A BISHOPS ODYSSEY

IN THE PRELATURE
OF IPIL
Vol. 4 No. 5

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January 1-February 9, 2016

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Archbishop Ledesma Opens the Archdiocesan Jubilee Door

Sr. Teresita C Espina, FSP

Most Rev. Antonio J.

Ledesma, SJ, D. D. solemnly
opened the Jubilee Door
of St. Augustine Cathedral,
inaugurating the Jubilee of
Mercy on December 14, 2015,
at 5:00 P.M. in the Archdiocese
of Cagayan de Oro. May this
Jubilee of Mercy truly be a year
of experiencing Gods lavish
merciful love for us, and of
growing in our commitment
to the ongoing renewal of the
Church and society, the prelate
said.
The archbishop presided
at the Eucharistic celebration
together with the Oro clergy
and religious priests in the
Archdiocese. Msgr. Perseus
Cabunoc, SSJV, vicar and rector
of St. Augustine Cathedral, said
in his homily that, for the Jewish
people, a Holy Year or Jubilee
commemorates their freedom
from the slavery of Egypt. He
mentioned some ordinary and
extraordinary Jubilees in the
tradition of the Church. St. John
Paul II called the Great Jubilee
in 2000 which marked the
2000th birth celebration for
Jesus, and the opening of the
Third Millennium. Pope Francis
opened
the Extraordinary
Jubilee of Mercy on December 8,
the solemnity of the Immaculate
Conception.
Msgr. Cabunoc said that

Pope Francis wants the faithful

to rediscover and experience
once again the mercy and
compassion of God who is ever
ready to forgive. Ang kalooy mao
ang sinugdanan sa kaluwasan
sa tawo. Kung walay kalooy,
walay pagpasaylo. Mahimo
unta kitang misyonaryo ug
ahente sa kalooy ilabi na sa
mga pamilya nga nagkabingkilbingkil, ug sa mga kabos ug
niadtong
nanginahanglan
diha sa atong katilingban.
(Compassion is the first step
towards
salvation. Without
mercy, there is no forgiveness
.May we become missionaries
and agents of mercy especially
to the families who are divided,
and to the poor and the needy
in our society.) He challenged
the assembly to live and share
Gods mercy to others not only
on Christmas but everyday.
The Opening of the
Holy Door was preceded by
a general orientation on the
Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Church, Carmen Cagayan de Oro.
Msgr. Florencio Salvador and
Msgr. Rey Monsanto expounded
on the characteristics of
the Jubilee Year such as:
the opening of Holy Doors
and the granting of plenary
indulgences; the pilgrimage as
an impetus to conversion; the
rediscovery of the corporal and
spiritual works of mercy; the

sacrament of reconciliation,
and the granting of indulgences
during the Holy Year of
Mercy. The brief catechism
was followed by a communal
celebration of the Sacrament
of Reconciliation. All priests
were available for individual
confessions. Then the assembly
made a penitential procession
from Mt. Carmel Church to St.
Augustine Cathedral, where the

Malaumon nga Gisaulog

ang Bag-ong Tuig 2016

Si Abp. Antonio J. Ledesma SJ, D.D, Msgr. Perseus Cabunoc uban sa mga vicar sa San Augustine Cathedral.

Malaumon ug malinawon
nga gisugat ug gisaulog sa
katawhan ang Bag-ong Tuig
2016, diha sa santos nga
misa sa alas 10:00 sa gabii,
nga gipangunahan ni Most.
Rev. Antonio J. Ledesma,
SJ,D.D., uban ni Msgr. Perseus
Cabunoc ug mga vicar sa San
Agustin Cathedral, Cagayan
de Oro City.
Diha sa iyang homiliya,
nag-ingon si Abp. Ledesma
nga ang gipahinungdan sa

selebrasyon mao si Maria,

ang Inahan sa Batang Jesus,
isip Inahan sa Dios. Si Maria
usa ka ordinaryo nga babaye,
apan gipili
sa Dios nga
mahimong Inahan ni Jesus,
nga manunubos sa katawhan.
Diha sa pagsunod ni Maria sa
kabubut-on sa Dios naangkon
ang kaluwasan sa
tanang
katawhan.
Nag-awhag ang arsobispo
nga sa pagsugod sa bag-ong
tuig, himoon nga centro ang

Tuig sa Kalooy nga matod pa

sa Santo Papa nga si Jesus
mao ang nawong sa kalooy
sa Amahan. Makasalamin
unta ang tanan sa kalooy sa
Dios alang sa isigka-ingon,
sa kahiusahan sa pamilya, sa
katilingban, ug mapaambit
ang iyang kalooy ug kalinaw
ilabi na sa Mindanao, matod
pa niya. Nanghinaut siya nga
unta ang tanan mahimong
instrumetno sa kalooy ug
kalinaw sa isigkaingon.

Mass was celebrated.

The ten Pilgrim Churches
in Cagayan De Oro are:
St.
Augustine
Cathedral,
Immaculate Conception in
Jasaan, Santuario Eucharistico
in RER, Kauswagan, Jesus
Nazareno in C. M. Recto Ave.,
St. John Marie Vianney in
Xavier Heights, Divine Mercy
in El Salvador, San Nicholas de
Tolentino in Mambajao, Virgin

de la Paz in Lugait, Sta. Rita in

Balingasag, and Sta. Rita de
Cascia in Gingoog City.
Pope Francis opened
the Jubilee of Mercy, an
Extraordinary Holy Year on
December 8, the Solemnity of
the Immaculate Conception.
The Holy Year will close on
November 20, 2016, the
Solemnity of Christ the King.

Atol sa katapusang adlaw

sa tuig, Deciembre 31, 2015,
sa alas 8:00 sa gabii, giablihan
ni Abp. Antonio J. Ledesma
ang Balaan nga Pultahan sa
Jesus Nazareno uban ni Fr.
Alan Pulgo, ang kura paroko
ug sa kaparian sa arkdiyosesis.
Angay nga maglipay kita kay
kining adlawa rito usab sa pagabli sa balaang pultahan sa
kalooy. Sa dihang giablihan ang
balaang pultahan, kita gidapit
sa pagsulod sa Simbahan aron
kita makadawat sa kalooy sa
Dios, alang sa atong kakulangon
ug alang sa atong kasal-anan ug
atong makita ang hulagway
sa kalooy sa Dios, matod sa
arsobispo. Gitambungan kini
sa bagang duot sa katawhan
nga nangandam sa pag-abot
sa Fiesta sa ilang patron ug
nangandam sa bag-ong tuig nga
mao ang pangilin sa Mahal nga
Birhen Maria, ang Inahan sa
Dios.
Nag-ingon ang arsobispo

nga mahinungdanon ang

pag-abli sa pultahan sa
Simbahan, kay maablihan ang
kasingkasing sa matag usa
ug mahimong
instrumento
sa kalooy sa Dios ngadto sa
uban. Mao kini ang hagit nga
magpabilin
ang dignidad
sa matag tawo labi na ang
mga kabos, kay sila man ang
dumuduong sa Dios.
Sa pagpanghatag
ug
mga gasa, sa pamilya, ug sa
mga higala, giawhag niya ang
tanan nga dili hikalimtan ang
pinaka dakong gasa gikan sa
Dios, ang iyang bugtong anak
nga nagpakatawo alang sa
tanan aron makita ang kalooy
ug panagway sa Amahan.
Nanghinaut ang arsobispo nga
ang matag usa mamahimong
instrumento
sa
kalooy,
instrumento sa pagpasaylo,
ug mapuno sa diwa sa kalipay,
diwa sa kalooy ug diwa sa
kalinaw.

