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lar delegation for this program.The students, chaperoned by 7

members of the Holy Cross fac-ulty and Fr. Patrick Tepoorten,pastor of the Immaculate Con-ception Parish in Delta, Brit-ish Columbia, arrived at 7:30AM Manila time. After a quickfreshening up, they were ush-ered to the ANCOP KapatidCommunity (AKC) in CaloocanCity. While there, the ANCOPscholars of CFC Metro ManilaNorth A entertained the guestswith cultural dances. The HolyCross kids also had the chance toplay with the children and dance

with the teens.Working in ANCOP

The next day, the Holy Crossgroup had a taste of workingunder the sweltering Manilaheat. After the Mass ofciatedby Fr. Patrick, the group re-ceived instructions from GannyEvangelista, the Shelter Pro-gram Coordinator of Metro Ma-nila West C sector. The studentsand teachers worked up untilthey breaked for lunch. Aftertheir lunch break, the group

By By Alma Alvarez

Canadian High School Sends

Volunteers to CFC ANCOP

SOLD ICON Turning Point

THIRTY-two students fromGrades 11 and 12 of Holy CrossRegional High School, Surrey,British Columbia, Canada cameto the Philippines last March 18,2014 to participate in what theycall the Holy Cross Mission Trip2014. The trip, organized by AN-COP Canada in partnership withCFC ANCOP in the Philippines,brings students from Catholicschools in Canada to immersein the Building the Church ofthe Poor program of Couples forChrist, particularly the ANCOP

Shelter Program. Holy Cross isthe biggest high school in Brit-ish Columbia, and it is their rsttime to immerse in ANCOP. LastNovember, the Toronto CatholicDistrict School Board sent a simi-

resumed working until about4:00 in the afternoon.

This was a typical day for theenthusiastic workers, whichwent on for the next 6 days.But it was not all work and noplay. In between shoveling,carrying debris, laying bricks,and painting houses, the HolyCross missionaries found timeto have fun with the children,teens, and even the moms anddads in AVANAI.

On Day 3, the group held atalent show where both the kidsfrom AVANAI and Holy Crossshowcased their talents. On Day

5, the AVANAI teens played amean game of basketball withthe Holy Cross Crusaders.

March 25 was the groups lastday in ANCOP AVANAI. Afterthe days work, the communityhosted a dinner/ serenade forthe Canadian guests.

The following day, the groupwent up to the Our lady ofBanneux Community in SanMateo, Rizal. It was a differentexperience for the students andteachers, from urban AVANAI

Holy Cross Crusaders, counterclockwise from top: the students wearing their bright green AGW shirt; getting ready toboard for Manila; some initial activity after touchdown; dancing for the AKC ANCOP scholars; playing with kids from AKC.

Building homes... touching lives... more fun in the Philippines! Students and teachers from the Holy Cross Regional High Schooldid not mind the sweltering Manila heat as they worked and played with the residents in AVANAI.

A welcome break from the construction work was the trip to Saint Martin de Porres Childrens Center in Tondo, Manila and thehistorical tour of the Intramuros.

SOLD and men in CFC

called to be True Men of God!

E ASSURANCE that Jesus will ac-company SFC to and through anychallenge of growth and that eachperson must nd the joy that goeswith lifes daily crosses.

When we carry our cross, rejoice!We are given the privilege to share inthe glory of God, said Noli Manuel,SFC International Coordinator.

The SFCs were also reminded thatthe Catholics devotion to Mary isalways about Jesus, and that theycontinue their journey to Jesus,through Mary, as most of the speak-

ers often mentioned.In your journey, you cannot choose

a better companion than Mary.e assurance that Jesus will accompany

SFC to and through any challenge of

growth and that each person must ndthe joy that goes with lifes daily crosses.When we carry our cross, rejoice!

We are given the privilege to share inthe glory of God, said Noli Manuel,SFC International Coordinator.

The SFCs were also reminded thatthe Catholics devotion to Mary isalways about Jesus, and that they

By By Alma Alvarez

Holy Cross Regional High School at the Our Lady of BanneuxANCOP Community

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Just call me Lolo

Ricky Cuenca

I AM now a lolo(grandfather). And whenever I amasked how it feels to be a grandfather, I cannot hidethe excitement and happiness I feel.

You see, for me, becoming a grandparent is astage of life and I know that we will eventuallycome to that. And having an apo(grandchild) istruly a blessing! In fact I have two, one each frommy daughters, who came one after the other.

My daugh-ter Crissy andher husbandJose were thefirst to makeme a lolowhentheir daughterAria was born.A month or solater, it wasmy daughterJ a c q u i a n d

her husbandJP who gav eus our second,Jillian.

In my tripto the US andCanada lastFebruary, ourfam i ly ce l -ebrated a very joyous occasion. Aria, my grand-daughter who lives in Canada, was baptized lastFebruary 9. It was a very small partywe wereonly in one table. But it was truly a spirit-lledevent!

As a new lolo, I am giddy with excitement overmy grandchildren. Masara p pala! I remembersomeone asking me, What would you like yourgrandchildren to call you? I replied, I want themto call me Lolo! Hindi naman halata, di ba? I guessactively serving God through CFC keeps us alllooking and feeling young.

And speaking of serving in CFC, I can see thatmy aposwill grow up to be God-fearing, obedient,

kind and generous individuals because they wouldgrow up in the community. Both my childrenand their spouses are actively serving as leadersin Couples for Christ, and I truly look forward toseeing my grandchildren grow in the Lord.

I remember one time, when Aria was three monthsold, the doctor specically told her parents not totake her out because of the extremely cold weath-

er. However,there was aleaders train-ing Crissyand Jose werescheduled toattend. Andso Aria hadto come withthem, all bun-dled up andcozy.

I rememberexperiencingthis with ourown daugh-t e r s w h ogrew up in aCFC environ-ment. Irmaand I would

take them everywhereHousehold prayer meet-ings, assemblies, and all of the CFC activities.And the Lord always protected them from theelements. Even when they were growing up, Godshielded them from bad company. In fact, one ofmy daughters wanted to become a nun, and almostentered the convent!

Who knows, my granddaughters might becomenuns later on. The strong Catholic foundation thatthese children would be raised in can make thatpossible. And that would truly bring us joy. Asa matter of fact, my daughters nun-friend has

consecrated these little ones to the Lord.What a joy it is to be a grandfather!

CFC ANCOP, DLS-CSB Partnership Welcomes15 New Scholars

FOR the third year, ABS-CBN/ DZMMand CFC ANCOP USA are co-sponsorsfor the grand nals of the USA GlobalPinoy Singing Idol (GPSI) competition inOrlando, Florida on April 5, 2014.

Fourteen singers from seven states willcompete. They are Aaron Caras (FL);Giselle Delos Reyes (MN); Vanessa Quil-

lao (FL); Michael Toledo (FL); Ian Ramos(FL); Kyle Mercado (FL); Cheryl Badiola(FL); Jozen D De Leon (TX); Jolilorlyn QWenghofer (IL); Michael Rey Calalang (NJ);Alessja Morales (CA); Martin Honor (MD);Maria Raina Rivere (MD); Rodel Sajor (CA).

Singer Pops Fernandez and actor GabyConcepcion will be the guest performersduring the competition.

Awell Paz and Melody Garcia-Muniz ofDZMM will co-emcee the ve-hour singingcontest that will be carried live by DZMMin all it coverage areas around the world.

According to Roger Santos, ExecutiveDirector of ANCOP USA, two rst prizewinners will be awarded $1,000 each, plusfree round-trip tickets and weeklong stayin Manila for the Global Finals of GPSIsometime in January 2015.

Proceeds from the event will go to CFCANCOP USAs ongoing projects for the

poor in the Philippines, including thevictims of Typhoon Yolanda.

By ANCOP USA Communications

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to the quiet and rural OLB Community. Yet, theCanadian missionaries experienced the samewarm welcome from the families living there.

Visiting Saint MartinAmong the places the Holy Cross delegates

visited was the Saint Martin de Porres chil-drens center in Tondo, Manila. After the Massconcelebrated by Fr. Pat and Msgr. Matt Garcia,

the high school kids spent time with the chil-dren and gave them gifts. One of the students,12th grader Courtney Barich, prior to her trip toManila, had pledged to raise money for the saidcenter when she opted to forego the purchase ofa gown for her graduation dance. Instead of anexpensive gown, she decided she would wear adress made from a potato sack, use the moneyshell save to start the fund-raiser, and hopesto send $10,000 to Saint Martin. (See CourtneyBarich story at http://tinyurl.com/k9w5hct).

After that encounter with the street childrenof Tondo, Vida Cuares, CFC ANCOP Coordina-tor for Canada, took the party to a brief histori-cal tour of Manila, with a kalesaride being thehighlight of the tour.

