Oplan Covid Update: July 22, 2020 The Mission Continues

CTK-Greenmeadows’ Fr. Steven Zabala and residents from Greenmeadows, turn over to Fr. Ronnie Santos (in red t-shirt) donations of P610,000 in Cash and other items from CTKP-GM community. In-kind donations include 54 sacks of rice, water and other items. Fr. Ronnie is parish priest of another Christ the King community in Proj. 7. He has been spearheading the Cubao Diocese’s social outreach efforts. The Social Services Development Ministry (SSDM) is prioritizing feeding communities on lockdown.   Last week, some residents from Greenmeadows proposed if CTK can have a soup kitchen to feed the…continue reading →

Oplan Covid: CTK Pushes for Cleaner Air for EAMC’s Frontliners and Patients

From breathing filtered air, to meals that are nourishing and delicious to boosting self-esteem through enhancement of looks – these are just some of the ways that Christ the King Parish Greenmeadows’ (CTK) OPLAN COVID is helping the front-liners in the war versus the coronavirus. CTK Parish priest Fr. Steven Zabala and members of CTK Parish Pastoral Council, Christian Family Movement (CFM) and Couples for Christ (CFC), turned over air filters to the East Avenue Medical Center on Friday, July 11, 2020. EAMC Senior Administrative Officer Ms. Elmyra Malicse was on hand to…continue reading →

J. Amado Araneta Foundation – JAAF

Community in Focus: Christ the King Parish Greenmeadows, Quezon City.  Christ the King (CTK) Parish in Greenmeadows, Quezon City has been extending help to poor communities in the Cubao Diocese and medical frontliners in hospitals as part of its OPLAN COVID, an ongoing outreach to respond to those most affected by the pandemic.  Among those that are supporting this effort is J. Amado Araneta Foundation and other generous benefactors from parish organizations and other entities. Oplan COVID was launched on March 16, right after the Enhanced Community Quarantine was enforced. The fundraiser was…continue reading →

When Our Eyes Grow Dim

by Tessa Mangahas Filipinos are known for their extended families. Why is the Diocese of Cubao building a retirement home for its elderly and sickly priests? Won't their families take care of them? I think that after years of actively serving the Church in their prim, hearing confessions, saying Masses, and being with die faithful in their crisis, priests deserve a decent home to retire in. We are seven children in the family. I also have pamangkins who are reassuring me that they will take care of me. But I don't want to…continue reading →

Project: Casa De Silencio

by Bing del Rosario CASA DE SILENCIO :A Clergy Retirement Home and Spiritual Renewal Center for the Cubao Diocese The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao, under the direction of Bishop Honest.) F. Ongtioco DD, is building a clergy retirement home for its retired, soon-to-retire, chronically ill, and disabled priests. To be housed in the same building is a spiritual renewal center where the diocese faithful can stay overnight while participating in religious retreats. Ground Floor As designed, Casa de Silencio can house as many as 18 retired priests, each one having his own…continue reading →

For Giving and Forgiving

by Fr. Steve Zabala — Parish Priest The Festive Christmas season has ended followed by a few weeks in Ordinary Time. The Christmas season was a time of heartfelt generosity, especially in CTK. We launched Casa Setenta, a campaign to raise P70 million from 700 donors in 7 months, from December 7, 2019 to July 7, 2020 for Casa de Silencio, the retirement home for priests and spiritual center of the Archdiocese of Cubao. The response was nothing short of phenomenal. In just about six weeks from its launch, the CTK community was…continue reading →

Stewardship and Social Teachings

by Bishop Broderick Pabillo (Excerpt- from the tail of Bishop Broderick Pabillo on the fits day of Stewardship Month September 1, 2019 which was also the start of the three-month 40th Fiesta Celebration and the 14th anniversary of CT. K as a Stewardship Parish. Bishop Pabillo was recently appointed by the Vatican as the Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Mani, after Cardinal Chita Tagb, ammed a new post in Rome, I am glad that I have been invited to speak on the themes of Stewardship and Catholic Social Teachings, especially on the…continue reading →

Worship in the Time of Corona Virus

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on January 29, through its president Archbishop Romulo Valles issued an Oratio Imperata or obligatory prayer against the virus outbreak now gripping the globe called Coronavirus Disease 2019 or COVID 19. Aside from the praying of the Oratio Imperata, the CBCP also issued advisories on worship in die walce of COVID 19 including: 1.Changing the holy water in fonts regularly. 2. Practice communion by hand and not by mouth. 3. Discourage physical contact in worship such as holding hands while reciting or singing die Our…continue reading →

New Ministries on Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Formed

Fr. Steve recently announced the creation of two ministries to address the demands of the present times, namely the Ministry on the Environment and Ministry of Disaster Risk Reduction. Heading the latter is Irwin Reyes, a member of the EMHC, Knights of Columbus, Adoration Nucturna and Communion of the Sick. Irwin has laid down his priorities which include the enhancement of the security and safety of the parishioners that attend services at CIIG Among his proposals are beefing up securiry, improving responsiveness of security personnel to needs of mass goers, conducting roving inspections,…continue reading →