Different
Religious Organizations
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ADORACION
NOCTURNA FILIPINA
The
Adorer (ANF) help each other, understand and love Jesus Christ, in the
Mystery of the Eucharist so as to live it more fully both in their personal
and social lives. By adoring the real Presence of Christ, they derive
the Spiritual Dynamism to be active in church life.
ACTIVITIES:
Eucharistic
Vigil, other social community projects and regular activities.
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ANTIOCH
MOVEMENT
A
parish-based ministry of youth to youth. It is for young ages 15-21,
people who are in the mid-high school up to college. A peer oriented
ministry, no hindrance or gap which makes the youth relate to their feeling.
It offers no preaching making it more down-to-earth and promises you are
reliable experience. Helping our youth develop a love for Jesus and
of his church through an experience of community – a community where they
are always welcome, and where they can find a relevant and supportive environment.
ACTIVITIES:
Team-building
and spiritual enhancements before weekend/seminar.
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APOSTLESHIP
OF PRAYER
Association
of Christian people called “Promoters” who are united in daily commitment
of their lives to God in union with Christ’s Eucharistic sacrifice to carry
out the work of his redemption in their own neighborhood. It intensifies
their Christen life through devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, promotes
devotion in every way and urges its members to practice and spread its
devotions especially in their families. A program of special
community building is experienced in their unit meetings.
ACTIVITIES:
Morning
offering, First Friday Mass Adoration, enthronements, house blessing coordination,
Holy Hours, processions, parish census, recollections, retreats, parish-section
linkage.
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ARCHCONFRATERNITIES
OF MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS (Juniors and Aspirants)
An
association exclusively for girls who are to live in the Marian Ideals
of Devotion, Imitation and Action.
ACTIVITIES:
Choir
singing every First Saturday 6:00pm mass, Flores de Mayo, Coordinating
with the Senior Archcon, 24th devotion and organizing their other Marian
activities.
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CATHOLIC
WOMEN’S LEAGUE
An
all-woman association that promotes the spiritual, moral, educational and
socio-economic welfare of the community especially the indigent families
of the parish, so that their ideal as expressed in their motto, “Charity,
Work, Loyalty” could be experienced within our parish.
ACTIVITIES:
Free
medical and dental clinic. Self-reliance center/offering, dressmaking,
tailoring, cosmetology, and high speed sewing. Sacramental services-marriage
validation, baptismal/confirmation and sick visitation. Nutrition
program-rice/milk distribution, livelihood projects.
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CHRISTIAN
FAMILY MOVEMENT
A
movement of Christian families who join efforts to promote the human and
Christian values of the family, so that it may become in the community
a force persons, transmits the faith and through its members, is committed
to the total development of the family and the community. The thrust
of the CFM is person-oriented, family-centered, and parish-directed.
Their objectives are: to sanctify its members and their families,
to undertake the apostolate of Christian family life, to Christianize their
environment.
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ACTIVITIES:
Family
Life Education, Marriage Encounter, Marriage Enrichment, Tipanan, Sons
and Daughters Encounter, Engaged Couples Encounter, Family Encounter, Solo
Parents Leadership Seminars, Premarital Counseling and Marital Counseling.
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CONFERENCE
OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
A
charity arm of the Parish. They imbibe in themselves the spirit of
St. Vincent de Paul who Sanctified himself in loving the poor. Their
personal service is geared to personal and community development of the
under privileged in social action program.
ACTIVITIES:
Material
and Spiritual aid to depressed areas, scholarship fund, calamity and funeral
assistance, Christmas packages, community development, medical assistance.
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EXTRAORDINARY
MINISTER OF HOLY EUCHARIST
They
are commonly known as Lay Ministers. These men eagerly devoted their
lives for the service of the people. Having attended the seminar
conducted by the Ministry of Liturgical Affairs of the Archdiocese of Manila,
they are commissioned to help distribute communion either Mass or event
given to the sick or the dying with love of Jesus.
ACTIVITIES:
Devotion
to Eucharist Seminars, adoration, and liturgical committee.
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HOLY
NAME SOCIETY
All
men organization whose general aim is to worship the Holy Name of Jesus
both with their clean hears and lips and with their exemplary Christian
lives. They observe the practices of the Confraternity of the Most
Holy Name of Jesus.
ACTIVITIES:
Frequent
reception of the sacraments, organizing all-male retreats, fostering the
apostolate of the Catholic Press, vigilance against indecency in the mass
media, assistance in the youth development projects of the parish, marshaling
during processions.