Personal missionAmong the missionaries were the mother-

daughter tandem of Wendy and Rachel

Beauchamp. Wendy, who is also a teacherat Holy Cross, came to Manila with anothergoalto fund the building of a house in honorof Tessa, her daughter who had died of cancera year ago. In a symbolic turnover, Wendyand Rachel personally awarded the house toa family in AVANAI, together with framedphotographs of Tessa.

Through this home, I know Tessa will have afamily here in the Philippines, Wendy added.

We came as strangersJudging from how these kids related with the

children in the places they immersed in, it canbe surmised that the Holy Cross students, andeven the teachers, made a mark in the lives ofthe families in ANCOP AVANAI and the OLBCommunity. As the kids shared during theirlast day in AVANAI, they were amazed howthey were treated like celebrities. But more

than the royal treatment, what truly madean impact in the students lives was the factthat although they arrived as strangers, theywere leaving as family.

For Rachel Beauchamp, the experience openedher eyes to the realities of life. According to Fr.Patrick, although the Holy Cross kids come frommiddle class families, the experience has madethe students more appreciative of what they haveback home. They were likewise amazed at howhardworking the volunteers in AVANAI were.

The huge gulf that somehow separated theyoung people from AVANAI and Holy Crossin the beginning was quickly bridged at theend of six days. Gifts were exchanged betweenthe missionaries and the residents. Even theyounger children of AVANAI, OLB and SaintMartin de Porres appreciated the gifts from thekids from Star of the Sea Elementary School.

For the students, the bake sales, the Dollar for

Jeans Day, the lumpia(spring rolls) sales, par-ticipating in the ANCOP Global Walk 2013 inSurrey (they raised $12,000 from AGW alone),and the other creative ways they did to raisefunds for the trip were all worth it.

As of press time, the group has own back toCanada, eager to share their stories and hope-fully inspire more students, even from the otherCatholic schools, to have the same experiencewith CFC ANCOP.

By Rizal Ting

CFC ANCOP visits Eastern Samar Barangay

ON the rainy afternoon of March 22, 2014, CFC ANCOP, composed of Eastern Leyte PAH Willie Pa-dida, PAD Roger Chua, ANCOP Head Jun Derion and CFC ANCOP HQ Operations Rizal Ting, v isitedBarangay Bua Bua, Salcedo, Samar in response to the request of ANCOP Bermuda regarding their ef-fort to help the parishioners of the Our Lady of Salvation Parish to rebuild their church. The town ofSalcedo was badly hit by Yolanda and most of the residents were living in tents.

The group arrived at around 3:00 in the afternoon. Barangay Chairman Severino Bagon introducedthem to the Parish Priest, Fr. Alfonso Pony Asis. Upon inspection of the parish church, the team foundthat the roong was ripped out, and there was heavy damage at the altar area. A temporary shelter wasmade at the back of the parish where the priest celebrated Mass, and a small room at the side of the churchserved as the room of the parish priest.

The parish priest welcomed the support of ANCOP Bermuda and presented the group an estimated

BOM amounting to Php1.530M to provide roong for the church. This did not include the labor andother incidentals. CFC ANCOP pledged to get back to the parish as soon as the donation of ANCOP Ber-muda is nalized. The funds will be downloaded thru CFC ANCOP Eastern Samars account. Likewise,ANCOP proposed for the area to be part of the adopt-a-barangay Community Development program ofANCOP, as there has been an established relationship with the parish priest and the barangay ofcials.

ANCOP hopes to be back early April to download the approved funds for the parish roong andrm up the proposal to help rebuild the community thru the ANCOP Shelter Program.

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CFC Toronto In a Courtesy Visit to Cardinal Collins

By Francis Yap

COUPLES for Christ Torontowas given the privilege to paya courtesy visit to His EminenceThomas Cardinal Collins, Arch-bishop of Toronto last March10, 2014.

During the meeting, CFC up-dated His Grace on the commu-nitys work towards New Evan-gelization, stressing out CFCsmission of Building the Church

of the Home, which is focusedon Family Evangelization, andBuilding the Church of the Poorthrough ANCOP. His Eminence

was also very pleased to hearabout updates with CFC Youthsactive presence in schools andthe ministrys coordination withFr. Frank Portelli of the Ofce ofCatholic Youth.

