The First Pasig Catholic

The First Pasig Catholic 

Mass Media Awards

Calling for nomination of entries in the following Categories:

BEST NEWSLETTER / MAGAZINE
BEST NEWS, OPINION,
   OR FEATURE ARTICLE
BEST VIDEO DOCUMENTARY
   OR NARRATIVE (1 TO 3 MINS.
   FOR SHORT FILM AND 3 UP
   MINS. FOR LONG FILM)
BEST NEWS PHOTO
BEST WEBSITE

Who can join?

Any person or institution, religious or secular, governmental or non-governmental, parish and school, within the territory of the Diocese of Pasig may nominate or call the attention of the Diocese of Pasig to a meritorious media production.  A person or institution may submit more than 1 entry in the each category.  Entries need not be religious in nature nor the participants be exclusively Catholics.

What are the criteria for judging?

The judging is based on the promotion of any or all of the following values: LOVE FOR GOD, LOVE FOR TRUTH, LOVE FOR FAMILY AND LIFE,  LOVE FOR POSITIVE FILIPINO VALUES, AND LOVE FOR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

What is the time table?

All entries must be those of products released from January 2012 till March 30, 2013.  Deadline for submission of entries is on March 31, 2013.  The Screening of entries is from April 1 to May 15, 2013.  The awards ceremony will be on May 17, 2013.

Requirements:

   1.   TV documentaries or narratives (short or long production)
    a.  Entries must be submitted on 5 HIGH RESOLUTION DVD copies and in protective cases.
    b.  Each DVD must contain only 1 entry.
    c.  Every DVD must contain a cue sheet indicating the title of the production, length, and category entered,
    d.  Nominations must be submitted with ½ page synopsis of the entry.
   2.  Print entries
    a.  Entries must be submitted in the form of the ACTUAL PRINTED MATERIAL.  Submit 5 original copies.
    b.  For photo entries, Submit 5 photos on a board or cartolina together with actual printed material where the photo can be found.  It should also contain the caption and the title that goes with the picture.
    c.  If the entry is a regular column, submit 2 other articles apart from the official entry, of 5 copies.
   3.   Internet entries
    a.  The entries SHOULD still be existing on a website and easily accessible on the Internet until the presentation of the Awards.
    b.  Submit 5 CD copies of the Homepage (the other pages are encouraged) which can be read by the browsers of the Internet.
    c.  Each entry must have a corresponding website summary (5 copies) containing the rationale for creating the website.

Important reminders:

   1.  The submitted materials become the property of the Diocese of Pasig.
   2.  The exhibitors agree to show their productions on a Catholic TV station, reprinted in Catholic publication, and displayed on the Internet for promotional purposes.
   3.  The PCMMA is not responsible for any material that may be damaged or lost in transit.

THE PASIG CATHOLIC MASS MEDIA AWARDS SECRETARIAT IS LOCATED AT THE STO. ROSARIO DE PASIG PARISH COMPOUND, ORTIGAS AVE. EXT. PASIG, WITH TEL. NOS. 6410728 AND 6402923 (FAX).  NOMINATION FORMS CAN BE DOWNLOADED AT THE www.dioceseofpasig.org.

Media Affairs Bulletin

We will not be able to produce the 3rd issue of Pragressus due to lack of funds... instead we will make and produce a bulletin that will give updates about xmas and fiesta activities ... Kuya buboy and I thought and discussed about this last Sunday ... 

Front page - articles about Xmas and Fiesta
2nd page - xmas and fiesta message of padre sim and schedule of fiesta activities
3rd page - candidates of Ginoo and Binibining Mutya ng OLPP 2013
4th page - sponsors/advertisers and fiesta message from Hermano and Hermana Mayor 2012

January 1, 2013 - Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God! (Our Lady's greatest title)

Happy New Year to all! -

Old Calendar: Octave Day of Christmas; Circumcision of Our Lord

Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, our Lady's greatest title. This feast is the octave of Christmas. In the modern Roman Calendar only Christmas and Easter enjoy the privilege of an octave. According to the 1962 Missal of Bl. John XXIII the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, today is the Solemnity of Circumcision of Our Lord.

"Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among men. In this sense the Church's Tradition has often read the most beautiful texts on wisdom in relation to Mary. Mary is acclaimed and represented in the liturgy as the "Seat of Wisdom." — Catechism of the Catholic Church 721

A plenary indulgence may be gained by reciting or singing the hymn Veni Creator Spirituson the first day of the year. This hymn is traditionally sung for beginnings of things, calling on the Holy Spirit before endeavoring something new.

Click here for commentary on the readings in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.

The Eighth Day of Christmas

Mary the Mother of God
Like the Churches of the East, Rome wished to honor the Virgin Mother of God during the days after Christmas. As a result the Natale S. Mariae("Anniversary of St. Mary") made its appearance on January 1 in the seventh century; it has accurately been called "the first Marian feast of the Roman liturgy." — The Church at Prayer

On New Year's Day, the octave day of Christmas, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Holy Mother of God. The divine and virginal motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a singular salvific event: for Our Lady it was the foretaste and cause of her extraordinary glory; for us it is a source of grace and salvation because "through her we have received the Author of life" (127).

The solemnity of 1 January, an eminently Marian feast, presents an excellent opportunity for liturgical piety to encounter popular piety: the first celebrates this event in a manner proper to it; the second, when duly catechised, lends joy and happiness to the various expressions of praise offered to Our Lady on the birth of her divine Son, to deepen our understanding of many prayers, beginning with that which says: "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us, sinners."

In the West, 1 January is an inaugural day marking the beginning of the civil year. The faithful are also involved in the celebrations for the beginning of the new year and exchange "new year" greetings. However, they should try to lend a Christian understanding to this custom making of these greetings an expression of popular piety. The faithful, naturally, realize that the "new year" is placed under the patronage of the Lord, and in exchanging new year greetings they implicitly and explicitly place the New Year under the Lord's dominion, since to him belongs all time (cf. Ap 1, 8; 22,13)(128).

A connection between this consciousness and the popular custom of singing the Veni Creator Spiritus can easily be made so that on 1 January the faithful can pray that the Spirit may direct their thoughts and actions, and those of the community during the course of the year (129).

New Year greetings also include an expression of hope for a peaceful New Year. This has profound biblical, Christological and incarnational origins. The "quality of peace" has always been invoked throughout history by all men, and especially during violent and destructive times of war.

The Holy See shares the profound aspirations of man for peace. Since 1967, 1 January has been designated "world day for peace."

Popular piety has not been oblivious to this initiative of the Holy See. In the light of the new born Prince of Peace, it reserves this day for intense prayer for peace, education towards peace and those values inextricably linked with it, such as liberty, fraternal solidarity, the dignity of the human person, respect for nature, the right to work, the sacredness of human life, and the denunciation of injustices which trouble the conscience of man and threaten peace.

Excerpted from the Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy.