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Radio Veritas, the leading faith based am station in Mega Manila, is set to air the Eucharistic celebration for the anniversary of “Sanlakbay para sa pagbabagong buhay” on October 21, 2017 at the Basilica de San Sebastian in Manila to be led by His Eminence Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, D.D.
Listeners will be able to hear the Eucharistic celebration at 12 noon with follow up reports and updates from the Veritas Patrol at the general assembly with the theme, “Butil ng Nagkakaisang Pag-asa, Hitik sa Bunga”.
Sanlakbay is a parish community-based rehabilitation program that further encourages more drug dependents to surrender, undergo rehabilitation, and give themselves another chance to start a new life. It was launched by Cardinal Tagle last October 23, 2016 as a response of the Catholic Church to the Philippine government’s war against illegal drugs.
The rehabilitation program was set up in parishes to reach people supplemented by 12 modules given to participants. Drug dependents have undergone spiritual formation, counseling, livelihood projects, and skills formation training, as well as arts and cultural program and sports activities that will help them develop holistically.
Last October 13, 2017, Manila Archbishop Broderick Pabillo presided a Thanksgiving Mass for the eighty drug surrenderers who have undergone and graduated from the six-month rehabilitation program of Sanlakbay.
Radio Veritas President Rev. Fr. Anton CT Pascual invites the public to join the celebration of the anniversary of the Church through the station.
“Let us all tune in to the station of the truth and listen to the Holy Mass to be presided by Cardinal Tagle for the anniversary of Sanlakbay sa Pagbabagong Buhay. It has been a year since we undertook the parish and community-based approach to address drug dependency and we have seen success stories. Let the station be God’s instrument for you to be part of this milestone,” Fr. Pascual said.
Listeners will also be able to hear the living rosary at 8:00 am on Saturday as well as the the October 2017 Katolikong Pinoy Formation with Rev. Fr. Hans Magdurulang at 9am to be followed by the Holy Mass for the recollection at 9:30 am.
The Sanlakbay program is an initiative of the Archdiocese of Manila through Caritas Manila’s Restorative Justice Ministry in partnership with the Center for Family Ministry, University of Santo Tomas (UST) graduate School of Psycho-Trauma, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
Radio Veritas 846 is owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila. Established in 1969, the Ramon Magsaysay recipient Catholic radio station continues to be a leading social communications ministry for truth and new evangelization in the country today.
