MISSION AND MINISTRIES

OF THE CHURCH

SOURCE: Catechism for Filipino Catholics (CFC), pp. 381-403 1

 A. Mission
What is the mission Christ entrusted to his Church?

The Church received the mission to proclaim and

establish among all peoples the Kingdom of
Christ and of God (LG 5).

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 And so a group We should tell
I understand what
others about this
of disciples got Jesus means by the Kingdom of God.
together and “Kingdom of God.” We should live
lived in a way It is to bring about the way Jesus
so that others conditions of lived.
will see them Justice, Equality,
as a sign of and Well-being, My purpose
the Kingdom of with Love and is to tell you
God. forgiveness. about the
Kingdom of
God. You
know it
through
what I said
and how I
lived.
Way of life:

The people who lived this

1. Community (koinonia)
way were referred to as the
2. Prayer and Worship (leitourgia) “ekklesia,” Greek which
3. Proclaimed Jesus to others (kerygma) means those called out by
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4. Served those in need (diakonia) God. In English, “Church.”
 The Church is the “Universal
Sacrament of salvation” for the
whole world.

 The Church is “missionary by her

very nature, since she originates
from the mission of the Son and
the mission the Spirit, according
to the plan of God the Father”
(LG 2).

 Every member of the Church,

therefore, shares in his mission,
i.e, “the obligation of spreading
the faith” (LG 17).
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How is the mission
applied to Filipino
Catholics?

• Since the Church in

the Philippines is the
“Church of the Poor,”
PCP II stresses the
thrust for justice and
liberation as an
integral part of the
renewed evangelizing
mission of proclaiming
the Gospel.

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 B. Ministries in the Church

“Ministry”
means
“service,” and
the Christian
ministry refers
to “serving the
people of God
in a stable
fashion.”

GOOD SAMARITAN
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Infallibility is a gift of
Christ that preserves the
Church from error in
teaching what God has
revealed in faith and
morals (LG 12, 25; CCC
889-92).

Through the Spirit, Christ

bestowed on his Church,
in particular on the
College of Bishops,
teaching in communion
with Peter’s successor, the
Pope.

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• This mission is carried out in the various
ordained ministries (arise from the Sacrament
of Orders by the Clergy - those who received
the Sacrament of the Holy Order, exclusive to
male, namely, the Bishops, Priests and the
Deacons - Clergy).

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• and the ministries of the lay faithful (Lay
Apostolate) who, through Baptism and
Confirmation, share in Christ’s triple role, as
Priest, Prophet, and King.

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PASTORAL ASSEMBLY

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 “The vast and complex world
of education, politics, society,
and economics, as well as the
world of culture, of the
sciences and the arts, of
international life, of the mass
media.” (PCP II on Laity’s field
of evangelizing)

 “All the lay faithful, rich and

poor, with the special gifts,
individual and collective, of
farmers, fishermen, workers,
mass media practitioners,
educators and lawyers, civil
servants, those in the medical
and nursing services, and
professionals in the various
strata of society.” (PCP II 434
on how to fulfill the mission of
communicating Christ in these
vast areas)
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• The Religious
Brothers and Sisters
(nuns) they are
faithful who bind
themselves to
Christ in a state of
life consecrated to
God by the
profession of the
evangelical counsels
of poverty, chastity,
and obedience. (LG
44; CCC 914-33)
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  PCP II offers an extended
exposition of their
nature, radical
discipleship, witness,
value, revitalizing their
specific religious
charisms, their essential
missionary character
with a “passion for
justice” within the local
Church.

It adds description of their

spiritualities: contemplative
and contemplatives in action.
(PCP II 448-506)
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• Basic Ecclesial
Communities (BEC).
Filipino Catholics, besides
the primary task of
evangelization through
preaching the Word, this
service means
establishing
communities, local
Churches, and forming
BECs which become
centers for Christian
formation and missionary
outreach and as
expression of Church’s
renewal. (PCP II)
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PCP II developed the
image of the Church
as “a community of
families.”

The family is the

“Church in the
home” or “Domestic
Church,” a true
foundation for the
BECs… a model
relationship in the
Church. (PCP II, 21-
22)

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Finally, dialogue with our Filipino and Asian brothers
and sisters of other religions is an important part of
Filipino Catholic’s evangelizing mission. (PCP II 104-8,
137-40)

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According to PCP II (Second Plenary Council of
the Philippines):
The Philippine Church should be a Church of the Poor:

1. The poor feel at home and are not discriminated

against.

2. Pastors and Church leaders give preferential

attention and time for the poor.

3. The church are poor in spirit: they are detached from

possessions and they trust that God always provides.
 THE CHURCH OF THE POOR (PCP II, NOS. 122-136)

 In the Philippines today, God calls us most

urgently to serve the poor and the needy.

 The poverty of at least half of the

population is a clear sign that sin has
penetrated our social structures.

 Poverty in the sense of destitution is not

God’s will for everyone.

 In the scriptures, the poor are blessed.

“Blessed are you who are poor, for the
Kingdom of God is yours.” (Lk 6:20). 19
It is not their poverty that is blessed. Nor are they blessed
because they are necessarily better Christians than their
prosperous brothers and sisters.
But because their poverty has been historically the
privileged place of the gracious intervention of God’s saving
grace.

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 The expression “Church of the Poor” does not mean that the
Church should include only the materially poor and there is no
place in the Church for those who are not.

 For the Church must, like her Savior, embrace everyone of every
economic class. 21
 It means a Church that embraces and practices the evangelical
spirit of poverty, which combines detachment from possessions
with a profound trust in the Lord as the sole source of salvation.
 Is one whose members and leaders have a special love for the
poor. This special love is a love of preference for the poor.

Hapag ng Pag-Asa by [Joey Velasco]

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The “Church of the Poor” is one where, at the very least
the poor are not discriminated because of their poverty,
and they will be deprived of their “right to receive in
abundance the help of the spiritual goods of the Church,
especially that of the word of God and the sacraments
from the pastors.”
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 The “Church of the Poor” will mean that the pastors and other
Church leaders will give preferential attention and time to
those who are poor, and will generously share of their own
resources in order to alleviate their poverty and make them
recognize the love of the Lord for them despite their poverty.

 The “Church of the Poor” is one that will be in solidarity with

the poor. 24
 The “Church of the Poor” functions, in the words of Pope John Paul
II as: “Before today’s forms of exploitation of the poor, the Church
cannot remain silent.

 She also reminds the rich of their precise duties. Strong with the
Word of God, she condemns the many injustices which
unfortunately, even today are committed to the detriment of the
poor.”

 The “Church of the Poor” will also mean that the Church will not
only evangelize the poor, but the poor in the Church will themselves
become evangelizers. 25
Pastors and leaders of such a “Church of the
Poor” will not compete for the most prosperous
parishes or offices, and will not ambition for titles
and honors as they cherish in their hearts the
word of the Lord.

The “Church of the Poor” is one where the entire

community of disciples and its leaders and
pastors, will have such a love of preference for
the poor as to orient and tilt the center of gravity
of the entire community in favor of the needy. 26
 The “Church of the Poor” is one that is willing to follow
Jesus Christ through poverty and oppression in order to
carry out the work of salvation.

 When the Church in the Philippines becomes truly this

“Church of the Poor,” the poor will feel at home in her, and
will participate actively, as equal to others, in her life and
mission.

 The Church will then become truly a communion, a sign

and instrument for the unity of the whole Filipino nation. 27