The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally approved the application of the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP) to change its name.
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The members voted to rename itself during its first online Joint Biennial Convention held last April 28 to 30.
“The decision was the fruit of a long synodal process among the members of the Association (religious institutes and societies of apostolic life) and of the Joint Executive Board,” the group said in a statement dated May 5.
“The decision was born from the desire to use the more inclusive term ‘consecrated persons,’ as defined in Saint John Paul II’s Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Vita Consecrata, in place of the limiting term ‘religious. ” it added.
Aside from being in line with the norms under Canon 708 and 709 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, the group said, the change is also in line with similar acts of renewal adopted by the Holy See when it renamed the dicasterial office from “Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes” to “Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CICLSAL)” in 1988; a
Living the spirit of harmony and solidarity amidst Co-vid 19 in a wounded world Some religious leaders and network of the Uniharmony Partners Manila during the WIHW Webinar Celebration
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By Genevieve Balance Kupang
This year’s celebration of the UN World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW) among Uniharmony Partners Manila (UPM), is exceptional given the context of the pandemic and the wounded world. In the past, an array of programs and activities were done daily from February 1-7 in several venues owned and administered by various faith traditions. Due to lockdowns and general community quarantine, members cannot travel, gather, nor be together. Regardless, we, peace advocates, and religious leaders still enjoyed our version of the global WIHW via a two-day webinar, held last February 4-5. This year also marks the inauguration of the UN International Day of Human Fraternity on February 4, 2021; this histori