Cardinal Jose Advincula, archbishop of Manila, celebrates Mass for the opening of the 2022 National Laity Week at the Lay Force Center of San Carlos Seminary in Makati City on Saturday, Sept. 24.
By CBCP News
September 26, 2022
Manila, Philippines
A top Catholic official opened this year’s National Laity Week by encouraging the lay faithful to be ‘a force for the good’ in the country.
Cardinal Jose Advincula of Manila said that the laity have a far greater area of responsibility in marriage and family.
He said that the lay faithful have a huge role to play on issues related to politics, economy, justice and peace, and the integrity of creation.
“Let us be a force for the good in society,” Advincula said in his homily during Mass at the Lay Force Center of San Carlos Seminary in Makati City on Saturday, Sept. 24.
“Let us strengthen our programs for the poor and our youth ministry,” he also said.
Among the concelebrants was Bishop Enrique Macaraeg of Tarlac, chairman of the CBCP Episcopal Commission on the Laity.
With the theme “Journeying Together and Reflecting Together on the Journey that has been made… Communion, Participation, and Mission”, the week of the laity will end on October 1.
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