On July 2-4, 2024, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) held its annual holy retreat in the Monastery of the Transfiguration in
On July 2-4, 2024, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines held its annual holy retreat in the Monastery of the Transfiguration in Malaybalay City. The CBCP retreatants prayerfully reflected on the theme “Synod Spirituality: Embracing Ecology in the Light of.” I was humbled for having been given the privilege to facilitate this retreat together with Vincentian priest, Daniel Franklin Pilario.
Pope Francis, in his 2023 Message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, uses the image of a mighty river to describe the emergence and operation of a synodal church. In the context of climate crisis, he believes that much can be done to prevent the worst from happening, “provided we come together like so many streams, brooks and rivulets, merging finally in a mighty river to irrigate the life of our marvelous planet and our human family for generations to come.
Moreover, the narrative of ecological struggles in Bukidnon can inspire the CBCP retreatants. Arguably, Bukidnon is not only an ecologically gifted province; it is also claimed as the cradle of environmental activism in the Philippines. It can be recalled that it was in the remote San Fernando parish in our diocese where the poor farmers successfully staged the series of pickets against loggers in 1987.
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