superior; Fr. Pat Golis, CRSP;
Fr. Luis Alfred Dolog, CRSP;
and Fr. John Paul Osip, CRSP.
The session began
with the Holy Rosary

followed by a short message from Abp.

Ledesma and the induction of WAF and
YAF officers. Abp. Ledesma also gave
rosaries to each family and invested
those present with the Brown Scapular,
after a brief explanation of its origin and
importance. WAF CDO also takes turns
with the Confraternity of Catholic Lay
Theologians and Defenders of Faith in
giving religious instructions at Calaanan.
They would like to extend sincere
gratitude to Rev. Msgr. Eutiquiano M.
Legitimas, PC, SSJV, WAF Mindanao
Regional Spiritual Director, Fr. Rosauro
Abletes Valmores, the WAF-CDO
Archdiocesan Spiritual Director, the
Barnabite family and to the Most Rev.
Antonio Ledesma, SJ, Archbishop of
Cagayan de Oro for going with them and
witnessing Our Ladys Apostolate.

Bag-ong

Msgr. Florencio Salvador uban sa mga kaparian sa Arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan de Oro.

By: Charlie Lorzano

Sa Septembre 2, 2015 malipayong

gisaulog ang Kapistahan sa Mahal
nga Birhen sa Consolation sa
Guinsiliban, Camiguin diha sa misa
nga gipangunahan ni Fr. Florencio P.
Salvador, Jr., SSJV, uban ni Fr. Luisito
Quidet, ang kura paroko ug sa kaparian
sa Arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan de Oro.
Diha sa iyang homiliya, gipunting
ni Fr. Salvador ang kamahinungdanon
sa pag-atiman sa kinaiyahan, ang

komon nga balay sa katawhan. Gihagit

ang matag usa sa pagpanalipod niini,
batok sa mga nagkalin-laing matang sa
pang-abuso . Kini nga hagit kabahin sa
kalamboan sa kinabuhi sa kinaiyahan
ug sa katawhan nga giklaro ni Santo
Papa Francis diha sa iyang Encyclical
Letter, Laudato Si.
Mapasalamaton si
Fr. Quidet
sa tanan nga nagsuporta aron ang
kapistahan sa Mahal nga Birhen sa
Consolation mahimong mabungahon.

LAMDAG

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Teresita Espina, FSP

Editorial Consultant
Abp. Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ, DD
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LAMDAG
September 23- October 23, 2015

4th ASIA OCEANIA MARIOLOGICAL CONFERENCE

Rev. Fr. Roberto C. Balsamo, Jr., SSJV

SEEDS OF HOPE
Inter-Religious Dialogue and peace-building:
The story of the Church in Pikit, Cotabato.
By Fr. Roberto C. Layson, OMI.
(Last of a series)

On September 07, 2015, I was sent

by His Excellency Archbishop Antonio J.
Ledesma, S.J., D.D., for a week-long 4th
Asia Oceania Mariological Conference
held at the Capuchin Retreat House in
Lipa, Batangas. Cardinals, archbishops,
bishops, priests, deacons, seminarians,
nuns and a few lay leaders from
different parts of Asia participated in
the conference which carried the theme
Eucharistic and Marian Consecration of
the Church of the Poor.
The
conference
started
on
September 08, the Feast day of the
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary with
a dawn motorcade and a regatta, (fluvial
procession) bringing the different
images of the Mother of God Mother
of the Poor Mother of Asia around Taal
Lake and ended at the Municipality of
Laurel with the celebration of the Holy
Eucharist.
This is actually a tour conference
where talks were conducted in the
different Marian Shrines and sites of the
entire Archdiocese and a good number
of Mariologists from different parts of
Asia were invited to expound on the subthemes.
The first conference was given by
Most Rev. Bishop Broderick Pabillo,
D. D., Auxiliary Bishop of Manila,
about Poverty in Holy Writ, Marian
Perspective. In this conference, the good
Bishop presented poverty in Scriptures
views of the poor, theological frame,
key biblical texts, expressions, why
the poor are poor and the Christian
response. This was immediately
followed by the second conference given
by Most Rev. Joseph Vianney Fernando,
D. D., Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka, about
Consecrated Life in the Service of Lay
Evangelization among the Poor of Asia.
Bishop Fernando stressed the meaning
of evangelization and consecrated life in
the Asian scenario today, contemporary
challenges to consecrated life in Asia
especially the challenge of prayer which
I quote here:
Prayer and contemplation are
two highly valued religious exercises
in all Asian religions. Do our religious
communities
give
the
primary
witness of being centers of prayer and
contemplation? For Jesus, His being and
His mission to the world was deeply
bound up with prayer. The Gospels
present Jesus absorbed in prayer, at
times, throughout the night. The way
Jesus carried out His mission was the
way of contemplation and action.
The next conference was held in
Calaca, Batangas on the theme: Mary
Poor, for the Poor and from the Poor. The
talk was given by an Argentine Priest,
Fr. Luciano Felloni, who has been in
the Philippines for 21 years, most of it
in Smoky Mountain, Manila. He shared
some notes on Teologia del Pueblo
(Theology of the People). I noticed that
it seemed to him very easy to share to us
this kind of theology because he actually
lived with the literally poor people in
Payatas whom he loved so much and
so dear to his heart. He stressed that
it is the theology of Pope Francis (who
was once his confessor when he was

