Monthly Archives: June 2018

Fr. Bong Tupino was given a rousing despedida dinner by parish volunteers last June 8, after the 6 pm mass. Given the maximum capacity at the Parish Formation Center second floor, the Parish Pastoral Council had to limit the number of attendees per mandated organization, prayer movement, ministry and village-BEC. Fr. Bong had also been feted in separate despedidas by various mandated organizations, prater communities, as well as village BECs. Acropolis for example, celebrated with Fr. Bong after he ofCiciated at their village mass last Sunday, June 3. The Lectors and Commentators gave…continue reading →

Fr. Steve Zabala, the incoming parish priest of Christ the King Parish Greenmeadows, held his first official mass last June 17 at 9 am. This first mass was followed by a bienvenida brunch with parishioners at the Parish Social Hall. The day before, June 16, Saturday, at the June PPC meeting, all the PPC members - PPC officers, ministry heads, mandated organization heads, prayer movement heads, village coordinators - made very brief presentations to Fr. Steve, followed by submission of written reports containing plans, objectives, and achievements for his later perusal. And even…continue reading →

The Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa was the beneficiary of CTK’s Outreach Sunday for May. Last May 20, Rev. Fr. Eugene S. Elivera, as representative of Bishop Socrates C. Mesiona, Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate of Puerto Princesa, conducted a mission appeal in all the weekend masses as CTK celebrated the third May Sunday as Outreach Sunday. The expectation is that the appeal will result in additional funds to support the priest retirement home project for the Puerto Princesa vicariate.continue reading →

Good evening brothers and sisters! From the bottom of my heart, I wish to thank all of you who have come these evening to join me in offering my thanksgiving to God as I celebrate my 25th year in the priesthood. In February 1993, after my Comprehensive Exams at the Loyola School of Theology, His Eminence Jaime Cardinal Sin, then the Archbishop of Manila, approved my application for ordination and asked me, together with my classmates who were also from the Archdiocese, Fr Jun de Peralta and Fr Lito Jopson, to choose the…continue reading →

Christ the King Parish hosted the May 22nd quarterly assembly for the Vicariate of Our Lady of Perpetual Help to which CTK belongs. The vicariate assembly was held at 7 pm at the Parish Social Hall, right after the 6 pm mass at the Divine Mercy Chapel. There are seven parishes in the OLPH vicariate, headed by the Vicar Forane, Fr. Arnel Recinto of St. John Paul II in Eastwood. Jing Karaos gave a summary of the results of the recent diocese survey. Among the recommendations: a workshop for priests on how to…continue reading →

Much larger crowds than usual greeted all the presiders for all the Palm Sunday masses last April 9, including the Saturday April 8 anticipated masses. Fr. Ronald Plomillo presided over three Palm Sunday masses, Fr. Bong Tupino did two, and Fr. Serge Maniba, James Ferry, Fr. Evan Villanueva presided over at least one mass. By Saturday April 8, palm vendors had already lined up Green Meadows Avenue selling various types of palms. Traffic had become difCicult since each Palm Sunday mass took over an hour. This was because Palm Sunday of the Lord’s…continue reading →

Good Friday, March 30, the second day of the Paschal Triduum, saw the 2 pm Way of the Cross, the last one for Lent. Then, at 3 pm, though mass was not celebrated, the Good Friday liturgy began, consisting of the Liturgy of the Word, Veneration of the Cross, and Holy Communion. The Good Friday service was followed at 4:30 pm by the procession of the Santo Entierro, literally, ‘holy interment’, and the Madre Dolorosa. The procession, which wound through Greenmeadows 1 then back to Christ the King church, started with the Crucifix…continue reading →

Christ the King featured three new images at the Santo Entierro Procession last Good Friday, March 30. The three new images included: Image of St. Joseph of Arimathea, who, according to all four canonical Gospels, assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus after His crucifixion. Image of St. Salome, the wife of Zebedee and mother of Apostles James and John and cousin of Mary, mother of Jesus. In Roman Catholic tradition, Salome is counted as one of three Marys. Image of St. Nicodemus, a secret disciple of Jesus. As a Sanhedrin, he would…continue reading →

The Solemn Easter Vigil last March 31 started at 8 pm with the Service of the Light, just outside the main church. This included the Blessing of the Fire and the preparation and lighting of the Paschal Candle. The congregation then trooped in, as Fr. Bong and the other CTK priests went through the Liturgy of the Word, which consisted of multiple readings, even as the church remained in darkness, then followed by the Liturgy of Baptism, and finally, the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The male parishioners marched down Greenmeadows Avenue to the…continue reading →