Giablihan ang Balaan nga Pultahan

sa Jesus Nazareno

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LAMDAG

January 1-February 9, 2016

A BISHOPS ODYSSEY IN THE PRELATURE OF IPIL

Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ

When I first met Bishop Federico Escaler, S.J., in Ipil Prelature

in September 1980, he had just been installed three months earlier on
June 21 as its first bishop-prelate. The Prelature of Ipil was created
out of the earlier Jesuit Mission District, attached to the Archdiocese
of Zamboanga. At that time, the mission district covered a third of
Zamboanga del Sur province, from Tungawan in the southwest
to Margosatubig. (In was turned over earlier to Pagadian Diocese
because of the distance from Ipil.)
In 1980-81, I was assigned as Assistant Parish Priest to Siay in
the newly-created prelature as my pastoral exposure after my special
studies abroad. The land area of Siay parish then was vast, including
the two present-day parishes of Payao, a coastal municipality, and
Sampoli in Sibuguey Valley. Siay had no electricity and we had to use
the kinki kerosene lamps at night. The provincial highway traversing
the prelature from Pagadian to Zamboanga City (a distance longer
than the Manila-Baguio route) was rough and unpaved--dusty when
dry, muddy when wet. The barangay roads were in a worse condition.
With some lay leaders we were used to walk two to four hours to reach
a remote kapilya community. Taking a banca or riding on a horse was
not uncommon as the only means to reach a sitio.

I. Lawlessness and Human Rights Violations

It was in this setting at the height of Martial Law that the prelature
confronted peace and order issues. Five armed groups were said to be
active in the prelature -- the Moro pirates preying on small fishermen
along the sea coast; the military manning checkpoints along the
highway; the New Peoples Army moving along the mountain range;
some lost command units cuddled by the military or the Moro National
Liberation Front; and occasional bandit groups in the hinterlands.
There were also kidnapping incidents as well as passenger buses
being ambushed. Charges of human rights violations were brought
up against the military by several of our lay leaders. Some of them
were even suspected as NPA sympathizers. One report brought up in
one of our prelature assemblies was about an air force plane dropping
bombs on a suspected barangay occupied by indigenous people,
causing casualties, among unarmed Subanon civilians. At one of our
clergy meetings with Bishop Escaler, we drew up a set of principles for
the protection of the human rights of any victim, regardless of religious
belief or culture. This was much appreciated, we learned later, by
Muslims and lumads who heard about this.

II. Muslim-Christian Relations

Relations with Muslims were not easy at this time with the MNLF
insurgency going on. Resident Muslim families were considered part
of the community. However, outside elements could easily come in and
out along the long coastline or through river routes. In the early 70s
the Ilaga-Barracuda conflict, involving extremist armed groups on both
sides, broke out in several parts of Mindanao. At one point, Ipil town
itself became a battle ground. Towns people recall the bravery of Fr.
Bob Walsh, an American Jesuit missionary, who in his white soutana
was the only one not afraid to go out on his motorcycle to the battle
field to bury the Muslim dead. Fr. Bob had learned Tausug and earned
the respect of Muslim residents in Ipil. As parish priest of Ipil, he started
the construction of the square-shaped cathedral upon the coming of
Bishop Escaler. On another occasion, Fr. Adrian Mestdag, S.J., a
Belgian missionary who had worked in Africa and was the parish priest
of Kabasalan, recalled how Fr. Walsh and Fr. Francisco Montecastro,
S.J., would keep watch at nights by the Kabasalan bridge to prevent
Ilaga militants from crossing to attack a minority Muslim settlement
on the other side. At the signing of the Tripoli Agreement in 1976 on
Christmas eve, he also remembered the firing of rifles into the air by
many combatants as a celebration for ending hostilities.

III. KRISKA Program

The unsettled conditions throughout the Zamboanga Peninsula

in the 70s and 80s was perhaps one reason for the wide spread
adoption of the Kristohanong Kasilinganan (Christian Neighborliness)
program. KRISKA, the acronym of the program, was introduced in the
Jesuit Mission District by several of the Filipino Jesuit priests, including
Frs. Simplicio Sunpayco, Samuel Dizon, Angel Antonio and Domingo
Macalam. Learning from the earlier experiences of the Maryknoll
Fathers in Tagum and the Oblate Missionaries of Mary in Cotabato
in forming Basic Christian Communities (later called Basic Ecclesial
Communities), Fr. Sim as Mission Superior pushed for its introduction
in all the parishes. It was also seen as the concretization of the
recently-concluded Vatican II Council towards a participatory church.
When the prelature was formed, Bishop Escaler fully supported the
program, also providing some funding with counterpart from each
parish.

A BISHOPS ODYSSEY

The KRISKA program entailed the formation of groupings of

five or more families into cells (seldas). The cells would have weekly

sessions for Bible-and-life sharing based on the Sunday Gospel

passage. A KRISKA guide would be used by the facilitator or alagad
(servant) for the group members reflections and sharing.
In a sitio or barangay, a grouping of these seldas would form
a kapilya (chapel) community. All the selda members would come
together on Sundays for their Katilingbanong Pag-ampo (Community
Worship) at the kapilya building. The kapilya community would have
its core group of officers, including a president, a kaabag or lay
minister, a secretary and other leaders.
A grouping of about five to seven kapilyas would constitute
a sona (zone), under a sona president (usually one of the kapilya
presidents). In Siay Parish in 1980-81, we had ten sonas,
corresponding to ecological zones e.g., kapilyas along the coastline,
or upland kapilyas, or rice-growing kapilyas in Sibuguey Valley. The
Parish Council included the ten sona presidents as members, ensuring
the participation of rural communities beyond the poblacion (town
center). Parish assemblies included all the kapilya presidents.
The selda-kapilya-sona structure of the parish facilitated the
conduct of various ministries e.g., bible-sharing at the selda level,
sacramental celebrations at the kapilya level, and pre-Cana seminars
at the sona level. The collective leadership at every level produced
many local leaders among ordinary small farmers, fishermen,
housewives, etc. The KRISKA structures also provided a sense
of solidarity and security among members in the face of attempted
incursions by the NPA, military harassments, or some other crisis.
Likewise, the interfacing of structures reinforced ones identity as a
member of a selda, a kapilya, a sona, and a parish altogether.

IV Clergy, Sisters, and Lay Workers

Two factors contributed to the rapid expansion of the KRISKA

program. The first was the support of practically all the clergy and
religious, with the full backing of the bishop. In addition to the Jesuit
mission fathers and the growing number of Filipino diocesan priests,
other missionary congregations of men came to reinforce the prelature
clergy: Maryknoll, PIME, Claretians, and Sacred Heart. Bishop
Escaler also invited several sisters congregations to help in the
various ministries: Dominican, St. Paul of Chartes and Spinola Sisters
for schools, Maryknoll and Medical Mission Sisters for a communitybased health program, Missionary Sisters of Mary, Mercy, and Faithful
Companions of Jesus sisters for parish work, and RVM sisters in the
seminary and the bishops house.
A second factor was the formation and support of full-time
parish lay workers. Several of these dedicated lay workers had been
sent earlier in 1970 to a summer institute on leadership at Xavier
University. Others were sent to other formation programs in Oroquieta
or other places in Mindanao. Many of these lay workers became the
trainors of alagads for selda formation, seminar speakers on family
life, social action heads, etc. Bishop Escaler continued this practice of
lay workers and leaders ongoing formation which resulted in a more
participatory laity-driven local church.

V Kidnapping of a Bishop

On February 22-25, 1985, much of the activity in the prelature

came to a standstill with the news that Bishop Escaler with some
companions was kidnapped. In retrospect, all the earlier concerns of
the prelature on lawlessness and human rights violations now came to
a head in the personal drama involving the bishop and his companions.
Bishop Escaler left early Friday morning for Zamboanga City
in a white-colored L-300 vehicle with ten other passengers. Midway
along a secluded bend of the highway in Tungawan, their vehicle was
stopped by about ten armed men dressed in military fatigues. One of
the car tires was punctured by bullets. All the passengers were ordered
to come out of the car. Two of the elderly women who could not walk
far were allowed by the rebels to stay behind. The rest were forced
to move toward the forest the bishop, three other men (Meliton, the
driver; Joel, a teacher; and Rene, a convento boy), and five women
(Neneng, the bishops secretary; Sr. Nilda, a Spinola sister; Janet,
principal of the prelatures night high school; Genie, a catechist; and
Jojo, a nurse of the CBHP ministry).
For four days and nights, according to Sr. Nilda, the group was
forced to walk through thick underbrush, ford streams, endure leeches
and mosquitoes, and climb up a steep hill. They prayed the rosary
as a group at first and then individually when the kidnappers told
them to keep quiet. Each one had a ration of only three spoonfuls of
lugaw every day. Drinking water came from the river. (Bishop Escaler
himself eventually suffered dehydration and on the last day had to be
aided by Meliton, his faithful driver for many years.)
On the first day, the kidnappers killed two fishermen along the
river because they chanced to witness the whole party passing by.
The rebels spoke in a mixture of Bisaya and a Muslim dialect. The
youngest among them was a ten-year old boy with a harelip. Bishop
Escaler offered to help him go to school and have his harelip operated
on when this ordeal was over. However, that was the last time he saw
the boy.

