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2005 Theme: “The Lord is my Shepherd; there is nothing I lack.”Ps 23:1 Headline Notices Hot off the press: § Marriage Enrichment Retreat scheduled for September 30th to October 2nd has been postponed to a date to be announced § Social Justice Training scheduled for Saturday 24th September has been postponed to a date to be announced.
Kelly de Castro - Fire Relief In the spirit of trusting in an All Providing God, we seek your support, dear CFC member. We continue to appeal for assistance in any way for a member of Trina Fung's handmaid household in St Ann's. Her name is Kelly de Castro, and she has an 8-year-old son and a 4-month-old baby. There was a fire at her home Monday 12th Sept that destroyed most of their belongings. So we are appealing to all our CFC brothers and sisters for any assistance that they may be able to offer, her most immediate need is housing ….. if you hear of anything please contact Trina Fung 678-4242
CFC 6th Caribbean Conference Post Conference Evaluations have been overwhelmingly positive. As an example, Sr. Therese Dookeran writes “I really would like to 'big you all up' for a lovely spirit and good organisation. I know behind the scenes is another story, but you all rose to every moment. I left feeling very encouraged: seven years, and this is certainly a story of growth! Praise God.” Except for a few odd incidents the feedback from our overseas brethren has been effusive about the warm Trini hospitality, the smooth organisation, the low cost, the inspiration and encouragement. On behalf of the organising team we respond that hosting this conference has been further confirmation that God is indeed enough, because every time that we thought we didn’t have enough resources; be they money, time, energy, zeal, ideas or labour force, our loving Father has exceeded our expectations. Our “cup runneth over”. Thank you CFC. Thank you Our Lord, Our Shepherd.
Joey Mercado & Jonathan Lumamba have concluded their mission to Trinidad and returned home to the Philippines. These two talented and committed young Christians who served our CFC ministry in Trinidad for the last year and a half have enriched our lives. Although they volunteered for 1 year of service, they both consented to extend their mission when our needs required it. They served not only YFC but were invaluable at all areas of ministry: couples, handmaids, servants, singles, youth and kids. They extended beyond CFC and were often seen at non-CFC youth retreats in parishes. In fact for Lent they were continually in demand at schools; very often at short notice. We had grown so accustomed to depending upon them that it was no surprise that at the recent CFC Conference they were part of the T&T contingent as well as the Philippino. But we know that their families must have missed them even though we thought of them as our own, so it is with mixed emotions that we bid them goodbye and thank you. Will we see them again? We look forward to it!!
Morvant General Assembly Morvant General Assembly takes place on Saturday 17th September At St. Dominic’s R.C. Church, Morvant THEME; Yes God, We Are Listening. PROGRAMME commences at 2.00 pm with Praise and Worship. Then moves on to Testimony on CFC conference, Covenant talk number 2:Prayer and Scripture, Question and answer period, Break, Testimony: Handmaid’s experience in CFC. The day culminates with Celebration of The Eucharist at 6:30 pm.
September 24th · Jesus Explosion at Preysal. It’s back and we are providing the music ministry so come on down to Preysal High School. Just take the highway to south and in the vicinity of Couva look for the sign on the left exit off the highway. Regn: $25.00, Food: $15.00, Blessings: Free. § Social Justice Training for Mentoring Program. This is critical for us to fulfil our mandate of “bringing good news to the poor” but the training scheduled for Saturday 24th September has been cancelled and will be rescheduled to a later date as Sr. Julie Peters is still out of the country. However, please do not let this postpone our action in the parish to identify a family and meet with them. The postponement of the meeting gives those persons who have not yet identified a family an opportunity to do so.
If you don’t have a clue about what social justice or mentoring program we are talking about, please do not hesitate to contact Mark Poon Tip who will be happy to fill you in or you may also contact Earl Taylor, as Diego Martin have already identified and had their first meeting with a family. We may learn from their experience and their approach
EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS For the week October 10th to 16th 2005 the Archdiocese of Port of Spain will be closing the Year of the Eucharist with a week of celebration that culminates at Jean Pierre Complex on October 16th. Couples for Christ has the responsibility of ushering at this national event. So please volunteer to your Unit Head for duty.
Handmaids Retreat Handmaids Retreat is coming up so all our handmaids are reminded to reserve that weekend for a further experience of God’s love. Please register early and remember to make your down payment. CFC has to pay a down payment to secure rooms and catering at Caroni Retreat Centre. To everyone else please keep the Retreat Planning Team in your prayers.
SFC Plans Our Undercover reporter sends this exclusive report from the SFC National Planning Team Meeting. Although some of their dates are tentative, keep the events in mind so that your bathsuit and towels etc are ready, after all every CFC member is invited:
1) Either Nov 11-13 or Nov 18-20 they will be spending the weekend at Spiritan House Down The Islands or Ocean Star Youth Centre at Guayaguayare.(SFC members and non-members) and 2) Sat Dec 3rd. they will host A Day of Discernment for Singles ( members and non-members) possibly at UWI Chaplaincy. 9:00am-3:00pm.
Website Calendar Check our website’s ONLINE CALENDAR for updates to the following
Calendar of Events
Event Date Venue Time COST Social
Justice Mentoring Program Training Sat
24th September POSTPONED To
be announced To
be announced To
be announced Jesus
Explosion Sat
24th September Preysal
High School All
day Regn:
$25 Food:
$15 Couples
Retreat Fri
30th Sept – Sun 2nd Oct POSTPONED Caroni
Retreat Centre 6:00
pm Fri till $150.00
ea Eucharist
Congress October
16TH Haseley
Crawford Stadium 9:30
am – 3:00 pm Love Leadership
Formation Sat
22nd Oct St.
John the Baptist, St.
John’s Village 9:00
am-12:00 noon Refreshments Handmaids
Retreat Fri
28th –
Sun 30th Oct Caroni
Retreat Centre 6:00
pm Fri till $150.00 Leadership
Formation Sat
26th Nov St.
John the Baptist, St.
John’s Village 9:00
am-12:00 noon Refreshments
Blessings
Communications
Team
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