34THCATHOLIC MASS MEDIA

AWARDS FINALIST

Vol. 2, Issue 2Feb. 2014

CALLED TO BESAINTS, MARTYRS

AND WARRIORS

This is what its all about. Fr. Shenan Boquet reminded the attendees of the Empowered Weekend on why CFC-FFL exists: renewing the family and defending life.

CALLED TO EVANGELIZEWe, in CFC-FFL, exist to evangelize. This is our man-date and this was the strong reminder of our Coun-try Servant for the Philippines, Bro. Lachie Agana, as he stressed the major directions of the communi-ty at the CFC-FFL Leaders Meeting last January 12, 2014 at the Layforce Chapel in San Carlos Seminary.

For 2014, our community has three main thrusts: Evan-gelization, Family Ministries and Community. We are to do a two-fold evangelization through: 1) rapid and mas-sive evangelization through Live Christ, Share Christ (LCSC) and 2) strategic evangelization in CFC-FFL.

Realizing that the Holy Spirit is directing us to share our gifts and charism to the Church, CFC-FFL will be the backbone of LCSC. The four pil-lars of LCSC are the No One in Need Movement, Live Pure, Life Live and Liturgical Bible Study.

Although LCSC is a separate and distinct movement, our community has given full embrace to LCSC. This means that CFC-FFL has full control over its LCSC work, but does not have control or authority over the LCSC Movement. LCSC as a movement has its own Co-ordinators to help move the work. To further discuss LCSC, our Servant General, Bro. Frank Padilla, laid down the background of the movement, the responsibi-lities and the relationship between CFC-FFL and

LCSC. Handouts were also distributed to understand how to start and grow LCSC. An open forum was like-wise conducted for questions from the leaders present.

As for strengthening the Family Ministries, the fol-lowing is our action plan: 1) Train the Family Mi- nistries to do strategic evangelization, 2) Give them basic formation of CFC-FFL (Covenant Orienta-tion, Spiritual Gifts, etc.), 3) Train the Young Minis-tries in caring for their own household members and 4) Teach them to tithe. Lastly, we shall strengthen the community by taking our covenant and core va-lues to heart, by formation and by financial stewardship.

Lastly, our involvement in the Year of the Laity as coor-dinators of several Jubilee sectors was also highlight-ed by our Servant General. He encouraged everyone to support Choose to be Brave, the campaign created by the Church to empower the Filipino Catholic Laity (www.choosetobebrave.org).

We are now called to do more, to no longer be lukewarm in the faith and in our evangelization efforts. We are called to go to the ends of the earth to win more souls for Christ. This is rapid and massive evangelization.

Last January 11, at the Community Conference, the No One in Need (NONe) movement was launched. This is our work of building the Church of the Poor in response to the call to the New Evangelization. This is our Work with the Poor, that has now become an inte-gral part of the Live Christ, Share Christ (LCSC) Move-ment, intended to do a massive work among the poor.

Why is this important? At its most basic, it is impor-tant because it is the very mission of Jesus. The Spi-rit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free (Luke 4:18).The poor are the materially and socially poor. They are the downtrodden, the oppressed, the afflicted, the forgotten and the neglected. They are on the frin-

ges of society, deprived of their share of the worlds goods, stripped of their dignity as children of God, at the mercy of human greed, neglect and selfishness.God poured His Spirit upon Jesus and anointed him, not only bringing salvation to the world, but espe-cially seeking the lost, the least and the last. God created a wonderful world, with enough provision for all. There was no poverty in Eden. Jesus came to restore our relationship with the Father, and to restore what God intended from the very startthat captives would be liberated, that the blind shall see, that the oppressed will go free. Jesus defeated Satan on the cross and overturned darkness and death. Jesus wants the sorry lot of his people to be overturned as well. Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit (Luke 4:14a). We in CFC-FFL this year are empowered

The Launch of the NO ONE IN NEEDMOVEMENT to witness.Jesus was sent to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord. (Luke 4:19). In this Year of the Laity, we too are sent to proclaim the gospel to Gods beloved poor.Jesus, at the beginning of his public ministry, said to those in the synagogue, Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing. (Luke 4:21). From today, at the launch of the No One in Need Movement, may this scripture passage, this mission of Jesus, be ful-filled in the lives of many poor people in our midst.

