JUBILEE YEAR 2021
500 YEARS OF CHRISTIANITY
Year of Missio ad Gentes
(28 November 2020 –22 April 2022)
Year of St. Joseph (Patris Corde)
(8 December 2020 – 8 December 2021)
Year of Amoris Laetitia Family
(19 March 2021 – 26 June 2022)
Activities and Special Projects
4 April 2021 (Easter Sunday)
National Quincentennial Celebration of the First Easter Mass
* Simultaneous Opening of the Jubilee Doors in all Cathedrals and Opening of the Jubilee Year of the 500 YOC in all Parishes
LOCATION: Cathedrals and Parishes
14 April 2021, 10:00am
Reenactment of the First Baptism
LOCATION: In front of the Magellan’s Cross Cebu City
14 April 2021, 4:00pm
Mass and Renewal of Baptismal Promises and Baptism of 10 Children
LOCATION: Basilica del Sto. Niño, Cebu City
14 April 2021, 7:30pm
Cultural Show
LOCATION: Basilica del Sto. Niño, Cebu City
18 April 2021
Baptisms in the Parishes within the Mass to commemorate the First Baptism
LOCATION: Cathedrals and Parishes
1 May 2021, 10:00am
Feast of St. Joseph the Worker
LOCATION: National Shrine of St. Joseph
*Simultaneous National Consecration to St. Joseph
LOCATION: Cathedrals and Parishes
8 December 2021
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
(Closing of the Year of St. Joseph)
*Consecration of Families to St. Joseph
*Launching of the Confraternity of St. Joseph
LOCATION: Cathedrals and Parishes
18-22 April 2022
Second National Mission Congress, Mission Sending and Closing of the Jubilee Year
LOCATION: Cebu City
N.B. In case mass gatherings will not yet be allowed due to the pandemic caused by Covid-19, all the activities above will be livestreamed and posted in different Social Media accounts. The first baptism on April 14, 1521 was on the Third Sunday of Easter which is April 18, 2021 this year.
Online Activities Connected with 500 YOC and Year of Missio Ad Gentes
28 November 2020, 3:00pm
Launching of the Year of Missio ad Gentes
PLATFORM: Livestreamed and posted on the CBCP Episcopal Commission on Mission Facebook page
Every Sunday 11:00am-12:00nn (Started First Sunday of Oct. 2020)
Catechesis on Mission
PLATFORM: Radio Veritas
Every 2nd Saturday of the Month 3:00 pm- 4:30 pm (First episode aired on Oct. 10, 2020)
Talks on Mission and Personal Testimonies of Filipinos Doing Mission Abroad
Every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the Month. 3:00pm starting March 2021
Virtual Pilgrimage
PLATFORM: Livestreamed and posted on the CBCP Episcopal Commission on Mission FB page and TV Maria
23 Jan, 27 Feb, 27 Mar 2021; 3:00-4:30 pm
Webinars on Mission for Youth
10 April 2021
Pista ng Pananampalataya at Misyon
May – July 2021 (Weekly)
Lecture Series on Philippine Church History ( CHAP)
PLATFORM: Livestreamed or recorded and posted online
22 May, 26 June 2021; 3:00-4:30 pm
Webinars on Mission for Ecclesial Movements
24 July 2021; 3:00-4:30 pm
Webinar on Mission for Clergy
28 Aug, 25 Sept 2021; 3:00-4:30 pm
Webinars on Mission for CLE Teachers, Campus Ministers and Catechists
September 2021
Webinar/Online Short course on Historical Research/writing to help those who wish to write local Church history (parish, diocese, congregation, association, etc.) [CHAP]
PLATFORM: To be announced
23 October 2021; 3:00-4:30 pm
Webinar on Mission for Pastoral Workers, Parish and BEC Leaders
27 November 2021; 3:00-4:30 pm
Webinar on Mission for Women Religious
Diocesan & Parish Activities
SUGGESTED DIOCESAN ACTIVITIES:
- Celebration of the Founding Anniversary of the Diocese: Diocesan Jubilee
- Diocesan Mission Congress
- Monthly Jubilees by Commissions or by Faith Communities and Organizations
SUGGESTED PARISH ACTIVITIES
- Lenten Kumpisalan ng Bayan (February-March 2021)
- Celebration of Founding Anniversary of the Parish: Parochial Jubilee
- Monthly jubilee celebrations for the different sectors within the parish
- Pilgrimages to the diocesan shrines and jubilee churches
Special Projects
Common Ecumenical Statement by leaders of Christian Churches
TIMEFRAME: 2021
INCHARGE: ECEA and ECMR in dialogue with IFI, UCCP, PCEC
Publication of Comic Books
TIMEFRAME: Advent of 2020
INCHARGE: Committee on Promotion, Documentation, and Publication
Translations of Rite of Baptism in the different Dialects
TIMEFRAME: January 2021
INCHARGE: Episcopal Commission on Liturgy
Research: State of the Roman Catholic Christianity in the country
TIMEFRAME: 2022
INCHARGE: CBCP and UST Research Office
Publication of Coffee Table Book
TIMEFRAME: 2022
INCHARGE: Episcopal Commission on Social Communications