tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61651751751278774642024-03-05T13:00:07.152+08:00In Defense Of The Real CFCCurrently Reading<br>
<a href="http://whos.amung.us/show/1h37jlyr"><img src="http://whos.amung.us/widget/1h37jlyr.png" alt="visitor stats" width="75" height="20" border="0"></a>C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-38790216876027351352010-01-27T02:41:00.002+08:002010-01-29T23:53:12.073+08:00CFC & GK - Here We Go AgainThe community is yet again embroiled in another dispute (although some would say that term is an understatement). This time the potential stakes are higher, the potential losses will be more deeply felt, and the feud potentially more bitter. Yes, even more than <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/call-to-arms.html">THAT</a>.<br />
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Some faces are familar, some are new, but the enemy remains a constant. Guard your hearts and your minds my friends. Sometimes in our arrogance that our faith and prayers protect us well against the devil's plots and keep our intentions pure, we don't realize that it is in that arrogance that he finds his way in.<br />
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<i>Everything I've said above is the extent of what I have to say on this. The emails/documents are below, I'll leave you all to discern for yourselves. </i><br />
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And so, with a heavy, heavy heart, here we go again:<br />
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First, a look at how this situation may have been instigated. The following are emails from GK leadership starting from November 3, 2009. <br />
<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/25852943/Gk-Internal-Emails" style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px; text-decoration: underline;" title="View Gk Internal Emails on Scribd">Gk Internal Emails</a> <object data="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf" height="600" id="doc_668618823976408" name="doc_668618823976408" style="outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="FlashVars" value="document_id=25852943&access_key=key-26amgdtftfl2t56seujf&page=1&viewMode=list"></object><br />
Download this document <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?zjzmyevjyun">HERE</a>.<br />
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One of the emails contained above is from Jose Mari Oquiñena, dated January 12, 2010 and entitled "<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/25856134/Jose-Mari-Oquinena-Letter-Jan-12-2010">WHERE SHOULD BE OUR LOYALTY?</a>". Zeny Gimenez responds:<br />
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<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/25856584/Zeny-Gimenez-Response-to-Mari-Oquinena-open-letter" style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px; text-decoration: underline;" title="View Zeny-Gimenez-Response-to-Mari-Oquiñena-open-letter on Scribd">Zeny-Gimenez-Response-to-Mari-Oquiñena-open-letter</a> <object data="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf" height="600" id="doc_140036317908669" name="doc_140036317908669" style="outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="FlashVars" value="document_id=25856584&access_key=key-1tw3qqxhxwqwzea8tcxp&page=1&viewMode=list"></object><a class="qtrdphbclcryzmowdsnh" href="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf"></a><br />
Download this document <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?5mozgjdmzlo">HERE</a>.<br />
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Lastly for this entry, the IC statement dated January 15, 2010.<br />
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<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/25858093/IC-Statement-Preserving-the-Cfc-Way-of-Life" style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px; text-decoration: underline;" title="View IC Statement - Preserving the Cfc Way of Life on Scribd">IC Statement - Preserving the Cfc Way of Life</a> <object data="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf" height="600" id="doc_694443894461384" name="doc_694443894461384" style="outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="FlashVars" value="document_id=25858093&access_key=key-1wfsf90866u1sdjrw8bu&page=1&viewMode=list"></object><a class="qtrdphbclcryzmowdsnh" href="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf"></a><br />
Download this document <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?czgtmnmzn1q">HERE</a>.<br />
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Some faces are familar, some are new, <b>all are friends</b>. All share a bond that has tied us together as <b>family</b>, through thick and thin. Let's not forget what brought us together, let's not forget that in our community, the thread the binds us together is much, much stronger than the temporary thorns that threaten to tear us apart.<br />
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I start my journey of discernment again, and I am inviting you to join me.C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-78132319815552106482009-09-28T07:57:00.001+08:002009-09-28T10:20:48.212+08:00All Together Now<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<blockquote>Dear brothers and sisters,<br />
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We are again called to reach out to those among us who urgently need our help. Typhoon "Undoy" has left a wide swath of destruction in Luzon, but most severely in Metro Manila, particularly the cities of Pasig, Muntinglupa, Quezon City, Marikina, Manila, Novaliches and the municipalities of Cainta and San Mateo. Thousands of homes have been destroyed by rampaging waters and thousands of families displaced and now homeless.<br />
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We have set up a relief operation center and command post at the Home Office. We know that our government, through the local governments and the Philippine National Disaster Coordinating Center, has already mobilized rescue and relief operations and major agencies like the media and other groups have joined hands to extend urgent help to our poor countrymen. But they can only do so much and so many people have not been reached by relief efforts. Many are still hungry and have lost even their basic necessities.<br />
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We appeal to all of you to come forward now. This is the time to join hands, to open our wallets and our hearts and show that indeed we match our words with action.<br />
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May we request you to mobilize your sectors, areas and countries to gather basic foodstuffs for distribution to our brethren, including those in our GK sites. While we will accept anything, such as used clothes and shoes, we would prefer blankets, rice, water and basic groceries. We would prefer that you send cash so that the Home Office can purchase those items that are urgently needed. <br />
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Please send your cash donations to BPI Peso Savings Account Number 3103-3055-85, for local donors. Donors from abroad may send their deposits to BPI Dollar Savings Account Number 3104-0106-35 (Please indicate that the Swift Code is BOPIPHMM.) Please make your deposit payable to CFC Global Mission Foundation, Inc.<br />
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The CFC Relief Center has the following hot lines: (02 ) 727-0682 to 87. These lines will be open until 12 midnight tonight (September 27) and from 8 AM to 8 PM starting tomorrow, September 28.<br />
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We hope that you will join us in this massive effort. Please tell all your relatives and friends to also help. This is our call now to be truly brothers and sisters to those who need us. May God bless us all during these difficult times.<br />
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CFC UGNAYAN MULTIMEDIA CENTER<br />
COUPLES FOR CHRIST<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Let us remember the Lord's <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+5%3A32-10%3A1&version=NIV">promise</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">There are other ways to help. There are many people who are also doing their part and I believe the best course of action is to link arms with them to provide the fastest and most efficient methods of reaching those in need.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Click <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=110868206150348750692.00047479b6400ee29bd89&ll=14.645791,121.107874&spn=0.107954,0.154324&source=embed">HERE</a> for a Google map of those in need in Marikina and the surrounding area.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">There is a constantly updated database of information on a Google Spreadsheet of Calls for Rescue, Missing People; Found People, Emergency Numbers, and Where/How To Donate/Help. Click the tabs on the bottom to switch views. Click <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ai4KmPHsK-wPdG9odTlrdGhOVTZhbmxmMjFMb3cwOGc&hl=en">HERE</a> to go through it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> You may also donate to the local Red Cross <a href="http://www.redcross.org.ph/Site/PNRC/wtd.aspx">HERE</a>. They are already mobilized and on the ground, so they need your help the most.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">International donations can be made through <a href="http://www.abs-cbnfoundation.com/donate.php">ABS-CBN</a>, <a href="http://www.kapusofoundation.com/donate">GMA7</a>, and/or services set up by <a href="http://www.txtpower.org/2009/09/philippines-help-typhoon-victims-in-luzon-philippines/">TXTPower</a> and <a href="http://www.philippineaid.com/">Aerofoil Media</a>. These have already been vouched for by reputable people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">You may also check <a href="http://blogs.inquirer.net/current/2009/09/26/how-you-can-help/">HERE</a> for more ways you can help. The most important things people need right now are food and water. If any of you have rubber boats or rafts, or large trucks, you should be able to volunteer its services in the mobilization centers, I believe there is one at ADMU. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Please let me know if you need me to update this with more information as things progress. One thing to remember too, is that we are expecting another storm in less than 3 days. It will pay to be prepared for that as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">God bless us all.<br />
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<h2> </h2><h2> </h2>C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-56061686034421317002008-09-09T11:33:00.006+08:002008-09-11T08:18:27.789+08:00Of Comments and Intense ReactionsHello bloggers! The official explanation for my short absence is in the next entry. In this one, I'm going to be doing something that I should have done earlier: Explain and present the new comment format I'm testing out. Many of you have reacted and commented about the new form, and I believe where I fell short on was the lack of a short tutorial on how to use it. It really is simple and very much like our old form, except it allows us to thread comments (more on this later).<br /><br />So, please don't let the name of the comment plugin fool you, <a href="http://www.intensedebate.com/features">IntenseDebate</a> is just a name, it's not what really goes on. Before you dismiss it as a gimicky thing, please let me defend it and its purpose. If you all have given it an honest try and still don't like it, i will gladly revert back to the default Blogger comment format.<br /><br />Let me take you now through the simple process of leaving comments using this new format. Clicking on the same "comments" link at the bottom of each entry takes you to the entry's standalone page, like <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/08/village-that-frank-built-part-iii.html#respond">this one</a> for the "The Village...III" for example. At the bottom of the existing comments, you'll find the form to leave your own.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmd3Tlg0R2DNmSq3TVWvrRIOyhEj2flP2wy4Bp5j44MUSbTz3PajhgDA4OvLQCYbaMMsuEv0hyphenhyphenw03UoXHUBkP2Q2JlQ4GkCMQwI1nZk2b1O-khY1rLEus_t6YPT5wzGWhv4xPRfIWFqXQ/s1600-h/illus1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmd3Tlg0R2DNmSq3TVWvrRIOyhEj2flP2wy4Bp5j44MUSbTz3PajhgDA4OvLQCYbaMMsuEv0hyphenhyphenw03UoXHUBkP2Q2JlQ4GkCMQwI1nZk2b1O-khY1rLEus_t6YPT5wzGWhv4xPRfIWFqXQ/s400/illus1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243865183048545490" border="0" /></a><br />After writing your comment, you have the option to leave your name or stay anonymous by leaving it blank. You DON'T have to sign up for an IntenseDebate account, though I would recommend it so you can track the comments you've made and refer back to them easily if the need arises. Click on the "Submit Comment" button when you're done.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSY6OHEVr6jd0SKOa77S2zUFK541Vq8AblE77t8t8Lu75D0KztkSbvImWugiNiKE1u6oE9v2lTlcaJZbGqk2dLdiBU84znbG1L24mlm98EkKjWO5dwu0wM0kCeFKuMlbAdPmG2ZtY32C4/s1600-h/illus2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSY6OHEVr6jd0SKOa77S2zUFK541Vq8AblE77t8t8Lu75D0KztkSbvImWugiNiKE1u6oE9v2lTlcaJZbGqk2dLdiBU84znbG1L24mlm98EkKjWO5dwu0wM0kCeFKuMlbAdPmG2ZtY32C4/s400/illus2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243865181142184962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Now, here is where I think some people are getting confused</span>. IntenseDebate will now display your comment and it will look like it already got posted. This is just temporary and for your eyes only (based on your <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address">IP address</a>). Actually, this comment will still be awaiting moderation (like in the old style of commenting) and will be posted publicly for all to see after I approve it. Some of you might have seen this and thought that I am not moderating comments anymore, don't worry that I still am.<br /><br />With regards to threading comments, this is a way of responding to specific comments without having to quote it like in the old method. It allows us to easily follow a conversation between two bloggers, or allow any of you or me to respond to specific questions directed at you or myself. Here is how you do it:<br /><br />Each comment will have a "Post Reply" link below it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TnmNT2ZdQ2D4YIGn640Z_XpUXVfvlOwf443TiX88Wn7rZRPNlhu1kb-NcLdiO8BWDZuHeFPHbiXlJmGdrBBlwcMUvegHrqDWYZzk9jb1anygIr2xGbLXzLsMnv_raO7cs7ci2RSv1Jg/s1600-h/illus3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TnmNT2ZdQ2D4YIGn640Z_XpUXVfvlOwf443TiX88Wn7rZRPNlhu1kb-NcLdiO8BWDZuHeFPHbiXlJmGdrBBlwcMUvegHrqDWYZzk9jb1anygIr2xGbLXzLsMnv_raO7cs7ci2RSv1Jg/s400/illus3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243865187857113234" border="0" /></a><br />You click that and a standard comment entry form will appear. You can leave a reply just like posting a regular comment, and it will now appear under the comment you are responding to after I approve it. It will look like this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXXvchTv2OWJiyNGT4f8u6c5A09WOnXXAPMyqclYY_rRsFmBZ91kHMsi8Ia1baAklCRflScPn1NhOBIMc0iICyRmDMsTGH-mgZ5zkUIL8T9YhyphenhyphenMT-3pxDlgYCN04npkMQm527-3f7IQic/s1600-h/illus4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXXvchTv2OWJiyNGT4f8u6c5A09WOnXXAPMyqclYY_rRsFmBZ91kHMsi8Ia1baAklCRflScPn1NhOBIMc0iICyRmDMsTGH-mgZ5zkUIL8T9YhyphenhyphenMT-3pxDlgYCN04npkMQm527-3f7IQic/s400/illus4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243865187009436130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A quick update:</span><br /><br />Thanks to p.e. for <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/09/of-comments-and-intense-reactions.html#IDComment6139283">asking</a>, you can sort the comments as well, for those who want to see the latest activity or sort by date (default).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wp8KLpy4ejFoRVgRYuatBKW7Q5yrUsh6_nllsaB-DlZNjSjCPj4FZ61aej48_afIE2_bBR25QO7lvrbmdkRzEmLAeUWBnCJ6IsU14T2_Mdn9DWBVXQFxiy8VRa-BpnW7uPiXftWdk9I/s1600-h/illus5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wp8KLpy4ejFoRVgRYuatBKW7Q5yrUsh6_nllsaB-DlZNjSjCPj4FZ61aej48_afIE2_bBR25QO7lvrbmdkRzEmLAeUWBnCJ6IsU14T2_Mdn9DWBVXQFxiy8VRa-BpnW7uPiXftWdk9I/s400/illus5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244550899448625394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />As for the html formatting our more internet savvy bloggers have utilized, they are still active.<br /><br />IntenseDebate supports the following simple HTML tags:<br /><br /><a>, <b>, <i>, <u>, <em>, <p>, <blockquote>, <br>, <strong>, <strike>, <img><br /><br />The most commonly used ones are the <span style="font-weight: bold;">BOLD</span> (<b>) and <span style="font-style: italic;">ITALIC</span> (<i>) tags. You use them by enclosing the word or text you want formatted with the tags, for ex:<br /><br /><b>your text here</b> will display as:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">your text here</span><br /><br />So there, I hope you all can give it an honest try, I do believe it will be helpful in keeping track of comments in the blog, especially as we interact with each other all the time nowadays. I noticed how many reactions the baiting commenter <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/08/we-wish-you-well.html?showComment=1220419980000#c4984112897266437407">dan droff sasholder</a> elicited with his sarcastic ways, and it helps to respond to such using threaded comments, hehe.C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-85586003931839829112008-08-28T06:35:00.007+08:002008-09-05T11:41:11.466+08:00The Village That Frank Built Part III<span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE 09/05/08:</span><br />Delisting letter added.<br /><br />Part I is <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/village-that-frank-built.html">HERE</a>.<br />Part II is <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/village-that-frank-built-pt-ii-issues.html">HERE</a>.<br /><br />In fairness to the Easter Group, Jun Junia, et al, here is their next response on the Remarville issue following the Mario Pareno response published in <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/village-that-frank-built-pt-ii-issues.html">Part II</a>. I am hoping for a response from the parties named, preferably with some documents to back up any claims, something the Easter Group is always noticeably short on. I personally would love to also hear from the FFL members themselves who were on site and not just from Jun Junia.<br /><br />They've directed this response specifically at this blog and at the images and issues posted here. While it is my opinion that it doesn't hold water (because of the coinciding testimonies from several parties and not just from one), I am waiting for actual witnesses to speak up. I am also positive there is a video of the event in question somewhere. If you know how I can get to that video, I'll appreciate a heads up.<br /><br />I've seen the calls for a "Blogger's GK Village" started by TE and it gladdens my heart. I feel tho that before we get started on that, we have to settle any injustices that are being committed now, lest it happens again. This is OUR watch now, we must do all we can to set things RIGHT before we move on.<br /><br />I will be updating this entry throughout the week.<br /><br /><br /><br />--- On Tue, 8/26/08, Easter Group <eastergroup@gmail.com> wrote:<br /><br />From: Easter Group <eastergroup@gmail.com><br />Subject: Fwd: CFC Global's 20 July CFC International Village (Remarville) Build<br />To:<br />Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 7:52 PM<br /><br /><br />Following our 1st reply to the CFC Global bloggers' comments and e-mails, more releases were made by them that needed some correction. We have the brother himself, Jun Junia, who wrote the e-mail account below to clear the air on this issue which has reached quite vicious and ugly proportions because of rather baseless accusations. With this correction, we hope all are now clarified with the true state of affairs in Remarville.<br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br /><junjunia@yahoo.com>To: Easter Group <eastergroup@gmail.com><br />Cc: junjunia@gmail.com<br /><br /><br />CFC Global's 20 July CFC International Village (Remarville) Build<br /><br />A lot has been said about the foiled attempt of CFC Global for an alleged BUILD at the CFC International Village (Remarville) last 20July 2008. I would like to clarify that this 20 July affair was not a BUILD attempt but an INVASION of a site which CFC Global knew and accepted as a Restoration Village and not a GK site.<br /><br />To get a better perspective hereunder is a brief background of said project. CFC International Village was started by members of North C Cluster 6, then under the headship of JUN JUNIA. There is no problem with the land acquisition as the land was purchased and is being paid for by the beneficiaries on an installment basis over 5 years (free of interest) and as of this date amortization payments for 2 years and 7 months have been made.<br /><br />This social housing project really took off when Frank Padilla saw it as a chance to give homeless CFC members their own home. Frank Padilla then requested the CFC International community to adopt one house each, thus the name CFC International Village.<br /><br />Work was started in January 2006 but because of differences in development approaches between Junia and Pancho Lopez Tan, GK National took over control of project development in December 2006. Raul Dizon was in charge of the area for eight (8) months and during that period he created his own clique which he called his TEACHER's PETS, and which group became his alter ego.<br /><br />When the split in the CFC community happened the majority of the beneficiaries chose to align themselves with CFC FFL and the homeowner's association took over the project. Raul Dizon's Teacher's Pets (a noisy but numerical minority) aligned themselves with CFC Global and created divisions in the project while openly defying the homeowner's association. When caught with violations they would cry HARRASSMENT. This division in the Remarville community (FFL vis a vis Global) is the problem that the association had been trying to correct when the 20 July Build of CFC Global cropped up.<br /><br />On 18 July 2008 I got a text from Tito Santos telling me that they had scheduled a BUILD in Remarville on July 20, 2008 and that permission had been given by Lito de Guzman. Tito Santos advised me that Ricky Santos, an awardee of one of the three houses to be built, would coordinate with the association.<br /><br />Lito de Guzman, when contacted, told me that the message Tito Santos was circulating was misleading as he took back this positive comment when he learned that Tito Santos had not asked permission from the homeowner's association and had sent him a second text asking him to seek the association's permission first. In a dialogue with Ricky Santos on the evening of 18 July, he told us that he was asked to attend a meeting in Melo Villaroman's office and was surprised to see people identified as DIZON teacher's pets in that meeting where the plan for the 20 July Build was finalized. The Remarville homeowner's association then explained to Ricky Santos that on 20 July the beneficiaries themselves were scheduled to work in the site and the presence of 200 outsiders may derail this internal unifying process. Furthermore how do you place 200 people on three (3) small (3.5M x 7.0 M) lots over and above the 30 to 50 beneficiaries working there also. Finally it was explained to Ricky that you do not attain UNITY by the statement of Tito Santos that we will go there to build for the 3 members of CFC and if things work out we will also work on the houses of non CFC members. You do not start unity moves by going into FFL territory and calling them non CFC.<br /><br />Ricky Santos understood and promised to do something. On the morning of 19 July, Ricky Santos sent me the text message that Melo Villaroman had cancelled the 20July Build at Remarville. I forwarded this message to Tito Santos together with the information that the homeowner's association had disapproved their 20 July build..<br /><br />The reply of Tito Santos was that he did not know Ricky Santos and he would pursue their 20 July Build despite the disapproval by the association and whether I would be there or not. That is when I knew that Tito Santos was not coordinating the 20 July Build, but rather only informing us that they would proceed with the Remarville build despite the disapproval by the association, thus we called it an INVASION and prepared for such.<br /><br />The pictures being circulated by CFC Global will readily show that we had women at the entrance barrier as we do not adhere to the DADANAK ANG DUGO theory and never said that. Neither did we have goons, unless CFC Global looks at FFL members as goons. We are however grateful to the barangay as they were a big help.<br /><br />So my friends the 20 July exercise of CFC Global was not a build, but an invasion as <br /><br /> - They had knowledge that Remarville is not a GK site, yet they never sought permission from the association before they planned their BUILD.<br /> <br /> - Tito Santos was not coordinating, but merely informing us that irregardless of the association's disapproval he would push through with the Build Tito Santos was in fact spreading distorted information while not heeding the advise of Ricky Santos that their 20 July BUILD HAD BEEN CANCELLED BY MELO VILLAROMAN.<br /><br /> - The mobilization of 200 persons was illogical as it would be physically impossible to place them on the site of three small lots (unless the purpose was the usual photo ops of GK)<br /><br /> - In the process of dissuading them from their 20 July build Tito Santos was informed that the beneficiaries affiliated with Global and FFL were working together as a group of 30 to 50 people, and they had a build scheduled also on 20 July; thereby making it doubly difficult for an additional 200 outsiders to work in the area. The beneficiaries themselves working together irregardless of affiliation was the real start of unity.<br /><br />The highlight of this episode was when ERIC CAYABYAB attempted to forcefully enter the site. After trying to impress me that he was a doctor and head of GK he sarcastically asked me IF I KNEW WHERE THE MONEY BEING USED FOR THE MATERIALS THEY WERE SENDING TO REMARVILLE CAME FROM? He was implying that it was their (GK) money and I amusedly answered it was Remarville funds (not GK). I had been informed that donations for the 130 units in Remarville had been fully made. This is in the custody of GK and they are releasing this only to beneficiaries who would affiliate with CFC Global. Then Eric Cayabyab directly coordinated with Arlene Castor, a beneficiary who is being delisted for having built a house more than three times the standard size for Remarville. Castor claims to have spent Php 200,000.00 of her personal funds (over and above the Php 80,000.00 plus of free materials she got from FFL and Global inventories). If Eric Cayabyab were a true GK practitioneer he should have relocated Arlene Castor in Camella Homes, considering the violations Arlene Castor has made and the money she claims to have spent, instead of letting her spearhead the 20July affair. GK/CFC Global has not spearheaded a move to relocate her to a regular subdivision, but has in fact provided her a lawyer in the delisting proceedings filed by the association against Castor. It is by this act that I wonder if GK has changed its qualification standards.<br /><br />Finally I feel that the LORD really knows how to play jokes on us.. This 20 July Build is personified by what I call THE UNHOLY TRINITY. You see the main characters in the whole affair are holy people as<br /><br /> - One of the houses programmed for construction in the 20 July invasion is that of RICKY SANTOS<br /><br /> - The person pursuing the unauthorized BUILD/INVASION is TITO SANTOS<br /><br /> - The person currently circulating libelous statements against me from a self assumed high perch of moral authority but in total ignorance of facts of the case is MIKE SANTOS, a son of Tito Santos<br /><br />Today Remarville is completely polarized and vividly depicts the conflict between CFC Global and CFC FFL being lived on a day to day basis by persons/neighbors who take pride in calling themselves Christians while being unchristian to one another. This is the reality of what CFC or we have become.<br /><br />I pray that you can pass this on to our brothers in the community so that lessons in christian behavior may be learned and current moral standards being used/practiced be reassessed.