Biblical Studies in the Philippines

Biblical Studies in the Philippines

Biblical Apostolate Class on February 11

We hold our Biblical Apostolate class on February 11 (Thursday)
Venue: Dean's BoardRoom
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Agenda:
1. Report of Matthew and Larry on Biblical Hermeneutics
2. Meeting on the forthcoming symposium

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Catholic Documents Related to the Bible

Catholic Documents Related to the Bible

History of the Bible in the Philippines

History of the Bible in the Philippines

A Father Antolin Uy, SVD Symposium

Divine Word Seminary (School of Theology)

4120 Tagaytay City, Philippines

Proposed Date: March 2, 2016 (Wednesday)

Time: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Place:  Arnoldus Hall / Aula Magna

Keynote Presentation:

1.      Dr. Edgar Ebojo (PhD, University of Birmingham) – The Coming of the Bible in the Philippines

Allied Presentations:

2.      Fr. Randy Flores, SVD (SSL, Biblicum, Rome; PhD Ateneo) – History of the Ilocano Bible

3.      Sr. Miriam Alejandrino, OSB (SSL Biblicum, Rome; STD Gregoriana, Rome) – History of the Cebuano Bible

4.      Pastor Rico Villanueva (PhD, University of Bristol) – History of the Tagalog Bible

5.      Fr. Oscar Alunday, SVD (STL, Salesiana, Rome) – History of the Tingguian Bible

Details:

1. The Symposium is being sponsored by Fr. Antolin Uy, SVD, Church Historian at the DWST.

2. All the presentation are given 20 minutes each; keynote is 40 minutes. There will a general open forum at the end of all the presentations

3. The speakers will receive a stipend and will be fetched and brought back from and to Manila and/or Quezon City. Departure from Tagaytay is right after lunch.

4. A final paper for publication in DIWA (DWST’s academic journal) will be submitted to Fr. Randy Flores at a later period. The final paper should be of 2,500 – 3,000 words long.

5. Audience: DWST Academic community and interested parties in Tagaytay and its environs. Classes at DWST will be suspended for the symposium.

Organizing Committee (Org Com - BA Class)

1.  Ads and hall decoration

2.  Snacks (for visitors) and Lunch

3. Program proper

4. Short introductory video clip (5 minutes)

5.  Invitation

6. Finance

7. Transportation

Verbum Domini: Some Practical Implications

Verbum Domini: Some Practical Implications

Course Guide

Biblical Apostolate

Special Course at the Divine Word Seminary, Tagaytay

Professor: Fr. Randy Flores, SVD

Website: www.biblicalapostolate.blogspot.com

Course description: A seminar on the biblical apostolates practiced here and abroad.

Goal: Successful student will be able to have a thorough knowledge of the Biblical Apostolate and innovate ways and means to promote further this ministry.

Class meetings: Nov. 12, Dec. 3, 10, Feb 4, 11, and 18; conference on Feb. 24

 ACTIVITIES

A. Presentations (oral and written) – December 3, 10, Feb. 4 & 11

Use the PowerPoint well. You hand in your written reports only on February 4, 2016 to have time to polish them but send to me right after your report the ppt presentations converted to pdf to be uploaded in the blog.

Topic	Reporter	Date
1. What is the Biblical Apostolate?	Fr. Randy	Dec. 3
2. ECBA and the Philippine BAs	Lito and Lawrence	Dec. 3
3. The Bible in Mass Media	Buen and Fhilippe	Dec 3
4. Catholic Biblical Federation (CBF)	Aldrin	Dec. 10
5. UBS and PBS	Rick and Paolo	Dec. 10
6. BAs in other countries	Mike and Alemar	Dec. 10
7. Church Docs. On BAs	Agapito	Feb 4
8. Modern Biblical Hermeneutics	Matthew and Larry	Feb 4
9. BA in the Arch. of Manila	Fr. Tony Navarette	Feb 11

B. Innovative Ideas on Doing Biblical Apostolate. Each student must prepare an innovative (new and unique) insight, idea, or demo for the biblical apostolate and we will brainstorm them in class on Feb. 18.

C.  Bible Sharing Experience. Each group must at least experience one bible sharing session in either the Nazareno Parish (Dasmariñas) or Sacred Heart Parish (Kamuning, Quezon City). You do this before Feb. 18 so you can share your experience with the group on Feb. 18 meeting. Submit a written report of the experience also on that day. The coordinator in Nazareno is Larry Pilario; coordinator in Kamuning is Dr. Jojo Lumitao, MD (09158759041).

D. Conference. Assist in organizing the conference on the “History of the Bible in the Philippines” (Feb 24, 2016).