FREE ONE-PAGE LEAFLETS: Evangelization Flyers Going Viral Worldwide!

One-pager posted in Westminster, England's Mother Church.

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 The one-page leaflets found in this blog in support of the Popes' New Evangelization are starting to go viral around the world!

One leaflet was posted in the website of the Archdiocese of Westminster in London ("The Mother Church of England") and in the Corpus Christi Parish in Canada.

Irish priest, Fr. Conor Donelly, has posted some in Kenya and Fr. Jose Mandia has published some in O Clarim in Macau, and has translated one to Chinese.

Dr. Thomas Lickona, one of the world's leading experts in character education, calls them "an important resource for evangelizing." He is using them in his work in the United States.

The dream is for these free leaflets to be available in very many parishes and secular places like offices, condominiums, parks, stores, etc. In fact, Fr. Joey Mandia of Macau said this dream also has to be in Chinese!

Started with viral spread of Science Facts on the RH Bill

The work of spreading free one-page leaflets started with the Science Facts on the RH Bill which went viral. It was printed hundreds of thousands of times, published in mainstream media, adapted by organizations as their leaflet, posted all around the internet, and translated into Filipino and Cebuano.

Production of other leaflets went to higher gear due to the result of  our  survey in 2012 that the number one need of the Filipino is basic catechesis. This result is perfectly aligned with what the greatest gathering of Philippine Catholic leaders concluded in their Plenary Council (PCP-II) in 1991. They said that catechesis "must receive first priority", in order to avoid superstition, ideological activism, and an obsession with external forms without the substance of faith.This means catechesis is the first thing that must be truly first, and not second.

Spread in the Philippines, then from the Philippines....

The leaflets were designed to be easily multiplied by anyone. The University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) has distributed 12,000 copies from mid-August to Dec 31, just by leaving them in an open-top file box in one lobby.

And since anyone who gets one can make as many copies as he wants, they have been shared in offices and reshared. According to the Chairman of the MTRCB (Movie and Television Review and Classification Board), Atty. Toto Villareal, his stock of leaflets always gets used up. Dr.  Rudy Ibanez, former President of UNILAB, posts them in his Viber group which has people all over the world.

Don Bosco Makati, a parish at the heart of  the Philippine's financial district, is going to print them out for free starting this Lent. The parish priest, Fr. Renato de Guzman, explained that this is precisely their type of apostolate because the name Salesian comes from St. Francis de Sales who converted 72,000 Calvinists through leaflets since they rejected his visits.

Translation to Filipino has started. Mr. Arnold Morfe, President of Dualtech School and the Family Farm School translated one on the Mass. More hands are needed to do this work.

The latest news is from Mr. Joel Aurellano, a member of Servants of the Lord's Vineyard who discovered the leaflets while passing by at UA&P.  He called the leaflets "very potent  tools in promoting the Church teachings and in dispelling any misconception about such topics/issues". He has been spreading the leaflets all over the place through many organizations.

Lickona: Important resource for evangelizing

Each one a Catholic evangelical library and bookstore

People can display them and ask for donations, as UA&P does. Or they can earn for themselves or their organization by printing them and selling them with profit.

This is one way of responding to Pope's Francis' ever present challenge:  Each one of us has to respond, as best we can, to the Lord’s call to build up his Body, the Church. What about you?

Download the full collection of free leaflets here (PDF). 

Must-read: The Importance of Leafleting 

Note: The leaflets were featured in CBCPNews in an article titled, Leaflets help evangelization 'go viral'. CBCPNews also featured one of them, as a Catechism for the Masses.

ATTRIBUTION: Anyone is given permission to use the materials to bring about the new evangelization of society. Please attribute the materials to the blog, primacyofreason.blogspot, to enable more readers to benefit from the other evangelization tools in the blog. Cheers! 

Spread of the leaflet Science Facts on the RH Bill

Science Facts on the RH Bills is a one-page flyer that has been published by several newspapers in the Philippines and has been printed hundreds of thousands of times to counter the Reproductive Health (RH) Bills introduced in the Philippines. These Bills propose the “forced distribution of birth control devices by all private employers and by the government using Filipino taxpayers’ money”.  