<br /> <br />JUN JUNIA<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />* * *<br /><br />I believe it is time for our beneficiaries to speak up. Jun Junia speaks of Christian Behavior. Please be fair then Mr. Junia. Sana po hindi lang salita yan. Payagan nyo po ang mga apektado na magsalita at mag bigay ng kanilang panig, na walang takot ma de-list.<br /><br />Is that fair? I've published your side and I believe the they have a right to respond in kind.<br /><br /></eastergroup@gmail.com></junjunia@yahoo.com></eastergroup@gmail.com></eastergroup@gmail.com><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE 09/05/08<br />Sample delisting letter added<br /><br /></span>Now I am certain this isn't the only one given out. At this time, I have had no updates so far on the situation inside save for the comments left anonymously by residents of Remarville. Please keep it up, we are doing this for you.<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_1FhBjA-M8hdMLqAadrxiohKKblug6FutDqNLyavh-BNs9rqcvTXV_Y52ljLDcKRaHnWDLV9OwycPhe6wj1txieFW5ccSdrNcc8uZ_M7JdpNp_3qQ1eZkWMqvnezGEjjef47RTlgu_M/s1600-h/CFC+Letter2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_1FhBjA-M8hdMLqAadrxiohKKblug6FutDqNLyavh-BNs9rqcvTXV_Y52ljLDcKRaHnWDLV9OwycPhe6wj1txieFW5ccSdrNcc8uZ_M7JdpNp_3qQ1eZkWMqvnezGEjjef47RTlgu_M/s400/CFC+Letter2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242375840552637458" border="0" /></a>C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-36125644146418964692008-08-23T00:16:00.002+08:002008-08-23T00:27:22.006+08:00Test PostNew comment template uploaded.C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-72735166857482688262008-08-21T06:00:00.000+08:002008-08-21T07:03:57.139+08:00We Wish You WellNow can't you do the same for us?<br /><br /><br />Friends, if you remember a few weeks back in the <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/pulp-bits.html">Pulp Bits</a> entry, I wondered what the Easter Group was up to, since it appeared they were escalating attacks on GK. I figured it was because they had a competing product and needed to bash GK to raise the profile of theirs. Good business sense? Yes, I'd have to admit, but is it Christian conduct? You be the judge.<br /><br />Personally, I've always felt that the best way for a product/company to succeed is to let its quality speak for itself. Positive word of mouth after all, is one of the most prized aspects of a good promotional campaign.<br /><br />So I guess it comes as no suprise when I saw this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxdk-ENgVtQCq7GIGacWy4XHK0gut-TNk2NLIWE7dbhEf9I2My4Je3Pyi57xZeALUtLdBRCaCuVGLzoxD6hTD-G-lLdAyXdf3SwOJWkhWh_owAaeY0GGxNIoBWHAXr8rxJynaco3POII/s1600-h/FFL_Habitat_Email.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxdk-ENgVtQCq7GIGacWy4XHK0gut-TNk2NLIWE7dbhEf9I2My4Je3Pyi57xZeALUtLdBRCaCuVGLzoxD6hTD-G-lLdAyXdf3SwOJWkhWh_owAaeY0GGxNIoBWHAXr8rxJynaco3POII/s400/FFL_Habitat_Email.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236662151155648130" border="0" /></a>Let me just take you back to the hints that made me feel that something was up.<br /><br />Lets start with <a href="http://perryscope.org/?p=307">Perry Diaz's</a> "Quo Vadis, Gawad Kalinga" article written in September of last year, which Nonong Contreras felt compelled to respond to. Mr. Contreras does the usual song and dance ("veering away", financial accountability, partnering with pharmas who promote contraceptives, etc.) and then hints at his own future partnership:<br /><br /><blockquote>WE ONLY HAVE OUR BEST WISHES FOR CFC/GK AND MR. DIAZ IF THEY PURSUE THEIR MISSION WITHOUT CFC. THE ALL INCLUSIVENESS OF GK SHOULD NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF PROUDLY UNFURLING ITS CHRISTIAN BANNER AND CALLING IT CFC, <span style="font-weight: bold;">THE WAY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HAS BEEN VERY OPEN IN PROCLAIMING ITSELF AS A CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION</span>.</blockquote>Read complete response <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?t4rechtn93w">HERE</a>.<br /><br />On Frank Padilla's own <a href="http://qoheleth2.multiply.com/journal/item/163/Our_Wonderful_Work_with_the_Poor">Multiply site</a>, a March 31, 2008 article talks about the future partnership:<br /><blockquote>"Also off site, the RV will benefit 374 families, mostly CFC-FFL members, that will be relocated in 24-square meter lots subdivided from a total area 15,505 square meters. A partnership with Habitat for Humanity is being worked out for the site."</blockquote><br />Then, back in May 12, 2008, Nonong released his own article entitled "<a href="http://restorecfc.multiply.com/journal?&page_start=20">Where Really Is The Rub</a>", which I guess is his idea of a witty response to <a href="http://opinion.inquirer.net/columnist/?colid=735">Conrado De Quiros</a>, he once again brings up Habitat:<br /><blockquote>"The rub lies in GK veering away from the life and mission of CFC by overprotecting its benefactors and donors to the extent that CFC members were told to avoid "unfurling its Christian banner in public" (quote from Mr.Esposo in a past column) <span style="font-weight: bold;">while Habitat for Humanity proudly proclaims that it is a Christian organization.</span>"</blockquote><br />Finally, we have the emails from the Salvador Macias and Mario Pareno ghostwritten entities forwarded by the Easter Group, which not only attacks GK, but manages to once again spew unsubstantiated claims. The thinly veiled July 9, 2008 <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?amyxdlmlxjm">Macias rejoinder</a> to Meloto's I Want To Be A Good Catholic given at Ateneo and covered <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/ploughshares-or-hammers.html">HERE</a>, and a long delayed <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?xdn3wxzqkqz">response</a> to a dredged-up-from-the-past article by Michael Tan. This was what <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/pulp-bits.html">rang the alarm bells </a>for me. I figure the fabled Mr. <span style="font-style: italic;">Badong</span> Macias had to dig that up because they needed something to base a GK attack on.<br /><br />There are several points of interest on those Macias commentaries by the way (and those from the haplessly uninformed <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?mwcbx9ztwgn">Mario Pareno</a>) , one of which is the insistence that the IC distributed the supposedly internal <a href="http://www.cfcffl.org/documents/documents/CFC_and_GK-3.pdf">GK-3 paper</a>. I don't know why they keep perpetuating the lie, when this email says it all (note the date):<br /><br /><blockquote>Subject: gk<br />Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:47:33 EDT<br /><br />Because of its real frank nature, Bro. Frank Padilla (the eternal Pacifist and one who would not want to put down a brother) has withheld the all-out circulation of this, his 3rd paper on CFC and GK. We however believe that this paper should really be out especially so That our brethren will know the real score re: why there is tension bet. CFC and GK.<br /><br />Some GK leaders' propaganda is that CFC leaders are just sourgraping Because of GK success. That CFC leaders are just displaying the typical Filipino crab mentality. That CFC leaders are simply envious of GK fame and Tony Meloto's awards. We believe in bringing out the truth. Unless the truth is out, our CFC members will always be misinformed and confused. <span style="font-weight: bold;">So here it is. Frank's 3rd, no holds barred paper --- for the information of brothers and sisters in the community.</span><br /><br />Please use your discernment on whether you wish to pass this to others in the community. Note that the date Bro. Frank made it is April 8, Easter Sunday. After two weeks of prayers and discernment on my part, I have decided to share this paper with you. May the truth set us free! May God and His Mother protect CFC!<br />Let us keep on praying for our beloved community.<br /><br />Sis. Ding Contreras</blockquote>But I digress (we'll get more into that later).<br /><br /><br />Anyway, I don't know if <a href="http://www.habitat.org/">Habitat for Humanity</a> know what they are getting themselves into. I need not mention that GK and Habitat has been peacefully co-existing all these years, until the Easter Group saw it fit to create drama between the two. The object of either group is to improve the lot of those less privileged, and put a roof over <a href="http://www.tingog.com/social-concerns/pedro-and-some-corned-beef.html">Pedro</a>'s head while giving him a chance and a vision to accomplish more, not just for himself but for his progeny. I have absolutely nothing against Habitat. None of us should. Before GK came into being, I've always respected what they've done, and still do. I wish the FFL (and their <a href="http://www.cfcfflwwp.org/aboutus.htm">WWP program</a>) well in their partnership with Habitat, may they house many, many poor Filipinos and give them hope and a chance at a good life.<br /><br />There is however one thing that we all should be made aware of now, because everything up to this point has led to a specific conclusion, and it is this:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">We need to finally realize that the conflict between Frank Padilla and Tony Meloto, between the Easter Group and the IC, the supposed veering away, or partnering with pharmas, all those points brought up by Frank Padilla as the reasons for his departure from CFC - ALL OF IT, were fabrications designed to hide the real devil's fruit that made him do it. PRIDE.</span><br /><br />Wow, how can I say that, you may ask?<br /><br />Easy, we've come full circle.<br /><br />I'll ignore the fact that they are still <a href="http://www.cfcffl.org/home.htm">thanking</a> the <a href="http://dirp3.pids.gov.ph/population/documents/HB4110.pdf">anti-life proponent</a> Cynthia Villar for their offices at Star Mall. I mean, they've never acknowledged it or at least tried to explain the hypocrisy blatantly displayed there, so I don't expect to hear any now.<br /><br />Lets just concentrate on the here and now. Habitat and the FFL are now partners. That's a fact they've established well on their own. Right?<br /><br />Well, considering all you have accused GK of, how do you now develop a partnership with an organization that works arm in arm with...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pfizer</span><br /><a href="http://www.habitat.org/jcwp/2000/sponsors.html">http://www.habitat.org/jcwp/2000/sponsors.html</a><br /><br />And I <a href="http://www.memphishabitat.com/journal.shtml">quote</a>:<br /><br /><blockquote>“This joining together of workers within a company to do something outside enhances the sense of teamwork and makes for better relationships while at work.” <i>– Doug Warner, Pfizer, Inc.</i></blockquote><br />Habitat also deals with the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e419fb40e21cef00VgnVCM1000001f5e340aRCRD">Mormons</a>, which if you remember the Easter Group raised a big deal about with GK:<br /><blockquote>Latter-day Saints joined many other community groups in a project to build two homes for local families. The article describes more about how Habitat for Humanity works.<br /><a href="http://www.mormonstoday.com/000514/D1LDS&Habitat01.shtml">http://www.mormonstoday.com/000514/D1LDS&Habitat01.shtml</a><br /></blockquote><br />Let me reiterate, this is <span style="font-weight: bold;">not</span> an attack on Habitat, I believe they have the right as a CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION to partner with whomever God steers them to to achieve their means. I am merely pointing out a hypocrisy in the Easter Group's actions and in their ability to do exactly the opposite of what they say, and how this has <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/08/hear-their-plea.html">wreaked havoc</a> on the lives of innocent CFC members.<br /><br /><br />I guess that says it all. Shall we consider the case closed?<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Thanks to Divinos for the links and the heads up.)</span>C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com149tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-37073238248522010612008-08-21T01:40:00.004+08:002008-08-21T06:57:49.149+08:00Hear Their PleaI just wanted to draw your attention to these comments.<br /><br /><blockquote>GK Beneficiary ng Remarville has left a new comment on your post "<a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/08/so-its-true.html" target="_blank">So It's True</a>":<br /><br />Ang kinatatakot ko lang po paano kapag sa amin nangyari yun! ano ang gagawin namin? Saan kami pupunta? May tutulong ba sa amin? natatakot talaga kami kay Jun Junia kasi isang sabi lang nya HOA officials ay sumusunod sila kahit alam nilang mali na!<br /><br />Alam nyo po sobrang SAYA namin ng maging beneficiary kami sa Remarville NOON kasi sa wakas may sariling bahay na kami, ngunit ang SAYA na naramdaman namin NOON ngayon ay nababalutan na ng LUNGKOT AT TAKOT NA BAKA BUKAS AY WALA NA ANG BAHAY NA IBINIGAY SA AMIN NG PANGINOON </blockquote><br /><blockquote>Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "<a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/08/so-its-true.html" target="_blank">So It's True</a>":<br /><br />Bilang isa sa mga GK beneficiary, nais ko pong ipaabot ang liham na ito kay Tito Jun J. at sa lahat ng bumubuo ng Kapit bahayan ng GK Remarville. Lubos po ang aking paniniwala sa kabutihang loob na taglay nyo, minsan na po tayong naging isang pamilya sa bubong CFC, at maaring nag iba man tayo ng landas na tinahak ngunit hindi ang maiaalis kabutihang loob na naitanim sa puso nyo.<br /><br />Isa lamang po ako sa maraming bilang ng mahihirap na naghangad na magkaroon ng sariling tahanan. Kaya’t naging lubos ang aking kasiyahan ng malaman kong ako at ang aking pamilya ay mapapagkalooban ng tahanan sa GK Remarville. Sa totoo lamang po ay napaluha ako ng marinig ko ang balita. Naisip ko agad ang mga anak ko. “Sa wakas mabibigyan ko na rin sila ng maayos na tirahan at tahanang matatawag kong amin”. Lingid pos a inyong kaalaman ay nangungupahan lang po ako sa kasalukuyan. Sa hirap po ng buhay makailang beses na rin kaming lumipat ng tahanan, para lamang makahanap ng murang marerentahan. Bagamat may trabaho po ako at ang aking asawa ay di pa rin ito sapat para matugunan ang lahat ng pangangailangan namin sa araw-araw. Bilang isang ina gusto ko pong ibigay ang lahat ng makakabuti sa anak ko, masakit pong isipin na hindi ko man lang matugunan ang ilang pangangailangan nila dahil na rin po sa kakapusan. Makakatulong po sana talaga ng malaki kung ang perang binabayad namin sa upa ay mailaan na lamang po para sa mga anak ko. Ngunit sa kasawiang palad maaring manatiling pangarap na lamang ang PANGARAP kong ito. Dahil isa po ako sa mga nakatanggap ng DELISTING notice mula pos a inyo. Maaring may mga desisyon po kayong di ko lubos na nauunawaan. Hindi ko rin naman pong hahayaan ang aking sarili na humantong sa galit. Tingna nyo na lang po ako bilang isang tao, bilang isang Pilipino, bilang isang mahirap. Isang kababayang nangangailangan.<br /><br />Hindi man po tayo personal na magkakilala, pero alam ko pareho tayo ng pananaw pagdating sa ating mga pamilya. Hindi po sana maging kalabisan sa inyo kung hihilingin kong maipagkaloob po sa akin sampu ng aking pamilya ang isang bahay sa remarville. Hindi ko man po kayo mabayaran dito sa lupa alam ko pong may nakalaan na biyaya ang May Kapal. Gayun pa man po taos puso akong magpapasalamat sa inyo. Pinapaubaya ko na po sa inyo ang katuparan ng mga pangarap ko…<br /><br />Salamat po,<br />GK Benificiary </blockquote><br /><blockquote>GK Beneficiary has left a new comment on your post "<a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/08/so-its-true.html" target="_blank">So It's True</a>":<br /><br />Bilang GK Benificiary ng Remarville ako po ay nagmamakaawa kay Tito Jun. J. at sa GK Int’l Restoration Village Homeowners Association, na sana kami ay mapagbigyan na matupad aming pangarap na magkaroon ng sariling bahay. Kami po ay mahirap lamang, di naming kayang bumili ng lupa at bahay. Ang kinikita naming mag-asawa ay di pa minsan sapat sa gastusin sa araw-araw: pagkain, gamit ng mga bata sa eskwela, tubig, kuryente at renta sa bahay.<br /><br />Nung naging GK Benificiary kami, tuwang-tuwa kami aking pamilya. dahil malaki ang maitutulong nito, Nagpapasalamat kami sa Maykapal , sa mga Sponsors na ginamit ng Diyos upang tulungan kaming mahihirap. At alam kong, di lamang bahay ang binigay ng ating Panginoon kundi isang tahanan. At pananalig na madama at lubusang makilala, kung paano maging mabuti at tunay na kristyano.<br /><br />Alam ko sa dito sa Remarville mayroong CFC at FFL. Pero nanalig ako na magiging maayos ang lahat dahil iisa lamang ating Panginoong Maykapal.<br /><br />Bilang CFC Benificiary kami ay umaattend ng Homeowners Meeting. Sa mga meeting, nababanggit ni Tito Jun J. na wala sya pinapanigan CFC o FFL, ang panawagan lamang nya ay makaisa ang mga members ng Homeowners lalo na sa pagbayad ng amortization sa lupa.<br /><br />Hanggang sa dumating yung araw July 20 – GK Build para sa CFC Home Office ng 3 Beneficiaries. Kami bilang CFC members na gustong tumulong, GK at ibang pang members ng West C, pati ilang kapatid sa GK ay nagpunta upang tumulong sa pag gawa ng bahay. Ngunit di natuloy ito dahil nagbarikada ang Homeowners at ilang FFL members.<br /><br />Makalipas ang dalawang linggo, nakatanggap kami mga CFC Benificiaries ng delisting notice ang mga CFC Benificiaries. Ang Tanong Namin Bakit, ano ang nagawa naming mali.<br /><br />Mali ba yung TUMULONG PARA SA MGA KAPATID NATING CFC Beneficiaries.<br /><br />CFC-GK Beneficiary<br /></blockquote><br />Mike Santos gives us an update:<br /><br /><blockquote>mike santos has left a new comment on your post "<a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/08/call-to-arms-pt-2.html" target="_blank">A Call To Arms Pt 2</a>":<br /><br />in light of the recent event --remarville delisting and eviction--<br /><br />My dad sent a SMS to Jun Junia and requested a dialogue that reads<br /><br />... There is far greater joyful reason to UNITE, than to DIVIDE.. let's meet and resolve issues Re: remarville, gk magsaysay and other concern...<br /><br />let's pray for this to happen!!! </blockquote><br />Friends, this <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/village-that-frank-built-pt-ii-issues.html">Remarville</a> issue is far from over. I know we've committed to prayers and gatherings on their behalf, please help me keep this issue at the forefront. If only half of the things I'm hearing about the International Village beneficiaries and their <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?mbyfgzmx9bx">plight</a> are truly happening, it is still a major WRONG that must be put RIGHT.<br /><br />Let us pray for God to touch the souls of the men at the root of this travesty, and allow them to care once again for their less fortunate brethren, without prejudice to what community they choose to belong to.C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-33999200192065749362008-08-17T15:08:00.006+08:002008-08-17T16:02:00.986+08:00The Bill to BeatTwo bills on population control and reproductive health are making headlines in the news, I just thought I should post the text of the bills (apparently pretty hard to find) for us to review. There are many different opinions being thrown around in cyberspace, I'd welcome yours as well. I will also post the files in the Archived Documents section.<br /><br />The first is the "Reproductive Health,Responsible Parenthood and Population Development Act of 2007" or <span style="font-weight: bold;">HB16</span> (it appears as HB00016 or HB00017 in different websites), authored by Rep. Edcel Lagman. He delves into it in the Inquirer <a href="http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/talkofthetown/view/20080803-152296/Reproductive-health-bill-Facts-fallacies">HERE</a>, with a dissenting opinion <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><a href="http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/talkofthetown/view/20080816-155092/Church-reply-to-reproductive-health-bill-facts-fallacies">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Click <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?rmzyew6fgw2">HERE</a> to download the text of the bill.<br /><br />The second is authored by lady solon <span class="CS_Element_Layout"><span class="spacing">Janette Garin entitled "Reproductive Health Care Act" or <span style="font-weight: bold;">HB812</span> (HB00812), which "</span></span>...establishes the Reproductive Health Care Program that recognizes women's rights and gender equality and ensures universal access to reproductive health information, education and services. Comprehensive health care includes measures that promote safe motherhood, care for persons with HIV/AIDS and other STIs, infertility treatment, and male involvement in reproductive health."<br /><span class="CS_Element_Layout"><span class="spacing"><br />Click <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?gmpag4h6ghx">HERE</a> to download the text of the bill.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?y9zprvuzhgn">THIS</a> version is more readable (and text searchable), but I'm not sure if it's the updated one, since it was last edited in August 2007, I found it as a .doc <a href="http://www.pngoc.com/uploads/Image/filedownloads/RHHB812%5B1%5D.doc">HERE</a>.<br /><br />I'm posting these in case any of you wanted to do any more research into this. Here are examples of different opinions on the matter:<br /><br />First, the CBCP is already waging an <a href="http://www.cbcpnews.com/?q=node/3874">active campaign</a> against the bills, which have already won a spot on the <a href="http://www.alfi.org.ph/article/articleview/309">Anti-Family Watch List</a> of the ALFI.<br /><br />However,<br /><br /><a href="http://thewarriorlawyer.com/about/">The Warrior Lawyer</a> gives his <a href="http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2008/07/28/debate-on-abortion-humanae-vitae-and-the-reproductive-health-care-act-continues/trackback/">take</a>, and opines against the church's continued opposition to these bills, saying, "...</span></span>there is none so blind as those who refuse to see."<br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="CS_Element_Layout"><span class="spacing">Have a good weekend my friends.<br /></span></span>C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-82259028172559341332008-08-15T11:12:00.006+08:002008-08-15T11:35:13.175+08:00So It's TrueApparently the Easter Group really is trying to distance themselves from <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/village-that-frank-built-pt-ii-issues.html">Remarville</a>. They don't even list it in their "Restoration" villages list on <a href="http://www.cfcfflwwp.org/therestorationvillages.htm">their site</a>.<br /><br />I have heard (and seen a comment about it) that all CFC members have now been unceremoniously delisted. It is no surprise that this has caused an incredible amount of stress to the beneficiaries who have looked forward to their home there. IF they truly are denying involvement in Remarville, they're going to have a tough time denying it, considering they themselves sent out an email from a certain Mario Pareno basically admitting that FFL members had "taken over" over the site (found near the end of this <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/village-that-frank-built-pt-ii-issues.html">entry</a>). I also don't know how they're going to explain the "RESTORATION" plastered on the entrance arch. I guess we'll have to be prepared for whatever spin they attempt. If any of you have any more information or documents regarding this, I'd welcome it. You know where to reach me.<br /><br />So after making a complete mess of things, they now want to deny and walk away from everything. How nice.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">* * *<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A recent <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/08/call-to-arms-pt-2.html?showComment=1218766380000#c4992981799611286195">comment</a> brought up a very very important item. We as a community firmly believe in the power of prayer. I apologize that I have been so focused on bringing forth the facts about the recent events that have not even made a personal plea for it. I am asking now for all us to make it a point to PRAY for a resolution to these issues. Let us all pray for the favorable conclusion of our fight for our name; let us pray for God to soften the heart of Jun Junia and allow our brethren their homes. Most importantly, lets us all pray TOGETHER.<br /><br />If any of you can arrange group prayers in your respective chapels, please do so. If we can arrange an even bigger group, please, do your best. It's high time to raise our problems and pain to the Almighty and trust Him to make things right. I hope that we can all try and make this a priority this Sunday, and the subsequent Sundays, and if you can do it everyday, all the better. In fact, if you need me to post your announcements for prayer meetings, I'd be more than happy to do so.<br /><br />Have a blessed weekend bloggers.<br /></div></div>C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-42020585396780387642008-08-11T01:02:00.008+08:002008-08-14T07:37:26.032+08:00A Call To Arms Pt 2<span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATED 08/14/2008</span> 7:45AM<br />Poll added on the right, I'd like your opinion on what direction we should be going on this issue. Thank you.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />UPDATED 08/11/2008</span> 4:45PM<br />CBCP News Item added.<br /><br />Hello all, I have to get some sleep for an early day tomorrow, but I just wanted to post the latest on the Easter Group's SEC shenanigans. We'll get more in depth later. For now I'll let you all read the documents and make your own observations, and then tell me why we as community shouldn't be <a href="http://www.allwords.com/word-up+in+arms.html">up in arms</a> right about now.<br /><br />A good friend once told me, a long time ago, when I confided to him that someone was spreading lies about my business and I had been staying silent about it,<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"When under attack and you sit by and do nothing, who are you really helping?”</span><br /></div><br />These are publicly available documents through the SEC. 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_Di5Dw9q8YRCxL-ylwXaZeEBHN8w93uG4slhB5xOgF4FncgqSQRkUYhK-HQvacdql11_mmS6vb1M6ximCeHPWL6vOqn4EJ050afxff0QklBe2ztZn-nX54MA6ICltb1t2oIjPeZnlv4/s400/scan0028_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232943496859524034" border="0" /></a>Download all the documents as a pdf <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?mzarsbcmyoz">HERE</a>.<br /><br />In related news, the CBCP website gives us an <a href="http://www.cbcpnews.com/?q=node/4159">update</a> of CFC's defense of its name in the international arena.<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Couples for Christ members fight for ‘name tag’ in court</span><br /><br />MANILA, August 10, 2008—The tussle among members of Couples for Christ has not ended after a year it got divided.<br /><br />Now the bone of contention among the two groups is about the “name tag,” making the matter a “legal battle” in a court.<br /><br />Couples for Christ Inc., the outgrowth of a religious movement that began in the Philippines in the 1981, has sued four organizations that use its name for trademark infringement.<br /><br />The Couples for Christ chapter based in West Palm Beach, Florida, has three registered US trademarks, including “Couples for Christ,” “CFC,” and a stylized cross design.<br /><br />The organization provides educational services and religious and relationship counseling to couples and individuals, according to the Aug. 1 complaint filed in Los Angeles federal court, said a Bloomberg report.<br /><br />Couples for Christ USA of Renton, Washington; Couples for Christ-Nor Cal, of Modesto, California; and Couples for Christ USA Southern California are all accused of infringing on the trademarks.<br /><br />Couples for Christ Inc. says it repeatedly asked the defendants to quit using the marks, but they have repeatedly refused, court papers said.<br /><br />The organization asked the court to order the defendants to quit using the marks, and for unspecified money damages. It is asking that the damages be tripled to punish the defendants for their acts of infringement.<br /><br />Edward Schwartz, Thomas Daily and Steven Lauridsen of Pasadena, California’s Christie, Parker & Hale represent Couples for Christ.<br /><br />Earlier this year, the Couples for Christ was rocked by an internal dispute that spilled over to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the courts in the Philippines.<br /><br />The dispute pit the Couples for Christ Foundation Inc. of Frank Padilla against the Couples for Christ Global Mission Foundation identified with Gawad Kalinga’s <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Frank Meloto</span>.