PRO-LIFE groups will walk barefoot for three kilometers in Cebu City on March 19 to dramatize their stand against the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill.

The walk, dubbed “Penitential Walk for Life,” will be held from the Cebu Provincial Capitol to Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral.

“Thousands of rosary and candle-bearing Catholics are expected to join the prayerful protest against the demonic RH bill,” said Rene Josef Bullecer, chairman of the Cebu City Anti-Indecency Board and the Philippine representative to Vatican City for the Pontifical Council for Life.

The organizers said the demonstration aims to press lawmakers to reject the RH bill, which they branded as a “birth control measure.”

Click here and here to see the circular issued by the Chancery of the Archdiocese of Cebu.

Several dioceses in Visayas are also set to show their forces in rallies to show their indignation against the RH bill.

On March 11, pro-life advocates will also hold a protest rally in Tagbilaran City (Bohol) and in Maasin City (Southern Leyte) the following day.

Jaro (Iloilo) Archbishop Angel Lagdameo said they will also hold a mass action in Iloilo City on March 17.

In Mindanao, meanwhile, anti-RH bill groups are also preparing a huge rally in Butuan City on March 22.

On March 26, the Knights of Columbus, a fraternal organization of Catholic men, will also hold a “March for Life” at the Rahaj Sulaiman Park in Malate, Manila; and simultaneously by other members in other dioceses nationwide.

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Cited from an article from gmanews.tv last 03/11/2011

Filipinos Unite for Life!

The Interfaith Prayer Rally against RH Bill changed its venue & date to February 13, Sunday, 4:00 PM onwards at the PICC Grounds, Roxas Blvd.The Coalition of Family and Life are composed of Christians, Muslims and Catholics will march and pray together against RH Bill.

Wear light blue armbands and bring banners and candles to the rally. Call the pro-life office at 7337027 or text 09192337783. Tune in to Radyo Veritas 846 for more details.

Makibaka laban sa Batas RH!

As part of its education and training activities, PRO-LIFE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC. invites all prolifers most especially parents, parishioners, teachers, and guidance counselors to attend the Pro-Life Seminar Series for October titled “Effective Parenting for Peace and Nation Building.”

This seminar aims to help participants learn more about the culture of life and how they could inculcate its values to their style of parenting. Aside from talks on basic parenting skills, the seminar will also focus on the various struggles experienced by parents on the different stages of their relationship with their children and the whole community.

Seasoned pro-life parents Mr. & Mrs. Ralph and Carmelita Ocoma of Haplos at Kalinga Sa Buhay Ng Anak At Magulang will be sharing their expertise on facing parenting dilemmas as well as tackling issues that attack the family.

An open forum comes after each of the speaker’s discussion.

The seminar is slated on a Saturday, October 16, 2010 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the St. Joseph Retreat House Conference Room, Our Lady of Loreto Church, Manzanas Street, Sampaloc, Manila. A registration fee of P 300.00 includes one snack, one seminar kit, and a certificate of participation signed by the organizers.

For reservations or more information, please call Ellen at 733-7027. Or, you may send us a telefax at 734-9425; a text through mobile# 0919-2337783; or an email at life@prolife.org.ph. Visit our website at www.prolife.org.ph.

PRO-LIFE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC. invites all to attend the Pro-Life Seminar Series for August titled WHEN YOUR LOVED ONE TELLS YOU “I’M GAY”

This talk deems to answer questions related to families confronted with the homosexual issue most popular today. With the proliferation of the homosexual culture in mass media, our young people are increasingly exposed to a stronger promotion of this so-called “alternative lifestyle.” How does the family handle this growing situation?  What should be the attitude of parents and siblings and well-meaning friends when their loved one/s reveals their tendency towards same-sex attractions (SSA)?

This seminar also aims at helping the homosexual person understand the roots of his/her SSA, and hopefully be able to influence him/her to embrace a path of chastity and change.

Mr. Rolando Delos Reyes II of Courage Philippines will be facilitating the talk. An open forum comes after each of the speaker’s discussion.

The seminar is slated on a Saturday, August 21, 2010 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Pro-Life Philippines Foundation Office located at  San Lorenzo Ruiz Student Catholic Center, 2486 Legarda Street, Sampaloc,  Manila. A registration fee of P 300.00 includes one snack, one seminar kit, and a certificate of participation signed by the organizers.

For reservations or more information, please call Ellen at 733-7027. Or, you may send us a telefax at 734-9425; a text through mobile# 0919-2337783; or an email at life@prolife.org.ph. Visit our website at www.prolife.org.ph

As part of its lobby and advocacy efforts, PRO-LIFE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC. invites all prolifers most especially advocacy group leaders, parishioners, teachers, and students to attend the Pro-Life Seminar Series for July titled “Strategies to Protect Life and the Family in the 15th Congress.”

