It’s a record! Reading the Bible in an hour

BANGKOK (UCAN) — A Philippine college has set a world record for reading the Bible, getting through all 73 books in just one hour.

The academic community of Divine Word College (DWC) in Urdaneta, Pangasinan province, completed the feat yesterday (Jan. 31) in celebration of National Bible Week

The task was made easier by sharing the work, with sections divided among the DCWU’s 964 students, faculty members and non-academic personnel, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) website said.

The Episcopal Commission on Biblical Apostolate (ECBA) had asked diocesan biblical commissions round the country to organize events in their neighborhoods.

National Bible Week 2010 kicked off with i-Proclaim!, a historic, ecumenical and public oral reading of the Bible.

The public reading aimed to bring Filipinos to a greater awareness and relevance of the Scriptures in their everyday lives, CBCP News said.

National Bible Week was officially Jan. 25-29 but Auxiliary Bishop Pablo David of San Fernando, chairman of the ECBA, said the CBCP Bible Commission will hold its main activity, the National Biblical Workshop from Feb. 9-13 due to the Congress of Priests held last week.

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