Monthly Archives: January 2018

The kasambahays, drivers and community helpers had their own Advent day of recollection last December 4 and 5. Participants had a choice of either date , depending on their schedules. F r . Bong Guerrero served as recollection leader, replacing Fr. William Garcia, who had to attend to an emergency. The event is an annual project of the Catholic Women’s League. For this 2017 Advent recollection, a total of 48 participants attended, 30 on Monday December 4 and 18 on Tuesday, December 5. The CWL ladies prepared the room, the projection system, the…continue reading →

It was another ‘festive’ morning last November 19 as the senior citizens of Christ the King Parish Greenmeadows enjoyed the ‘Seniors Fiesta’ event, held from 10 am to 12 nn at the Social Hall of the CTK Formation Center. Over a hundred senior citizens - and some were ‘super seniors’ - came to the assembly. Not wishing to tinker with a highly successful formula, Sunrise Ministry heads Doy and Estrelle Lopez drew up a program similar to the previous seniors’ assembly. There were two keynote speakers in the program. The first was Msgr.…continue reading →

CTK’s Sacrament of Confirmation was held last November 18, Saturday, at the Main Church, from 9 am to 11 am. The Confirmation Rite was officiated by Monsignor Antonio Mortillero. The actual rites were slightly held up when it was found that the Libis confirmands had not yet done confession prior to the mass. But a quick scramble by the organizers to get as many confessors as possible solved what could have been a major emergency. The Confirmation Rite proceeded solemnly with evocative music and a rousing homily by Monsignor Mortillero. A total of…continue reading →

For 2017, the Christ the King Parish’s First Communion was held last November 11. There were 20 first-time communicants all of whom attended the First Communion Catechetical classes on October 1, October 8, October 15, October 22, October 29, and November 5. Receiving their First Communion were: • Apuad, Lucky Belle • Araullo, Tyrell Atreides • Bicierro, Andrea Dionne • Chuanico, Ian • Dela Cruz, Jenella • Eroy, Joseph Laorance • Francisco, Noah Yusef • Labanza, Ryeberg Xannder • Laigo, Nathaniel James • Mariazeta, Manolo Rafael • Natores, Monique Joy • Onabia, Nicole…continue reading →

Right after the 6 pm Saturday mass on November 25, Christ the King Parish held the Fiesta Night fellowship and thanksgiving dinner for all Parish Pastoral Council members, Eucharistic ministers, lectors-commentators, greeter collectors, parish staff, village coordinators, and other involved parishioners. CTK parish priest Fr. Bong Tupino formally opened the Fiesta Eve thanksgiving dinner by thanking everyone for coming and doing the grace before meal. Nearly 300 people came, with the biggest contingent coming from the Libis community, with some 100 in attendance. Leila Banico, Worship Ministry head, was overall organizer for the…continue reading →

Christ the King Parish Greenmeadows formally celebrated its Fiesta Day last November 26, the last Sunday in Ordinary Time. Older parishioners might recall that on November 25, 1979, at the Feast of Christ the King, in a mass officiated by His Eminence Jaime Cardinal L. Sin, then the Archbishop of Manila, a new parish composed of Bgy. Libis, Bgy. Bagumbayan, the gated villages of White Plains and St. Ignatius, and the newly-opened Corinthian Gardens and Greenmeadows wa s formally established, out of the original territory that used to belong to Our Lady of…continue reading →

Christ the King Parish announced three initiatives in preparation for the November 2 commemoration of all the faithful departed. First, the parish invited parishioners to write down the names of beloved family members, relatives and friends on the envelope provided at the back of the church and at the parish office and drop these at the designated boxes. The CTK priests prayed for and blessed the names of the departed throughout the November 1 to November 9 novena masses. Second, CTK crypts were opened from 6 am to 10 pm from October 25…continue reading →

The Christmas party of CTK’s Parish Pastoral Council, held Wednesday evening, December 13, was a resounding success, as fun, laughter and good fun kept rocking the Social Hall of the Parish Formation Center. The event, organized by PPC secretary Fely was marked by song and dance performances, games, and raffles. Nearly 300 devoted servers of Christ the King Parish - lectors & commentators, extraordinary ministers, greeters & collectors, altar servers, ministry heads and core team members, mandated organization officers and members, renewal movement officers and members, village and BEC coordinators - were in…continue reading →

Simbang Gabi, the long-treasured Philippine tradition of dawn masses for nine consecutive days, or novena, before Christmas Day, started last Friday, December 15 with the 8 pm Misa Aguinaldo. It is one of the longest and most important religious celebrations in the Philippines that has lasted over 600 years. In the Spanish times, the masses were celebrated very early, usually at 4 in the morning, since they took place during the harvest season, when farmers had to be in the fields at the crack of dawn. At the first sound of dawn, at…continue reading →

The 2017 Advent Season of?icially began December 2-3 with the First Sunday of Advent. As explained by Fr. Bong Tupino in his homily during the 6 pm First Advent mass, the Advent season is not the Christmas season, which only begins on Christmas Eve, December 24, and ends on January 8, 2018. Advent is the four weeks of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. The Advent season offers the opportunity for parishioners to share in the ancient longing for the coming of the Messiah. With…continue reading →