THRUST OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT

            Justice is the minimum of love.  Love is the fulfillment of Justice. These are the words that inspire the legal affairs of the RCAM.  As a Department, its aim is not just to see to it that justice is served  but that love be shared in whatever transaction RCAM maybe in, that is given our limitations.

            As a unit in RCAM, our primary concern is preventive.  Litigation is only a means of last resort.  Pursuant to our preventive stance of management, the department offers its services to the following needs of RCAM:

1. rendering of opinions, suggestions and recommendations on legal concerns of the different departments in RCAM;
2. represents RCAM in dialogues and bargaining agreements, if any;
3. represents RCAM in settlement of claims and dues;
4. prepares and reviews the various legal forms requested from the different departments.

The department is also charged in the monitoring, supervision and inventory of cases under litigation.

      In answer to the call of changing times and needs, the Legal Department is currently mapping out plans to accommodate the following needs of RCAM:

1. systematization of vital records
2. re-organization/re-structuring of the department to meet the growing demands,
3. preparation of modules for seminars and workshops on legal concerns of the archdiocese, and
4. accreditation of a pool of lawyers to help on the parish level.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS THAT LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRESENT LEGAL DEPARTMENT