BISHOP LUIS ANTONIO TAGLE: NEW ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA

Manila Archbishop elect Luis Antonio Tagle

CBCP News

Manila

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Imus Bishop Luis Antonio Tagle, a known theologian, as the new archbishop of Manila.

At 54, Tagle will succeed Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales who served the influential post for eight years.

Archbishop-elect Tagle’s appointment was officially announced in Rome on October 13 at 12:00 noon (6:00 pm, Manila time).

The information was officially received by the Media Office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Thursday in a communiqué from the Apostolic Nunciature in Manila.

“I write to inform you that the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has appointed His Excellency Most Reverend Luis Antonio Tagle, until now Bishop of Imus, as Archbishop of Manila,” said Monsignor Gabor Pinter, Charge D’ Affaires.

Rosales, who just turned 79 years old last August 16, earlier said that the Vatican has already accepted his resignation early this year and was just waiting for his successor to be named.

The cardinal submitted his resignation in 2007 when he turned 75, the mandatory retirement age for prelates, but the pontiff extended his term indefinitely.

Born in Manila on June 21, 1957, Tagle took his Philosophy and Theology at the Ateneo De Manila University’s San Jose Major Seminary.

He was ordained to the priesthood on February 27, 1982, at the age of 25.

From 1985 to 1992, he was sent for further studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. where he earned his Doctorate in Sacred Theology.

Since 1997, Tagle is a member of the International Theological Commission of the Vatican. In 1998, he was an expert at the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Asia that took place in Rome.

On December 12, 2001, he was ordained Bishop of Imus. Since then, his activities have been as numerous as in the past. He travels throughout the country in answer to many invitations as a speaker.

At the Synod of Bishops held in Rome in 2005, he was elected member of the post-synodal Council and assistant to Cardinal Angelo Scola, general reporter of this Synod.

Tagle is currently the chairman of the Commission on Doctrine of the Faith of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

No date yet has been set for the installation of the new Manila archbishop. 

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Source: http://www.cbcpnews.com/?q=node%2F17213

DAY 2 - 4: A MILLION ROSE FOR THE WORLD

LET US PRAY 5 DECADES OF HOLY ROSARY 

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES.

BENIN

DAY 2 - OCTOBER 11, 2011

Benin was the seat of the medieval African Kingdom of Abomey until it was conquered by the French.  It is now one of Africa’s most stable democracies, though it faces sporadic clashes along its border with Burkina Faso and must deal with problems of human trafficking and forced recruitment.

SORROWFUL MYSTERIES:  INTENTIONS FOR BENIN

1.     For economic growth to life people out of poverty.

2.    For modernization of agriculture to improve the lives of farmers.

3.    For the poor to feel relief from reduction of foreign debt.

4.    For the people to have access to electricity.

5.    For the success of public health drives in slashing diseases like hepatitis A and typhoid.   

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BOTSWANA

DAY 3 - OCTOBER 12, 2011

Botswana has a flourishing constitutional democracy, with roots in Setswana traditions exemplified by the village council (Kgotla).  Its constitution has a code of fundamental human rights enforced by the courts.  Elections since independence have been freely and fairly contested.  The world’s largest producer of diamonds, Botswana protects large areas wilderness, including the Kalahari Desert.

GLORIOUS MYSTERIES:  INTENTIONS FOR BOTSWANA

1.     For development of other industries so as to reduce the country’s dependence on diamond mining.

2.    For the safety of laborers working in the diamond mines.

3.    For the promotion of tourism that conserves the environment.

4.    For effective control of the HIV /AIDS epidemic.

5.    For preservations of traditions that enrich a nation’s soul.

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BURKINA FASO

DAY 4 - OCTOBER 13, 2011

The Mossi that make up about one-half of Burkina Faso’s population claim descent from warriors who established an empire that lasted 800 years.  It is today ethnically integrated secular state, with 80% reliance on agriculture.  Burkina Faso suffers from recurring droughts, and these hardships are compounded by a series of military coups and troubles with neighboring Sierra Leone and Cote d’ Iviore.

LUMINOUS MYSTERIES:  INTENTIONS FOR BURKINA FASO

1.     For peaceful resolutions of border disputes.

2.    For political will to stamp out illicit cross-border activities.

3.    For increase employment opportunities for farm laborers.

4.    For effective distribution of mosquito nets to control malaria.

5.    For good rainfall to ensures good harvests.

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DAY 1: A MILLION ROSES FOR THE WORLD

Let us pray 5 decades of the Holy Rosary dedicated to

ANGOLA

Angola was colonized by the Portuguese, and became the largest source of slaves for the Americas.  It is one of Africa’s major oil producer but also one of the world’s poorest countries.  27 years of civil war ended in 2002; the country now faces the daunting task of rebuilding its infrastructure.

