| Foreword by H.E. Oswald Cardinal Gracias |
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| Introduction |
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| Message of the XI Plenary Assembly |
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| The Catholic Family in Asia: Domestic Church of the Poor |
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| on a Mission of Mercy |
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| The Statement of the XI Plenary Assembly |
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| Colombo, Sri Lanka, 28 November — 4 December 2016. |
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| 1. OFFICE OF EDUCATION & FAITH FORMATION (OEFF) |
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| Communal Reflection and Sharing on Catholic Education & Faith Formation in Asia Today: |
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| “Days of Learning and Years of Faith” Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 15-17 August, 2012 |
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| 2. OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (OHD) Consultation on Reconciliation and Peace in Asia Concluding Statement Bangkok, Thailand, 7-11 April 2015 |
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| 3. OFFICE OF LAITY AND FAMILI^X, |
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| Women’s Desk |
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| 3.1 BILA-II on Family: Families in Asia: |
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| “Serving and Being Served” |
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| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20-24 April, 2013 |
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| 3.2 Final Statement BILA-X: “The Role and Mission of the Laity in the 21st Century” |
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| Bangkok, Thailand, 2-6 March 2015 |
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| 3.3 Seminar on “Women and the Impact of Climate Change” |
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| Battambang, Cambodia, 7'11 March, 2016. |
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| 3.4 BILA-IH on Youth: “Catholic Youth: Transformed by Christ and His Church, Transforming Asia” |
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| Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, 3'7August 2015 |
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| 3.5 VII AsIPA General Assembly: “SCC’s/ BEC’s Living with People of Different Faiths and Beliefs” |
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| Sampran, Thailand, 22-28 October, 2015 |
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| 3.6 BILA-II on SCC’s: “SCC’s Leading to New Evangelization” |
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| Bangkok, Thailand, 25'30 September, 2014 |
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| 4. OFFICE OF ECUMENICAL & INTERRELIGIOUS |
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| AFFAIRS (OEIA) |
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| 4.1 Statement of the Conference of Muslim-Christian Religious Leaders of Asia: |
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| “Striving Together in Love: Towards Common Action” Jakarta, Indonesia, 25 February — 1 March 2013 |
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| 4.2 Common Statement of the Sixth Meeting |
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| of the Asian Movement for Christian Unity (AMCU VI) Bangkok, Thailand, 3'5 December 2013 |
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| 4.3 BIRA-VI: Asian Celebration of 50th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate |
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| Pattaya, Thailand, 16-20 November 2015 |
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| 4.4 The Response of AMCỤ VII to Climate Change: The Report of the OEIA |
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| Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia, 13'16, July 2016. |
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| 5. OFFICE OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION (OSC) |
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| 5.1 18th Annual Bishops’ Meet: “Fifty Years |
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| after Inter Mirifica*. Asian Communication Challenges” Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 11-16November 2013 |
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| 5.2 19th Annual Bishops’ Meet: “Spirituality |
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| of New Evangelization - The Communication Dimension” Coloane, Macau, 17-22 November, 2014 |
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| 5.3 20th Annual Bishops’ Meet: “Challenges of National Office of Social Communication — The Role of Bishops’ Meet in Strengthening |
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| OSC’s in the Context of Evolving Media Scenario” Yangon, Myanmar, 16-21 November 2015... |
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| 6. OFFICE OF EVANGELIZATION (OE) |
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| 6.1 International Colloquium: “Origins and Destinies of Cultures” Bangkok, Thailand, 4-5 June 2013. |
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| 6.2 FABC-OE & FEMA Colloquium: “Sharing the Joy of the Gospel in Asia” |
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| Bangkok, Thailand, 24-26June, 2014. |
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| 7. OFFICE OF THEOLOGICAL CONCERNS (OTC) |
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| Report on BITA IV: “Give Me a Drink (Jn. 4:7): The Challenges of New Evangelization |
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| and Creative Pastoral Responses” Sampran, Thailand, 5-7May 2015 |
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| 8. OFFICE OF CONSECRATED LIFE (OCL) |
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| Symposium IV: “Consecrated Life at the Service of New Evangelization in Asia” |
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| Pattaya, Thailand, 20-25July 2015 |
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| 9. OFFICE OF CLERGY (OC) |
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| 9.1 Seminar for Bishops and Formators: |
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| “The Contemporary Challenges in Living Priestly Celibacy in the Context |
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| of the Present Day Crisis in the Church in Asia” Bangkok, Thailand, 14-19May 2012 |
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| 9.2 International Seminar for Bishops and Formators: “Formation of Positive, Integral, Effective |
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| and Humanly Well-Developed Priests for the Continent of Asia” |
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| Bangkok, Thailand, 6-11 May 2013 |
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| 9.3 Seminar: “Shepherding Families in Asia: Contemporary Challenges and Responses |
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| for Bishops, Priests and Lay Leaders” HuaHin, Thailand, 16-20 May 2016. |
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| • The Climate Desk |
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| — I FABC Climate Change Seminar: “Church Response to the Challenge of Climate Change |
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| in Asia: Towards a New Creation”Bangkok, Thailand, 19-20 October 2011 |
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| — II FABC Climate Change Seminar: “Climate Change: Asian Impacts and Response” |
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| Bangkok, Thailand, 23-24 October 2013 |
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| Index |
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| Appendix I |
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| Dedication of the Catholic Families of Asia to the Holy Family of Nazareth |
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| Appendix II |
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| FABC Structure |
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| Special Appendix |
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| FABC Papers Periodic Index by James H. Kroeger, MM |
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