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2017
An Exploration of the Transformative Spirituality among the Development
Workers in the Philippines
by Rico Palaca Ponce
Firstly, I would like to admit that discerning the spirituality of development workers is a huge and an ambitious task. How can one capture the spirituality of a person or a group of persons? Is spirituality something... READ MORE
Being Enriched by our Indigenous Wellspring
by Karl M. Gaspar CSsR
In his seminal book Robin Hanbury-Tenison summarized the history of the Embera Choco Indians who live in forests that traverse between Panama and Colombia in Latin America): ...READ MORE
Growing “to the Measure of the Full Stature of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13): The Laity in the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines
by Ruben Mendoza
The Second Plenary Council of the Philippines (PCP II) was intended to be a new Pentecost for the Philippine Church.2 Its participants spoke in a manner in which every Filipino Catholic “heard” them in their
own “native language” (cf. Acts 2:6), particularly their emphasis on the Church of the Poor. Just like the “devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem” (Acts 2:8) who heard the preaching... READ MORE
2016
The Interface of Social Ethics and Human Rights in the Philippines Today
by Karl M. Gaspar, C.Ss.R.
In my youth, growing up in the town of Digos – now Digos City, which is roughly 60 kilometers south of Davao City – I heard a song the lyrics of which I still remember by heart in my advanced age. The song’s refrain had these words: “Up, up with people / You meet 'em wherever you go / Up, up with people / They're the best kind of folks to know / If more people were for people... READ MORE
The Framing of Identities and Social Justice: The Bangsamoro Conflict in Southern Philippines
by Ruben Mendoza
Moro nationalists, bannered by the two rebel fronts in southern Philippines, the Moro National Liberation Front and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, claim that the Bangsamoro Rebellion has been the longest nationalist struggle in the world.2 For them, it was a resistance that initially started against the conquistadores of then Las Islas Filipinas... READ MORE
Impingements in Capitalist Economy
Decoding an Obscure Factor in Ethical Analysis
by Ferdinand D. Dagmang
A capitalist economy is built on the core principles of private property/self-interest, capital/profit- making and labour, and liberal democracy. Such principles, with their corresponding axioms, have established standard economic practices; fields for management, production, and consumption and; durable institutions. Those capitalist practices, fields, and institutions have impinged ... READ MORE
2013
And His Garment is Covered with Dust
Directions in Bishop Labayen’s Theology of Praxis
by Daniel Franklin Pilario, C.M.
I would like to thank the organizers for inviting me to be one of the speakers of this Conference. I am deeply honored to be given the chance to reflect on the theology of Bishop Labayen — the man behind social action, BECs and the Church of the Poor in the Philippines long before PCP II has canonized these theological terms ... READ MORE
From Vatican II to PCP II to BEC Too:
Progressive Localization of a New State of Mind to a New State of Affairs
by Ferdinand D. Dagmang and Ms. Rica D. Ancheta
The Second Vatican Council produced 16 documents, two of which (Gaudium et spes and Apostolicam actuositatem) could be considered as the immediate great grandparents/precursors of offspring-documents born... READ MORE
A Church in Dialogue with Peoples of Other Faiths: A Journey to the Kingdom in the Spirit
by Ruben Mendoza
In contemporary theological discourse on the Christian theology of religions, different theologians have appealed to the concept of the Trinity in interpreting and understanding other religions. However, they differ in the way they see the Christological and ecclesiological implications... READ MORE
Walking Humbly with the Moros Towards the Kingdom: A Reflection on the Catholic Church’s Mission in Muslim Mindanao
by Ruben C. Mendoza
In this reflection, I address the question of the Catholic Church’s mission in Muslim Mindanao as it responds to the long-standing aspiration of the Moros for self-determination. First, I give an overview of the dialogue between Filipino Christians and Moros, contextualizing this within Philippine history, the changes brought about by Vatican II, and the contemporary challenge .. READ MORE
2012
