austraLasia #3506
Bishop Cantillas meets the Rector Major
ROME: September 3, 2014 – Bishop Precioso Cantillas, SDB is here in Rome for the meeting of the Governing Committee for the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) held in Casa Bonus Pastor near the Vatican City. Although in the context of the Philippine Bishops Conference, he now handles the commission on the Family and the commission on Bio-ethics, his other involvement with international organizations are still active. He is the Secretary of the Governing Committee for the ICMC, based in Geneva Switzerland.
As soon as the final session was over, he took the opportunity to go to the SDB Generalate to meet Fr Angel Fernandez Artime, SDB -our Rector Major. The last time Bishop Cantillas was in the Generalate was about 8 years ago when he met Fr Pascual Chavez, SDB.
The Rector Major was so accommodating, he had a friendly chat with Bishop Cantillas despite his afternoon schedule that was already spent with meetings and consultations with different non-Salesian groups.
What did they talk about? They had a warm sharing of their pastoral experiences as pastors and animators. Mons. Cantillas is already 17 years as bishop. He first served as Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu for 2 years then was transferred to the Diocese of Maasin (Southern Leyte) where he is the ordinary for the 41 parishes with about a hundred priests serving a total of roughly 500 thousand faithful. The Bishop also continues to write collaborately in the Sunday section of a national daily newspaper: Reflections for the Working Soul.
Although the super typhoon of November 2013 hit also a portion of his diocese, there was not much widespread devastation as compared with other places.
The Rector Major took the opportunity to extend again his invitation for the gathering of all Salesian bishops in May 2015. Then they joined the other Salesians for the evening prayers and supper with the community of the Generalate.
Bishop Cantillas meets the Rector Major
As soon as the final session was over, he took the opportunity to go to the SDB Generalate to meet Fr Angel Fernandez Artime, SDB -our Rector Major. The last time Bishop Cantillas was in the Generalate was about 8 years ago when he met Fr Pascual Chavez, SDB.
The Rector Major was so accommodating, he had a friendly chat with Bishop Cantillas despite his afternoon schedule that was already spent with meetings and consultations with different non-Salesian groups.
What did they talk about? They had a warm sharing of their pastoral experiences as pastors and animators. Mons. Cantillas is already 17 years as bishop. He first served as Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu for 2 years then was transferred to the Diocese of Maasin (Southern Leyte) where he is the ordinary for the 41 parishes with about a hundred priests serving a total of roughly 500 thousand faithful. The Bishop also continues to write collaborately in the Sunday section of a national daily newspaper: Reflections for the Working Soul.
Although the super typhoon of November 2013 hit also a portion of his diocese, there was not much widespread devastation as compared with other places.
The Rector Major took the opportunity to extend again his invitation for the gathering of all Salesian bishops in May 2015. Then they joined the other Salesians for the evening prayers and supper with the community of the Generalate.
