NCCEC 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.
This activity is part of the Commission’s ongoing “CATECHETICAL
AND CATHOLIC EDUCATION STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2004 and
BEYOND” to coordinate the various
pastoral priorities of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference
of the Philippines in the area of Catechesis and
Catholic Education. It was participated in by a total
of 165 Diocesan Catechetical Directors and Coordinators,
Heads and Coordinators of various Catechetical Formation
Centers and Religious Department of the different
Colleges and Universities, and as well as Diocesan/Congregational
School Superintendents, representing (68) different
archdioceses, dioceses and prelatures all over the
country.
Following the 5-point agenda (legislative, accreditation,
catechetical, catholic education and curricular) presented
by the ECCCE Executive Secretary Msgr. Gerardo Santos,
the following are the objectives of the meeting:
- To strengthen communion among diocesan catechetical
directors/ coordinators and heads of catechetical
centers, colleges and universities with Religious
Education Program and diocesan/congregational school
superintendents towards a greater sense of mission;
- To
critique the two draft documents on the certification
of Religious Education program in Catholic Schools,
colleges and universities and the certification
of Catechetical Centers and colleges/universities
offering Religious Education;
- To review
the draft documents on the manual of superintendents
and the management audit of Catholic schools;
- To
present salient features of the proposed
laws in the mandatory religious instruction and
subsidy scheme to private elementary and
secondary schools; and
- To share practices
in the supervision of catechists.
This rare gathering of advocates of catechesis and
Catholic education was graced with the presence three
important guest-bishops: His Excellency, Most Rev.
Fernando R. Capalla, DD - CBCP President and Archbishop
of Davao; Most Rev. Ramon C. Arguelles, DD, Archbishop
of the host city, Lipa; and Most Rev. Sofronio A. Bancud,
DD - ECCCE Vice-Chairman and Bishop of Cabanatuan.
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