And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. (Luke 4:22a). May all continue to speak highly of Jesus, as we help bring him into the lives of the poor, and may they be amazed at the wondrous works that come from our hands, the very hands of Jesus himself.

My dear CFC-FFL, you are called to be at the frontline of this whole movement of the lay. Your programs that I see here are in agreement, in alignment with what the bishops, the Church wants of the whole Church. I want CFC-FFL to be one of those who will truly make the plans of the Church, not of CFC-FFL alone, but of the whole Church, to be there to make the plans of the Church fructify in making the lay truly holy and at the same time ready to be heroic as you give your time, your talent, your treasure for the development of society and of the Church.-Bishop Jesse Mercado, D.D, CBCP Commission on the Lay Apostolate Chairman

Thats why I am very happy that we have these Live Christ Share Christ Seminars. And I hope you will contin-ue that because you are just doing what really the Church, the whole Church in the Philippines would like to happen.-Bishop Gabriel Reyes, D.D, CBCP Commission on Family and Life Chairman

Bishop Jesse Mercado, D.D

Bishop Gabriel Reyes, D.D

MESSAGES OF AFFIRMATION FROM OUR PASTORS(Community Conference 2014)

by Frank PadillaFrom the Servant General:

No One in Need (Part One)

The Launch of the NO ONE IN NEEDMOVEMENT

DID YOU KNOW that the shape of the bird in the Empowered to Witness logo was in-spired by the image of the Holy Spirit in one of the stained-glass windows of the St. Peters Basilica? The key image is a dove to represent the Spirit who is the source of empowerment. The design was given a Polynesian treatment to incorporate three major symbols: halo, heart and spears. Halo represents the call to holi-ness for us saints-in-the-making. The heart represents the call to witness and the privi-lege to be martyrs. The spears represent the call to mission and the bravery of warriors.

LBS @ Caf: Bringing Jesus to Where the Singles Are Taking on the role of a true evangelizer, CFC Singles for Family and Life (CFC-SFL) started the year by literally bringing the cause of Christ to where the singles are. In January 2014, the ministry took off with several Liturgical Bible Study (LBS) sessions held on weeknights at coffeeshops in Shangri-La Mall, Glorietta, The Fort and even in Medical City.

As young professionals come to the coffee shops to unwind and relax after a hard days work, SFL gave them the opportunity too to meet Je-sus through His Word by studying the Bible. Facilitated by a CFC-SFL leader, single pro-fessionals - CFC-SFL members and non-members - engaged themselves in conversations as they exchange reflections on the Sundays readings through LBS.

The positive feedback from those who attended have encouraged SFL to continue holding these LBS ses-sions as its concrete response to the call to be em-powered witnesses in this Year of the Laity. The call to New Evangelization opened up more ways to en-rich a persons faith in his day-to-day life and make it more a part of his whole being. Having that initiative to bring LBS outside the church or community gathe-rings was truly a courageous move on the part of SFL as they take on the challenge of bringing the cause of Christ to where the singles are as Catholic laity.

Empowering new YFL Mission VolunteersOn the first weekend of 2014, the CFC Youth for Family and Life (CFC-YFL) ministry conduc-ted a Mission Volunteers (MV) Orientation for its 15 new MVs. The weekend had different ses-sions: The roles and responsibilities of an MV, The Gold Standard, and the schedule of activities.

A pastoral session was given for MVs by Rj Mo-riones, YFL Fulltime Pastoral Worker. He inspired and affirmed the new Mission Volunteers about the life ahead of them and about how precious their calling is.

