Ugnayan May 26 to June 8, 2014

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CBCP Monitor

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Vol. 18 No. 11

May 26 - June 8, 2014

The News Supplement of Couples for Christ

AGW 2014: A Weekend of Love

By Alma Alvarez

The ANCOP Global Walk, an international fun walk which happened last May 25, 2014, was more than just a crowd funding activity. It was an act of love. As early as 2:30 AM, members of the service team were already onsite to welcome the early birds. At 5:00 AM, Mass was celebrated in the various walk points—in Manila, the Philippine provinces and some countries—to open the event. And at 6:00 AM, the countdown and gun start signaled the start of the 5 kilometer walk. As with the previous AGW events, thousands of people from all walks of life gathered in the many walk points worldwide to walk at almost the same

time in order to raise awareness as well as funds to send children from poor families to school. Now on its 4th year, the ANCOP Global Walk (AGW) is funding the scholarship for more than 1,000 children. This year, a major partner for the AGW in the Philippines is SM, through their various entities—SM Cares, SM Mall of Asia and the SM Mall of Asia Complex. For the AGW in Metro Manila, SM Mall of Asia agreed to waive the rental of the SM MOA grounds for the event. This is a welcome development as it helps ensure that a bigger portion of the sponsorship will go to the education of the scholars and not on event expenses. Several corporate partners likewise agreed to participate in this year's Walk, among them Maynilad, the Far Eastern

University, M2M, Vista Land, HGS, Mars Laboratory Instrument Center, Yupangco Electronics, First Metro Investement Corp., ASEC, One Meralco, Microtel, iRemit, Security Bank Foundation, Co-ops for Christ, Philbelt, Tricom, MMAS, Supreme Pipe, NDC, KJ Pua Acoustics Design & Consultancy, EEI Corp., and PhilHealth. Media sponsors DZMM TeleRadyo, Veritas 846, Win Radio, Energy FM, Magic 89.1 and iFM helped in promoting the AGW as well. All in all, the AGW 2014 was a weekend of love, where families came to give their time and treasure, and corporate partners opened their hands to share their resources to ensure that the scholars since AGW 2011 can continue their education and new ones can be added to the growing number of AGW scholars.

Strong families make a strong Church

Kids for Christ Celebrates being a 'Beloved Child'

All roads led to Dasmariñas City, Cavite for the 17 th International Kids Village of the CFC Kids for Christ. The IKV, which happened from May 2nd to May 4th, had more than 4,000 delegates from Metro Manila, Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and from various countries worldwide . To open the IKV, Lloyd Po-

linar, fulltime pastoral worker for CFC KFC, led the Kids Praise. Afterwards, Ian Maraguinot led the athletes to an oath of sportsmanship prior to the competitions. The Ugnayang La Salle and the Dasmariñas National High School were literally on fire with excitement as each area rooted for their respective bets for the various creative and sports competitions.

Aside from the competitions, delegates of the IKV were in for a great experience, especially with the sessions. The creative skit, which is inspired by the IKV theme “I am a beloved child of God” (John 19:2627), revolved around each individual being God’s most cherished child. As a form of commitment, the kids IKV2014 / C2

Couples for Christ missionaries, together with lay faithful, religious and clergy from 14 Asian countries, 60 Philippine dioceses and 20 lay associations, participated in the first Asian Conference on the Family, (ACF) which happened from May 14 to 16, 2014, at the Pope Pius Centre, Manila, Philippines. The ACF is the CBCP’s initiative in relation to the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which is being convened in October. The synod is being convened to discuss the theme of “Pastoral Challenges To The Family In The Context Of Evangelisation”. Organized by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, the ACF presented the many challenges affecting the Catholic Asian family. His Excellency Bishop Jean Lafitte, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family and former

Vice President of the Pontifical Academy of Life, spoke about how the laws affecting the family such as “marriage for all” or what is popularly known as same sex marriages is truly disturbing. He further emphasized that it is easier for a country like the Philippines, where laws such as this have not been passed, to oppose governments who push for such laws. Atty. Luisito V. Liban gives a reaction to Bishop Lafitte’s Keynote Address via the “Implementation of the Charter of Rights of the Family vis-a-vis the UN and Asian Setting,” citing how the Philippine Constitution is closely similar to the Charter of Rights of the Family as far as defining and defending what the family is. Fr. Shenan Boquet, President of Human Life International, supported Liban’s arguments in his talk on “The

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Faith and the family, clockwise from top left: Atty. Liban, Bishop Lafitte and Fr. Boquet anwer questions during the open forum; young achievers tell about their stories of faith and family; Bishop Teodoro bacani presents the resolutions formulated via the conference; Festival of Families; Bishop Lafitte delivering his keynote address; an inter-faith dialogue on the role of faith in the flourishing of the family.


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