Parish Pastoral Council

VISION. MISSION. VALUES.

SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF ARANZAZU PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

THE PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL IS AN INSTITUTION THAT BRINGS TOGETHER LAY PEOPLE AND THEIR PARISH PRIEST, TO WORK JOINTLY TO BUILD THE PARISH AS A LIVING CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY.

THE PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKEWISE CARE ABOUT PARISH LIFE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES OF THE DIOCESE, SHARE IN THE CONCERNS OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH, AND STRIVE TO BRING THE GOSPEL MESSAGE TO ALL PEOPLE AND PLACES. THESE GUIDELINES FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE PARISH OF OUR LADY OF ARANZAZU, SAN MATEO, RIZAL, WAS ADOPTED FROM THE STATUTES THAT GOVERN THE PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL IN ALL THE PARISHES IN THE DIOCESE OF ANTIPOLO IN PURSUANCE TO THE SPIRIT OF VATICAN II AND SPECIFICALLY THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW CODE OF CANON LAW FOR THE PURPOSE OF FULFILLING THE CHURCH’S MINISTRY IN THE PARISH LEVEL.

THE PASTORAL COUNCIL: IT’S VISION AND MISSION

WE DESIRE TO FORM A COMMUNITY OF DISCIPLES OF THE RISEN CHRIST REALIZED BY SMALL ECCLESIAL COMMUNITIES NOURISHED BY THE EUCHARIST AND ENLIGHTENED BY THE WORD OF GOD WHERE PRIEST AND LAITY WORSHIP, SHARE AND SERVE TOGETHER ACCORDING TO THEIR GOD-GIVEN CHARISMS AND THROUGH THE VARIOUS MINISTRIES TOWARDS THE RENEWAL OF OUR SOCIETY AND THE PRESERVATION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT SO THAT THE MISSION OF CHRIST MAY BE LIVED AND SHARED WITH THE TOTAL COMMUNITY, A MISSION THAT RECOGNIZES GOD’S UNIVERSAL LOVE AND PREFERENTIAL OPTION FOR THE POOR AND THE OPPRESSED.

Worship Ministry

LAY COORDINATOR: BRO. EDWIN NATIVIDAD
FOR IT IS IN LITURGY THROUGH WHICH, ESPECIALLY IN THE DIVINE SACRIFICE OF THE EUCHARIST, THE WORK OF OUR REDEMP­TION IS ACCOMPLISHED; AND IT IS THROUGH THE LITURGY, ESPE­CIALLY, THAT THE FAITHFUL ARE ENABLED TO EXPRESS IN THEIR LIVES AND MANIFEST TO OTHERS THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST AND THE REAL NATURE OF THE TRUE CHURCH. (SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM NO. 2)

Evangelization & Lay Formation Ministry

LAY COORDINATOR: BRO. LAMBERT SANTOS
THE CHURCH’S ESSENTIAL MISSION, FOLLOWING THAT OF CHRIST, IS A MISSION OF EVANGELIZATION AND SALVATION. SHE DRAWS HER ZEAL FROM THE DIVINE LOVE. EVANGELIZATION IS THE PROCLAMATION OF SALVATION, WHICH IS A GIFT OF GOD. (PCP 11 NO. 241)

Social & Human Development Ministry

LAY COORDINATOR: SIS. CECILIA ROCA
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME TO BRING GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR, TO PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO CAPTIVES, AND TO GIVE NEW SIGHT TO THE BLIND; TO FREE THE OPPRESSED AND ANNOUNCE THE LORD’S YEAR OF MERCY. (LUKE 4:16‑19)

Temporalities Ministry

LAY COORDINATOR: BRO. LANDO MUNAR
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS THE INHERENT RIGHT, INDE­PENDENTLY OF ANY SECULAR POWER, TO ACQUIRE, RETAIN, ADMIN­ISTER AND ALIENATE TEMPORAL GOODS, IN PURSUIT OF ITS PROPER OBJECTIVES. THESE PROPER OBJECTIVES ARE PRINCIPALLY THE REGU­LATION OF DIVINE WORSHIP, THE PROVISION OF FITTING SUPPORT FOR THE CLERGY AND OTHER MINISTERS, AND THE CARRYING OUT OF WORKS OF THE SACRED APOSTOLATE AND OF CHARITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEEDY. (CANON 1254)

Youth Ministry

LAY COORDINATOR: SIS. PAULINE MACATUGGAL
THE YOUTH ARE AMONG THE MOST ACTIVE IN RAISING THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS NOT ONLY OF THEIR PEERS BUT ALSO OF THEIR ELDERS. THEY ARE IN THE VANGUARD OF MUCH CAUSE­ ORIENTED ORGANIZATIONS AND ARE ACTIVE IN THE SOCIAL APOSTOLATE OF THE CHURCH. IN ADDITION, ALL OF THEM NEED THE SUP­PORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT, THE ENABLING APOSTOLATE OF THE REST OF THE CHURCH. (PCP 11 NO. 384)

