The Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has called 2016 the Year of the Eucharist and the Family. In the pastoral exhortation released November 29, 2015, then CBCP President and Archbishop of Lingayen Dagupan Socrates Villegas called us to reflect on the coming year through the act of kneeling.

He explained that “we are invited to kneel down to bring renewal to the family during this year. We kneel to serve as the Lord. We envision every Filipino Catholic family to be missionary disciples of the Eucharist.”