still in the seminary in Argentina), a

theology that is universal but needs
inculturation it is the same message
but said in different ways. He further
stressed that, Teologia del Pueblo
gives great value to popular piety
as deeper form of popular devotion
sees popular faith as fruit of
evangelization theological virtues
inculturated.
The
following
day,
the
participants were brought to the
88-meter tall (288 feet) monument of
the Mother of all Asia, a 130-hectare
world destination in Monte Maria
(Mount of Maria), Batangas City. The
4th conference was given by Most
Rev. Rolando Santos, C.M., a Filipino
missionary bishop assigned to Papua
New Guinea (PNG) on the theme
Poverty: Blessing or Curse? Most of
his sharing was his experiences with
the poor in PNG. From his experience,
he said that indeed, poverty is both
a blessing and a curse, depending on
the kind of life man lives.
Right after this conference,
the 5th one was given by Rev. Fr.
David Gomes, a Marian priest from
Bangladesh on Mary, Mother of All
Asia, Mother of the Poor. Fr. David
limited his presentation on Mary,
who came from the common people
of her time, lived a life of Gospel
poverty, and thus she is the Mother of
the poor. He then presented how in a
special way Mary as the Mother of the
poor is also the Mother of all Asia, as
Asia is home of many who are poor,
the poor of Yahweh.
Back to the Capuchin Retreat
House the following day, we had our
6th conference given by a Japanese
Mariologist, Sr. Luca Maria Ritsuko
Oka, STD., on Marian Icons of Poverty.
Sr. Luca Maria (Luke Mary) presented
the overwhelming icon of Mary in
the Scripture as poor. She lived in
Nazareth, a little and insignificant
village in Galileea place far from
Jerusalem, the center of Israel. Other
images of Mary presented by Sr. Luca
Maria were from the Old Testament
especially the many prophesies about
Mary, the Vatican II documents and
the many encyclicals on Mary.
Immediately after the conference
of Sr. Luca, the 7th was given by
Telesphore P. Cardinal Toppo, an
Indian, about the theme Mary Star
of Evengelization and the Indigenous
Peoples. His sharing focused on
what he thinks of Mary as the Star
of Evangelization in connection with
the indigenous people in India that he
serves. With this, three things came to
his mind as the center of his down to
earth sharing: 1. Mary as the Star
that shines; 2. Mary as the Starthat
guides; and 3. Mary as the Starthat
offers comfort and protection.
Lastly, I would like to express
my sincerest thanks to Archbishop
Antonio J. Ledesma for sending me for
this conference because through this
my love and devotion to the Blessed
Virgin Mary deepens. Happy Birthday
Mama Mary!

RECONCILIATION MEANS HEALING THE PAST

Perhaps, the most important part of the seminar is the healing process where the
participants sit in a circle in a victim-offender setting and where each participant is given the
chance to speak his or her painful experience of the past while the others listen with empathy.
The process is usually highly charged with emotion. In this session, one gets to realize that
he or she does not have the monopoly of pain. Then, the whole process ends up with the
participants hugging each other in reconciliation and making peace with one another.
CREATING SPACES FOR PEACE
As part of rebuilding the communities affected by the wars, the parish has organized
several villages inhabited by Muslims, Christians and indigenous people. Representatives
of the parish, village leaders and local Muslim peace advocates negotiated with the military
and MILF not to make these villages battlegrounds for their forces. Instead of driving the
combatants away, we made them as partners, believing that no one has the monopoly of
goodness. In these villages, several socio-economic projects and peace-building activities were
implemented in order to address the visible and invisible effects of war. These communities
are now called Spaces for Peace and Children as Zones of Peace communities.
Last Holy month of Ramadhan, I brought a journalist to one of these villages. The
village leader told us that the Interfaith Council that we organized three years ago is still active
and that the members still meet every month. He said that last EidlFitr (end of Ramadan)
the Muslims and Christians contributed food. They placed the food on a long table and they
joyfully ate together with their bare hands- Muslims and Christians, men and women, children
and adults.
DIALOGUE AS A WAY OF LIFE
The seed of reconciliation has been sown and it seems it continues to grow bit by bit.
The process is slow but it brings hope and a lot of surprises. Where before you didnt see a
Muslim coming to the parish compound, now you see them come. It is no longer a private
space for Christians alone but a public space. Muslim kids selling corn and peanuts freely
come without fear. Some Muslim friends would sometimes come to the convent and share
meals with the priests. During the meals, sometimes they would lead the prayer; at other times
the priests do.
During Muslim weddings, there are also Christians who stand as sponsors. At the same
time, during Christian weddings, there are also Muslims who stand as sponsors. At one
wedding at the parish church, I was surprised to see three bridesmaids wearing tundung or
headdresses. I found out later that they were Muslims and that they were classmates of the
bride in high school. I also stood as a sponsor in two Muslim weddings.
During patronal fiestas, the parish usually receives Muslim visitors in the convent and
the parish prepares halal food for them. Likewise, during their religious celebrations such as
Ramadan, Christians also go around visiting their Muslim friends to show their solidarity with
them.
Every summer, the parish youth
ministry holds a month-long sports and
cultural fest. Aware of the new visionmission of the parish, for the last three years
the youth leaders have opened the event to
Muslim and Protestant youth as well; many
of them are their neighbors, classmates and
friends.
CHALLENGE TO RELIGIOUS LEADERS
Pikit parish is reaching out to the
different parishes in the archdiocese,
conducting intra-religious dialogue among
priests and lay leaders first; and then interreligious dialogue and culture of peace
seminars among Muslims, Christians and
Indigenous people second.
Dialogue is not just the work of one or two experts in Islam. It is an integral part of the
evangelizing mission of the Church (Redemptoris Missio). Hence, it must be the local church,
our Basic Ecclesial Communities that must be in the forefront of this dialogue work of the
Church.
In saying this, I would like to point out that religious leaders play a very important role
in this work. However, there are some of us who, without the knowing it, become part of the
problem by re-enforcing the thick walls of division, biases and prejudice; rather than being part
of the solution by building bridges of reconciliation.
The challenge for parishes is not so much to build their own kingdom but to build the
kingdom of God. To realize this, parishes must recommit to the Gospel and be ready to become
instruments of Gods goodness to every human being, regardless of who they are.
PLANTING THE SEED
Grassroots peace-building is like building blocks. You dont put the blocks on top. You
start from the bottom up. In Pikit, we continue to plant the seed of goodness not even knowing
if and when it is going to grow. But we trust in Gods Providence that whatever goodness we
have planted will blossom only in goodness and that goodness alone will remain in the end.

