JUBILEE YEAR 2021

500 YEARS OF CHRISTIANITY And Year of Missio ad Gentes

ACTIVITIES AND SPECIAL PROJECTS

DATE ACTIVITY LOCATION / VENUE

4 April 2021 (Easter Sunday)

National Quincentennial Celebration of the First Easter Mass (Simultaneous Opening of the Jubilee Year of the 500 YOC in all Parishes)

Cathedrals and Parishes

14 April 2021, 10:00am Reenactment of the First Baptism In front of the Magellan’s Cross Cebu City

14 April 2021, 4:00pm Mass and Renewal of Baptismal Promises and Baptism of 7 Children

Basilica del Sto. Niño, Cebu City

14 April 2021, 7:30pm Cultural Show Basilica del Sto. Niño, Cebu City

18-22 April 2022 Second National Mission Congress, Mission Sending and Closing of the Jubilee Year

Cebu City

N.B. In case mass gatherings will not yet be allowed due to the pandemic caused by Covid-19, all the activities above will be live streamed and

posted in different Social Media accounts.

CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES (CBCP)

Online Activities Connected with 500 YOC and Year of Missio Ad Gentes

DATE ACTIVITY LOCATION

28 November 2020, 3:00pm Launching of the Year of Missio ad Gentes Live streamed and posted on the CBCP Episcopal Commission on Mission Facebook page

Every Sunday 11:00am-12:00nn (Started First Sunday of Oct. 2020)

Catechesis on Mission Radio Veritas

Every 2nd Saturday of the Month 3:00 pm- 4:30 pm (First episode aired on Oct. 10, 2020)

Talks on Mission and Personal Testimonies of Filipinos Doing Mission Abroad

CBCP Episcopal Commission on Mission FB page

Every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the Month. 3:00pm starting March 2021

Virtual Pilgrimage Live streamed and posted on the CBCP Episcopal Commission on Mission FB page and TV Maria

23 Jan, 27 Feb, 27 Mar 2021; 3:00-4:30 pm

Webinars on Mission for Youth CBCP Episcopal Commission on Mission FB page

10 April 2021 Pista ng Pananampalataya at Misyon CBCP Episcopal Commission on Mission FB page

May – July 2021 (Weekly) Lecture Series on Philippine Church History ( CHAP) To live streamed or recorded and posted online

22 May, 26 June 2021; 3:00-4:30 pm Webinars on Mission for Ecclesial Movements CBCP Episcopal Commission on Mission FB page

24 July 2021; 3:00-4:30 pm Webinar on Mission for Clergy CBCP Episcopal Commission on Mission FB page

28 Aug, 25 Sept 2021; 3:00-4:30 pm Webinars on Mission for CLE Teachers, Campus Ministers and Catechists

CBCP Episcopal Commission on Mission FB page

September 2021

Webinar/Online Short course on Historical Research/writing to help those who wish to write local Church history (parish, diocese, congregation, association, etc.) [CHAP]

8-10 Topics to be posted online weekly

23 October 2021; 3:00-4:30 pm Webinar on Mission for Pastoral Workers, Parish and BEC Leaders

CBCP Episcopal Commission on Mission FB page

27 November 2021; 3:00-4:30 pm Webinar on Mission for Women Religious CBCP Episcopal Commission on Mission FB page

SUGGESTED DIOCESAN ACTIVITIES:

o Celebration of the Founding Anniversary of the Diocese: Diocesan Jubilee

o Diocesan Mission Congress

o Monthly Jubilees by Commissions or by Faith Communities and Organizations

SUGGESTED PARISH ACTIVITIES

o Lenten Kumpisalan ng Bayan (February-March 2021)

o Commemoration of the First Baptism (April 14, 2021)

o Celebration of Founding Anniversary of the Parish: Parochial Jubilee

o Monthly jubilee celebrations for the different sectors within the parish

o Pilgrimages to the diocesan shrines and jubilee churches

Special Projects Time Frame In Charge

1. Common Ecumenical Statement by leaders of Christian Churches

2021 ECEA and ECMR in dialogue with IFI, UCCP, PCEC

2. Publication of Comic Books Advent of 2020 Committee on Promotion, Documentation, and Publication

3. Translations of Rite of Baptism in the different Dialects

January 2021 Episcopal Commission on Liturgy

4. Research: State of the Roman Catholic Christianity in the country

2022 CBCP and UST Research Office

5. Publication of Coffee Table Book 2022 Episcopal Commission on Social Communications