Different is the one thing

about us that will always

be the same
Forming BECs as agents
of mission
 Mission Defined
Latin Mittere send - mission

According to Online Merriam Webster Dictionary:

the act or an instance of sending
a ministry commissioned by a religious
organization to propagate its faith or
carry on humanitarian work organized
a mission to the heathen natives
 The Church is a communion in a state
of mission. Participation in Mission as
Communion does not simply mean that
everyone from hierarchy to laity
participate in decision making process or in
governance. Participation is linked to
Missionespecially the three-fold
prophetic, priestly and kingly mission.
- Fr. Amado L. Picardal, CSsR, SThD
Basic Ecclesial Communities:
Agents of Communion, Participation and Mission
 The BECs which is considered
as a new way of being Church is
likewise the locus and agents
of communion, participation
and mission.
-Fr. Amado L. Picardal, CSsR, SThD
Basic Ecclesial Communities:
Agents of Communion, Participation and Mission
 In the BECs, the members
express their communion more
fully as they unite and actively
participate in fulfilling their
threefold mission.
 I. Review of Sharing the
Mission

What is means to be a Parish!

The Roles of Parish Pastoral Council
The Ministries and Organizations
Renewing and Revitalizing the Parish
through BEC!

Source: Basic Ecclesial Communities: The What, the Why and the How
 BASIC ASSUMPTIONS

We are all volunteers and sharers of the

mission.
We have only one mission
We are all followers and learners
We are all working in the Parish

Source: Basic Ecclesial Communities: The What, the Why and the How
 MEANING OF A PARISH

We are all volunteers and sharers of the

mission.
We have only one mission
We are all followers and learners
We are all working in the Parish

Source: Basic Ecclesial Communities: The What, the Why and the How
 MEANING OF A PARISH

AS A PEOPLE
AS A PLACE
AS A PROCESS

Source: Basic Ecclesial Communities: The What, the Why and the How
 AS A PEOPLE CALLED TO BE
A COMMUNITY
Nourished by the Word of God
(Evangelization, Catechesis, Pastoral Reflection)
Life Giving (Eucharist, Family, Least Last and
Lost, Holiness and Wholeness)
Prophetic (Witness, Transformation of Social,
Political, Cultural and Economic Spheres of Life
Ministering (Different charisms, gifts, talents,
abilities shared, collaboration)
Source: Basic Ecclesial Communities: The What, the Why and the How
 AS A PLACE

Specific Boundaries
Place of Gathering
Common Concerns
Customs and Traditions
Source: Basic Ecclesial Communities: The What, the Why and the How
 AS A PROCESS

Of building and sustaining

relationships
Forming and exercising leadership
Creating and renewing
organizational structures
Source: Basic Ecclesial Communities: The What, the Why and the How
 MISSION

Integral Evangelization
towards fullness of Life

Source: Basic Ecclesial Communities: The What, the Why and the How
 MISSION

The Church seeks to

transform the whole fabric
of society according to the
values of the Kingdom of
Christ (PCP II, #192)

Source: Basic Ecclesial Communities: The What, the Why and the How
 INTEGRAL
EVANGELIZATION
Definition:
.the proclamation, above all of SALVATION
from sin, the LIBERATION from everything
oppresive to man; the DEVELOPMENT of man
in all dimensions, personal and communitarian;
and ultimately, the RENEWAL OF SOCIETY in
all strata through the interplay of the GOSPEL
TRUTHS and mans concrete TOTAL LIFE
(Pope Paul VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, n. 9, 29)

Source: Basic Ecclesial Communities: The What, the Why and the How
 EVANGELIZATION
(PARADIGM SHIFT)
OLD NEW
CENTER PERIPHERY
DEVOTIONS/NOVENAS LIFE ISSUES
PRIEST CENTERED LAY EMPOWERMENT
TOP-BOTTOM COLLEGIAL/ CONSENSUAL
 Prophetic mission
proclaiming and giving witness to
the Word of God, the Good News, as
well denouncing the manifestation
of evil in society.
 Priestly mission
Active participation in the
liturgical celebration.
 Kingly/servant mission
Working for the kingdom, for justice,
peace and the integrity of creation. This
is a mission of social transformation.