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Dear Bros. and Sis.,Attached is the newsletter of BCBP Mactan, Taytayan, for Nov 2013.God bless!Jun and Nery GulaBCBP MactanPublication Ministry
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z u e , F r . P e t e r
Nwanowanye and Fr.
Raffy de Gracia concele-
brating.
The chapter anniver-
sary celebration began
with a special assembly
night on October 11,
2013 with a very lively and
powerful worship led by
Music Ministry Head Jun
Yap. During the assembly,
former CH Jun Gula led
the prayer for healing and
deliverance.
On the anniversary day,
October 12, the commu-
nity members, donning
their assigned rainbow
color, arrived early at the
Crown Regency Metro
Sports for the celebration
that began with the
Holy Mass. Bishop
Emilio “Boy” Bataclan
was the main celebrant
with Fr. Martin O. Elo-
BCBP Mactan Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Chapter Gives Help to Zamboanga
To love is to put the
welfare of the other be-
fore one’s own. That is
what the chapter did dur-
ing its 20th anniversary
celebration.
The chapter through
CH Guy Ceniza endorsed
to Boloy Mendoza of Zam-
boanga the financial help
intended for the people of
Zamboanga City who
were affected by the war
boanga as an outreach in
April 10, 1999, Boloy
Mendoza was its first
chapter head.
Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals
Mactan Chapter
November
2013
Special points of
interest:
.
Inside this issue:
“Bringing Christ into the Marketplace and Winning the Marketplace for Christ”
Start your day with a smile and enjoy each passing moments cause you know everything that may
happen today may never happen again tomorrow .
The 3 sharers from the 3 outreaches of Mactan
Message for the
Month:
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Continued in page 2...
Zamboanga Crisis
between the MNLF and
the military.
To recall, Mactan
started the BCBP Zam-
from Cebu chapters who were
responsible for bringing the
brotherhood to Mactan. They
are Tatang Kit Garcia, Tony
Tagulao, Larry Veloso and Casi
Nadela.
The most prepared part of the
celebration were the presenta-
tions. The presenters, grouped
by BCLP number, danced to the
beat of the hit songs during their
CLP years. Ormoc’s Macarina
number was well applauded and
won a special prize. The BCLP11
-16 and the In-Formation Group
were also among the best pre-
senters.
Indeed twenty years in the
Brotherhood is life changing and
full of promise like the rainbow.
TAYTAYAN
Seeking help is not a sign of ignorance. It's an intellectual act that allows people to admit that some
situations are not meant to be handled alone.
Page 2
The big number of brothers
and sisters that attended the
celebration included a 26-
member delegation from Or-
moc Chapter, a good atten-
dance from Bogo Outreach and
brothers and sisters from Man-
daue and Cebu Chapters. It
was a reunion of sort. A happy
one at that.
The sharing proper came
after an early and sumptuous
lunch fellowship. Brother
Mayong Rodriguez from Or-
moc, Boloy Mendoza from
Zamboanga, (who made sure
he be in Cebu despite some
travel set-backs), and Alex
Mendoza from Bogo were the
sharers on that special day.
During the celebration the
chapter honored Brothers
BCBP Mactan ...(continued from page 1)
Fr. Martin and the scholars of their congregation pre-senting a dance number
BCBP Toronto-Canada members from Mactan sent their wishes thru a video clip
The group presentations
Honoring God’s instruments in establishing Mactan
chapter
ing in the repacking of relief
goods, raising funds to rebuild
houses, giving financial and
material help and adopting
families.
This is the time to give and
show our love.
aptly delivered a very fitting mes-
sage to formally cap the whole
day activity.
Page 3 November 2013
The Lord gives us each day enough reason to thank Him; our health, family, wisdom, even the very
breath we take, and our true friends who touch our lives giving us extra meaning.
Seventeen (17) BCBP Mactan
Associate members -undergoing
Formation program - attended
the BCBP Christians in Business
Retreat (BCBR) No. 20 which
was held at DepEd Ecotech Cen-
ter, Lahug, Cebu City last Satur-
day, October 26, 2013.
The retreat enabled the par-
ticipants to understand their
vocation as businessmen and
professionals in the context of
the Lord’s plan of salvation.
Six (6) relevant talks were ably
delivered by select BCBP speak-
ers who unselfishly shared their
respective experiences and chal-
lenges encountered in the work-
place and in the real business
world. With dedicated guidance
of Unit Information Action
Group Leaders (AGLs), each of
BCLP20 Members-In-Formation Attend BCBR
BCLP20 Members-In-Formation with their AGLs and UL
Visayas Hit by Super Typhoon
While still trying to recover
from the 7.2 magnitude earth-
quake that hit Cebu and Bohol,
the Visayas is hit by a super ty-
phoon, Yolanda, with 315 Km/h
max wind.
