Acts & Decrees of the Second Synod of the Diocese of Malolos 8 - 13 April 2013 CONTEMPLATING THE FACE OF CHRIST AND PROCLAIMING GOD’S TRANSFORMING GRACE WITH UNWAVERING FAITH TOWARDS THE NEW EVANGELIZATION IN THE DIOCESE OF MALOLOS tABLE OF c ONTENTS DECREE OF CONVOCATION...... v MESSAGE OF THE SECOND SYNOD...... vii HOMILIES...... xii MESSAGES...... xxii
OFFICIAL LIST OF DELEGATES...... xxviii OFFICIAL LIST OF WORKING COMMITTEES...... xxxiii EDITORIAL BOARD...... xxxv
Pastoral Priority I: THE NEW EVANGELIZATION THROUGH INTEGRAL FAITH FORMATION...... 2
Part 1: Integral Faith Formation...... 2 Part 2: Faith Formation through Social Communications...... 17
Pastoral Priority II: EMPOWERMENT OF THE LAITY TOWARDS SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION...... 27
Pastoral Priority III: BUILDING THE CHURCH OF THE POOR IN THE DIOCESE OF MALOLOS...... 42
Part 1: Active Presence and Participation of the Poor in the Church...... 42 Part 2: Stewardship of the Temporal Goods of the Diocese...... 59
Pastoral Priority IV: THE FAMILY AS THE FOCAL POINT OF EVANGELIZATION...... 73
Pastoral Priority V: BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING OF PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE UP THE PARISH AS A COMMUNITY OF COMMUNITIES...... 83 iv Pastoral Priority VI: INTEGRAL RENEWAL OF THE CLERGY AND THE RELIGIOUS...... 94
Part 1: The Clergy...... 94 Part 2: The Consecrated Persons...... 112
Pastoral Priority VII: JOURNEYING WITH THE YOUTH...... 121
Pastoral Priority VIII: ECUMENISM AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE...... 131
Pastoral Priority IX: ANIMATION AND FORMATION FOR MISSION “AD GENTES”...... 142
APPENDICES...... 154 Appendix I: Integral Faith Formation...... 154 Appendix II: Situationer on BECs in the Diocese of Malolos...... 176 Appendix III: The Clergy...... 184 Appendix IV: Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue...... 191
THEOLOGICAL NOTES...... 194 “On Contemplating the Face of Christ”...... 194 “On the New Evangelization”...... 197 “On the Concept of Reception”...... 200 “Theological Notes on the Theme of the Second Synod of the Diocese of Malolos”...... 204
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS...... 218
GLOSSARY...... 221
CANONICAL REFERENCES...... 225
v Decree of Convocation JOSE F. OLIVEROS, D.D., S.Th.D. Bishop of Malolos
Message of the Second Synod of Malolos & Homilies