<br /><br />While the SEC ruled in favor of Padilla’s group, Meloto’s camp vowed to take the case all the way to the Supreme Court. (Santosh Digal)</blockquote><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Bold/Italic</span> highlight mine.<br /><br />Funny little <span style="font-style: italic;">faux pas</span> there, <a href="http://pipl.com/directory/people/Santosh/Digal">Mr. Digal</a>. I'd expect someone with a <a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/1439897/">Bachelor's Degree</a> in English to do a better job proof reading his own work. No worries, no harm done and thanks for the Monday giggles.<br /><br />Ok folks, it's looking like the Easter Group is pulling its political strings - which our IC may not have or is unwilling to resort to. There is no other way this anomaly-riddled joke of a petition at the SEC could have gotten through without it. That leaves it all up to us, the VOTING members who can let our voices be heard loudly at the polls. Where are you guys? Are we <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/08/call-to-arms-pt-2.html?showComment=1218439980000#c4128687557333340758">300</a> really going to be the only ones holding fast at the gates then? Look, I know you might think we're going to look really sexy in our spartan outfits replete with plumed helmets as we make our stand, but seriously now, what will it take for us <span style="font-weight: bold;">all</span> to act? When it is too late?<br /><br />There is a way to save the IC its lawyer fees, headaches, and lost hair (joke joke joke...<span style="font-style: italic;">wala namang tinamaan</span>), and that is by mobilizing on our own to be HEARD. While <span style="font-weight: bold;">50,000</span> voices outside the SEC office may not have the legal venom of a lawyer's petition for a <a href="http://www.techlawjournal.com/glossary/legal/certiorari.htm">Writ of Certiorari</a> or TRO, but trust me, it CANNOT be ignored. Not that I'm downplaying our lawyers' good work, but the 4th quarter bell has sounded and our star players have to be on the court.<br /><br />That means US. We are CFC's strength, each one of us. In the lives we lead and the examples we lay down, we show what CFC is all about. Let the SEC hear our displeasure. Let Mr. and Mrs. Villar realize whose votes actually matter. There I said it. I hope you see this, Manny. I HAD a lot of respect for you.<br /><br />Remember guys, Jericho's walls came down eventually: Due to <span style="font-style: italic;">persistence</span>. The Easter Group may reek of inconsistencies, lies, and corruption, but there is one thing they are doing right, they sure are <span style="font-style: italic;">persistent</span>. Remember the endlessly repetetive droning of <span style="font-style: italic;">veering</span>, of <span style="font-style: italic;">partnering</span>, of <span style="font-style: italic;">nation-building</span>? Need I tell you what the Servant General's <a href="http://www.rickross.com/brainwashing.html">strategy</a> is?<br /><br />They have changed tactics over and over, and over and over. Now from the looks of it, they're going to try the "<a href="http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/death+of+a+thousand+cuts.html">death by a thousand cuts</a>" approach. DO WE LET THEM?<br /><br />Realize that if the Easter Group is able to retain the CFC-FI name, they will be able to tell US not to use it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">To be continued.</span>C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com96tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-5923465043726773812008-08-10T06:50:00.002+08:002008-08-10T07:03:05.173+08:00Blogger IssuesHello bloggers, I notice we're seeing comments getting posted late and other related issues. I'm checking with Blogger to see what the problem is. I also see that one of the older entries is getting re-sent by F<a href="javascript:void(0)" tabindex="10" onclick="return false;"><span></span></a>eedburner if you had signed up to receive the blog entries through email. I'm also checking with Feedburner regarding that, tho it might be related to the blogger issues.<br /><br />Sorry about that and I hope for your understanding.C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-53268764370445840262008-08-02T06:52:00.001+08:002008-08-02T06:54:56.052+08:00Boom De Ah Dah<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hT_11yAtE-s&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hT_11yAtE-s&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div><br /><br />Some weekend fun before the defending begins anew.<br /><br />Thanks <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/village-that-frank-built-pt-ii-issues.html?showComment=1217629080000#c7219659045448044316">Athrun</a>!C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-64946037511544777012008-07-29T00:41:00.014+08:002008-08-11T00:55:25.727+08:00The Village That Frank Built Pt II: The Issues<span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATED 08/11/2008<br /></span><span>Blogger Round Eyed Toddler queries Mario Pareno and gets a <span style="font-style: italic;">detailed</span> response.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />UPDATED </span><span>08/08/2008</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span>Easter Group emails a response, by a certain Mario Pareno.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />UPDATED</span> 7/31/2008 2:00AM<br />Document on the land acquistion and amortization scheme added.<br />Report detailing issues added.<br />Full translations of <span style="font-style: italic;">Salaysay</span> added.<br />Pictures from the 7/20 build attempt.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />UPDATED</span> 7/29/2008 9:00AM<br />Partial translation of <span style="font-style: italic;">Salaysay</span> added.<br /><br />To those who've been following this blog since last year, you might remember the first hints of strife at the CFC International GK Village at Remarville, when some comments were posted back in October of 2007. The first was in the <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2007/10/time-to-wrap-it-up.html?showComment=1191492540000#c9056780020156481195">Time To Wrap It Up</a> entry. I quote:<br /><br /><dl id="comments-block"><dt class="comment-author anon-comment-icon" id="c9056780020156481195"><br /></dt><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><dt class="comment-author anon-comment-icon" id="c9056780020156481195">Anonymous said... </dt><dd class="comment-body"> <p>FFL said that there is no coercion in making people attend there activities...well maybe they have to ask jun junia and pancho lopez tan what they are doing with the beneficiaries of gk remarville...if they will not attend they will b ejected...and for the young ffl...why is it that if a ftw doesnt join you binabastos nyo...(xavy dont do it again ha)...and what kind of community are you building that is based on putting others down and labeling them us un christian?<br />I have 2 appeals for FFL to consider...<br />1. Can we all please move forward without maligning others.<br />2. tito frank pls stop acting like your God.</p></dd></blockquote><dd class="comment-body"><p></p><br /></dd></dl>The next comment showed up in the <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2007/10/another-one.html?showComment=1192206600000#c8552374071024317506">Another One</a> entry:<br /><dl id="comments-block"><dt class="comment-author blogger-comment-icon" id="c8552374071024317506"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/06540996486489549729" rel="nofollow"></a><br /></dt><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><dt class="comment-author blogger-comment-icon" id="c8552374071024317506"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/06540996486489549729" rel="nofollow">neokidntown</a> said... </dt><dd class="comment-body"> <p>From what I heard, FFL is now managing former GK sites like the GK CFC International Village (Remarville).<br /><br />The beneficiaries were asked to sign the petition paper that GK turns over the site to FFL.<br /><br />I was told everyone signed the petition paper.<br /><br />I’d like to know, is it true that failure to sign would mean ejection from the village?<br /><br />Can anyone shed light on this?</p></dd></blockquote><dd style="font-style: italic;" class="comment-body"><p></p><br /></dd></dl>Obviously, this isn't a "new" issue. People have known what the FFL (as represented by Jun Junia) have been up to, since <span style="font-style: italic;">last year</span>.<br /><br />You've seen the pictures in the <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/village-that-frank-built.html">first part</a> of this series. Take a look at how CFC International GK Village looks like now:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdGgXTtF0c5BVkKeLR6W9fU4G9vDiXnK2l-7b6nQibk_hNVHrGmKcNnmVQCRktC4ZK8x8sd-3PHucKG2zc1uSa3egXn-PkJbIOrU7CI3ZI9Jyd4bj_ZC0jcL3HAoZTD6IYuSV8aJSk7k/s1600-h/200720081445.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdGgXTtF0c5BVkKeLR6W9fU4G9vDiXnK2l-7b6nQibk_hNVHrGmKcNnmVQCRktC4ZK8x8sd-3PHucKG2zc1uSa3egXn-PkJbIOrU7CI3ZI9Jyd4bj_ZC0jcL3HAoZTD6IYuSV8aJSk7k/s400/200720081445.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228125993709758674" border="0" /></a><br />We'll start this story with an account of events from <span style="font-style: italic;">within</span>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsXcaM2POIjIfMP1bLIp2vlb-Ed-75TDK-eizBTbMCdHRbiuSOoFDbFJ5yQTpt2ITlycUb58HuFhdwsj3WREk-G5X__nlUkcjy39HwA95HVAuVlqqHw-MAOVTKoIdmlSRoHFPC-IzNeo/s1600-h/salaysay1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsXcaM2POIjIfMP1bLIp2vlb-Ed-75TDK-eizBTbMCdHRbiuSOoFDbFJ5yQTpt2ITlycUb58HuFhdwsj3WREk-G5X__nlUkcjy39HwA95HVAuVlqqHw-MAOVTKoIdmlSRoHFPC-IzNeo/s400/salaysay1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228125963825307042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqI8fWUNN9XdHYWSsNDHUsb5Qwr-s7Aqvw9SMB1XQ4Vh2KGAU-DDKwrHUOJaHspje_NsBzyf9Wi2F0RBi5Ci0ZLHxMeYZwJfLxNsNFy8JxPykj95x8_4kmBVtSK_SSQaiwh-SLmuW-1Y/s1600-h/salaysay2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqI8fWUNN9XdHYWSsNDHUsb5Qwr-s7Aqvw9SMB1XQ4Vh2KGAU-DDKwrHUOJaHspje_NsBzyf9Wi2F0RBi5Ci0ZLHxMeYZwJfLxNsNFy8JxPykj95x8_4kmBVtSK_SSQaiwh-SLmuW-1Y/s400/salaysay2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228125987421597042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVULdgvcMAF-55YdgP7jZK0G6okvW-PI61HFbITqTslLM5h9BPET6VdoU5RdO55Ql52hFIWgem66PvLgzwsB06FdQJSJQcHzOoXo_fMyp9Ji-wn3w7SPMw96fj-w5_1-IxOwwNZd5U0c/s1600-h/salaysay3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVULdgvcMAF-55YdgP7jZK0G6okvW-PI61HFbITqTslLM5h9BPET6VdoU5RdO55Ql52hFIWgem66PvLgzwsB06FdQJSJQcHzOoXo_fMyp9Ji-wn3w7SPMw96fj-w5_1-IxOwwNZd5U0c/s400/salaysay3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228125990128177746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYEByAqgQKL4ThvdYtWs82uUS8nttajEkVQ8hgusYAtSequDN0u-ywmn7SetW0PM_ZxkbJZf871NyP5vPXzPKP59laz797K-ky-f8_ETFL46wrovezQKM7D7TgKVGIlcTkJFLyeSy6GM/s1600-h/salaysay4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYEByAqgQKL4ThvdYtWs82uUS8nttajEkVQ8hgusYAtSequDN0u-ywmn7SetW0PM_ZxkbJZf871NyP5vPXzPKP59laz797K-ky-f8_ETFL46wrovezQKM7D7TgKVGIlcTkJFLyeSy6GM/s400/salaysay4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228125993594117138" border="0" /></a><br />Download <span style="font-style: italic;">Salaysay</span> as a pdf <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?mbyfgzmx9bx">HERE</a>.<br />English translation <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?9yfhojrdjvh">HERE</a> and <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?dj0pdb2lzsd">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Many thanks goes to our translators!<br /><br /><br />There have already been several comments in <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/village-that-frank-built.html?showComment=1217209500000#c1944538111578491167">part 1</a> that were interesting (and gave us an update of events), one of which asked the <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/village-that-frank-built.html?showComment=1217209500000#c1944538111578491167">pertinent questions</a>:<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><br />What are the leaders of FFL saying about this?<br /><br />Are they condoning the stoppage of the build? Why? </blockquote><br />As obviously displayed by the coercion going on since October of last year, is it logical to assume that this is with the blessings of the Easter Group since they claimed the site, rechristened it "restoration village" and are apparently the sole authority there. I am hearing reports that now, the FFL are attempting to wash their hands of this and distancing themselves from the whole affair, with even Jun Junia claiming he is CFC and not FFL. We MUST NOT let them get away with this. The record of events goes back almost a year, with a finger pointing to the FFL and Jun Junia clearly showing attempts at coerction, harrassment, and incredibly unchristian conduct.<br /><br />I am appalled.<br /><br />Addition:<br />As usual, I will welcome any communication from Jun Junia et al to air their side.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">LAND ACQUISITION DETAILS AND AMORTIZATION SCHEME</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RsIja4qx74-aeA7gZhrQIB0WzaWO_lhdjCLNnKO_CrFNBKU9H6jUAwVkZaC2QpdGp_HLf6RXFDyyBRbYP-O6nlRnYddg15Of0xZ_Z1OCofLENv68iy34XZjD5yP6jtjtLLxfG5Akyb4/s1600-h/GK+International+Village_Page_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RsIja4qx74-aeA7gZhrQIB0WzaWO_lhdjCLNnKO_CrFNBKU9H6jUAwVkZaC2QpdGp_HLf6RXFDyyBRbYP-O6nlRnYddg15Of0xZ_Z1OCofLENv68iy34XZjD5yP6jtjtLLxfG5Akyb4/s400/GK+International+Village_Page_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228881132029020418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmALCglN07AFDc-3tk21PrRX4q5GapizebTkV_3S6FVbnEg24PeQaz6Q4Mw3MXdT8yw_2R5TuooGSkF4rX4oPyIwUpruBMnDc8FLDM0l7RZOa_0H71gHda6Bfs7JSlJUhhJx1sAmyzDI/s1600-h/GK+International+Village_Page_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmALCglN07AFDc-3tk21PrRX4q5GapizebTkV_3S6FVbnEg24PeQaz6Q4Mw3MXdT8yw_2R5TuooGSkF4rX4oPyIwUpruBMnDc8FLDM0l7RZOa_0H71gHda6Bfs7JSlJUhhJx1sAmyzDI/s400/GK+International+Village_Page_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228881137149797474" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4ndr0FLms1Z8Dn3dq6kcD3FXWO6gXBL18fJKz7uD_fa8RlDkwOZ4_H8Vo0AwPvJn3QgJ_JYNyGd79UQM1qWWTQfRbJBmH2TEDSLLOuyl8OTPq-ZnmLj0tPUDtzhVI_K07X5ODCKSKJc/s1600-h/GK+International+Village_Page_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4ndr0FLms1Z8Dn3dq6kcD3FXWO6gXBL18fJKz7uD_fa8RlDkwOZ4_H8Vo0AwPvJn3QgJ_JYNyGd79UQM1qWWTQfRbJBmH2TEDSLLOuyl8OTPq-ZnmLj0tPUDtzhVI_K07X5ODCKSKJc/s400/GK+International+Village_Page_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228881137232041938" border="0" /></a><br />Download this document as pdf <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?mhitnfu3m3y">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A PARTIAL SUMMARY OF ISSUES</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjM69ZbK9AJTVC6mEda4royPMeSNtXI3hJ-hnOyHnCd75XtENi_fsCo8NtzNKujwDrMgdDjGFMFAS-deUcgkyqR8Qy8ETIRsvNU3tJ2XLxjAi27rXjeoRgW501utBYvZe1Nh0cfb9VFSI/s1600-h/ISSUES+ON+REMARVILLE2_Page_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjM69ZbK9AJTVC6mEda4royPMeSNtXI3hJ-hnOyHnCd75XtENi_fsCo8NtzNKujwDrMgdDjGFMFAS-deUcgkyqR8Qy8ETIRsvNU3tJ2XLxjAi27rXjeoRgW501utBYvZe1Nh0cfb9VFSI/s400/ISSUES+ON+REMARVILLE2_Page_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228885622163512034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqzzb6Jer_XJ7iOJy8H8klDduiwf2_LnaIkLhs01OCgqwqiwpHsgLEX0w1rWwb870b5c485ImhZGIufibQPFbH9w3CcPti_Ay-xP377eh553PdM8HAI2TDJCckGU7eUr3JTY7aOABWF4/s1600-h/ISSUES+ON+REMARVILLE2_Page_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqzzb6Jer_XJ7iOJy8H8klDduiwf2_LnaIkLhs01OCgqwqiwpHsgLEX0w1rWwb870b5c485ImhZGIufibQPFbH9w3CcPti_Ay-xP377eh553PdM8HAI2TDJCckGU7eUr3JTY7aOABWF4/s400/ISSUES+ON+REMARVILLE2_Page_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228885627047752242" border="0" /></a><br />Download this document as a pdf <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?3ycwjqrncsl">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">JULY 20, 2008 BUILD ATTEMPT</span><br /><br />Here are some images taken from the attempted build at Remarville that was reported first <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/pulp-bits.html?showComment=1216442340000#c934980180241037855">here</a>, <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/pulp-bits.html?showComment=1216523040000#c6981242259305768220">here</a>, and the aftermath reported by Mike Santos <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/pulp-bits.html?showComment=1216526100000#c8352911460701684180">here</a>.<br /><br />The first alarm sounded:<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">cfc international restoration village update!!!!!<br />this sunday july 19,2008, may build po sa dating gk village na ito but sadly to tell that they rejected our request to build the 3 houses for the 3 home office beneficiaries and they tell us under the command of dictator Jun Junia and his alliance group(atty.Ogie Bautista and the home owners board of directors na hilaw)to back off kasi daw ffl na daw ang lugar na ito kaya they will not allowed any attempt to build with other gk benefeciaries and of course with West c sector team to be lead by tito santos and delfi geraldez.Jun J, tell us if we will not comply his recommendation he said! dadanak ang dugo dito!!!! and he even called some names working in the nbi to give him support this sunday kasi daw sigurado na magkakagulo, pati barangay po pinapaalarma and he also instructed two of the board who working in ABC5 and Channel 2 to document the possible clash kasi daw tito s. insisted daw to enter the perimeter to build...he even instructed also na pagpumilit na pumasok ang mga cfc global at gk volunteers pukpukin na daw agad kaya nga kagabi sa meeting nila gumawa na sila ng letter for whatever happen this sunday may pan laban sila...he(Jun) even hired bugoy or tambay just for bakbakan daw sa sunday.....nasaan na po ang spirit ng cfc....200 expected volunteer to come, they come to support the build not to dimolish the area...oh! comm'n ffl drop ur pride and be united with us for the sake of the poor people living there....he admitted that they dont have funds anymore for the construction....kong sabagay wala silang pakialam kong wala silang pondo kasi kong ayaw mo na sa lugar na yan then you back out as homeowner and then they will sell your lot na mas mahal, i think 5000 or 5500 na yata per sqr.meter don before it was only 3500 per sqr.mter, kaya daw mahal kac na develop na ang lugar..ang tanong po? sino po ba ang nagdevelop ng lugar na yon, di po ba gk....they also said na lahat na cfc-gmfi sa lugar ay hahanapan daw ng butas para maalis...calling the attention of gk national to step up to this issue...taposin na ang dapat taposin...tama na!Sobra na!Palitan na!! walang iwanan di ba!!!!!<br /><br /><br />cfc remarville</blockquote><br />Reported by Mike Santos:<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">About the Remarville Build tomorrow July 20,2008.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The build is initiated and coordinated by GK National. And is intended for the CFC full time workers who are beneficiaries and lot owners in this site.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">CFC West C GK workers and volunteers are part of the team who will support the build. All volunteers were asked to gather at the basketball court.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Tito Jun Junia is aware of this scheduled build.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Before the build was scheduled, talks were ongoing between the FFL (Lito De Guzman) and CFC (thru CFC West C GK Tito Santos). Also Tito Santos (my dad) is constantly communicating with Tito Jun Junia about the site and its benficiaries.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">FFL (thru Lito De Guzman) has agreed to it and Tito Jun will refer it to the Homeowners Association of remarville.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">-- one of my dad's SMS message to Tito Jun ---"GK natl has scheduled a build on Sunday 9am to 5pm at remarville, hope to make the start of uniting our hearts again even with 2 organizations"---</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Let's pray for this and may all our hearts be melted and peace reign as we strive to follow Jesus' way...</span><br /></blockquote>And the report of what happened after:<blockquote style="font-style: italic;">Remarville update:<br /><br />CFC Volunteer workers were not allowed entry.<br /><br />CFC leaders decided not to do build today.<br /><br />CFC will be arranging a meeting with Remarville Homeowners Association and Jun Junia.</blockquote><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrNOtXCS0WECzbDgfEFqmEaKgpSGVa-gV-7u6xYThnm_ZouLikZ7D4ykUMCmpp8ZN1vEvQ6eN6y5dtjpF49Yyua67YAobgmoia4tqafjwtcXYPlmO1o9uwbqELjP3iIoxjK-YqlFbagg/s1600-h/remarville_7-20_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ96Cg15_Q3Ag5QBI2G4Yvxu9TbCuexE837URNcjad6AGVNuI_1TOBcYJtyZ1mmAwgYfeg2Q6ju8kDOa_dDD0kP3IfkVTFvIrUG1qKbXqenOCmp_xc1xd-LpXnD3ybyXPgPYQCBXoSbp0/s400/remarville_7-20_03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228887384188589906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiq9hMQBRvwS_lPonau2gBQyEpRCeLvrPVB29YaZaLs0723nhyphenhyphenItShdAQwLSGMjlZmQUJ9yUAIlQ_ZECGA-CM6SmH0luV_GPRzAkE-EDLmbESFGYUpHtOql54SS6zmGqExRXd_S0x0gc/s1600-h/remarville_7-20_04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiq9hMQBRvwS_lPonau2gBQyEpRCeLvrPVB29YaZaLs0723nhyphenhyphenItShdAQwLSGMjlZmQUJ9yUAIlQ_ZECGA-CM6SmH0luV_GPRzAkE-EDLmbESFGYUpHtOql54SS6zmGqExRXd_S0x0gc/s400/remarville_7-20_04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228887388169889042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRCsbhWKffA_iwUtH2Cf2EuXR2jyOmbKZK6j9YMbqI90YLVvaCdXV_9QaEVlLoR0Myn2aGG0Ug3qRoyyFp7-sLyTQBwBYopVDM3Z4Nt0peCKK6rx5Ud5UF4b8rCX89AnXsP39Vg3ZKIo/s1600-h/remarville_7-20_05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRCsbhWKffA_iwUtH2Cf2EuXR2jyOmbKZK6j9YMbqI90YLVvaCdXV_9QaEVlLoR0Myn2aGG0Ug3qRoyyFp7-sLyTQBwBYopVDM3Z4Nt0peCKK6rx5Ud5UF4b8rCX89AnXsP39Vg3ZKIo/s400/remarville_7-20_05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228887390533913314" border="0" /></a><br />Note the <span style="font-style: italic;">kadena</span> (chain)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">08/08/08 CFC-FFL Response</span><br /><br />A certain Mario Pareno gives his side of the story.<br /><br /><eastergroup@gmail.com 8="" 08="" 39="" am="" remarville="" and="" gk="" manolo="" a="" study="" in="" contrast=""><blockquote>From: "Easter Group"<br />Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:04:17 -0700<br />From: m_pareno@yahoo.com.ph<br />Subject: Remarville and GK Manolo Villages: A Study in Contrast<br />To: eastergroup@gmail.com<br /><br />Just as one gets the feeling both communities seem to be moving on their own comes an issue somehow blown out of proportion by CFC Global/GK regarding Remarville Village. The latter site apparently was taken over by CFCFFL upon the strong clamor of the KB officers themselves, the caretaker team, and even the beneficiaries. The apparent reason offered by the parties concerned was alleged and apparent neglect on the part of CFC/GK to continue with the houses. Bro. Frank apparently took pains raising the money for 132 houses but up to this time, only 55 units have been built. We were told that the KB itself formally requested CFC-FFL to take over in writing.<br /><br />Upon closer scrutiny, it was allegedly discovered that what CFCFFL inherited from GK had still some pending land documentation issues and it was altogether premature and hasty for CFCFFL to take over without proper exercise of due diligence from the former caretakers, the CFC/GK. So the continuous building of the houses just had to stop pending the resolution of the issues.<br /><br />Now, Bro. Frank again bears the brunt of potshots, malicious charges and baseless innuendoes that he built the village with a lot of problems. ALL HE DID AT THE TIME HE WAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAS TO RAISE THE FUNDS AND IT WAS UP TO GK TO BUILD THE HOUSES. Of course,the rest is history because came the split and the site was left with GK until the very recent takeover which was not without its attendant problems left by GK to CFCFFL.<br /><br />Contrast this to another GK village in GK Manolo, Valenzuela where the same situation hangs and persists. The number of promised houses have not materialized after 2 years. Apparently irked by the non-delivery of the houses as promised, some beneficiaries have resorted to building their own homes from borrowed funds, without help from CFC/GK. Still others have gone beyond the official design and in the site are now dwellings with more than one floor, apparently now a common site to see in other villages as well.<br /><br />But what was more disturbing was the continued ostracism received by two families because they chose to affiliate themselves with CFCFFL. It goes without saying that they were told that they cannot hope to see their houses built because of their affiliations. Instead of making these cases a federal issue, the community just quietly raised the necessary funds to complete these houses. Now, the two families are happily settled in their new homes built by their CFCFFL brethren.<br /><br />A contrast in approach: Remarville and Manolo villages and how two communities responded to the call.<br /><br />You be the judge.<br /><br />Mario</blockquote><br />Note that practically everything claimed in this email, ie:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"..upon the strong clamor of the KB officers themselves"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> "...what CFCFFL inherited from GK had still some pending land documentation issues and it was altogether premature and hasty for CFCFFL to take over without proper exercise of due diligence from the former caretakers, the CFC/GK."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Etc.<br /><br /></span><span>have already been covered in the "Salaysay".</span><br /><br />He's asking us to be the judge. I believe we need to be supplied with evidence to make our own proper judgement, correct? First but certainly not the least, please explain the FFL's Jun Junia and his actions.<br /><br /></eastergroup@gmail.com><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATED 08/11/2008<br /></span><span>Blogger Round Eyed Toddler queries Mario Pareno and gets a <span style="font-style: italic;">detailed</span> response.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: normal;">----- Original Message ----</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">From: Round-Eyed Toddler <</span><a style="font-weight: normal;" href="mailto:roundeyedtoddler@gmail.com" target="_blank">roundeyedtoddler@gmail.com</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">></span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">To:</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><a style="font-weight: normal;" href="mailto:m_pareno@yahoo.com.ph" target="_blank">m_pareno@yahoo.com.ph</a><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sent: Saturday, August 9, 2008 10:12:12 AM</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Subject: Remarville and GK Manolo Villages: A Study in Contrast</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Bro Mario,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">What role did you play in Remarville? Just curious. Then how do you explain the issues presented in these documents? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">How do you explain the pictures of Remarville residents who blocked the entry of Couples for Christ volunteers to build the houses of home office workers? Click </span><a style="font-weight: normal;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrNOtXCS0WECzbDgfEFqmEaKgpSGVa-gV-7u6xYThnm_ZouLikZ7D4ykUMCmpp8ZN1vEvQ6eN6y5dtjpF49Yyua67YAobgmoia4tqafjwtcXYPlmO1o9uwbqELjP3iIoxjK-YqlFbagg/s1600-h/remarville_7-20_01.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">, and </span><a style="font-weight: normal;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUhI_i_h-uDpbQeledB3IQzjvdvb7AGwr4W9mCvunBMfITj927_WGyt_lxsOy6cUcycNPaJUeb-xbPaWsM8ZcTt2__TZ1q1jYDazcmRWZndW0xkV43PxO3q9p8mgSQsmSb5R1jKn1sdK8/s1600-h/remarville_7-20_02.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">, then </span><a style="font-weight: normal;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ96Cg15_Q3Ag5QBI2G4Yvxu9TbCuexE837URNcjad6AGVNuI_1TOBcYJtyZ1mmAwgYfeg2Q6ju8kDOa_dDD0kP3IfkVTFvIrUG1qKbXqenOCmp_xc1xd-LpXnD3ybyXPgPYQCBXoSbp0/s1600-h/remarville_7-20_03.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">, </span><a style="font-weight: normal;" href="http://bp0.blogger..com/_lnnQP8ztSnM/SJC9YC5i5RI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/_fQRPSphN_c/s1600-h/remarville_7-20_04.