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LAMDAG
September 23- October 23, 2015

Ang Kasayasayan sa Sta. Rita de Cascia, Gingoog City

Fr. Alexander Borres, SSJV

August 2013-present

Fr. Rosauro Valmores, SSJV

September 2014-present

Fr. Richard Deloso, SSJV

February 2015 - at present

alagad usab. Sa tibuok nga kabalhinan sa administrasyon, ang Simbahan miuswag ug milambo.
Karon, ang parokya sa Sta. Rita de Cascia nanlimbasog nga diha sa pagkahiusa ug
Ang Parokya sa Sta. Rita de Cascia kabahin sa Distrito sa Gingoog (Vicariate) sa Arkidiyosesis kooperasyon makatukod sa kumonidad sa magtutuo uban sa samang panlantaw sa kauswagan ug
sa Cagayan de Oro, diin si Rev. Jesus B. Tuquib, D.D. mao ang kasamtangan nga Arsobispo. Ang kalambuan sa bag-ong milenyo. Ang tanan usab nag-andam alang Great Jubillee 2000! (Source:
duha ka pari ang nag- alagad sa parokya mao si Msgr. Eutiquiano M. Legitimas isip kura paroko Golden Jubilee Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro 1951-2001)
ug si Rev. Fr. Elvin Bernard Simene isip Parokyal Vicar.

Bag-ong Retablo ug Altar

Ang parokya adunay 67 ka

kapilya nga nahimutang gikan sa 2
hangtud 20 ka kilometro ang gilayon gikan sa sentro. Labaw sa 2/3rd
aning mga kapilya ang nagsaulog
sa binulan nga misa, samtang ang
uban nagsaulog niini kada duha
sa bulan. Kini nga mga kapilya nagalagad sa 77,295 ka mga katoliko.
Bisan pa man sa kalayo niini, ang
mga pari naneguro nga ang mga
kapilya ma-alagaran sa regular
nga
relihiyosong
pagserbisyo.
Aron adunay pakiglambigit sa mga
kalihukan sa sulod sa parokya, ang
mga kapilya sa bukid ug sa syudad
nga barangay organisado kauban

ang core group.

Ang core group gilangkuban sa mga lider sa kapilya, ang hermano/ hermana, secretary
/treasurer, Katekista, laygo sa pangalawat, laygo sa bunyag/ kasal. Kining mga lider magkita
sa kada bulan didto sa parokya sa sentro. Bag-o nga impormasyon gikan sa parokya madawat
sa mga organisasyon. Sa sentro ang nakadaiyang organisasyon
hugot nga gigiyahan. Kining tanan, ang kooperasyon, pagkatakdo,
kumunikasyon, ug ang co- responsibidad nakab-ot. Ang seminars,
pagtakdo, retreat,recollection
para sa nagkadaiyang grupo
gipahigayon. Ang madasigon nga partisipasyon sa laygo sa pagplano
ug sa paghimo sa desisyon sa tulumanon sa parokya gihatagan ug
pagtagad.
Makasaysayan, ang Simbahan sa Sta. Rita nga saksi sa
importante nga kalihukan sa parokya. Ang parokya gitukod niadtong
1896; diin ang kinadak-an nga selebrasyon gisaulog niadtong 1996.
Kadto nga tuig sa kinadak-an nga pangilin nagtimaan sa selebrasyon
sa kumonidad pagsulay sa pagkahiusa sa panlimbasog para sa
iyang misyon nga Paingon sa Bag-ong Ebanghelisasyon.
Ang mga Hisweta mao ang nagpundar sa parokya. Pagbiya nila
niadtong 1958, Ang mga Misyonaryo sa St. Columban maoy mipuli.
Nahuman ang ilang misyon sa Gingoog niadtong 1979. Ang mga
nga pari maoy nag- alagad sa parokya sukad niadtong
Fr. Medallo Medz diosesano
tungora, ug ang mga Missionary Society of the Philipines ( MSP) nag-