Very badly hit are the areas of
Samar and Leyte, Northern Cebu
and NorthWest Visayas. In these
areas the BCBP Chapters chap-
ters affected are Tacloban, Bay-
bay, Ormoc and Naval outreach,
Bogo Outreach, and Roxas
Chapter.
Due to massive evacuation of
typhoon survivors from Samar
and Leyte, BCBP Cebu is helping
in the feeding of evacuees, assist-
the talks were immediately fol-
lowed by very lively group dis-
cussion on the topic at hand.
BCBR attendees were greatly
inspired with the presence of
Mactan Chapter’s very own
AMD Kuya Nelson Dauz who
The Devastation
315 km/hour Super Typhoon Yolanda
mation. The activity was joined in
by Consolacion Chapter. The
activity was held at Montebello
Villa Hotel in Cebu City with
Brother Fred Lanticse serving as
Course Leader. Most of the
speakers are the senior leaders
of Cebu Region.
In the new directive, the BCLP
graduates can now commit to
the Brotherhood after taking the
culture talks.
Mactan chapter is preparing to
have the same activity for its
members in Formation.
a time. Those who came did so as
their time and personal schedules
allowed them. Yet, there were
those who started from the reci-
tation of the first 100 beads until
the 2000nth bead, to complete it,
interrupted only shortly by a
healthy wellness food preparation
at lunch and light snacks at mid
afternoon and dinner as each one took his/her turn to have his fill.
A specially-made candle stand
that held 5 rows of 8 vigil candles
per row was used as the pair of
leaders came to the front to light
a candle.
The activity ended at about 9
o’clock in the evening with the
last batch of attendees joyfully
celebrating the completion and
posed for the photos.
Page 4 TAYTAYAN
When we do what we can, God will do what we can’t. Our job is to take care of the possible and trust
God with the impossible.
unique rosaries of 100 beads
available to the attendees, which
was accompanied by a prayer
guide, encouraged those present
to write petitions which were to
be dropped into a basket in front
of the magnificent altar which was
lavished with fresh and colorful
gerberas. The attendees paired
themselves so that 100 Hail Mary’s could be led by one pair at
The Intercessory Ministry
successfully conducted the an-
nual 2000 Hail Mary Devotion
hosted by Bro. Vito and Sis.
Nimfa Aballe in their home last
Oct. 26, 2013, Saturday. It is
held every October for 7
straight years now.
The activity started at 10
o’clock in the morning with Sis.
Nimfa herself, after making the
Intercessory Ministry Prays 2000 Hail Mary
BCBP Reintroduces Culture Talks in Formation Program
In adherence to the new direc-
tive from ManCom to include the
culture talks in the new BCLP
Program, Mandue chapter con-
ducted a one day Culture Talks
session for the members in For-
Members-in-formation of Man-
daue and Consolacion Attending the Culture Talks
“Let Them Find Rest From Their Labor”
Revelation 14:13
Page 5 November 2013
Real life is not outside ourselves but within. The real possessions are not what the hand can grasp
but what the heart may hold.
Fr. Martin Okafor-Ilozue CSSp - BCBP Mactan BCLP19
I heard a voice from Heaven say, “write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from
now on.” “yes,” said the spirit, “let them find rest from their labors, for their works accompany
them.”
Death is always seen as the last event in the life of every human being. When this hap-
pens, it brings about two things, one, the living being turns into non living, and secondly the
person will be physically separated from those that are still alive. These are the two re-
markable characteristics of dying that made it undesirable and in most part fearful, portray-
ing death as a painful exercise to be avoided at all cost.
Spiritually, we talk about death as the departure of the soul from the body, leaving the
body to go back to its origin, the dust, and the soul is also expected to go back to its source, the ruac (spirit). This religious idea goes back to the creation of Adam in the book
of Genesis where God molded Adam from the dust of the earth and breathed into the
nostril to give him life, from that instant human being obtained its dual nature of body and
soul.
Our experiences of death on earth are not in any way desirable and fearful, but the text
above brings in a spiritually and heavenly understanding of what happens after death. Here
on earth we toil and labor, hence the idea of rest as reward makes sense, this time not
temporary but permanent. For the so called rest to be nice and valuable, one has to merit
it with good works on earth,…to die in the Lord.
As fearful as death appears to be, Christ in His ministry on earth tried to assure us of a
better life with Him in heaven when He will come to take us in His glory. He used different
human language to do that; “in My Fathers’ house, there are many rooms”, “I will come
back to take you so that where I Am you too shall be”, “welcome to the heavenly kingdom prepared for you before the creation of the world”. All these words are meant to give us
hope for eternal life with God which in turn supposed to allay of our fear of death.
But despite all these assurances, we are still afraid. Does it mean that we do not trust
Christ, or we so much like it here on earth that we do not want to die, or simply because
of our sins which we know very well are obstacles for our resting in peace with the Lord?