Vocation Ministry

LAY COORDINATOR: BRO. DANNY LAINEZ & SIS. CATHERINE “RINA” LAINEZ
THE JOURNEY OF THE PRIESTLY VOCATION BEGINS WITH A CALL BY JESUS, A DRAWING TO HIS PERSON, A DESIRING TO DO WELL TO OTHERS. [BUT] QUITE NORMALLY THIS JOURNEY STARTS AT HOME WHERE EVANGELIZATION FIRST TAKES PLACE, AND WHERE THE SEED OF A VOCATION IS FIRST NURTURED… [PARENTS ARE THEREFORE CALLED ESPECIALLY TO] FOSTER, NOT BLOCK THE GROWTH OF PRIESTLY VOCATION. (PCP II NO. 466, 565)

Family & Life Apostolate Ministry

LAY COORDINATOR: BRO. ARNULFO “JOJO” MATOCINOS JR. & SIS. CELISA “LISA” MATOCINOS
THE FUTURE OF HUMANKIND PASSES THROUGH THE FAMILY. SO DOES THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH. HENCE, THE CHURCH SHOULD DIRECT ITS PRIMARY ATTENTION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAM­ILY SO THAT IT MAY BECOME NOT ONLY THE OBJECT BUT ALSO THE SUBJECT OF EVANGELIZATION. (PCP 11 NO. 597)

Media & Public Information Ministry

LAY COORDINATOR: BRO. ARNEL YANGO
THE PARISH MEDIA ENCOMPASSES ON MAXIMIZING THE AVAILABLE TOOLS OF SOCIAL NETWORKS, BROADCASTS, MEDIA RESOURCES, WEBSITES, ADVERTISING, GRAPHICS, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN THE AREAS OF THE NEWS CASTING, AUDIO, VIDEO, LIGHTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY. (INTER MIRIFICA,VATICAN)

Shrine Council

LAY COORDINATOR: BRO. CHRISTIAN ROBLES
A Pilgrim community committed to the pastoral care of Shrines and Pilgrimages, making these channels of renewed evangelization to deeply experience God so that with the whole church, we journey towards the heavenly Jerusalem. (excerpts from https://www.facebook.com/pg/acsp2015/about/)

The Elements

The CROSS signifies the Christian sign of salvation. Here, it is prominently depicted as the Magellan’s cross. It also depicts the strong mast or a tall post, as structure of a ship to carry the sails.

The SHIP, in a subtle depiction of its tip signifies the navigators or the expedition who brought the faith in our native land. More so, it also signifies the Church liken to the Arch of Noah or as the boat of St. Peter, the sacrament of our salvation, theologically.

The HOVERING COLOUR OF BLUE shows various symbolisms. It depicts the Holy Spirit in a form of a dove. Through the Holy Spirit we are made sharer of the Divine Life in the sacrament of baptism. It is also like a cloud of sky which manifests the presence of God for the early Israelites. It is also slightly attached to the cross or the mast as a sail of the ship, significantly telling us that through the Holy Spirit the missionaries were led to our country, bringing to us Christianity. The orientation of the Holy Spirit is going towards the left, to signify that to be authentic Christians we must remember the past, in thanksgiving going back to the roots of our faith. Yet it is in motion because the same Holy Spirit pushes us today and to tomorrow with great hope in God’s abiding presence. The circular pattern of the Holy Spirit shows that it navigates all around the world as God is a missionary God who commissioned the Church for world mission.

The central figure is a graphic art, depicted from the painting of Fernando Amorsolo’s “First Baptism in the Philippines”

The background is the “PHILIPPINE SUN” a trademark of Fernando Amorsolo’s various artwork. Obviously it was derived from the Philippine flag, as it upholds the idea of our country being the pearl of the orient sea. More considerably, the sun signifies the new life, new beginning, the Risen Christ, the hope of our salvation.

Underneath is the “ICHTHUS” or the fish which symbolizes Jesus, as the early Christians would use it to indicate or introduce their selves to fellow Christians. Reminding us that the faith we professed is the same faith with that of the early Christians. It is colored in red to signify that the blood of the martyrs had been the seed of our Christian faith in imitation of Christ. This “Ichthus” is a sign of looking back of the history as foundation of our Christian faith.

The blue beads depict the HOLY ROSARY as we Filipinos are deeply devoted to our Blessed Mother. We are a nation in love with Mary, El Pueblo Amante de Maria.

In all of these, the images are placed on the subtle and gentle HAND OF GOD the Father, in a bold accented brown lines, from whose Uncreated Wisdom has planned that all these events will be unfolded according to his will, giving us the whole picture of what we are to celebrate now, the 500 years of our Christianity. Indeed we are gifted to give.

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