For his part, His Eminencementioned the importance ofsupporting movements thatfocus on family like Couples forChrist and would like to see the

community spread throughoutthe whole diocese. He likewisespelled out the ArchdiocesePastoral Plan which focuses on

Present during the meeting are (L-R)Kevin Muico Fulltime Pastoral Worker for CFC-Youth; NoliArzadon, Regional Head (RH)-Western Canada; Greg Parillas, CFC-National Director; Jun Clarito, RH-Eastern Canada and wife Malou; His EminenceThomasCardinal Collins; Eric delos Reyes, Country Coordinator-Couples for Christ Canada and wife Carina; Jimmy Arzadon, Area Head(AH) Vancouver; and Francis Yap, AH-Toronto and wife Jessie.

evangelization and caring forthe needy which is an afrma-tion of the work of Couples ofChrist. He ended by thankingthe community for all the workCFC is doing in the archdiocese,exhorting the leaders and mem-bers to continue to stress on thevirtues, provide alternatives anddraw energy towards the good.

The short visit ended with His

Eminence blessing the wholeCouples for Christ communityand humbly saying, You prayfor me and I will pray for you.

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CFC in the NewEvangelization (Part 2)

Jun Uriarte

THE following is the content of the talk of Bro. JunUriarte during the 2nd Global Leaders Empower-ment Convention last January 12, 2014. Part 1, fromthe February 3, 2014 issue of the UGNAYNAN,discussed the Scope of and Need for New Evange-lization. This second part tackles the Strategies ofevangelization as employed by St. Patrick and St.Francis Xavier.

What will be the approaches to new evangeli-zation as dened initially by Pope Benedict, and,then now, clearly, in Evangelii Gaudium? How-ever, for us to be able to state the approachesthat CFC should take, Id like to bring you overquickly and share with you some vignettesshort storiesabout evangelization in the past.And then perhaps we can learn from them.

I used to work for the United Nations inThailand for 8 years, and so I travelled to theU.N. Headquarters in New York very often. Ialways stayed in a hotel that was within walkingdistance from the U.N. Headquarters, and at thesame time also within walking distance fromthe Cathedral of St. Patrick. There is always anearly morning Mass, at 7:00, and so, even duringwinter, I would walk from the hotel to St. Patrickto hear Mass daily. After Mass, at around 7:30,I go to this nice restaurant near St. Patrick andhave breakfast there before heading back to theU.N. Headquarters for our meeting.

During those years that Ive been going there,I always reect and ponder, and marvel at thatgreat Cathedral of St. Patrick and try to rememberthe person whom that Cathedral was named after.

St. Patrick was born in the west coast of theBritish Isles in 398. At the age of 14, he was cap-tured by a raiding party and became a slave inpagan Ireland. After 6 years he escaped, and hereturned to his family in Britain. Later he stud-ied in Gaul (which is now modern-day France)

under Egyptian monks. He was ordained apriest and later became bishop. And then he wassent as a missionary to Ireland. The conversionof Ireland was due to great missionary workof St. Patrick.

In evangelizing and converting Ireland, St.Patrick had a strategy. And this is the reasonwhy we want to recall these vignettes about pastevangelizationto learn what were their strate-gies that worked so that we too might be able toadapt those in our work of new evangelization.

What did St. Patrick do? He put particularemphasis on the evangelization of the aris-tocracy. Its not my recommendation, its notthe ICs recommendation, it was St. Particksstrategy. And I am merely sharing with youthese vignettes.

He said that once the aristocracy converts, theothers would follow. And the aristocracy pro-vided protection for the converts from the lowerclass, from the masses. And it worked. Because

we know that Ireland is strongly Catholic.

Learning from St. PatrickI did not only live in Bangkok for 8 years, I

also lived in Jakarta for 12 years. Let me sharewith you some vignettes of the missionary workin Indonesia. When we arrived in Indonesia,there was a small group of Couples for Christ,but they were not growing. And so we adapteda strategy, and I remembered the strategy of St.Patrick. And so I said, Why dont we evange-lize the expatriates rst?

The expatriates were very well paid in Indo-nesia at that time. We get them converted, weconvert their wallets too. And the Holy Spiritallowed it. I remember when I was the head ofthe expatriate group in Indonesia, we had peo-ple tithing regularly at $2,000 a month!

And then we said, What about the locals?and so we modied the strategy. We evange-lized the locals who can speak Bahasa Indonesia

uently

and there were many! And so wepurposely and strategically invited them andwe were able to bring them into the commu-nity. And then they were able to go out withresources that have been provided. And withtheir uency in the local language, they wereable to travel and spread the gospel in the com-munity in Indonesia.

Then we said, Well, the expatriates arepurely Filipinos. What about the other expatri-

ates?, and that was difcult. A Filipino lectur-ing to Caucasians?

