HIGHLIGHTS OF SEPTEMBER 2003
Cover Story: Basic Christian Communities				BUY this issue now or SUBSCRIBE to CANews
EDITORIAL : BEC IN THE MARKETPLACE In the market place where a Catholic works and lives and has his/her being for most of one’s waking hours there is an urgent need to build Christ-centred and Word-rooted communities
The book “Guidelines for BECs” [Basic Ecclesial Communities] provides the formula…		These Are The Guidelines CANews Aneel David Kannabhiran read through the book “Guidelines for BECs” and noted the following… To read this article, BUY this issue now!!
The Realities of Building a Community Of gossip, fears, keeping up with the Joneses and being “perpetual funeral mourners” BY MYRA THONG				FOCUS : MIGRATION SUNDAY 7 SEPT 2003 i) Migrant Workers: The Stark Reality by NOHD ii) Migrant Voices by Marge Martinez To read these articles BUY this issue now!!
		Catholics in the Workplace BY CHRISTOPHER NIAP A place where working Catholics get together during lunch breaks to pray and listen to the Word of God To read this article, BUY this issue now!!		FEATURE THE HASSLE AND DAZZLE OF C.A.R. [Citizens Against Rape] BY DAVID ANTHONY Click Here to see pictures of the event
CANews spoke to several members of the BECs to check on i] How the instruction to set aside Wednesdays of each month for BEC activities was received; and ii] How well used was the monthly BEC Reflection Paper prepared by the Peninsular Malaysia Pastoral Team.		And the BEC Members Say…		INTERNATIONAL GAY BISHOP and SAME SEX UNION, A PROBLEM From CNS To read this article, BUY this issue now!!
BUILDING BLOCKS OF BECs BY LARRY TAN, SJ It is easier to be holy when we are on our own with no one to test or challenge us. But this is a false and untested holiness which breeds a false sense of security and pride. We need each other to grow!	TIMES ARE A-CHANGING FOR CELL GROUPS An Evangelical Christian gives us the inside story on the goings-on in her church’s Cell Group BY P. KHOO		A BROADER UNDERSTANDING NEEDED We are supposed to belong to A [meaning ONE] BEC at any one point in time. Does this truly matter?		FINE TUNING: TOUGH DAYS FOR THE ANGLICAN CHURCH BY THE LISTENER	ASIA AsIPA & BECs Some view the Asian Integral Pastoral Approach method as unsuitable for Muslim majority societies FROM UCAN