Sr. Nilda recalls the presence of mind of the bishop insisting to

the rebels that all nine persons stay together in one place; negotiating
with the leader to release everyone else if the kidnappers were only
after the bishop; and stating frankly that the church does not pay
ransom money. As they moved along, Bishop Escaler dropped pieces
of tissue paper which provided a trail for any pursuing party. On
the third day, a Sunday, after climbing up a hill to reach a plateau
where the rebels had built several huts, the abducted group shared
some foreboding that this might be the end for them. They prayed
and examined their conscience while the bishop offered to give them
general absolution.
Then, on the fourth day, Monday, at noontime, the victims heard
bullet shots whizzing over their heads as a combined group of CAFGU
personnel and regular soldiers opened fire at the hut where they were
staying. After an intense exchange of gunfire, the nine kidnap victims
were told to crawl out of the hut, and roll down the hill towards the river.
Although now safely in the hands of their rescuers, the entire group
still had to trek from sundown to midnight to reach the landing site of a
military helicopter that would take them to Zamboanga City.
Fortunately, the rescued persons had no major injuries; only
bruises on their arms and blisters on their feet. For Sr. Nilda, what was
most uplifting for their recovery was the realization that all the parish
churches in the prelature had been conducting prayer vigils during
the entire period of uncertainty and helpless waiting. The Pope also
sent a message of concern while national newspapers headlined the
progress of the crisis.
None of the kidnappers were apprehended and there were no
casualties on either side. (Some skeptics hinted that the kidnapping
was stage-managed because the bishop was known to be among the
magnificent seven bishops critical of martial law.) Nonetheless, it
was for everyone a traumatic experience that Bishop Escaler helped
mitigate by his calm negotiating conversations with the kidnappers
and his insistence that he and his companions stay together all the
time.

VI The Ipil Raid and Massacre

Uncannily, the four days of the kidnapping incident in 1985 were

followed exactly one year later by the EDSA People Power Revolution
on Feb. 22-25, 1986. The entire country was caught up with hopes
for a brighter future after the vicissitudes of 14 years of a martial law
regime. Yet, after the tenth anniversary of his episcopal ordination
in 1986, Bishop Escaler indicated to the apostolic nuncio his desire
to retire. He cited the need for a younger successor who could
administer a prelature as varied as Ipil with 13 different nationalities
and 18 religious missionary priests and sisters. The total income from
the 17 parishes, he reported, accounted for only 7.4 per cent of the
prelatures expenses.
Bishop Escaler acknowledged the nuncios reservations
regarding his proposed early retirement at age 65. He continued to
solicit outside help in terms of more missionary personnel and funding
over the next ten years. More significantly, he nurtured the growth
of a local clergy. A modest building for the St. Joseph Seminary of
Ipil was blessed in Zamboanga City to enable the prelatures college
seminarians to study at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University.
Then as he was approaching the normal retirement age for
bishops at 75, unexpectedly, Bishop Escaler met the last and heaviest
crisis in his episcopal ministry. On April 4, 1996, at high noon, Ipil was
attacked by a motley group of rebels coming from four directions. It
was the first time that the name Abu Sayyaf gained notoriety. The
rebels razed the market place to the ground, fired indiscriminately at
civilians, killed six policemen at their outpost, looted two banks, and
left behind 60 or more persons dead. Among the dead were Placido,
the cathedrals secretary, and Benigno, one of our social action
workers in Siay.
The resident priests were out of Ipil for a meeting while the
sisters had gone early that morning to start their retreat in Zamboanga.
Bishop Escaler was left alone to go to the burnt market place, bless
the dead, and console dazed relatives and friends of the victims. But
the most important action he made was to urge the townspeople not to
resort to any reprisals against the minority Muslim community residing
in Ipil.
When I joined Bishop Escaler as Coadjutor Bishop the following
year, in October 1996, the peace building program was the first
activity I engaged in. Through seminars among clergy, religious and
parishioners, we hoped to create a culture of peace, especially in the
light of the impending peace agreement between the government and
the MNLF.
On July 16, 1997, Bishop Escaler passed on the full running of
the prelature to me after a nine-month apprenticeship. Looking back,
he left behind a legacy that exemplified his episcopal motto, Pro Fide
et Justitia. He had served for 21 years as bishop-founder of two of
the poorest mission areas in Mindanao four years in Kidapawan and
17 years in Ipil. He weathered two of the most harrowing experiences
a pastor could have the kidnapping and the deadly raid in his home
town. In the meantime, as a good administrator, he managed to solicit
outside resources for the growing needs of the local church, even
leaving behind an endowment fund to sustain the operations of the
prelature (now a diocese with its third bishop).
But perhaps, most of all, Bishop Escaler was able to harness and
harmonize the multiple charisms of the first generation of missionary
priests and religious in Ipil meeting with them in quarterly prelature
assemblies and encouraging them to build the participatory structures
of the KRISKA-BEC program.
During his 18 years of retirement, Bishop Escaler made himself
available for calls of the ministry in the Manila area. One of his last
wishes was fulfilled when he joined 40 other Jesuits in a private
audience with Pope Francis at the nunciature during the papal visit
last year. Bishop Escaler died quietly on November 28, 2015, at the
age of 93. His remains were laid at the Jesuit cemetery of Sacred
Heart Novitiate where he had started his religious life 74 years ago.
His niche is not far from the niche of another Jesuit bishop who also
served in Mindanao, Bishop Francisco Claver. May they rest in
peace.

Archdiocesan News
DMII share Christmas cheer to
CDO Parolees and Parishioners

By Elnora Abuel

The Daughters of Mary

Immaculate
International
(DMII) in the Diocese of Cagayan
de Oro shared Christmas
cheer to 118 parishioners and
35 families with parole and
probation at the administrative
CDO office of the Department of
Justice - Region X. It was held on
December 4, 2015 at Victoria
Beach, Bayabas, Cagayan de
Oro City. The Christmas party/
program included amazing
games, team-building activities,
caroling
contest
among
parolees and probationers with
their families.
During
the
program
proper, Regional Director Lina K.
Burdeos gave her inspirational
message focused on the values
of obedience and commitment,
observance of lawful duties
and responsibilities expected
from them as parolees and
probationers. Director Burdeos
gave them her Christmas best
wishes and encouraged them
to work hard not to return to
jail.
The
DMII
members
carried out their mission
to render corporal works

of mercy by facilitating the

various activities and prepared
the gifts for distribution.
They were Sisters Leobia V.
Guinataran, Ruth Valdehueza,
Erlinda Deligero, Mila Patindol,
Mary Katherine A. Lopez,
Mary Eljane A. Lopez, Anna
CArina A. Patindol, Flor Diaz,
Lorie Llagas, Ruby R. Lobino,
Rachel A. Asequia, Gertrudes
Gabor, Lucita Soquillo, Ester
Causin, Gellie Paquino Sylvia
de Guzman, Editha Reyes,
Purisima del Rosario, Ana
Nacuna headed by Diocesan
Regent, Elnora R. Abuel
The
PPA
office,
Department of Justice through
Mrs. Dinah Vevarez, chief of PP
office, the supervisors and staff
- Amie Dolfo, Annie Beb Diaz,
Ira Ballante, Dimple Ventic,
Donata Rose Pizania and Mr.
Oscar
Cardinas,
extended
their profound gratitude and
Christmas wishes to VPA
association officers/members,
Mr. Romeo de Asis, President
to the Daughters of Mary
Immaculate
International
(DMII) and to those who in one
way or another contributed to
the success of the activity.