Aha! Lets invite Jack Burgoyne! Those whoremember our brother Jack Burgoyne know thathes tall, Caucasian-looking, but he is Filipinoand speaks Tagalog. And so we invited him tocome over to Jakarta and told him, Jack, dontever speak Tagalog! Always speak in English.Theyll think you are an American.

I said, You give the rst three talks. Thatwas the strategy. And he did. He came over, andto cut the long story short, there was one timewe had 13 nationalities in our community inIndonesiawe had British, Australian, Indian,New Zealand, Singaporean, Malaysian Andthe best proof of that success in that strategy isthat now, the leadership is within Indonesians,proven by our brother Alex and sister Suaning.

A brief history of evangelization

Christian evangelization began in Jerusalemat Pentecost. Peter was the rst to convert, weknow that from the Acts of the Apostles3,000people in one day. Christianity was rst estab-lished in Jerusalem and in Antioch, where thefollowers of Jesus (followers of the Way) wererst called Christians. Bartholomew preachedthe Gospel in northwest India, Thomas estab-lished the church in Malabar in south India, butthe greatest missionary to Asia was St. FrancisXavier. In just a decade, St. Francis convertedan estimated 700,000 people.

He established Christian communities alongthe western coast of India, from Goa to CapeComorin. He established Christian communi-ties in Sri Lanka, Malacca, and Japan. Now hereis the secret, and we hope we can discuss this inthe workshops because this is the very purposeof GLEC: the success of his evangelization is at-tributed to 6 things, from the reections of those

pondering about this saints writings:1. Visible holiness not just holiness, butvisible holiness; people seeing Christ in us,which comes out of a life of constant prayer.

2. Unceasing preaching the equivalent tothis at this moment is constantly invitingpeople to our Christian Life Program.

3. Unrelenting pastoral work the equivalentto this being the unceasing mending of ournets. We should not lose people that wehave caught. We have to continue to mendour nets. Remember, ne as dened by PopeFrancis already includes pastoral work.

4. Techniques unique to each situation andmethods consistent with conditions of thepeople in practical terms, to be an effectiveevangelizer, we must learn the language ofthe people we are trying to reach.

5. Minister to the sick like what St. Francisdid. For CFC, that is our BCOP.

6. Preach the gospel in our Christian Life

Program Francis wrote and taught andcatechism. We need to know our religion,know who Jesus Christ really is. We need toknow the story of Jesus. And he establisheda school in Goa to train missionaries.

Thats what Francis did. So after three yearsin India, he went to Malaysia, Indonesia andVietnam. And then there was a convert inGoa, a Japanese named Anjir who was lateron baptized as Paul. In 1549, Francis and Paul(Anjir) went to Japan, and in two years wereable to convert 2,000 in Japan. And it was thelove and concern for each Japanese that broughtmany to Christianity.

But then, here is again another very impor-tant strategyFrancis noted that the Japaneselooked up to China as the source of civilization.And Francis said, If I can convert the Chinese,since the Japanese look up to the Chinese, theJapanese will follow. Sounds familiar? This

was St. Patricks strategy also.And so Francis returned to Goa, he prepared

for a mission to China and in 1552, he sailedfrom Goa to China. He reached the island ofSancian near Canton, but God had anotherplan. Francis became sick and he died beforehe could enter China.

And so the other Jesuits continued the evan-gelization of China, the most important beingFr. Alessandro Valignano. (To be continued)

CoFC Manila holds 14thGAand Board Elections

CO-OPS for Christ Manila con-ducted its 14 th General As-sembly and elections of themembers of the Board of Direc-tors last March 29, 2014 at theObispado de Cubao in QuezonCity. After the declaration of aquorum by Secretary MargaritaUy, CoFC Chairman Victor Hi-zon called the meeting to order.

After the consideration ofthe Minutes of the last regularGeneral Assembly and SpecialGeneral Assembly and the mat-ters arising from the minutes ofthe meeting and the approvalthereof, Co-ops General Man-ager and COO Letty Jaymegave the Management Reportto the body.

This was followed by the elec-tion of 5 members of the Boardof Directors from the 8 nomi-nees. After the canvassing ofthe automated election returns,the following were elected tothe CoFC Board: re-electionistsTess Cecilio, Baby Dacanay, andTed Topacio; and new membersEmil Reyes and Nick Olivar.

Cornerstone tutees move up

AT THE end of each school year, Cornerstone con-ducts a Moving Up Day to honor the students fortheir perseverance and hard work, as well as thepublic school teachers and principals who embracewhat Cornerstone embodies.

During the Moving Up ceremonies, tutors andcoordinators give out certicates and special cita-

tions to the students in order to give recognitionand continue inspiring them to become better inthe next school year.

