Monthly Archives: May 2019

Last April 12, the Christ the King Parish - Apostleship of Prayer sponsored a Lenten Recollection for the staff of BJMP (Bureau of Jail Management and Penology) assigned at Quezon City Female Dorm in Camp Karingal where AP-CTK has been doing apostolic work for the last fifteen years. The group of twenty eight male and female force was headed by Superintendent Elena Rocamora. The recollection was conducted in Filipino and facilitated by Ma. Andrea S. Mendigo. The first talk was entitled, 'Ano Ang Kahulugan ng Aking Binyag Bilang Katoliko?’ The second talk was,…continue reading →

Fr. Steve Zabala and the new set of Parish Pastoral Of7icers recently initiated a performance feedback process, where the members of the Parish Pastoral Council as well as their constituencies - think of the 150 Lectors-commentators under the LeCom Liturgical Ministry, the 90 EMHCs, the dozen or so core team members of Family and Life, Youth, Mustard Seed, Sunrise Ministries, etc. - are asked for feedback on how the different ministries had performed for the past year. The survey, given out at the PPC meeting of May 11, asks respondents to provide feedback…continue reading →

The Public Affairs Ministry led by Jing Alampay worked with the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting, or PPCRV, the non-partisan non sectarian non-profit organization affiliated with the Philippine Catholic Church, working to ensure free, fair, and fraud-free elections in the Philippines. PPCRV had been the ‘citizen arm’ of the Commission on Elections since 2010. The PPCRV CTK chapter is headed by Augie Soliman, former CTK Public affairs Ministry head. At the April 13 Parish Pastoral Council meeting, Jing Alampay, co-head of the Public Affairs Ministry, introduced the PPCRV then turned over the…continue reading →

Christ the King Parish’s Kumpisalang Bayan was held from Holy Monday to Holy Wednesday, April 15 to 17, from 6:45 pm right after the end of the 6 pm mass, up to 8 pm. On the last day, April 17, to accommodate the expected larger crowd, nine priests heard confessions, including Fr. Steve Zabala, Bishop Raul Martirez, Msgr. Tony Mortillero, Fr. Henry Ferreras, Fr. Jojo Gatdula, Fr. Jimmy Mathew, Fr. Rex Armenia, and Fr. Elvin Garuco.continue reading →

Christ the King Parish Greenmeadows held its Holy Week Recollection last April 20 from 9:30 am to 12 noon. Invited to faciltate was Fr. Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Cruz, Rector of the Immaculate Conception Major Seminary in Bulacan. Fr. Manny talked about the Call to Holiness in Today’s World, which was also the subtitle of Pope Francis’ third apostolic exhortation ‘Gaudete Et Exsultate’. What is the difference between ‘happiness’ and ‘joy’, Fr. Manny first asked. The answer is - happiness is about feelings and can be created by stimuli and fed from the outside, while…continue reading →

After giving communion, the CTK Extraordinary Ministers gave away sandwiches and juices (200 of each) with prayer books, rosaries and scapulars. They also gave out 50 pairs of Andas mosquito repellant, one bottle for patient and one bottle for his ‘bantay’. Finally, they turned over P126,000 in donation to the head of the QMMC Social Services Department, Ms. Rosita T. Pineda, and her assistant, Ms. Edna Cruz, Social Service Officer II. In celebration of the World Day of the Sick, eight EMHC ministers led by EMHC Assistant Coordinator Manny de Leon spent the…continue reading →

The Greeters and Collectors Liturgical Ministry, led by Beth Monedero and Jeanette Cagurangan, held its :irst General Assembly for 2019, last March 24. Their guest speaker for that morning was Ms. Rissa Singson-Kawpeng, radio personality, author and Editor-in-Chief of Kerygma Magazine, the leading inspirational magazine in the country. The tile of her talk was ‘Taming Your Tongue’, where she elaborated on how chronic gossip, cursing and lying ruins our relationship with God. Confession with Fr. Jojo Gatdula followed the talk. Merienda was served afterwards. Related to this, some parishioners might already have noticed…continue reading →

May showers also bring the Flores de Mayo celebrations at Christ the King Parish Greenmeadows, marked by praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the red rose offerings just before every mass, and the summer religion classes for the Libis children. Unlike previous years when the religion classes took the whole month of May, the Catechetical Ministry led by Alma Yeh and Sheryl Coronel decided to hold it for half a month, or two weeks only. And again, another innovation - the ministry decided to focus the classes on the lives of young saints,…continue reading →

Mila Glodava, a Fil-American and best- selling co-author of ‘Making Stewardship a Way of Life: A complete Guide for Catholic Parishes’, often referred to as the Philippine ‘bible’ for the journey to Stewardship, gave an enlightening talk to the Stewardship Committee and ‘friends’ last Saturday, May 18, at the Divine Mercy Chapel, from 10 am to 12 noon. The book, a result of the successful pioneering journey of St. Thomas More (STM) parish in Englewood, Colorado, part of the Denver diocese, towards stewardship, was co-written by Fr. Matthew Kemberling, the parish priest who…continue reading →

Exasperated with the traditional Easter Egg Hunt every Easter Sunday, which had little children scampering for plastic eggs in the small garden in front of the main church, the organizers decided on a new tack for 2019’s Easter Sunday (April 21). First, the organizers, a collaboration among the Family & Life Ministry headed by Regie and Joanne Polancos, the Youth Ministry headed by Louie and Lei Abando, and the Mustard Seed Ministry headed by Sonny and Mina Mejia, decided to hold it indoors, at the Parish Formation Center, rather than outside. Second, they…continue reading →