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Church Groups Help Boost Relief Efforts Pope warns Challenges of against attempts B1 D1 A3 poverty in need or C1DOCETE UGNAYAN • to marginalize Christianity • A Catechetical Publication of • The News Supplement in plenty • the Episcopal Commission on from public life Catechesis and Catholic Education of Couples for Christ Church reps to dialogue with www.cbcpnews.com [email protected] Muslims join call to stop presidentiables on RH bill coal fired power plant REPRESENTATIVES of the Catholic Church THE Muslims in Maasim, Sarangani and from intend to dialogue with presidentiables one on the neighboring municipality of Kiamba join one on the contraceptive legislation, a Church other religious and sectoral groups in opposing official said. the planned construction of Southern Mindan- Fr. Melvin Castro, Commission on Family ao 200MW Coal Fired Power plant in Barangay and Life executive secretary of the Catholic Kamanga, Maasim, Sarangani Province. Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, said a Ustadz Embol Maulana, a known Muslim dialogue is crucial to hear the positions of the leader in this municipality said that their op- presidential candidates. Protagonist of Truth, Promoter of Peace position is not personal since Islam teaches He said the dialogue is being led by various about peace. lay people belonging to various groups involved “For how can we have peace if the project in the Church’s family and life ministry. 00 will destroy our environment and will bring Dialogue / A7 September 28 - October 11, 2009 Vol. 13 No. 20 Php 20. Call / A6 CBCP prexy scores slow response to killer flood By Roy Lagarde THE head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines expressed his frustration with the pace of relief efforts in the typhoon-devastated Luzon region. Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo said he can’t but register his deep concern at the unacceptably slow response to the grave hu- manitarian crisis. He said “depletion” of the government’s resources might have triggered the “slowness” in responding to the victims of the strong typhoon. What the church leader fear the most, he admitted, is the misap- propriation of resources set aside for responding calamities. “If there were no graft and corruption in our government, our government would be more prepared to respond to such crisis,” Lagdameo said. Survivors are angry at the lack of aid. Some of them reported that they were trapped inside their homes or on the rooftops but were ignored by rescue helicopters flying overhead. Countless people were dismayed by the government’s failure to come to their aid at the height of the massive floods that swept Metro Manila and nearby provinces over the weekend. Record breaking Massive flash floods unleashed by Typhoon Ondoy swept across Metro Manila and nearby provinces on Sept. 26 killing over 200 people and stranding hundreds on roof tops. Ondoy is the latest example of how class inequalities are exposed to natural disasters. It did not spare anyone, rich or poor. Entire shan- ties were easily swept away, but even concrete houses in middle-class communities collapsed. The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said the Media © Roy Lagarde / CBCP CBCP President and Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo (center), CBCP’s National Secretariat for Social Action (NASSA) Executive Secretary Sr. Roseanne Mallillin, homes of nearly 1.9 million were inundated. SPC (left) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) representative to the Philippines, Luc Picard (right), inspect the relief goods being readied at St. Paul University, Manila The typhoon dumped 410.6 millimeters (16 inches) of rains on for distribution to typhoon victims in seven dioceses. CRS and other Church groups have joined hands with NASSA in providing victims with food aid and basic items Flood / A6 following massive flooding in various parts of Luzon. flooding with blankets, mosquito nets, sleeping mats, soap and more,” said Mallillin. US-based Knights of Columbus Supreme Coun- Church groups help boost relief efforts cil also wired an emergency financial contribution of $50,000 to the CBCP’s social action arm to help AMONG the most significant aids to the Church’s the strong storm. help the victims who fled their homes following address the humanitarian needs caused by the relief effort in the wake of the typhoon has been Sr. Roseanne Mallillin, executive secretary massive flooding caused by the storm as it swept disaster. a donation by the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) of NASSA, said foreign aid in cash and in kind across the country’s main island of Luzon. “We will also be inviting state councils through- of $250,000 to provide assistance to thousands of continues to pour in to help augment their relief The hefty donation will be used in providing out the Order to make contributions which the victims. operation. the victims with immediate food aid