Ang kura paroko sa tuig 2001-2007 mao si Msgr. Eutiquiano Legitimas. Gisundan siya ni Fr.
Joel Lusat sa tuig 2007-2013. Paghuman sa unom ka tuig gipulihan siya ni Fr. Medallo Valmores,
ang kasamtangang kura paroko. Ang nadestino nga parochial vicar mao sila si Fr. Alexander Borres
sa Agosto 20, 2013, misunod si Fr. Rosauro Valmores sa Septembre 14,2014 ug si Fr. Richard
Deloso sa Febrero 2015.
Sa Mayo 22, 2015, atol sa kapistahan ni Sta. Rita de Cascia, gipanalanginan ang bagong retablo ug altar ni Arsobispo Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ,DD uban sa presensya ni Msgr. Elmer
Abacahin, ug Msgr. Eutiquiano Legitimas ug mga kaparian sa Arkidiyosesis. Mapasalamaton si Fr.
Medz Valmores sa panabang ug suporta sa mga parokyano ug mga benefactors.
Sa kasamtangan, naghimo ug covered court aron dili mainitan ug maulanan ang katawhan
nga mosimba. Giplanohan usab nga padak-an ang matag kilid sa Simbahan nga makapahiluna
ug dugang nga 400 ka tawo.
Gitutukan ni Fr. Medallo ug sa iyang mga vicar ang ministeryo sa Social Action, lakip na ang
Ecology, Migrants ug IPs. Nakiglambigit sila sa Local government units (LGU). Pinaagi sa Disaster
Risk Management, nahatagan ug mga seminar ang mga lider sa Simbahan kon unsay angay
buhaton nga pagpangandam sa panahon sa bagyo, baha ug linog.
Gihatagan usab ug pagtagad ang pagmugna sa BEC sa parokya. Adunay 512 ka selda diin
nagpadayon ang formation sa mga lider. Ang mga volunteers sa ministeryo sa prison nakahatag
usab ug dakong pagdasig niadtong anaa sa rehabilitation centers tungod sa ilang pagduaw
matag bulan gayud. Adunay
medical
mission
nga
kanunay gipahigayon sa
ilaya uban sa mga German
doctors. Adunay 280 ka mga
katekista nga madasigong
nagtudlo sa kabataan. Ang
mga senor citizens nga
maestra maoy nagtudlo sa
kolehiyo ug high school.
Giatubang sa mga pari
ang hagit isip asin sa yuta
ug kahayag sa kalibutan
diha sa ilang presensya,
pag-alagad ug pagsilbe sa
katawhan. (Lamdag News)

Mga parokyano ug mga bisita atol sa kapistahan

ni Sta. Rita de Cascia

Valmores, SSJV

From p.1

CDO Archdiocese Joins 1st

CABUSTAM BEC Assembly
Bec, Especially Its Sustenance, Clergy
Participation And Support, Men And
Youth Participation And Integration
Of Lay Organizations, Movements And
Associations In The Bec Communities .
We Find These Challenges Posed To
Us, Of The Need To Revitalize The Becs
Through New Evangelization, Ministries,
Liturgical Signs And Symbols, Encourage
The
Clergy
To Be Fully
Supportive To
The Bec And To
Go Beyond From
The LiturgicalEvangelical
To Holistic /
Integral Stage Of
Being Church.
W
e
Accept
These
Challenges
And
Commit
Ourselves
To
Continue
To
Be The Church
Of The Poor

And With The Inspiration Of Mary, We

Entrust Our Hope And Journey To The
Triune God.
Most Rev. Antonieto D. Cabajog,
DD, Bishop of Surigao, gave an inspiring
closing message about the 4Ms in BEC:
Melding - unity; Myrth - joy; Ministry
- service; and Mission - action. He also
stressed the importance of continuing
the ideals of BEC which are: fidelity to
love, embracing the present with joy,
and looking to the future with hope.

Delegates from the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro

From p.1

Laudato Si Theological Conference

Gipahigayon
sa kalibutan diha sa pagsaulog sa Earth
Day nga saulogon kada Abril 22 kada
tuig.
Nag-ingon si Pope Benedict XVI
nga ang pag-upaw sa kalasangan, ug
pagdaot sa kinaiyahan usa ka sala.
Gihagit ang usag-usa sa pagbag-o ug
makig-uli sa kinaiyahan, sa katawhan
ug sa Dios. Usa ka maayong relasyon
sa kinaiyahan mao ang pag-angkon
sa atong sayop, sala, ug kapakyasan
ug magbasol sa mga kasaypanan nga
nabuhat ngadto kanila,.
Sa katapusan nag-ingon si Fr.
Rey nga magsaulog (celebrate) kay dili
kamatayon ang katapusan sa tanan.
Magsaulog kita kay moabot ang
atong kaluwasan. Diha sa pagsaulog
sa Eukaristiya, aduna kitay paglaom
nga mabuhi bisan sa mga trahedya
nga miabot sama sa Sendong, Yolanda,
linog ug uban. Si Santa Maria, usa ka
binuhat nga nakadawat sa tunhay nga
kaluwasan, usa ka binuhat nga tinubos
nga nagtimailhan nga atong madawat
ang tunhay nga kaluwasan sa umaabot.
Si Mr. Felix S. Mirasol, Jr. DENR
Region 10 Assistant Regional Director,
miasoy usab sa iyang kasinatian isip

manlalaban sa kinaiyahan. Miingon

siya nga ang Laudato Si usa gayud
ka dakong tabang sa DENR, diin sa
espiritwal nga paagi makadugang ug
kaalam sa tanan. Sukad pa gayud
kaniadto ilang gi-lantaw sa kanunay
ang dagan sa kinaiyahan ilabi na ang
nahibilin nga mga kayutaan ug mga
lasang. Ang gikabalak-an niya mao ang
daghan ang gigutom apan mas daghan
ang hakog nga nagmakuli sa pagpaambit
sa pagkaon ngadto sa uban.
Nag-awhag si Mr. Mirasol nga
maghiusa sa pagpanalipod sa dakong
bahandi
nga gihatag sa Dios-ang
kinaiyahan diin ang unang biktima
sa pagka-materialismo mao ang mga
kabos.
Si Mr. Edtami Mansayagan, deputy
director sa SAMDHAN, nagsaysay sa mga
pang-abuso nga nahitabo sa kabukiran
diin ila gayud kining nasaksihan. Dako
kaayo kini ug epekto sa ilang kinabuhi
ug kultura sa ilang tribo. Adunay mga
IPs nga nakabsan sa ilang kinabuhi
tungod sa pagpanalipod sa kinaiyahan
ilabi na sakabukiran.
Gipaambit usab ni Fr. Raluto ang
Laudato Si sa nagkalain laing grupo sa
Patrick Cronin Hall sa Septembre 8 ug
sa San Agustin Cathedral sa Septembre
23, 2015.

