Asst. Prof. Mary Erika N. Bola帽os, PhD, Acting Principal of the Senior High School and faculty researcher of the Center for Religious Studies and Ethics, presented her research paper entitled 鈥淭heological Elaboration of Missionary Catechesis from the Biblical Paul,鈥� in the 9th International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society, in Granada, Spain. The conference bore the theme 鈥淯niversal Religious Symbols: Mutual Influences and Specific Relationships鈥� and was held from April 25-26, 2019.
Citing Pope Saint John Paul II, Bola帽os argued that 鈥渕ission is also for those baptized but have lost a living sense of the faith or those who no longer consider themselves members of the Church and live a life far removed from Christ and his Gospel.鈥�
With the objective of presenting the Biblical Paul as model for the understanding and appreciation of Missionary Catechesis today, Bola帽os cited Redemptoris Missio, which described St. Paul as someone who 鈥渟poke without inhibition to a learned assembly (Areopagus)鈥n audience that was intellectually and philosophically sophisticated and whose religious practices manifested a search for life鈥檚 meaning.鈥�
Bola帽os teaches Theology courses under the auspices of the Institute of Religion.
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