Church and State

I think the young Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, expressed this concept very well at a press conference in Rome this year. Explaining the principal message of the recent bishops’ synod on the new evangelization, he said: “In the message, we find a humble church, admitting that it does not understand everything that’s happening in the world. That it’s confused, that it has suffered, but it also admits its share in the wounds of society…. Humility for the Church is not a strategy; it is the way of Jesus. It is how God manifested himself to us in Jesus, and loved us in the form of Christ crucified.” Click above for the link.

Bishop Socrates Villegas statement hit by editorial

Read the article Contraception is not corruption. In a group with 5 members, discuss this issue. Research on the pros and cons of the Reproductive health bill. (As of this writing the Congress is going to tackle this bill 17 Dec. 2012). Write a two page report on your discussion. write the salient points of the article and reflect on those. You can also look for the full-text of Bishop Villegas pastoral letter. Submission of the 2-3 page report is on 22 & 23 Janauary.

Help Victims of TPablo and solidarity with ESI partner community.

SO 101 students, those who were not able to bring their donation. 3 classes will be donating the canned goods via INSA. INSA has a way to send it to Mindanao. 2 classes will donate goods going to ESI partner community at Tanay. Bring 3 canned goods for each student as donation. Deadline is 18th and 19th December. Submit to assigned collectors. All class hours.