Science Facts on the RH Bill was written on November 2010. Its second version came out on February 2011. Its third version can be found here: Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/49512128/Science-Facts-on-the-RH-Bill-with-solutions    - third version 

This has been published in several newspapers and publications:

• Manila Bulletin, Bernardo Villegas: http://www.mb.com.ph/node/307797/not-de
• Cebu Daily News (part of Inquirer news): http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/37073/hard-facts-vs-hardened-wills
• Manila Standard, Emil Jurado's: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideOpinion.htm?f=2011%2Fmay%2F6%2Femiljurado.isx&d=2011%2Fmay%2F6
• Leyte Samar Daily Express: http://leytesamardaily.net/2011/02/science-facts-on-the-rh-bill-in-plain-language/
• Philippine Catholic Herald, November 2010
• Documentation Service, May 2011: http://cbcpforlife.com/?p=1750

Also widely posted in the internet:

• CBCP for life: http://cbcpforlife.com/?p=164
• Archdiocese of Cebu: http://www.coycebu.org/programs/prayerandsacrifice_science.php
• Diocese of Paranaque:http://dop.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=245:dop-circular-no-2011-025-science-facts-on-the-rh-bill&catid=34:circulars&Itemid=91
• Filipinos for Life: http://filipinosforlife.com/2011/02/11/science-facts-on-the-rh-bills-authority-w-refs/
• Alliance for the Family: http://2010.alfi.org.ph/2011/science-facts-on-the-rh-bills/
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive_Health_Bill_%28Philippines%29#Health_reasons/  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive_Health_Bill#cite_note-sciencefacts-14 /
  
• Courage Philippines: http://couragephilippines.blogspot.com/2011/05/science-facts-on-rh-bill.html
• CFC FFL: http://cfcfflwashington.com/?page_id=66
• Fight the RH Bill: http://fightrhbill.blogspot.com/2010/11/science-facts-on-rh-bill.html
• A Brown: http://abrownchanginglives.com/2010/11/science-facts-on-the-rh-bill/
• RH Bill Online Forum: http://rhbill.cityofbogo.com/science-facts-on-the-rh-bill-in-plain-language
• Blogs:kcgamilla.blogspot.com/2011/06/science-facts-on-rh-bill.html?zx=24b007e1d81ca944
• Human Life and Dignity blog: http://humanlifeanddignity.blogspot.com/p/science-facts-on-rh-bills.html
• All Things we like: http://allthethingswelike.tumblr.com/post/3262472926/scientific-facts-on-the-rh-bill-in-plain-language
• RH Bill Online Forum: http://rhbill.cityofbogo.com/tag/rh-bill-facts
• Weeping Roses: http://weepingroses.tumblr.com/
• Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/49512128/Science-Facts-on-the-RH-Bill-with-solutions    - third version
  
• and several places on Facebook

It was distributed as a leaflet:

• It was printed 200,000 times by Baby Magazine printing led by Mr. Chet Espino. Several thousand copies were also printed in Cagayan de Oro. Radio Veritas also announced that it was printing it (the Filipino version specially) for all the parishes in the Philippines.
• Prolife Philippines and former Prolife President Lito Atienza also reproduce it. Laiko or Council of the Laity produced a version of it. 
• I have seen other organizations transform it as a leaflet under the name of their organization.

And it was translated to:

• Filipino  
• http://filipinosforlife.com/2011/03/23/mga-siyentipikong-katotohanan-tungkol-sa-rh-bill/
• http://tuklasinnatin.com/2011/ang-mga-katotohanan-sa-siyensya-na-may-kinalaman-sa-rh-bills-2/
• Cebuano - http://www.scribd.com/doc/54920641/CEBUANO-Scientific-Facts-on-RH-Bills

After the RH Bill was passed into law, with 8 provisions found unconstitutional including the most important point on prohibiting abortifacients (practically all chemical contraceptives are abortifacients!), the leaflet was renamed Science Facts on Contraceptives, a leaflet that has been used by other countries in the world. 

Putting Confession at the Center

Pope Francis has called us to "put the Sacrament of Reconciliation at the center once more." Here are the teachings of the Popes and of the Catechism on (1) the central importance of Confession and (2) the strong recommendation of the Church for frequent Confession.

CONFESSION: CENTRAL IMPORTANCE

Touch the greatness of God’s mercy and find meaning in life. So many people, including young people, are returning to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Through this experience they are rediscovering a path back to the Lord, living a moment of intense prayer and finding meaning in their lives. Let us place the Sacrament of Reconciliation at the center once more to touch the greatness of God’s mercy. (Pope Francis)

Privileged place to receive God’s forgiveness. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is the privileged place to receive God’s mercy and forgiveness. The Synod Fathers ask that this sacrament be put again at the center of the pastoral activity of the Church. (Synod on the New Evangelization)

Renew the world most powerfully. To a great extent, the renewal of the Church throughout the world depends on the renewal of the practice of the sacrament of Penance and the growth in holiness. (Benedict XVI)
  
Rejoice in the gift of pardon and healing. Let us then remember always that God never tires of forgiving us. Let us truly value this sacrament and rejoice in the gift of pardon and healing that comes to us through the ministry of priests. (Francis)

Meet with our Father who rejoices. We need to teach others, teach our children, our youngsters to make a good confession. It’s about going to meet with our Father who pardons us, who forgives us and who rejoices. (Francis)

Joins us with God in intimate friendship. The whole power of the sacrament of Penance consists in restoring us to God’s grace and joining us with him in an intimate friendship. (CCC 1468).

