CEAPS’s SUPCOM met at Pearl Farm Beach, Kaputian, Island Garden, City of Samalon 18-20 September 2011.
Theme: “ Towards the Culture of Peace: Reviewing the Past, Engaging the Present, Discerning the Future”.
Goal: Celebrating the CEAP Superintendents’ Commission’s Three-Year Period of Grace: Remembering, Thanksgiving, Renewing.
Program (highlights)
September 18 (Sunday)
6:00p.m. Mass. Presider and homilist: Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez, BSE, MA.ED, STD. 25th Sunday – “You go to my vineyard”. God sends people to proclaim God’s reign. He is not only just but also generous. God’s thoughts and ways are not our thoughts and ways (1st Reading, Is. 55: 6-9). Paul expresses his great confidence that God is always good. (2nd reading, Phil. 1: 20-24, 27). So obey God.
God sends us to protect the integrity of God’s creation and promote the culture of peace.
Living our faith vis-à-vis this planet earth will promote the integrity of God’s creation and peace. This is what I call “Earth Spirituality”.
Seven principles to observe: 1) Communion (every being is united); 2) Differentiation (every being is different from other beings – bio-diversity; 3) Interdependence/interconnectedness – every being depends on one another; everything affects others; 4) Innerness (each being has an inner/psychic power/energy being created by God; 5) Anthropic (God created the world to make it habitable for humans); 6) Precautionary (when one is not sure whether an intended activity is harmful or not, all necessary precautions must be taken; 7) Intergenerational justice (we have the duty to ensure that the benefits we enjoy would also be enjoyed by future generations. Six of these are in Benedict XVIs “Caritas in Veritate”.
Dinner followed the mass. Then election. Fr. Paquito G. Gallego, Diocese of Antipolo, was re-elected chairman for another term of three years.
September 19.
Presider and homilist: Bishop George Rimando, Auxiliary Bishop, Davao.
September 20
Mass Presider and homilist: Bishop Jose Colin M. Bagaforo, Auxiliary Bishop, Cotabato.
Participants: around 140.
