FIS Provincial Report

Association of Salesian Cooperators, FIS, Philippine South , Inc.

FIS Provincial Report

Association of Salesian Cooperators, FIS, Philippine South , Inc.

Negros mainland has now three centers, where as for many years , it has always been Victorias.

We have a total of ten centers.

Five centers in Cebu, where our headquarters is located.

Borongan center erected 2014

EASTERM BORONGAN CENTER

Our vision:• Inspired by the New Evangelization, we live

pastoral charity among families especially the young among us.

Support families in the haciendas.

The increase in Aspirants was due to the following reasons:

• The mentality which is an offshoot of autonomy- we own and run the programs, formative and apostolic

• The passport system• Local support , not dependent of the province• Flexibility• Devotion to Mary• A special devotion to Venerable Mama

Margaret and Blessed Alexandrina.

We have fifty six New Salesian Cooperators since 2010

Our new graduates support the same program, and even produce the materials themselves.

New leaders!!

The new Mamma Margarets of our generation:

The role models are important to growth!

• Increase of aspirants is also due to the quality of the leaders, real fruits of the preventive system.• All are doing their apostolate in the world,

as YE facilitators, Youth Ministers, Catechists, Lay ministers, Legionaries, Pastoral council officers, animators and benefactors of government institutions for the poor.

Boots’ passion for her work among the youth and families!!

Chili educates her school the Don Bosco way!

Boots animates these young people!!

Celia is a true Mama Margaret!!

Zeal to share the gospel away from the comfort of home!!!

Oscar and

Judan are

partners f

or

the Lord!!

In the work among youth—they teach our aspirants, their experiences of the preventive system among our aspirants!!!

A good lady from Manapla--

Youth choir in the diocese!!!

• Fe Mahinay from Lourdes continuous bring joy to the young and feels responsible for the ongoing formation of the Salesian Cooperators in her center. She has been assisting the FMAs and SDBs in the parish through the Lourdes Kinder School managed by the FMAs.

Fe Mahinay of Lourdes Center

With Butchoy and Leovy of the Lourdes Parish Pastoral Council

Eve of Lawaan

We have 149 aspirants!!!

• Not all centers, have adopted the passport system yet.• Each council, is given free hand

what is best for them

Number of Aspirants:• DBTC- (29 )–Hiluctug Barili + 4 from the school• Under Fr. Nioret Geronimo/Sir Oscar Paez• Lourdes –(40)Parish, under Fr. Jerome, Sr Jude • Alcanci, Butch Mollaneda and Fe Mahinay• Eastern Borongan-(15) aspirants, under Fr.

Arturo Sanchez, SDB• Fr. Fernando Peralta- 14 aspirants ,

Mambukal , Negros Occidental.

More aspirants:• Fr. Jude Alvarando- 24 aspirants• Lawaan Seminary Center- 14 aspirants , to

make their promise on the feast of Blessed Alexandrina

• Pasil has 142centers under Fr. Adrian Mendoza

• Victorias center 5

Through visitations

Provincial meetings

Devotion to Mary Help of Christians

Visit Barili, where the new Cooperator priest resides.

secular priest’s area

Visit kabangkalan, negros, the bishop’s training center

Thee times a year-(leaders meeting provincial council and local

coordinators)

Negros is represented during the leaders’ , meeting..

Visit formation initiatives of members--

Lourdes center has forty aspirants, and they are faithful to the passport system.

Visits of Superiors!

Visit to a satellite center/ run by a bishop

Visitation to Benefactors..

Pilgrimages