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 [...]

Lunar New Year 2012 …Wishes and Prayers!

Wishing you a very happy  and prosperous Lunar New Year! The Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year  marks the end of Winter and the beginning of Lent. Mother Nature awakes from her long sleep,  and the farmers rejoice because they can start planting  rice (in southern China) and grain (in northern China) For us, [...]

South-East Asia Bible Link Now 4 Years in the Web

CBF-SEA WEB CELEBRATES 4TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY GREETS SISTER EMMA A HAPPY 74TH BIRTHDAY… The day after the celebration of the Exaltation of the Cross in 2007 was the birth of this website as a birthday gift for our Subregional Coordinator Sister Emma Gunanto, OSU when she turned 70.  As of today, our site have been [...]

FILIPINOS PREPARED FOR EPA 2011

CBF-SEA SUBREGIONAL COORDINATOR MET FILIPINO CBF MEMBERS Metro Manila. Sr. Emmanuel Gunanto, OSU the subregional coordinator of Southeast Asia recently called for a meeting with all the Filipino CBF-SEA members last April 18 in line with the preparations for the EPA to be held in Arricia, Italy. The meeting was well attended with two bishops: [...]

Myanmar: The 2nd National Biblical Apostolate Workshop

A NEW PENTECOST THE 2ND NATIONAL BIBLICAL APOSTOLATE WORKSHOP OF MYANMAR   A “New Pentecost” this was the impression and feelings of all people present during the 2nd National Biblical Apostolate Workshop in Chanthagone, Mandalay, Myanmar on March 1-6, 2011! It is amazing that in spite of the fact that the workshop was canceled last [...]

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 2008 No.24

============================================= CBF Mourns the Death of its Former President Wilhelm Egger ============================================= My dear Friends in the Word, Here is a letter from Alexander, our General Secretary: Yesterday we received the sad news about the unexpected death of our former president Bishop Wilhelm Egger o.f.m. cap. As president Bishop Egger has guided and represented the [...]

TANZANIA ASSEMBLY’S OFFICIAL OPENING SPEECH

THE OFFICIAL OPENING SPEECH 7TH PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF THE CATHOLIC BIBLICAL FEDERATION Tanzania Episcopal Conference Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa June 24 to July 3, 2008 ____________________________________________________ By: Hon. Pius Msekwa, Former Speaker of the Tanzania Parliament, ***currently Vice-Chairman of the Ruling Party (CCM) __________________________ Distinguished Representatives of the member Institutions of the Catholic Biblical [...]

Latest edition of “Bulletin Dei Verbum” published

On Lectio Divina, Aparecida, Tanzania and  the Pope’s Book on Jesus of Nazareth International biblical pastoral bulletin on topical themes relating to biblical pastoral ministry around the globe (January 23, 2008) The latest edition of the international biblical pastoral quarterly published in Stuttgart, “Bulletin Dei Verbum”, spans a wide range of themes from Lectio Divina [...]