This presentation is all about the Filipino characteristics as catholics. Taken from the Catechism for Filipino Catholics (CFC)

1. WHO IS THE FILIPINO? | WHO IS THE FILIPINO CATHOLIC?
Filipino
THE
CATHOLIC

9. FILIPINO?
Who is
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10.  The anak-magulang relationship is of
primary importance to us Filipinos.
 Ama, ina, and anak are culturally and
emotionally significant to us Filipinos
who cherish our filial attachment not
only to our immediate family, but also to
our extended family (ninongs, ninangs,
etc.).
Who is the Filipino?
FAMILY-
ORIENTED

11.  Fond of Salu-salo or Kainan because Filipinos
consider almost everyone as part of their family
(parang pamilya), we are known for being
gracious hosts and grateful guests.
 Serving our guests with the best we have is an
inborn value to Filipinos, rich and poor alike. We
love to celebrate any and all events with a
special meal. Even with unexpected guests, we
Filipinos try our best to offer something, meager
as it may be, with the traditional greeting:
“Come and eat with us.” (Tuloy po kayo at
kumain muna tayo.)
Who is the Filipino?
MEAL-
ORIENTE
D

12.  The kundiman is a sad Filipino song
about wounded love. Filipinos are
naturally attracted to heroes sacrificing
everything for love. We are patient and
forgiving to a fault (“magpapaka-alipin
ako nang dahil sa iyo”).
 This acceptance of suffering manifests
a deep, positive spiritual value of
Filipinos’ kalooban.
Who is the Filipino?
KUNDIMAN-

13.  We Filipinos are bayani-oriented. A bayani is a
hero. We Filipinos are natural hero-followers. For
all our patience and tolerance, we will not accept
ultimate failure and defeat.
 We tend instinctively to always personalize any
good cause in terms of a leader, especially when
its object is to defend the weak and the
oppressed. To protect this innate sense of human
dignity, Filipinos are prepared to lay down even
their lives.
Who is the Filipino?
BAYANI-

14.  We Filipinos are spirit-oriented. We are often said
to be naturally psychic. We have a deep-seated
belief in the supernatural and in all kinds of spirits
dwelling in individual persons, places and things.
 Even in today’s world of science and technology,
Filipinos continue to invoke the spirits in various
undertakings, especially in faith-healings and
exorcisms.
Who is the Filipino?
SPIRIT-

15.  “pueblo amante de Maria” __ a people in love with
Mary. Even before the coming of the Spanish
missionaries, there was a small dark image of the
Blessed Virgin, known only as coming “from the
sea,” venerated on the shores of Manila Bay.
 Thus originated the devotion to Nuestra Señora de
Guia, Our Lady, Guide of the Way, the oldest
extant image of Mary in the Philippines
Who is the Filipino?
PUEBLO

17. 1. Family –Oriented
2. Meal-Oriented
3. Kundiman-Oriented
4. Bayani-Oriented
5. Spirit-Oriented
6. The “Pueblo Amante de Maria”
Who is the Filipino?

18. FILIPINO|CATHOLIC?
Who is
the

19. o We are first of all family-centered
Filipinos who can easily talk to God the
Father through His only begotten Son-
made-man, our Lord Jesus Christ.
o Our devotion to the Sto. Niño and the
Mahal na Birhen reveals fundamental
depths of our own self-identity.
Who is the Filipino
CATHOLIC?
FAMILY-

20. Who is the Filipino
CATHOLIC?o Secondly, we find meaning in our lives and
learn to face the hunger and poverty around
us in encountering Jesus as Eucharist in our
parish community (Fellowship/Communion).
o “Around the table of the Lord,” we Filipino
Catholics are drawn by prayer to share our
time, energy and very lives, for the service of
our needy brethren and for the building-up of
truly Christian communities of justice, love
and healing.Communion

21. Who is the Filipino
CATHOLIC?o Third, as Filipino Catholics, because we have
met Christ the Suffering Servant in his Passion,
we can pray about sin and forgiveness, about
justice and reconciliation, about the suffering
and Passion of our own Filipino people today.
o We have the strength to offer ourselves as
“bread broken for the world,” together with
Jesus, because we believe with unshakeable
hope that the Crucified One is Risen from the
dead, victorious over sin, death and the world. Sacrificing/sanctifyi

22. Who is the Filipino
CATHOLIC?o Fourth, we Catholic Filipinos, resilient
as the bamboo (kawayan) and sturdy
as the narra, commit ourselves to
Christ, our hero-king, in deep gratitude
for the gift of faith and for being
Filipino. Our world vision as Catholic
Filipinos is gradually transformed by
Christ’s Spirit-in-the-world in our
Church community.
Faithfully

23. THANK YOU!