Episcopal Commission for the Biblical Apostolate

John Paul I Biblical Center

Immaculate Conception School of  Theology

2700 Vigan City

PHILIPPINES

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 WABI

Word Alive Biblical Institute

2010

Specializing in

 Bibliodrama Courses

Lay Formation Center

Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan

Bonuan Gueset, Dagupan City

Tel. No.: (075) 515-8306

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 April 19 - 27, 2010

WABI

The Word Alive Biblical Institute started in 1991 by John Paul Biblical Center, the service arm of the Northern

Luzon Bishops for the Biblical-Pastoral Ministry. This is a Trainers’ Training Course in the Biblical-Pastoral Ministry for Lay Ministers of the Word.

BIBLIODRAMA

Bibliodrama is “Lectio Divina on stage”.  It was developed in the late 1960’s based onthe emergence of counseling, related to the name of Carl Rogers while at thesame time of the kerygmatic model, a pastoral approach of accompaniment andflowering of spirituality. The Bibliodrama by the Dutch priests NicolaasDerkesen and Herman Andriessen has emerged from a pastoral practice. It reachedthe Philippine soil in 1998 through the Episcopal Commission for the BiblicalApostolate of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines. 

Bibliodramas found to be a very effective means of making people interiorize the message of God’s Word, in the Holy Bible, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.  Bibliodrama is a holistic involvement of mindand body. Through a personal encounter with the printed word of God in theBible and  with the Logos, the  WORD, the participants will know themselvesbetter and discover life deeply through and with others.

Course Content:

BibliodramaWorkshop (Biblodrama 1)- open for all

·   is a holistic approach in interiorizing the Word of God;

·   utilizes various forms of theater like dances, vignette andplay to enable one to  be in touch withthe Word, the Logos;

·  seeks to discover therichness of the printed Word of God and allowing the text  and one’s life text to meet, with amplemoments of silence, reflection and processing;

·  follows the Lectio Divinaapproach of reading the Bible, enough time is allotted for faith sharing,celebrating liturgies geared towards building community.

             Date:  April 19, 9:00 a.m. – 21, 4 :00 p.m.

             Course fee:  Php 2,500.00

             Cost of Materials NOT included

 Bibliodrama Facilitators’ 1 (Bibliodrama 2) - open for those who have undergone Bibliodrama1)

 Aims to equip participants with the basic skills in:

·       Facilitating elements of Bibliodrama like body prayer dances, text reading, observation of the text,embodying the Word;

·        FacilitatingBibliodrama liturgies;

·        Designing modulesusing Bibliodrama elements

             Date:  April 22, 9:00 a.m. –27, 4:00 p.m.

             Course fee:  Php 4,500.00

             Cost of Materials NOT included

Important:

There will be two simultaneous Bibliodrama Workshop (Bibliodrama 1) groups, each group limited to 25 participants, so we will accept only the first 50 persons who are interested tojoin this course.

Likewise, we limit theparticipants of the Facilitators’ 1 (Bibliodrama 2) to 20 only.

 We need your pre registration then for yourreservation. Please preregister by March 21, 2010.

For more information, please contact:

John Paul I Biblical Center Immaculate Conception School of  Theology 2700 Vigan City

Telefax:  077 7222056

Email:  jpi1bc@yahoo.com

Ms. Fely J.Gines: 

+63 916 372 5868; +63 9182039177

E mail:  fely_gines @yahoo.com