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TURNOUER
OF CARTTIELITE
PARISHES
IN AGUSAN
f)atin-ay, Prosperidad,Agusan del Sur.On April 5,2005,
I the Parish of St.Vincent Ferrer in patin-ay,prosperidad,
Agusan del Sur was officially turned over to the Di,oceseof
Butuan during the fiesta mass.The Most Rev.Juan de Dios
Pueblos,D.D. presided the eucharisticcelebrationand turn-
o_verceremony. After the homily, Fr. Artemio Jusayan,
O.Carm.,the CommissaryGeneral,tumed over the symbolic
"key of responsibility" to the priest-representativeof the
Diocese,witnessed by five priests of the Diocese and a
Pauline priest who co-presided in the celebration. The
parishioners of Patin-ay and from the neighboring parishes
of the Carmelites also witnessed the turn-over. the bishop
expressedhis gratitude to the Carmeliteswho were very
much involved in building the Church of the poor in thl
Diocese.The BishopacknowledgedFr. Dick RussoEndriga,
O.Carm., the last Carmelite Parish priest who served the
parish for someyears.Fr. Endriga in a soft voice,expressed
his gratefulnessto his parishionerswho joumeyed with him
in good and in bad times. For the people of patin-ay, the
Carmeliteswill neverbe forgotten.This big eventcoincided
with the celebrationof the parochialfeast.
Bahbah,Prosperidad,Agusan del Sur.Threedaysafter
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the turnover of St. Vincent Ferrer parish, it was the iurn of
the Parish of St. Michael, the Archangel in Bahbah,
Prosperidad,Agusandel Sur.It was on April 8, 2005that the
parishwas tumed over to the Most Rev.Juande dios pueblos, opening of the three-day BCC Congress. After the mass,
DD, the Bishopof the Dioceseof Butuan.The sameturnover Plaques of Recognition were awarded to the Carmelites for
rite was enactedasin Patin-ay.The concelebratedmasswas their dedication and exemplary service rendered for forty
joined by the clergy of the Dioceseand other missionaries and twenty nine years in Patin-ay and in prosperidad
(SVD and MSC). It was a joint occasionsince it was the respectively. Bro. Arie Kuil, O.Carm was also cited for his
untiring assistance in the construction of the parish church
of St. Michael theArchangel. Heartfelt thanks and goodbyes
were expressed by the Parishioners and the Diocese. As the
seeds were sown in that soil, may they blossom like the
flowers on Mt. Carmel.
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and CommunityDevelopmentin Palawan

