From Vatican II to PCP II to BEC Too: Progressive Localization of a New State of Mind to a New State of Affairs

Ferdinand Dagmang

From Vatican II to PCP II to BEC Too

Progressive Localization of a New State of Mind to a New State of Affairs

Authors

Ferdinand Dagmang Ateneo de Manila University; De La Salle University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7966-7788

Keywords:

Vatican II, PCP II, Basic Ecclesial Communities, Church of the Poor, Culture, Community Organization

Abstract

This study deals with various creative appropriations of some relevant Vatican II teachings for the renewal of the churches in the Philippines. It presents Vatican II’s influence on PCP II and how this is made concrete through the Basic Christian Communities. It looks into PCP II’s influence on parish life (with the latter’s traditional rituals and activities, its newly-organized ministries, programs, projects, and other practices) towards community organization, lay participation, and BEC formation.

Author Biography

Ferdinand Dagmang, Ateneo de Manila University; De La Salle University

Dr. Ferdinand D. Dagmang is a professorial lecturer at Ateneo de Manila University and Maryhill School of Theology. He finished his Ph.D. in Religious Studies at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, in 1991 with his dissertation: Liberation and Ethics: A Study of the Latin American Liberation Ethics. His books include: The Predicaments of Intimacy and Solidarity: Capitalism and Impingements has been published by Central Books in 2010 and a report on Basic Ecclesial Communities: An Evaluation of the Implementation of the Acts and Decrees of the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines in Ten Parishes in the Philippines (2016). He has published several articles and monographs on the subjects of ethics, sexuality, popular religion and culture. He may be reached through his email fdagmangf@ateneo.edu

From Vatican II to PCP II to BEC Too: Progressive Localization of a New State of Mind to a New State of Affairs