For the past three years or so I have been teaching twice a week, Wednesday and Friday, a one-hour course for the Fourth Year Theology students of the Regional Major Seminary or REMASE here in Davao City. This year I have to say, Sorry to REMASE! I...
This is our first correction of the official name of the popular religion founded in the Philippines by Felix Manalo. It can be referred to as INC for short, instead of INK. The second is to call the present head as Executive Minister instead of Supremo....
This is big news for Interfaith Dialogue! And it is happening during Year 2020 of Interreligious Dialogue (IRD!). What a blessing! I am stating here the good news that it was they who invited us. This invitation is significant. It means that these two Churches, very...
While several old persons who, in their late 60s and late 70s, are heads of State and leaders in business, the situation is almost an exception to the general lack of PARTICIPATION and involvement of retired and older people in the decisions that affect their...
Let my life-style now become one of humble and serene contact with the world in change, shedding no tears for the past; making of my human sufferings a gift of reparation to all my brothers. Let my leaving the field of action be simple and natural like a glowing, cheerful sunset. Lord, forgive me if only now in my tranquility I begin...
DEAREST Lord, teach me to grow gracefully. Help me to see that my community does me no wrong when gradually it takes from me my duties; when it no longer seem to seek my views. Rid me of my pride in all the "wisdom" I have learned. Rid me of the illusion that I am indispensable. Help me in this...
The Pontifical Council for the Laity (PCL) has noticed with sadness that older people "are excluded from policies of continuing education...
The second of the four problems after marginalization identified by PCL is the current assistance being provided to older people. It has found out that the so-called "institutional care" is already obsolete and no longer helpful. The main reason is: it segregates the elderly from...
The Pontifical Council for the Laity (PCL) highlights only four problems but they seemingly include all the rest. They are under the headings of Marginalization, Assistance, Education and Employment, and Participation. PCL which speaks for the Pope and the entire Church observes that "the most painful...
It is impressive, remarkable, and highly surprising what the United Nations Organization has done for "Older People", the official term it uses for the Elderly. Many of us may not know the things the UN has been doing for the Older People which are instructive and...