TBCMP

TBCMP seesthe need for media education

to
training of community development workers
Tn"* in their work in organizing and
mobilizing the community' Thus,TBCMPdevelopgd
"rtit,
the
amodulein, "TheStateof PhilippineMediaand
ihullerrg"s for Community Oevelopment
-social Workers"
and "Fiim Dialogue and ConscientizatTorl."
Thesemodules *iU uia community development
workersonhow mediainfluencesandhow it canbe
used to its maximum potential for their causesand
advocacies'
Attendeesof the coursewere rePresentatives
The
from different NGOs in Palawan:'
EnvironmentalLegalAssistanceCenter'Inc' (ELAC)'
PalawanConservationCorps,NagkakaisangTiibu
ng Palawan (NATRIPAL), Bangsa Palawan-
nfiiUppit us, Inc. (BPPI) and Haribon Foundation
Palailan. There were local governmentunit and
vouth leaderswho attendedastheyarelocalpartngls
Fr.Tootsashe|ecturestocommunitydeve|opmentworkers
in Palawan
5-
iitn" ruia NGOs.The seminarwasheld lastApril
i,ZOOSatBulwagangPrinsesa,PuertoPrinsesaCity' of
The facilitator was Ms' Minda Casaganand a set
Palawan.
CCPstudentvolunteers'
Other Seminars Theseminar-workshopdiscussedthehistory and
importanceof print media,televisionand radio and
religion' Facilitatorswere
r Lastlune1,2005,TBCMP conductedthemodular the teler,onelaias a new Ms' Leah
on "Teaching in the Multimedia Age" and known media practitioners in the field:
courses C'
Manto-Beltran-IXaBAYAN),Prof' JosefinaM'
"Media and Spirituulity thto"gh Film Dialogue" to- jean Manipol-
of Sutaot (UPbroadcastpmfessor),Ms'
,t. .t"*ut tary facuity and non- teaching staff
Larrzona(Line Produclr, GMAD and Dr' Clodualdo
Colegiodel Buen Consejoin PasigCity' The school of
del Mundo, Ir- (Writer/Chairman of Dept'
is ad"ministeredby the Augustinian Sistersof Our
Communication, I-a SalleUniversity)'
Lady of Consolation(OSA)'
. At the Parishof the Our Lady of the Abandoned Ou.i.,g the last day of the seminar' TBCMP
City' a number of representa-tives *"t u,'igttud to write the synthesis/
eOia) in Hulo, Mandaluyong and presentit to theparticipantsof various
parishcatechistswere thebeneficiariesof the course stitement aresomeof the
ti"".ni"g in the Multimedia Age" lastJune1-9'2005' *"tf.tf"t"ps coiductedby CCP'Here
of excerpts:
fhe pa.lsi is administeredby the Mission Society
the PhiliPPines. "Transforming Pinoy mediais rootedin the
'Musta na ang PinoYMedia?' acceptince ofine tie andsorryconditionof
theindustrythatissystemic andwhichcannot
bedoneby-one or twoeffortsbutcollaboratiae
Bros.Arnulfo Alindayu and ]unel RyanDenolo'
of effortsoi th, ou)nersand major decision-
O. Carm with ]ofti Villena, program coordinator iakers and,of course,theaudience'
igC\rlp attended a seminar-workshop on -Basic and
...Alt toge'tierlet us helpeach.other
Media Appreciation entitled,'Musta na ang Pinoy transforilPinoymedinto stop-itfrombeinga
Media?'iast April 26-30,2005at the CCP Dream a tool of
Arts tootof opprr*ion of thepeople-but
Theatre.This was organized by the Media empowerment ands;ocinl transformation'"
Division of the Culturil Center of the Philippines.
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Carmelite Media Ministry in the philippines, together

with the entire memberi of the ordeiof carrierites
in the Philippines join the world in condemning
this
shameful act of killing of media practitioners;
joumalists and publishers.
We remind eachone to respectand protect hulnan
life. In one voice, STOPTHE KILLINGS oF FILIPINO
IOURNALISTS! We urge our government authorities
to act immediately to stop the killings.
The complete statement .uri b" found
at
www.tbcmedia.org.

TBA-philippines on its third Award Season

TheDelegatesof the lecture,seminar

fhe Staic of philippini Next year 2006 will be the Titus Brandsma
Mediaandthe Challengcto CommunityDd€lopment
Workers Award-Philippines third season. For this year,
the
award will focus on Community Communication.
TBCMPjoins World press Freedom Day
The award will be given to two model
celebration! communities which.bestexempli$/ the spirit of
tinity,
participation, vigilar,ce, s.ritainability and
Last May g, 2005, TBCMP together with tlie
other effective use of communicationinresponding
media organizations; the Nalional Union to loca,l
of issues.
Journalists in the philippines (NUlp), philippine
A special award will be given to a community
Center for Photojo.r.rrulist, (pcp), Defense press
media who take effective initttives to connect
Corps, Metro Manila Radio ReportersOrganization with
the communities they service via partnerships
(MMRRO), pressFund for Filipino and
lournaiists (FFFD, linkages.
Center for Community ]ournaiism and Develoir"u;;
This focus in this Award season was approved
(CCJD), Antonio Zumel Center for press
Freldom, tn" Titus Brandsma Awards- philippines
College Editors Guildof the philippines (CEGp) !y
anj Foundation Board of Trustees:Dr. Florangei'Braid
University of the philippines^ tollege of
Mass (Chair),Carmelite FathersArtemio
Communication students ielebrated thefoorld press Jusayan,Bernard
Roosendaal, Christian Buenafe and Ms. Carolina
Freedom Day thru a prayer raily.
Malay. The launching of the Award season and
It was intended to be a celebration of freedom the
start for the submission of nominees will
but with eyes wide open, the situation be on
of the November 15,2005.
journalists in the philippines is becoming
worse as
journalists are killed one after another,
niaking this
country the second most dangerous placi
for
journalists, next to-Ira_q.This day
was a day of
condemnation for the killings of journalists.
The
group showed solidarity by builaing a human
chain
for press freedom and iighfing if
torches. An
was prepared ior all the martyrs
::T:-:"t
ot l*gy
press freedom and each representative gave t(eir
statement with convic tion. Fr. Christian Buenafe
was
the presider of the liturgy whiie the Carmelite
student
friars and other church people served as
choir.
In support of this conde-rrution, TBCMp
has
prepared a statement on the killings. Flere
are some
of the excerpts:
The Titus Brandsma Center_Media program, TBCMPjoins the World press FreedomDay together
with others
the media organizations last lvtay3r ZOO5
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200s CARMEL IUEWS

