18th National Biblical Workshop

Episcopal Commission for the Biblical Apostolate

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i-Proclaim! on National Bible Week 2010 

ThePhilippine Bible Society which yearly spearheads the National Bible Week (NBW) celebrationlaunches i-Proclaim! on NBW 2010. A campaignto conduct public oral readings of the Bible in as many locations across thecountry, I! Proclaim is a co-operative effort by the Philippine BibleSociety and local churches to bring God’s Word closer to Filipinos and toencourage everyone to explore it riches and relevance to their lives.

San Rafael Parish - Rev. Fr. Elpidio Biliran Jr. - conduct a 3 days Basic Bible Seminar (BBS) to launch Biblical Apostolate to their parish last January 15-17, 2010 at San Rafael Village, Balut Tondo, Manila. Participants compose of Lay, church Leaders and Teachers of San Rafael Parochial School as part of their on-going project "Biblia bawat Pamilya" - "Biblia bawat Studyante".

3RD YOUTH BIBLE CAMP

Diocese of Tagum

The Youth Bible Camp wasconceived to provide the young people especially the students an avenue fordeveloping  a deeper knowledge andunderstanding of the word of God  throughthe various  biblical activities as wellas acquiring skills in spreading the word of God using these various biblicalactivities.

The 3rdYouth Bible Camp was held in the Diocese of ...

Dear Fathers,Brothers, Sisters, Partners in the Biblical-Pastoral Ministry,

MerryChristmas and a Blessed New Year!  We are onein joyful celebration of the birth of our Savior Jesus, the IncarnateWord.   As we are the Father’s gifts toJesus (Jn 17:21),   so we are also giftsto one another.

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MANILA, January 7, 2010—The East Asian Pastoral Institute (EAPI) of the Ateneo de Manila University incollaboration with the Catholic Biblical Federation (CBF-SEA)–Southeast Asia has officially opened the 1st Biblical-Pastoral Ministry course. Launched January 5, the academic program is a three-month pastoral training intended for the priests, religious men and women andthe laybiblical workers from the different parts of the world.

Madaydayaw ti Apo! (Come and Celebrate the Word of Life!)

Ilocano Bible Centennial Celebration – 100 years of Solidarity for the Word as we unite for the bible campaign “May They Be One” working together for National Transformation through God’s Word.

An historical events for the Ilocano’s this year as w...

Welcome to Bohol . . . .AVE-VALE (Farewell - Welcome)

Most Rev. Arturo M. Bastes, SVD,DD hosted the Executive Committee Meeting and Solemn Oath Taking of outgoingand incoming chairman and vice-chairman of the Episcopal Commission for theBiblical Apostolate (ECBA) held at Mercedarian Retreat House, Dauis, Bohol andBastes Farm . The participant is being transported by the HolyName University, Janssen Heights and courtesy call to Most Rev. Leonardo Y. Medroso...

BIBLIODRAMA formation started in Indonesia in the summer city of Bandung in the island of Java in 2006. It was organized by Sr. Emma Gunanto, an Ursuline Sister who is involved in the Biblical Apostolate for many years. As the Subregional Coordinator for Southeast Asia she organizes ongoing biblical pastoral formation for workers and partners in the Biblical Apostolate in the worldwide Catholic Biblical Federation (CBF). Sr. Emma was responsible in bringing the Bibliodrama Experi...

HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY

The John Paul I Biblical Center is a real blessing to the Northern Luzon Church in the Biblical Pastoral Ministry?the pioneer biblical center in the whole archipelago and an icon in Southeast Asia in doing Biblical Apostolate. We thank the Incarnate Word with our hearts on fire for gifting us with the JPIBC remembering the founders with happy memories Sr. Henrietta Sebastian, OSB our beloved Fr. Ludger Feldkaemper, SVD and the directors that served the...

ECBA-CBCP andPHILIPPINE BIBLE SOCIETY FACE BIG CHALLENGE

The Episcopal Commissionfor the Biblical Apostolate of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines(ECBA-CBCP) and the Philippine Bible Society (PBS) are preparing to meet amajor challenge in relation to the ‘MayThey be One’ (MTBO) Bible Campaign. A partnership between ECBA-CBCP and thePhilippine Bible Society, the campaign is a journey towards nationaltransformation and the country’s spiritual...

MANILA, Sept. 17, 2009─A congress on BasicEcclesial Communities (BEC) aimed to promote unity and intensify theprinciples of BEC was held at the Diocesan Pastoral Center of theDiocese of Malolos in Guiguinto, Bulacan last Sept 5.

Titled “Taunang Toldang Tipanan,” the congress was spearheaded bythe Commission on Formation of the Diocese of Malolos. The conferencecentered on

“BEC: Puso ng Sambayanang Banal at Mapagmahal.”

Msgr. Elmer Abacahin, SS...

Bible Relevance in Modern Times Seminar

The Philippine Bible Society (PBS) in coordination with the Episcopal Commission for the Biblical Apostolate (ECBA) of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) scheduled a seminar on the Bible Relevance in Modern Times Seminar (BRIMTS))celebrating the Centennial Year of the Ilocano Bible translation in Northern Luzon. The semin...

FABC 9th Plenary Assembly

We, the 117 participants – CatholicBishops of Asia, together with the Papal Envoy, Francis Cardinal Arinze,Archbishop Robert Sarah, the Secretary of the Congregation of Evangelization of Peoples and the fraternal delegates from other Conferences of Bishops(Australia, Canada, U.S.A, Spain and the Federation of the Catholic Bishops’Conference of Oceania), and FABC Offices and representatives of our fundingpartn...

SVD Philippines Centennial (1909 - 2009)

"We Remember, Rejoice, Renew: Witness to the Word"

Experience 100! - The Concert 

In celebration of 100 years SVD Philippines they held a free concert at The Arena Multi-Purpose Gym in San Juan, Manila last August 13 at 7 pm. The concert features some arti...

Dear Friends,

InTanzania, during the CBF (Catholic Biblical Federation) Plenary Assembly, we had planned a Biblical Pastoral Training Course (BPTC) outsideRome to make it easier for our Asian members to participate at the East Asian Pastoral Institute (EAPI) in Quezon City, Philippines. It is also an international institutecatering not only to Asian countries but practically anywhere since they had participants coming from the U.S.and Europe. Now, the plan ...

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