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Last June 17, Saturday, starting at 10 am, the Formation Ministry, led by Joey Galvez, mounted Part 3 of the 19th Annotation Retreat, which was the expressed thrust and focus of the ministry for 2017. The 19th Annotation Retreat, especially in its more practical form for non-clergy career professionals, The Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life, forces people caught in the treadmill of career, family, relationships, advancement, and life to take a step back, pray, reflect, and discern what are the truly important things and to recognize that, as God is the source of…continue reading →

Fr. Serge Maniba and Vocation ministry head and EMHC senior minister Louie Laudico, with EMHC ministers Robert Locsin and Louie Reyes, teamed up to visit three sick patients and give the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick last August 28, a Monday. Anointing of the Sick effectively removes and forgives the sick person of all his sins. It also strengthens the soul of the sick person against all sin and temptations aside from the healing action that it does for the person. Fr. Serge also heard confessions. The practice will continue over the…continue reading →

The Lectors and Commentators Ministry (LeCom) had their own commissioning two weeks earlier, last August 13 during the 10:30 am mass and last August 16, during the 7 am mass. Seven new lectors-commentators were commissioned by Fr. Bong Tupino at the August 13 Sunday mass while the last two were commissioned by Fr. Serge Maniba at the August 16 Wednesday morning mass. The nine new lectors included: Leilani Reyes; Mercenita Matsuda; Tessa Mangahas; Margarita Fabella; Jocas Eightria de Leon; Consuelo Diño; Ma Angelique Rualo (all August 13); Ma. Christina Bernardo; and Rossana Kawpeng…continue reading →

Sixteen new Extraordinary Ministers of the Holy Communion, or EMHC, were commissioned last Sunday, August 27 at the 5 pm mass officiated by none other than Fr. Bong Tupino, CTK parish priest. With the addition of the 16 new members, there are now 96 active EMHCs. Led by Albert Cuadrante, the EMHC had been looking for new candidates since June. A new twist in the EMHC recruitment drive was to ask the lectors and commentators, who are mostly female, if their husbands might be interested, and this strategy yielded several candidates. The Final…continue reading →

Ministry Heads Drs. Fernando and Estrellita Lopez gave an overview of the about how the ministry came into being – an idea from CTK parish priest Fr. Bong Tupino back in June 2016 who saw the need for a ministry which specially caters to the needs of seniors. It just so happened that by December 2016, the Lopez couple were completing their 21st year as chair couple for the Family & Life Ministry. So the Lopez couple took on the challenge and began to form the core team. When the MVP group had…continue reading →

The CTK Stewardship team in cooperation with Diwanihan Kristiyano sponsored a talk by Dr. Peter Howard, internationally known author and speaker, last July 11 from 8 to 10 pm at the CTK Formation Center. The talk was entitled ‘Fatima 2017: 100 Years Later – Mary’s Triumph, Our Hope, A Final Warning’. Dr. Howard pointed out that 1917 was the year that launched a great Marian revolution that would forever change the world. A hundred years ago in the tiny hamlet of Fatima, Portugal, the Blessed Mother appeared to the three children with a…continue reading →

CTK successfully held a second conduct of ‘The 7 Habits of Successful Families’ Workshop, during the two Saturdays of July 22 and July 29. For two full days, from 8 am to 5 pm, husband and wife team Rene and Consie Montemayor led 31 participants, consisting of 10 families (they were either parent couples, single parents, or parents and their children), seven singles, and two seminarians, through talks, reKlection, sharing and exercises meant to strengthen their families and create happy homes. The workshop is based fully on Franklin Covey Education materials which in…continue reading →

There has always been good relations between Muslims and Christians in Mindanao, especially at the highest levels. The government could have taken advantage of the Marawi crisis by using Christian and Muslim leaders to negotiate with the Maute extremists. This was the primary message of Most Rev. Edwin de la Peña, DD, Bishop of Marawi at his talk, ‘Stewardship in the Face of Conflict & Terror: The Marawi Situation’, last August 5 at 10 am at the Divine Mercy Chapel. The talk is part of the CTK Spirituality of Stewardship Series. Bishop dela…continue reading →

September 3 was also the 12th anniversary of Stewardship in the parish. In celebration, Bishop Ness Ongtioco, Head of the Diocese of Cubao, officiated the 5 pm mass. Earlier in the day, at the Corinthian Gardens 10 am mass, Bishop Ongtioco also celebrated a Stewardship Mass. During the dinner following the Stewardship Mass, the Stewardship Committee headed by Benjie and Wins Mirasol which hosted the dinner took the opportunity to turn over the regular quarterly stewardship donation to the diocese, through Bishop Ness. The head couple of CTK Stewardship also turned over the…continue reading →

For the past month and a half in July and August, Coffee After Church, or CAC, the special project of the Parish Pastoral Council that had heretofore been singly coordinated and organized by PPC secretary couple David and Fely Ong, had been sponsored and coordinated by various parish groups, based on assignments agreed upon at the July Parish Pastoral Council meeting. The CAC is regularly held after the Sunday 9 am mass in the front garden. The schedule of the sponsoring organizations: - July 16 by Life in the Spirit Prayer Community -…continue reading →