Our involvements in ministry of the Lord here on earth, serving our brothers and sisters,
and doing our best in keeping the commandments are all it takes to be prepared for the
inevitable end that will happen to all flesh. This is where we go soul searching, by asking
ourselves; am I keeping the commandments of God? Do I serve my brothers and sisters?
Do I live the life of love Jesus asked us to live? Our answers to these questions will defi-
nitely help us to know where we belong, to the Lord or to other things.
Making use of our time here on earth doing good as Theresa of Avila would ask us to
do is still the best option of not being afraid of dying, meaning, our service to our brothers and sisters, our loving others without reserve, reaching out to the needy among us and
dedicating ourselves always to God through the Son Our Lord Jesus Christ are some of all
it will take to possess eternal life with God. Then with St. Paul we will acclaim, O death,
where is thy power, death where is thy sting, for dying is gain and not a loss, a reward of a
well spent life on earth, a rest that will accompany our earthly good works.
Fr. Martin
Our involvements in ministry of the Lord here on earth,
serving our brothers and sisters, and
doing our best in
keeping the com-mandments are all it takes to be pre-
pared for the inevi-table end that will happen to all flesh.
Teaching
Page 6 TAYTAYAN
Joyful thoughts are morning dewdrops that wash away the burdens of yesterday. May God sprinkle
much on you so you'd feel refreshed at start of this new day.
Manny Jimenez
BCBP President’s Anniversary Message
October 12, 2013
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Congratulations Mactan Chapter. God is so good! We thank the Lord for gener-
ously blessing you for 20 years, nourishing and nurturing all the members all this
time with His great love, mercy and providential care.
The years ahead are wider opportunities for us for greater accomplishments in
the evangelization of the business world and the profession. We are challenged by
the fruits of the efforts started twenty years ago by the Mission Team who worked
in the Lord’s vineyard to establish Mactan Outreach and nourished it to be a strong
chapter of warriors of Jesus Christ.
The Lord is pleased as He looks upon this special occasion of the celebration for
20 years of service in His mighty name. The work in the Lord’s vineyard continues
and we go with confidence of success because we have Christ who will guide and
protect us along the way. So, as we remind ourselves on this special occasion that
we made a commitment to Christ to live His life, to be like Him, let us share this
gift with others. As Evangelizers, let us share this experience of a loving relationship
with Christ with the men and women from the business world and profession.
The message of Jesus is very clear. He commanded the BCBP to bring Christ to
the marketplace to CHANGE THE FACE OF BUSINESS and win the marketplace
for Christ.
From the ManCom and BOT, congratulations. My wife Reggie and I share your
joy and thanksgiving for this happy event. May the Lord bless and keep you and give
all of you His love and peace.
In His Service,
Manny Jimenez
Page 7 November 2013
Faith is confidence in the righteous character of God that fosters trust and hope even when our cir-
cumstances foster doubt and despair.
"There is a danger that threatens everyone in the church,
all of us. The danger of worldliness. It leads us to vanity,
arrogance and pride.”
Pope Francis
Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals
Mactan Chapter
Appreciate life itself even if it is not perfect. Contentment is not fulfillment of what we wish for, but
appreciation of what you have.
Our Vision: “Bringing Christ into the Marketplace and Winning the Marketplace for Christ”
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.
October Breakfast Sharers
Mayong Rodriguez
(October 12, Anniversary Sharer)
BCBP Ormoc
“BCBP has changed the way I look at
life”
Hector Tiña (October 5)
BCBP Mandaue
“My family was breaking up before my very own eyes and I felt totally helpless. But
amidst all the anger, resentment, pain, and confusion in my heart, I found God”
BREAKFAST
Venue: Crown Regency Suites
Weekly Schedule: Saturday 7:30 - 10:00 AM
1st Wk: Men’s
2nd Wk: Joint (Men’s & Ladies)
3rd Wk: Men’s
4th Wk: Simultaneous (Men’s & Ladies)
Contact Person: Leo Legara, Mobile: 09068876336
Chapter Head: Guy Ceniza
visit:
www.bcbpkapatiran.com
www.facebook.com/BCBPMactan
JR and Ching Chan (October 19)
BCBP Talisay
“ During the darkest moment of my life God finds a way to speak to
me”
Roger Lucmayon (October 26)
BCBP Talisay
“When I woke up… I shook my head, it
was a damn awful sight of me, a judge. I
repented for what I have done.”
Boloy Mendoza
(October 12, Anniversary Sharer)
BCBP Zomboanga
“God truly works in His wonderful
ways” 14 years of BCBP in Zamboanga
Alex Mendoza
(October 12, Anniversary Sharer)
BCBP Bogo
“I brought my broken life to God for Him to mend.”
Pura Arriola (October 26)
BCBP South
“I may stumble and fall but I will
move on because God is with me”