Episcopal Commission for the Biblical Apostolate

ECBA Executive Committee Meeting

AVE-VALLE

Mercedarian Retreat House, Dauis, Panglao, Bohol

November 26-29, 2009

5th National Consultation for Directors (NCD)

and

18th National Biblical Workshop (NBW)

Club Balai Isabel, Tanay, Batangas

February 8-9, 2009 (NCD)

February 9-13, 2009 (NBW)

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The Episcopal Commission for the Biblical Apostolate (ECBA) is a pastoral commission of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) whose area of competence and service is the biblical-pastoral ministry in its five-fold ministries of:

• Animating Biblical-Pastoral Formation (ABPF),
• Organizing Bible Celebration (OBC), 
• Promoting BIble Translation (PBT), 
• Assisting Bible Production (ABP), 
• Coordinating Bible Distribution (CBD). 

ECBA supports and fosters the work of Catholic Biblical Federation (CBF) for the biblical-pastoral ministry, "which throughout the world, colaboration with the bishop's to make the Word of God available to all (DV c. VI)", as expressed in:

•  In the promotion of translation and widespread sponsored distribution of Sacred Scripture, since "easy access to Sacred Scripture should be provided for all the Christian Faithful" (DV 22).
• In the study, understanding and use of the Bible among Catholic Clergy and Christian faithful who are active in theMinistry of the Word, are to learn "through diligent reading and careful study of the divine Scriptures the excelling knowledge of Jesus Christ" (DV 25).
• Biblical based pastoral care since "ike the Christian religion itself, all the preaching of the Church must be nourished and ruled by Sacred Scripture" (DV 21).
• Lay Ministers of the Word "will be able to provide the nourishment of the Scriptures for the People of God" (DV 23)

 May They Be One

MTBO Prayer

after Angelus (Salitext) 

Make us, O Lord to Love your  Word

Teach us to listen and live by your Word

Bless those who promote your Word

Open our hearts that we may be generous, that others might have a copy of the written Word 

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"May They Be One" Bible Campaign

MTBO is a strategic program aimed to help ECBA and PBS realize the vision of a transformed Philippines through God's Word. It is inspired by the 12th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops' held in Rome on October 5-26, 2008, which had as its theme: "The Word of God in the Life and Mission od the Church".

Objective:

To provide scriptures at subsidized cost that will help facilitate a moral and spiritual transformation throughout the country.

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