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The CBCP pastoral exhortation “On the Era of New Evangelization’ described the focus this year: “our focus will be the building of a parish that is truly a faith community immersed in the lives of its people.” Key to this end is the forming and-or revitalizing of Basic Ecclesial Communities in every parish as agents of communion, participation and mission, with the active participation of other faith communities, lay organizations, movements, and associations, or LOMAs. Fr. Picardal defines BECs thus: as local communities of Catholic Christians in the neighborhoods and villages within the…continue reading →

We seek to answer the basic questions: How can our parishes embody and concretize Pope Francis’ call for the missionary renewal of the entire Church? How does the parish become an agent of missionary evangelization? First, evangelization requires a comprehensive vision. Christian presence and witness to life, i.e., living in harmony, living lives of integrity, fulfilling community duties, etc., by ordinary parish members is a primal, concrete and practical means of effective evangelization; in this way, the Good News is taken to the highways and byways of daily human activity. Living as good…continue reading →

At the regular monthly Parish Pastoral Council meeting last February 11, Fr. Bong Tupino took center stage to talk about Basic Ecclesial Communities, as his contribution to providing the needed basic BEC orientation and training to CTK’s PPC. He talked through two important articles: one by James H. Kroeger of the Maryknoll Missionaries who also teaches at the Loyola School of Theology, on “The Parish as Community of Missionary Disciples” and the other by Amado L. Picardal, a Redemptorist with the Congregation of the Holy Redeemer, on “BECs as Agents of Communion, Participation…continue reading →

In back-to-back dinner meetings, Fr. Bong Tupino announced to the village coordinators last Thursday February 23 and to the mandated organizations and renewal movement heads last Friday February 24 that couples Bert and Marie Anne Santos, PPC Lay Coordinator, and couples Henry and Joyce Tañedo, PPC Assistant Lay Coordinator, would henceforth take on the roles of ‘animators’ for the two groups respectively. Fr. Bong explained that he really cannot Oind the time to regularly meet, guide, and advice the village coordinators and the orgs and movements as they plan their activities and projects…continue reading →

The Christ the King lectors and commentator group were invited to attend the first General Assembly last Saturday, February 25, the first of four scheduled for the calendar year. As a requirement, all of CTK’s 150 lectors commentators are expected to attend at least one assembly. Mel Novales, head coordinator for the Lectorate Sub Ministry within the Worship Ministry, first introduced Trix Deleña, assistant coordinator, who went through the Lent and Easter schedule of activities as articulated to-date by the Worship Ministry head couple Peter and Leila Banico. Trix was followed Ellen Manansala,…continue reading →

January 29 saw the second and 2inal group of lectors and commentators get commissioned at the 6:30 pm Sunday mass by Fr. Bong Tupino. As he did last December 4 when the 2irst group of over a hundred lectors-commentators were being commissioned, Fr. Bong told the congregation that the ‘lecoms' had gone through the renewal seminar, attended various formation talks, and were voluntari ly recommit t ing themselves to be proclaimers of God’s Word. And as he did last December 4, he asked the congregation to give them a big hand. The second…continue reading →

September 4, 2016 saw Christ the King Parish Greenmeadows celebrate its 11th anniversary of the parish Stewardship Program, begun by Bishop Honesto Ongtioco in 2005, Diocese of Cubao, when he temporarily took over as parish priest of CTK. ‘Stewardship As A Way Of Life' has now become well-entrenched in the parish, with over a hundred regular ‘stewardship donors' donating their ‘treasure', and over a thousand volunteers in the various ministries, mandated organizations, renewal movements, basic ecclesiastical communities, and prayer groups regularly donating their ‘time' and ‘talent'. The highlight of the stewardship celebration was…continue reading →

In celebration of the 11th Anniversary of the Parish's Stewardship Program in September, Christ the King conducted the seminar-workshop on ‘The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Families' over two full Saturdays, September 17 and September 24. Facilitators for the workshop were CTK parishioners Rene and Consy Montemayor of the Center for Leadership and Change, Inc. (CLCI), the authorized partner of Franklin Covey Co. in the Philippines based at the Ateneo Professional Schools in Makati. The workshop, based on the New York Times best-seller ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families' that was written…continue reading →

Ten new Lectors and Commentators were commissioned during the 9 am mass on August 14, 2016 after completing their whole day Basic Formation for New Lectors and Commentators in the Diocese of Cubao, Lantana, Cubao, QC on August 13, 2016. The parish's ten new lectors-commentators join the current number of 145 in the LeCom group. Assuming that all 145 are able to comply with the renewal seminar requirement, plus two who were not able to comply with the renewal requirement in 2015 but will do so this year, less two retirements due in…continue reading →

The Parish Group of Lectors & Commentators (LeCom) had its second General Assembly last June 25, Saturday, as outgoing LeCom Coordinator Leila Banico (who with husband Peter will be incoming Worship Ministry head) introduced the new group in-charges, mass time slot coordinators, village mass coordinators (for Corinthian Gardens, White Plains, St. Ignatius and Acropolis, all of which have village masses), and village coordinators for all other parish activities. Introduced to the large group were Overall Coordinator for Lectors & Commentators Mel Novales, Assistant Coordinator Trix Delena, Secretary Joy Cuadrante, Treasurer Ellen Manansala, and…continue reading →