LAMDAG

January 1-February 9, 2016

1st CBCPECSC National

Media Convention 2015
Directors
and
Coordinators
of
Social
Communications of different
dioceses attended the 1st
CBCP-Episcopal Commission
on Social Communication
(ECSC)
National
Media
Convention on August 11-13,
2015 at the Pius XII Center,
United Nations Ave., Paco,
Manila.
Bishop Mylo Vergara
talked
on
Stewardship,
Synergy
and
Social
Communication. He called
on media practitioners to be
honest, reliable, and loyal to
friends and family, to always

do the right thing and never

to lie, cheat or steal.
Ms. Varona of ABS-CBN
presented the current media
situation in the country.
She showed the increasing
popularity of social media
among the youth.
Edwin Lopez of Eternal
Word Television Network
(EWTN) gave tips on Media
Management,
while
Fr.
Anton Pascual of Radio
Veritas shared on radio, and
TV broadcasting. Noel de
Leon of the Communication
Foundation for Asia (CFA)
spoke of print and Msgr. Pepe

Quitorio and Areopagus team

about Social Media.
The participants were
grateful for the gathering.
They said that the talks were
interesting and helpful in
making everyone see the
reality and vast potential of
social media in evangelization
today.
Sr.
Teresita
Espina,
FSP, Ms. Maristela Camaddo
and Mr. Cleb Calimutan
represented
the
Social
Communication Ministry of
the Archdiocese of Cagayan
de Oro.

Participants of 1st CBCP ECSC National Media Convention 2015

Media Literacy Education Seminar for

New Evangelization

Bag-ong

LAMDAG
Editorial Consultant

Managing Editor

Teresita Espina, FSP

Abp. Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ, DD

Writers

Participants of Media literacy Education Seminar for New Evangelization

Sr. Consolata Manding,

FSP,
the
Directress
of
Institute of Communication
in
Asia(PICA)
conducted
3-day seminar to different
groups and representatives
of the different ministries
on November 9-11, 2015 at
Patrick Cronin Hall, Cagayan
de Oro City.
She pointed out that since
media are invasive, pervasive,
persuasive and prolific, ones
life is conditioned by what
media offer,
so theres a
need to be critical, selective
and responsible consumer of
media.
The Church has given
guidelines on the proper use

o Media through Decree on

Social Communication (Inter
Mirifica), Pastoral Instruction
on how to use
the Media
of
Social
Communication
(Communio et Progressio) and
Pastoral Instruction on the Use
of Media (Aetatis Novae). Other
Church teachings on Media
include: Rapid Development,
Ethics in Internet, Church and
Internet, Ethics on Media, A
Matter of Choice and Ethics in
Advertising.
The participants analyzed
banner
news,
headlines,
editorial,
columns
and
advertisements. They also
analyzed the Popes Message
on World Communications

Day. They were given tips on

how to assess a movie.
They
realized
the
importance of media of Social
Communications
in
their
respective ministries in order
to be more effective in the
works of evangelization
The participants include
representatives from Catholic
Family Life Apostolate (CFLA),
Catholic
Faith
Defenders,
CFLAMP-Bible
apostolate,
Couples for Christ, youth from
different parishes, Daughters
of
Mary
Immaculate,
representative from parishes,
World Association of Fatima
and Association of Pauline
Cooperators.

Fr. Rufino Cabatingan, SSJV

Fr. Fermin Tan, Jr., SSJV
Sr. Pearl Balbastro, DC
Sweet Kristine Adorio
Elnora Abuel
Cleb Calimutan
Chloee Marlowe Alaba
Sarah Palacio
Kent Philip Eduave
Lay-out and Graphic Design

Banny E. Briones

Marketing & Circulation

Association of Pauline Cooperators

Grace Fernan

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Mga gamut-hinungdan sa
kagubot sa Mindanao

LAMDAG
January 1-February 9, 2016

Sinulat nila:
Fr. Flordelito Nazareno, Immaculate Conception Parish, Wao, Lanao del Sur
Fr. Paul Glynn SSC, Interfaith Ministry, Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro
Kun maghisgut kita mahitungod sa kahimtang sa
panagbangi tali sa mga Kristyanos ug mga Muslim dinhi sa
Pilipinas, atong masayran nga adunay daghang mga samad
ug pagdinumtanay, ug pagkawalay pagsalig tali sa usag usa
nga makataronganon kay kini nagsumikad man sa mga buhing
kasinatian sa usag usa nga dili maayo ug saki. Kun makahibalo
kita sa kasaysayan sa Mindanao ato gayung masayran nga
daghang mga Muslim, daghan usab nga mga Lumad ug
mga Kristyanos nga nangasamdan sa mga kasamok dinhi sa
Mindanao, latas sa daghang mga katuigan.

Mga kunohay
Adunay mga paghukum batok sa isigkatawo nga
makataronganon ug binasi sa mga pait nga kasaysayan ug
panghitabo. Apan aduna poy paghukum sa isigkatawo nga dili
makataronganon - kun prejudicesug biases- ug walay basihanan
sa tinuod nga kasinatian. Mga sagad nga panghunahuna nato
bahin sa mga grupo sa mga tawo ug sa mga tribo nga lahi kanato
mga negatibo man. Ang pirmi nato madungog mahitungod sa
mga Bol-anon nga ija-ija; aho-aho kuno! Tikalon gid kuno ang
mga Ilonggo, samtang kuripot daw ang mga Ilokano. Apan mga
kunohaylang kining mga panghunahuna batok niining mga tribo
ug walay basihanan kini sa tinuod nga kasinatian. Imposibli gyud
nga parehas ugija-ija; aho-aho ang tanang mga Bol-anon o nga
parehas ugkuripot ang tanang mga Ilokano. Nadungog lang
nato kining mga kunohay gikan sa atong mga katigulangan ug
bisan dili tinoud ato lang pirmi hunahunaon ug isulti kay mao ni
ang atong naandan.
Daghan sad mga madungog nato nga kunohay mahitungod
sa mga Muslim. Pirmi nato madungog nga mga traydor kuno
sila. Ug gamiton sad sa mga ginikanan ang pulong nga Moros
para ipanghadlok sa mga bata: Ayaw intawon paglaag-laag
sa gawas kay kuhaon ka sa mga Moros , o isulod taka ug sako
ug ibaligya ka ngadto sa mga Moros para patamnon ka ug luy-a
didto sa Lanao, o ipakaon ka sa tirong!!Siyempre, kun sultihan
ang gamay nga bata ug ingon niana mahitungod sa mga
Muslim, motuo dayon siya nga ngilad ug batasan ang tanang
mga Muslim mora sila ug mga mamamatay-tawo, o balbal, o
manananggal! Dili gyud mangaalim ang mga samad ni mawala
ang pagdinumtanay, ug ang pagkawalay pagsalig tali sa mga
Kristyanos ug Muslim sa Mindanao kun magsigi gihapon kita ug
tudlo niining mga kunohay ngadto sa bag-ong kaliwatan.
Kun ang tawo dali motuo sa mga tsismis ug sa mga kunohay
(mga impormasyon o mga kasaysayan nga walay basihanan sa
realidad) dali siya ilaron. Kasagaran, gamiton kining klaseha sa
mga tawo, kanila nga gamhanan aron magpabilin sila diha sa
bantayog sa gahom.
Kun ang tawo dili suweto sa kasaysayan sa iyang nasud dali
ra siya mopalit sa mga estorya o sugilanon bisan kon kini minugna
lamang sa mga tawo nga anaa sa gahum kinsa andam motuis
sa kasaysayan pabor sa ilang kabulahanan.
Ang panagbangi sa mga Muslim ug sa mga Kristyanos,
kasagaran, basi sa mga kasaysayan nga natuis. Kay kun ang
mga pagbati binasi pa sa mga tinuod nga panghitabo, ang
makasasala ra unta ang dumtan ug dili ang tibuok pundok diin
siya nahisakop.

