Professional Documents
Culture Documents
QUESTIONS:
1.Unsa ang gipadayag
diha sa pagbasa?
2.Aduna ba kitay susama
sa gipakita sa magtutuo
diha sa pagbasa dinhi sa
atong katilingban
karon? Unsa man kini?
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
What?
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
1. BEC is a generic term that refers to the
communities of faith that have emerged
at the grassroots.
2. Basic Ecclesial Communities under
various names and forms BCCs, small
Christian Communities, covenant
communities must be vigorously
promoted for the full living of the
Christian life in both urban and rural
areas.(PCP II decrees, Art 109, sec 3)
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
1. At the grassroots, they are better known
as GKK Gagmayng Kristohanong
Katilingban, GSK Gagmayng
Simbahanong Katilingban, BCC Basic
Christian Community,KRISKA
Kristohanong
Kasilinganan,Kristohanong
Katilingban,BPK Batayang
Pamayanang Kristiyano,MSK Munting
Sambayanang Kristiyano
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
1. BEC is therefore the generic term
used in ecclesiastical documents and
theological discourse that refers to
these communities.
2. This was made popular in Latin
America during the Puebla
Conference and used in documents
coming from the Vatican. The MSPC
adopted this term since 1983.
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
SIGNIFICANCE?
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
Community the use of the
wordcommunityemphasizes the communitarian
nature of the BECs. These are not groups,
societies or associations but communities local
communities whose members live in close
proximity and interact with each other regularly.
These are not specialized groups but stable
environments. Thus, mandated organizations (like
K of C, Legion of Mary), renewal movements and
their local branches (Charismatics, Focolare, CFC,
Catechumenate, El Shaddai, etc), cannot be
considered as BECs.
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
Basic the wordbasicrefers to both the size and
the social location of the BECs. The BEC are small
communities. A basic community is small enough
for the members to know each other well and
relate deeply as friends but not too small that it
turns into a primary group orbarkadainstead of a
community. A BEC may be composed of forty to two
hundred families. A BEC may be subdivided into
severalseldaor family groupings of five to ten
families. The termbasicmay also refer to the social
location of the BECs they are at the grassroots, at
the base of society, among the poor and the least.
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
Ecclesial the wordecclesialemphasizes
the ecclesiality of the BECs. They are a
way of being Church the Church that is
realized, localized and experienced at the
grassroots, in the neighborhood. The BECs
are not just administrative units within the
parish they are indeed the microcosm of
the Church. Whatever can be said about
the Church in general may also be used
and appropriated for the BECs.
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
ACCORDING
TO PCP II
PCP II document:
Our vision of the Church as communion,
a Church as priestly, prophetic and
kingly people, and as a Church of the
Poor that is a Church that is renewed,
is today finding expression in one
ecclesial movement, and this is the
movement to foster Basic Ecclesial
Communities. (PCP II 137)
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
ISION OF PCP
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
They are small communities of Christians,
usually of families who gather around the
Word of God and the Eucharist.
These communities are united to their
pastors but are ministered to regularly by lay
leaders.
The members know each other by name and
share not only the Word of God and the
Eucharist but also their concerns both
material and spiritual.
They have a strong sense of belongingness
and of responsibility for one another.
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
Usually emerging at the grassroots
among poor farmers and workers,
Basic Ecclesial Communities
consciously strive to integrate their
faith and their daily life.
They are guided and encouraged by
regular catechesis.
Poverty and their faith urge their
members towards solidarity with one
another, action for justice, and towards
a vibrant celebration of life in the
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
HARACTERISTIC
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
These are small communities whose
members are in unity and solidarity
with one another and with their
pastors. The members have a strong
sense of belongingness and
responsibility for one another. (This
corresponds to the vision of the
Church as communion).
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
The members share the Word of God
and are guided by regular catechesis.
(This corresponds to the vision of the
Church as a prophetic people).
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
The communities gather around the
Eucharist and have a vibrant
celebration of life in the liturgy. (This
corresponds to the vision of the
Church as priestly people).
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
They share not only their spiritual
concerns but also the material
concerns. Their poverty and their
faith lead them to involvement in
action for justice and social
transformation. (This corresponds to
the their understanding of the church
a kingly/servant people).
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
They emerge among the poor and
empower the poor. (This corresponds
on the vision of the Church as church
of the poor.)
The BECs realize the vision of a
renewed Church
BASIC ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY (BEC)
VISION OF A
ENEWED CHURCH
BECs as Community of
Disciples
CHRISTCENTEREDNESS
Living in Communion
QUESTIONS:
1. Unsa man ang kinabuhi nga angay
sa pagpuyo diha sa usa ka
katilingban ni Kristo?
(How to live as a member of the
community of Christ?
2. Ngano adunay kitay katungdanan sa
kalihukang Simbahan diha sa atong
matag katilingban?