LAMDAG
September 23- October 23, 2015

DAKO NGA gamay!

gamay NGA DAKO!
MK.9:30-37

DAKO NGA gamay, gamay NGA DAKO. Unsa man? Nagkalahilahi ang atong
kadako ug kagamay. Adunay dakog mata nga gamayg kalimotaw. (dakog
kalimotaw nga gamayg mata). Adunay dakog simod nga gamayg ngipon.
(dakog ngipon nga gamayg simod). Adunay dakog ulo nga gamayg buhok.
(dakog buhok nga gamayg ulo). Adunay dakog ilong nga gamayg lungag.
(dakog lungag nga gamayg ilong). Adunay dakog aping nga gamayg dunggan.
(dakog dunggan nga gamayg aping). Adunay dakog suwang nga gamayg
liog. (dakog liog nga gamayg suwang). Adunay dakog bukton nga gamayg
kamot. (dakog kamot nga gamayg bukton). Adunay dakog pus-on nga gamayg
sampot. (dakog sampot nga gamayg pus-on). Adunay dakog paa nga gamayg
batiis. (dakog batiis nga gamayg paa). Adunay dakog tiil nga gamayg kumagko.
(dakog kumagko nga gamayg tiil).

DAKO NGA gamay, gamay NGA DAKO. Unsa man? Nagkalahilahi ang atong
kadako ug kagamay. Adunay gamay nga tawo nga dakog ulo kay garbuso. (dako
nga tawo nga gamayg ulo). Adunay gamayg kita nga dakog hatag. (dakog
kita nga gamayg hatag). Adunay gamayg pangisip nga dakog gugma.(dakog
pangisip nga gamayg gugma). Adunay gamayg kahibalo nga dakog panabot.
(dakog kahibalo nga gamayg panabot). Adunay gamayg tingog nga dakog
pailob. (dakog tingog nga gamayg pailob). Adunay gamayg kaon nga dakog
tiyan.(dakog kaon nga gamayg tiyan). Adunay gamayg pahiyom nga dakog
kalipay. (dakog kalipay nga gamayg pahiyom). Adunay gamayg pag-ampo nga
dakog nahimo. (dakog pag-ampo nga gamayg nahimo). Adunay gamayg halad
nga dakog tabang. (dakog halad nga gamayg tabang). Adunay gamayg balay
nga dakog pamilya.(dakog balay nga gamayg pamilya).

DAKO NGA gamay, gamay NGA DAKO. Unsa man? Nagkalahilahi ang atong
kadako ug kagamay. Adunay dako nga gustong mogamay. Adunay gamay nga
gustong modako. Gusto siyang mogamay kay gusto niyang magpaubos sa
iyang kaugalingon. Gusto niyang magpadako kay gusto siyang magpataas sa
iyang kaugalingon. Ang PAGKAMAPAUBSANON UG ANG PAGKAMAPAHITASON mao ang dako nga gamay ug gamay nga dako. Unsa ka man? Kasagaran dili
makamatikod ang tawo kon unsa siyagamay ba o dako ba? Dako ba o gamay
ba? Taas ba o ubos ba? Ubos ba o taas ba? Mapaubsanon ba o mapahitas-on ba?
Makalilibog! Pwedi lugar mabalibali? Unsay tinuod gyud? Klaroha ba! Gamay
Ubos o Dako Taas? Gamay Taas o Dako Ubos? Pwedi? DAKO NGA gamay o gamay
NGA DAKO? Unsa man gyud?
Nakapamalandong ko nga ang gusto mahimong dako kinahanglan nga
mahimong gamay - MAGPAUBOS. Ang gusto nga mahimong gamay kinahanglang
nga mahimong dako MAG-ALAGAD. Gamay diha sa pagpaubos ug dako diha
sa pagpangalagad. Mao kini ang tinuod gyud nga DAKO nga gamaygamay
NGA DAKO - mapaubsanong pagpangalagad. Diha sa pagpangalagad nga tiunay,
sa hinayhinay mahimo kitang gamay. Nga daw wala nay makakita tungod sa
kagamay apan dako kita sa panan-aw sa Dios. Madako man o magamay ang
mahinungdanon nga kita matinud-anon sa Dios. Ang binuhatan nga magamay
man o madako man, ang sa Dios kasingkasing ang Iyang tuyo. Ang tuyo ba
sa akong kasingkasing ang magpaubos o magpataas? Ang magpagamay o
magpadako? Mangalagad o magpaalagad?
DAKO NGA gamay, gamay NGA DAKO. Unsa man? Nagkalahilahi ang
atong kadako ug kagamay. Adunay dakog proyekto nga dili diay gikan kaniya
ang pundo. Adunay gamayg gipakaon nga gikan diay sa iyang kaugalingong
hinaguan. Adunay dakog posisyon sa katilingban nga dili diay maduolan sa
kadaghanan. Adunay gamayg higala nga tinud-anay diay nga nagkaila. Adunay
dakog kayutaan nga wala diay maatiman. Adunay gamayg katigayonan nga ang
pamilya diay malipayon. Adunay dakog responsabilidad nga kanunay diay nga
gahinawod.. Adunay gamayg pagtuo nga kanunay nga gatubo sa pagkamaayong
tawo. DAKO NGA gamay, gamay NGA DAKO. UNSA man? KINSA man?

