Episcopal Commission on the Laity
(Council of the Laity of the Philippines)

Update

National Laity Week on September 27 to October 3, 2009 (NLW’09)

THE THEME:

“The Laity: Changing Self & Society with Jesus and Mary”

Objectives:

1. To understand and discuss the implications of the NLW’09 theme.
2. To value lay vocation and its potentials in bringing about change in one’s life and society invoking the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
3. To concretize creatively proposed activities for the NLW’09.

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Message

Explanation and Defense of the Directives of Stanislaw Cardinal Rylko, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, to the Gawad Kalinga of the Couples for Christ

by Most Rev. Gabriel V. Reyes, D.D.

First of all, it is good to stress that the directives of Cardinal Rylko are not against the work of Gawad Kalinga for the poor.  They exhort Gawad Kalinga to go on with its good work but it should correct some mistakes, namely, the over-emphasis of social work at the expense of evangelization and spiritual formation of the family; and the acceptance of funds from pharmaceutical companies that produce contraceptives. Read more.