JOYFUL MYSTERIES:  INTENTIONS FOR ANGOLA

1.    That Angolans continue to heal from 27 years of civil war.

2.    That Angola find resources to resettle 4 million displaced persons.

3.    That landmines be cleared from the countryside.

4.    That the Lord bless Angola with bountiful harvests.

5.    That health services improve for the most vulnerable.

 A World at Prayer is a World at Peace!

PRAYER OF COMMITMENT

PRAYER OF COMMITMENT

A MILLION ROSES FOR THE WORLD FILIPINOS AT PRAYER, PEACE FOR ALL NATIONS

ALMIGHTY GOD,

WE ADORE YOU AND WE PRAISE YOU

FOR BLESSING MARY AMONG ALL WOMEN

AND CREATING HER FULL OF GRACE.

THROUGH MARY,

WE RECEIVED JESUS YOUR SON

WHOSE BIRTH HAS MADE ALL THINGS NEW FOR US HERE ON EARTH.

WE SEEK YOUR BLESSING THROUGH HER PRAYING HANDS,

SO THAT PEACE MAY REIGN IN THE WORLD

AND HARMONY MAY BE ESTABLISHED AMONG ALL NATIONS.

I COMMIT TO PRAY THE ROSARY EVERYDAY,

AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH MY FAMILY,

FOR EACH AND EVERY NATION ON EARTH

SO THAT WAR MAY END,

FAMINE MAY CEASE,

TERRORISM MAY STOP,

JUSTICE MAY REIGN

AND ONLY YOUR LOVE AND MERCY MAY PREVAIL.

I COMMIT TO LIVE IN THE STATE OF GRACE,

TO AVOID ALL OCCASIONS OF SIN

AND TO RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION

AS FREQUENTLY AS MY SITUATION MAY ALLOW

SO THAT YOUR NAME MAY BE GLORIFIED

AND ALL PEOPLES MAY KNEEL DOWN BEFORE YOU GOD OF PEACE

IN WORSHIP, ADORATION AND THANKSGIVING

NOW AND FOREVER.

AMEN

  

IMPRIMATUR: THE MOST REV. SOCRATES B. VILLEGAS, D.D.

ARCHBISHOP OF LINGAYEN-DAGUPAN

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Source: http://www.millionrosesfortheworld.com/prayer.html

A MILLION ROSES FOR THE WORLD

A MILLION ROSES A DAY…FOR ALL PEOPLES…IN EVERY NATION…FILIPINOS AT PRAYER…REACHING OUT TO THE WORLD

In response to our theme for this year ―FRC Reaching Out to the World‖, the 60th National Assembly of the Family Rosary Crusade adopted by acclamation the Project that we are launching today:  A MILLION ROSES FOR THE WORLD.

We are enlisting One Million Filipinos to pray five decades of the Holy Rosary everyday from October 10, 2011 to May 30, 2012, each day from Monday to Saturday dedicated to one nation in the world while the Sunday Rosary if reserved for our own families and nation, the Philippines.

The goal is to bring all the people is all the nations of the world to Jesus and His Father and the Holy Spirit…through Mary Our Blessed Mother …to bring His Peace, Love, Joy and tranquility to every people and every nation, no matter how great or how small, as a gift of love, faith and goodwill from the people of the Philippines.

Pope Pius XI once said: ―Give me an army praying a million rosaries a day and we will conquer the world.‖  We are not out to conquer the world…but to save it for God to whom it rightly belongs.

In almost every nation in the world, the Catholic Church and its faithful is facing a confrontation against the evil forces of secularism.  The late Pope John Paul II, now Blessed, foretold this ―final confrontation with the Church and the anti-Church, the Gospel and the anti-Gospel" which he said would be ―"the greatest battle in the history of the Church."

Pope Benedict XVI has decried the spreading secularism in the Church.  He warns of threatening clouds in the horizon, and not for us to lose heart, but to keep the flame of hope alive amid the increasing apostasy.  The world needs our prayers.  And we need to pray also for our families and our own country.  

Let this be out contribution…Filipinos at Prayer…Reaching Out to the World…To All Peoples… In Every Nation…With Love and Brotherhood… in Faith, Joy and Goodwill…A World at Prayer is a World at Peace.

