tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32901638.post4215607600283552407..comments2024-03-13T19:27:54.290+08:00Comments on Web Journal of Fr. Amado Picardal, CSsR: Priestly Ministry and forming Basic Ecclesial CommunitiesFr. Picxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926583006868263617noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32901638.post-65333706062414863072007-12-12T02:26:00.000+08:002007-12-12T02:26:00.000+08:00I'm not surprised that a redemptorist priest has b...I'm not surprised that a redemptorist priest has been busy promoting the PCP-II vision of the Church, the Church of the Poor, particularly through the formation of the BECs.<BR/><BR/>“Our vision of the Church as communion,participation and mission, the Church as priestly, prophetic and kingly people, and as the Church of the Poor—a<BR/>church that is renewed—is today finding expression in one ecclesial movement. This is the movement to foster Basic Ecclesial<BR/>Communities.” (PCP II, 137)<BR/><BR/>My impression is that BECs as a model of being Church has long been abandoned by many priests--either they failed to see its vital role in re-animating Christian life, particularly the significant participation of the laity in terms of decision-making (priests and bishops are not yet ready to lived-out the participatory Church); or these priests may have understood BECs but have difficulties in sustaining them in their respective parishes. The issue of sustainability in indeed important, specially when their bishops are not so supportive of their activities.<BR/><BR/>In a parish here in Cebu, I never heard a priest talking about it in his homilies. Nor I heard of significant mobilization of BECs members responding to any social issues in order to affect change.<BR/><BR/>Good luck and more power for your effort in providing these priests ecclesiological framework of BECs as well as some practical tips or strategies in promoting, forming, educating and hopefully, mobilizing these communities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com