The Church and the Basic Ecclesial Communities

The joys and hopes, the fears and anxieties of the people of this age, especially the low, ar those of the perform. This quote is taken from the secondment Vati croupe Councils Pastoral Constitution on the church in the new-fangled World, Gaudium et Spes believes in. As one historian has said, the conquest of the Americas came with a parole in one fade and a sword in the other, and thats a long and gnarled history. Fast forward to the twentieth century, and deplorable people were reference to long for a mixed bag that would alter the traditional affinity in which the church was to a greater extent 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, to a greater extent theological in character?\nNowadays, the Church is identified completely with the hierarchy and that ignores the laity, a Church that is exclusively liturgical and sacramental, a Church that is not refer intimate ly the situation of exiguity, injustice, furiousness 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 exploit for those who were denied their rights and plunged into such poverty that they were deprived of their full spot as human beings. The poor should take the example of savior and use it to bring near a just society. To re-create the Church, Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs) were formed. The Second comprehensive Council of the Filipinos (PCP II) in 1991 regarded the BECs as kernel of renewing the Church and Philippine society. Since then BECs have move to grow and expand and they can now be prove in over lux dioceses. PCP IIs vision of the regenerate Church says, Our vision of the Church as communion, participation and mission, about the Church as priestly, prophetic, & kingly people, and as a Church of the Poor- a church that is rege nerate - is today finding face in one ecclesial movement. This is the movement t...