Marawi Bishop Edwin dela Peña throughout a press convention on the Church’s rehabilitation plans for Marawi. —INQUIRER file picture / MARIANNE BERMUDEZ
ILIGAN CITY – Non secular leaders in Mindanao known as on the individuals to rejoice the good points of the lengthy years of peacebuilding work finished by people and establishments so these are valued and treasured of their on a regular basis lives.
Marawi Bishop Edwin dela Peña issued the decision because the nation observes the Mindanao Week of Peace beginning final Nov. 28, with the theme “Sustaining the Positive aspects of Peace, Solidarity, and Resilience.”
Dela Peña mentioned the problem to maintain peace, unity and concord amongst Mindanao’s various inhabitants have to be responded to within the individuals’s daily interactions.
Bishop Stephen Villaester of Iligan Metropolis’s Anglican Church and government director of the native authorities’s Ethical Restoration and Values Transformation program, mentioned the event have to be a chance to look again on “our dedication to strengthening and fostering concord, understanding, solidarity and inclusivity in our communities.”
“This celebration reminds us of the sweetness and power present in unity amidst range. Could these two celebrations encourage us to remodel battle into hope and alternatives for understanding, and nurture a shared imaginative and prescient for a greater future,” Villaester mentioned.
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Columban missionary priest Rex Rocamora mentioned some 100 Christian, Muslim and Lumad youth from Cagayan de Oro Metropolis and Iligan Metropolis are set to affix the peace caravan to Marawi Metropolis on December 4 as a present of interfaith solidarity through the end result part of the weeklong observance.
Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. cited the significance of interfaith dialogue in fostering peace and mutual understanding in Mindanao.
“This yr’s theme compels us to look again and study from the teachings of the previous, as we stay up for the longer term and transfer in direction of our collective imaginative and prescient: a peaceable, affluent and progressive Mindanao,” Galvez mentioned in an announcement.
“The exceptional transformation that’s going down in Mindanao didn’t occur in a single day. It’s the results of years of exhausting work, dedication and dedication of people coming from various backgrounds, cultures and faiths who’ve tirelessly labored for a typical trigger,” he famous.
“What we have now achieved in Mindanao is a testomony to the facility of synergy, collaboration and inclusiveness. Allow us to proceed to work collectively and write a brand new chapter within the narrative of Mindanao – the place its individuals are affluent, empowered and resilient,” Galvez additional mentioned.
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