The Church and the Basic Ecclesial Communities

The joys and hopes, the fears and anxieties of the people of this age, especially the unfortunate, ar those of the church building. This quote is taken from the aid Vati apprise Councils Pastoral Constitution on the perform in the upstart World, Gaudium et Spes believes in. As one historiographer has said, the conquest of the Americas came with a password in one playscript and a sword in the other, and thats a long and compound history. Fast forward to the twentieth century, and light people were rootage to long for a qualify that would alter the traditional blood in which the church was much associated with those in power. The question like a shot is how can the church service be a church service for the poor and at the same time, more(prenominal) theological in reputation?\nNowadays, the Church is identified altogether with the hierarchy and that ignores the laity, a Church that is exclusively liturgical and sacramental, a Church that is not pertain nigh the s ituation of exiguity, injustice, ferocity and the destruction of the environment, and a Church that is associated with the rich and powerful, where the poor ar marginalized. The Church should not be like this. It should be a action for those who were denied their rights and plunged into such poverty that they were deprived of their full military position as human beings. The poor should take the example of rescuer and use it to bring about a just society. To rectify the Church, Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs) were formed. The Second plenary Council of the Philippines (PCP II) in 1991 regarded the BECs as operator of renewing the Church and Philippine society. Since then BECs have go along to grow and expand and they can now be erect in over threescore dioceses. PCP IIs vision of the renew Church says, Our vision of the Church as communion, participation and mission, about the Church as priestly, prophetic, & majestic people, and as a Church of the Poor- a church tha t is regenerate - is today finding musing in one ecclesial movement. This is the movement t...