Feel the joy of God who forgives everything. ‘Father, I don’t go to confession because I have committed so many really bad sins, so many that I can’t be pardoned.’  No, this is not true.  If you go to confession repentant, He will forgive everything.  So many times He doesn’t even let you speak! You start to ask for forgiveness and He lets you feel that joy of forgiveness before you have even finished confessing. (Francis)

Stress call to conversion to those who receive communion unprepared. In the face of a widespread phenomenon that many among the great numbers who receive Communion make little use of Confession, we must emphasize Christ's basic call to conversion. We must stress that the personal encounter with the forgiving Jesus in the Sacrament is a divine means which keeps alive in our hearts a consciousness of sin in its tragic reality, and which actually brings forth fruits of conversion. (St. John Paul II)

Most effective for personal growth. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is one of the most effective instruments of personal growth. (St. John Paul II)

Set out again on our journey to holiness. Now more than ever the People of God must be helped to rediscover the sacrament of mercy. Let us ask Christ to help us to rediscover the full beauty of this sacrament…to abandon ourselves to the mercy of God…and with his grace set out again on our journey to holiness. (St. John Paul II)

FREQUENT CONFESSION: STRONGLY RECOMMENDED

Christian leaders’ duty to encourage. The Synod of Bishops recalled that Bishops have the pastoral duty of encouraging frequent confession. All priests should dedicate themselves with generosity, commitment and competency to administering the sacrament of Reconciliation. (Benedict XVI. He went to confession weekly)

Form the conscience, battle evil and move forward. Confession of everyday faults (venial sins) is nevertheless strongly recommended by the Church. Indeed the regular confession of our venial sins helps us form our conscience, fight against evil tendencies, let ourselves be healed by Christ and progress in the life of the Spirit. (CCC 1458 )

Like regular cleaning to avoid build up of dirt. Helps us mature. Even if it is not necessary to go to confession before each Communion, it is very helpful to confess with a certain regularity. It is true: our sins are always the same, but we clean our homes, our rooms, at least once a week, even if the dirt is always the same; in order to live in cleanliness, in order to start again. Otherwise, the dirt might not be seen but it builds up. If I never go to confession, my soul is neglected and in the end I am always pleased with myself and no longer understand that I must always work hard to improve. And this cleansing of the soul which Jesus gives us in the Sacrament of Confession helps us to make our consciences more alert, more open, and hence, it also helps us to mature. (Benedict XVI)

Receive advice. Needed by all.  We are all sinners. Even the pope goes to confession every two weeks because the pope, too, is a sinner. My confessor hears what I say, offers me advice and forgives me. We all need this. (Francis)

Speedy advance in many virtues. For a constant and speedy advancement in the path of virtue we highly recommend the pious practice of frequent confession, introduced by the Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. For by this means we grow in (1) a true knowledge of ourselves and in (2) Christian humility, (3) bad habits are uprooted, (4) spiritual negligence and apathy are prevented, (5) the conscience is purified and (6) the will strengthened, (7) salutary spiritual direction is obtained and (8) grace is increased by the efficacy of the sacrament itself. (Ven. Pius XII. He confessed daily)

Learn to be merciful. By receiving more frequently through this sacrament the gift of the Father's mercy, we are spurred to be merciful as he is merciful. (CCC 1458)

Notice strides in spiritual life. It would be an illusion to seek after holiness, without partaking frequently of this sacrament of conversion. Those who go to Confession frequently, and do so with the desire to make progress, will notice the strides that they make in their spiritual lives. (St. John Paul II. He went to confession weekly.)

Keep the desire for perfection alive. When we receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation frequently the desire for Gospel perfection is kept alive. Even when one is moved by the desire to follow Jesus, if one does not go regularly to confession, one risks gradually slowing his or her spiritual pace to the point of increasingly weakening and ultimately perhaps even exhausting it. (Benedict XVI) 

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BAKIT TAYO NAGSISIMBA?

