+VICENTE M. NAVARRA, DD
Bishop, Diocese of Bacolod
Bacolod City, Neg. Occ., Philippines
THE FIRST BISHOP OF KABANKALAN
MESSAGE
I write this message, as requested by the author, Fr. Jude M. Garceniego, coincidentally, this 3rd day of December 2015, the feast day of St. Francis Xavier, the Patron Saint of Kabankalan Diocese, my first and former diocese.
I therefore ask St. Francis Xavier to bless with his prayers the book of Fr. Jude M. Garceniego, entitled: POOR CHURCH FOR THE POOR. In many instances the book resonates with the life and missionary travails of the Patron Saint of the Missions, who offered his life and his all for the then fledging Church of India-among the poorest of the poor.
In the example of St. Francis Xavier and endorsed by the author of this book, FAITH IN GOD, HUMILITY AND CHRISTIAN HEROISM are needed to establish the Church of the Poor precisely in the Hearts of the materially poor and of “those blessed, who are poor in spirit.”
I exhort everybody to read this book especially the priests working in the parishes and all BEC leaders.
Fr. Jude, congratulations! I ask the Good Lord, through the intercession of St. Francis Xavier to bless you and your priesthood.
Please pray for me.
Poor Church for the Poor 