Two CBAP Members Named Bishops

The Vatican recently announced the appointment of Broderick Pabillo as auxiliary bishop of Manila, and Pablo David as auxiliary bishop of San Fernando, Pampanga. Both are active members of the Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines. Pabillo, a former Rector of the Salesian Theologate in the Paranaque, now works as parish priest in a rural parish in Palawan. David, Vice President of the CBAP, is a Scripture professor in Mother of Good Counsel Seminary in San Fernando, Pampanga, and Loyola School of Theology in Quezon City.

CBAP Invites Prof. Gale A. Yee as Convention Lecturer

The Catholic Biblical Association of the Philppines will hold its 7th Annual Convention on 21-23 July at PHINMA, Tagaytay City. Prof. Gale Yee of the Episcopalian Divinity School at Cambridge, MA - USA, will give the main lecture on "Biblical Responses to the Poor and the Marginalized". An Asian-American biblical scholar, Prof. Yee is visiting professor of the Department of Religion at the Chinese University of Hongkong. Sr. Bernardita Dianzon, FSP, professor at Loyola School of Theology, will deliver the other major paper. Sr. Bernie holds an SSL degree from the Biblicum in Rome and has recently earned her STD from LST.

5th CBAP Convention with Prof. Amy-Jill Levine

The Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines had Prof. Amy-Jill Levine as main lecturer in its 5th Annual Convention held at PHINMA in Tagaytay City last July 2004. A Jewish biblical scholar from Vanderbilt University, Prof. Levine delivered a paper on "Jesus and Judaism: Why the Connection Still Matters". An engaging speaker with a good sense of humor, she described how Jesus and his message would have been seen and understood from a first-century Jewish perspective. Prof. Levine also gave public lectures at Loyola School of Theology and other academic institutions in Manila.

Graduate Programs in Biblical Exegesis at LST

The MA & PhD Programs of Biblical Exegesis at Loyola School of Theology in Quezon City, Philippines, are the only programs in biblical exegesis outside Europe and North America. The Jesuit school offers rigorous training in the biblical languages and various methods of biblical research. Its library (Ralph Gehring Library) is one of the finest theological libraries in Asia, and contains a large collection of books and periodicals on Scripture.

BAR NASHA

Bar Nasha, Aramaic for "Son of Man", is a forum for discussion of the meaning of human life from a Judaeo-Christian perspective. Jesus chose this particular title as his self-designation perhaps to underline his oneness with humanity in all its frailty and fragility -- but also in all its glory and beauty! "He emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on the cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the NAME which is above every name..." (Phil 2:7-9f)