What is significant in the year 2021?

500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines

 The preparation for the Jubilee Year in
2021emphasized on the “nine-year spiritual journey
for the New Evangelization” with a different theme
for each year:
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
 2020

Year of Ecumenism
and interreligious
dialogue
 2021

“Missio Ad Gentes”
(Mission to the
Nations)
Group Dynamics
Meaning of the Logo
 The Logo features 4 primary
figures: a young person and a cross
(both in yellow), a dove (in red),
and a big hand, which also appears
as a footprint (in blue).
 The human figure in yellow
stands for YOUNG PEOPLE
conformed to Christ, the Light
of the world [cf. Mt 5:14; Jn
8:12], who is represented by
the CROSS.
 The DOVE in red, being
received by and hovering over
the human figure, signifies the
Holy Spirit, offered as a gift
[cf. Jn 20:22; Acts 2:38; Rom
5:5] to each of the baptized.
 The blue HAND, carrying the human figure
in a supporting and presenting gesture,
symbolizes how young people are loved by
the Father [cf. Dt 1:31; Is 40:11; 41:10; 46:4];
this same love is mirrored
by the Church
(cf. PCP II, 385; KA-
LAKBAY, pp. 35-41).
 This blue image can also be seen as a
FOOTPRINT, signifying movement for a
purpose and making a mark [cf. Mt 28:19-
20]. Young people are in mission:
proclaiming the Good News
who is Christ,
especially to their
fellow youth in the peripheries.
Young Filipino are called for
MISSION
What is MISSION?
 Filipino Youth in Mission…
 “Mission today is going to the Other. It is
reaching out to the Other especially those
in need.” Therefore, a missionary must
have to cross frontiers and borders.

 Filipino Youth as missionary is a bridge-

builder
 Filipino Youth in Mission…

 Filipino Youth as missionary is a

Healer and Reconciler

 Filipino Youth as missionary is a

Home-builder
 The Law of a missionary…

IF YOU STOP GROWING

TODAY, YOU STOP SERVING
TOMORROW.
 Bakit ka pinili upang magmisyon?

 Because you are…

 You are

 Filipino youth are beloved by God

and His Church, especially through
her youth ministry, who raise them
up and carry them lovingly through
life, with all its trials and
tribulations.
“God does not love us
because there is some
reason that causes love.
God loves us because He
Himself is love, and love
tends to spread and give by
its nature. God does not
even tie his benevolence to
our conversion: if anything
this is a consequence of
God's love.”
 Filipino Youth are love by God
 This love can be expressed on this…

1-4-3…2-5-2
I love you in spite of
• highest form of love
• ready and willing to suffer for the beloved
• self-offering kind of love
 You are

 They are gifted with the Holy

Spirit, who inflames them with faith,
passion and courage.
 You are

 Rooted in Christ, they are

empowered to shine on a world of
darkness and confusion, taking part
in His Body, the Church, for
building God's Reign.
 As with the two disciples of Emmaus [cf. Lk
24:13-35], Jesus constantly and faithfully
accompanies young people in the journey of life.
We as Church in the Philippines are called to take
the same stance with our Filipino youth:
journeying with them, listening to their doubts
and dreams, inviting them to conversion and
communion, and raising them up in mission to
enlighten and inflame the country with the Spirit
of Christ and to tell the world of His love.
 Small Group Sharing

 In a personal view, what

do you think is your
specific mission as a
follower of Christ in your
community?
Daghang Salamat!!!

Carl Philip Ong Leyson, MSC