and potable Supreme Council will collect and convey to the Church charities led by the CBCP’s National She said has been receiving from various foreign water in the aftermath of the storm that left vari- CBCP-NASSA in the coming weeks,” said Su- Secretariat for Social Action (NASSA) are in the Catholic relief organizations asking how they ous areas in Metro Manila and nearby provinces preme Knight Carl Anderson in a letter to CBCP thick of relief operation which has been ongoing could send donations. under water. President Archbishop Angel Lagdameo. since Sept. 27 in at least five areas hardest-hit by Caritas Española has donated 100,000 Euros to “We will also provide people affected by the Relief / A6 Liturgy Commission nixes calls to institute ‘God the Father’ feast AMID calls from devotees to institute a liturgical God the Father. feast in honor of “God the Father,” Catholic Church “The Episcopal Commission on Liturgy does officials said it would be impossible to do that. not see any convincing reason, theologically and Fr. Anscar Chupungco, executive secretary liturgically, why a liturgical feast should now of the CBCP’s Commission on Liturgy, clarified make God the Father the object of its anamnesis,” they have nothing against the devotion to God he said. the Father. “Needless to say the day chosen by the group, He said officials of the Commission are even which is the Feast of the Transfiguration, is not unanimous in commending the pastoral efforts consonant with the Liturgical norms,” the CBCP to make God the Father better known and loved official added. by the faithful. According to him, everyday at Mass and in the However, Chupungco said, they do not agree liturgy of the hours, prayers are addressed to the that there should be a liturgical feast in honor of Feast / A6 Lawyers join calls for aerial spray ban TOP-NOTCH lawyers have joined hands with 21 farmers from Mindanao in © Luis Liwanag seeking a ban on the aerial spray- ing of pesticides in giant com- mercial banana plantations Floods cue of imperative to care that is adversely affecting the public health and Illustration by Bladimer Usi the environment. for environment— Cardinal The visiting farm- the pollution THE flash floods that have taken deadly toll in the He called on the faithful to help hundreds ers from Mindanao impacted commu- country are grim reminder of the often ignored of thousands of victims to recover from record are members of the nities and explained why imperative to protect the environment, the head flooding caused by Tropical Storm Ondoy. Mamamayan Ayaw sa Malacañang should side with them. of Manila’s Catholic Church said Tuesday. At least 140 people died in flooding in Pasig, Aerial Spraying (MAAS) “Please study carefully and fulfill your legal Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales said ev- Marikina, Rizal, Laguna and Bulacan. Hundreds from Compostela Valley, mandates. Failure to do that by a public official ery individual must do their share to avoid future of thousands have also been displaced, and are Davao del Norte, Davao can result in personal liability. Let us apply the incidents like what recently happened in Metro without electricity or potable water. del Sur and Davao City. They highest law, higher than legislative enactments, Manila and most of Southern and Central Luzon. “A destruction as large as this becomes a call have come to Manila to ask Presi- higher even than the Constitution. Let us apply “Please take care for the safe and clean envi- to all of us to reach to our brothers and sisters dent Arroyo to act on their plight by ordering an the golden rule,” said Oposa who has been cited in- ronment in your areas. There are lots of things who are out there literally still wet and cold— outright ban on aerial spraying. ternationally for his exemplary work in protecting that a tragedy like Ondoy is trying to teach and homeless,” said Cardinal Rosales. At a press conference held today at the prem- Mother Nature through environmental litigation, remind us of,” he said. On Sunday, he said, a special collection will ises of Caritas Manila where the 21 farmers are advocacies and networking. Meanwhile, the church official has reiterated be made at Masses including the anticipated camping out, lawyers Christian Monsod, former Oposa recently grabbed headlines for asking the the Catholic hierarchy’s call for all Filipinos to Masses in parishes, chapels and malls for ty- Comelec chairman; Antonio Oposa, a recent recipi- Supreme Court to cite several members of Arroyo’s join in hoping and praying for the immediate phoon victims. ent of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award; cabinet in contempt of court for failing to report and Magistrado Mendoza, a noted practitioner of recovery of the victims. “In charity no one fails,” he said. (CBCPNews) on what their offices have been doing to clean up alternative legal service, took up the cudgels for Spray ban / A7 CBCP Monitor A2 Vol.
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