Youth, locked and loaded for anti-RH rally

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Young people from different dioceses, organizations and schools are locked and loaded for the upcoming Power Prayer Rally against the RH Bill on Saturday, August 4, at the EDSA Shrine.

An estimated 2,500 young people from the Episcopal Youth Commission (ECY) of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) network are to join faith-based groups, family and life advocates and concerned citizens in the mass mobilization as a show of protest against the bill, which awaits a key vote regarding the period of interpellations in the House of Representatives this August 7.

Filipino students express their decidedly anti-RH Bill and pro-life stand. (Photo Credit: filipinosforlife.com)

Mary Whilssy Candelaria, a youth leader from the Malolos diocese said she is supporting the pro-life advocacy of the Church and will be joining the said prayer rally.

Candelaria pointed out three points about why she is against the RH BIll.

“It will degrade the morality of women; second, it is [against] the importance of family and lastly, [it is against] the importance of life itself,” Candelaria explained.

For Maria Lea Dasigan of the Salesian Youth Movement, attending the prayer rally is very important for the young because it represents a battle to protect the future.

“People who are promoting the measure cannot see the essence of life and people. We, people, are the greatest asset that helps in developing the economy of the country,” Dasigan said.

Other than human resources, she emphasized that Filipino values will be lost because the bill supports easy access to contraceptives, which in turn, are not what people really need.

“What we need is to better acknowledge the ability of our own people to be subject to discipline and to be subjected to his/her ability to support his/her own family well in a natural way,” Dasigan further said.

As of the moment, Youth Commission’s National Secretariat for Youth Apostolate (NSYA) is waiting for commitments from more diocesan youth commission and organizations.

Other diocesan commissions on youth and family and life will also be organizing simultaneous prayer rallies in their own dioceses. [Jandel Posion]

6 Comments

1. 

   Guilian Geronimo

   August 2, 2012 at 9:22 pm

   Jandel & Nirva:

   Kayo naman ngayon ang “writing in tandem”

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     Nirva Delacruz

     August 3, 2012 at 6:39 am

     hahha..actually, that’s a thing we want to change. it was just uploaded by moi but it’s jandel’s work. so full credit to him.

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   Jeffrey Vicente

   August 3, 2012 at 4:27 am

   The Parish Youth Ministry of Our Lady of Light Parish Cainta, Rizal will be joining this Prayer Rally.. Let us all make a Stand!

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     Nirva Delacruz

     August 3, 2012 at 6:39 am

     let’s get on it!! jeffrey! also if chiro could commit to help us trend #NOTORHBILL. let’s trend it worldwide. maybe chiro international could help us tweet non-stop about it. let’s do this!

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   godrey

   August 6, 2012 at 7:13 am

   What a joke. This photo was taken last year. These are bible Baptist students at Club FIlipino. this was not from the August 4 rally. Mahiya nga kayo mga sinungaling!

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     Nirva Delacruz

     August 6, 2012 at 8:56 am

     hey godrey! this was not meant to deceive as it is clearly a file photo.the article is advance news for an event yet to happen.

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