Aside from the Moving Up rites, high schoolstudents under the Cornerstone Program were also

given leadership and capability training in orderto equip them even after graduation.

ANCOP USA turns over equipment, medicines

ANCOP USA, following their recent medical mission to Iloilo, turned over medical equipment andmedicines to the province via the West Visayas State University Medical Center and the provincialGovernor.

The equipment and medicines came from Direct Relief International, a non-prot organization thatfocuses on improving the quality of life by bringing critically needed medicines and supplies to localhealthcare providers worldwide. The donation was made through the initiative of Rene Palma of AUSA.

Gerry Alabado, Provincial Area Director of Iloilo, who is a physician himself, and CFC Iloilo AGTmember Dr. Giovanni delos Reyes, VP for Medical & Allied Sciences, and OIC, Medical Center receivedthe brand new medical equipment for WVSUMC.

Afterwards, the group proceeded to the Provincial Capitol where they turned over the medicines to

Governor Arthur Defensor and City Administrator Dr. Raul Banias.

By Nathaniel Gomez

Dr. Raul Banias presents the medicines to Governor Defensor.

After the inventory, these medical equipment were turnedover to WVSUMC.

The team makes a through inspection to make sure the equip-ment that each would be in optimum condition.

Dr. Jerry Alabado inspects the medical equipment and super-vises the inventory of the items.

CoFC gets ready for year 15, clockwise from top: the Board of Directors, both incoming and outgoing; Chairman Victor Hizonpresiding over the assembly; members line up for the automated elections; the ve new members of the Board.

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Central Luzon MC Members gather for the Beloved Weekend

THE CFC UAE echo of theBehold & Ponder LeadersConference was a resoundingvictory for the Lord. More thantwo hundred members of theMission Core and top leadersof CFC, SOLD, HOLD, and SFCMinistries gathered last March1, 2014 at the Saadiyat Ballroomof Grand Millennium Hotel inAbu Dhabi. Despite having tocome from the CFC UAE Be-loved Weekend the day before,this did not prevent the leadersfrom having another magnicentencounter with the Lord in theLeaders Conference.

The rst talk, Ponder, wasgiven by Arnel Santos, CFCInternational Council member,who also shared his personaltransformation story. The UAEleaders were equally inspiredand encouraged to hear Santospersonal testimonies of theirown challenges in service andpersonal life with wife, Bing, andtheir eventual victories in over-coming them. Rita Verdolagaadded her own powerful and lifechanging experience when shehad to really ponder on Godswill for her and her family.

The second talk (Behold)was delivered by CFC ExecutiveDirector, George Campos. TheCFC UAE leaders were trulyblessed to hear the Lords mes-

sage through the talk as Camposled them to relive the past thirtythree years of the CFC Interna-

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tional Community along withits Family Ministries. Similarlyinspiring were the testimonies ofRomy Alfaro, Country Coordi-nator of CFC UAE and RegionalCoordinator for the Middle East,and Cynthia Campos, who bothshared about their life in com-munity and Building the Churchof the Home.

Mar Santos, CFC UAE NCmember, and Danny Abutas,CFC Sharjah and Northern Emir-ates Area Director, shared theirpersonal insights and experi-ences when they joined theBCOP experience last Januaryin San Fernando. Pampanga andBani, Bataan.

The conference was concludedwith a pray over of the CFCUAE leaders by the CFC Eldersand CFC UAE National CouncilMembers for the local leaderscontinuing zeal, passion, andmission readiness to go wher-ever the Lord is taking them toserve Him.THE CFC UAE echo of theBehold & Ponder LeadersConference was a resoundingvictory for the Lord. More thantwo hundred members of theMission Core and top leadersof CFC, SOLD, HOLD, and SFCMinistries gathered last March1, 2014 at the Saadiyat Ballroomof Grand Millennium Hotel in

Abu Dhabi. Despite having tocome from the CFC UAE Be-loved Weekend the day before,

this did not prevent the leadersfrom having another magnicentencounter with the Lord in theLeaders Conference.

The rst talk, Ponder, wasgiven by Arnel Santos, CFCInternational Council member,who also shared his personaltransformation story. The UAEleaders were equally inspiredand encouraged to hear Santospersonal testimonies of theirown challenges in service andpersonal life with wife, Bing, andtheir eventual victories in over-coming them. Rita Verdolagaadded her own powerful and lifechanging experience when shehad to really ponder on Godswill for her and her family.

