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Saturday, December 19, 2009
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Cardinal's speech during cocktails for a cause
My dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ:I thank you for coming over tonight to lend your support to the efforts of Dilaab in responding to the call of the times. The Archdiocese of Cebu is maximizing its available resources both to ensure that we shall have honest and credible elections, and that we shall have honest and credible candidates. The two-pronged approach is spearheaded by two movements in the Archdiocese: for the poll-watching, we have the C-Cimpel, and for the process of discernment, we have the Dilaab. The two are not mutually exclusive,...
Saturday, October 17, 2009
CiDE Tacloban
A CiDE seminar for students, hosted by the St. Therese Educational Foundation of Tacloban Inc. (STEFTI) attended by nearly 300 young people (i.e. both the youth and the youthful). We are grateful to the STEFTI family, particularly Mr and Mrs Palami and to Sr. Digna C. Dacanay, RSCJ who coordinated the entire event. see more pictures......
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
CiDE Hongkong
A Dilaab team was in Hong Kong from 25 to 28 September, thanks to a very low plane fare and the hospitality of Fr. Emil Lim, SVD, who is chaplain to OFWs. While there, we conducted two highly modified versions of circles of discernment for elections with two groups of OFWs. The participants were far from politically apathetic; most were registered as absentee voters. The positive response is summed up by the honest comments of one participant:...
Friday, September 18, 2009
PMA'ers goes on retreat with their spouses
Last Friday (18 Sept) a group of PMA graduates and spouses gathered at the Talavera House of Prayer, Cebu for a retreat called Duc in Altum (“Put Out into the Deep”). The gathering had been initiated by the Cavaliers Prayer Warriors that was celebrating its 10th year of existence. Participants ask for other similar activities in various areas. Praise God! Yesterday was the 37th year anniversary of martial law. It is time to move ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Dilaab Gathering
Tuesday (15 Sept) witnessed the second get-together of the Dilaab network. This was organized by CiDE youth. We started with a lectio divina session. Active sharing and participation was evident. Dinner followed. The gathering was successful although more could be done in terms of invitations and getting to know what is happening in different Dilaab initiatives....
Monday, September 7, 2009
CiDE Dagupan
From Monday to Saturday (7 to 12 Sept) we were in Dagupan (about an hour away from Bauang) to give a Duc in Altum (“Put Out into the Deep”) and CiDE seminar for Catholic school teachers of the Diocese of La Union. Before this, we had met Bishop Artemio Rillera who oriented us on his expectations. The good bishop is indefatigable. He is leading the charge in keeping up pressure for the prosecution of those involved in the huge shabu laboratory that...
Sunday, September 6, 2009
CiDE Bauang, La Union
Technology is enabling Dilaab to reach out even in difficult circumstances. Last Sat 5 September on the way to Bauang, La Union for a CiDE seminar, a Dilaab team spent time at the NAIA to do a radio patch to our Saturday radio program in Cebu. We discovered an ideal spot at an otherwise noisy airport: a relatively silent corner at a restaurant. We arrive at the Sts. Peter and Paul parish in Buang, La Union around 11 pm. Fr. Romy Lopez, parish...
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Pwede Diay! Radio Program
Several significant events happened in the last two weeks.These include the launch of the Dilaab radio program (“Pwede Diay Pinoy”) last 1 August in partnership with the radio station of ABS-CBN Cebu. It is a two-hour program that enables us to ignite spaces of hope through the air in several places in Visayas and Mindanao, and promote various Dilaab initiatives. see more pictures......
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Dilaab's DYAB Radio Program
Another gift just fell, so to speak, into our laps. Dilaab will be assuming a two-hour radio program, courtesy of ABS-CBN, every Saturday from 2 to 4 pm. Friends of Pedro Foundation Inc., a precursor of Dilaab, had a radio program about 4 years ago. The radio space is offered to the Archdiocese of Cebu as part of DYAB’s public service. We are now busy preparing for our launch this Saturday 1 August. Praise the Lord for media at the service for the...
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Fr Melo's 50th Birthday!Ü
The undersigned turned 50 last 16 July. This earned me the right to celebrate it at the Cebu Cathedral Museum with family and friends. What great joy I felt at being part of a family held together by blood and faith. I was also very grateful for all the prayers and best wishes texted to me. My special thanks to Rudy and Loy Alix, and to all who came from Manila, namely Grace Marci, Vicky Ortega, Guido and Joy Delgado. Guido, a classmate from high...
Monday, June 15, 2009
CiDE Mabolo
Dilaab has developed the “Mabolo seminar/workshop” - after the St Joseph parish in Mabolo, Cebu – that was the first parish to invite parishioners to undergo a circle of discernment for elections. This workshop has now been tested in another parish in Cebu and with a CiDE group for Lipa and Novaliches. So far, the feedback has been very positive, thanks be to God.The next steps for Dilaab are captured by three expressions: “Forming CiDEs”; “Taking...