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KNIGHTS
OF COLUMBUS
A
Catholic fraternity engaged in a continuing service to the church, family
and community.
ACTIVITIES:
Pecuniary
aid, mutual assistance, communication links among members as beneficiaries
and educational charitable, religious and social relief for the community.
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KNIGHTS
OF THE ALTAR
Are
boys who serve the Lord with gladness in all liturgical functions most
especially in the Holy Mass.
ACTIVITIES:
Service
at the altar, processions Sacraments, youth activities, spiritual programs.
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LECTORS
SOCIETY
A
group of trained readers of the first and second readings of the Holy Mass.
The Society grow in their love for God’s Word in order to proclaim God’s
Word with sincerity and conviction.
ACTIVITIES:
Seminar
on God’s Word and proclaim God’s Word during Holy Masses as the Lector
and Commentators.
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LEGION
OF MARY
An
association of Catholics, sanctioned by our parish for any and every form
of social and catholic action; under the spirit of Mary herself.
The scheme of the Legion includes personal sanctification and orderly system,
perfection of membership, Legionaries obligations and weekly meetings
of the Praesdium.
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MARY
HELP OF CHRISTIANS PRAYER GROUP
The
Prayer Group helps the Christian to recover the power of the Holy Spirit
given sacramentally to us during Confirmation so as to live a spirit-filled
Catholic life. Through Pastoral Guidance, the Prayer Group helps the Christians
experience a community life of prayer, teachings, fellowship and service
to brothers and sisters in our parish.
ACTIVITIES:
Sharing
groups, conducting LSS, recollections, outreach programs, book ministry,
healing ministry, organizing Youth Ministry, Bibliarasal.
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MUSIC
MINISTRY
The
ministers animate the singing accompaniment of the songs the People of
God sings every Sunday or Feast day Mass.
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MEN
OF THE SACRED HEART
An
association of Catholic men united to bring the all-powerful love of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus into the home, parish associations, market place,
recreational centers and to the social and fraternal groups to which they
belong.
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Religious
Institutions in the Parish
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DON
BOSCO CENTER OF STUDIES
The
Salesian seminarians for priesthood and brotherhood are receiving their
religious and ecclesiastical formation at the Don Bosco Seminary located
at Southern Square. Every weekend these seminarians go to different
parishes and youth centers to train in the pastoral work. Some of
their priest and brothers come to help us in our parish. At the end
of the seminary’s senior – Theologians.
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IMMACULATE
HEART OF MARY CONVENT AND SCHOOL
In
1978, the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Hearts (FSSH) came from Italy
to establish a school for boys and girls. They have chosen our parish
as the site of their school located at Remmanville. Presently, they
offer kindergarten, elementary, and high school education. Their
convent is also formation house for future sisters.
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MOTHER
MADDALENA STARACE
Another
school run by Compassionate Sisters. They cater pre-school and elementary
levels.
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LA
PIETA CONGREGATION
They
are Italian Congregation who takes care of the sick people in the parish,
and old priests.
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MISSIONARY
SISTER OF PERPETUAL
They
charism is taking care of the depressed.
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HANDMAIDS
OF THE SACRED HEARTS
They
consists of Korean sisters and they run a school for pre-schoolers.
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AIN
KARIM SALESIAN RETREAT HOUSE
A
retreat house good for 50 people at a time, lies at St. Dominic Savio St.
Remmanville near the Immaculate Heart of Mary School.
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Different
Sponsored Projects
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Weekly
medical and dental services (JCWL)
The Sunday
School is an on-going activity of games, catechism, stories, confessions,
Holy Mass for children of the depressed area.
The Pastoral
Youth Council, which coordinates all youth activities, also schedule formation
seminars for the members of the youth organizations, under the guidance
of the Pastor and adult lay leaders.
The parish
also lined up activities geared towards assistance in job placements, financial
assistance for deserving youth wishing to pursue their education, sponsorship
to vocational courses and trades such as dressmaking, tailoring, cosmetology,
and high speed sewing (JCWL) and feeding program for the malnourished.
Self-help
livelihood projects are continuously being organized and scheduled.
Mass Weddings
for needy families are also being given due attention.
LSS Seminars
(MHC Prayer Group)
Summer
League.
Bazaar
during Christmas Season.
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National Shrine of Mary Help
of Christians
Mary Help of Christians Street,
Better Living Subdivision, Parañaque City, M. Manila, Philippines
1711
Tel. Nos. (63-2) 823-3286,
823-3288 Fax No. 823-9482
E-mail Address: [email protected]
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