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INVITATION TO JOIN:
8th Seminar on Film Review and Classification
will be offered by
CBCP - Office on Women [CINEMA]
on March 21-22, 2003,
for prospective reviewers / and writers.
For inquiries, call 527-1925 or 527-8031
look for Mariel or Fe
CBCP SETS NEW "CATHOLIC TV ADVOCACY SEMINAR"
A film juror's experience --- by Teresa R. Tunay, CINEMA Executive Board Member
CBCP Presents Play on Pope John Paul II
11th Seminar on Film Review and Classification for prospective reviewers / writers
on March 10, 11 & 18, 2006
at the CBCP – Office on Women (CINEMA)
CBCP Compound, 470 Gen. Luna St.
Intramuros, Manila
For inquiries, call CBCP – Office on Women
and ask for Fe, 527-1925 or 527-8031
An Invitation
Do you enjoy watching and evaluating movies?
Do you care that people watch good movies that can contribute to their growth?
Are you willing to go through some training to become a part of CINEMA?
Then find some time to be with us on our
10th Seminar on Film Review
and Classification
for prospective reviewers / and writers
onFebruary 25-26, 2005
at the CBCP - Office on Women [CINEMA],
CBCP Compound, 470 Gen. Luna St.
Intramuros,Manila
For inquiries, call CBCP-Office on Women
and ask for Fe, 527-1925 or 527-8031
TRANSFORMING ENTERTAINMENT ART
In response to the growing concern, expressed with particular urgency by women, single persons, and
parents, about the continued decline of the moral quality of our public entertainment, the CBCP – Office on Women invites all to join us in a sustained effort to raise the moral quality of
entertainment being offered to the public.
Entertainment art, in the media and elsewhere, exerts as much influence as education in forming moral
conscience and character and in ordering social activity to the common good. Entertainment artists have a special duty to use their talent to help form, reinforce and sustain society's coral moral
values. For this reason, they must do everything to ennoble their art and all those who come in contact with their art.
In all their professional engagements, they are called upon to insist on themes and roles that enhance
public morality and elevate public taste, while promoting their own personal development. They must exert heroic to live the virtue of chastity, and help others live that same virtue by providing
an example of sobriety and modesty. They must reject every attempt of the consumerist market to reduce them into simple sex objects or commodities intended to satisfy certain hedonistic tendencies.
All this entails a heroic struggle, which can be waged and won only with God's help and the support of
friends, by ordering one's life to the Divine will.
As we begin this year's Advent season, we pray to our Lord, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary,
the purest of all women, to endow all our entertainers with sufficient grace and goodwill so that they may raise themselves to the highest standards of their profession, not for fear of violating our
laws, which continue to penalize offenses against decency and good customs, but out of a genuine desire to give good example to others, serve the common good and give meaningful pleasure to all their
audiences, beginning with Him who sees and judges all.
MOST REV. EMILIO Z. MARQUEZ, DD
Pastoral Director
CBCP – Office on Women
April 27, 2004
Dear Concerned Parents:
The McCann Erickson Youth Study of 1992 observed that TV had become the Filipino child's surrogate parent,
spending up to 30 hours watching TV as against interacting with their parents only during mealtimes. Several youth studies in 2000 confirmed that excessive TV watching especially by children of
very young ages, desensitizes them to porno and violence and create potential problems of inability to adjust and build healthy social relationship.
An analysis of a survey done by the Southeast Asia Foundation for Children's Television(SEAFCTV)
drew a remark from Professor Randy David of UP, that "Philippine TV Programming is not very encouraging; it is a desert." Nestor U. Torre, columnist and director made the observation that despite 2
education programs, young viewers are still watching all sorts of program content which undermine their creativity and sense of value. A research (yr. 2003) made by a group of pediatricians from the
University of Washington, Seattle, USA revealed that early television exposure of children especially for ages 1 to 3 years result to attention-deficit/hyperactivity syndrome (ADHD) – a common
behavioral disorder of children.
Given these observations and heeding the numerous request of concerned parents, the CBCP Office on Women
is offering a 3 day seminar on Catholic Advocacy for Television in the Philippines having for its objectives:
To promote advocacy in TV that will effect consciousness on TV producers, directors,
production staff, advertisers, and audience, and launch a new initiative of regular TV assessment and review for guidance of children and youth viewers:
Venue
: Pope Pious XII Catholic Center UN Ave.,Manila
Date
: June 25-27, 2004
Time
: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Registration Fee: P1,200.00/person (meals and material included)
Knowing your interest in the importance and impact of TV on the formation and development of our children
allow me, in the name of Jesus and Mary to invite you or your representative/s as a participant to this 3 day seminar. Should you decide to participate, please call our office at Tel. Nos.:
527-1925; 527-8031 (Fe Q. Saplala). We will appreciate hearing from you not later than June 22, 2004.
Yours in Jesus and Mary,
+Most Rev. Emilio S. Marquez, D.D.
Bishop of Lucena
Apostolate Director, CBCP Office on Women
PRESS RELEASE
(CBCP – Office on Women)
The CBCP – Office on Women commends and supports the stand of AdBOARD
and the initiative of Gabriela in urging the makers of Napoleon Brandy to stop airing their advertisement "Nakatikim ka na ba ng Kinse Anyos" heard on primetime radio, as well as to dismantle the large billboards of the same liquor ad, in different strategic locations in Metro Manila.
The office expresses the outrage of Catholic family and women groups and organizations like the Catholic Women's League of the Philippines (CWL), and the Marriage
Enhancement Team Services Foundation (METS) for the perceived double-speak in identifying a liquor with a young girl. This sort of insensitivity to the dignity of women and their continued degradation, particularly in advertising products and services, hurts the sensibilities of the Filipina woman and is an insult to the grandmother, mother, daughter and granddaughter of every Filipino man. The liquor ad and other such similar advertisements leave a lasting bad taste not only in the mouth, but in the heart and soul of every Filipino family and home, where woman is given a place of honor and respect.
The Office on Women encourages the advertising industry to be ever watchful for ads that degrade the image
of the Filipino woman and to be perpetually vigilant in ensuring that bad advertising, particularly those that condone the macho culture of abuse and lust, never see the light of day. Advertisers
and advertising companies, must always remind themselves that an essential part of the business is adherence to ethical standards and cultural mores as well as a fair regard for moral values and social
responsibility.
Bishop Emilio Z. Marquez, D.D
Apostolate Director – Office on Women
March 12, 2004
Message of His Excellency, Most Rev. Emilio Z. Marquez, D.D.
Bishop, Diocese of Lucena, Apostolate Director, CBCP Office on Women
during the celebration of International Women's Day, March 6, 2004Quezon City
Dear women of GOD:
International Women's Day will always be a joyful event for women because it is a celebration of triumph in their struggle to promote the dignity and equality of women. It is also a reminder of women's courage to be heard and listened to despite all odds, their fight for the right of suffrage, their marching on the streets to protest against low wages and inhuman working conditions, to protect themselves against exploitation, and in recent years, the advocacy against pornography and trafficking of women and children. These concerns continue to the present, so you need to remain vigilant and not lose hope but have faith and trust in His providence. The Church asks you to reflect on the lives of women in particular and society in general, and be in solidarity with one another in addressing their woes.
The CBCP – Office on Women
congratulates all of you, especially those in the forefront of assisting women in their hour of need. We are also in solidarity with all women movements who continuously address women's concerns and issues. I pray that all workers in the vineyard of the Lord be blessed by His Love and implore our Blessed Mother to accompany all of us in this journey of faith towards the betterment of women of our country and that of the whole world.
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