The second talk (Behold)was delivered by CFC ExecutiveDirector, George Campos. TheCFC UAE leaders were trulyblessed to hear the Lords mes-sage through the talk as Camposled them to relive the past thirtythree years of the CFC Interna-tional Community along withits Family Ministries. Similarlyinspiring were the testimonies ofRomy Alfaro, Country Coordi-nator of CFC UAE and RegionalCoordinator for the Middle East,and Cynthia Campos, who bothshared about their life in com-munity and Building the Churchof the Home.

Mar Santos, CFC UAE NCmember, and Danny Abutas,CFC Sharjah and Northern Emir-

MORE than 1,700 mission core membersof CFC Central Luzon gathered at theBaguio Convention Center on March15-16, 2014 for the Beloved Weekend.The Conference service team was theprovince of Bulacan, who warmly wel-comed representatives of the different

provinces as they practiced their entryfor the Songs of the Beloved.

Day 1 of the program started with thepraying of the Rosary, followed shortlyby the celebration of the Mass by Fr.Allan Antonio, the spiritual director ofCFC Bulacan.

CFC Central Luzon Regional HeadRomy Alfaro gave the Prologue, high-lighting CFC Central Luzons spiritualjourney with Mother Mary from 2012until today, and relating them to thetopics to be discussed on this two-daygathering. The first talk, Ponder, theFamily of Love, was given by FamilyMinistries Director Mannix Ocampo.His wife Aileen and their childreninspired the audience with heartfeltsharing about their family life and howthey are blessed by God as they putcomplete trust in the Lord. The sharing

of the family of Rey and Anne Atessoralso conrm how God takes good careof his faithful servants. Mon de Leon,through a video sharing, expressed hisgratitude for the opportunity given tothem in serving CL. The whole CentralLuzon offered prayers for the completehealing of his wife, Penny. The formerprovincial area heads and area direc-tors were also acknowledged for theirsacrices and dedication in leading thecommunity to where it is now.

The afternoon session brought theattendees to a deeper reflection, as

former International Council MemberJoe Yamamoto, who was celebra tinghis birthday on that day, gave his in-sights on the second talk, Ponder, theMangers Message. His wife Mila sharedher humble beginnings, their sacricesand the people who have been used byGod to support her in becoming a gooddoctor. The ANCOP scholars furthergave testimonies on how their liveshave been changed and how they havebecome spirit-lled individuals full ofhope and gratitude.

The third talk, Behold, The NewMissiongiven by the CFC ChairmanRicky Cuenca kept the audienceexcited as he shared his own experi-

ences in doing evangelization workin foreign lands, and how his strongfaith in God and devotion to MamaMary led him to people who pavedthe way in undertaking the CFC mis-sion. His wife Irma, in her sharing,recalled how their lives have beentransformed, from a worldly to aspirit-filled life, through fasting andprayers of their first household lead-ers. She also stressed how the fullsupport she extended to her husbandled them together in joyful service toCFC worldwide.

Chito Magsajo shared how CLPs canbe undertaken in the workplace hereand abroad, while his wife Chichi talked

about their journey of hope in the Lordwhen Chito was diagnosed of cancer 12years ago while serving as area head ofPampanga.

Young couple Raymond and MinetteRimando likewise inspired the audi-ence with their courage and creativeapproaches in evangelization.

The high-energy level of the attendeescontinued until evening for the Songs ofthe Belovedsegment hosted by BulacanProvincial Area Head Raffy Ballesterosand his wife Amie. Pampangas ren-dition of the song Mahal Naming Ina,composed by Kenneth Makapugaywon rst prize. Bulacans entry BirhengMariaby Gil Cruz and Dexter Domingo

and Nueva Ecijas entry titled Its AboutLoveby Perry Modesto, ranked secondand third place, respectively. The song-writers of entries from Aurora, Bataan,Tarlac and Zambales were also givenplaques of recognition for their partici-pation. The winning province brought

home an image of Mama Mary who willcontinue to journey with them.

The second day, after the recitationof the Rosary, Aurora PAH Mon Baasled the inspiring worship. The last ses-sion begun with the sharing of Jei andWinkie Aligada, whose full trust in theLord allowed them to be healed of theirillnesses and be blessed with a baby girl,despite complicated and late pregnancyof Winkie. Mimai Parangue, who wasaficted by cancer, shared how she washealed because of her faith and full sup-port from the community, family andneighbours.

