Worship Ministry Gets Reorganized: Meeting the New Coordinator for Lectors & Commentators
The Parish Group of Lectors & Commentators (LeCom) had its second General Assembly last June 25, Saturday, as outgoing LeCom Coordinator Leila Banico (who with husband Peter will be incoming Worship Ministry head) introduced the new group in-charges, mass time slot coordinators, village mass coordinators (for Corinthian Gardens, White Plains, St. Ignatius and Acropolis, all of which have village masses), and village coordinators for all other parish activities.
Introduced to the large group were Overall Coordinator for Lectors & Commentators Mel Novales, Assistant Coordinator Trix Delena, Secretary Joy Cuadrante, Treasurer Ellen Manansala, and Auditor Bet Montecillo. Leila then introduced the various mass time slot coordinators: Leony dela Llana for daily 6 am, Sheryl Coronel for daily 7 am, Monette Najar for daily 6 pm, Buh Malonzo for Saturday 6 pm, Lei Abando for the Saturday 7:30 pm, Mel Novales for Sunday 6 am, Rolet Rosell for Sunday 7:30 am, Malu Cataldi for Sunday 9am, Nadine Navarro for Sunday 10:30 am, Leila Banico for Sunday 12 nn, Jops Padrinao for Sunday 5 pm, Annavi Taamor for Sunday 6:30 pm, and Alma Horn for Sunday 8 pm.
Also introduced were the four village LeCom Coordinators (for the four villages with regular weekly masses): Maan del Rosario for Acropolis, Alfred Contreras for White Plains, Fe Reyes and Cora Nolasco for St. Ignatius, and Vangie Yam and Leni Sto. Domingo for Corinthian Gardens. Fr. Bong Tupino had also appointed village coordinators to coordinate with parishioners from the respective villages all parish activities. These included: Irene Robles for Acropolis, Joey & Irene Sto. Domingo for Enclave, Regie Nolido for Ivory Court, Mel Novales and Jane Duque for White Plains, Eileen de Leon and Dulce Baretto for Greenmeadows, Baby Banal and Tiny Perfecto for St. Ignatius, Fe Pery and Linda Guanzon for Corinthian Gardens, Fe Flores and Lita Sembrano for Arcadia, Paul and Dinah Uy for Corinthian Hills, and Ching Botero and Jo Piyaw for Libis.
Other Worship Ministry team leaders included, aside from Mel Novales for LeComs: Albert Cuadrante for Eucharistic Ministers for Holy Communion (EMHC), Malu Cataldi for Greeters & Collectors, Benjie Mirasol for Music, Louie Laudico for Altar Servers, Patty Soriano for Mother Butler Mission Guild (MBMG), and Wanda Reyes for Apostleship of Prayer (AP).
Leila Banico thanked everyone for making her coordination work over the past six years relatively painless and then turned over the floor to incoming LeCom in-‐charge Mel Novales.
It was Mel’s responsibility to talk about the schedule for the annual half-day LeCom Renewal Seminar, scheduled for September 24 afternoon in Lantana, Cubao. Failure to attend the diocese renewal seminar means having to take a leave from the service starting January 1, 2017 until attendance in next year’s renewal, more or less in the September 2017 timeframe. Those who do attend the renewal seminar also need to be ‘commissioned’ during the designated mass celebration date. Again, those failing to attend during the designated commissioning date will need to take leave from the service. In addition, lectors & commentators need to have attended at least one LeCom General Assembly during the year and sat in on at least one Parish Formation talk from the period February to October 2016. Not complying with these hurdles automatically mean not being eligible for the Renewal Seminar.
The rest of the meeting was spent on a review of rules during the processional and recessional; and agreeing on the protocol when there’s a lector no-show.
