John Paul I Biblical Center
is the Regional Center for the Biblical Apostolate in Northern Luzon. It
is a venue for biblical-pastoral training and exchange of experiences.
It is pastoral in nature and orientation,
owned by and an agency of the Northern Luzon Bishops, Inc. for the promotion
and coordination
of the Biblical Apostolate primarily in their ecclesiastical
jurisdictions;
regulated by the resolutions of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the
Philippines
(CBCP) concerning
the Biblical Apostolate;
committed in cooperation with the Catholic Biblical Federation (CBF) of
which it is
an Associate
Member, to the implementation of the directives of Vatican II and
other ecclesiastical
documents concerning the pastoral use of sacred scriptures.
The biblical-pastoral efforts of
John Paul I Biblical Center aim in particular at:
1. Evangelization through the scriptures
a. by making
the Sacred Scriptures and other biblical materials easily accessible to
all Christian faithful
b. in order
to strengthen the faith of the individual believers as a response to the
Word,
to build truly Christian communities based on the Word of God and thus
to
cooperate towards a new surge of spiritual vitality in the Church from
an intensified
veneration of God's Word.
2. Ongoing formation of
a. "Ministers
of the Word" namely: Priests, religious, seminarians, catechists, lay
leaders, youth leaders, teachers, facilitators of Bible Sharing groups
and all
other pastoral agents are in need of adequate and continuous formation
in
order to be ever better prepared to provide effectively the nourishment
of the
Scriptures to the People of God.
b. "Gospel-inspired
lay people" with a special attention to the Youth, Indigenous
peoples and the Family. Only by being deeply imbued themselves with Gospel
values can they become evangelized and at the same time evangelizing. The
temporal order / sphere of things can be penetrated and made perfect through
the Spirit of the Gospel.
VISION
Impelled by the Living Word alive
in us and by the intensifying, dehumanizing conditions in the environment,
we, the biblical promoters and animators of Northern Luzon, envision a
Community of Disciples rooted in the Word of God.
MISSION
We commit ourselves to:
internalize Gospel values for a more intense proclamation of the Living
Word
raise the quality of the integral formation and nourishment of Ecclesial
Communities
strengthen our networking with institutions, groups and individuals whose
orientation is
similar and supportive to that of Northern Luzon Biblical Pastoral
Ministry
promote intercultural and inter religious dialogue on the Living Word in
the light of
New Evangelization.
THE JPIBC STAFF
Ms. Felicidad Perpetua J. Gines
Nagbukel, Ilocos Sur
Fr. Augustus Calubaquib
Treasurer
Fr. Christian Jesse M. Taliping
JP1 Biblical Director
For more information about the JP1BC,
check out the official site.
