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SENATE P.S. Res. N o .1002
I n tr o d u c e d b y SENATOR VICENTE C. SOTTO III
RESOLUTION EXPRESSIN G THE SENSE OF TH E SENATE TO DECLARE EVERY FIR ST THURSDAY OF FEBRUARY STARTING TH IS YEAR AND EVERY YEAR TH ER EA FTER AS TH E NATIONAL SYNCHRONIZED INTERFAITH NATIONAL PRAYERS FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION WHEREAS, th e P hilippines is p red o m in an tly know n to be a p ray erfu l n a tio n being one of th e larg est C h ristia n c o u n try of th e world; WHEREAS, in 2017 th e “P asaL ord P rayer M ovem ent” w as la u n c h e d by its fo u n d er a n d lead convenor Mrs. L ourdes “B ing” Pim entel w ith th e m ain in te n tio n to u n ite Filipinos of every creed a n d d en o m in atio n in p raying for o u r country; WHEREAS, one of th e lau d ab le activities of th e m ovem ent is to organize a nationw ide m ovem ent of p ray er a t noon of every first T h u rsd a y of F eb ru ary a n d every y ea r th e re a fte r to be called th e “N ational S ynchronized In terfaith N ational P rayers for Peace a n d R econciliation” to in tercede for peace, u n ity a n d p ro sp erity in th e P hilippines; WHEREAS, while it is expressly provided for in th e provisions of th e P hilippine C o n stitu tio n th e se p a ra tio n of C h u rc h a n d S tate, it is believed th a t en co u rag in g th e people to