Author: Fr. James Kroeger

THE Philippine Bishops have launched a nine-year program for the renewal of our local Church in preparation for the fifth centenary of the arrival of Christianity on our shores (1521-2021). 

SEEKING the renewal of the Church on all levels—certainly the parish is included—the Second Vatican Council noted that everyone, regardless of one’s state in life, is called to holiness. 

SEEKING the renewal of the Church on all levels—certainly the parish is included—the Second Vatican Council noted that everyone, regardless of one’s state in life, is called to holiness. 

THE early Christians enthusiastically carried out the mission mandate given them by Christ in Matthew 28:18-20. 

AS our local Church in the Philippines celebrates the “Year of the Parish as a Communion of Communities,” it is helpful to reflect on the role of leaders at various levels of parish life.