Giuseppe Pinyo, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, will be in Bacolod City for the opening ceremonies of the National Conference of the Diocesan Directors and Executive Officers of the Commission on Family and Life.

A welcome dinner will be held at L ‘Fisher Hotel for him on February 13 with the archbishops, bishops, clergy and lay representatives who will be attending the Conference, and the vice president of the Pontificio Istituto Giovanni Paolo II per Studies Su Matrimonio e Famiglia, Fr. Jose Granados, from Rome, who will deliver the keynote address at the Conference, Msgr. Victorino A. Rivas, director of the Pope John Paul II National Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, said.

The conference, set for Feb. 13 to 17, is being organized by the Pope John Paul II National Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in partnership with the Episcopal Commission on Family and Life.

Entitled Blessed John Paul II’s Nuptial Theology: Call to Family Ministry, Agenda for Humanity, the conference aims to discuss at length the theology of Blessed Paul II, Rivas said.

The Conference hopes to bring together the directors and executive officers of the Commission on Family and Life of the different dioceses all over the country as well as the national officers of family life movements and heads and teachers of Catholic schools, he added.

It is expected to provide a venue where all those involved in family life can come together and strategize on what can should be done for the strengthening of marriage and family, knowing full well the threats and challenges are facing today, he also said.*

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