Ang mga gamut hinungdan sa pagkawalay

kalinaw diha sa kasaysayan sa Mindanao

Tataw kaayo ang sumada ni Brother Karl Gaspar
(Redemptorist) sa kasaysayan sa Mindanao:
Ang kahimtang sa kasamok o pagkawalay kalinaw dinhi sa
Mindanao nagsugod niadtong unang mga pangahas sa mga
conquistador sa Espanya sa pagpangsakop ug mga kolonya
kapin na sa 400 ka tuig nga milabay. Sumala sa atong nasayran
sa kasaysayan, ang kolonisasyon gihimo sa pinugos ug linuog
nga pamaagi ginamit ang armas, bisan kun kini gipakaylap
pinaagi sa pagpamunyag sa mga Lumad sa mahari-hariang
pagkontrolar sa ekonomiya, kultura ug politika sa kapupud-an.
Ang mga gamut sa kagubot sa Mindanao wala lang
magsukad diha sa kapid-an ka siglong mga gubat tali sa
mga langyaw ug mga Lumad, bisan pa man kon mao kini
ang dugokang hinungdan. Nahimo usab nga hinungdan sa
kasamok ang pinugos nga pagpatunhay sa bag-ong pamaagi
sa panginabuhi, bag-ong istruktura sa ekonomiya, bag-ong
mga tinuohan ug bag-ong politikanhong sistema nga miilog sa
naandang mga pamaagi sa lumadnong mga katilingban.

Dili kalikayan nga ang mga Lumad sa Mindanao wala lang
miilang kaaway sa mga kasundalohan kundili sa mga tawo usab
nga nangabot sunod sa mga sundalo. Bisan ang mga nanglalin
o nangdayo giisip usab nga samukan ug manggugbot. Sa wala
na ang mga Espanyol, ang gihimo sa mga Amerikano nga
pagpalig-on sa kolonisasyon pinaagi sa pagpalalin sa mga
taga-Luzon ug Kabisay-an nganhi sa Mindanao wala gyud
makatabang pagtukod ug kalinaw.
Ang unang hugna sa mga dayo nga miabot sa
kabaybayonan sa Mindanao maoy naghulagway niining maong
palisiya. Sa ngadto-ngadto ang mga dili taga Mindanao hinoon
maoy nahimong kinabag-an sa mga lumulpyo sa Mindanao.

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LAMDAG
January 1-February 9, 2016

ACDO joins 3rd CBCP-BEC National Assembly

By: Sweet Kristine Ace G. Adorio

The Archdiocesan BEC

formation team attended the 3rd
CBCP-BEC National Assembly
on November 11-14, 2015 at
Paco Catholic School in Manila.
Hosted by the Ecclesiastical
province of Manila, the theme
was: 50 Years of Vatican II: BEC
as Community of Missionary
Disciples and Church of the
Poor. The assembly also served
as the culminating celebration
of the Philippine Church of the
50th anniversary of Vatican II.
More
than
1,100
participants from the 74
Dioceses of the country came,
most of whom were clergy,
religious, and BEC lay leaders.
The official delegates were
accommodated in the different
parishes of the Archdiocese of
Manila and welcomed by their
host families. ACDO delegates
were assigned to the Diocese of
Paraaque.
In the afternoon of the first
day, Most Rev. Socrates Villegas,
DD, CBCP President, led the
opening mass at San Fernando
de Dilao Parish in Paco, Manila.
The plenary assemblies were all
held at the auditorium of Paco
Catholic School.
In
the
morning
of
November 12, His Eminence,
Orlando Cardinal Quevedo,

D.D., Archbishop of Cotabato,

delivered the opening talk:
BECs in the PhilippinesThanksgiving for 50 years of
Vatican IIs Spirit of Renewal.
He strongly stressed that the
Church is the people of God.
The day ended with a mass
presided by the Most Rev. Jose
Palma, D. D., Archbishop of Cebu,
who shared in his homily that
the BEC has brought so much
development in the Church
and has nourished the faith of
Catholic believers.
In the next two days,
representatives from various
regions in Mindanao, Visayas
and Luzon shared stories of
their respective BECs in creative
ways. Following the reports,
Msgr. Manny Gabriel made
a synthesis and Fr. Amado
Picardal presented the Trends,
Concerns and Challenges of the
BECs in the country. Then, His
Eminence Luis Antonio Cardinal
Tagle gave the most awaited talk:
The BECs in the Philippines:
Responding as a Community of
Missionary Disciples to the call
of Pope Francis to be a Poor
Church for the Poor. He said the
BECs become a communion with
Christ and became the backbone
for the Church to spread out the
Evangelization into action.
Following the afternoon

Mass which recalled the BEC

martyrs, the delegates had
a special dinner and socials.
The culminating activity on
November 14 at the Cuneta
Astrodome from 12:00 noon
to 5:00 PM was attended, not
only by official delegates and
observers, but also by over
10,000 members of BECs in the
National Capital Region. This
was preceded by motorcades
from various dioceses and
parishes in Metro-Manila which
converged near DFA building

BEC Family Day Malampusong

Gipahigayon

By: Kent Philip E. Eduave

Malampusong gipahigayon ang

BEC Archdiocesan Family Day 2015
sa parokya ni Sta. Rita de Cascia,
Balingasag, Misamis Oriental sa Agosto
24- 25, 2015 uban sa tema: Ang BEC/
GSK diha sa pag-amping, pag-amoma
ug pagpanalipod sa kinaiyahan.
Kini nga okasyon gitambungan sa
1,235 ka mga BEC lay leaders, mga
kaparian,relihiyoso ug relihiyosa sulod
sa Arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan de Oro.
Diha sa santos nga misa nga
gipangunahan ni Most. Rev. Jose
A. Cabantan, SSJV,D.D., Obispo sa
Diyosesis sa Malaybalay ug umaabot
nga
CBCP-BEC Bishop in-charge,
mihatag ug mga pulong sa pagdasig
ngadto sa tanang mga lumilihok sa
gagmay nga simbahanong katilingban.
Sa unang adlaw, adunay agri fair
diin ang matag vicariato nagdisplay
sa ilang nagkadaiyang mga produkto.
Gisundan kini sa usa ka parada libot

sa centro sa lungsod sa Balingasag.

Sa gabii, mipasundayag ang matag
vicariato sa ilang nagkadaiyang mga
talento aron sa paghatag ug kalipay
ngadto sa mga bisita ug mga delegado.
Ang ikaduhang adlaw gisugdan sa
santos nga misa nga gipangunahan ni
Most Rev. Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ,D.D.,
Arsobispo sa Cagayan de Oro. Diha
sa iyang homiliya,
naghisgot siya
kabahin sa iyang pagbisita didto sa
Fatima Portugal nga mao ang lugar nga
gipakitaan sa mahal nga Birhen Maria
ug iyang gisaysay ang mensahe niini
ngadto sa tulo ka mga bata nga mao
ang: pag-ampo sa santos nga rosaryo,
pag-ampo alang sa pagbag-o sa tibuok
kalibutan ug pagpenetensya alang
sa kalinaw ug kabag-ohan sa tibuok
kalibutan. Ug kining tanan, misyon
sa tanan isip sakop sa gagmay nga
simbahanong katilingban.
Gihisgotan usab niya ang tulo ka
mga misyon sa BEC: Una: ang BEC alang
Continue p.6

Si Most. Rev. Jose A. Cabantan, D.D., uban sa mga kaparian sa Arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan de Oro

along Roxas Boulevard. From

there the participants had
a procession to the Cuneta
Astrodome.
A
program
and
cultural
presentation
followed. The apostolic nuncio,
Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto,
graced the occasion and read
the message of Pope Francis to
the assembly. At 4:00 PM, the
closing Mass was celebrated,
presided by Cardinal Luis
Antonio Tagle.
The ACDO BEC formators
are grateful for meeting other

BEC Leaders through the event,

and learned from their practices.
They were also inspired
from the talks and witnessed
the great challenges in the
apostolate. They went home to
their parishes filled with hope
and enthusiastic energy to
continue their voluntary works
with courage. What made the
gathering remarkable was the
different success stories learned
from each other, and being part
of the discoveries of the BECs
dreams for the upcoming years.

