Mact an Chapt er

Inside this
issue:
Bogo BCLP-10 3
Teaching: Re-
ceiving the
Power to Serve
4
Teaching: Chris-
tian Community
5
BCLP21 was launched on Sep-
tember 6, 2014 at Crown Re-
gency, Mactan. Before its launch-
ing a nine-day novena to St. Fran-
cis of Assisi (BCLP21 Patron Saint)
was done at Virgen De La Regla
church. The spiritual preparation of
the servants was culminated with
the an empowerment Mass on
September 5, first Friday at St.
Therese chapel of IAU.
BCLP 21 Starts
The whole day work-
shop was held last Sep-
tember 13, 2014 at
Cebu-Region Leaders Attend PSD Workshop
October 2014
Bringing Christ into the Marketplace
and Winning the Marketplace for Christ
TAYTAYAN
Brot herhood of
Chri s t i an
Bus i nes s men
and
Prof es s i onal s
People may doubt what we say, but they always believe in what we sincerely do. Remember, well done is
much better than well said. .
Continued on page 3...
The National Service
Coordinator for Program
and Services (NSC-PSD),
Bert Masiclat and BCBP
Executive Director, Loy
Judan, convened all the
Cebu-Region Program
and Services directors
together with their re-
spective chapter heads
and the RCD, Boy
Villanueva, to a workshop
to update the PSD man-
ual.
The Mactan BCLP21 participants
The attendees
Continued on page 2...
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The way others treat you, when you are there, is something to be considered, but the way they
respect you when you are not around is much more important .
BCLP 21 (continued from page 1)
BCLP21 is blessed with a
good number of businessmen
and professionals who re-
sponded to Gods invitation
to have a personal relation-
ship with Him.
Thirty-one participants
committed to continue the
second module of the pro-
gram. Of the thirty-one, nine
are couples.
Course leader Jun Pardico
as well as his team is very
inspired with the powerful
line-up of BCLP21 speakers.
First among the line is AMD
Nelson Dauz who impressed
the participants with his Spirit
filled talk Who is Jesus
Christ?.
While the BCLP is on go-
ing, the speakers bureau is
also in full swing with the
workshop of speakers from
Mactan as most are new as-
signed talks.
The session starts at 6:30
PM with praise and worship
then the talks. While the
BCLP session is in progress,
the intercessory group is do-
ing a continuous intercessory
prayers for the participants,
servants, speakers, and for
the general success of the
program. The intercessory
group is headed by Geof-
frey Baguio.
BCLP 21 is targeted to
end on November 15, 2014.
The BCLP-21 Servants
Course leader, Jun Pardico
AMD Nelson Dauz giving the
first talk, Who is Jesus Christ
The servants getting blessing from the
priest during the empowerment
BCLP-21 Session 3
Page 3 October 2014
Cebu-Region Leaders (continued from page 1)
The greatest gift you can give to someone is your time. Because it's like giving a portion of your
life that you can never get back .
Montebello Villa Hotel, Cebu
City.
The group was divided into
four sub-groups to tackle four
functional aspects of Program
and Services; the Secretariat,
Advocacy, Celebration, and
Social Action. Each group dis-
cussed the present practices and
brainstormed for improvement.
Representative from each group
presented the their respective
results to the body.
Our Mactan chapter was
represented by Program and
Services Director - Eton Apao,
Chapter Head - Guy Ceniza,
and incoming Chapter Head -
Orly Manuel.
Each participant was given a
certificate of attendance at the
end of the workshop.
Watch for the release of the
new Program and Services
Manual.
Mactan CH, Guy Ceniza,
receiving his certificate
BCBP Bogo Outreach BCLP 10
Bogo outreach in its bid to
increase it members as a re-
quirement to full chapter status,
launched BCLP10 on August
15, 2014. The program is held
at North Homes function hall
every Friday from 6-8pm.
BCLP10 gathered 12 par-
ticipants whom course leader is
Rene Co and his team takes
delight in serving.
Now in its module2, the pro-
gram is scheduled to end on
November 21, 2014.
BCLP speakers support are
from the mother chapter Mac-
tan and the other chapters of
Cebu region.
God bless BCLP10!
The Bogo BCLP-10 participants listening to Jun Yap on Vocal Praising
Mactan representatives; Incoming CH Orly Manuel,
CH Guy Ceniza, and PSD Eton Apao.
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Obstacles dont frighten a heart that has a firm faith because it knows well that Gods love doesnt
abandon those who trust in Him. .
