Pondo ng Pinoy Sunday

Circular 2008-12
To:

All Parish Priests

Following our well-attended Summit Meeting of Parish Priests and PPC

Coordinators last July 9, and the successful staging of the 4th PnP Founding Anniversary
Diocesan Celebration last Saturday, July 26, I feel inspired to pursue the movement of the
Spirit manifested in those activities, this time with more parish-based gatherings and
celebrations of the PnP in our Diocese. Thus, our Pondo ng Pinoy Sunday in the
whole of our Diocese of Novaliches this August 3, 2008.
May I ask you to please preach on Pondo ng Pinoy in all masses this Sunday? I
believe that the message of the Gospel this Eighteenth Sunday, i.e., the story of the miracle
of the multiplication of the loaves, dovetails perfectly with that of the PnP which stands
for Pag-ibig ng Panginoon and Pag-asa ng Pilipino. I suggest that you focus especially on
the spirituality of the PnP as popularized in the saying, Anumang magaling, kahit maliit,
bastat malimit, ay patungong langit. You can make full use of the homilies and basic
information contained in the primer you received during the Anniversary Celebration. In
case you need additional copies of the primer for your other priests preaching this Sunday,
do not hesitate to contact the office of Msgr. Romy Raada at the Our Lady of the
Annunciation Parish. I expect that after this Pondo ng Pinoy Sunday in our Diocese, we
can proceed with the implementation of the mechanics for this same renewal movement
and community foundation. In other words, following an intensive education and
promotion of the PnP in our Diocese as a whole and in our parishes in particular, we then
can move on to the collection and distribution aspects or stages of the same.
What more can I say but to thank you for your presence and continuing support.
Let us continue to enkindle the fire of the PnP within us and our own parish
pastoral leaders. Let us pass on the same spirit of sharing, solidarity, sacrifice, hope and
love to our people, beginning with our Sunday congregations this coming Sunday. Happy
Pondo ng Pinoy Sunday!
Given in the Chancery in Fairview, Quezon City, this 31st day of July in the Year of
Our Lord, 2008.
Most Rev. Antonio R. Tobias, DD
Bishop
Attested by:

Rev. Fr. Jaime Z. Lara

Chancellor