What is the Year of the Laity?
What is the Year of the Laity?
In preparation for the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines in 2021, the Philippine Church has planned nine years of evangelization efforts with a theme for each year. CBCP declared this year the “Year of Laity” as suggested by the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines.
How does the laity sanctify the world?
The laity are called and gifted to sanctify the world from within. The laity live in the world and work in it; they sanctify the world against the evils which are present in it. In this they imitate Christ who had to act among ordinary people in an ordinary life in order to save us.
What is Year of ecumenism?
2020
At the center of the heart is the theme for the year 2020 “Dialogue towards Harmony”. The Year of Ecumenism, Interreligious Dialogue, and Indigenous Peoples will precede the Year of the Youth which will officially end on Nov. 24, 2019, the feast of Christ the King.
What three goods are the laity especially called to use?
The 3 goods that the laity are called to use are wealth, sexuality expressed through marital intimacy, and independence. The laity are called to use their money and possessions for the good of the Church, most are called to marry and raise a family, and they are called to use their freedom to bring God everywhere.
What year of the church was 2020?
2019-2020 is liturgical year A. The feast days of saints celebrated in one country are not necessarily celebrated everywhere.
What can the laity do?
Despite the bottom-rung status, the laity compose the majority of the Church. Lay people can also take part in some of the sacred rituals of the Church by being altar servers, lectors, and lay ministers who can help distribute the Holy Eucharist during Mass and bring Holy Communion to shut-ins and those in hospital.
What are most of the laity called to do?
The majority are called to serve God and their fellow human beings in some way in the “everyday secular world.”
