Even before the mandatory age of retirement
Bishop Cabrera is happy to retire at 67 years old after serving the Diocese of
Alaminos for 22 years. After his
retirement he returned to his hometown in Mangaldan and is happy to reconnect to Malabago, the community he
left behind when he was 12 years old to
enter the Minor seminary.
His retirement from the Diocese has since become more of a break
from the administrative responsibilities of his office. He remains tireless in
fulfilling the three-fold office of Jesus: preaching the Gospel, administering
Sacraments, incorporating new members into His body and directing and guiding
the people on their journey to eternal salvation. (LG.21)
Now, he fulfills the
mandate given by Jesus not within
"bounds" of even the structure of the hierarchy!
·
He celebrates Mass in his home parish and enjoys going to the
barangays to administer the Sacrament and
to teach the people about God.
·
He is invited
by different groups and organizations
within and outside of the Parish,
to give recollection, facilitate
retreats or to give catechetical instructions , teach how to read and understand the Bible
·
As the Director for Religious affairs of the
Perpetual Help University system, he is responsible for the formation of
the faculty, staff , other
personnel the students from
various campuses of the University ,situated in different parts of Luzon.
·
He continues serving the poor through the
Galikin Community Center, a facility that provides opportunity to
people especially the poorest of
the poor ,enable them to reclaim their
dignity as human persons, organize and
empower families and communities
as catalysts of
change, and make Christ present
among them.
He established the Galikin Community
Center – a people’s center serving the spiritual and material needs of the people in Mangaldan
and other towns through these programs, projects and activities:
I.
Programs,
Projects and Activities
1.Integral Human Resources Development
• Weekly
Bible Class
• Leadership
formation
• Team
Building activities
2. Education for Life
Projects
Ø Provide
school materials in the form of bags , notebook, pencil, umbrella or raincoat
to elementary and high school students.
Ø Alternative
Learning System(ALS)
Ø Scholarship
Assistance to college Students.
Ø Vocational
and Technical training.
3.
Disaster and Relief Assistance
• Distribution of clothes
,medicines and food stuffs to those affected by typhoons
4.Development And Basic
Services For Children, Women And Elderly
• Story telling session as
tool for values education and social development for children.
• Physical And Spiritual Nourishment Of Children
through:
•
Bible Sunday class
•
Feeding
•
Health assistance
•
Summer remedial class
•
Children’s Formation
Program
• Physical and material
assistance to Children with special Needs
• Advocacy on the promotion
and protection of the Rights of Children
5. Other Livelihood Projects:
• GALIKIN
Brothers PEDICAB
• Organic
Fertilizer Production and vermin-culture
• Clay
Stove making, a fuel efficient cooking stove which maximizes heat with minimal
use of firewood,
• Micro-finance
is an alternative to usury and as a mechanism for generating internal resources through capital build-up scheme.
• Training
on Basket weaving
• Training on
REFLEXOLOGY
• Mushroom
production
• Fermented
Plant Juice Making
6.Social Accountability and Good Governance
• The
Candidates’ Forum for the barangay elections 2010.
• Signing
of commitment by the candidates for an honest and orderly election.
• Barangay
Planning
• Trainer’s
Training on Social Accountability and
Local Government Code.
• Community-based
training on Social Accountability towards good governance
• Participatory
Budget Monitoring
• Responsible
Citizenship Building
• Engagement
in local governance through membership in the Development Councils and special
Bodies of the Local Government Units
• Engagement
with National Government Agencies as monitors and partners in the promotion of
transparency, accountability and citizen’s participation towards responsible
governance in areas of planning, budgeting, expenditure tracking and
accountability.
7. Protection of
the Environment:
• Promotion
of organic agriculture.
• Production
of organic fertilizer.
• Promotion
of proper waste management.
• Promotion
of environment friendly livelihood: ( tribike, Organic Fertilizer Production
and vermin-culture ,Clay Stove making, a fuel efficient cooking stove which
maximizes heat with minimal use of firewood)