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Features
Saksak-Sinagol ni Pepoye
OKTOBRE NA USAB IGSOON
ANG PAGROSARYO ATO NA USAB HIMOON
ANG KALINAW SA KALIBUTAN ATONG PANGAYOON
UG SA ATONG MGA SALA SA DIOS PASAYLOON.
ikaw gayod babaye nga talagsaon
kay bisan pa ikaw kaslonon
ang bulak wala mo itugyan sa pamanhonon
kay adto na sa adlaw kanus-a ka kaslon.
ANG BISAN UNSA NGA PAGPATAY
ANG YAWA RA GAYOD ANG MALIPAY
DINHI SA KALIBUTAN WAD-ON ANG PANAG-AWAY
ANG DIALOGO MAOY IPATUNHAY.
kinsa ang korap nga politiko
kadtong sa gahum dili kontento
ang mga kabus iyang gipatuo
kinahanglang sa lain siya modagan aron kuno makaserbisyo.
KAMONG MGA BATAN-ON
AWAYA ANG KINAIYANG KALIBUTANON
SAMA SA PAGTULUN-ANG KALIPAY SA LAWAS ANG
MAHINUNGDANON
PASAGDI SILA BASTA IKAW MALIPAYON.
pakighilawas, inom ug druga
sa kalibutan karon gikampanya
sa dignidad sa tawo kini kontra
kay gimugna kita sa Dios tungod sa gugma.
HOY! POLITIKONG KORAP IHATAG USAB SA UBAN
NGANONG ANG PAGDAGAN DI NA NIMO MABIYAAN
DATO KA NA SA HILABIHAN
PALIHUG UNDANG NA SA IMONG GATASAN.
hoy! estudyanti ang pagkababaye ampingan
kay karon gitudlo sa kalibutan
kon may uyab pwedi nang huboan aron hilabtan
ipakita nga lahi ka sa kadaghanan.
DINHI SA KALIBUTAN WAD-ON TA ANG GIYERA
SA MAKUSGANON ATONG IKAMPANYA
KALOOY SA MGA BATA UG TIGULANG MAOY BIKTIMA
HIGALA ANG PAGLIHOK KARON PANAHON NA.
kon maglikay ka sa pagsamkon
bisan walay kontra sa sakit o kawad-on
ikaw nakasala sa Ginoong Langitnon
kay ang pagbuhat og anak sa Dios maoy imong unang tumong sa
kaminyoon.
DILI TA MABALAKA KON KITA MASAKITON
BASTA ANG KALAG DILI MALUYAHON
KAY ANG SAKIT MOABOT SA TANAN IGSOON
GAWAS KON SA DISGRASYA IKAW DAGITON.
unsay maayo sa martial law
ang ekonomiya kaniadto sa Japan sunod amigo
ang mga korap limitado
di sama karon gikan sa dako ngadto sa oltimo.
ANG USA USAB SA DILI MAAYO
ANG MGA SUNDALO NAHIMONG ABUSADO
DAGHANG NAWALA UG NAPATAY NGA MGA PILIPINO
ANG MGA MAY ARMAS NAHIMONG DEMONYO.

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LAMDAG

September 23- October 23, 2015

DMII Conducts Youth Social Media Awareness Seminar

Mr. Uriel Cabaraban Quilingguing with the DMII members.

One of the major mission thrusts

of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate
(DMII) is morality in media. Queen of
Peace DMII Circle from Our Lady of
Fatima Parish, Camaman-an, Cagayan
de Oro City, initiated the Youth Social
Media Awareness Seminar held on
August 16, 2015.
Participants were the junior
members of DMII called Squirettes
of Mary International (SMI) who are
circle/diocesan members and officers
coming from different DMII circles/
parishes of the diocese of Cagayan
de Oro City. Parish youth and parish
pastoral council officers/members,
through Sis. Joy Umaran and Bro. Tarc
Cagasan, were in attendance. They gave

their full support physically, morally

and spiritually which inspired the
participants and seminar organizers.
Mr. Uriel Cabaraban Quilingguing,
an accomplished journalist, presented
a lecture that was logical, easy to
understand and full of true-to-life
experiences related to social media
communications. This kept his audience
attentive and interested throughout of
his presentations.
Quilingguing
expounded
on
the importance of social media,
comparing the past and present
forms of communications, and how it
changed life styles, world views and
social values of the present generation
and the global world. He further
discussed the DOs and DONTs; the
negative and positive effects of social

Isip tubag sa tawag sa pagamuma sa kinaiyahan ug sa pagsukli

sa kaayohan sa kalibutan napahigayon
ang seaside clean-up drive sa Tubajon,
Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, sa
Agosto 29, 2015.
Gitambongan kini sa kapin sa gatos
nga mga batan-on gikan sa nagkalainlain nga mga parokya sa Arkidiyosesis
sa Cagayan de Oro nga gipangunahan ni
Br. Coke Prieto. Madasigong misuporta
usab ang uban nga nagkalain-lain nga
organisasyon sa maong kalihokan.
Si Msgr. Boy Salvador, uban
sa konseho sa Brgy. Tubajon
mapasalamaton sa kapin sa gatos

nga mga volunteer ug ilabi na sa

nagpasiugda sa maong
kalihokan.
Nagmalamposon ang clean-up drive
pinaagi sa paghatag ug dugang
kasayuran sa mga nagka-lainlain nga
klase sa basura nga adunay lahi-lahi
nga epekto sa palibot.
Ang kalibutan usa ka maanindot
nga bahandi sa kinabuhi sa tawo. Dili
kaayo niya makita ang iyang kaanyag
kay naghunahuna lamang siya sa
iyang kaugalingon, apan ang kalibutan
nagpabilin nga matinud-anon sa iyang
katungdanan isip komon nga puluyanan nga paga-ampingan sa tanan.
(Lamdag News)

