The Roman Catholic Bishop of Novaliches
The Chancery, 2nd Floor, Good Shepherd Cathedral Parish Center
Regalado Avenue, Fairview, 1118 Quezon City
Telefax: (02) 461.5051; (02) 461.5074 Email: novaliches_diocese@yahoo.com
Declaration of Observance
Decree 2017-522
In solidarity with the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines that
declared a Decade of Evangelization from 2011 to 2021, to celebrate the graces
Filipinos received during the Five (5) Centenaries of Christianisation of the Philippines,
and
as this Diocese has done in the past six years (2011 up to 2017), of our 9-Year Spiritual
Journey,
for the glory of God and for the fruits to be derived by the Faithful,
the Undersigned -- by the Grace of God and the mandate of the Holy See -- Bishop of
Novaliches, hereby opens today, on this 8t day of December 2017, as we
celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, for the whole Diocese up to the next Three-in-One Celebration
‘The Year 2018: as Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons
To focus our prayers and activities on the integral renewal of the values, mind-sets,
behaviour and lifestyles of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons as renewed Servant
Leaders following the example of Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd, seeking to serve with
joy and merey the poorest of the poor, the least, the last and the lost in our parishes and
communities.
By this same token, we also conclude tonight the Year of the Parish as
Communion of Communities with their lasting effects lv cuntinue thereafter.
Given in the Chancery in Fairview, Quezon City, 8 December 2017.
ee ee,
Most Rev. Antonio R. Tobias, DD
Bishop
Attested to by:
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Rev. Fr. Reynaldo Percival S. Flores
Chancellor