Ambassador Howard Dee

Co-Chairmam

A Million Roses for the World

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Sources:

http://www.millionrosesfortheworld.com/Resources/AMRoW_2011Aug18.pdf

http://www.millionrosesfortheworld.com/

SAINT PETER CLAVER

ST. PETER CLAVER
Priest
Feast Day:  September 9

The son of a Catalonian farmer, was born at Verdu, in 1581; he died 8 September, 1654. He obtained his first degrees at the University of Barcelona. At the age of twenty he entered the Jesuit novitiateat Tarragona. While he was studying philosophy at Majorca in 1605, Alphonsus Rodriguez, the saintlydoor-keeper of the college, learned from God the future mission of his young associate, and thenceforth never ceased exhorting him to set out to evangelize the Spanish possessions in America.Peter obeyed, and in 1610 landed at Cartagena, where for forty-four years he was the Apostle of thenegro slaves. Early in the seventeenth century the masters of Central and South America afforded the spectacle of one of those social crimes which are entered upon so lightly. They needed labourers to cultivate the soil which they had conquered and to exploit the gold mines. The natives being physically incapable of enduring the labours of the mines, it was determined to replace them withnegroes brought from Africa. The coasts of Guinea, the Congo, and Angola became the market forslave dealers, to whom native petty kings sold their subjects and their prisoners. By its position in the Caribbean Sea, Cartagena became the chief slave-mart of the New World. A thousand slaves landed there each month. They were bought for two, and sold for 200 écus. Though half the cargo might die, the trade remained profitable. Neither the repeated censures of the pope, nor those of Catholicmoralists could prevail against this cupidity. The missionaries could not suppress slavery, but only alleviate it, and no one worked more heroically than Peter Claver.

Trained in the school of Père Alfonso de Sandoval, a wonderful missionary, Peter declared himself "theslave of the negroes forever", and thenceforth his life was one that confounds egotism by its superhuman charity. Although timid and lacking in self-confidence, he became a daring and ingenious organizer. Every month when the arrival of the negroes was signalled, Claver went out to meet them on the pilot's boat, carrying food and delicacies. The negroes, cooped up in the hold, arrived crazedand brutalized by suffering and fear. Claver went to each, cared for him, and showed him kindness, and made him understand that henceforth he was his defender and father. He thus won their goodwill. To instruct so many speaking different dialects, Claver assembled at Cartagena a group of interpreters of various nationalities, of whom he made catechists. While the slaves were penned up atCartagena waiting to be purchased and dispersed, Claver instructed and baptized them in the Faith. On Sundays during Lent he assembled them, inquired concerning their needs, and defended them against their oppressors. This work caused Claver severe trials, and the slave merchants were not his only enemies. The Apostle was accused of indiscreet zeal, and of having profaned the Sacraments by giving them to creatures who scarcely possessed a soul. Fashionable women of Cartagena refused to enter the churches where Father Claver assembled his negroes. The saint's superiors were often influenced by the many criticisms which reached them. Nevertheless, Claver continued his heroic career, accepting all humiliations and adding rigorous penances to his works of charity. Lacking the support of men, the strength of God was given him. He became the prophet and miracle worker of New Granada, the oracle of Cartagena, and all were convinced that often God would not have spared the city save for him. During his life he baptized and instructed in the Faith more than 300,000 negroes. He was beatified 16 July, 1850, Pius IX, and canonized 15 January, 1888, by Leo XIII. His feast is celebrated on the ninth of September. On 7 July, 1896, he was proclaimed the special patron of all theCatholic missions among the negroes. Alphonsus Rodriguez was canonized on the same day as PeterClaver.

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Source: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11763a.htm

SEPT. 8: BIRTHDAY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

MATTHEW 1:1-16,18-23

The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

 ¹ This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham:

 ² Abraham was the father of Isaac, 
   Isaac the father of Jacob, 
   Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 
 ³ Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, 
   Perez the father of Hezron, 
   Hezron the father of Ram, 
 ⁴ Ram the father of Amminadab, 
   Amminadab the father of Nahshon, 
   Nahshon the father of Salmon, 
 ⁵ Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, 
   Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, 
   Obed the father of Jesse, 
 ⁶ and Jesse the father of King David.

   David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife, 
 ⁷ Solomon the father of Rehoboam, 
   Rehoboam the father of Abijah, 
   Abijah the father of Asa, 
 ⁸ Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, 
   Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, 
   Jehoram the father of Uzziah, 
 ⁹ Uzziah the father of Jotham, 
   Jotham the father of Ahaz, 
   Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 
 ¹⁰ Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, 
   Manasseh the father of Amon, 
   Amon the father of Josiah, 
 ¹¹ and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

 ¹² After the exile to Babylon: 
   Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, 
   Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 
 ¹³ Zerubbabel the father of Abihud, 
   Abihud the father of Eliakim, 
   Eliakim the father of Azor, 
 ¹⁴ Azor the father of Zadok, 
   Zadok the father of Akim, 
   Akim the father of Elihud, 
 ¹⁵ Elihud the father of Eleazar, 
   Eleazar the father of Matthan, 
   Matthan the father of Jacob, 
 ¹⁶ and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.

Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son

 ¹⁸ This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

 ²⁰ But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹ She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

 ²² All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ²³ “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).