Kung alam lamang natin kung paano pinahahalagahan ng Diyos ang Sakripisyong ito, isusugal natin ang ating buhay makadalo lamang sa isang Misa. -- S. Padre Pio

 

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1. Maki-bahagi kay Hesus sa kanyang Sakripisyo sa Kalbaryo na syang nagbabago ng mundo. Sa mahiwagang paraan, ang Diyos na walang simula at katapusan ay pinagiging ngayon ang pangyayaring naganap dalawang libong taon na ang nakaraan at syang naging bagong simula ng kasaysayan ng sangkatauhan:  ito yaong walang kapantay na kabuktutan (pagpatay sa Diyos) na pinaging dakilang gawa ng kabutihan ni Hesus: ang pagtubos ng lahat ng tao sa lahat ng panahon sa pamamagitan ng kanyang pagkamatay sa krus at pagkabuhay na muli. At gawad nito sa Diyos ang walang kapantay na luwalhati. Sa Banal na Misa,  binabagtas natin ang panahon pahantong sa pagkakataong yaon na syang sentro ng ating buhay: ang Misteryo Paskwal.

2. Gawin ang pinakamabuting gawain.  Pagsamahin man ang lahat ng mabuting gawain, lahat ng kawanggawa ng mga NGOs, lahat ng sakripisyo ng mga martir at santo, at sila ay pawang tuldok ng alikabok lamang kung ikukumpara sa walang katumbas na halaga ng Sakripisyo ni Hesus sa Misa.  "Lahat ng mabuting gawain sa mundo ay gawa ng tao, subalit ang Misa ay gawa ng Diyos" (S. Juan Maria Vianney)

3. Tanggapin ang pinakamahal na regalo .  "Kung ikaw ay pagsasabihan ng iyong ama na kunin sa isang lugar ang iyong regalo na nagkakahalaga ng bilyong piso, di kaya ikaw ay hahangos at iiwan ang lahat para hanapin yaon? Paano kung ang regalo ay ang Nagmamayari mismo ng sangkalikhaan? Magaatubili ka pa ba at di sya tanggapin?" (H. Raynal) Sa misa ay higit pa sa bilyon bilyong sangkalikhaang puno ng kayamanan ang ating tinatanggap. Dahil ang Diyos ay walang maibibigay na higit pa sa kanyang pagmamahal, ibinibigay nya ang pinakadakilang handog: ang kanyang katawan, dugo, kaluluwa at pagka-Diyos - sya mismo.

4. Humakbang sa langit. Makaniig si Hesus. Maranasan ang  pagdampi ng langit sa lupa at matikman ang pauna ng makalangit na liturhiya na nalalarawan sa libro ng Apokalipsis.  Makaniig mismo si Hesus: sya na walang kapantay na kagandahan. Sya mismo ang nagsasalita sa pagbasa ng iskriptura (Vat II SC).  Sa kabaliwan ng pagmamahal,  ibinuhos nya sa ating lahat ang kanyang awa at pagibig, upang mapanibago ang ating puso, buhay, at paraan ng pakikitungo sa Kanya at mga kapatiran.  (Francis)  Sinasabi ni Hesus: Ito ang aking  katawan na inihahandog sa iyo.”

5. Abutin ang tugatog ng pagmamahal at pagdarasal.  Linikha tayo ng Diyos sa iisang layunin:  ang sya ay ating mahalin ng buong puso at lakas. Ito ang pinakadakila nating dignidad: ang makausap ang Diyos bilang malapit na kaibigan. Sa Misa, naaabot natin ang “tugatog” ng ating pakikipagusap at pagsamba habang tayo ay nakikiisa sa pagdarasal ng Diyos sa Diyos. Higit sa lahat, pinakikiisa tayo ni Hesus sa Kanya, at dinadala sa "mismong  daluyong ng kanyang paghahandog-sarili" ang buod ng kanyang buhay. (Benedict XVI)

6. Namnamin ang pinakamasayang pampamilyang pagsasalo. Sa bawat Misa, nararanasan natin ang pag-awit sa Banal na Santatlo ng pinakamarami at pinakamahusay na koro: lahat ng mga anghel at mga anak ng Diyos sa buong pamilya ni Hesus, lahat ng mga nangabuhay at nangamatay,  ay inaawit: Santo, Santo, Santo! At kainggit-inggit, ang bagay na hindi kaya ng anghel: makinabang sa handa ng paraiso, ang Tinapay at Tupa ng Diyos, 'kaloob mismo ang lahat ng kadalisayan'. (Rito ng Benediction)

7. Tumanggap ng pinakamakapangyarihang tulong.  Ang Misa ang tuktok, subalit “ugat” din ng buhay kristiyano.  Ang lakas nito ay higit pa sa maraming bomba-nuklear! Nakakapagtaka, ang Nakapangyayari sa lahat ay yumuyuko para gawing katawan ng Diyos ang tinapay at tulad ng alipin ay tayoy pinapakain at ibinibigay ang sarili para maging lingkod natin. Hilingin natin ang tulong para sa mga nangangailangan, mga mahirap, may sakit, at mga nagdurusang kaluluwa sa purgatoryo. Sya ay naghahatid ng napakamakapangyarihang grasya para tulungang lutasin ang mga suliranin ng lipunan at harapin ng lubos ang responsibilidad ng personal na misyon.