This seminar aims to shed light on using lobbying activities as means of cultivating a culture of life as well as to educate pro-lifers on how they can help on advancing the pro-life agenda in numerous venues especially in the legislative arm of the government.

Seasoned pro-life lawyer Atty. Jo Aurea Imbong of the Ang Kapatiran will be sharing her expertise on raising arguments against controversial anti-life bills. BUHAY Party-List’s Mr. Jose “Agoy” Descallar will be explaining the prospective landscape of the 15th Congress of the Philippines. Rep. William Irwin Tieng of the BUHAY Party-List will discuss on how prolifers can help convince legislators to support the pro-life cause.

An open forum comes after each of the speaker’s discussion.

The seminar is slated on a Saturday, July 31, 2010 from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM at the St. Joseph Retreat House Conference Room, Our Lady of Loreto Church, Manzanas Street, Sampaloc, Manila. A registration fee of P 750.00 includes one snack, one lunch, one seminar kit, and a certificate of participation signed by the organizers.

For reservations or more information, please call Ellen at 733-7027. Or, you may send us a telefax at 734-9425; a text through mobile# 0919-2337783; or an email at life@prolife.org.ph. Visit our website at www.prolife.org.ph

We are inviting all teachers, educators, guidance counselors, parish workers, and pro-lifers to participate in Pro-Life Philippines’ Teen Sexuality Teaching and Counseling Seminar on May 27 to 29 at the Bahay Ugnayan inside the Good Shepherd Convent in Aurora Boulevard, Quezon City.

The training seminar aims to strengthen the ability of the participants to respond to the needs of today’s teen-agers with respect to issues on human sexuality, marriage, family planning and population education, according to the teachings of the Catholic Church.  This year, we include issues such as ‘suicide and the emo culture’ and ‘pornography and media’.

Participants will be trained to implement the training modules on teen sexuality packaged in our manual entitled “LEARNING TO LIVE and LOVE” Plus updated supplementary activity and reading materials.  This manual has been endorsed by the Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education and the Commission on Family and Life of the Archdiocese of Manila.

For reservations or more information, please call Ellen at 733-7027 or 6923794. Or, you may send us a telefax at 734-9425; a text through our mobile 0919-2337783; or an email at life@prolife.org.ph. Visit our website at www.prolife.org.ph. Seminar fee of P 1,200.00 covers three-days worth of handouts, meals, and certificate.

The Samahang Laiko ng Pilipinas invites everyone to a Holy Mass and “Covenant for the Protection of the Filipino Family” on Sunday, May 2, 2010, 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the Manila Cathedral.

The concelebrated Mass will be officiated by His Eminence Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales, Archbishop of Manila. Most Rev. Paciano Aniceto, Chairman of the CBCP Episcopal Commission on Family and Life and Most Rev. Jesse E. Mercado, Chairman of the CBCP Episcopal Commission on the Laity will be among the concelebrants.

According to the group’s president Edgardo J. Tria Tirona, This initiative is being organized by the different Family Life groups and National Lay Organizations as part of the consistent and strong commitment to uphold the sanctity of life and the protection of the Filipino family.

The group also finds it a necessity to show politicians that there is a Catholic conscience vote to reckon with.

Candidates vying for the various National Posts are being invited to sign this “Covenant for the Protection of the Filipino Family”.

THE VARSITARIAN, the official student publication of the University of Santo Tomas, invites everyone to attend the 7th Jose Villa Panganiban Professorial Lecture titled “A Post-Mortem on the Reproductive Health Bill” on Thursday, April 22 at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex Auditorium starting 3 PM.

Renowned lawyer, TV host and Philippine Star columnist Atty. Jose C. Sison will be delivering his piece on the various facets of the highly controversial Reproductive Health bill and how its passage can largely affect the socio-political conditions of our society. An open forum will also be held right after the discussion of the lecture.

The Jose Villa Panganiban Professorial Chair for Journalism lecture is an annual lecture on currents and issues on journalism and the media arts.

It was established in 1999 through an endowment by the Varsitarian, led by then editor-in-chief Christian Esguerra, who is now a journalism professor at the Faculty of Arts and Letters and writer for the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

The Professorial Chair is named after Jose Villa Panganiban, the founder of the Varsitarian, and is lodged with the A.B. Journalism program of the Faculty of Arts and Letters.

For more inquiries, contact The Varsitarian office at 406-16-11 loc. 8235. You can also visit their website at www.varsitarian.net.