DFF Seminar: The Bible and Science

In what may be one of its more popular seminars, DFF presents The Bible and Science: Can Science and Religion be in agreement?

Speaker: Fr. Dan MacNamarra, SJ.
Date: April 21 (Saturday)
Location: 2/F Red Ribbon Bldg (Missouri Square)
Missouri Street, Northeast Greenhills,
San Juan City
Registration Time: 8:30AM
Fee: P100.00
RSVP: 723-4326

Fr. Daniel Mcnamara, SJ, is the Executive Director of the Manila Observatory and the Chairman of Patrnership for Clean Air. An astro-geo-physicist by training, he is one of the Philippines' top environmental experts. He is also a theologian.

Past Features and Announcements

DFF Sponsors Seminar On The Catholic View of Homosexuality

This seminar focuses on the position of the Church on homosexuality and the conversion of a homosexual to a life of grace.

* Topic: Understanding the Homosexual Agenda and Proper Catholic Attitude Towards Homosexuals
* Date: March 17th Saturday
* Time: 8:30 AM registration
* Location: Red Ribbon Bldg., Missouri Street, Northeast Greenhills, San Juan City
* Speaker: Mr. Jose Garcia
* Entrance Fee: P100.00

Jose Garcia is the Founder and former Chairman and President of Courage Philippines. Courage Philippines is a Catholic spiritual support group ministering to people with homosexual tendencies who wants to follow the moral teaching of the Catholic Church.

RSVP: Totus Bookstore (Sylvia or Lerma) 723-4326

DFF Announces Apologetics Continuing Education

* Date: January 20, Saturday
* Time: 9 AM
* Guest Speaker : Archbishop Pedro Dean
* Topic: Archbishop's Exhortation / Dialogue with Archbishop Pedro Dean
* Location: Totus Bookstore 2/F Red Ribbon Bldg, Missouri Street, Northeast Greenhills, San Juan City.
* Telephone 723-4326.
* Fee is P100.00 per person.

Please bring your friends who missed the two previous apologetics seminars and make this a primer to our third.

The CBCP Issues a Pastoral Letter on the "Da Vinci Code"

"With the imminent release of the movie version of the best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, many people have started inquiring again about the veracity of its claims. Some readers take the assertions made by Brown to be true, while others entertain the possibility that they might be true. Some take the novel for what it truly is -- a work of fiction and nothing more. But no matter how a reader views the novel, it cannot be denied that fiction shapes the imagination, stirs emotions and forms mental associations. Brown has created the impression that his fiction is historical fact. Aware of St. Paul's admonition that some people "will stop listening to the truth and will wander off to fables," (2 Timothy 4:4) we, Pastors and Teachers of the faith, invite the faithful to carefully discern the truth of the Gospel."

Click here for the full text of the Pastoral Letter.

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Faith defenders turn 'converts' to 'reverts' DFF is featured in the Inquirer:

Since 2000, Defensores Fides, a small band of predominantly lay believers, has been quietly bringing back erstwhile Catholics to their original faith, turning them from "converts" to "reverts."

To read the full story at INQ7.net, click here.

Another Filipino Prince of the Church

The Defensores Fidei Foundation rejoices in the elevation of Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Borbon Rosales to Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI. We congratulate our Cardinal and pray that he be blessed with strength, courage, wisdom and guidance. The Pope appointed 15 new cardinals.

Now available: Catholic Soul

Catholic Soul is a book of truly universal appeal though it may be the first on Apologetics written with the Filipino Catholic in mind. It addresses a concern aired by the Philippine Bishops during the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines on the need for catechetical apologetics. Especially since the ecumenical effort between the Church and mainline Protestant churches has been muddled by the aggressive proselytising activities of non-sectarian groups that make Christian dialogue almost impossible and hinder the unification of Christendom. Most catechetical books seem daunting. Not this one. In 52 short and easily readable essays of just 550 words each, the author Edgardo C. de Vera clarifies Church tenets and issues that many Catholics have largely taken for granted or have difficulty explaining. Ecclesial terms are explained in simple layman's language. The subtitle "Concise Essays in Catholic Apologetics" says it all as a compact and easily digestible primer, packed with numerous references to Scripture, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Church history, Catholic trivia, and little known facts that make learning fun. Readers from different walks of life, whether they be executives, clerks, catechists, students, ordinary laymen or even priests, will find this handy little book interestingly imperative in relevance and a great tool for evangelization. In his Apostolic letter Duc in Altum the late Pope John Paul the Great called on all Catholics to evangelize the world. Catholic Soul is an answer to that challenge and equips the average faithful with sufficient foundation to confidently respond as well Available at Totus Bookstore 2/F Red Ribbon Bldg. Connecticut cor Missouri Streets San Juan MM Tel 723-4326 Price: Php 150.00. Order now!