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NCCEC 2005 Delegates in LipaNCCEC 2005 held in Lipa

The Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education (ECCCE) started the year right by conducting a joint consultation meeting with the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) early January. The National Catechetical and Catholic Education Consultation (NCCEC), which was spearheaded by the ECCCE Chairman, His Excellency Most Rev. Socrates B. Villegas, DD, was held at the Capuchin Retreat Center in Lipa City, Batangas last January 10-13, 2005.

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Assembly of Heads of Catechetical and Religious Formation Institutes HeldAssembly of Heads of Catechetical and Religious Formation Institutes Held

Last October 4 – 6, 2004, the heads of Catechetical Formation Centers and of the various Catholic colleges and universities offering Religious Education all over the Philippines gathered for a national assembly at the St. Scholastica’s Center of Spirituality in Tagaytay City.

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What is ECCCE?

When the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines was established in 1945, one of the first Episcopal Commissions to be set up was the ECERI, or the Episcopal Commission on Education and Religious Instruction, a body in charge of the Catechetical Ministry and Catholic Education at the national level. In 1988, its name was changed to Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education (ECCCE) with the specific purpose of giving greater emphasis to Catechesis.

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Tribute to The “Architect Of Philippine Catechesis In Our Time”

Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi, O.P., D.D."Surge, grandis tibi restat via!" Arise! A long journey lies ahead of you! (1 Kgs 19:7-8). These words were used by Archbishop Legaspi during the liturgical celebration at the opening of the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines in January 1991. They may also be the words that we could use to describe his passion for Catechesis that characterized his role as Servant Leader/Chairman of the Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education in the periods 1977-88 and 1994-2003.

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