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">, and finally </span><a style="font-weight: normal;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRCsbhWKffA_iwUtH2Cf2EuXR2jyOmbKZK6j9YMbqI90YLVvaCdXV_9QaEVlLoR0Myn2aGG0Ug3qRoyyFp7-sLyTQBwBYopVDM3Z4Nt0peCKK6rx5Ud5UF4b8rCX89AnXsP39Vg3ZKIo/s1600-h/remarville_7-20_05.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">! Tell me why the sensibilities of relatively newer members of the community should not be affected by the brazen display of unChristian defiance of these residents? What does your Most Honorable and Most Humble Servant General Frank Padilla, the name above all names in the Catholic renewal movement for Christian couples, say about all these?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Round-Eyed Toddler</span></blockquote><br /></span><span>Mr. Pareno responds:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><blockquote><span style="font-weight: normal;">On 08 10, 08, at 10:23 AM, Mario Pareno wrote:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">My,my you are frothing all over. Not surprising for a toddler.</span><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I am just as curious who the round-eyed toddler is. No one who hides under the skirt of anonymity (no pun intended as toddlers are wont to hide under the skirts of their moms) has any right to ask about roles if he is not willing to come up front and reveal his real identity... Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Bulatro, whatever.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Besides, ever heard of investigative journalism? More to come in our sequel coming from the residents themselves.</span></div></blockquote><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">RET:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: normal;">On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Round-Eyed Toddler </span><span style="font-weight: normal;" dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roundeyedtoddler@gmail.com" target="_blank">roundeyedtoddler@gmail.com</a>></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> wrote:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">My name is inconsequential. Would you have cared if I told you my name? You won't see my name in any of the pages as I am someone new to the community when GK started. But now, I just happen to be someone who feels strongly about this whole thing and none of the actions in Remarville is helping anybody, not even you in FFL. What do you think all this brouhaha will accomplish? Prove that someone's right and someone's wrong, as if Christ is smiling at everyone at the gate of Remarville on July 20? You gave a very "brotherly" reply. I wish you luck in your newfound community. A certain "spirit" appears to be working in you. We, in Couples for Christ, will move on. You certainly have the prayers of my community.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">{RET's real name, CFC Chapter and Mobile number was indicated here in the actual email}</span></blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">It would be interesting to see what Mr. Pareno will dig up. To him and the </span><a style="font-weight: normal;" href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/village-that-frank-built-pt-ii-issues.html?showComment=1218349560000#c5165585923187097541">commenter</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> who said,</span><br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">"<span style="font-weight: normal;">Imagine you do not have enough evidence and yet you wrote things against whomever you can put based on your sources."</span></blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">I say, bring it on. I welcome ALL evidence. Let the chips fall where they may.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">To be continued.</span><br /></div></span>C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com99tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-55157278832311230332008-07-27T01:11:00.011+08:002008-08-28T08:05:07.631+08:00The Village That Frank Built<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >This is the 1st in an ongoing series on the CFC International GK Village.</span><br /><br />Part II is <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/village-that-frank-built-pt-ii-issues.html">HERE</a>.<br />Part III is <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/08/village-that-frank-built-part-iii.html">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Overview</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHNSIFbSaqWka6xsd48ESKb-chxQJRLTV4R8FVl52Lu20OaLdLQezMdRdIJMasAEWukOgRogofRKK3fHb281-GnwcwdpLl6JDJMdCv_cd_L7w_50Y6B8d1cGTg-61saH3abjJDldTR6o/s1600-h/pic1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHNSIFbSaqWka6xsd48ESKb-chxQJRLTV4R8FVl52Lu20OaLdLQezMdRdIJMasAEWukOgRogofRKK3fHb281-GnwcwdpLl6JDJMdCv_cd_L7w_50Y6B8d1cGTg-61saH3abjJDldTR6o/s400/pic1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227374018817163266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Location</span><br />CFC International GK Village is located along Zodiac St., in Remarville Subd., Brgy. Bagbag, Novaliches, Quezon City.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9oBl08jsJWM9WHMj_XW0r8isT1quizopgjDaJQKfv9DO9B9_1rRLgwhuSnjP10Zedf4JlictTkNOc0XvBZLh4XfZkZC0BWsdB2NFQb5-ywQWgyuDjwYVXkyq11q3j7JGPhLFgPm4z24/s1600-h/LocationMap1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9oBl08jsJWM9WHMj_XW0r8isT1quizopgjDaJQKfv9DO9B9_1rRLgwhuSnjP10Zedf4JlictTkNOc0XvBZLh4XfZkZC0BWsdB2NFQb5-ywQWgyuDjwYVXkyq11q3j7JGPhLFgPm4z24/s400/LocationMap1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227383576677038514" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >I'm hoping this will be the start of the <a href="http://earth.google.com/outreach/index.html">online mapping</a> of all GK sites across the globe. It took me about 30 minutes to pinpoint using visual references on <a href="http://www.wikimapia.org/">WikiMapia</a> and <a href="http://mapcentral.ph/mapcentral/index.cfm">Mapcentral.ph</a> <a href="http://www.wikimapia.org/"></a></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=CFC+International+village&sll=14.687515,121.027622&sspn=0.018639,0.037594&ie=UTF8&ll=14.687515,121.027622&spn=0.018639,0.037594&t=h&lci=lmc:panoramio,lmc:wikipedia_en&output=embed&s=AARTsJqD3F1PYOJcTHsse7b6tI8Am7qdUA" scrolling="no" width="425" frameborder="0" height="350"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=CFC+International+village&sll=14.687515,121.027622&sspn=0.018639,0.037594&ie=UTF8&ll=14.687515,121.027622&spn=0.018639,0.037594&t=h&lci=lmc:panoramio,lmc:wikipedia_en&source=embed" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;">View Larger Map</a></small><br /></div><br />I've also added its location in <a href="http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=14.6965233&lon=121.0407972&z=17&l=0&m=a&v=2">WikiMapia</a>.<br /><br />Frank Padilla gives us the gist:<br /><blockquote><br />Frank Padilla <fap@pacific.net.ph> wrote:<br />Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:24:05 +0800<br />To: COUNTRY COORDINATORS <countrycoords@cfcglobalmission.org>,<br />COUNTRY HEADS <countryheads@cfcglobalmission.org><br />From: Frank Padilla <fap@pacific.net.ph><br />CC: , Pancho & Marilyn Lopez-Tan <><br />Subject: [Countrycoords] int'l GK village<br /><br />Hello brethren. The Int'l GK Village is a go. It will be located in Remarville in Quezon City. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The total lot area is 4,904 sqm.</span> and we will build 132 houses. <span style="font-weight: bold;">This village is for CFC members including about 10 of our </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">own employees.</span> We will build row housing, with <span style="font-weight: bold;">each house having two floors of 18 sqm each or a total of 36 sqm.</span> So it is <span style="font-weight: bold;">larger than the normal 20 sqm house.</span> The beneficiaries have already been identified and are currently undergoing values formation. The Kapitbahayan is already in place. Some site development work is already ongoing, but formal groundbreaking will be on Feb 4.<br /><br />For the houses in this village, our material cost will be about 75,000 pesos. At a peso-dollar exchange of 52.65, that would be about US$1,425. You of course know that there are many more costs involved aside from just the raw materials. These will be covered by local padugo. You also know that our sponsorship cost for the 20 sqm house, starting 2006, was already raised from $1,000 to $1,200. I am asking for a sponsorship amount of US$1,300 for the Int'l GK Village. <span style="font-weight: bold;">For this particular project, there will </span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">be no retention, either by Ancop abroad or by GK locally. The full $1,300 </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">will be given to the GK site.</span><br /><br />Our target is one country, one home. Please let me know if CFC in your country is going to sponsor a home. The money may be remitted as soon as you are able to raise it. The amount should not come from what has been raised by Ancop or by CFC from partners and contributors. It should come from our members. You should have a special drive to raise the amount, and hopefully in the process get our members (in those countries that are not yet that involved in Ancop or GK) to be more cognizant and appreciative of our work in GK.<br /><br />You are invited to the Int'l GK Build and hopefully dedication on June 18. We will all go to the site and have our brethren from all over the world participate in building and finishing this village.<br /><br />The privilege of those countries that opt not to sponsor a home will be given to the other countries until we fill up the sponsorship of all 132 homes. I will be waiting to hear from you.<br /><br />God bless you all.<br /><br />frank<br /><br />"For to me life is Christ, and death is gain." (Phil 1:21)</fap@pacific.net.ph></countryheads@cfcglobalmission.org></countrycoords@cfcglobalmission.org></fap@pacific.net.ph></blockquote><br />Highlights in <span style="font-weight: bold;">bold</span> are mine.<br /><br />And so it began:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">From Vision<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7YwdcjfhGCR8P22dDwlgEK7xojX1Pk9sJs5nR4DDg8XHaa2-uLl_wcI8KiaqGzR4Y_QDRZM_9GkY3AC7P5Ne9Suo7ZNf9PprCw2B8OGmC1WSkZ1-sRiwmeHcsDPbO-iBxS7ex_VL16A/s1600-h/pic2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7YwdcjfhGCR8P22dDwlgEK7xojX1Pk9sJs5nR4DDg8XHaa2-uLl_wcI8KiaqGzR4Y_QDRZM_9GkY3AC7P5Ne9Suo7ZNf9PprCw2B8OGmC1WSkZ1-sRiwmeHcsDPbO-iBxS7ex_VL16A/s400/pic2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227374020235054930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">To Reality<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRr_nIEas17LINVfJeUH-ytQSa49wua6urRiNo18QbYWqCl-Z1H9WmF4BGn70rSOYx2UYJfQYrD2IulcXJFO4f1W1aJxHzHwnULDeNIZcVTRdmEsjjEm0xJdKnGLV7q2s7JeCitM31cc/s1600-h/2006build01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRr_nIEas17LINVfJeUH-ytQSa49wua6urRiNo18QbYWqCl-Z1H9WmF4BGn70rSOYx2UYJfQYrD2IulcXJFO4f1W1aJxHzHwnULDeNIZcVTRdmEsjjEm0xJdKnGLV7q2s7JeCitM31cc/s400/2006build01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227374008520172738" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipowCllkHuwHKGmffdKUo8KkXPx18lQVtK8hJ_NurOEd7-9BqzBuK088Uh-lqakwvhsNFMP_BYsw4gDVqnNSF4X95CqICuYK3FPwXLuQG3QoPMOSBLxQDPoyllh0AG8xjJbM1Rj-_04g/s1600-h/2006build06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipowCllkHuwHKGmffdKUo8KkXPx18lQVtK8hJ_NurOEd7-9BqzBuK088Uh-lqakwvhsNFMP_BYsw4gDVqnNSF4X95CqICuYK3FPwXLuQG3QoPMOSBLxQDPoyllh0AG8xjJbM1Rj-_04g/s400/2006build06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227374010181807922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJJ7UorPcpqr6QpkBszs0YhgVguwstqsIzBmDLXxHZ8Z3VYqxonKCvamUW2mb61udGc0is7dz0IzSNDH-ZJsyF-HTIHCyFJAlebK3h2q59-61Pw59wYmCDprqxJz_fvxph7pjRtfokYc/s1600-h/2006build02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJJ7UorPcpqr6QpkBszs0YhgVguwstqsIzBmDLXxHZ8Z3VYqxonKCvamUW2mb61udGc0is7dz0IzSNDH-ZJsyF-HTIHCyFJAlebK3h2q59-61Pw59wYmCDprqxJz_fvxph7pjRtfokYc/s400/2006build02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227374016628450530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The call was answered; from our own UP students to people from overseas<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrjqumYdczoPEZjgq0RkyGnBTpBlPNwu2NBpkM6fStZrSVnSfiorHqv_7_BgLSFmPnUTr4AMb7i58WMzEMVfR0yCj4HcXjH39iZy4emXYTTD1qt0RjQBZZvmi9IWEtTbBfg60hdvDQdU/s1600-h/midbuild02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrjqumYdczoPEZjgq0RkyGnBTpBlPNwu2NBpkM6fStZrSVnSfiorHqv_7_BgLSFmPnUTr4AMb7i58WMzEMVfR0yCj4HcXjH39iZy4emXYTTD1qt0RjQBZZvmi9IWEtTbBfg60hdvDQdU/s400/midbuild02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227377845545203602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF6Ho4fdc5FEpvVPSaCQ_0AjEY7qvJOhGtdSs9Y4AfZxSls9Di62408Vix_i-wbWl6QCOeUOd21LrtwGKFRmNqXrQ_ZWsvedWISRcWKv8OBoy7B5weJGntxeaykDervfnshockCYGkWoQ/s1600-h/midbuild04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFx5vEazf82y_9GcQ4TRpQGHiqRSeU0GOodXpwOn2gs7XMMBa65BEoCMYfQzTtHnLGvVxSHRHBAEWsabaL1ctIscx7uB0y220yPTmoLp8spF1dvzgkMsA_SdAfA5AlvYqXT8lF1Yw0yc/s400/midbuild01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227377840094197314" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Homes were completed, and CFC International GK Village was gradually populated.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLLbEZn9u8GdPIDB1iQ5PFBNH0eqoacfknEel_Jmayzp47Vrub0VAGpjsYGimrJufckaRg4oHptcvVS0AP0RAh_YAMwWZv4frAYQomLwMFItvtrdS9d4fh6Ifln5TW4xGjmukF6a8kkU/s1600-h/postbuild02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLLbEZn9u8GdPIDB1iQ5PFBNH0eqoacfknEel_Jmayzp47Vrub0VAGpjsYGimrJufckaRg4oHptcvVS0AP0RAh_YAMwWZv4frAYQomLwMFItvtrdS9d4fh6Ifln5TW4xGjmukF6a8kkU/s400/postbuild02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227379656115784994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenOVrHKAhcX7cnj7FE6w9wL0ejoedj-GujaSbOCEMQ2E-8iT4ebzKU4My-oGaJsrNR94tVgx_UDmfCqads60cUcpqOG4rTOOHkrmyZSXAuaq_2jqkGo9rihbZnHeWNK3QvHCcNl2Suiw/s1600-h/postbuild01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenOVrHKAhcX7cnj7FE6w9wL0ejoedj-GujaSbOCEMQ2E-8iT4ebzKU4My-oGaJsrNR94tVgx_UDmfCqads60cUcpqOG4rTOOHkrmyZSXAuaq_2jqkGo9rihbZnHeWNK3QvHCcNl2Suiw/s400/postbuild01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227379650352820594" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqsNhAXKRcZVkrnm-OMKSv-d1DRLbKvh0I2CQcbr3ez3nfDGse3W-gO_NbaQhL-k8lOf-OexfrqGsYrXX3_2fpIZIEWezGCao03SHkyLns6uxdvlPHFaZFg_oVA8_5gWRkZ1V4za92iQ/s1600-h/postbuild03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqsNhAXKRcZVkrnm-OMKSv-d1DRLbKvh0I2CQcbr3ez3nfDGse3W-gO_NbaQhL-k8lOf-OexfrqGsYrXX3_2fpIZIEWezGCao03SHkyLns6uxdvlPHFaZFg_oVA8_5gWRkZ1V4za92iQ/s400/postbuild03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227379656169455682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmSB6XcNC08Grf_gnsdSLxJjpOupEci75MmHnzdAVyKwjD7zSH9Y7Ya1UQ4him5Unak8O5zku-pIHvk2ksXNtvy3jeWjlFb-sVJFLjB2ptL85IKhEAFCi4X0Vz5mfLESBGzJewd5v9SE/s1600-h/postbuild04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmSB6XcNC08Grf_gnsdSLxJjpOupEci75MmHnzdAVyKwjD7zSH9Y7Ya1UQ4him5Unak8O5zku-pIHvk2ksXNtvy3jeWjlFb-sVJFLjB2ptL85IKhEAFCi4X0Vz5mfLESBGzJewd5v9SE/s400/postbuild04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227379662468452354" border="0" /></a><br />In part 2, we'll dig into the story behind the anomalies, the FFL's involvement, and stories from those who actually live there.<br /><br /></div></div>Resources:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I've used or referenced photos from the following <a href="http://multiply.com/">Multiply</a> accounts:<br /><a href="http://veran1222.multiply.com/photos/album/27/Gawad_Kalinga_International_Village#9">Veran1222</a><br /><a href="http://mia12polka.multiply.com/photos/album/136/GK_Build_at_CFC_International_Village_Novaliches">Mia12Polka</a><br /><a href="http://northc2.multiply.com/photos/album/24/GK_International_Village_Remarville#19.JPG">CFC North C</a><br /><a href="http://bikey.multiply.com/photos/album/86/GK_DAY_GK_International_Village#">Bikey</a><br /><a href="http://sleekchic87.multiply.com/photos/album/128/UP_JMA_PR_Event_Vitality#">Sleekchic87</a><br /><a href="http://lmujunebug.multiply.com/photos/album/44/CFC_International_Village">lmujunebug</a><br /><a href="http://lolacat.multiply.com/photos/album/42/Philippines_07_-_Part_1">Lolacat</a></span>C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-89024288273877130712008-07-26T02:39:00.001+08:002008-07-27T02:55:24.395+08:00R.I.P. Randy Pausch<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Pausch">Randy Pausch</a> was a professor at Carnegie Mellon who gave a "last lecture" on Sept. 18, 2007. He recently passed on July 25, 2008, but his last lecture was so inspiring that it was covered by everybody from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BODHsU3hDo4">Oprah</a> to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZbOQqtDAW0">Diane Sawyer</a>. While he didn't cover religion in his talk, there many things he did say that make sense and can make a difference in our lives.<br /><br />Please take the time to watch:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ji5_MqicxSo&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ji5_MqicxSo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /></div><br /><br />The book is <a href="http://www.thelastlecture.com/">HERE</a>.C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-86601533025132524432008-07-22T12:24:00.006+08:002008-07-23T08:03:05.647+08:00The Hearts of EaglesLets take a little diversion from the <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/pulp-bits.html">Fr. Tulabings</a> and "<a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/pulp-bits.html?showComment=1216523040000#c6981242259305768220">Restoration</a>" villages. I think maybe they'll need a little time for thinking and listening to their hearts.<br /><br />Fr. Tulabing, I hope, will take a look at this blog, open his eyes and discern with the heart the Lord gave him. I am also hoping our hard hearted brothers who <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/pulp-bits.html?showComment=1216526100000#c8352911460701684180">blocked entry</a> at the Remarville GK site will look beyond greed, prejudice, and pride, and figure out that this issue goes beyond a mere name or title. I'm collecting documents, images, and <span style="font-style: italic;">evidence, </span>but I'd like to give them some time to have a change of heart.<br /><br />I draw your attention now to another speech made by Tony Meloto at the <a href="http://ateneansusa.camp8.org/Default.aspx?pageId=148239">All Ateneo Alumni Convention</a> that was held in Chicago, USA last July 5th.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Eagle is Not Too Old to Fly</span><br />By Antonio Meloto<br />July 5, 2008<br />All Ateneo Alumni Convention held at Hyatt Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaLbQpklFZI5yHKkshjlJCVdyu_l52CAlDdmQRS1cpZZdtmBvjUzu1mmmQNzd0ehASbE_HQxFph6IM35pYahV5g_zFTZw3GxSJLG6XGVdisYkc98ciWd9FHxQuRZurf5NAPfNUbZhZNg/s1600-h/meloto.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaLbQpklFZI5yHKkshjlJCVdyu_l52CAlDdmQRS1cpZZdtmBvjUzu1mmmQNzd0ehASbE_HQxFph6IM35pYahV5g_zFTZw3GxSJLG6XGVdisYkc98ciWd9FHxQuRZurf5NAPfNUbZhZNg/s400/meloto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225693431245394642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Image from </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.lightwalks.com/gallery/5366836_iW2T2#P-1-9">lightwalks.com</a></span><br /><br /></div> Please pardon me for looking odd as your guest speaker in my khaki pants and tight barong on this gala night of the All Ateneo Alumni Convention. My plane lost an engine and had to land in Seattle instead of Detroit . I lost my luggage and had to fit in this shirt from a generous soul who is twenty pounds lighter. <br /> <br />Thank you Ateneans USA President, Dr. Jun Farrales, for inviting me. Greetings to Ateneo de Davao President Fr. Ting Samson, S.J., the man who made me look intelligent by giving me a PhD in Humanities Honoris Causa last year. Good evening to all co-alumni and guests. While this is a mixed age group of Ateneo Alumni, a gathering of the brightest and the best of our graduates of all ages who now call America home, the focus of this message is for those who are over fifty years old, if there are any around besides myself. I hope those below fifty listen well because there is a lot of inspiration and lessons to be learned from the journey of my generation.<br /><br />Career-wise, most of us reach our peak at fifty. At that point, we are at the summit of our life in experience and influence. We who have traveled far and struggled hard to get there still have much energy left to fly, no longer for self, but for greater causes that can harness the expertise and resources we have built over the years.<br /> <br />I believe that this is the reason why I was invited to speak to you tonight. After building your American dream, the apple of your eyes now is the Philippines and you want to explore new ways of expressing your affection for her. Not that you have stopped caring or helping in the past, but most of you are eager to do it at this point when you have the time to really make a difference. What is clear to me is that the eagle is not too old or too tired to be a hero for our country. Many of you have passion for golf or basketball which is good for the body. I hope you can add to this the passion for nation-building which is good for your soul. <br /> <br />Being a hero to your family is no stranger to you. You have slaved long hours, endured the worst bosses on the planet, and survived the coldest winters in America that your body is not accustomed to for the love of family. That is heroism that every human parent is designed for, especially Filipinos. To do otherwise would be a betrayal of that nature. Filipinos in America have succeeded exceedingly well in that field of struggle – building the most comfortable nests that are probably empty when they reach fifty and raising children equipped with the best education and a sense of independence to make it on their own.<br /> <br />Now you have the freedom to retire and relax here to enjoy your success which you deserve or to extend yourself beyond family and beyond this country and share your success with the people and the places where it will matter most in the land of your birth.<br /> <br />We are inviting you to come home and be a hero to our people, to be hope to the hopeless, to visit the abandoned and the forgotten, to help us seek the least and the lost. Tonight, I honor those who have responded to this call and the many others who will follow. <br /> <br />We are inviting you to visit our Gawad Kalinga communities and discover what is good and true in the Filipino because every village is built with nobility and the greatness of the spirit of our people that inspire even foreigners to help. Many Fil-Ams and foreigners have come to build, others to experience and study the phenomenon, some for their masters and PhD dissertations. The recent builders came from Georgetown and Yale; six non-Filipinos from Loyola University of Chicago stayed for six months as members of the first GK Builders Corps. Something good from the Philippines is catching global attention.<br /> <br />Yes, this is an invitation for us to build a nation that we can all be proud of, raised not just by our collective genius but by our common resolve to stop living in shame as a people. Many Filipinos, starting with myself, are guilty for what our country has become, but feeling guilty alone will not bring a nation out of poverty. We have to convert regret to reform, concern to action, shame to honor. We have to raise Filipinos to be first-class citizens in the Philippines so none of our people will feel second-class anywhere in the world.<br /> <br />Wherever I go in the United States, I sense a longing here for our homeland. This growing nostalgia is opening channels for philanthropy and investment unseen before. Almost four hundred out of our 1,700 GK villages are funded and visited by partners and volunteers from the United States , and more are coming. Gawad Kalinga is bringing out the best in the Fil-Ams by showing them the best in our people at home. <br /><br />They are inspired when they meet former istambays who give up vices and start to work, some even taking two jobs like Filipinos abroad. They now understand what many of us knew all along: the Filipino is not lazy when he is in the right environment. The problem of poverty in our country is not the lack of work but the lack of motivation to work when there is no hope or aspiration. GK provides them the environment, the values, and the motivation to be productive citizens. In our experience, poverty and corruption are behavioral, cultural, and moral issues before they are economic.<br /> <br />Our resident Pilosopo Tasyo from Ateneo Class of ‘69 remarked about this phenomenon in GK, “When it was clear to me that poverty was not primarily about economics, when it was clear to me that corruption was not primarily about law, it also became clear to me that despair perpetuates poverty, perpetuates corruption. I learned this because the entry of hope changes everything, as though hope were the light that transforms night to day. I learned that what Gawad Kalinga does, which is the most important, is to rearrange the ingredients of life so that hope can emerge with basis.” <br /> <br />Gawad Kalinga brings great hope to the nation because it inspires great generosity from an army of volunteers who help the needy when they themselves are in need. Many are building homes for the homeless when they themselves are still renting or living with relatives. <br /> <br />Gawad Kalinga invites trust because it inspires Filipinos to be trustworthy, even politicians. One truly bright spot in our country today is the emergence of young and capable leaders preparing their towns for investment and development by land banking and building sustainable GK communities and farms to address homelessness and hunger. This removes a major roadblock in our effort to scale up as lack of trust is oftentimes the excuse of many for not helping although the heart wants to.<br /> <br />To build a nation is to have direct impact on the lives of the poor, fifty million of them in our country as of the last count, and to influence those who have the power and the means to help them. The effort has to be visible, transformative, and empowering; otherwise, it will not be massive or sustainable. It can start with charity but it must be a work of social justice to even the playing field and to recognize that all Filipinos are equal in worth and dignity. It begins with the heart where love resides, but it must be sustained with excellence and stewardship. Without love, there is no justice; without justice, there is no peace. Despite our abundance in material resources and talent, our nation will not prosper unless we learn to love our country and work for justice for our people. <br /><br />Philippine Daily Inquirer, in choosing me as Filipino of the Year in 2006, cited Gawad Kalinga as a gift from God to the Filipino people, which one day will be the gift of the Filipino people to the world. In receiving this award, it was clear to me that I was just doing so on behalf of the multitude of heroes who have made this miracle possible. It has not been my habit to speak about my role in a work that humbles me, but tonight I will give you a glimpse of my life as a late bloomer in social development who discovered that it is never too late to love country beyond self. Perhaps it will help you find new expressions of what it is to live for others.<br /><br />The first fifty years of our life is an invitation for success; beyond that is an invitation for greatness. Success is to accomplish for self; greatness is to accomplish for others.<br /><br />I come from Ateneo class ’71, AB Economics, the batch of Jun Ross, the more famous one among us in college who needs our prayers now in his battle against cancer. Please pray for his quick recovery so he can continue to fly with us. This year I turned fifty-eight, normally a good age to slowdown and reduce the amount of stress in a man’s life. But I am a restless fifty-eight. I am consumed with two goals at the second phase of my life. First, I dream that the Philippines will be the first Christian country in Asia that will rise from poverty. Second, I want my children to be among the first generation of Filipinos who will live with pride and honor in our country. <br /> <br />These are big dreams that have captured my heart at this time when my blood pressure is no longer stable without maintenance from Pfizer, and my psoriasis is uncontrollable without the aid of Wyeth. I mentioned these two pharmaceutical companies because their CEOs are Ateneo graduates and close friends who are concerned with my health and those of the poor in our Gawad Kalinga communities.