About

The AWIT at PAPURI (Psalms and Praises) Podcast is the reading of the Word of God (Ang Salita ng Diyos) according to the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. This podcast, brought to you by Brink Notes Podcast Network, aims to proclaim the Word of God to Filipino Catholics all over the word.

This production is Brink Notes Podcast Network’s response to Pope Benedict XVI’s call that “we must sail on the digital sea” and “give soul” to the Internet.

“Without fear we must set sail on the digital sea facing into the deep with the same passion that has governed the ship of the Church for two thousand years. Rather than for, albeit necessary, technical resources, we want to qualify ourselves by living in the digital world with a believer’s heart, helping to give a soul to the Internet’s incessant flow of communication,” Pope Benedict XVI said in his address during the Italian Bishops Conference, “Digital Witness” held last April 24, 2010.

Furthermore, the Philippines boasts itself as the only predominantly Catholic country in Asia. However, proponents of this online project have realized that Catholic content available online in Filipino language are very few, if not none at all. This online project aims to provide Catholic content in Filipino language to Filipino speakers worldwide via the Internet.

Furthermore, the prayer intention of the Holy Father for January 2010 was that “young people may learn to use modern means of social communication for their personal growth and to better prepare themselves to serve society.”

In his address to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines during its Ad Limina Apostolorum visit last November 29, 2010, the Holy Father has also asked the Catholic laity proficient in social communications to “take their proper place in proposing the Christian message in a convincing and attractive way.”

This online project does not aim to replace the Liturgy of Word in the Eucharist; instead, this online project aims to help in the deeper understanding of the Word of God and to aid reflection and meditation of the Catholic faithful.

AWIT at PAPURI was launched November 21, 2010.

You may download the Awit at Papuri Press Release here.

Awit at Papuri Team

JERIC PEÑA
Founder, Brink Notes Podcast Network

Jeric Peña is a college student from Manila, Philippines taking up Bachelor of Secondary Education. Aside from being a full-time student, he also manages a couple of blogs and the Brink Notes Podcast Network.

ANNA KATHARINA GARCIA-PEÑA

Anna Katharina Garcia-Peña is a registered nurse, a licensed physician, and a university professor. She blogs at The World Around Me… Now A Blog!

DIANNE KRISTIN PEÑA

Dianne Kristin Peña is more popularly known as “Little Nars” in the World Wide Web because of her blog of the same name found at www.littlenars.com. She is a registered nurse currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Nursing degree.

ROXANNE MARIE PEÑA

Roxanne Marie Peña is a fourth-year high school student from Manila, Philippines.