By: Elnora R. Abuel

Seaside Clean-up Drive sa

Laguindingan Gipahigayon

Ang mga batan-on nanglimpyo sa baybayon sa Tubajon

media platforms FaceBook, Twitter,

websites, YouTube, Skype, Instagram,
and the anti-cyber crime laws, antiwire tapping, anti-trafficking personal
act of 2003 and others.
The seminar was indeed a package
of educational and useful information
which equipped the participants
in making wise decisions when
confronted by personal problems
and challenges encountered at home,
school and other social environments.
Faith in God, unified application of
DMII values of unity, charity, sanctity
and friendship contributed to the
success of the seminar. The following
were actively involved in the seminar:
Sisters Leobia V. Guinitaran, Ruth

Valdehueza, Virginia Ong, Lolit Boiser,

Dede Samar, Tedes Bojo, Liza Valberde,
Jinky Aguilar, Marichu Bronola, Lorie
Llagas, Chris Namocot by Vicarial
Regents Josena B. Balete and Linda M.
Delejero Mila S. Patindol secretary
and Diocesan Regent, Elnora R. Abuel.
May the fifty three (53) youth and
adult participants who were inspired
and chosen by Gods will multiply in
number as they apply the learning
gained and be shared to others with
love and commitment.
Gods abundance surrounds us.
It is for us to discover and use these
God-given gifts with gratitude and
acknowledged the him who is the One
Source of Abundance and Wisdom.

Prison Ministry Nagsaulog sa Kapistahan

ni San Maximillan Kolbe

Si Fr. Amie uban sa mga piniriso ug sa ilang mga kapikas

Gisaulog ang kapistahan ni San

Maximillian Kolbe, ang patron sa mga
priso, sa Agosto 13, 2015, sa Lumbia
City Jail, diha sa santos nga misa nga
gipangunahan ni Fr. Amie Balacuit, SSJV,
Director sa Prison Ministry uban ni Fr.
Nestor Caber, ang chaplain sa Bureau of
Jail Management and Penology Cagayan
de Oro.
Si Maximillian Kolbe, usa ka pari
nga nabilanggo sa Auschwitz sa dihang
gibuntog sa mga Nazis ang Poland. Iyang
gihalad ang iyang kinabuhi puli sa priso
nga gipili nga patyonon.
Pagkahuman sa misa, adunay 40
ka priso nga nakadawat sa sakramento

sa Kompirma. Apil na ang 32 ka mga

paresan ug 6 nga ang tulo mga priso ug
3 ka asawa sa priso ang nabunyagan sa
maong kapistahan isip pagpangandam
sa dako nga selebrasyon sa Oktobre nga
mao ang kasalan ng bayan.
Mapasalamaton si Ms. Gilda Pates,
ang Prison Ministry Coordinator, sa mga
nagboluntaryo gikan sa parokya sa Opol,
Iponan, Eco Church, Villanueva, Puntod,
Macabalan, Lumbia, Camaman-an, Bugo
ug Tagoloan, ug sa nagkalainlain nga
organisasyon; ang Couples for Christ,
CWL ug ang Sacred Heart of Jesus sa
Cathedral. (Lamdag news)

Gisaulog ang National Peace

Consciousness month uban sa Tema
Pagkakaisa tungo sa patuloy na
Kapayaan at Kaunlaran,
niadtong
Septembre 21, 2015 sa Kiosko
Kagawasan, Divisoria ning dakbayan
sa Cagayan de Oro, uban sa nagkalainlaing mga kapunungan ug organisasyon
diin gihatagan ug importansya ug
bili ang kalinaw sa
tibuok kalibutan.
Gisugdan
sa
usa ka walk for
peace sa Divisoria
ug kini gisundan
sa mga pag-ampo
alang sa kalinaw nga
gipangunahan nila ni
Msgr. Rey Monsanto
sa
Arkidiyosesis
sa Cagayan de Oro,
Bp. Jollie Petallo sa
Evangelical Church,
Ustadj Edris Salic
sa Islamic Faith,

Datu Onyong Bisoy sa IP sector ug Rev.

Ricardo Yul Yanez sa UCCP.
Ang kalinaw
dugay na nga
gipangandoy sa katawhan ug milaom
ang tanan nga pinaagi sa pagsaulog
niini matag tuig, adunay kabag-ohan
nga magagikan sa gugma ug pagtuo sa
matag usa.(Lamdag News)

Pagkakaisa tungo sa patuloy na Kapayaan

at Kaunlaran

International Eucharistic symbol

visits Cagayan de Oro
At 5:30 AM of September 7,
2015, the Archdiocese of Cagayan
de Oro City welcomed the pilgrim
symbol of the International
Eucharistic Congress 2016 from
the Diocese of Cebu City. Fr. Joel
R. Lasutaz, SSS, Br. Coke Prieto,
Fr. Allan Pulgo and Fr. Juliano
Retiquez and the enthusiastic
communities from Santuario
Eucaristico,
Consolacion,
Nazareno,
Macasandig,
Eco
Church and the Cathedral were
present.
A welcome rite, presided
by Fr. Joel, was celebrated to
introduce the pilgrim symbol at
the ports waiting area. Then a
motorcade followed from the port
to Santuario Eucaristico where a
welcome Mass was celebrated in
honor of the IEC pilgrim symbol.
This was chosen as the
symbol for the IEC as it remains
a reminder of the beginning of
Christianity in the Philippines.
The very day in 1521 that the
cross stood on this land is the
birth of the Christian faith in our
hearts.
That cross is the symbol
of: the faith we embrace; love we
live through making ourselves
witnesses of the gospel; the Christ
in us, our hope of glory.
The replica symbol also
contains the images of:
San
Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino Martyr; St.
Pedro Calungsod, Filipino Martyr;
St. Joseph, Protector of the Church;
Our Blessed Mother Mary.
The purposes of the pilgrimage
of the symbol are:
1. Spiritual: The visit of the
symbol is the visit of God. It is a
reminder of the beautiful gift of
communion that as we are gathered
together, there is God.
2. Promotion: This serves as
an awareness and invitation to all
of the upcoming once-in-a-lifetime
51st
International
Eucharistic
Congress 2016.
The
symbol
stayed
for