RESPECT
AND PROTECT
HUTTIAI{
LIFE!
STOPTHEKILLINGS
OFFILIPINO
IOURNATISTS!
Meet Sarah!
ur country today doesnot only suffer from material poverty. The
most alarming of all as the world advancesis that poverty from Miss Sarah C.
information continues to engulf our world and country in particular. Bisufla is the
The main causeof this should not only be blamed on our inaccessibility new Secretary
from the advancedtechnologiesin communicationsand the knowledge of Young
to facilitate it. The primary reasonfrom this phenomenon lies behind Carmel Philippines Foundation
the imperil situation of those people who work to deliver truth in (YCPF) secretariat.She started to
in-formation. work in YCPF office last June 11.
Recently,the Philippines was ranked second,next to Iraq as the She was born in Manila but grew
most dangerous place for the journalists because of the increasing up in Rizal province. She is the
number of killings of journalists (print and broadcast)and publishers. secondamong a brood of four and
We can have a litany of journalists who were victims of known and finished her Bachelor Sciencein
unknown assassins who areat large.Despitethe unified condemnations Commercemajor in Management
and calls for immediate solutions on the mounting cases,both here degree from Far Eastern
and abroad, the government still fails to solve the continuing University. Prior to YCPR she
harassmentand killings of joumalists. worked in two differentcompanies
It is disturbing to hear from our authorities who seethe killing of with almost the same job
journalists asjust ordinary and natural; and treatedas the consequence
specificationbefore shejoined the
of irresponsible and abusive reporting. This thinking is an act of YCPF ministry. When asked why
indifference towards solving the crimes and createspublic distrust to she decided to transfer,she said:
our media people.Perpekatorsare turning out to be the hero while the "I choose to work here at the
continuing and relentlesskillings of our joumalists remain unsolved. foundation for I believe in their
The late Pope John Paul II in his Apostolic Letter on The Rapid mission and the values they are
Development of the Holy FatherJohn Paul II To ThoseResponsiblefor inculcating in the community."
Communications mentioned that the great challengeof our time is to Welcometo the familv!
maintain truthful and free communication which will help consolidate
integral progressin this world. It requires a managementsystem that
will safeguard the centrality and dignity of the person, (he be an Mission Appeal 2005
enforcer of the law, those who deliver the information as well as the
recipients to it.) All of us are co-responsibleto participate in this The YCPF Director, Fr.
managementsystem. Aristarco Escobal,O.Carm.left the
The killing of journalists who works for the truth and a subdued country last June 13 for a Mission
measureto solve this problem is a manner of hjndering the truth while Appeal in the United States and
threateningourcauseto alleviatedifferentforms of poverty in ourcountry. Canada. He will be visiting the
The Titus BrandsmaCenter-Media Program,the CarmeliteMedia different Carmelite communities
Ministry in the Philippines, together with the entire members of the and parishesin PCM and St. Elias
Order of Carmelites in the Philippines join the world in condemning provinces. Fr. Escobalwill join the
this shameful act of killing media practitioners; journalists and other missionariesfrom Lrdonesia
publishers. and Indian. His main areasare
We remind eachqne to respectand protect human life. Lr one voice, Buffalo and Mane in New York
STOPTHE KIILINGS OF lltlPlNO fOURt{AtlSTS!We urge our which will keep him busy until
goveffunent authorities to act immediately to stop the killings. August 31.After this, he will visit
Canada to establishedmore YCPF
Titus BrandsmaCenter- Media Program networks.
Order of Carmelites,Philippines
May 20,2005