8. Samantalahin ang pinakamahusay na pagkakataon para kausapin si Hesus at sa kanya ay humiling.  Walang mas mahusay na pagkakataon para humingi at  lumago sa kabutihan kaysa sa yugto ng pagkakalapit sa Kanya sa misa. Habang ang anyo ng tinapay ay hindi pa nalulusaw (10-15 mins.), si Hesus ay nasa atin katulad ng sya ay nasa altar. Kaya manatili ilang saglit pagkatapos ng misa  para pasalamatan ang Diyos, syay sambahin at suyuin para sa ilang hiling.

9. Pagibayuhin ang pinakadakilang proyekto.  Sa Eukaristiya, ipinagpapatuloy ni Kristo ang pagtubos ng tao sa kasalanan at sa gawaing ito dapat ang bawat Kristiyano ay kanyang katuwang. Ang huling wika ni Hesus sa misa, bigkas sa pamamagitan ng pari, ay umaalingawngaw ayon sa kanyang utos: Humayo! Humayo kayo gawing alagad ang lahat ng bansa...Ako ay sasainyo hanggang sa dulo ng mundo.

10. Sundan si Hesus. Ang lihim ng masaya at mabungang buhay ni Hesus ay ang lubos na pagsunod sa Diyos. Ang Bibliya ay nagbigay ng maikling salaysay-buhay ni Hesus mula sa pagkamusmos at kabataan: 'masunurin sya sa magulang', Tinubos nya ang lahat sa 'pagsunod hanggang kamatayan sa krus.'. Sa pagdalo sa Misa, sinusundan natin ang kanyang bakas at tumatalima sa kanyang bilin: "Gawin ninyo ito sa pagalala sa akin."

Ang sadyang pagliban sa misa ng Linggo ay kasalanang mortal.  Kung paanong ang pagtatakwil ng hangin, tubig, at pagkain ay ikamamatay, tayo din ay 'di maaring manatiling walang pagkaing ispiritwal na handog ng Diyos sa Misa. At tayo ay may likas at seryosong obligasyon na mag-alay ng pangmadlang pagsamba sa ating Lumikha at Tagapanatili' na kung syay wala, tayoy maglalaho.  Kaya, ang Diyos ay iniutos na itangi ang Araw ng Diyos na banal at ang simbahan ay ipinataw sa sinumang sadyang liliban sa tungkulin na dumalo sa Misa ng Linggo at iba pang araw na banal “ang pagkakasalang malubha.” (CCC 2181)

Paano dumalo sa misa: (1) Isaalangalang mabuti na ikaw ay nasa presensya ng madugong sakripisyo ni Kristo sa krus: 'Sa mata ng isip dalhin ang sarili sa Kalbaryo”. (S. Padre Pio) (2) Ihanda ang yong kaluluwa sa pagdarasal. (3) Isuot ang akmang kasuotan upang salubungin ang napakadakilang persona. (4) Pakinggan ang bawat kataga ng Diyos na iniiukol sa yo sa pamamagitan ng Salita, ang Iskriptura. (5) Dasalin gamit ang mga sagutan sa Misa at  lubos na ipatungkol sa Diyos. (6) Ialay ang sarili kay Hesus. (7) Tanggapin si Hesus na karadapatdapat sa Banal na Komunyon. Malubhang kasalanan ng sakrileheyo  na sya ay tanggapin sa komunyon ng may kasalanang mortal. Magkumpisal kung kailangan. (8) Pasalamatan ang Diyos nang naguumapaw sa loob ng ilang minuto pagkatapos ng Misa.

Isinalin sa Filipino ni Arnold Morfe mula sa Ingles ng orihinal na artikulo ni Dr. Raul Nidoy, Why Go to Mass?

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Bilang pagsunod sa hamon ng Papa para sa Bagong Ebanghelyo, gumawa ng maraming kopya at ipamigay. O ibenta ng may o walang tubo.