2. Pope Benedict XVI
• In his
Apostolic
Letter
“Porta Fidei”
announced….

3. THE YEAR OF FAITH
Starting
October 11, 2012
Until
November 24, 2013

4. Significance of October 11?
• The 50th
Anniversary of
the Opening of
the 2nd Vatican
Council in
1962

5. Significance of October 11?
• The 20th
Anniversary of
the
Promulgation
of the
Catechism of
the Catholic
Church in 1992.

6. The Year of Faith invites us
to study again the
Second Vatican Council
and the
Catechism of the Catholic Church
to rediscover the vitality of the
faith we have inherited.

7. The Year of Faith invites us
• To listen
to the deep
cries and
aspirations of
the people

8. So that we can proclaim Jesus Christ
• With new
methods,
new
expressions
and new
fervor.

9. It is a year of listening and
a year of mission as well.

10. The Church is a community of faith,
a fruit and an agent of faith.

11. The Church is a missionary of
the Gospel in the world.

12. We are all called to evangelize

13. “Evangelization”
means…
Proclamation
Transmission and
Witnessing
to the faith

14. This October 21
The Philippines
will be blessed with
our second saint,
Pedro Calungsod.

15. A Lay
catechist
A teen-age
martyr

16. We are called to engage in
an integral development in
faith with the following
components…

17. (1) Learn the
Teachings of our Faith.

18. (2) A renewed appreciation
& celebration of our faith in
sacrament, liturgy and prayer.

19. (3) We need a joyful living of the faith
expressed through conversion and
courageous witness to what we believe in.

20. A life governed by justice & charity,
in solidarity with the poor
and in the service of the poor.

21. (4) We need a rediscovery of
ecclesial communion

22. Where the gifts of the Holy Spirit
are offered and developed to strengthen
the Church and serve its mission.

23. The Year of Faith also opens for
us nine-year preparation for
Year 2021
500th Anniversary of
Christianity in the Philippines.