Step 2: PREPARE THE PUROK FOR RE-ORIENTATION

Step 2: PREPARE THE PUROK FOR RE-ORIENTATION
1. SARUNGKAR PAGTAENGAN: Visit all the families in their homes with the on training PAT.

a. Objectives: To meet the families in their homes as key to establishing relationships and to discover actual life situations of people as context of pastoral program

b. Process:

(1) Remote preparation; Meet contact persons in the barangay. Explain the objectives and processes of home visitation. Schedule the activity.

(2) Immediate Preparation: Meet the group of some barangay residents at the center to plan out the actual home visitation. Divide the parish team with the Barangay residents into Purok visitation.

(3) Home visitation in the Purok: Introduce yourselves to the family. Start casual dialogue on family, livelihood and community concerns. End the conversation with invitation to the Tongtongan Barangay.

V. STEPS IN BUILDING BECS

BEC building is process, not mechanical and instant organizing. It is a process of consciousness formation and paradigm shift. It requires participative learning as methodology. It is always the work of teams. It demands the presence of the parish priest in all the steps of the process. Animating presence, empowering participation, team work, consistency and persevering in clear gospel stance are basic requirement in the process of BEC building.

Step 1: TRAINING PARISH ANIMATORS (PAT)

1. Role of the PAT: fulltime partners in the journey of BEC building into a way of life and mission.

2. Tasks: assist in the continuing consciousness formation among the BECs; assist in the training of BEC leaders and ministries; monitor the growth of the BECs

3. Qualities: able to relate with all walks of people, passion for change towards liberating mission, open to learning to facilitate formation activities, willing to sacrifice and suffer for Kingdom mission

4. Basic PAT training: Orientation on sense of co-responsibility in mission; basic skills for pastoral program; Pastoral Exposure to people and situation; Feedbacking as self reflection and team building; and Leaning Workshops for deepening and sustaining