To date, we have thirty eight YFL MVs ready to witness to where God sends them. Let us all pray for them.

Kids were not bothered at all by the cold weath-er during the CFC-FFL Empowered Weekend held at the CAP Convention Center, Camp John Hay in Baguio City last January 25 to 26, 2014. They were busy playing around and participating in the ac-tivities prepared for them at the KFL Kids Corner.

More than one hundred kids enjoyed their weekend of games and activities with their Ates and Kuyas (Heart Champs and KFL FTWs). They played Pass the Mes-sage with a Twist and Archer-Rabbit-Wall. The toddlers sang their own version of Let it Go while watching Frozen. The kids also crafted Valentines Day cards and letterholders for their parents. They enjoyed dancing and singing during the Kids Praise. It was truly a fun weekend for the kids. Some even went home with prizes. Most importantly, the kids all went home with new learnings and newfound friends.

The cold never bothered the kids

Live Pure (LP) Movement is privileged to be chosen as one of the youth programs of the Catholic Bishops Con-ference of the Philippines as it rallies the Filipino Ca-tholics to Choose to be brave! in this Year of the Laity. Empowered as well with the communitys theme to serve as witnesses, the Live Pure Movement has already engaged almost a thousand students in the first month of this year alone. Truly, the Live Pure Team is grateful for the opportunity to share the good news of chastity to the young people from the following institutions: Caritas Don Bosco School, Escuela de San Dionisio, San Andres Apostol Parish and Assumption San Lorenzo. There is definitely no stopping this movement to continue to educate and inspire young people to live a chaste life. 2014 is the year of ordinary peo-ple choosing to be brave for the faith; hence, now is

the time more than ever to speak about the truth without hesitation or delay. Despite the setbacks and challenges, Live Pure chooses to be brave.

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Live Pure gives a love forum to the Grade 7 & 8 students of Caritas Don Bosco, Sta. Rosa, Laguna last January 8, 2014

The 3rd Year High School students of Assumption College-Makati have heard the good news of chastity last January 28, 2014

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Bishop Appoints First Priest Coordinator for Live PureThe youth of Lucena in Quezon will be hearing more about the good news of chastity as Bishop Emilio Marquez of Lucena has recently appoin-ted Fr. Warren Puno as Live Pure (LP) Coordina-tor effective February 4, 2014. Fr. Warren is the first priest to be assigned to take charge of the Live Pure Movements activities at the diocesan level. He will closely work with the LP team in Manila.

According to Fr. Warren, he plans to bring LP to schools and parishes in his area. Beginning on March 2014, the diocesan radio station under Catholic Me-dia Network will have an LP Show every Monday. He also said that an echo of the LP Conference will also be done this year. It is my dream that the good news of chastity and purity will reach the youth. They should be informed of this at an early age es-pecially now that anti-life forces are aggressive due to the implementation of the Reproductive Health (RH) Law. The RH Law is not the solution, he said. Fr. Warren is also the Assistant Parish Priest of the Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Penafrancia.

Greater things are yet to come for the Live Pure Movement. The excitement goes on!

Congratulations to the Grand Raffle Draw winners of the High Five Fundraising for Family and Life!

The raffle draw was held last January 25, 2014 during the Fellowship Night of the CFC-FFL Empowered Weekend in Baguio. The winning tickets were drawn by Bro. Jun Caramat, the project head of this fundrai-sing campaign.

Here are the winners of the some of the major prizes:Five (5) iPad Minis:Ticket no. 12206 CFC-FFL Saudi ArabiaTicket no. 12207 CFC-FFL Saudi ArabiaTicket no. 12263 CFC-FFL Saudi ArabiaTicket no. 8393 CFC-FFL Seattle (USA)Ticket no. 8494 CFC-FFL Maryland (USA)

Two (2) MacBook Pro:Ticket no. 4602 Chino Lopez-TanTicket no. 13829 CFC-FFL Qatar

One (1) Mitsubishi Mirage:Ticket no. 12231 CFC-FFL Saudi Arabia

Thank you for your support in making this fundraising a success! A High Five to everyone!