<br /> <br />They, too, are not too old to dream of a better life for our people. Unlike most of you, my being Atenean was more by destiny, not by privilege of birth. It was Fr. Thomas Steinbugler, SJ, the Dean of Admissions forty years ago, who broke convention and changed history by opening the door of the Katipunan campus to ambitious young men like myself from public schools who had no pedigree; only big dreams and the determination to build a better life than the one we had. <br /> <br />More than the equipment for success in whatever career path I chose, Ateneo planted in me the seed of what it is to be Filipino and Catholic – to be a man for others. <br /> <br />As part of the scholarship package, I worked as a porter in both Cervini and Eliazo dorms with other scholars like respected columnist Conrado de Quiros. In my four years at the university, I was accepted as a friend and equal by everyone who knew that I came from the lower class and a different background. It was my first taste of a non-discriminatory, inclusive community in what was a traditionally exclusive environment. It was liberating for someone like myself who always felt second class in Bacolod City where I came from. The rich were not unkind to me, but somehow I never felt I was an equal to them. I did not blame them either. Somehow I knew it was not their fault that they inherited a way of life where human value was measured by the size of one’s land or the sound of one’s name.<br /> <br />My time at the Ateneo was also a period of societal change. The dark clouds of the First-Quarter Storm were brewing in the campuses, and there was growing unrest in the countryside. Jesuit Fr. JJ Jesena, my guardian and relative by affinity, shocked the public and upset the landed aristocracy of my home province with his revealing and disturbing book on the miserable life of our sugarcane workers; the sacadas of Negros . What was disturbing to others was normal to me because I grew up with them.<br /><br />All the social conscientization of the time plus my deep admiration for friends and martyrs, Emman Lacaba and Ed Jopson, were not compelling enough for me to drop my ambition and join the cause. I was the young eagle then who was eager to fly away because I had nothing to give back to those I left behind in Negros . There was no reason for me to go home. I had no land, no money, no pedigree. There was only massive hunger and insurgency waiting for me.<br /> <br />So I stayed in Manila and tried to build a life, just like the squatters who flock to the city because there is no hope for them in the province. The big difference was that I had an Ateneo education while most of them barely had anything. I raised my family inside exclusive subdivisions; they raised theirs in squatter colonies outside my walls. Heaven and hell were just a few meters away from each other. Like most Filipinos, I found comfort in religion but had no time to give comfort to poor Lazarus outside my gate.<br /> <br />Oftentimes, we curse the squatters for making our world ugly, for the threat to our safety, and for being a burden to society. Yes they are…because we forgot to practice our Christianity on them. Our failure in social justice deprived them of land and home, of dignity and honor, of dreams an aspirations, to build a future in the towns where they were born. They are impoverished squatters in a country with so much land and wealth in the possession of a few. <br /> <br />It is the same migratory pattern like most of you who flew to the United States as poverty, corruption, activism, and militarization grew in our country. It is but natural for us to escape threats to our safety and comfort and to search for our oasis where we can thrive and prosper. No one has the right to judge anyone of you for leaving the country, as no one has the right to judge the poor for leaving their province to seek survival elsewhere.<br /><br />Unlike them, you were driven by hope because you were designed to succeed while they were forced to leave out of desperation, oftentimes because of calamity, conflict or hunger. You prospered in the most competitive economy in the world with your strong motivation and great capacity for hard work, while the poor, who are congesting our cities, failed to make life better for themselves and for everyone else. They know how to fish, but the big city is no fishing ground for them. Our goal in Gawad Kalinga is to make life in the province more attractive for them not to leave and for those in the city to go back. And for those who do well to come home and help. <br /><br />Like this eagle who flew back to Negros, In 2003, a young Englishman, who fell in love with GK, my country, and my daughter…in that order, gave my wife and me an unusual gift on our silver anniversary – one hundred homes to give to the poor in our respective hometowns. We built fifty homes for her in Concepcion , Tarlac, where she hails from, and fifty homes for the farm workers where I come from in La Carlota City. Today, there are thirty-two GK villages in nineteen towns and cities in Negros Occidental and more to open up…and more hacienderos giving land for homes and farms to the poor. I am finally home.<br /><br />We are now calling on all patriots-in-exile in the US and Canada to come home and help us build our nation. The Philippines is claiming back her best talents on loan to other countries with interest. Please go back to your towns and provinces, not just to your families but to other families in need, not just with your balikbayan boxes but with your balikbayani hearts.<br /><br /> <br />Our local heroes are waiting for you. The thirteen Blue Eagle GK villages in Quezon City, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Bicol, and Davao look forward to your visit and support. We have over 400 mayors and governors and thousands of volunteers and GK residents willing to match your heroism – love for love, sweat for sweat, skill for skill.<br /><br /> <br />We need immediate help for Panay which was devastated by typhoon Frank last week. Relief agencies are all over the island easing the misery of 80,000 families needing food, medicine, and temporary shelters. Soon Gawad Kalinga will start building sustainable GK communities in relocation sites, safe from floods, landslides, and earthquakes. We will need a big army of heroes to do this on a massive scale in partnership with our town officials. We call on all Ilonggos particularly to help Panay and all of you to help the poor in the region where you come from. Let us not allow the Filipino to remain a victim in his country forever.<br /> <br />In this room are the natural leaders of an initiative that will raise the image of Filipinos from Third-World to one that many other countries will follow in order to confront and defeat poverty in their own respective homelands. It is in the hands of Filipinos privileged by wealth or talent to take leadership positions, but they can do so only if they have the heart of heroes.<br /> <br />It is only heroes who can rescue a failing nation and a suffering people. It is only heroes who will extend their power and resources to help others, beyond themselves and family. To love our family is a gift; to love the poor is grace. Caring for our family brings us closest to them; caring for the poor brings us closest to God. It is only the hero in you that I appeal to, to bring our people out of poverty and you nearest to God.<br /> <br />In the past, nations were built by young heroes in their teens because fighting for the motherland was their purpose in life. Their average life expectancy was short at thirty-five years old, war being their main business. Now our young are pressured with college, career, and family with little time to think about their country. Those who do are extraordinary.<br /> <br />So we call on those over fifty, who have fewer responsibilities, more resources, and longer life expectancy. Those at fifty today are at their prime, equivalent to a fifteen-year-old two centuries ago. It is to all of you that I make this appeal. Be a hero to the poor in our country.<br /><br />Show the world that the eagle is not too old to fly. Use all your energy to lift our country out of poverty and our people out of shame. Make this your offering when Ateneo celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2009, in tune with its theme, “Building the Nation.” When we all do, our national hero and the greatest Atenean, Dr. Jose Rizal, will finally get his wish. And we would have been justified: With an Ateneo education comes great responsibility for God and country. <br /> <br /> <br />God bless the Philippines.C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com82tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-24220992442280884052008-07-19T00:35:00.009+08:002008-07-20T00:28:35.270+08:00Pulp Bits<strike>Just a short one for the weekend.</strike> In researching for an upcoming entry, I came across a June 15, 2008 article by our erstwhile detractor, Fr. Tulabing. As expected, it is another hack and slash attempt to paint CFC and the IC in a bad light. What bothers me about it is the obvious slant of his topic, while proclaiming that he's researched "...on the matter through the internet and my consultations with some bishops and persons knowledgeable about the case". He still fails to make any reference to pertinent documents or at least be fair enough to present both sides of the issue. I find this almost hostile bias and unfairness incredibly disturbing and unbecoming of a man of the cloth. He should be leading the way in the search for truth, and not be swayed by the words of just one party, and it is quite obvious whose words he's almost repeating verbatim in his article.<br /><br />That of course is just my opinion and I would welcome his take on the matter here.<br /><br />Here are the 2 pages excerpted from the <a href="http://www.negroschronicle.com/">Negros Chronicle</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoG8kGkyoINIWt3RHJ37bD58g1_zDJ6hRvMCjiZl_6FEYzCUSOWPBf6ZpxRqBcX84zAeV-EOZbIMwaELYZI_LMOEoaoj3342Ty4icCwTcerdQGOZqI95g4wOceg0RMQs_CVJEbhbeT_8/s1600-h/Fr_Tulabing_Article_June_Page_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoG8kGkyoINIWt3RHJ37bD58g1_zDJ6hRvMCjiZl_6FEYzCUSOWPBf6ZpxRqBcX84zAeV-EOZbIMwaELYZI_LMOEoaoj3342Ty4icCwTcerdQGOZqI95g4wOceg0RMQs_CVJEbhbeT_8/s400/Fr_Tulabing_Article_June_Page_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224397817980169474" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWcm2aOy6DYmfNjpJmixW3_BgRE6dkHuT01RzGcTb-IZQQcchRNiFUQky94pYwnzAV9JkaE5gzvK5bqT0U8OH3-T-SlkvDwtq6qR2mwP1LkuUSaopFOGsR-xkh0rGtAcNAS2a1wkASgg/s1600-h/Fr_Tulabing_Article_June_Page_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWcm2aOy6DYmfNjpJmixW3_BgRE6dkHuT01RzGcTb-IZQQcchRNiFUQky94pYwnzAV9JkaE5gzvK5bqT0U8OH3-T-SlkvDwtq6qR2mwP1LkuUSaopFOGsR-xkh0rGtAcNAS2a1wkASgg/s400/Fr_Tulabing_Article_June_Page_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224397822399025026" border="0" /></a><br />You may download the 2 pages as a pdf <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?3j2nwzuoyjb">HERE</a>.<br /><br />UPDATE, July 13 article:<br /><br />I missed this one, thanks to blogger TE for pointing it out, and his analysis of it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Duhzw6j1M7kd1dHljI_IYXOyKpjxyl8QWNco_s6Gv6aQKmyAe84yKYID8raX6MBqnJVo89GBQ4fIZxXMxJj96Eky35NORrQLBstN-F8COMEYWCUqlVJgVZcMwRVqvE293HFpet-BMg8/s1600-h/July-13-2008_Page_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Duhzw6j1M7kd1dHljI_IYXOyKpjxyl8QWNco_s6Gv6aQKmyAe84yKYID8raX6MBqnJVo89GBQ4fIZxXMxJj96Eky35NORrQLBstN-F8COMEYWCUqlVJgVZcMwRVqvE293HFpet-BMg8/s400/July-13-2008_Page_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224477122302782402" border="0" /></a><br />Download the pdf <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?guvmcnyfmdd">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Here is TE's analysis:<br /><br />(1) Fr. Tulabing is publicly advocating that CFC be dissolved. He is urging everyone to <b>make a choice between GK and FFL.</b> What does this make him? He probably doesn't know that CFC under the IC is the institution enjoying Vatican recognition; and that the recognition is based on the CFC Statutes approved by the Vatican. Further that GK is mentioned clearly in the approved statutes. The Vatican (not the CBCP nor the FFL Bishops) (through the recommendation of the Bishops) is the competent authority to judge the genuineness of an institution's charism. And the Vatican has not withdrawn it's recognition proving that CFC's charism is genuine and has not been lost, as being claimed by a disillusioned former leader. This is not rocket science. It does not take a lot of gray matter to find the proof. It's a no-brainer. Wake up Fr. Tulabing.<br /><br />(2) He continues to sow confusion by claiming that FFL using the name CFC is not confusing but GK's would be. This is in flagrant disregard of the fact the GK, as one the 7 Pillars of CFC, has more right to use the name than FFL.<br /><br />(3) Fr. Tulabing exhibits a complete disregard of facts already in the public domain that bear on this issue. He continues to show us that he arrived at his conclusions without weighing the merits of both sides and without giving the due attention to available evidence. Since it is inconceivable that a Vicar General would be this naive, I am forced to conclude that Fr. Tulabing is deliberately ignoring evidence and purposely refuses to engage in the mental deliberation needed to arrive at, what Bishop Claver calls, a prudent choice. In other words, Fr. Tulabing has thrown prudence out the window and is advocating a position which he knows to be either false or at least questionable. That, my friends, is blatant intellectual dishonesty.<br /><br />(4) By writing the sentence <i>"The leaders and members of CFC can do the same."</i> immediately after his exhortation to read the Bishops' letter, memos and circulars, Fr. Tulabing clearly intends to give the impression to the public that CFC members and leaders have not read the documents he mentions. It further implies that CFC willfully refuses to listen to the Bishops. Now in his previous article he angrily reacted to the comments that came out in this blog. To me that proved that he does read this blog. Putting all that together, I conclude that Fr. Tulabing knows that CFC members and leaders have read the Bishops' documents he mentioned. A whole bunch of them are published in the various blog entries. So are the IC Statements which refer to the respective Bishops' documents. That leaves two choices: (a) Fr. Tulabing knows, chooses to ignore the truth, and writes deliberately to mislead the public into thinking CFC does not listen to the Bishops; and (b) Fr. Tulabing read them all but understood none and so could not consider them. I would not consider (b) as a viable alternative. So (a) it is. Unfortunately it shows Fr. Tulabing to be intellectually dishonest.<br /><br />(5) Fr. Tulabing hopes we will not accuse him of causing division. He's right. He is not the cause. He is entitled to his own opinions. But since he also presents himself as a journalist (I suppose writing a column classifies him as one) he should subject himself to rigorous standards of reporting. The truth is that the cause of the so-called "split" was not some disobedience on the part of the IC. FFL came about because <b>FAP created it</b>. FAP did not have to resign. The IC practically begged him. FAP did not have to create FFL. You see - <b>it was FAP who caused the "split"</b>. He did it in disobedience to the CFC statutes and to the CFC covenant (<i>"I will relate in love and loyalty to the other families in CFC.."</i>), which he was under at that time. FFL was born from a betrayal. If Fr. Tulabing has really done his research as he claims, then either he's playing dumb, fanatically loyal to FAP or gets his highs playing the provocateur.<br /><br />(6) What recommendations from Cardinal Rylko is he talking about? The one about the ad was not a recommendation. It was an instruction. Do you think, given his penchant for intellectual dishonesty, that Fr. Tulabing will follow Cardinal Rylko's instruction not use our name for his pet organization?<br /><br />My thoughts:<br /><br />First of all, I don't understand why Fr. Tulabing is confused about GK's use of the name Couples for Christ. Maybe he is acting like an expert without truly knowing what he's talking about. He might want to consider studying up on CFC and its 7 pillars <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couples_for_Christ#The_Seven_Pillars">here</a>.<br /><br />He is basically calling for the disolution of CFC <span style="font-style: italic;">because it is not evangelizing</span>? Please Father, apparently you are ALL seeing, would you please point out specific instances of that? Also, since you've given us such a <span style="font-style: italic;">rational</span> solution, how do you propose the organization that is CFC move on after its members move to the FFL? Change its name to Gawad Kalinga?<br /><br />I don't know what else to say. He is making claims that are not backed up with facts, and refusing to see anything but what is being fed to him by the Easter Group. I challenge Fr. Tulabing to come to this blog, look at all the documents here, and then make his judgement again.<br /><br /><br />The Negros Chronicle is published online by a fellow blogger, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232">Jay Dejaresco</a>, who apparently is a respected advocate of truth and fairness. It is my hope that he gives this issue a little attention, and at least give the CFC defenders a chance to air our side.<br /><br />Goodness, the priests and members of the clergy are supposed to be our friends, leaders, and shepherds in our daily pursuit of Christian living and behavior. With friends like these, who needs enemies?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">* * *<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Do any of you notice the increased, insidious assault on GK by the Easter Group? I recently received another cyber bashing of GK by this mythical Salvador Macias using an old article by the Inquirer's <a href="http://opinion.inquirer.net/columnist/?colid=738">Michael Tan</a>. While preparing for an entry on it, I noticed the escalating aggression by the Easter Group against GK, in emails, in "sponsored" articles, and other forms of correspondence. It seems our rambuctious brothers in the FFL are going corporate on us. They have a competing product, and in order to have their product succeed, they must prove that theirs is better by disparaging the other one. Christian conduct? I think not.<br /></div></div><br />There's something up, best be prepared my friends.C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com66tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-51114524793446006882008-07-18T08:05:00.005+08:002008-07-18T21:50:55.914+08:00Questioning FaithI have a couple of rules that I constantly abide by:<br /><br />One, is to never fail to apologize. Whether it's to my wife for an unkind word said in anger or spite, or to a total stranger whose toes I've accidentally stepped on. I just feel that it is the decent thing to do, and decency is one of the things that separates us from animals. (Although I have to admit, I've caught my dog looking apologetic at times, for chewing up the morning paper.)<br /><br />Another is to never question a man's faith. Oh, I'll question his motives, his background, his past actions, everything else...but never his faith. I believe that is between him and his God alone, and whatever reckoning he'll have at the pearly gates is his business, not mine. There are those who feel it is within their realm of expertise to do such things, I am just not one of them. And I will never be.<br /><br />Several days ago, the now infamous "Macias letter" was forwarded to me, and it eventually found its way in our <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/ploughshares-or-hammers.html?showComment=1215662160000#c2063720214116317634">commentary</a>, where it was systematically broken apart by our resident defenders. The funny thing was, I remember having a nagging thought in the back of my head about how the Easter Group will attempt to respond to <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/ploughshares-or-hammers.html">TM's speech</a> - especially since it obviously has nothing to do with them, and we all know how much they like to stick their noses in things they really have no business in.<br /><br />So this Salvador Macias (who suspiciously sounds like someone whose initials are F.P.) who no one has ever heard of writes an email critical of Tony Meloto's <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/ploughshares-or-hammers.html">Ateneo talk</a> and sends it to the Easter Group, who then blasts it out to all who care to fish their emails out of their junkmail folder. Upon reading it, I thought to myself, "ah well there it is, at least we can now deal with it, IF it needs dealing." What I wasn't expecting was the supposed basis of this criticism: A confidential email from Caloy Palad to members of a <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apologia-ph/">private mailing list</a>, which was forwarded to me soon after.<br /><br />Now, we all have the freedom to disagree with anyone we choose to, much like I find myself disagreeing with Caloy's analysis of Meloto's speech. First, because I find it hard to judge a man on the basis of one speech. Second, well, because as I've stated above, I just don't believe I have any right to question a man's faith. We are all called to serve in our own capacity. If one feels that he best serves the Lord by being an authority on doctrinal issues, then so be it. I have not walked in Meloto's shoes nor have the power to look into his heart, I doubt anyone save those closest to him can. Until the day comes that I am able to, I will know the man by his works, and by his works I choose to respect him.<br /><br />There is a well known story in the <a href="http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=Mar&chapter=14&verse=3">New Testament</a>, where a woman poured expensive oils over Jesus' head. I think it is a fairly popular story that teaches us, among other things, to act with boldness, fervency and passion, instead of holding back or timidly going half way. I think this is the road that TM chose, and we've all seen its result.<br /><br />I won't go into the Macias letter much, mostly because it's already been picked apart in the commentaries. I am quite surprised (or maybe not) at how calculated it was to evoke an emotional response, deftly mixing truth with lies. This entry will get too long if we went through each paragraph though, but I did compile the responses to make it easier for you all to get the gist of it.<br /><br />Download the Salvador Macias letter and related comments <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?amyxdlmlxjm">HERE</a>.<br /><br />I did the same for Caloy's letter and the bloggers' responses to it.<br /><br />Download Caloy Palad's email and related comments <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?my8aajt4lqm">HERE</a>.<br /><br />However, I would like to state for the record that I have nothing against Caloy or his views. I know in my heart that he meant no harm to Tony, to GK, to CFC, and the IC. I am deeply saddened that his words were taken out of context and used <span style="font-style: italic;">maliciously</span> by the Easter Group, who have shown a propensity for such <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2007/11/counter-spin.html">behavior</a> in the past. It seems they will jump at anything to further their causes, to hell with who they hurt along the way. That, my friends are not the actions of God fearing people, and that is the closest I've come to questioning anyone's faith.<br /><br />I am requesting now for those who are doubting Caloy's loyalties to please stand down. He does not deserve it, and surely we are better Christians than that.<br /><br />I am also taking the liberty of publishing his subsequent emails, condemning those who sought to sow discord among us through the unauthorized use of his words.<br /><blockquote>"Dear all:<br /><br />"It has come to my attention that my [critique of] the speech of Tony Meloto in Ateneo has been forwarded [from a confidential mailing list] to the CFC-FFL of Frank Padilla, which has mass e-mailed my post to their supporters as well as to CFC members in order to defame the CFC-International Council.<br /><br />"Now, because of the indiscretion of that mailing list member, the CFC-FFL is gleefully using MY GOOD NAME and is hiding behind MY REPUTATION in order to bring down Tony Meloto and the CFC International Council.<br /><br />"As I took pains to point out in my original posting, it was NOT my intention to bring down Tony Meloto. Yes, he does have some theological errors IMHO, but these do not erase his dedication to service and his love for the poor. In pointing out certain weaknesses in his speech it was never my intention to denigrate his service, nor cast aspersions on his good intentions.<br /><br />"I am ready to stand by my words and to face like a man whatever controversy comes my way, <span style="font-weight: bold;">but it grieves me that my words are now being used in favor of a group (the CFC-FFL) that I have not ceased to warn people against</span>."</blockquote>Highlight mine.<br /><br />That letter was followed by this:<br /><br /><blockquote>Dear All:<br /><br />These past few days have been especially painful for me. First, due to an indiscretion, my casual email regarding Tony Meloto has been transformed by Frank Padilla's minions into a weapon to unjustly tar, not just Tony Meloto, but also CFC-Global.<br /><br />As I expected, this has caused an immense amount of anger, directed not at FFL, but personally at me. And the most unfair thing is, I have no way of defending myself. My mother has informed me that I have been personally denounced by members of Couples for Christ as an enemy and as a supporter of Frank Padilla. Nothing could be further from the truth! I am firmly convinced that this unjust and malicious action was done by FFL not only in order to discredit Tony Meloto, but also to discredit me, whom they have long known to be an uncompromising critic of Frank Padilla's cult following. Indeed, my mother had the humiliation of having to hear my email discussed in the highest council of the Handmaids of the Lord. God knows what other things have now been said behind my back. I feel that my back is against the wall, and I can expect no support now.<br /><br /><br /><br />Carlos </blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">An UPDATE:</span><br /><br /><div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"></div><blockquote><div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Dear All:</div> <div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"> </div> <div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">I RETRACT the accusation that I had made against Jack Burgoyne, an accusation that I previously believed rested on strong evidence, but which, upon further reflection, was not sufficiently strong to warrant my public emails. </div> <div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"> </div> <div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">I have also requested <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://defendingcfc.blogspot.<wbr>com</a> to erase the offending passage from my emails (which they had posted). And, for the benefit of those who may already have read the accusation, I have also added a comment to the said website enunciating the same retraction that I here publish.</div> <div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"> </div> <div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">I ask forgiveness of all who may have been hurt by my reactions. My own pain (and that of my mother) cannot justify what I have done. And I would like to thank the CFC members who have assured me of their prayers, and of their love and support. </div> <div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"> </div> <div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">I also ask you to pray for me. I am ashamed that my reaction to this Cross has not been Christian. I am sorry that I have not given good example in my reaction to calumny and the varied insults that came my family's way. </div> <div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"> </div> <div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">I also ask you to continue praying for my health. </div> <div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"> </div> <div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Carlos</div></blockquote><div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"></div><br />Brother Caloy, let it be known now that <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">I</span> am defending you and you have MY support. I know that your first email was posted here and commented on by the bloggers, yet I see that you have their respect, not only for the courage to state your opinions but for the backbone to stand by them. I am posting your responses here in the hopes that it reaches those who need to know the truth of the matter.