CFC Executive Director GeorgeCampos, who delivered the 4 talk,Behold, The Beloved Son, stressed onhow CFC can become another Christ,a beloved son and daughter. His wifeCynthia shared about the challenges in

their married life and how Gods gracehas kept their union intact, and howthey are able to full their mission ofserving the Lord as a family. To closethe conference, Ben Babilonia led theattendees to a powerful praise fest. Itwas followed by the Holy Mass with Fr.Allan Antonio as celebrant.

The two-day echo conference wastruly spirit-lled. And as it ended, theconference opened the new journey tobecoming beloved sons and daughtersof God, and by being the ears, themouth, the hands and feet of the Lord.

AFTERa Spirit-lled weekend conducting theCovenant Orientation, Spiritual Warfare, and theHealing and Deliverance Talks last March 22-23,2014, CFC Laos Country Heads, John Jevy and ReaAncog, together with the Manila Mission Teamled by Country Coordinators, Manny and GracePanagsagan, Mila Ladrido, Phil de Guzman andTony and Tess Concepcion, met with the Apos-tolic Vicar of Vientiane, Laos, Bishop Jean KhamsVithavong, OMI.

Bishop Jean warmly welcomed the group witha smattering of Filipino words, learned during

his four-year stint at the Loyola School of Theol-ogy in Ateneo de Manila. He spoke fondly of his

CFC Mission Team Pays Courtesy Visit toLaos Bishop

stay in the Philippines, particularly with the closefriendship that he has with His Eminence, OrlandoCardinal Quevedo, who also belongs to the Oblatesof Mary Immaculate (OMI) congregation.

The group gave Bishop Khams an update onthe CFC programs in Laos, including the programto plan to reach out to Laotians. Bishop Khamsexpressed hope that there will be positive devel-opments in the renewal of the Catholic Church inLaos, with the Filipino clergy and laity playing avital role in the call to new evangelization.

On behalf of CFC, Manny Panagsagan invited

Bishop Khams to attend the Clergy-Lay Congress onJune 19, 2014 during the CFC 33rd Anniversary Week.

THE partnership between the CFC MigrantsProgram and SM Global Pinoy will push thruwith its initial activities starting April 1, 2014and all succeeding Tuesdays of April thereafter.Through the partnership, CFC shall be conduct-ing the Moral Values Reorientation Program(MVRP) using the Family Circles module to

CFC Migrants Program in

SM Global PinoyBy Jess Ferrerbenet the members of SM Global Pinoy whoare families of OFWs.

The Global Pinoy Centers are present in 35SM Malls all over the Philippines out of thetotal of 48, and is part of SMs Corporate SocialResponsibility for OFW Family members. Belowis the schedule of the activities:

SM City Iloilo Events Center will be the venuefor all Tuesdays of September. SM Fairview,Taytay, Valenzuela and Dasmarinas, Caviteschedules will be announced later on.

The sessions will start at 1:30pm and end at3:30pm. Snacks will be provided for the partici-pants and facilitators. Furthermore, participantswho will nish the 4 sessions will be given aCerticate of Attendance.

With this partnership, apart from theGlobal Pinoy registered members who willbe invited to attend the MVRP, the SM GPC

also expects CFC members to attend and par-ticipate in the workshops. Further, it wouldalso be an opportunity for our CFC membersto appreciate the Migrants Program and learnfrom these sessions.

As such, CFC leaders of the sectors and prov-inces are encouraged to participate, support andlearn from these engagements. This would alsobe an opportunity for non-CFC participants tofeel the warmth, expressions of faith and solidar-ity of CFC at the venue in the hope of affectingthem positively.

Mall Venue

SM City North EDSA 3rd Floor City Center

SM City Sta. Mesa Events Center

SM City Bicutan Bldg. B Events Center

SM Southmall Events Center

SM City Rosario Events CenterSM City Sta. Rosa Activity Grounds

SM City San Pablo Events Center

SM City Lucena Events Center

Mall Venue Confrmed dates

SM City Baguio

SM City Tarlac

SM City Pampanga Events Center All dates conrmed

SM City Rosales Atrium / Cinema area All dates conrmed

SM City Marilao Cinema All dates conrmed

SM City Lipa Events Center All dates conrmed exceptJuly 15 due to PR event

SM City Consolacion Events Center All dates conrmed

SM City Bacolod Food Court All dates conrmed

SM City Davao Annex Events Center All dates conrmed

SM City General Santos Events Center All dates conrmed

SM City Cagayan de Oro Events Center & Enclosure215-217

All dates conrmed

SM City Manila Seafarer Center

First Set, April 1, 8, 15 & 22

Second Set, July 1, 8, 15 & 22

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