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Diocese of Cubao Bishop Honesto Ongtioco celebrated his 19th Episcopal Anniversary, i.e., 19 years as bishop, last June 17. PPC officers from all over the diocese were invited to attend the special mass and to the reception that followed. Henry and Joyce Tañedo and David and Fely Ong attended for Christ the King Parish Greenmeadows, together with parish priest Fr. Bong Tupino. To recall, the Diocese of Cubao was created on June 28, 2003 by virtue of Pope John Paul II’s Papal Bull Quo Satius Provideretur. On August 28, 2003, the new Diocese…continue reading →

The CTK Ladies of Charity, organizers of the feeding program at Libis Elementary School, recently inaugurated the renovated feeding area and covered walkway to the feeding center. The project was undertaken to prevent children from getting wet during rainy days on their way to the feeding venue. Last June 30, Fr. Bong Tupino officiated the blessing in the presence of QC Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, Councilor Gian Sotto who sponsored the renovation, Chelma Cabatic, LES principal, and the Ladies of Charity ladies. A short program followed, with Councilor Sotto talking about the project and…continue reading →

First-year seminarians from the San Jose Seminary in the Ateneo de Manila University Loyola campus visited the CTK parish – Greenmeadows Avenue last Tuesday, June 27. They were welcomed by ‘Josefinos Fr. Jose ‘Bong’ Tupino III (1993) and CTK parish priest; Monsignor Antonio Mortillero (1963); CTK guest priest Fr. Sergio ‘Serge’ Maniba (1995); and Bert Santos, PPC head coordinator (HS 1963).    Each year, the freshmen group of the seminary, as part of their orientation, is required to visit parishes whose parish priests are ‘Josefinos. This year’s incoming batch is composed of 13…continue reading →

At the same time that the Parish Pastoral Council was hosting Bishop Honesto Ongtioco during his Episcopal Pastoral Visitation last June 10, Fr. Bong Tupino, together with OLHP Vicar Forane Fr. Arnel Recinto, welcomed the CTK scholars for schoolyear 2017-2018 in St. Matthew Room. These consisted of 130 high school and 10 college students that had been vetted by the Ladies of Charity, the mandated organization that is the primary delivery vehicle for CTK scholarships. The 10 CTK college scholars are in UP, PUP, UE and other colleges.    The LOC organizers gave…continue reading →

Last May 13 and 14 weekend, the Family and Life Ministry of Christ the King Parish, Greenmeadows held its 111th Marriage Vocation Program for 34 soon-to-be-married-in-CTK couples. Facilitated by none other than former Family and Life Ministry heads Doy and Estrelle Lopez, the actual originators of the Marriage Vocation program, assisted by other veteran couple-sharers, the two-day quarterly seminar was held at the St. Luke Room at the CTK Formation Center. The Family and Life Ministry is now headed by Regie and Joanne Polancos. At 16 hours long over two weekend days, Christ…continue reading →

Last May 14, Mother’s Day, Christ the King parish church presiders consistently gave recognition to all the mothers in the crowd by asking them near the end of the mass to go to the front for special blessings. In his homilies during the May 13 Saturday anticipated 7:30 pm mass as well as the May 14 Sunday noon mass, Fr. Bong gave special tribute to mothers, tying up the story of Our Lady of Fatima and her admonition - ‘do not be afraid’ - to the three shepherd children, with the sacrifices made…continue reading →

Last April 4, hot on the heels of the Home Care Provider livelihood training that ended just the week before, the Ladies of Charity - CTK Chapter, started another livelihood project, this time in barangays Masagana and Matandang Balara in Project 4. With the blessing of Fr. Bong Tupino, LOC launched its Housekeeping livelihood course that would last from April 4 till June 29. As with the previous livelihood course, this Housekeeping course is scheduled Tuesdays to Fridays, 8 am to 12 nn. Ladies of Charity project chairman is Teri Floro, assisted by…continue reading →

The Catechetical Ministry co-headed by Alma Yeh and Sheryl Coronel mounted the annual Flores de Mayo catechism classes for Libis youth, held during the children’s summer break. The classes had been running daily, during the weekdays, for the entire month of May, from 1 to 4 pm starting May 2. The first hour, 1 to 2 pm, had been devoted to formal catechetical lessons. Then the 2 to 4 pm period was devoted to activities, praying the rosary, and floral offerings. Last year, the classes drew 90 participants. This year, the Libis village…continue reading →

This May 13 marks the 100th year anniversary, or centennial, of the 8irst of several Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, in Fatima, Portugal. In May 1917, in the midst of World War I, Pope Benedict XV, after repeated but forlorn appeals for world peace, made a direct appeal to Mary to intercede for peace in the world. The response was Mary’s first appearance at Fatima just a week later, on May 13, to the three shepherd children - Lucia dos Santos, Francisco Marto, and Jacinto Marto. The appearances would continue every 13th…continue reading →

Fr. Bong Tupino was the co-pilgrimage chaplain, along with Fr. Jeffrey Quinetela, for the April 16 to 29, 2017 edition of ‘Enthralling Eastern Europe’, a ‘Journeys of Faith’ pilgrimage tour that took pilgrims through Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Poland stops included Warsaw; Lichen with Poland’s biggest basilica and its icon of the Lady o f Sorrows ; Czestochowa, Poland’s spiritual capital and visited by pilgrims from all over the world, with the Black Madonna icon in the Jasna Gora Monastery; Wadowice, birthplace of St. John Paul II; Wieliczka with the…continue reading →