<br /><br />Speaking of which, that's something that our Easter Group brothers up to now have not been able to do. Need I remind them of their emails accusing our good bishops of "<a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/05/voices-of-faith-and-reason.html">twiddling their thumbs</a>" and "<a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/05/voices-of-faith-and-reason.html">smoking pot</a>", of which we haven't heard even a whisper of an apology to the clergy members in question?<br /><br />Let me remind you all of an<a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/02/gods-children.html"> entry</a> from back in February, where I quoted in full an email from Sis Norinna Palad, in which she prophetically corrected the FFL's Ado Paglinawan, who was planning another <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfwPcT6BunToBXJHKo82FAV_S5Nf_on7TItJgF3Q82g5WPm-iUR9DbiXC63BtIq7NyaRyJzJYaYols_NnMyWm_7iBpGbDQHWPmHN2Gj9ByKsfSBtmQXcKwZSf-lps4bzQNhwqKNNXWlA/s1600-h/Ados+response_Page_1.jpg">misuse</a> of someone else's words:<br /><blockquote>In all of these, we have to remain vigilant especially when invoking the Holy Spirit, lest we grieve Him by making or passing on statements given by others, to which individuals are ASKED to commit or agree to, LEST they commit the "unforgivable sin against the Holy Spirit".. This is plain and simple HERESY. We ALL have the power to call upon the Holy Spirit for guidance and discernment., in order to make wise and individual decisions. No person can say that he has the sole prerogative of speaking for the Holy Spirit. Not even the Pope makes that claim, and not even the Pope says that those who disagree with him can never be forgiven.<br /><br />Let us all be guided by the Holy Spirit at all times.<br /><br />Your sister in Christ,<br />Nori Palad<br /></blockquote>Let us not doubt where the Palads stand in this battle, because it is VERY clear to me. Their plight now paints a grim picture of how low the Easter Group will stoop to further their causes. I also enjoin the bloggers to leave comments to show your support for Caloy and his family.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">* * *<br /><br /></div>Still related to the Macias and Palad emails, here is an article by Bishop Claver, a follow up to the first which was also posted <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/05/voices-of-faith-and-reason.html">here</a>, and arguably a great response to the Macias email.<br /><br />Here are the two pages excerpted from the <a href="http://www.cbcponline.net/cbcpmonitor/">CPBP Monitor</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuISnD5rmLQWF0OvqOwauPlq1wd8YhHElOAyVXuNSYtyO60-hovHbr4OqTWrsKszKNPA0VzVKZawQWvlpSAfattgSlWzQZc87b_f0QZ4Q83I6ZX7SJlRnQO0LSiRdKXxhA0ejg0rgY_7E/s1600-h/CBCP_Claver_excerpt_Page_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuISnD5rmLQWF0OvqOwauPlq1wd8YhHElOAyVXuNSYtyO60-hovHbr4OqTWrsKszKNPA0VzVKZawQWvlpSAfattgSlWzQZc87b_f0QZ4Q83I6ZX7SJlRnQO0LSiRdKXxhA0ejg0rgY_7E/s400/CBCP_Claver_excerpt_Page_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224128372344413842" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3L8qc2devWU9hWZ2-Dodnpc2_JXP8YnXgEYeFgGwpcSktAZ6ShCIJ6eOs7YA9eZ6c18VoCwJCU9P3Z7m6X2NQ1aHKLJF8nQmndXuMvpIJmnpmfkKubxhlECXON0oMyGyqwGHBCPR2uU/s1600-h/CBCP_Claver_excerpt_Page_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3L8qc2devWU9hWZ2-Dodnpc2_JXP8YnXgEYeFgGwpcSktAZ6ShCIJ6eOs7YA9eZ6c18VoCwJCU9P3Z7m6X2NQ1aHKLJF8nQmndXuMvpIJmnpmfkKubxhlECXON0oMyGyqwGHBCPR2uU/s400/CBCP_Claver_excerpt_Page_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224128376677637650" border="0" /></a><br />I've also taken the article text and pasted it into Word to make it easier to read, you may download that with the two pages from the CBCP Monitor <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ztjjtysmzmh">HERE</a>.<br /><br />One last thing:<br /><br />Over a week ago, when I first received Salvador Macias' (which I'm almost 99% sure is a <span style="font-style: italic;">nom de guerre, </span>unless Mr. Macias cares to step forward to stand up for his work) and Caloy's emails, my first response was to either post it as an update to the Ploughshares entry or start a new one around them, to get the word out and have the defenders start responding. Somehow though, something told me there was more to it. Lo and behold, as things developed, a few days later we see Caloy's response. Then a couple of days after that, his second email. I don't know what might have happened if I'd followed my first impulse, but all I know is, something stopped me. The whole thing just felt wrong, and I knew that Caloy Palad would not let this pass without a good fight.<br /><br />Sometimes, we've gotta learn to really listen to that little voice with a big message that seems to come from the back of your head but is really emanating from the heart. I've heard it said that when the Lord speaks, it's not with a megaphone (Although, I'd like to think Typhoon Frank and the Marikina fiasco is an exception).<br /><br />Those who truly hear the Lord are those who choose to LISTEN.<br /><br />May God bless us all, have a great weekend my friends.<br /><br />ps.<br /><br />I changed the template again (and added a new sidebar section called "Site News"), I'd really appreciate some feedback. Is it easier to read now? Colors ok?C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com66tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-31535307399645452172008-07-11T04:57:00.000+08:002008-07-14T02:17:27.488+08:00Pulp FictionSometimes, one can get a bit frustrated at the far reaching effects of a well orchestrated misinformation campaign. Something that, sadly, the Easter Group is extremely <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2007/11/counter-spin.html">competent</a> at. We've just been <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/tale-to-tell.html">asked</a> by Tito Joe Tale to try and keep our emotions in check and to be careful about our defensive responses, so lets try and keep an open mind. I also don't want to give the Easter Group more issues to <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-believe-this-deserves-attention.html">twist</a> and have them say I'm now attacking a priest, which I'm not. In fact, I think the greater sin is not in inviting the clergy to a reasonable discourse, but in<span style="font-style: italic;"> intentionally misleading</span> them to achieve a questionable goal.<br /><br /><a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2007/10/worthy.html">Sometime ago</a>, I said that these rehashings of past issues by the Easter Group was not worth responding to anymore. I mean, they'll say it again, and we'll defend it again, and so on, ad infinitum, I GUESS. But in this latest "attack", I can't help but think that there is still much damage being done, much misinformation being spread, and that it is still hurting our brethen who are affected the most: Those on the ground spreading the good Word and the good work. So why should we not come to their aid? At some point, even our very own Multimedia Center felt the need to <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/04/once-and-for-all.html">address</a> the lies that are constantly being spun by the Easter Group in order to gain an audience and put down the organization they left.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?pcowyw3zgdy">An article</a> by a Fr. Tulabing was published in the <a href="http://www.negroschronicle.com/">Negros Chronicle</a> Sunday Edition and has been <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/call-to-arms.html?showComment=1214898240000#c4822982665917753543">circulating</a> in the commentaries for a while now, in fact eliciting several responses <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/call-to-arms.html?showComment=1215145320000#c4179060366388210476">here</a>, <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/call-to-arms.html?showComment=1214979540000#c863104319460249001">here</a>, <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/call-to-arms.html?showComment=1214940180000#c4843924832530038020">here</a>, and finally <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/call-to-arms.html?showComment=1214950380000#c3809765113128817719">here</a>. It also seems the good father may have felt compelled to respond to our bloggers' reactions, esp. since one of them <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/call-to-arms.html?showComment=1214979540000#c863104319460249001">emailed</a> the Negros Chronicle. There may have been just a single article planned, but an impromptu 2nd part was written by Fr. Tulabing and published last July 6, defending his views and claims. I say <span style="font-style: italic;">impromptu</span> since, well, part 2 just seems....hurried.<br /><br />You may download both parts <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?pcowyw3zgdy">HERE</a>, but I'll be quoting and responding to some relevant portions.<br /><br />Father Tulabing makes several claims in his article, specifically:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">In part 1</span><br /><br /><blockquote>"...Gawad-Kalinga has been over-emphasized, putting aside Family Evangelization, Spirituality, and Renewal."</blockquote>Need we go into this again? It is a rehash of Frank Padilla's GK-3 paper, and has already been covered, discussed, attended to, and finally DEALT WITH. Please Father, if you have further, recent proof of this claim (other than what your FFL advisers have told you), come forward so it can be addressed.<br /><blockquote>"...reluctant founder of Couples for Christ Frank Padilla..."<br /><br />"CFC-FFL has all the rights to use the name Couples for Christ because Frank Padilla is its founder and FFL is consistent with the vision-mission of the true and genuine Couples for Christ which has never veered away from its original purpose while remaining faithful and loyal to the Catholic Church authorities"</blockquote>First off, it's been <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/search/label/origins">proven</a> that Frank Padilla is NOT the founder of CFC. That's a done deal and this <a href="http://www.cbcpnews.com/?q=node/3599">article</a> in the CBCP states it in no uncertain terms. Also, using the term "reluctant founder" shows clearly where you are getting your information, as these are the exact same words the FFL use to refer to Frank Padilla.<br /><br />Secondly, I hope you realize that your insinuation of "veering" are the words the FFL uses, if you are trying to make a case, then please show some tangible and documented proof. One can't just bring forward an FFL leader and say, "Here, take his word for it." I'd like to ask what <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">you</span> see that made <span style="font-weight: bold;">you</span> believe that CFC veered from its original charism? Do you also believe that all the CFC members in your parish are veering away now?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">In part 2</span><br /><br />Ironically the 2nd article starts with a quote from what I would guess is a CFC member, to which Fr. Tulabing responds,<br /><blockquote>"This kind of comment is surely missing the point."</blockquote>To which I would most respectfully respond, surely Father, you are missing the <span style="font-style: italic;">truth</span>. Have you seen the emails in this blog? The documents? How about the Playboy Bunnies' <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2007/09/of-plans-and-mysterious-ways.html">meeting minutes</a>?<br /><blockquote><br />"So how can some leaders and members of couples for Christ Global GK..."</blockquote>Now I might be nitpicking, but how badly edited must this be, to not only fail to capitalize, but to come up with a brand new term for CFC: couples for Christ Global GK? This is why I said part 2 seemed a little hurried. And no Father, I'm not making a big deal out of this. I just thought you should tell your newspaper's editors to pay closer attention. Yet, frankly, we'd appreciate it if you didn't corrupt the name any further. Thank you.<br /><br /><blockquote>"...they try to poison the minds of their members about my purported “panaot” of Couples For Christ. And by the way, the Church is not expected to serve the interest of Couples for Christ. It should be the other way around: Couples for Christ should serve the interests of the Church."</blockquote>Oho! Now we come to some strong words. <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2007/11/counter-spin.html">Poison</a>. I believe that is the gist of all our problems, tho not in the context in which you are using it. Also, yes, while Couples for Christ should be serving the interests of <span style="font-weight: bold;">God</span>, our priests have the moral responsibility to be well aware of what they are feeding their flock, lest they accidentally poison them.<br /><br /><blockquote>"My intention really is to save Couples for Christ from utter destruction at the hands of the enemy."<br /></blockquote>Father, I really do not see any destruction going on <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/07/blame-it-on-rain.html">here</a>, other than the tearing apart of CFC by the Easter Group's <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/call-to-arms.html">continued attacks</a>.<br /><br />I also take it you don't believe these good men are doing a good enough job of saving us:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKri0cDxrdarl3g78hhg7ail2W-A21E6d31b1g8YPkjwJbtWv44Ke8ey8GDoywbdtPeJ1SxaYq4OlGwMYogaJejZ4oGIo_b8Qb7ka_HBbhbXjZ-100wEib-g6MlY1g7eoh0ZELYoBMnQ/s1600-h/27th+anniversary+070.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKri0cDxrdarl3g78hhg7ail2W-A21E6d31b1g8YPkjwJbtWv44Ke8ey8GDoywbdtPeJ1SxaYq4OlGwMYogaJejZ4oGIo_b8Qb7ka_HBbhbXjZ-100wEib-g6MlY1g7eoh0ZELYoBMnQ/s400/27th+anniversary+070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221866895945736194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRs-vqh9zzzauJ0VlGcvOz3UXyaIoKuQq7-LQEaUzQsftdGWraUIrEH3jxYxcahjSBPU8uJ_WCRw6Py9ih786xwxWBg5o9azxjfd-8WBFOFyUTBMXS7YKUzsFSvI3f0B5mfj34YNnwpU/s1600-h/IMG_1191.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRs-vqh9zzzauJ0VlGcvOz3UXyaIoKuQq7-LQEaUzQsftdGWraUIrEH3jxYxcahjSBPU8uJ_WCRw6Py9ih786xwxWBg5o9azxjfd-8WBFOFyUTBMXS7YKUzsFSvI3f0B5mfj34YNnwpU/s400/IMG_1191.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221866899237772226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNIVtgZWzz0rm4YKywz2yoXYhNPfz7DXgvsFZ3CmArCu-HM1o7SSaAAjDrMJcW1haOyPfsneByhv3FV5Lf8Jobae4o7Cp3iB_Wd5UhU_JTXFCyQXS6bpBl_HtCWMs2ge3AJeWNlsYgSM/s1600-h/IMG_1257.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNIVtgZWzz0rm4YKywz2yoXYhNPfz7DXgvsFZ3CmArCu-HM1o7SSaAAjDrMJcW1haOyPfsneByhv3FV5Lf8Jobae4o7Cp3iB_Wd5UhU_JTXFCyQXS6bpBl_HtCWMs2ge3AJeWNlsYgSM/s400/IMG_1257.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221866901206708722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZUpxQIF5U1-RIoSDa5xwPC0sHcslgvtJj4W28DqGu3hx97janC1mvmuIeiOHA4a49o4dhvSf2TzCeVn8PJF801R0CiiR0NROD_Q5Jrxe1Gl-zjZZDCoT-zN5LmW3bzIr6Lkzb7oUtP0/s1600-h/IMG_1598.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZUpxQIF5U1-RIoSDa5xwPC0sHcslgvtJj4W28DqGu3hx97janC1mvmuIeiOHA4a49o4dhvSf2TzCeVn8PJF801R0CiiR0NROD_Q5Jrxe1Gl-zjZZDCoT-zN5LmW3bzIr6Lkzb7oUtP0/s400/IMG_1598.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221866905491864914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><blockquote>"Priests need to exercise authority over Couples For Christ in their parishes, after all it is within the realm of the priests’ duties to govern."</blockquote> Agreed Father, it is also their job to show their flock the truth.<br /><br /><blockquote>'The point is that there have been directives and guidelines, there have been dialogues and meetings to reconcile and check the errors, but the International Council of Couples For Christ-GK insisted on their mistakes."<br /></blockquote>Speaking of directives, guidelines, and dialogues, I'd like to remind you of Bishop Reyes' <a href="http://www.cbcpnews.com/?q=node/197">statement</a>, made after the dialogue between the FFL and CFC. I quote:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"...Frank Padilla “will form the Couples for Christ for Family and Life” and “should start as a diocesan association, “then later can apply for recognition as a national association if it has branches in other dioceses and even later as an international association.”</span><br /><br />I don't believe <span style="font-style: italic;">anybody</span> in the Easter Group even as much as gave that order a second glance.<br /><br /><blockquote><br />"All the members of CFC must be made aware of the existing problems within CFC."</blockquote>To this, I heartily agree, and they should also all be made aware of what the FFL has been doing.<br /><br /><blockquote>"The members should even protest about what their International Council is doing (disobeying the bishops).." </blockquote>Actually Father, if you want to be more specific, it was the Elders Assembly who as a group discerned and decided not to follow the Bishops' <span style="font-style: italic;">recommendation.</span> Must we define recommendation once again? Does this mean that since the FFL did not follow the <a href="http://www.cbcpnews.com/?q=node/197"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">orders</span></a> of the Bishops after the dialogue, you believe the FFL members should protest as well?<br /><br /><blockquote>"...the donations that they <span style="font-weight: bold;">still</span> receive from Pharmaceuticals manufacturing and distributing contraceptives. The Church still considers contraceptives anti-life, and Couples For Christ is supposed to be Pro-life."</blockquote>A picture to refresh our memories:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLM-2GL_Wl5pfFqYI3OV6daMGZS32TOIa0eLfGNz8RkB7JAtCGYfggdwwdGInpyp68hM9m_-2Dnwth6dvnz6C-enHKe-Db4VMOhQ6ZZyWAMHoBOAIduWG-8N1xvsy8R3Com2ismR5mC4/s1600-h/gkallaunch02+%28Medium%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLM-2GL_Wl5pfFqYI3OV6daMGZS32TOIa0eLfGNz8RkB7JAtCGYfggdwwdGInpyp68hM9m_-2Dnwth6dvnz6C-enHKe-Db4VMOhQ6ZZyWAMHoBOAIduWG-8N1xvsy8R3Com2ismR5mC4/s320/gkallaunch02+%28Medium%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117347481300154130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Frank Padilla at the launching of <a href="http://gkal.blogspot.com/2006/03/gawad-kalusugan-launch.html">Gawad Kalusugan</a>, sponsored by Pfizer, Wyeth,</span> and Unilab.<br /><br /></div>The statement alone is patently false, since that partnership with Pfizer had been rescinded this past May upon the<a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/04/admonishing.html"> instructions</a> of Cardinal Rylko and was printed in a <a href="http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=philstarad001rd4.jpg">paid ad</a> by the IC. Father, might I remind you that Frank Padilla was <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2007/10/happy-birthday-frank.html">present</a> and part of that partnership. Shouldn't some accountability fall on his shoulders too, even as he passes the blame while still claiming to be the founder? Also, if that was the case, why do you not question <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/05/bishop-reyes-speaks-as-well.html">all the other</a> religious organizations accepting donations from pharmas who distribute contraceptives? You may also want to ask Frank Padilla why he <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2007/09/frankly-speaking.html">holds office</a> in the establishment of a known anti-life politician.<br /><br /><blockquote>"I like and I commend CFC-Foundation for Family and Life headed by Frank Padilla because they work very hard for the RESTORATION and the REFORMATION of Couples for Christ. May the other members follow your example."<br /></blockquote>Heaven forbid. I don't think the Supreme Court has enough space in their building for all the <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/call-to-arms.html?showComment=1213337040000#c5597665232436799015">landscam</a> cases that will arise from that. Ok, I'm joking, but seriously, if the examples being set by Frank and Co. in <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/05/deceit.html">document forgery</a>, accusing the Vatican of trying to <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/05/et-tu-brute.html">save face</a>, accusing Bishops of<a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/05/voices-of-faith-and-reason.html"> "twiddling their thumbs and smoking pot"</a>, were to be used as guideposts, I would be quite afraid of what would become of the FFL's members.<br /><br />In all seriousness Fr. Tulabing, I think your words say it all: You "like" the FFL. What this is based on I don't know, but it comes across as <span style="font-weight: bold;">un</span>objective. You <span style="font-style: italic;">like</span> them, therefore you are pushing for them. Isn't that a tad unfair? In liking them, did you then overlook the questionable actions of the Easter Group? The documents, emails, the honest depiction of the events that led to the fateful split are all here for you to see and peruse. They've been made public for exactly that reason; so you can be fair to both sides. That's all we are asking. Give CFC a chance to make its case, a chance you've obviously given the FFL. Give us a chance to present proof, to show that we are sincere in our efforts to better ourselves. If we've somehow made a mistake in your eyes, then show us forgiveness by <span style="font-style: italic;">example</span>. Your obvious bias for the FFL and your trumpeting their cause's repetitive and oft rehashed chants of <span style="font-style: italic;">veering</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">disobedience</span> hurt people who care about you and what you say.<br /><br />That is all.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">* * *<br /></div><br />Just for the record, and to finally set things right, the CBCP has acknowledged LNP's role (through Vic G and Fr. Schneider) as the founder of CFC. Here's the article in full, it's also linked in the Archived Documents section on the right column.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">CFC-International Council to reinforce tie with RP bishops</span><br /><br />MANILA, July 6, 2008--Couples for Christ-International Council (CFC-IC), has been seeking the support of Philippine Bishops to strengthen cooperation between them.<br /><br />“CFC-IC has designed suggestions and recommendations on how to improve and strengthen the relationship between our shepherds [bishops] and CFC-IC so that together, we can fulfill our shared mission of spreading God’s will to all,” said Joe Tale, executive director of CFC-IC International Council, in a letter addressed to all the bishops of country, dated June 4.<br /><br />Tale also said that CFC-IC is gearing up for a new springtime of its evangelization and values formation mission.<br /><br />“We have lined up Christian life and community values programs for 62,000 settlers along the railroad tracks now recoated in Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Taguig, and take care of OFW’s and their families left behind in the Philippines,” Tale said.<br /><br />CFC-IC also asked the bishops to pray for CFC-IC that its resolution of the conflict that has embroiled CFC-IC community may grow in positive manner.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">CFC is a lay Catholic group established in 1981 by Fr. Herb Schneider, SJ and Vic Gutierrez. CFC got split from its original group “Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon Community” in 1993.</span><br /><br />Last year, CFC got split further into two--CFC-Foundation for Family and Life (CFC-FFL), which is headed by Frank Padilla, and the CFC-International Council (CFC-IC), which works with Tony Meloto and Gawad Kalinga, the social arm of CFC-IC that builds low-cost houses for the poor across the country.<br /><br />Last month, both the groups were battling each other for the use of the CFC name after the Securities and Exchange Commission lifted the 2003 revocation order on the use of the name Couples for Christ Foundation Inc.<br /><br />Meloto and Padilla, both founding members of one of the country’s biggest Catholic lay group, stepped down from the board of CFC last year over debates on the group’s direction.<br /><br />CFC-FFL and CFC-IC are trying to win the support of Philippine bishops and trying to show their allegiance to Church hierarchy in the country. (Santosh Digal)</blockquote><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">post script:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I apologize about the typos and other errors, I've edited what I found. As you may have noticed, this was a late night entry because I was trying to make the Feedburner blast at 9am, so coffee and lack of sleep is not good for spelling and getting some facts straight, hehe. If you catch anymore please do let me know.</span>C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com77tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-78482341085563086492008-07-06T00:23:00.007+08:002008-07-08T02:04:45.521+08:00A Tale to Tell<div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Updated: July 8, 2008</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />A Sunday Reflection, and a special message from Tito Joe Tale <span style="font-weight: bold;">and</span> Tito Joe Yamamoto.</span><br /></div><br /><br />In a little over month's time, we will be marking the first year of this blog's existence. What arose out of a personal conviction to get to the bottom of how CFC was being torn apart has developed into a more enlightened and focused effort to get the <span style="font-style: italic;">truth</span> out.<br /><br />I have to admit, I started out completely ignorant. It was only when I started hearing trickles of information - some rumors, some apparently the truth, that I was made aware of what would soon be a protracted battle to keep CFC together and most importantly, on course. As the trickle turned into a steady stream and soon, a flood, I started to ask myself if those who tried to keep things under wraps to prevent scandalizing people they respected and cared for were out of their minds.<br /><br />"Why," I asked, "should they try to protect those who were speaking out against them?"<br /><br />What I will learn in the year that followed and the examples the IC set were abject lessons in humility and an enlightened understanding of Jesus' teachings.<br /><br />At first, I could not bring myself to believe what I was hearing and discovering about Frank Padilla. His deeds and accomplishments after all were almost legend. I still get sad now, in seeing that his current <span style="font-style: italic;">mis</span>deeds might just eclipse the legend. But as I discovered more, and in digging <span style="font-style: italic;">verified</span> what I was hearing, I came to realize that maybe this information was not meant to be kept under wraps. Whether I was wrong or right, I guess only history will tell.<br /><br />If you were to ask me now if I'd do it again: I'd look at every smiling face drenched in the rain at Luneta, and say without regret...yes.<br /><br />I've heard it said that necessity is the mother of innovation. These modern days of text messaging, email, and countless other electronic means of spreading information has definitely given me options, but none seemed adequate to keep a permanent record of everything we all deserved to know. That's where <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> came in and CD was born.<br /><br />My first clumsy attempts reflected my pain, when I was still indignantly flinging responses to the Easter Group's attacks. In fact, one of my earliest communications with others was with Boogie Boydon, who apparently was able to save those early pages of this blog and emailed me to ask about them. I still owe you an explanation Boogie, and thank you for the reminder that at any point I had to be able to look my work in the eye, and not flinch.