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Dioceses build homes for retired priests Fr. Steven Zabala, vice chancellor of the Diocese of Cubao, recalls the story of a retired priest who had no family to take care of him in his old age. “I was a seminarian then, but it really struck an emotional chord in me that some retired priests are not being taken care of. After their service to the Catholic Church and people, they deserve to be taken care of,” Zabala said. It was also this concern for aging priests that pushed Zabala’s superior, Cubao Bishop Honesto…continue reading →

With the support of Christ the King Parish and parish priest Fr. Bong Tupino, prolific author and longtime CTK luminary Rudy Ibañez launched his 10th book last May 17 after the 6 pm mass officiated by Fr. Bong Tupino. The book was entitled - ‘How Do You Hold a Moonbeam in Your Hand: the Best of Mom and Me’. Fr. Bong introduced Rudy, a former Extraordinary Minister of the Holy Eucharist, current member of the Knights of Columbus, and author of eight other books (three of them winning the CMMA Cardinal Sin Book…continue reading →

For every month of 2018, Christ the King Parish will celebrate each Sunday as a special Sunday. The first Sunday of every month has already been called Stewardship Sunday. This is when the focus is on ‘Stewardship as a Way of Life’ in the parish community. The second Sunday of each month of 2018 will henceforth be Clergy and Consecrated Persons Sunday, with focus on the clergy and the religious orders. The third Sunday of every month will be known as Outreach Sunday. On these Sundays, the parish will entertain appeals from other…continue reading →

For the Parish Outreach Sunday last January 21st, Christ the King Parish Greenmeadows adopted the Holy Family Parochial School in Roxas, Quezon City on the occasion of Parochial Schools’ Month in the Diocese of Cubao. A call was made to support the school's teachers who receive relatively low remuneration. It is common knowledge that with the recent reforms in DepEd policies, public school teachers now receive much more than non-tier 1 private and parochial schools, leading to an exodus of teachers from private schools to public schools. For February 18, the third Sunday…continue reading →

The 2018 Lenten Season has begun. Over the past five weeks, Catholics have been preparing to celebrate the Paschal Mystery: the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Our Lord. Ash Wednesday, which opens the Lenten Season, a season of fasting, prayer and alms-giving, came early this year, on Valentine’s Day, February 14, compared to last year’s March 1 Between Ash Wednesday and the Holy Week, which starts on Palm Sunday, March 25, there had been five Sundays of Lent. Christ the King also scheduled several ‘Way of the Cross’, every Friday at the main…continue reading →

Priests, after their ordination, leave their families and spend their whole life with their parishioners in their parish assignment while they are able. Their parents offer them to God for the service of the church. Instead of the usual course of working and earning money for one’s self and one’s family after graduation, the priest, after ordination, is assigned to a parish community, lives in the parish convent and spends his time for his community and his local church, the diocese, under the supervision and care of his Bishop. His parents do not…continue reading →

Fr. Ricky Montañez officiated last February 13, Tuesday, over the burning of Palms and Blessing of Palm Ashes in time for Ash Wednesday, February 14. The ceremony of the Burning of Palms and the Blessing of Ashes was conducted before the 6:00 pm mass outside Divine Mercy Chapel, with nearly all the regular mass goers helping to observe the event. After Fr. Ricky started the fire with an initial set of dried palms, he blessed the palms, then invited the attendees to get additional dried palms from the collection box and mix it…continue reading →

February 14, Ash Wednesday, opened the 2018 Lenten Season, a season of fasting, prayer and alms-giving. It came much earlier than last year’s Ash Wednesday which was celebrated on March 1, 2017. Interestingly, Ash Wednesday coincided with Valentine’s Day. Ash Wednesday is one of the most popular and important holy days in the liturgical calendar and it takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday (40 days not counting the Sundays). It comes from the ancient Jewish tradition of penance and fasting. The practice includes the wearing of ashes on the head, symbolizing the…continue reading →

As part of its Lenten activities, Christ the King Parish Greenmeadows scheduled Way of the Cross every Friday at the main church immediately following the 6 pm mass, also held at the main church. The first Friday Way of the Cross was held last February 16, sponsored by the CTK Parish Pastoral Council and officiated by Fr. Serge Maniba. The schedule for the other Way of the Cross at the main church: ‣ February 23, organized by the Social Services & Development Ministry, Public Affairs Ministry, Knights of Columbus, Catholic Women’s League, Ladies…continue reading →

CTK Life in the Spirit Prayer Community and Healing Ministry held a Healing Service last February 10, Saturday, after the 7:30 pm anticipated mass in celebration of the World Day of the Sick the next day. The service was conducted by Fr. James Matthew of Family Rosary Crusade. The actual ‘healing service' was preceded by 40 minutes of prayers. The EMHCs were on hand just in case there were parishioners who would fall backwards or pass out, i.e., 'slain in spirit’. Pope John Paul II initiated the World Day of the Sick in…continue reading →