2020 NATIONAL BIBLE MONTH OF THE PHILIPPINE BIBLE SOCIETY
The Philippine Bible Society (PBS) will conduct the 2020 National Bible Month this January 2020. The theme is #2020 Vision: The Bible Transforms and Unites the Nation. This is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 124, s. 2017, declaring the month of January of every year as National Bible Month (NBM), culminating in the last week of January, which is the National Bible Week.
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The NBM celebration will stage the i-Proclaim Bible Reading Campaign-a continuous, ecumenical, public, and oral reading of the Scriptures reminiscent of the Holy Week Pabasa where representatives from all sectors of society read the Scriptures.
Personnel and staff of the Department of Education from the central, regional, and schools divisions offices, including public and private elementary and secondary schools, and the attached agencies of the department, and other educational institutions, are invited to participate in the celebration on a voluntary basis.
Participation of public and private schools shall be subject to the no-disruption-of-classes policy stipulated in DepEd Order No. 9, s. 2005 titled Instituting Measures to Increase Engaged Time-on-Task and Ensuring Compliance Therewith.
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