THE POPE’S LENTEN MESSAGE 2012

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS  BENEDICT XVI FOR LENT 2012 “Let us be concerned for each other, to stir a response in love and good works” (Heb 10:24)   Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Lenten season offers us once again an opportunity to reflect upon the very heart of Christian life: charity. This is a favorable [...]

BIBLE EVENTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

FROM THE DESK OF THE SUB-REGIONAL COORDINATOR   My dear Friends in the Word,   I would like to inform you of an important BIBLE event that will take place very soon: On 6 – 7 February ECBA-CBCP Philippines will have their 6th national planning and consultation followed by the 19th National Workshop on Biblical [...]

BIBLICAL PASTORAL TRAINING

BIBLICAL PASTORAL TRAINING FOR SOUTH-EAST ASIA Biblical Pastoral Training For a Renewed Mission of the Word January 4 – April 2, 2010 Biblical formation is an important means of educating people in the faith and equipping them in the task of proclamation (cf. Ecclesia in Aisa, #22) In response to the need of the local [...]

CBF-SEA BA LINK 2009-2

CBF-SEA BA Link 2009-2 Dear friends in the Word, Greetings of peace to each one of you! Something went wrong with my computer. I lost the addresses of CBF-SEA group. So I asked Fr. Doms to post this directly to our web. We have been following the war in Gaza. Not many know that there [...]

CBF-SEA BA Link 2008-37

Merry Christmas and a Blissful New Year to one and all…. Dear friends in the Word, We wish each of you a joyful Christmas and a grace-filled New Year. Yes, Christmas is JOY. In the words of Pope Benedict XVI on December 18th, 2005: “God is close to us, so close that he made himself [...]

CBF-SEA BA Link 2008 No.36

CBF-SEA BA Link 2008 No.36 My dear friends in the Word, we are approaching Christmas and New Year. The year 2008 has almost come to a close – with 36 links … Hopefully they have linked us closer together. The past week  I sent you 30 Synod propositions as they came to us from Zenit.  [...]

CBF-SEA BA Link 2008 No.35

CBF-SEA BA Link 2008 No.35     My dear friends in the Word, Here are the synodal propositions 6-10 published by Zenit (ZE081203). I am sure you will enjoy reading it, and discover the CBF’s presence in the Synod.   Proposition 6 Patristic reading of Scripture Not to be neglected for the interpretation of the [...]

CBF-SEA BA Link 2008 No.33

BANGKOK WILL WAIT – 2010 THE 6th CBF-SEA WORKSHOP In Cagayan de Oro last February, we agreed to have the next workshop in September 2009 in Bangkok. Now there are other considerations. Some suggest to give it a wider scope: instead of SEA, have an ASIAN meeting and even include BIBA (Bishops’ Institute for the [...]

CBF-SEA BA Link 2008 No.32

REV. SILVESTER SAN NAMED NEW BISHOP OF DENPASAR, BALI, INDONESIA   My dear Friends in the Word, last Saturday, Nov 22, 2008, the Vatican announced the new bishop for Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia . He is our brother in the Biblical Apostolate Fr. Silvester San who participated in our CBFSEA Workshop in Cagayan de Oro City last February [...]

CBF-SEA BA Link 2008 No. 31

CBF-SEA BA Link 2008 No. 31 October 28, 2008 My dear Friends in the Word, Let us give thanks to God with a grateful heart for giving us a very precious gift in Fr. Doms Ramos, our dear CBF-SEA Webmaster and friend who celebrated his 25th Sacerdotal Anniversary last October 22, 2008. Congratulations, Doms, ad [...]