New Evangelization
Proclamations 2015

The
Confraternity
of
Catholic
Lay
Theologians
carried out proclamations of
the Faith as part of the New
Evangelization. Last Oct 31,
2015, a big crowd gathered at
the plaza of Mati in Claveria,
Misamis Oriental, under the
parish of Fr. Joel Lusat, SSJV, to
witness the proclamation of the
Gospel of Christ. It is interesting
to note that there were nonCatholics who attended the
event.
Moreover, prior to the
said event there were two
separate New Evangelization
proclamations in two different
places. One was at Brgy. Loguilo,
Alubijid under the Parish of
Msgr. Elmer Abacahin, SSJV, PC,

and at Punta Silum, Manticao

of Fr. Joselito Cabactulan, SSJV.
The latter called up different
evangelizers and defenders of
the faith to explain the Catholic
Faith
which
was
recently
attacked by some other antiecumenical denominations who
held a public colloquium in the
same place.
The events were intended
to invite more people back to
an active life in the Church.
It was also a response to one
of the challenges of the new
evangelization: to bring those
who have grown cold in the Faith
back to the Church. The group is
now looking forward to making
more proclamations in the year
2016.

Features

LAMDAG
January 1-February 9, 2016

PAURARAY
LK.2:16-21

Mao! Pauraray sa bag-ong tuig

aron dili mag-aray-aray tibuok tuig!
Happy New Year na pud! Magpabuto
na pud ta! Tarattatattarattatattat
bratatatbratatatBANG!BANG!...agoyagoy lagpot lagi ang mga dautang
espiritu ug lagpot pud ang mga maayong
tudlo. Mao lagi kay gustog haruhay
nga kinabuhi mao nga gapauraray. Mao
kasagaran kini ang gusto sa kadaghanan
ang kinabuhi nga haruhay, hayahay, swerte. Abunda, bulahan, luho, busog ug sa
hamubo nga pagkaestorya usa ka kinabuhi sa pagpauraray. Mao hala sige iplastar na
ang 13 ka lingin nga prutas og kon walay prutas nga lingin nan simaga na lang nang
imong mga mata ug nganga para sudlan og swerte. Mao kay kinsa bay gusto magantos? Ako? Ikaw? Mao nga dapat daghang pagkaon sa lamisa og kaon gyud taman
sa kaya aron tuig abunda dayon kalibanga ang resulta. Mao, da lagi!

Mao! Pauraray para hayahay! Mao man gani nga gusto nato ang patsada nga
kinabuhi sa kanunay. Mao nga sugdan sa katawa para kanunay daw happy og sa
sigeng katawa gipanuhotan na ug libre na dayon ang pabuto kay sa dihang dili na
mapugngantottototot tottottot tototot tottot. Mao nga gapaningkamot ta nga
sugdan nato ang tuig nga nindot aron malihian kini aron nindot pud ang tibuok tuig.
Mao kinahanglan nga naay bag-o gyung sinina nga adunay linginlingin, bag-ong
karsunis nga adunay linginlingin, bag-ong sapatos nga adunay linginlingin ug bisan
unsa basta kay bag-o nga naay linginlingin ug apil dagway nga lingin gibag-o. Mao
gyud!
Mao! Pauraray para haruhay! Mao gyud intawon nga bisan unsa na lang
ang gabuhaton aron mapauraray ang kinabuhi, sama sa grabe nga kinan-anay,
tinagayay, niluksuhay, sininggitay, sinayaway, kinantahay, pinakpakay, sinabaay,
kinataw-anay, pabutohay hangtud nga magkinantiyaway ug magnilibakay. Mao nang
pauraray gyud taman sa ginhawa aron lagi swertehon sa tibuok tuig. Mura bag ang
kinabuhi ginabasi lang sa atong tawhanong panghunahuna o pagtuotuo. Mao nga
bisan nakabalo na kita nga kinahanglan nga mulihok gyud kita aron maharuhay
ang kinabuhi apan naghunahuna gihapon kita labaw sa tanan nga adunay gahom
gyud ang pagpauraray o ang pagpaswerte o ang pagpalihi nga ang basihanan daw
mao ang usa ka maayo nga pagsugod sa tuig. Mao nga daghan kaayo kitang mga
tulomanon ug mga rituals nga makahatag daw kanatog kagana sa pagkinabuhi. Mao
bya gyud kuno!

Mao nga naunsa naman diay ning basihanan sa tinuod natong pagtoo. Mao ba
nga mag-agad lang diay kini sa pagpauraray. Sos oy! Mao siguro daghan kanato wala
makahibalo nga ang ginasaulog nato sa pagbag-o sa tuig basi sa atong pagtoo mao
man ang kapistahan sa Mahal nga Birhen Maria - ang Inahan sa Dios. Mao nga sa
pagsugod nato sa tuig ang atong kasagaran madungog ang Happy New Year dili ang
Happy Fiesta sa Mahal nga Birhen Maria. Kay ang hunahuna sa tawo mao lang ang
pagbag-o sa tuig mao nang pagpauraray lang gyud ang buhaton sa tawo dili kadtong
pagpadayag sa lawom nga pagtoo sa gahom sa Dios nga nagalihok diha sa Bulahang
Birhen Maria. Mao gyud unta ba!
Mao nga nakapamalandong ako nga ang basihanan usab diay sa usa ka
malampuson nga kinabuhi mao ang atong paghatag og bili kang Maria. Ang Dios
sa pagsugod sa bag-ong tuig nagapahinumdom kanato kang Maria alang sa usa ka
makahuloganon nga kinabuhi sa tanan. Naamgohan nako nga kon si Maria ang anaa
sa kasingkasing sa tanan sa pagsugod pa lang sa tuig nan usa ka mabungahon gyud
nga kinabuhi ang atong masinati. Nakahunahuna ako kon awaton lang nato si Maria
sa pagsugod sa tuig mabulahan kita sama kaniya. Mao kon magpauraray lang kita sa
sabakan ni Maria sigurado gyud ang kaluwasan alang sa tanan. Mao lagi!
Mao aron dili ta makalimot kang MARY ug mabuhat nato ang angay buhaton sa
pagsugod sa tuig atong hinumdoman ang mga litra sa ngalang M.A.R.Y.

M-MEDIDATE GODS WORD. Atong handurawon ang mga pulong sa Dios nga
maoy mogiya kanato sa hustong buhaton aron atong mabatunan ang tinuod nga
kalipayan sa kinabuhi. Pamalandungan nato ang kinabuhi ni Hesus ug Maria aron
maangkon nato ang kaluwasan.
A-ACCEPT THE TRUTH. Dawaton nato ang kamatuoran sa mga pagtulonan sa Dios. Ang kamatuoran maoy maghatag kanatog kagawasan. Si Hesus ang
kamatuoran. Si Hesus ang maghatag kanatog kagawasan. Siya ang kagawasan sa
atong mga pagpakasala.
R-REFORM OUR LIVES. Pagbag-o sa kinabuhi. Ang pagbiya sa atong kasalanan ug ang pagbuhat pag daghang maayong butang ilabina sa mga tawong mas
nanginahanglan. Ang pagbag-o sa kaugalingon maoy sinugdanan sa kabag-ohan sa
pamilya,katilingban ug sa tibuok katawhan.

