monks meet in Netherlands

this month june 2010 the responsible monks of the Cistercienzers come to Berkel Enschot NL to prepare the program for the Capittel.the Father of the monastry O.L.Vrouw van Koningshoeven the Netherlands ( Holland)is proud to be able to receive somany important guests.
The Dutch Koningshoeven has a monthly Bulletin and email address,see our articles about Monks in NL, France,Germany and the Philippines.
the Internet site gives information about their links:important links for the Monks communities,the catholic community,and some other Monastries in Belgium and the Netherlands:
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Monastiek leven=Monks way of living
Cisterciënzers van de ‘strikte observantie’ (trappisten).CCOS+strict observation Monks.
Cisterciënzers van de ‘gewone observantie’+ observation Monks.
Benedictijnen+Benedict followers
Monniken en monialen van Sint Benedictus in Nederland en Vlaanderen in NL and Belgium
De Katsberg (moederhuis Koningshoeven) in Germany
Abdij Koningsoord te Berkel-Enschot (dochterhuis Koningshoeven)Abbey in NL
Abdij Maria Toevlucht te Zundert (dochterhuis Koningshoeven)Abbey in NL
Abdij Santa Maria Rawaseneng (dochterhuis Koningshoeven)Abbey in Indonesia(and Africa.)

God bless the Monks and their Communities worldwide.

Bijbel en spiritualiteit=Bible and spirituality
Willibrordbijbel
De Nieuwe Bijbelvertaling=Bible translation
Benedictus: Regel voor monniken=Rules for Monks following Benedict
Bernardus van Clairvaux(i wrote about this inspirator of Monks)

Rooms-Katholieke Kerk=Roman Catholic Church in NL
RKnieuws.net
Konferentie Ned. Religieuzen
Religieus leven in Nederland:religious life in NL
Katholiek Nederland
Overzicht katholieke kerk op het web

Vrienden van Koningshoeven=friends of Koningshoeven NL
Liturgisch instituut
Mertonvrienden

Tijdschriften Magazines
Monastiek tijdschrift De kovel
Speling, tijdschrift voor bezinning

Diversen
Bierbrouwerij ‘De Koningshoeven': the Brewery,see the website of Koningshoeven.nl
Proeflokaal: tasting of Beer: Trappist beer,and other Beers

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www.koningshoeven.nl will give to you the links on internet.

www.koningshoeven.nl

reproductive health,you want more classrooms,why not control population?

what do we see this week?again the discussion and debate about getting children in the philippines.Do the parents want sex education or leave it just to the Catholic Church,saying no reproductive health bill at all.!
the yearly increase of population is more than 1,5 million peoples with a population which is over 90 million!!!!!!
what do we read in the newspapers:
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DepEd pressed to cancel reproductive health plan ............................................................................

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.I discussed this topic several times in a Forum/Group in Friendster.com
i got numerous reactions,comments and even negative response.
leave it to the parents..................what? the parents ,esp.of poor families in faraway areas,barangays,have no idea about birth control,about pre conditional items,about a responsable parenthood.And when interested parties advocate birth control,let it be condoms,than the whole country is upset!
God will tell the parents to get children,go and multiply,......................................
The Church is totally against a stricter birth control program.
No birth regulation they say.
The DEpEd only wants to bring more educational materials about the matter into the classrooms.Just to study and make the families more aware of the effects of unlimited birth in this country.
Being more poor families,more children,less classrooms,less teachers,no buildings to accommodate them all.
Health situation deteriorates during unlimited birth increase.
result,the government has to supply enormous quantities of food to these poor peoples.
i accept that a developing country needs time to level up their population to a responsable standard/family.
But we can not close our eyes for the growing number of births.

It is very easy to punish the big companies in USA and Europe which want to sell their birth control programs to the PH.It is too easy to fulminate against them.or against similar organizations which advocate a Reproductive Health Policy.I remember the Opinion sites of PH newspapers which were fumigating against the Ambassador of the European Union when he adressed the PH about a reproductive health program.
We are certainly following the Presidents ideas and his Cabinet members ideas
about this topic.
It seems that the President is totally aware of the problem ,but he is also under heavy pressure of the Catholic Church.We should not underestimate their influence in the PH.
Overall we follow the developments and for more details see my articles in Friendster.com,Forum and Group pages,see item Reproductive Health Bill.

maraming salamat
God bless the philippines
wilhelmusblog.

WILHELMUS VAN NASSAU IN SOUTH AFRICA

THE WORLD CUP SOCCER FOR PROFESSIONAL SOCCER PLAYERS WILL START SOON IN SOUTH AFRICA.IT MEANS THAT THE HYMN WILL BE HEARD AGAIN FROM THE PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES.FOR THE NETHERLANDS( holland) IT MEANS WILHELMUS VAN NASSAU SONG,AND I MUST ADMIT THE HOLLANDERS SING IT ALL TOGETHER IN THE STADIUM.,IMPRESSIVE, ORANGE COLOURED PEOPLES,YOU CANNOT MISS THEM.THEY ARE IN ALL SOUTH AFRICA CITIES WHERE THE TEAM IS PLAYING.
GOD BLESS THE NETHERLANDS.DOES THE TEAM HAS A CHANCE TO BECOME WORLD CHAMPION? NO,NO,NO, THEY ARE VICE WORLDCUP WINNERS IN GERMANY AND ARGENTINA,THAT IS ENOUGH FOR OUR COUNTRY,AND WE DONOT HAVE A JOHAN CRUYFF ANYMORE  OR A DENNIS BERGKAMP.
ANYWAY HAVE FUN,AND DONOT FORGET TO DRINK BEER, MIGUEL BEER IN THE PH,BAVARIA IN THE NL OR AMSTEL.
ppist