Check out the complete list of winners at: http://cfcffl.net/and-the-high-five-raffle-winners-are/

High Five Raffle Draw Winners announced!

Jo-I Villas of Live Pureleads opening worship.

CFC-FFL Young Min

Some of our Fulltime Pastoral Workers and ser-vant-leaders from the Young Ministries were pri-vileged to share their gifts and talents at the She-pherds Summit of the Commission on Youth (COY) of the Diocese of Paranaque (DOP) last Febru-ary 8, 2014. More than three hundred youth lea-ders were present at the event that was held at the Don Carlo Cavina School in Las Pinas City.

Several skills-building workshops were led by CFC-FFL Young Ministries in order to train the parish youth of-ficers for the new evangelization efforts of the diocese:

1. Writing Pastoral Formation Talks by Raine Eguico of the Live Pure Movement2. Events Planning by Joy Aguila of CFC-SFL3. Worship Workshop by Jo-I Villas of the Live Pure Movement4. Video Editing by Tim Tanos of FLiQ Media5. Photography Workshop by Tinay Mamaril of FLiQ Media6. Liturgical Bible Study by Teny Mardo of CFC-SFL7. Graphic Design by Hannah Hirang of CFC-YFL8. Social Media Marketing by Chad Pataueg of CFC-SFL

True to our core value of Being a Servant to the Church, we are now going beyond our territories to share our gifts in the dioceses and pa-rishes. This is definitely the Holy Spirit at work, em-powering us to witness!

Stills That Move Photography Workshop Last January 10, FLiQ Media organized a work-shop for members interested in photography with the objective of building up a team of young enthu-siasts who will pursue purpose-driven photography.

Jason de Guzman of Imagine Nation, Master Pho-tographer, was generous to give expert advice and share his knowledge to our young and excited par-ticipants, who at the end of the workshop, have been empowered to witness through stills that move.

Revised Metro Manila Monthly Assemblies for 2014In order to ensure that the theme, Empowered to Witness will effectively reach all the members of our community, Bro. Manny Canlas, Metro Manila Mission Director, issued a memo last February 6, 2014, regarding changes in our monthly assemblies.

According to the memo, there will no longer be Se-cond Friday Teaching Nights. They will be replaced by District Teaching Nights that will be scheduled by the respective districts. Topics will be focused on the following: Spiritual Gifts, Christian Person-al Relationships, and Living as a People of God.

Below is the revised schedule of the Metro Manila Sunday assemblies:

With the aim of helping the education sector in the af-termath of the Typhoon Yolanda, the No One In Need (NONe) Movement, in coordination with the Department of Education have initiated the Adopt Today Project.

The project kicked off with the the distribution of school kits to some 2,000 students in Tacloban City last Febru-ary 6-7, 2014. The school kits included notebooks, pens, pencils, pad papers, etc. Students from Marasbaras High School, Fishermens Village Elementary School, and Manlurip Elementary School received the kits.

NONe Fulltime Workers Bonjie Bonjibod and Nar-cing Eguia were in Tacloban to coordinate the pro-ject. CFC-FFL & YFL members in Tacloban, who were themselves typhoon survivors, also helped in the repacking and distribution of the kits. Next in line is the implementation of feeding programs and the construction and repair of the classrooms in the area.

Adopt Today Project in Tacloban

Date Activity

February 23 Seniors Assembly

March 23 Lenten Recollection

April 27 District Assembly

May 14-16 CBCP Asian Conference on the Family & Festival of Families

June Anniversary Activities

July 27 Seniors Assembly

August 24 General Assembly

September 28 District Assembly

October 26 Seniors Assembly

November 23 General Assembly

December District Family Day

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