Y-YES TO GOD. Ang atong dakong OO sa Dios pinaagi sa atong pagsunod sa

tanan Niyang mga kasugoan. Ang atong pag-OO sa kagustohan sa Dios maoy angayan
nga hunahunaon sa pagsugod sa usa ka kinabuhi nga madagayaon. Sama sa dakong
Yes ni Maria sa plano sa Dios alang kaniya ug alang sa atong kaluwasan maoy angay
nga itisok sulod sa atong tagsa-tagsa nga kasingkasing, nga nagahigugma sa Dios ug
sa uban.
MAO!PAURARAY DIHA KANG MARIA OG DILI PAURARAY SA IMONG
KAUGALINGONG PANGHUNAHUNA

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SAKSAK-SINAGOL NI
PEPOYE

Di na madugay laing tuig ato na usang SAULOGON,

ang kalinaw sa 2016 atong PANGHINAUTON,
nga ang tanang tawo magkinabuhing MAGSOON,
kay gikan unta sa usa ka Dios nga LANGITNON.
MATAG TUIG MAGHIMO KITA OG RESOLUSYON,
NGA MGA DAUTANG KINAIYA USBON,
BISYO WAD-ON, SA PAMILYA MAPINANGGAON
UG SA MATAG USA MALOLOY-ON.
Ayaw usiki ang imong kwarta AMIGO,
diha sa mga PABUTO,
bugaw kuno sa demalas ug MULTO,
igsoon niana ayaw PAGTOO.
KON GUSTO KA NGA PANALANGINAN,
TABANGI ANG NANGINAHANGLAN,
KAY MOBALIK KANIMO DAW WAY KATAPUSAN,
MAO KANA ANG SEKRETO SA SUBO NGA BULAHAN.
ang pamilya atong LIPAYON,
sa gugma atong PUN-ON,
sa mga kaaway kita na MAPASAYLOON,
ug sa Dios kanunay na MAAMPOON.
ANG NAGKABANGIS USAB NGA KINAIYAHAN,
PANAHON NA SA SULBAD PANGITAAN,
DI NA NATO ABUSAHAN,
ARON ANG MABANGIS NGA KALAGLAGAN ATONG
MALIKAYAN.
BEC Family Day... From p.5
sa pamilya, isip usa ka gambalay sa
simbahan. Ikaduha: ang BEC alang sa
komunidad diin anaa ang pagpakabana
ug pagtabang sa usag-usa. Ikatulo: ang
BEC alang sa Laudato Si, ang paghatag
ug pagtagad sa atong hiniusang puloyanan nga mao ang kalibutan.
Human sa misa, si Rev. Fr.Rey
Raluto nagpaambit mahitungod sa
encyclical ni Pope Francis, Laudato Si
diin iyang gihisgutan ang kabililhon
sa pag-amping, pag-amoma ug
pagpanalipod sa kinaiyahan nga mao
ang hiniusang poloy-anan sa tanan.
Natapos ang duha ka adlaw nga
selebrasyon pinaagi sa usa ka grand
raffle draw diin ang premyo mao ang
napulo (10) ka tag 2,000.00 SM gift
cards. Ang grand winner nga nakakuha
sa (1) ka brand new Suzuki passenger
multicab mao si Paul Beloy nga taga
San Roque parish, Magsaysay, Misamis
Oriental.
Ang BEC Archdiocesan Family
Day usa ka tinuig nga kalihukan sa

Arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan de Oro, ug

sa sunod tuig pagasaulogon kini sa
Vicariato ni Sta. Rita de Cascia, Gingoog
City. Ang ACDO BEC formation team
kinasingkasing nga mapasalamaton
sa tanang misuporta arong nga
magmalampuson ang BEC Family Day
2015.

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January 1-February 9, 2016

CIACAT Holds Planning Workshop

Sr. Pearl Balbastro, DC

Cagayan
de
Oros
City Inter-Agency Council
against
Trafficking

Violence against Women

(CIACAT) held a Planning
Workshop on August 25,
2015 at Philtown Hotel,
Cagayan de Oro City. They
finalized the program of
activities to be submitted
to the City Council of
Cagayan de Oro for budget
purposes under the care
of Hon. Teodolfo Lao. The
workshop was attended
by 23 government offices/
agencies, non-government
agencies, among them the
Archdiocese of Cagayan de
Oro Migrants Ministry. The
Council was formed in June
2015 making Cagayan de Oro
the first city in Mindanao to
have organized CIACAT, as
mandated by R.A. 9208 and
amended by R.A. 10364, the
expanded Anti-Trafficking
Law. It is noteworthy that
Sec. 15 of the Law provides
for the establishment of
Migrants Advisory and
Information
Network
Desks in municipalities and
provinces in coordination
with
DILG,
Philippine
Information Agency (PIA),
Commission on Filipinos
Overseas (CFO), NGOs and
other concerned agencies.

The Council formed

three
committees:
1.Prevention;
2.
Quick
Response/Rescue; and 3.
After Care. The different
agencies/offices
will
collaborate as a group but
divide themselves according
to the expertise/services of
their respective agency/
office.
The Planning Workshop
gave
an
orientation,
presented by Prosecutor
Joseph Eduard Eullaran
of the Quick Reaction
Teams (QRT), and the
functions and duties of
each agency member. QRTs
are small teams of 4-5
members with skills and
knowledge to counter a
particular Trafficking in
Person (TIP) case based
on the requirements of
the law. There are four
venues of QRTs: airport,
seaport, land-based, and
at-large.
Composition
of
representatives
of
government agencies is
more or less similar: a team
leader, a law enforcement
officer, a prosecutor, and
a counseling officer. They
are important especially
in relation to Sec. 10 of
R.A. 7610 which provides
that any person who has
in his company a minor,

10 years or more younger,

who is not related within
the 4th degree of affinity/
consanguinity
(children,
niece/nephew, first cousin),
or he/she is not performing
a legal or moral duty and
cannot explain convincingly
their being together, may
already be liable for human
trafficking.
Prosecutor
Ruby
Malanog discussed
the
important provisions of R.A.
9208 as amended by R.A.
10364. A trafficked child is

one who has been recruited,

transported,
transferred,
harbored,
adopted,
or
received for the purpose
of
exploitation
within
or outside the country.
Consent is not material;
meaning it does not remove
the crime or make it lawful.
These and many small data
that the public ought to
know were presented and
explained so clearly that
one could feel committed
to be a part of the antitrafficking campaign which

mahitungod
sa
National
Youth Day. Ang walo (8) ka
tema nga gihisgutan mao ang
Personhood, Live Pure, Climate
Change, Vocation, Indigenous
People,
Taize,
Kabataang
Bayani ug Bullying.
Dako ang pagpasalamat sa
kapunungan tungod sa suporta
nga gigahin sa matag parokya
sa arkidiyosesis nga nagpadala
ug representante nga mga
kabataan aron molambo ug
mahatagan ug dugang kahibalo
sa nagkadaiyang isyu.

Sr. Deena Mananzan,

RGS gave a talk on Human
Trafficking on November
25, 2015, at St. Augustine
Cathedral, Cagayan de Oro City.
She pointed out that human
beings are created by God
in his image and likeness; so,
everybody is sacred and holy.
Unfortunately, some people
are sold like commodities.
Human trafficking is the third
dollar earner in syndicated
crime, next to drugs trafficking
and arms trafficking. Human
trafficking is closely linked
to prostitution, forced labor,
domestic work, and child
labor. The most vulnerable are
women and children below 18
years old, virgins and minors.
They are sexually preferred
by pedophiles. They are also
exploited for cheap labor
especially in factories, farm,
and by begging syndicates.
Sr. Mananzan pointed out
that human trafficking is both
a human rights issue and a
gender issue. The root cause
is patriarchy where women,
children, slaves, animals,
and lands are
treated as
possessions of a male head of

the family. She said

that Pope John Paul
II in his Letter to
Women, 1995, calls
for conversion to
women, meaning
to
recover,
to
restore the dignity
of
women
as
human
beings
created
in
the
image and likeness
of God. (Genesis
2:27). The Pope
himself
showed
this conversion to
women by saying:
I am truly sorry!
There could never
be real love for
Sr. Deena Mananzan, RGS
humanity if more
than half who are not restored recovery of the human dignity
to their original dignity as as divine is necessary to
human beings, like men, counteract human trafficking.
Integral to this gospel value
created in the image of God.
The first apostle of of persons is the equality of
the resurrection that Jesus man and woman which calls
chose was a woman, Mary for radical cultural conversion
Magdalene. Jesus appeared from patriarchy or male
first to her before the men domination. The evangelical
apostles. Jesus told her, Go value of personhood should
and tell them.. (John 20:11- be given priority and urgency
in the present catechesis and
18)
Sr. Deena believed that ongoing religious formation.

Youth Ministry Awareness

Week 2015 Gisaulog

Ang
mga partisipante
sa National Youth Day nga
gipahigayon sa Tuguegarao,
naghatag ug re-echo seminar
sa mga kabatan-onan sa
arkidiyosesis sa Disyembre
12, 2015, sa parokya sa Our
Lady of Fatima, atol sa Youth
Ministry Awareness Week.
Gitambongan kini sa 92 ka
mga batan-on.
Nagsugod
ang programa sa may alas
9:00 sa buntag, diin nag-ilaila
ang matag usa ug naghatag
ug
dugang
impormasyon

today is reportedly among

the biggest illegal business
in the world, together with
illegal arms and illegal drugs.
Worse is that the goods
consist of human persons
created in the image and
likeness of God. This was
the atmosphere in the air as
the group purposefully went
into amending their plan
of action considering the
presence of new agencies
and more relevant data and
learning received.