Receiving the Power to Serve
Teaching
Orly Manuel - Unit Leader, Mactan
MISSION TO SERVE
The laity have the mission to serve, and the responsibility which springs
from their baptism (sacramental), that bestows on them the gift of the Holy
Spirits in dwelling within all Christians.
THE CALLL TO SERVE
Then Jesus approached and said to them, All power in heaven and on
earth has been given to Me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all na-
tions, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And
behold, I Am with you always, until the end of the age. (Matthew 28:18-
20)
QUALIFICATIONS TO SERVE?
1. Men of faith
2. Obedience and discipline
3. Having a servants heart
4. A prayerful person
5. Need of counsel (Prov. 15:22, Prov. 19:20)
6. Humility (John 13:5)
7. An exemplary life
8. Love for neighbor
NEED OF GODS POWER
1. Communion with God (Luke 6:12 - 13).
2. Power from the Holy Spirit (Acts 1;8)
3. Cling to God (John 15:5).
4. Hope in the Lord (Isaiah 40:31).
RECEIVING GODS POWER
1. The Holy Spirits guidance and help (John 14:26).
2. The Sacraments - Eucharist (John 6:56).
3. Power to evangelize (Acts. 1:8).
Orly Manuel
Page 5 October 2014
Life is obviously better when you're happy. But life is at its best when other people are happy just
because they got you.
Christian Community
Coming together as children of God is always the will of God for His people,
He so desired that His people will always gather to praise, worship and to pro-
claim him as the God who made us. Throughout the scripture from the Old Testa-
ment to the New, God has always used few to impart His knowledge on the
many.
Since the time of Jesus, a new form of community gathered around Him and
that community metamorphosed into what is known today as Christian community.
This could be understood as people gathered in a location to form membership
of their faith group in a given location, also it could be understood to mean a
group of people that come together to share their faith in a particular way
amidst a bigger membership. Example of this group will be BCBP, CFC and the
likes inside the Catholic Church as the big Christian Community in an area.
Some of these smaller communities found a common bond among them to ex-
press their faith in God more uniquely and closely to the teachings of Christ. We
find such thing in different religious groups in the Church also, bringing them-
selves together in a common bond on how to follow Christ closely under the um-
brella of the Church.
The emphasis is on a common bond to follow Christ more closely, so Christian
Communities first and foremost share in the mission of Christ, foster deeper
knowledge of the message of Christ among themselves and find ways and
means of living out in a more authentic measure the message they learn. Chris-
tian community is not a social organization where people do what they like, but
rather a community of Gods people that gathered in faith, living out the good
news of Christ. Following Christ more closely is the watch word, not showing off,
socializing or mere being with others for the sake of looking for something to do.
Following the example of the first Christian community that gathered after
Christ ascended back to heaven, we are called to live out our faith in smaller
units for collaborations, sustenance, encouragement, and in true service and love
of others knowing that we are loving and serving Christ in our brothers and sis-
ters. Christian communities became the smaller unit after the family where moral,
doctrine, scripture and good values and behaviors are taught to its members for
the sole purpose of making them serious followers of Christ here on earth. In
some instances it is regarded as the Church that gathers in prayer, communion
and worship, where Christian living is fostered and nurtured. Hence our communi-
ties, being a basic ecclesial community brings about evangelization of the parent
body, the Church, prepares the members for the world beyond by guiding in the
use of the earthly riches in safeguarding the heaven abode.
Fr. Martin Okafor-Ilozue CSSp - BCBP Mactan BCLP19
Christian com-
munity is not a
social organiza-
tion where peo-
ple do what
they like, but
rather a com-
munity of Gods
people that
gathered in
faith, living out
the good news
of Christ.
Nery Gula
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Prayer is not the spare tire we pull out when we feel our life has gone flat. Rather prayer is the
steering wheel that helps direct our lives in the right path .
A Special Angel
In my younger years I
learned a beautiful prayer
that most of us recite often if
not daily. That is the prayer
to our guardian angel.
Growing up in a materially
challenged environment I was
not conscious of my guardian
angels abiding presence in
my life. Only very recently I
realized that aside from my
guardian angel I have a spe-
cial angel.
One early morning at
mass, I suddenly missed my
younger brother who at two
years old died of bronchopneu-
monia. I was six years old then.
But my memories of him still
lingers on through these years.
He was born on October 2,
the feast of the guardian an-
gels and was named Cerilo
meaning of heaven. And then
it dawned on me why at a very
tender age he was taken away
from us. He is meant to be our
familys special angel.
His prayers for us and ever
watchful care made us a very
closely knit family. We, the ten
living siblings, are for each
other a pillar of strength and
comfort. I could not even re-
member that we quarreled.
