Commissioning of Lay Ministers set on 12 June

San Fabian. The commissioning of the different Lay Ministers of the Parish of St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr, will be held on 12 June 2011. It will be done during the third mass of the day at 8:00 AM.

In a circular letter written by Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, DD,  he reminded all the parish priests that “the Commissioning and Renewal Rites of Lay Ministers of the parish must be done during the Principal Mass of the parish on Pentecost Sunday.” This year, Pentecost Sunday will be on 12 June 2011.

The Lay Ministers to be commissioned are Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, the Lectors and Commentators, Liturgical Ushers, members of the choir, as well as the Catechists and the Social Action Ministers.

Summer Recollection for Liturgical Ministers

The Lay Formation Center has come out with the schedule for the Summer Recollection for Liturgical Ministers this 2011. The Parish of T. Fabian, Pope and Martyr regularly sends Liturgical Ministers to the Recollection as part of the formation program being offered by the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.

The Lectors and Commentators of the Parish are scheduled to have their Recollection on 16 April 2011, Saturday. They will be joined by the liturgical ministers from the Parishes of Epiphany of the Lord, St. Pius V, Holy Cross, St Hyacinth, St. Joseph the Patriach, St. Thomas Aquinas and Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.

The Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion will have their recollection on 21 May 2011 with the Parishes of the Holy Cross, St. Hyacinth, St. Joseph the Patriach, St. Thomas Aquinas and our Lady of the Holy Rosary.

The new Lectors/Commentators and the Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion will have their basic formation on 18-19 April 2011, Holy Monday and Tuesday.

The members of the Parish Social Action Apostolate will have their recollection on 20 April (Holy Wednesday), Music Ministers (Choir Directors, Representatives and Instrumentalists) on 4 June 2011, Saturday, the Parish and Convent Employees and Staff will have theirs on 10 June 2011 (Friday) and the Collectors and Usherettes on 11 June 2011, Saturday.

All recollection and Formation Programs begin at 8Am and end before 5PM. Confessions are scheduled within the program.

Formation Program for Lent already Set

20 January 2010 – Dagupan City. The annual Lenten Formation Program for the Lay Liturgical Ministers, Convent and School personnel as well as the office staff of the different parishes of the Archdiocese has already been scheduled. In a letter addressed to the clergy, Archbishop Socrates B. Vilelgas, DD, outlined the need to “sustain the spirit of lay empowerment in the Church” by conducting the formation program for the different lay collaborators in the Church.

The lay collaborators referred to are the  altar servers, greeters and ushers, collectors, choir directors, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, lectors and commentators.

All the seminar participants are to present letters of recommendation from their respective parish priests or school directors. This is to ensure that only lay workers in good standing in the schools or parishes receive commissioning or re-commissioning after the formation program.

All the formation program will be held at the Lay Formation Center. Fr. Mario Sanchez, the Director of LFC, has made the schedule for the formation program.  He urged the priests to follow the schedule to facilitate the submission of the recommendation letters.

BEFORE January 31, 2010 (Sunday), the recommendation letter must contain the following:

i. ALTAR SERVERS – 9 to 15 years old, at least one year in serving the liturgy, must be regularly attending mass and receiving Holy Communion.

ii. COLLECTA TEAM MEMBERS, GREETERS, and USHERS.

iii. CONVENT WORKERS AND PARISH OFFICE SECRETARIES.

b. BEFORE February 17, 2010 (Ash Wednesday), the recommendation letter should contain the names of the Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (EMHC) and the Lectors-Commentators.

c. BEFORE March 28, 2010 (Palm Sunday), the recommendation letter should contain the names of the Choir Directors and Instrumentalists, and the NEW Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and Lectors-Commentators who are to attend the BASIC FORMATION.

Archbishop Villegas mandated that the rite of commissioning for lay liturgical ministers and social action ministers in the parishes will be done during the Holy Thursday Evening of the Lord’s Supper. The Archdiocesan Liturgical Ministry will  prepare the rites.

This is the first time that the liturgical ministers and the social action minister will be commissioned on Holy Thursday. Msgr. Villegas said that “Holy Thursday commemorates not only the institution of the Holy Eucharist  but the mandate to love; hence the commissioning of social action ministers must happen together with the lay liturgical ministers.

In the past, the commissioning of the lay liturgical ministers was done during the Chrism Mass celebrated at the St. John Parish Church in Dagupan City.

Msgr. Villegas emphasized in his letter that “formation is the real meaning of empowerment. True empowerment is only for ministry. Ministry is the sure path to sanctity”.

To view the schedule of the Formation Program, please click the image below or go the Lay Formation Center Website.

The Lectors and Commentators of the Parish

27 September 2009 – San Fabian.

 

San Fabian Lay Ministers attend Updating

12 September 2009 – Lay Formation Center. The fourth batch of lay ministers underwent the regular Lay Ministers’ updating at the Lay Formation Center of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. The Lay Ministers of the Parish of St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr, joined the said updating. The fourth batch came from the parishes of San Fabian, San Jacinto and Dulag. There were more than 120 participants.

The lay ministers of the parish were composed of the Lectors and Commentators and the Lay Eucharistic Ministers. The Family and Life Apostolate of the Archdiocese facilitated the updating seminar.

The Lectors and Commentators of the Parish of St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr, at the Lay Formation Center (Photo courtesy of LFC)

 

The Lay Eucharistic Ministers of the Parish of St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr (Photo courtesy of LFC)

Parish gives recognition to dedicated lay ministers and catechists

12 April 2009 – San Fabian. During the celebration of the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, parishioners who have rendered dedicated service to the parish have been given Certificates of Recognition and Appreciation. These parishioners received the recognition for at least giving 20 years of dedicated and continued service as Lector and Commentator, Lay Eucharistic Ministers and Catechists.

The following received a Certificate of Appreciation: Bro. Epifanio Ceralde (Lay Eucharistic Minister), Sis. Filomena Sagun, Sis. Betty Ganay, Sis. Alicia Zamudio, Sis. Lourdes Patungan (Catechists).

The following received Cerificates of Recognition, and their corresponding years in the ministry: Sis. Alicia Z. Gubatan (29 years as Lector/Commentator). As Lay Eucharistic Ministers: Bro. Santiago C. Alhambra (35 years), Bro. Gregorio de Guzman, Jr (35 years), Bro. Faustino D. Ferraro (23 years), Bro. Ildefonso D. Viernes (21 years), Bro. Rufo Fabia (20 years), Bro. Ceferino M. Baltazar (20 years), Bro. Francisco M. Baltazar (20 years), Bro. Pedro C. Tamondong (20 years), Bro. Evasito Narvas (20 years), Bro. Diosdado Vallejos (21 years).