<br /><br />It was when the blog became more focused and steadily gained readership, that I along with them actually gained discernment. I went from questioning both sides to realizing just which side I was actually on. The turning point came when an anonymous comment questioned what I was doing, and wondered if I was giving voice to both sides of the issue or just plain biased. That question formed a concrete answer in my heart: I AM defending the real CFC. The facts had spoken for themselves, the Easter Group's actions had cemented my own course. The blog did open the floodgates, as more and more people realized an outlet and a way to express their feelings about this whole affair. Along the way, it also served as a repository for documents and information that I started receiving through emails, some anonymous, some not. Thank you all once again for those, as you've made my job much easier, yet still enormously difficult as I had to discern whether some information I received would do the community good...or make things worse. The scariest phrases I would see in an email would sometimes not be what was disclosed, but when they tell me, "....CD, it's up to you if you want to publish this."<br /><br />After a while, the blog took a life of its own and the commenters started to take up the slack, and now it's almost completely in their hands. The incredibly lucid and well written comments left here have left me believing I'm wading in waters waaaay above my head. Whatever credit I was given, you all deserved more. This blog will not be the same or as effective without YOU all.<br /><br />I'd like to make it clear now, once and for all. This blog is a sole operation without ties to the IC. I alone am accountable for what is in here, for my actions, and my claims. I never asked for any recognition and I still don't want it. What you learn here, what documents you see, and discernment you make is in your hands. The comments left are sometimes anonymous, but now have mostly been identified in the A <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/call-to-arms.html">Call To Arms</a> entry, which garnered 500+ statements of support for the IC that have brought me to my knees in humility.<br /><br />I received an email yesterday, one that I never expected.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Dear CD and all the CFC defenders,</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"> </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />This is the first time I am writing to your blog site, or to any website, for that matter. I am doing so now for several reasons.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />I confess that I very seldom visit the site, but brethren sometimes give me hard copies of interesting comments and posts, so I get updated from time to time about the issues that are discussed here.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />I would like to make it clear that up to now, I do not know who CD is and I am not in a hurry to unravel the mystery of CD's identity.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I write you now, first, to thank CD for putting up this blog. This site has provided many people with the venue to express their views on many issues that have beset our community over many months. This has allowed many to ventilate their opinions. This has also enlightened many of our brethren on the myriad details that surround the major issues. Whether the views are right or wrong, the bloggers have been grateful for the chance to interact with one another.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Second, I wish to thank the many bloggers who have been vocal about their defense of CFC and of the International Council. I am humbled by your firm stance to protect the community. When my attention was called that the post "A Call to Arms" had begun to elicit an avalanche of comments from many people from around the globe, I did take the time to visit the site and I was moved by the expressions of support. Many of the bloggers in this post identified themselves and I saw some names that I knew but many names that I am not familiar with. The fact that they, who I surmise I have probably never even met, took the time to write and show their support was humbling and uplifting at the same time.<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Third, I would like to remind everyone in this site to please refrain from any unchristian comments. We are, after all, Couples for Christ and we should show, by what we write and what we do, that we are indeed FOR Christ. I understand the frustration behind many of the comments and I commend those who seem to regularly remind everyone of our Christian duty to always be loving and respectful in our relationships. Let the discussions remain focused on the issues and principles.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Fourth, while I respect the decision of those who choose to remain anonymous, I commend all the bloggers who have identified themselves. I honor you for your transparency. It is understandable that CD continues to be anonymous, for now anyway. </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Fifth, I would like to thank all of you for your keen interest in all of our CFC activities. I assume that many of you were present in all of them, particularly in our anniversary celebration, which was a blessed event.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">It is not too late to wish you all a happy 27th anniversary.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />God bless us all. God bless CFC.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"> </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br />JOE TALE </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">* * *<br /><br /></div>July 8, 2008<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Dear CD and all CFC Blog-Heroes,</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">This statement of gratitude and honoring has been waiting in the wings for quite awhile and I have been waiting for the most opportune time to express my sincerest and heartfelt 'Thank You' to all who, in the darkest hour of CFC's history, stood at the plate and made their voices and choices known. I believe that that day is today.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">In yesterday's MCG gathering at the Ateneo Grade School, during my sharing. I asked if you, CD, were there. But even if you had not been there, the question was a simple and indirect way of honoring what you and the other quiet defenders of CFC have done for our beloved community. At a time and particular circumstance when it was not fashionable in CFC to call for Defenders , you were used by the Lord to be the voice of the many nameless and anonymous members who were shocked by the events and therefore at a loss to explain or understand what had befallen CFC. But now, we all know best- CFC is the community worth living, defending and dying for.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Your tiny electronic voice became the beacon and ray of light and hope for the community members. Soon, your voice was reinforced by the many electronic voices of equally courageous and passionate CFC members who saw in your platform the venue to search for the Truth and share the same Truth. Your collective voices have become thunderous and inspiring. The rest is history , as they would say. But I hasten to add, our history is still unfolding.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">In the near future, when the definitive history of our Community, is written, I am sure that the immeasurable contribution of CD and the unsung heroes of the blog will be highlighted for it has become a cherished part of our collective tradition and memory. In the retelling of the 2007 historical crossroad in our CFC life, the saga of the Bloggers will stand out as a singular and special event.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Yesterday too, I shared – "Our God is the God of Creation, Time, Space and History and He has called CFC as His own." Perhaps by alluding to history, I tangentially touched on the efforts of the CFC Bloggers.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">From practically day 1 of this Blog, I have regularly logged in and read and reread the entries. I was not too sure where you were coming from, initially, but after a few days, I was convinced that you and the Defenders have the interest of CFC at heart.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">As one of the IC members who have been tasked to lead and navigate the CFC community through difficult, stormy and treacherous waters, it was indeed comforting to have you and the others on the side of the Real CFC. Frequently, I have been asked if I know CD and my ready answer is" No." I have resisted all entreaties to know the identity of CD because CD and some other Defenders best serve the Community in their anonymity, at least for now. There is a time and a season for everything.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">In the near future, when the identity of CD and the other defender-bloggers would be revealed, I would like to be one of the first to say 'Thank you." I would also like to make this wish and invitation: May your tribe increase! Yours is not only the quest for the Truth but a defense of the Truth. You did your work in the best tradition of CFC- with love, service, humility, wisdom, fortitude and above all, fraternal restraint.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I enjoin you all to continue the good work and to offer all fruits thereof for the greater glory of God. Let me end with Romans 8:28- " We know that all things work for good for those who love the Lord , who are called according to his purpose..."</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">In Christ,</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Joe Yamamoto</span><br /><br /><br /><br />Thank you Tito<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">S </span>Joe. I am humbled once again. I reiterate, I could not have done it alone. Thank you for taking the time to acknowledge us here. Once again, no credit is craved or needed, I am sure I speak for everyone here when I say that we look forward to the day this blog can be put to rest. I have had so much help; in technical expertise, assistance with the intricacies of internet navigation, etc., that to call this a personal blog would be an injustice.<br /><br />(For the record, I was not able to make the MCG at Ateneo, though any of the bloggers could have stood up represent the blog. Maybe next time?)<br /><br />I tip my hat to the unsung heroes who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to stay the course, and who continue to, despite the disappointments and stresses they have had to deal with. You know who you are, and thank you for teaching me that <span style="font-style: italic;">the best way to win a fight is on my knees. </span><br /><br />This is the one thing that the <span style="font-style: italic;">servant general</span> will never understand; that the making of heroes is not in giving the title or instilling the thought that they <span style="font-style: italic;">are</span> in their minds, but in making the fact absolutely apparent, <span style="font-style: italic;">in the eyes of others</span>.<br /><br />To Tito<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">S </span>Joe and the rest of the IC: You sirs may not consider yourselves heroes, but you certainly are mine.<br /><br />Thank you, and I remain,<br /><br />CD<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8k1fNkUZGQipsLMu0rfQBCUPAUWBRTAhTrL1I9y_mg2BU1OFHYvmX4hnohy4YMP-iFrlAVawGC0OA4u0T1CLK7F0E0Iad-1YQhIWTW3NoQO3YbpZF3crqg2B3zwWJ4X8tR-0kH9yf2xc/s1600-h/IMG_3663+%28Large%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8k1fNkUZGQipsLMu0rfQBCUPAUWBRTAhTrL1I9y_mg2BU1OFHYvmX4hnohy4YMP-iFrlAVawGC0OA4u0T1CLK7F0E0Iad-1YQhIWTW3NoQO3YbpZF3crqg2B3zwWJ4X8tR-0kH9yf2xc/s400/IMG_3663+%28Large%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219585343314482754" border="0" /></a>C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com96tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-66832650181957367102008-07-04T14:18:00.010+08:002008-07-04T19:39:51.390+08:00Blame It On The RainWhy were we so happy?<br /><br />Why all the smiles? The laughter? The joy?<br /><br />Well, you can blame it on the rain, but unlike Milli Vanilli, we sure weren't <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwrL9MV6jSk">lipsyching</a>! (10 pts to whoever gets that 80's joke first, hehe.)<br /><br />Here's a little weekend treat <span style="font-style: italic;">mga kapatid</span>. For those who weren't able to make our 27th Anniversary celebration at Luneta, I hope this will help take you there: Wet, drenched, and happy.<br /><br />God is good. ALL THE TIME.<br /><br />My sincerest thanks goes out to the writer who spent many hours crafting this, yet chooses to remain anonymous.<br /><br />Each image can be clicked to enlarge:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVq7pNT0WioLxOuhuDdXsoGY9wOKcn5PXxXoGE1G-W7CBE_-hfHg37A5x04L89QB-ABAebLqgWfBlTtfI6f1Tyu29-ku9ZeM1JXg2fsGLBGlkrgBOxZ9RrzSzp8gVolTlMygr7TUVLV8/s1600-h/A+Time+To+Celebrate%21_Page_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVq7pNT0WioLxOuhuDdXsoGY9wOKcn5PXxXoGE1G-W7CBE_-hfHg37A5x04L89QB-ABAebLqgWfBlTtfI6f1Tyu29-ku9ZeM1JXg2fsGLBGlkrgBOxZ9RrzSzp8gVolTlMygr7TUVLV8/s400/A+Time+To+Celebrate%21_Page_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219095226349610082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUKjkb51KvyQy1pQ5DdUvmST47sBO1KJ23M7scTNQvn09IQ05ZgLUgBGz576uaEKN2rfD10nyZgmvKxsWWQecSaoOhfo7IV2X6NHjRoELBtTTqiRUTu97IwVmzr3BefVB6YdWdvP6qrc/s1600-h/A+Time+To+Celebrate%21_Page_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zJYFCoGz49-UcWmFssq1QmozMtEQQ-Ux1gNywQjC77ivgTZW9AbCTSWT2XUGraI7g_ywVi5N31eRo9KG4qb4WsAAyqmX9DUGI8aHdxvKEDVcWdvJrGvqcqAbCW6TAxLan90dbP9uQzE/s400/A+Time+To+Celebrate%21_Page_10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219096197411486770" border="0" /></a>Download <span style="font-style: italic;">A Time To Celebrate!</span> as a PDF document <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?bm1ylc32moy">HERE</a>. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><br />And a couple more videos sent in:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwRdbb_Hpl0vubkESXT3ibq8nv3igGsBceomaKK52swgL0ZZXEKrZgc0J8IV2Hc0xDnyB1ynLALb-mxiTx7BA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Mass<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx9DM76xUrIk1WgMsUs6koUmbhYJFCTo2IbXpgP3KOutx4EcoCAKdShXFfW10uNfYnCy-EKTfpam_wrSDJR-A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />The beautiful fireworks display<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">All 27th Anniversary entries are <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/search/label/27th%20Anniversary">HERE</a>, and don't forget to visit the official <a href="http://couplesforchristglobal.org/newversion/">Couples for Christ website</a> for <a href="http://couplesforchristglobal.org/cfc27th/">more anniversary pictures</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div>C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-58795537687499447572008-07-02T16:19:00.009+08:002008-07-04T01:22:19.172+08:00Ploughshares or Hammers?<span style="font-weight: bold;">Update:</span><br /><span>Pic and Video added.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Update July 3, 2008:</span><br />Long version of talk added for <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?3qiafbytnt1">downloading</a> in PDF format.<br /><br /><br /><br />Last week's relative silence in this blog was dedicated to the incredible 27th Anniversary celebration we had at Luneta. It was my hope that the manner in which God spoke to us then would be received in similar fashion by the FFL leadership, I believe you all know what I mean.<br /><br />There were several statements released by Frank aka <span style="font-style: italic;">Servant General</span> since then, and I will get to those. You can visit their <a href="http://restorecfc.multiply.com/journal">Multiply site</a> if you can't wait to read them, but now I believe Mr. Tony Meloto's piece from the Philstar deserves our full attention. He will get no praise from me since he already gets it in heaps from everybody else. What he gets is something I do not give easily, and that is, my RESPECT. And that friends, is something no psuedo-militaristic titles can ever force, or deserve.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=20080701111&type=2"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">I want to be a good Catholic</span></a> </div><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">By Antonio Meloto</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br />Wednesday, July 2, 2008</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Theology Class Public Lecture</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Ateneo de Manila University</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">July 1, 2008</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />There is a time to speak and a time to be silent. Tonight is the first time that I will speak publicly about the upheaval that rocked Couples for Christ.<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;">For over a year, I chose to keep quiet out of respect for long cherished friendships and refrained from adding fuel to the fire while emotions were high. What was an internal leadership transition within an organization I felt should not have been made into a public issue and prudence should have been taken not to drag the Catholic Church into the conflict. I must admit that it was tempting at times for me to speak out and defend myself but I listened to the voice within my heart that kept telling me “keep still, I will defend those who defend the poor.”</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Now I understand how God shielded me by making me computer illiterate. The fight for control over CFC was being waged in the internet, while the struggle to ease human suffering was happening in the GK communities. During the most difficult moments, I went to the poor for consolation. It became clear to me that the poor are oftentimes the victim when there is conflict among leaders. When politicians fight, it is the poor who suffer. Ironically, when religious leaders fight it is also the poor who suffer, just like the CFC controversy where Gawad Kalinga became the central issue. My stand on this is clear; I will always be on the side of the poor. As a Christian, I believe that this is also the stand of Jesus. I have remained with CFC that is building the church of the poor.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />As I turn the page to start a new chapter in my life, I want to make one thing clear. Contrary to allegations, I have not veered away from the Catholic Church and set aside my faith for social work. I have put my social work inside my faith.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />It is my personal conviction that I am not a good Catholic if I do not love my country or if I allow my countrymen to remain poor even if I live a devout and decent life. Within our context, where 85 percent of our population profess to be Catholic, faith and patriotism must go together to address the twin sisters of underdevelopment — poverty and corruption.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Bishop Francisco Claver, SJ., comments on the reluctance before of the Church to address this issue in his new book The Making of a Local Church. “Economics, so the charge went, is outside of the Church’s competence. Not so much now. It is readily seen that if, faithful to Christ’s concern for the least of his brothers and sisters, we must feed the hungry, teach the ignorant, heal the sick, we can and must do something about the causes, not just the symptoms, of their hunger, their ignorance, their sicknesses.” When addressing corruption, which is a moral issue, the Church is also being accused by the powerful and those with vested interests, “of meddling in politics.”</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Central to my being Catholic is Jesus’ love for the poor. He saw the world through their eyes. His world-view was from the bottom up. His value system was always skewed in their favor — the last shall be first, the lowest shall be raised to the highest. The challenge for me is to care for them in a manner that will help them rise to their highest potential. My piety and pity alone will not save them; the squatters need land, not alms… justice, not dole-out. Without land, they cannot build homes or produce food. Without decent homes, they have no dreams. Without dreams, they have no desire to study or work. It is terribly unchristian for Filipinos to be squatters in a country where there is so much land in the possession of a few.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />One interesting issue raised about me was that I was talking too much about nation-building when I should be preaching about Kingdom-building. For me, there is no dualism: nation-building is Kingdom-building. We need to make every Filipino passionate nation builders. Our country needs more builders, not just more preachers. The Jesus of history that I know, before he became the transcendent Christ to us, was a carpenter and the builder of both a physical and a spiritual kingdom. His disciples followed his example and built the early Christian communities where believers shared their resources with one another and no one was in need. This was the inspiration to start the first Gawad Kalinga village in Bagong Silang, Caloocan City. Building sustainable GK communities is about values as well as economics. It is also about politics. It is our antidote to corruption by promoting servant leadership. Our slogan for leaders is “Una sa serbisyo, huli sa benepisyo” (First to serve, last to benefit! ).</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />What happened to us?</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />At the heart of Christianity is social justice anchored on Jesus’ love for the oppressed and the spirit of democracy is equality for all but looking at the vast social inequity in wealth and opportunity in our country clearly shows that we have been unfaithful to our core values and belief systems.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />God is not about structures and rituals but about caring. Nation is not about politics but patriotism. Politics is competition for power; patriotism is giving up our lust for power, sharing our wealth and making heroic sacrifices for the weak to build our collective strength as a people.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />We have not invested enough in building the church of the poor. We missed Jesus’ point of view and wisdom when he spoke about leaving family as a condition for discipleship. The poor not only deserve our attention but investing in them will catalyze economic activities, create opportunities, and build a safer environment for our children. Our greatest asset, our biggest market — the poor — are just waiting to be mentored, empowered, and harnessed as our engine for growth. The stones that were rejected will become the cornerstone for nation-building.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Knowing this, how do we face the future as Catholics in a country of immense potential but mired in poverty of spirit and body?</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />My personal response is simple: Gawad Kalinga — the Filipino expression of integral evangelization that seeks to build good citizenship on earth as it is in heaven. Being Catholic is my choice that demands conviction and action from me.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1</span>. This is my anchor: faith in God, love for family, and pride in being Filipino.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span>. This is my compass: Christ as the core of my conscience, my model of citizenship, and the source of commonsense. He is my navigator through controversy and conflict, the mirror to my soul, my companion and consolation.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3</span>. I go to Church for mass and communion every Sunday but I strive daily to be in communion with the masses and those who want to see their lives improve. To many, going to church is an end. For me, being Catholic begins the moment I step out of the church.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4</span>. To build solidarity, I am guided by Pope Benedict’s spirit of ecumenism in this country divided by religious intolerance and partisan politics. For me, Catholic fundamentalism is just as bad as fundamentalism that we deplore in other religion. Hypocrisy and bigotry in any language and form are unacceptable to me as a Catholic as they were to Jesus.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5</span>. With all our imperfections, I am proud to be Catholic and I want to bring passion in the Church to serve God by serving the poor.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">There are rumors that I am doing all of these because I will run for public office. To set the record straight, this is not my desire or calling. I value the freedom to serve more than the authority to rule. To gain freedom, I will not seek political power or personal profit from business. Real power is in not wanting it. True wealth is in not loving money but sharing it with those deprived of a dignified life due to lack of it. To be free is not to put a price tag to one’s soul.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">To end, let me share with you my wish before I die. I want to see the Philippines as the first Catholic nation in Asia that will rise from third-world poverty and corruption. I will not rest until we put Fr. Damaso and Dona Victorina finally to rest.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_nwsw8uWh61KZlydAHqpcyqymFhNUOfJvlQZOTduOT7IKCOE1pAuWEKWj50SeOlHxNhkH1A4vFPqNFqKmRiTYAECE9LkhliKdlw-kSPxr1Y2ns3_PyG4AGI2XUxfFwPYXzitBEhs_SY/s1600-h/meloto1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_nwsw8uWh61KZlydAHqpcyqymFhNUOfJvlQZOTduOT7IKCOE1pAuWEKWj50SeOlHxNhkH1A4vFPqNFqKmRiTYAECE9LkhliKdlw-kSPxr1Y2ns3_PyG4AGI2XUxfFwPYXzitBEhs_SY/s400/meloto1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218440033233597442" border="0" /></a><br />Bishop Claver's response:<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyqV6su6B4DzC1DI2SBqEgsA7Xk3jiaky9TeQIVx34xvfW_FAsHhubDtEucQckF3acP6oBRmNOclZJwJoAuIg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div><br /><br />Download the longer version of this talk <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?3qiafbytnt1">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">* * *<br /></div><br />And that, is how you affect lives, empower people, and inspire change.<br /><br />Also, here's <a href="http://www.pcij.org/blog/?p=1152">something interesting</a> from the PCIJ blog, circa August 2006.C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com78tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-40049136992256034132008-06-27T16:01:00.015+08:002008-07-04T19:02:02.050+08:00We'll Never Walk Alone<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Please don't forget to keep checking <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/call-to-arms.html">A Call To Arms</a>, and letting ALL the CFC members you know about it to leave their name and show support for the IC in their efforts to protect our name. See the latest <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/call-to-arms.html">update</a> on 6-20-08: Frank's open letter to CFC-FFL.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE: IC STATEMENT OF THANKS </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">click to enlarge</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kBNXejK_FPd-5S1ozpWDD8MZ8eLXHicskRpojeVVX4xTgC62uGPpL9FQV3qr2Y7NX8dS7nb0N_aQq9VxXpEvaJQ8A0v5484AJMtW7pb8jhTutbofTIC5uYti-hiqP0BIvSyV-mV3LYw/s1600-h/IC+STATEMENT+OF+THANKS+62308_Page_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kBNXejK_FPd-5S1ozpWDD8MZ8eLXHicskRpojeVVX4xTgC62uGPpL9FQV3qr2Y7NX8dS7nb0N_aQq9VxXpEvaJQ8A0v5484AJMtW7pb8jhTutbofTIC5uYti-hiqP0BIvSyV-mV3LYw/s400/IC+STATEMENT+OF+THANKS+62308_Page_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216813448608897458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuEJv_IrsIUmNEg0TiA8TSnRD2AYAllVd5Rg78dWESKfYAgzuTQ7uDCMzriO6wdc9qkDfk4HBkTauQnWibw35GNNz_tcEfhbFQN7JxbcPNZENin4LWhmZh_g7nM6I5pGQaa135ZHrRYU/s1600-h/IC+STATEMENT+OF+THANKS+62308_Page_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuEJv_IrsIUmNEg0TiA8TSnRD2AYAllVd5Rg78dWESKfYAgzuTQ7uDCMzriO6wdc9qkDfk4HBkTauQnWibw35GNNz_tcEfhbFQN7JxbcPNZENin4LWhmZh_g7nM6I5pGQaa135ZHrRYU/s400/IC+STATEMENT+OF+THANKS+62308_Page_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216813450663086482" border="0" /></a><br />Download the document in pdf format <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?n0jv4nddywh"></a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?n0jv4nddywh">HERE</a>.<br />My apologies for taking a while to get the pics out, I'm sure everybody has had a hectic couple of weeks.<br /><br />I've received many, many images from the anniversary, including a couple of truly dramatic shots that bring tears to my eyes.<br /><br />One of them, gives us an idea of just how many of us ignored the threat of rain.