Unbelievable? But its true.
I feel so blessed and be
forever grateful to God for
the special angel He assigned
to light and guard our way.

Chapter Heads Message
CH Guy and Eden Ceniza
Why Serve
About a month ago my
athlete son was diagnosed
with a rare illness post-
streptococcal glomeru-
lonephritis and its virulence
grew very fast that the doctor
strongly advised for his imme-
diate admission. We were
told if the condition cannot be
reversed my very young son
will undergo dialysis. Fear
gripped me in spite of my
prayer. What will happen
next? I immediately ask inter-
cessory prayers from the
brotherhood, priests and nun
friends, and family members.
My faith wavered as fear
intensified. I came to the point
of asking our Lord: Why you
allowed this to happen? Why
now that I am about to turn
over the chapter headship
another trial came? These
questions hounded me for
days until a priest from Don
Bosco paid us a second visit
to give my son communion.
Fr.Dodoy prayed over my son,
heard his confession and gave
him communion. Fr. Dodoy
answered the nagging ques-
tions I had earlier when he
shared that the reasons why
God allowed our son to suffer
such illness are probably; God
wants to bring the family to
closer to each other and He
wants our son to take good
care of himself. At that mo-
ment I was enlightened
Now I find deeper meaning
in every trial that comes our
way and surpassing it through
His love and grace. It brings
true joy, satisfaction, and ful-
fillment. It inspires and sustains
me in serving Him. It strength-
ens my commitment to serve
Him in whatever capacity as I
am inspired by the theme of
our ongoing Christian Life Pro-
gram # 21 But as for me and
my house, I will serve the Lord.
St. Francis of Assisi
Page 7 October 2014
Life can be less stressful and happier if we remember one simple thought; we cant have all we
desire, but God gives us all that we deserve.
Francis of Assisi was a poor little man who astounded and inspired the Church by
taking the gospel literallynot in a narrow fundamentalist sense, but by actually
following all that Jesus said and did, joyfully, without limit and without a mite of self
-importance.
Serious illness brought the young Francis to see the emptiness of his frolicking life
as leader of Assisi's youth. Prayerlengthy and difficultled him to a self-
emptying like that of Christ, climaxed by embracing a leper he met on the road. It
symbolized his complete obedience to what he had heard in prayer: "Francis! Every-
thing you have loved and desired in the flesh it is your duty to despise and hate, if
you wish to know my will. And when you have begun this, all that now seems sweet
and lovely to you will become intolerable and bitter, but all that you used to avoid
will turn itself to great sweetness and exceeding joy."
From the cross in the neglected field-chapel of San Damiano, Christ told him,
"Francis, go out and build up my house, for it is nearly falling down." Francis be-
came the totally poor and humble workman.
Leonard Foley, O.F.M.
St. Francis is the patron
saint of BCLP-21
Alan and Tootsie Larot (September 27)
BCBP Cebu-North
For me the Brotherhood will always be about service... the most meaningful
assignment I have to this day is coordinating a Brotherhood caring system for
our brothers and sisters coming from storm ravaged Tacloban ensuring that
they had a place to stay with hot meals and that immediate basic needs were
met while they planned on their future, for as long as it took. Truly this is what
the brotherhood is all about.
BRINGING CHRIST INTO THE MARKETPLACE AND WINNING THE MARKETPLACE FOR CHRIST
Mac t an Chapt er
The BCBP is a community of like-minded Christian businessmen and professionals who have
consciously decided to band together to bring about the transformation of the marketplace
BREAKFAST
Venue: Crown Regency Suites
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Br ot her hood of Chr i s t i an Bus i nes s men and Pr of es s i onal s
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Ric and Divine Piza (September 13)
BCBP Mandaue
I was assigned to head the Tagum City branch In the city where gold
abounds, much of my earnings spilled into the coffers of bars and other
places of blinking lights! In no time at all, I got lost in the dark halls.
September 2014 Breakfast Sharers
Oscar and Linda Tuason (September 20)
BCBP Cebu-North
It is in the work place and market place that our Catholic Christian faith
gets threatened and tested the most, and this is where we need to take our
stand in defense of and apply our Christian faith, virtues and values.
Jessie and Ruby Cagara (September 6)
BCBP Cebu-South
For a CPA-Lawyer to be honest in his dealings is a daunting task, but it is
doable... The BCBP gave me the courage to tell my clients the value of being
honest in their business transactions and specially paying the proper taxes.
Life is a walk of faith in the Lord full of surprises yet fulfilling, full of tests yet rewarding, and full
of trials yet strengthening.