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Designing for 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines

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Brief The year 2021 marks the Jubilee Year for Christians in the Philippines, to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the coming of Christianity to this humble land. This is 500 years of evangelising the Gospel. It involves nine years of propagation that began in 2013, with a different theme each year. The Church is called to be Saints Together , which means that everyone in the church -- the Pope, the clergy, the religious, down to the community -- together must work and evangelize the Gospel of Christ. Every year, the Church targets specific sectors such as: Year of the Laity (2014)  Year of the Poor (2015)  Year of the Eucharist and the Family (2016)  Year of the Parish as a Communion of Communities (2017)  Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons (2018)  Year of the Youth (2019)  Year of Ecumenism and Inter-Religious Dialogue (2020)  In 2021, the theme is Missio ad Gentes,  which means mission to the nations.   This theme completes all the evangelical purposes of