Tuesday, June 16, 2015

ANCOP Training Administered in Vancouver



ANCOP envisions a world where the poor is embraced and cared for; a world where children and communities improve their well-being. To achieve this vision, ANCOP Canada has identified key result areas which are action points in the overall strategic plan. With a clear direction set in motion, it has been busy cascading the information nationwide.

It was last weekend that a hundred Couples for Christ leaders and ANCOP advocates from the Vancouver Lower Mainland congregated for a whole day at the Immaculate Concepcion Parish Hall in Delta, BC where Ricky Cuenca, ANCOP Canada President, elaborated on the organization's new direction in making it a charity of choice. Alwin Yambao, ANCOP Coordinator for the Vancouver Area, facilitated the day's activity.



Alwin Yambao, ANCOP Vancouver Coordinator, welcomes participants to the first-ever training of its kind in the Lower Mainland with the aim of sharing the organization's new direction. 

Ricky Cuenca, ANCOP Canada President, inspires listeners into action and not to be content with the status quo.

Ricky Cuenca addresses issues and concerns raised by attendees during the Q&A.

A quick photo of the jubilant attendees who stayed on after the afternoon workshop.

Friday, June 5, 2015

CFC Vancouver Celebrates Wedding Milestone Anniversary



To commemorate the day they took their marriage vows, 61 couples marched down the aisle at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Coquitlam, BC. A thanksgiving mass and renewal of vows was officiated by Fr. Patrick Chisholm who reminded husbands and wives to honour and cherish one another. A modest reception ensued at the gymnasium.

A practice that was initiated in 2010 by the CFC Gift of Life Ministry, the event celebrates the union of couples who have achieved a milestone in their married vocation for ten years and onwards.


Families and friends join to celebrate the mass.

Joey & Baby Soriano at the ambo during the Liturgy of the Word.

Fr. Patrick Chisholm, pastor at Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Coquitlam, leads the Liturgy of Renewal of Marriage Vows.

Married couples recite the marriage vows.

A couple's symbolic gesture of affection, submission and surrender.

A married couple offering the bread and wine while the CFC Tri-City Music Ministry sings in the background.

Sixty one married couples from CFC Vancouver celebrated their wedding milestone anniversaries.

The setup during reception at the gymnasium.



Milestone Celebrants

TEN YEARS

LUISITO & ALSANE AGUAS

EUGUNE & MARGARETHE BAKER

JOBAL & MAN'X BALBAGO

NORMA & KRISTINA CHANYUNGCO

MARVIN & TINA DUMAYAS

RONALD & NIE-ANN ORDINARIO

EREL & GENEVIEVE ORDINARIO

JEROME & IMELDA RENEGADO


FIFTEEN YEARS

DARWIN & MARICEL BONGCO

GINO & GRACE DALUZ

ALEJANDRO & STELLA DELOS SANTOS

SHERWIN & MYRA RUIZ


TWENTY YEARS

DAVID & HANNALEE BARCE

CYRIL & MYLEN ALMENDAREZ

CHRIS & JENETTE BARCELONA

VALENTINO & MARIA CASINO

DIOSDADO & ESTRELITA DIMACALI

JOEY & ROWENA FAJARDO

JULIUS & MARICOR FERNANDES

KAMI & VIVIAN FOROUZAN

MARCOS & JENNIFER MAGANO

RAM & ROSALIE PERALES

COCOY & LOLIT TRIVINO


TWENTY FIVE YEARS

BASIL & JOJI BERMEJO

LITO & JOSIE CARINO

JING & TESS DANTES

EDWARD & MARIVEL GANAL

MARC & NECY ORCULLO

ALEX & MET RAMIREZ

FEDET & EVELYN REYES

FRED & MALOU TEJADA

DANILO & VIRGINIA TERRADO


THIRTY YEARS

NONOY & RITA ALGABRE

JIMMY & LIZA ARZADON

VIO & CORA BOQUIO

CHITO & MARIE CONCEPCION

ELY & EMY JOSUE

NOEL & EDIT MAGTIBAY

BUDDY & HELEN OBUSAN

NILO & MARLENE PAGCALIWAGAN

JUN & ARNIE SANTOS


THIRTY FIVE YEARS

RICK & TESS BRIONES

JIM & BEEJAY DIMACULANGAN

BONG & EDNA GARUCHO

ART & BABES SANTOS

JOEY & BABY SORIANO

REYNALDO & TERESITA TEVES


THIRTY SIX YEARS 

JOSEPH & BLANCHE D'MELLO


FORTY YEARS

NOLI & BETH ARZADON

DOMINADOR & ELENA CLAR


FORTY FIVE YEARS

AURELIO & REBECCA MALASMAS

CARLOS & ROSALINDA MONROY


FIFTY YEARS

FED & ZENY RIGONAN


FIFTY FIVE YEARS 

NING & EDITH DINGLASAN


SIXTY THREE YEARS

IGNACIO & ALEJANDRA DAMAYO