IEC Symbol
visitation at the shrine for two days.
It was also introduced and presented
to the delegates of the congress the
next day. The laity gathered around
the symbol and took pictures.
At the end of the congress was a
concluding Mass led by Most Rev.
Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ, D D. After the
Mass, there was a procession of the
Blessed Sacrament and the transfer
of the IEC pilgrim symbol to San
Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral
where it stayed another two days
for the lay community to visit.
On September 10, 2015 at
6:30 AM, a farewell Mass in honor
of the IEC symbol was celebrated
in preparation for the turnover to
the Archdiocese of Malaybalay City.
This was presided by
Fr.
Rogen with Fr. Lando and Fr. Joel.
(Santuario Eucaristico News)

CFLA Conducts Process Seminar

By: Lolit T. Bacarrisas

The Christian Family

and Life Apostolate (CFLA)
through
the
Marriage
Encounter
program
conducted
a
process
seminar
on
September
11, 12 and 13, 2015 at
the Missionary Sisters of
the Holy Family Family
Center, Upper Camaman-an,
Cagayan de Oro City. The Participants of the Process Seminar
said seminar was open to
couples who have undergone the only knows.
Marriage Encounter seminar and
The days session started with
other interested individuals. It was an opening prayer, offering all of
attended by seven couples and four the groups intentions to God. Then
individuals who are single.
the Gospel of the day was read and
The three-day-seminar aims to followed by the individual reflection
enhance personal awareness the and sharing. After the morning
growth of each participant thereby praise on Saturday, Holy Mass was
promoting and strengthening the celebrated by Rev. Fr. Garry D. Igot,
relationship of couples. The main SSJV. His homily deepened the topics
facilitator was Sr. Janette D. Porras, presented during the day which
MSHF, and she was assisted by five helped the participants reflection.
ME couple facilitators: Dodong & Beth The days activities ended with a
Beduya; Boy & Darling Lazo; Jin & night prayer.
Fely Araneta; Tony & Tita Pontipedra
There was a fellowship on
and Benjie & Lolit Bacarrisas.
the second night, and each group
The Guide to Personal Analysis prepared a presentation. It was a
(GPA) helped the participants to night of all nights of merriment and
examine themselves as a result of laughter as the participants showed
their lived experiences which still their talents and versatility.
affect them now. Journalizing helped
Everyone is so grateful to Fr.
them to draw out past experiences Garry D. Igot, SSJV, ACFLA director;
which proved to be very effective in Sr. Melodia A. Tamparong, MSHF,
their journey towards emotional, ACFLA coordinator; Sr. Janette D.
psychological and spiritual liberation. Porras, Superior General of the
The said approach, coupled Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family,
with the small group processing, who showed very effective facilitating
provided a venue to express various skills and knowledge; the small
emotional baggages which led them group facilitators; the openness and
to self-awareness, a crucial step cooperation of every participant;
in the healing process. It also gave the unwavering commitment of the
them moral support realizing that support staff; the simple, nutritious
they are not alone in their struggles. and delicious food; the wonderful
They came to realize that pains ambiance; and most of all to the great
and struggles are a part of life and God whose love and compassion
everything has a purpose, which God never fails.

Youth Orientation sa Sta. Rita de

Cascia Gipahigayon
Nagpahigayon
ug usa
ka Youth
Orientation ang parokya sa Sta. Rita de
Cascia, Gingoog City sa Agosto 30, 2015. Si
Ms. Ma. Chloee Marlowe C. Alaba, naghisgot
mahitungod sa tahas ug misyon sa mga
batan-on sa pagsangyaw sa Maayong Balita
ug pagmugna sa gingharian sa Dios dinhi
sa kalibutan. Giawhag sila sa pakighiusa
sa pagbag-o aron mahimong epektibo
nga alagad ug lider sa
katilingban sa umaabot
nga panahon.
Ang maong seminar
giapilan sa kapin sa 20
ka mga batan-on gikan
sa nagka-lainlain nga
kapunungan sa simbahan
ug tulunghaan.
Ubos sa paningkamot
sa
Parish
Youth
Coordinating
Council,
mga kabatan-onan sa
maong parokya ug ilabi na

sa suporta sa kura paroko nga si Rev. Fr.

Medallo Valmores, ang maong orientation
seminar nagmalampuson.
Nakadugang kini ug kaalam sa
salabutan sa mga kabatan-onan diin mas
mahilabi ang ilang pagsabot sa kapunungan
sa mga batan-on sa nagkadaiyang mga
organisasyon.

Ang mga batan-on nga miapil sa Youth Orientation

Birthday Celebrants for October

October 22 Fr. Nestor Caduyag
October 24 Fr. Wilson Legaspi

Fr. Roel Buntol

October 26 Fr. Pete Ubalde

October 27 Fr. Nathaniel Lerio
October 5 Fr. Rogelio Gabac Jr.
October 7 Fr. Rene Soldevilla
October 10 Fr. Bernard Elvin Simene
Fr. Raul Dael
Fr. Remel Mag-usara
October 13 Fr. Eddie Magtrayo

October Sacerdotal Anniversaries

October 30 Fr. Lourdesio Armstrong Balacuit
Fr. Macky Ceballos

Fr. Rogelio Gabac Jr.

October 31 Fr. Ricardo Pagatpatan Jr.

Fr. Roy Barros