Tanagan, Calatagan A Fisherfolk Experience
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Initial
Lack of food
Midterms week
Worried Parents
Hostile Environment
Concerns about Immersion No comfort room
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First Day at Brgy. Tanagan Arrival Welcoming speech by Ka Tony Meeting our families First meal Family bonding Basketball game Wednesday, February 6, 13
Second Day at Brgy. Tanagan Coastal clean-up Simbang Gabi Community Night Wednesday, February 6, 13
Third Day at Brgy. Tanagan Synthesis session Last goodbyes Leaving the community Wednesday, February 6, 13
Personal & General Insights The Church and Sin
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Traditional Sin
Social Sin
Then
Now
Personal & General Insights Tanagan’s Context Livelihood hindrances due to Capitalism
Deprivation of Rights due to Social classes and divisions
Social Sin in Tanagan Wednesday, February 6, 13
Unequal privileges resulting to the lack in class mobility
Personal & General Insights Justice and Social Sin in the Scriptures Prophets (Micah, Amos, etc.) •Amos’ cry out for justice in a festival assembly in Bethel. •Micah’s declaration of power, justice and might in sinful Israel.
Reconciliatio et Paenetentia (no. 16) “To speak of social sin recognizes that, by virtue of human solidarity which is as mysterious and intangible as it is real and concrete, each individual’s sin in some way affects others.”
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Personal & General Insights Justice and Social Sin in the Scriptures Gaudium et Spes “Common good is the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily.” “The society owes freedom, peace, etc. to its members.” [Caroll]
Reconciliatio et Paenetentia (no. 16) “Participation is expressed essentially in a series of activities by means of which the citizen, either as an individual or in association with others, whether directly or through representation, contributes to the cultural, economic, political and social life of the civil community to which he belongs.” Wednesday, February 6, 13
Personal & General Insights Privatization in the Scriptures Deuteronomy, Ch. 6 All land is God’s
Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2406 Regulative power of the authorities (kings, pharaohs, etc.)
Laborem Exercens, 14 The right to private property is necessary and it promotes human dignity.
Gaudium et Spes, 69 “God destined the earth and all it contains for the use of every individual and all peoples.” Wednesday, February 6, 13
Social analysis Sammaca main issues Growing establishments for Commercial profit privatization of fishing sites & shrimp ponds poisoning of mangroves limit sources of livelihood and supply of food Wednesday, February 6, 13
Social analysis Sammaca main issues bankruptcy lack of funds sammaca main office closed less visibility to local government
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Social analysis local government and corporations does not engage the community in the decision-making closing of roads to fishermen’s boats unimplemented laws: fisheries code of the philippines (FARMC); Section 108 of the Philippine fisheries code of 1998 DENR, BAFR & LGU’s duty to protect and guard foreshore management Wednesday, February 6, 13
Social analysis local government and corporations priority: TOURISM vs COMMUNITY local communities are struggling profit vs humanity
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Social analysis observations no bathroom in some households
little or lack of toiletries
poor quality of education
Poor disposal system
lack of sacraments received little supply of food Wednesday, February 6, 13
Social analysis sources of livelihood contractual construction jobs sugar cane workers crops and livestock minimum wages
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midwifery & hilot massage hairdresser computer shop sari-sari store
class division Wednesday, February 6, 13
Social analysis non-poor population land: hectares, commercialized/privately owned, concrete economic: high savings, capital for business opportunities experience: high educational attainment social: Highly connected, highly influential Resources: ponds, livestock (cows, chickens, seafood) examples: Atty. Vergara, Lhuillier, Henry Sy, Ricky Reyes Wednesday, February 6, 13
Social analysis middle population land: medium-little sized land, enough sized house, concrete economic: enough-low savings experience: college-high school level social: connected, influential, mostly part of sammaca Resources: livestock (chicken, goats)
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Social analysis poor population land: no land (rent), abaca houses economic: getting poorer and poorer, low levels of savings, large debts to sari-sari store, minumum wages experience: high school-elementary levels social: interconnected within the community/sammaca to survive Resources: no regular food supply, seasonal jobs Wednesday, February 6, 13
Theological Reflection ISSUES: degradation of the environment Social Sin Land privatization
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Theological Reflection Degradation of the environment Book of Genesis (Gen 1:26-28) 1. Dominion – a share in God’s creative power 2. Stewardship – placing something at your care 3. Companionship – camaraderie and sense of togetherness “In nature, the believer recognizes the wonderful result of God's creative activity… The environment is God's gift to everyone, and in our use of it we have a responsibility…” Pope Benedict XVI (in Caritas in Veritate 48) Wednesday, February 6, 13
Theological Reflection Degradation of the environment Sacrament of Creation (Himes and Himes) 1. All creatures are sacraments of God 2. Intrinsic value of creatures
‘we must take into account the nature of each being and of its mutual connection in an ordered system’ (Vatican II, 962) Wednesday, February 6, 13
Theological Reflection Degradation of the environment Church’s call to responsibility (Caritas Veritate 51) Church’s response to science and technology (Vatican II) Need to ‘create a balanced policy between consumption and conservation’ (1988 Roman Catholic Church Statement)
‘The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.’ (Psalm 24:1) Wednesday, February 6, 13
Theological Reflection Current situation in the Phil. Deforestation Contamination of bodies of water
Smoke-belching Global warming Where is the Church in all of these realities?
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Theological Reflection brgy. tanagan 30,000 mangroves destroyed in the private land of Atty. Vergara 3,000 families cut off from resources DENR and BFAR approved the necessary permits
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Theological Reflection Ambivalent or ignorant Church? Traditional Catholic beliefs ‘Unaware’ of the responsibility towards the environment Unaware of the gravity of the consequences Lack of immediate contact with the inhabitants
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Pastoral action Pastoral Action
Theological Reflection
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Experience
Social Analysis
Pastoral action Spiritual
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Social) Economic)
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The)Church) LGUs) SAMMACA,) NGOs) Community)
Pastoral action Spiritual conversion 1. Coordinate with the local diocese in the Calatagan town proper for a priest to give mass a. Every week B. Special occasions 2. Have a priest on call for the provision of other sacraments 3. Facilitate spiritual conversion within each individual, foster rapport as a Christian community, & the Church’s deeper involvement in the lives of Tanagan’s residents Wednesday, February 6, 13
Pastoral action Economic proposals 1. Organic Chicken Farming alternative to fishing male people of the community 2. Partnering with Social Entrepreneurs Jacinto & Lirio, Rags2Riches a. Batangas Trademark in the bag designs
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Pastoral action Social Create avenues wherein the fishermen (through SAMMACA, SAMMASETA, Partner NGOs) and the landowners can talk it through so that the fishermen will not be cut off from the sea they be provided opportunities such as supplying fish, jobs, etc.
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