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mzS47vW5nay7LjkCGT6zXuDhUHTwLDMj2MX7EOCNsC8LSbu0pVqzC6rF-vdCX1wKufp69P4XVq0LYxNp0XyOdNEfk2Pj2Ran7D7Tqs0mZPdK0JRgHe2hRc_g54ZBZWUMIb8KCsI8kBE/s1600-h/CIMG9671+%28Large%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mzS47vW5nay7LjkCGT6zXuDhUHTwLDMj2MX7EOCNsC8LSbu0pVqzC6rF-vdCX1wKufp69P4XVq0LYxNp0XyOdNEfk2Pj2Ran7D7Tqs0mZPdK0JRgHe2hRc_g54ZBZWUMIb8KCsI8kBE/s400/CIMG9671+%28Large%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216470189477957362" border="0" /></a><br />Even when the clouds came, we kept on.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHr7b2HP1NhhyphenhyphenztSNE9eRz1yqKDBINUwcCfwu-6Sfnzyw2BnDkGxKKjFFTvOiPZDvpLXKFMe6C4qURlLqWk5VVAoMbr1WJLkTfbGs8niNXFJQ_d4apdOdmF8saLmfqFXdaEdVPuaBczM/s1600-h/CIMG9686+%28Large%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHr7b2HP1NhhyphenhyphenztSNE9eRz1yqKDBINUwcCfwu-6Sfnzyw2BnDkGxKKjFFTvOiPZDvpLXKFMe6C4qURlLqWk5VVAoMbr1WJLkTfbGs8niNXFJQ_d4apdOdmF8saLmfqFXdaEdVPuaBczM/s400/CIMG9686+%28Large%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216470915320864178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5C479c2DQNpBVmKWJHUr77hwI63nTIKZhKgjRYmgkj9Tkxaieg32wZTST7-j9bPKBX8iXthdxd64AJqon4LRMPbWZzYH3t4NaF60vCocnhpk1H4RjjTx6oMs6PHKKlT4lvttR6bXVxE/s1600-h/IMG_3655+%28Large%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5C479c2DQNpBVmKWJHUr77hwI63nTIKZhKgjRYmgkj9Tkxaieg32wZTST7-j9bPKBX8iXthdxd64AJqon4LRMPbWZzYH3t4NaF60vCocnhpk1H4RjjTx6oMs6PHKKlT4lvttR6bXVxE/s400/IMG_3655+%28Large%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216471896847349314" border="0" /></a><br />Truly, I've never seen so many wet AND happy people in my life. We can now say that we braved this storm, and left standing tall!<br /><br />I'd love to hear your stories. I know that some of you had already started posting about it in the previous entry, but lets try and fill this one with your stories of your anniversary experiences.<br /><br />I'm still trying to put together a page for our brethren who were affected by typhoon Frank, so I'll leave you first with the images I've uploaded to <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/IDotRCFC/CFC27thAnniversary">Picasa</a> and a couple of slide shows.<br /><br />This first is a set that was forwarded to me, of pictures by Ysmael Baysa.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Click <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/randybynight/CFC27thAnniversaryParadeSMDSChapterJune212008?authkey=L5Ghrwpmh3E">HERE</a> to see<br /></div><br />The next is a compilation of pictures that were sent in to me.<br /><br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-06055329447014901 visible ontop" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-06055329447014901 visible ontop" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-06055329447014901 visible ontop" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-06055329447014901 visible ontop" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-04203332662023399 visible ontop" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-04203332662023399 visible ontop" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-04203332662023399 visible ontop" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-09028945591383477 visible ontop" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-05893859860568736 visible ontop" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-05893859860568736 visible ontop" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf"></a><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FIDotRCFC%2Falbumid%2F5216441831263088881%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="267" width="400"></embed><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The direct link to the pictures in this slideshow is <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/IDotRCFC/CFC27thAnniversary">HERE</a>, or<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/IDotRCFC/CFC27thAnniversary">http://picasaweb.google.com/IDotRCFC/CFC27thAnniversary</a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Athrun Atreides shares more Anniversary pictures in his photobucket accounts here:<br /><br /><a href="http://s244.photobucket.com/albums/gg29/athrun_atreides/CFC%2027th%20Anniv/01/">http://s244.photobucket.com/albums/gg29/athrun_atreides/CFC%2027th%20Anniv/01/</a><br /><br />and here:<br /><br /><a href="http://s244.photobucket.com/albums/gg29/athrun_atreides/CFC%2027th%20Anniv/02/">http://s244.photobucket.com/albums/gg29/athrun_atreides/CFC%2027th%20Anniv/02/</a><br /><br />All 27th Anniversary entries are <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/search/label/27th%20Anniversary">HERE</a>, and don't forget to visit the official <a href="http://couplesforchristglobal.org/newversion/">Couples for Christ website</a> for <a href="http://couplesforchristglobal.org/cfc27th/">more anniversary pictures</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FFL</span><br /><br />For those curious about the FFL's festivities, they've shared some pictures in these albums:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cfcffl.org/photo_gallery/27th_cfcffl_anniv_celeb_20080622/27th_cfcffl_anniv_celeb-20080622.htm">On the FFL's Website</a><br />Other sites:<br /><a href="http://yfcfflantipolo.multiply.com/photos/album/31/CFC_FFL_27th_Anniversary#">CFC_FFL_27th_Anniversary 1</a><br /><a href="http://xavyniceday.multiply.com/photos/album/207/CFC_27th_Anniversary#">CFC_27th_Anniversary 2</a><br /><a href="http://dylanreyes.multiply.com/photos/album/43/CFC_FFL_27th_Anniversary">CFC_FFL_27th_Anniversary 3</a><br /><br />You'll have to have a <a href="http://multiply.com/">Multiply</a> account to view them, but maybe some of our friends with accounts can share some pics with us.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div>C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-16270218928376801352008-06-20T10:31:00.013+08:002008-07-04T19:02:38.457+08:00We Will Weather ANY Storm!<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Please don't forget to keep checking <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/call-to-arms.html">A Call To Arms</a>, and letting ALL the CFC members you know about it to leave their name and show support for the IC in their efforts to protect our name. See the latest <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/call-to-arms.html">update</a> on 6-20-08: Frank's open letter to CFC-FFL.</span><br /><br />All 27th Anniversary entries are <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/search/label/27th%20Anniversary">HERE</a>, and don't forget to visit the official <a href="http://couplesforchristglobal.org/newversion/">Couples for Christ website</a> for <a href="http://couplesforchristglobal.org/cfc27th/">more anniversary pictures</a>.<br /><br />Here are some youtube vids to keep you busy while I compile the pictures:<br /><br />"You Will Never Walk Alone"<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/52sjKHByA5k&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/52sjKHByA5k&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Tito Joe Tale leading the singing of You Will Never Walk Alone, with everybody joining in.<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UHofIaHb1Lc&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UHofIaHb1Lc&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />A video uploaded to youtube showing part of the celebrations.<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C6_7tFUdePo&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C6_7tFUdePo&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Our anniversary celebrations have been on-going and pictures are being sent to me already. I'll be posting them in our <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20917674@N04/with/2555070112/">Flickr album</a> as soon as I can process them.<br /><br />Also, great news for those who won't be able to make the anniversary celebrations at Luneta!<br /><br />Here's the message from the UMC:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Dear brothers and sisters,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">We are happy to announce that our anniversary celebration on Saturday, June 21, 2008, at the Quirino Grandstand at the Luneta will be telecast globally via the internet. So, just like our January leaders' conference, you will again be able to see the proceedings live and share in the joy of the Grand Homecoming. </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Here's how:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">1. Download TVUPLAYER at www.tvunetworks.com</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">2. Go to Channel 61713.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">3. Please use Microsoft Internet Explorer or simply go to www.GK1WORLD.NET using Internet Explorer.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">This promises to be an exciting anniversary, especially since we expect about 35,000 members to be there, making this our largest-ever celebration. Watch for the Harvest Parade, street dancing and a major fireworks display. We have something to celebrate -- 27 years of God's goodness and providence and His Hand in everything that we experience.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">The anniversary celebrations officially start at 4 PM. See you all at this time on Saturday, even if for some of you, it will only be on cyberspace. Spread the word, please, so that more people can share in our unity and rejoicing.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">God bless you all!!</span><br /><br />And another message that I was not able to post because I wanted to give the previous entry time to sink in:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Dear brothers,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Just a few announcements/reminders re our fast approaching anniversary:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">1. Tickets</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Our entrance tickets (sim cards) which is priced at P50.00 will be ready for pick-up on Wednesday afternoon. Because our venue is so wide open, we would like to avoid any difficulties with non-collection of the fees. The method recommended at the latest meeting of the sector heads/area heads last night, June 16, was therefore pre-collection of the fees. Please have the stickets that you signified you needed for your respective areas picked up and distributed to your members before the anniversary. We would like to limit walk-ins to a manageable number.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Pleae remind your members to put the tickets in their ID holders so that it will be easy for our marshals to see them. </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">2. Sponsorship</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">We would like our GK brethren to also enjoy the activities and the fun events at our anniversary. They are part of our family. The Sector Heads and Area Heads are requested to ask their GK Project Directors to ensure that they have secured sponsors for the tickets of the GK beneficiaries they will be bringing to the anniversary. </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">3. Mobilization</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mobilize, mobilize, mobilize.</span> This is our call. We would like to make this anniversary the biggest ever, the most fun-filled. We would like to shout to the world that we are indeed one, global, united community.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Mobilization is also key to our making this event self-liquidating. We have already succeeded in managing the debts we have inherited such that it is now just a very small fraction of the total indebtedness. Let us help one another make this anniversary a success, not just in the preparations but financially. Let us continue being good stewards of our resources.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Thank you very much and God bless. </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL AND THE ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE:</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">CFC UGNAYAN MULTIMEDIA CENTER</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">COUPLES FOR CHRIST </span><br /><br />You can download the Anniversary schedule of activities <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ta2vxztz3qd">HERE</a>.<br /><br />For some more good news, if any of you attended the GLOBAL LEADERS' ASSEMBLY at the Valle Verde Country Club, you already know that Tito Joe Tale announced that as of June 19, <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2007/12/one-time-big-time.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CFC is officially debt-free!</span></a><br /><br />There is still the P1.187M bridge-fund that is still outstanding, but there has been enough contributed to the <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2007/12/one-time-big-time.html">OTBT</a> (P300,000.00) to pay off the last remaining balance of the RCBC loan!<br /><br />Of course, with the highs, we must contend with a few lows. I'm sure you have all seen in the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6165175175127877464&postID=8626898143412478370">commentary</a> of the <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/call-to-arms.html">previous entry</a> the upcoming tropical storm that can potentially make things a bit wet for us at Luneta, ironically dubbed Tropical Storm FRANK. Pagasa gives us this <a href="http://202.90.128.200/wb/tcupdate.shtml">radar tracking image</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RBxM2sQ7r2maYt2eqZ1XxOmeV7Nkhyphenhyphen-OcDofTDCdVdjeVO2PYCCjsNla38efpVVD8WRxkbnu378oLnvCDTfl_n-HXpIZ2bzBlzIf_WNDbokkIufyztW3eodTMghkooKwPYbhxrMYWL4/s1600-h/track.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RBxM2sQ7r2maYt2eqZ1XxOmeV7Nkhyphenhyphen-OcDofTDCdVdjeVO2PYCCjsNla38efpVVD8WRxkbnu378oLnvCDTfl_n-HXpIZ2bzBlzIf_WNDbokkIufyztW3eodTMghkooKwPYbhxrMYWL4/s400/track.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213792255506789666" border="0" /></a><br />Is it just me or has the Lord got a sense of humor or what? Not only has this unseasonal storm been dubbed Frank, its track also resembles a trumpet.<br /><br />All I can say is: Pray. Pray for the best weather, pray for the best event ever, and pray that this will just be the storm before the calm. May our Lord Jesus Christ bless our anniversary and help it usher in lasting peace, not only in our community, but across the globe.C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com76tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165175175127877464.post-86268981434124783702008-06-12T00:00:00.027+08:002008-06-20T09:53:40.428+08:00A Call To Arms<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" >Have a care for your name, for it will stand by you better than precious treasures in the thousands;</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/sirach/sirach41.htm">Sirach 41:12</a></span></blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Update 6-20-08:</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br />Open Letter to CFC-FFL from Frank Padilla.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br />Update 6-14-08:</span><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://restorecfc.multiply.com/journal/item/130/The_Couples_for_Christ_Name">Servant General statement</a> from Frank Padilla.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Update 6-14-08:</span><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mediafire.com/?mt03lnmmc71">We Remain Couples for Christ</a> statement from the IC.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >Update 6-13-08:</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >A </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://couplesforchristglobal.org/newversion/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=88&Itemid=71">new statement</a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > from the IC, please scroll to the bottom. The Easter Group also has a <a href="http://restorecfc.multiply.com/journal/item/129/Couples_for_Christ_Foundation_Inc">statement</a>.</span><br /></span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 11, 2008 Council Statement</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5wy04AFsrFsZuQU00YOAeKlnZtUPbBNR1G1rIJc8ybyiFs7TvnXBPlfFaJ4OGmYzqppz0aAFfm2CmRh0aexTedEgYOjmuwJml5EpPwoCY6eopXgYwqq-vIkZ9yixzTahKuaJ_C9SQBM/s1600-h/IC+STATEMENT+61108+June+11_Page_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5wy04AFsrFsZuQU00YOAeKlnZtUPbBNR1G1rIJc8ybyiFs7TvnXBPlfFaJ4OGmYzqppz0aAFfm2CmRh0aexTedEgYOjmuwJml5EpPwoCY6eopXgYwqq-vIkZ9yixzTahKuaJ_C9SQBM/s400/IC+STATEMENT+61108+June+11_Page_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210737986434755458" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1yHE-Nc5_VxDtkbXHPjxtbiRR3sZqAh0XNXrl232nTqiYrP8U5M8QvyR-a9jtVxliGQGVyl4ON88DEGDusnEhITIXzv_Y37C0yBiFhWUEEprYF1lAt2eIyFBecSX_qKnRz9_ngXLcho/s1600-h/IC+STATEMENT+61108+June+11_Page_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1yHE-Nc5_VxDtkbXHPjxtbiRR3sZqAh0XNXrl232nTqiYrP8U5M8QvyR-a9jtVxliGQGVyl4ON88DEGDusnEhITIXzv_Y37C0yBiFhWUEEprYF1lAt2eIyFBecSX_qKnRz9_ngXLcho/s400/IC+STATEMENT+61108+June+11_Page_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210737982745448034" border="0" /></a>Download the statement <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?zi7f4m4cbek">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Ok people, in this blog we have talked about the extent of how far we will go to protect the name of CFC. I think now, it is time to accept as the IC finally have, that we are in for the fight of our lives.<br /><br />In the <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/search/label/name%20game">What's In A Name</a> series, we've gone through the reasons why the Easter Group is pulling all the stops to claim the CFC name. They have taken the phrase "by hook or by crook" to heart and have resorted to devious means to steal our identity.<br /><br />If they have gone to that extent, then we must do ALL we can do to stop them; to protect what is rightfully ours: As the the ones who have retained the charism, as the ones who continue the good work, and as the ones who were abandoned by these self serving former leaders in their so called effort to <span style="font-style: italic;">restore</span> a charism that was never lost in the first place. Frank Padilla and his minions are out to see CFC destroyed.<br /><br />Are we now to stand idly by and watch him do it?<br /><br />In the <a href="http://defendingcfc.blogspot.com/2008/06/signed-sealed-and-delivered.html?showComment=1213219320000#c5329251857879876506">Signed, Sealed, Delivered</a> entry, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/09183208934383218239" target="_blank">jonitanitayturin</a> noted that the majority of the respondents in the poll are willing to get their own names behind a petition. Well, now is as good as any to start. I'm asking all of you to leave your name in a comment on this entry to show your wholehearted support for the IC's stand, let us show them that they are not alone in this, and let us prove the strength and unity of CFC to any who may doubt it!<br /><br />I can't do this alone my friends, I'm asking all of you now to do what it takes to help end this now and for all. Share this entry with your friends, pass on the IC's statement, and if you've never made a comment here before, now is the time.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Click <a href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6165175175127877464&postID=8626898143412478370">HERE</a> to leave a comment.<br /><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span>You may also email your support for the IC's efforts to:<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:%20internationalcouncil@cfc-global.com"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span>InternationalCouncil@cfc-global.com</span></span></span></a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >Update 6-13-08</span><br /><br />The <a href="http://couplesforchristglobal.org/newversion/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=88&Itemid=71">latest IC Statement</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw82MrEraEFUqCo9sQ_PsRluwyQ-5Nc4KfqjwFZ51WUWPt7NYHSVTzbJa54w9GBau04OJ9fUOIYnrAAQjLjU83QFZBr7TkPIQLu5siNyMXtgUirbunOKB8fW1Q-YE3KxLENKqJGyyL6uo/s1600-h/IC+STATEMENT+61208_Page_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw82MrEraEFUqCo9sQ_PsRluwyQ-5Nc4KfqjwFZ51WUWPt7NYHSVTzbJa54w9GBau04OJ9fUOIYnrAAQjLjU83QFZBr7TkPIQLu5siNyMXtgUirbunOKB8fW1Q-YE3KxLENKqJGyyL6uo/s400/IC+STATEMENT+61208_Page_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211374559322073634" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RGMVE-MIGXaspZ0vqa0duakQtKqrAJzM0cJ3epyJnJOWr_Hwblneb49Y-MN4vyvLTudgKvlVT0O9QfFAKiViC3LWc7dOPNtjMIae6fPLB_q3TDGKBJPASmVULjirX-tehi0tL04uc_Y/s1600-h/IC+STATEMENT+61208_Page_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RGMVE-MIGXaspZ0vqa0duakQtKqrAJzM0cJ3epyJnJOWr_Hwblneb49Y-MN4vyvLTudgKvlVT0O9QfFAKiViC3LWc7dOPNtjMIae6fPLB_q3TDGKBJPASmVULjirX-tehi0tL04uc_Y/s400/IC+STATEMENT+61208_Page_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211374455722332498" border="0" /></a>Download <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?yjqlgmgyxpm">HERE</a>.<br /><br />SEC memo:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQELG__Q8CtzsLKJvOjOGV7lAK9iEpYCLc9LeP6JrkOdgCBhUI7DpfUI6vBJUSlGoZk9ix7b3tUwDy8Co-6PPi1JcSyUHqClnuYMlSCjXWGzy0ezW2YNQPupIUrX6imWQ4P-9_gM8XaU/s1600-h/Couples+for+Christ+Foundation,+Inc_Page_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQELG__Q8CtzsLKJvOjOGV7lAK9iEpYCLc9LeP6JrkOdgCBhUI7DpfUI6vBJUSlGoZk9ix7b3tUwDy8Co-6PPi1JcSyUHqClnuYMlSCjXWGzy0ezW2YNQPupIUrX6imWQ4P-9_gM8XaU/s400/Couples+for+Christ+Foundation,+Inc_Page_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211414457611339234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFMohTVmrUFP6QGqa8crANNPqPLDGwQysHvKLpvN0rCy-Kf97-aI7pVXV7UFOZ45EpWzArz29GvzjzIoJSk8LCt-D0hEPGWyhuw_eVCwXbz2buZ_vzJrkF1nnN7SrY8_-VDE_a-9d2V4/s1600-h/Couples+for+Christ+Foundation,+Inc_Page_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFMohTVmrUFP6QGqa8crANNPqPLDGwQysHvKLpvN0rCy-Kf97-aI7pVXV7UFOZ45EpWzArz29GvzjzIoJSk8LCt-D0hEPGWyhuw_eVCwXbz2buZ_vzJrkF1nnN7SrY8_-VDE_a-9d2V4/s400/Couples+for+Christ+Foundation,+Inc_Page_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211414455305015586" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yA3bfPLzRtT-evFHmMdsY6kkI6QGKUfqWDLyAXdU2VEh2djjq_p77OFJh8QydRXJSu5SfZAlO0mC5iVxxB5IWA6-IDDrGC6EjuYe5iAe5sg8Rfi1IiDKYS2MxHXjOzvX4Byw77YpmGM/s1600-h/Couples+for+Christ+Foundation,+Inc_Page_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yA3bfPLzRtT-evFHmMdsY6kkI6QGKUfqWDLyAXdU2VEh2djjq_p77OFJh8QydRXJSu5SfZAlO0mC5iVxxB5IWA6-IDDrGC6EjuYe5iAe5sg8Rfi1IiDKYS2MxHXjOzvX4Byw77YpmGM/s400/Couples+for+Christ+Foundation,+Inc_Page_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211414451473311074" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAzIewE_Sb1qHb_o34AHn5rli-5PrvTjVjUwWFx2zlwWsbK8LyS9l7iNtJs6i7C2QeFois9ufDeFt3Cv8ETMxKKthCi8ODAF39CNh_HyJDK8KOLWmpC6wNJJ5VmruT-WCTAkgAIJjjrc/s1600-h/Couples+for+Christ+Foundation,+Inc_Page_4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAzIewE_Sb1qHb_o34AHn5rli-5PrvTjVjUwWFx2zlwWsbK8LyS9l7iNtJs6i7C2QeFois9ufDeFt3Cv8ETMxKKthCi8ODAF39CNh_HyJDK8KOLWmpC6wNJJ5VmruT-WCTAkgAIJjjrc/s400/Couples+for+Christ+Foundation,+Inc_Page_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211414443877681874" border="0" /></a><br />Highlights mine. Questionable grounds, eh?<br /><br />Download the SEC memo re-instating CFC-FI in favor of the easter group <a href="http://www.sec.gov.ph/order/revocation_lifted/Couples%20for%20Christ%20Foundation,%20Inc.pdf">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br />It is not over by a long shot my friends. Let's keep this going, our voices need to be heard now more than ever, <span style="font-weight: bold;">because it was purposely IGNORED.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Update 6-13-08 </span><br /><br />The Easter Group is already <a href="http://restorecfc.multiply.com/journal/item/129/Couples_for_Christ_Foundation_Inc">celebrating</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPfQHHfdaWPHuRhyphenhyphenn3oRTOGLAFIyOIhv5Crk1qfcYd3XYYLaw9RqRVAeKqVTsFoxDAf0soa4NaGrBbthwcrBZDYrrNQUjlCNljBY3D44wWGgvjUfzWHEpbXEHZFJj2LLqQvtaw_cD8JU/s1600-h/June12-rejoice.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPfQHHfdaWPHuRhyphenhyphenn3oRTOGLAFIyOIhv5Crk1qfcYd3XYYLaw9RqRVAeKqVTsFoxDAf0soa4NaGrBbthwcrBZDYrrNQUjlCNljBY3D44wWGgvjUfzWHEpbXEHZFJj2LLqQvtaw_cD8JU/s400/June12-rejoice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211377995951250450" border="0" /></a><eastergroup@gmail.com><br /></eastergroup@gmail.com><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >Update 6-14-08:</span><br /><br /></span><span><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?mt03lnmmc71">We Remain Couples for Christ</a> statement from the IC.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHTnMZbR7ZWHh84AX4GObaXcXjCG3Q7LvGbpkMstNhdeGwEk4JMTiWEbFtCSTICn5dhtyZ0LCWnzY2IjsK50419um-ANlp1j-WZN3lTgEEnnUVZ7M5JR7nUse0MM7uFX5YaLjnWzMiFE/s1600-h/IC-Statement-61308.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHTnMZbR7ZWHh84AX4GObaXcXjCG3Q7LvGbpkMstNhdeGwEk4JMTiWEbFtCSTICn5dhtyZ0LCWnzY2IjsK50419um-ANlp1j-WZN3lTgEEnnUVZ7M5JR7nUse0MM7uFX5YaLjnWzMiFE/s400/IC-Statement-61308.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211372025978286530" border="0" /></a><br />Download <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?mt03lnmmc71">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Another <a href="http://restorecfc.multiply.com/journal/item/130/The_Couples_for_Christ_Name">statement</a> from Frank Padilla:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbFE4Hoy91liJBCDCipoNpPr_hgYXsaNPp_b-VwGaveoYZ25L6Y5bkgjMzL6Z0fmxw3UMit8O4PGid5CrxqBBBaEHPZDZLP5mkMuDyinvFJIjMO2JdGeN_puvhgah4_iYQ74nfoVSi8c/s1600-h/FromTheServantGeneral.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbFE4Hoy91liJBCDCipoNpPr_hgYXsaNPp_b-VwGaveoYZ25L6Y5bkgjMzL6Z0fmxw3UMit8O4PGid5CrxqBBBaEHPZDZLP5mkMuDyinvFJIjMO2JdGeN_puvhgah4_iYQ74nfoVSi8c/s400/FromTheServantGeneral.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211595251398931906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><br />I'd just like to ask if he's willing to publish Cardinal Rylko's letter to him the way he's been so haphazardly showing the Cardinal's letters to the IC.<br /><br />I am getting the feeling that he is aiming to look like the magnanimous party here. What do you think?<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Update 6-20-08:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Open Letter to CFC-FFL from Frank Padilla.</span><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8lFiHW15_Y-yGrj6O9zQ6obpsmCjCYCNZXJlKVqtGxs-GEpAU2JtZby58SyBX_YGxKkHhqfKJU9nkALSR9sc3e-vVzd-1_uAyFyQAcCoV8lD5_kPo0agJALJyRLJRGgmSjifJNlAVQY/s1600-h/OVERCOMING-EVIL-WITH-GOOD_PG1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8lFiHW15_Y-yGrj6O9zQ6obpsmCjCYCNZXJlKVqtGxs-GEpAU2JtZby58SyBX_YGxKkHhqfKJU9nkALSR9sc3e-vVzd-1_uAyFyQAcCoV8lD5_kPo0agJALJyRLJRGgmSjifJNlAVQY/s400/OVERCOMING-EVIL-WITH-GOOD_PG1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213774251688438594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64NDXi2Fh1flFp4wOslxI8X6ONJzfMVuHhhswZB1t4YefGYdCMM_arnEe-vk6XGtkxKokJy85aqBrO1HuFEfCxTGnRcRr7Y1TW-YXY4LFQ6613fndIivJwf9XiF2m35pNZqkGyDTt_IQ/s1600-h/OVERCOMING-EVIL-WITH-GOOD_PG2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64NDXi2Fh1flFp4wOslxI8X6ONJzfMVuHhhswZB1t4YefGYdCMM_arnEe-vk6XGtkxKokJy85aqBrO1HuFEfCxTGnRcRr7Y1TW-YXY4LFQ6613fndIivJwf9XiF2m35pNZqkGyDTt_IQ/s400/OVERCOMING-EVIL-WITH-GOOD_PG2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213774250706887026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHK8iIqL5LyosZg78-bZ61E96ei-j03O03GHYH4mALVfvnipw0IQQFZDBSkkpx2i8GTBX_kw-vzxzb7-X6MREXvvyD15wgP_Ji8SWA_mniGSgRhfqDHqw2iQpBGNAn4rCaJIjJjp8GpYc/s1600-h/OVERCOMING-EVIL-WITH-GOOD_PG3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHK8iIqL5LyosZg78-bZ61E96ei-j03O03GHYH4mALVfvnipw0IQQFZDBSkkpx2i8GTBX_kw-vzxzb7-X6MREXvvyD15wgP_Ji8SWA_mniGSgRhfqDHqw2iQpBGNAn4rCaJIjJjp8GpYc/s400/OVERCOMING-EVIL-WITH-GOOD_PG3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213774255006399234" border="0" /></a><br />It seems, we are officially "evil", according to Frank's definition of the term. I guess that's what I get for exposing the truth about him. <br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span>I wonder why he doesn't allow his members to support him by allowing comments on his self-promotion blogs.<br /><br /></span></span></span><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council.</span></span><br /><br />-Homer <i>The Iliad</i></blockquote>C.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04754463172222104995noreply@blogger.com538