Good Shepherd Nun Talks on Human Trafficking

Pasko sa Pagkatawo sa Dios Malinawong Gisaulog

mao ang walay katapusang
Amahan. Si Papa Francisco
sa pagsugod sa Jubileo sa
Kalooy, nag-ingon nga si
Kristo mao ang nawong sa
kalooy sa Amahan. Ika-upat:
pagatawgon siya ug Prinsipe
sa kalinaw ug tuburan sa
pakigdait sa tanan.
Gi-awhag sa arsobispo
ang katawhan sa pagsubay
sa kahayag nga mao si
Jesucristo, diha sa pagbiya sa
sala, ug magpuyo nga ligdong
nga kinabuhi.
Sa misa sa alas 8:00
sa gabii, nga gipangunahan
ni Msgr. Perseus Cabunoc,
nangutana siya sa katawhan
kon unsay kaugmaon sa
ilang anak kay daghan
karon ang dili na mutoo sa
kaugmaon. Ang paryente ni
Juan nangutana kon unsay
iyang kaugmaon nga klaro
man nga ang gahom sa Dios

nag-uban kaniya? Si Juan

nagsangyaw sa kamatuoran
ug napunggotan sa ulo.
Si Jesus nagsangyaw sa
maayong balita, nagwali,
nag-ayo sa masakiton apan
gilansang sa krus.
Nag-awhag
si
Msgr.
Cabunoc nga ang matag
pamilya
magpadayon
sa
pagsunod
sa
Diosnong
kabubut-on.
Kon
aduna
may
pagbingkil-bingkil, Si Abp. Antonio J. Ledesma nagtimbaya sa katawhan
magpasayloay ug magpaubos
ug makigdait sa usag-usa.
Isip pakigduyog sa birthday
ni Jesus, ang katawhan nagambit sa ilang pasalamat sa
gasa sa kinabuhi pinaagi sa
paghatag ug halad sa Birthday
Ko, Halad ko. Samtang
miduol ang katawhan sa altar
dala ang ilang halad, miawit
si Msgr. Cabunoc ug Perfect
Christmas nga naghatag ug
kalipay ug kadasig sa tanan. Si Msgr. Perseus Cabunoc nag-awit ug Perfect Christmas,

Fr. Joseph Montemayor

SSJV, Vicar of St. Augustine
Cathedral said that the Church
gives honor to Mary, as the
Mother of Jesus. She was an
ordinary person but chosen
by God to be the Mother of
the Son of God. When Mary
was chosen to be the Mother
of God, He chose us also to be
his children. Every person is

blessed for he/she received

the abundance of his mercy.
Through Mary who became
the Mother of God, the door
of mercy was opened for us.
She has become our Mother
too for through Jesus, the God
in human flesh, we become
adopted children of God.
Thus, we have the privilege
of calling Mary, our Mother,

he said.
Fr. Montemayor presided
at the Eucharistic celebration
on January 1st, the Solemnity
of Mary, Mother of God at
Fatima Chapel, Velez St.,
Cagayan de Oro City.
He said that it is also
our call and challenge, and
a new years resolution to
recognize Mary, the Mother
of God as our mother too. We
are challenged to give honor
and respect to our very own
mothers. We have to respect
and value all their sacrifices
rendered to us. If we give
respect to our mothers and all
women, we show respect to
Mary the Mother of God, he
said.
The Council of Ephesus
taught that Mary is truly the
Mother of God, since she gave
birth to the Second Person of
the Trinity who became man
for our sake. This title of Mary
is solemnly proclaimed by the
Council of Ephesus in 431.

Sa Deciembre 8, 2015,
mabulokong gisaulog ang
kapistahan sa Immaculada
Conception ni Maria, Bulua
diha sa santos nga misa nga
gipangunahan ni Fr. Julius
Clavero, SSJV, uban sa kaparian
sa Cagayan de Oro.
Nag-ingon si Fr. Clavero
nga diha sa iyang titulo nga
Immaculada Conception, si
Maria puno sa grasya sa Dios.
Si Maria bulahan kaayo sa
tanang kababayenhan
kay
gikahimut-an siya sa Ginoo
tungod sa pag-uyon niya sa
iyang kabubut-on.
Si Maria gitawag nga
bag-ong Eva, nga larawan
sa pagkamasinugtanon, sa
Dios. Sa iyang titulo nga
Immaculada
Conception,
gipahinumduman kita nga
sama kang Maria, kita usab
mahimong
masinugtanon
sa Dios. Magpasalamat kita
kang Maria tungod sa iyang
pagkabalaan, nahitabo ang
plano sa Dios nga kaluwasan
alang kanatong tanan,matod

ni Fr. Clavero.
Nag-ingon siya nga ang
relevance sa
Immaculada
Conception sa atong panahon
dako kaayo. Ang sala makaguba
sa atong hulagway isip anak sa
Dios. Kon makasala kita, anaa
ang grasya sa pagpasaylo diha

sa kompisal. Makaangkon kita

sa kalooy, kaayo ug hustisya
sa Ginoo kon mangayo kita
sa iyang pasaylo. Musunod
kita sa lakang ni Maria
diha sa pagtuo, pagsalig ug
pagkamasinugtanon.
Mapasalamaton si Msgr.

Ang pagsaulog sa Pasko

sa Pagkatawo ni Jesus
gisaulog diha sa santos nga
misa sa alas 10:00 sa gabii
nga gipangunahan ni Abp.
Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ, D.D.,
uban nila ni Msgr. Perseus
Cabunoc, Fr. Satur Lumba, Fr.
Lando Gabutero ug Fr. Joseph
Montemayor sa San Agustin
Cathedral, Cagayan de Oro
City.
Diha sa iyang homiliya,
nag-ingon ang arsobispo nga
ang gipropesiya ni Isaias, ang
pagkatawo sa Dios, nagdala
sa kahayag sa kalibutan.
Gitawag siya nga usa ka
halangdong Magtatambag sa
mga magtudulo, sa mga lider
sa katilingban. Ikaduha: ang
Manunubos
pagatawgon
nga Dios sa kagamhanan.
Si Jesus dili lamang anak
ni Maria kon dili sa Dios
nga gamhanan. Ikatulo: siya

Through Mary, the Mother of God, the door of

Mercy was opened for us - Fr. Montemayor

Fr. Joseph Montemayor SSJV

Santuario Eucaristico Opens

Holy Door of Mercy

By Sarah Palacio

On December 19, 2015,

the Holy Door of Mercy of the
Santuario Eucaristico, Sacred
Heart Parish, was opened
by Msgr. Rey Monsanto,
SSJV, together with Fr. Joel
Lasutaz,SSS, parish priest,
Fr. Muriel Uy,SSS, Fr. Clifford
Barrios, SSS and Rev. Ronel
Fulo Jr., SSS.

Kapistahan sa Immaculada Conception Mabulokong Gisaulog

Eutiquiano Legitimas, ang
kura paroko sa suporta ug
tabang sa tanan aron ang
kapistahan sa Immaculada
Conception sa Mahal nga
Birhen Maria malinawon ug
mabulukon.

Before the opening of

the Holy Door, the people
were given brochures on
the Passing through the
Holy Door of Mercy so that
they will understand the
importance
and steps to
receive Indulgences when they
enter the Pilgrim Churches
in Cagayan de Oro during the
Jubilee Year of Mercy.

Birthday Celebrants
for January
January 3
Fr. Bon Genson
January 14
Fr. Raoul Magracia
January 18
Fr. Remar Dagoc
January 20
Fr. Enerio Tacastacas
January 28
Fr. Noel Ebana
Fr. Der John Faborada

Anniversaries
January 3
Fr. Garry Igot
Fr. Nathaniel Lerio
Fr. Lyndon Zayas
Ang mga kaparian sa Arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan de Oro