May 7, 2020
To All Heads of National Lay Organizations and Arch/Diocesan Councils of the Laity
Dear brothers and sisters,
The peace of the risen Lord be with you all!
Re: May 13 National Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
We enjoin everyone to participate in the National Consecration of the Philippines to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on May 13, 2020.
Attached are two letters, one from Archbishop Romulo G. Valles, President of the CBCP and the other from Bishop Broderick S. Pabillo, Chairman of CBCP Episcopal Commission on the Laity and Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Manila.
The activity will start at 8:30 am and will be covered live through various media platforms as indicated in the above letters. The national event is scheduled in the morning and various Arch/Diocesan activities will start 12:00 noon. Other attachments are included for use during the Consecration. In addition, we also include a letter from the president of the World Apostolate of Fatima in the Philippines.
We hope your respective organizations will actively participate and may we all be one with the whole Church seeking the Lord’s presence and protection through this consecration to our Blessed Mother.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
ROUQUEL A. PONTE
President
May 6, 2020
BRO. ROQUEL PONTE
President
Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas
Intramuros, Manila
Dear Bro. Roquel:
Ave Maria!
We are thankful and grateful for the pastoral instruction issued by His Excellency Bishop Pabillo to the clergy, religious and lay faithful in the Archdiocese of Manila to be one with the whole Church and join the simultaneous national consecration as called by CBCP.
It would also be beneficial for the general lay faithful to participate in this simultaneous Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of our Mother on May 13, 2020 which falls on the feast of the first apparition of Our Lady of Fatima.
In this regard, we would like to request your kind office to issue a statement or instruction addressed to the lay faithful all over the country, especially the leaders of the member-organizations of the Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipnas and other mandated organizations not included in the scope of RCAM since the pastoral instruction issued by Bishop Pabillo was specific to them.
Attached hereto are the documents issued by CBCP which you may also forward to leaders of the member-organizations of SLP. In this time of crisis, it is vital for the church to be united in all its efforts in ensuring the salvation of the members of the Mystical Body of Christ, especially the Church Militant.
We do hope and pray for your positive response on this humble request. The Almighty God, Our Father, is never deaf to the cries of His people united in prayer through the intercession of Our Lady.
Thank you, stay safe and God bless!
Sincerely yours in the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
DEBRA A. ANDALES
WAF Philippines National President
Noted:
MOST REV. GUILLERMO AFABLE, D.D.
WAF Philippines National Spiritual Director
