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First Parish Restoration Village
Sto. Niño de Getafe, Bohol
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Restoration Team Training Participants - Getafe,
Bohol
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“Encourage
parishes to have work with the poor leading to a massive
work in poverty eradication.”
This
mission statement of the CFCFFL Work With the Poor
(WWP) speaks for itself. It is an acknowledgement
that should our Lord God decide to make WWP a massive
and widespread undertaking, CFCFFL cannot do it alone.
It needs to enlist the active participation of the
people of God in the Church. In the end, it needs
the Church to ultimately take over this work. After
two years and seven restoration villages later, this
vision will soon be realized.
 Fr.
Alex Auxtero |
God provided the ideal set up at the Sto.Niño
de Getafe Parish, in Getafe, Bohol. Bro. Romy Cabading,
both a CFCFFL and a Parish Pastoral Council leader,
was inspired to donate a one-hectare piece of land
after hearing one of the talks of Bro. Frank Padilla
in Bohol. With the blessing and enthusiastic leadership
of their parish priest, Rev. Fr. Alex Auxtero, eighteen
parish organizations banded together to form an association
called The Sto. Niño de Getafe Alliance for
the Upliftment of the Poor Inc. The group included,
among others, the Parish Pastoral Council, the Lay
Ministers, the Family & Life Apostolate, Catechists,
WAFF, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Parish Youth Ministry,
the Catholic Women’s League, Legion of Mary,
God the Father, Medalla Milagrosa, Lourdeisan, Birhen
sa Barangay, Bible Apostolate, Catholic Faith Defender,
Families of the Father, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal,
and CFCFFL. The various organizations will compose
the restoration team that will take care of the village.
Restoration Team Training in session
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After
an initial orientation of the leaders of the organizations
last December 4, 2009, the WWP National Core Team traveled
to Getafe last February 27 to conduct the Restoration
Team Training (RTT). At total of 60 leaders and members
from the 18 organizations attended the RTT at the parish
church. Both the CFCFFL Bohol Core team and the WWP
National have pledged the initial houses to help start
off the village. Groundbreaking is expected within three
months after the requisite beneficiary profiling, beneficiary
values education, and completion of the community restoration
plan.
Sto. Niño de Getafe Church |
The town of Getafe is a third class
municipality located 92 kms north of Tagbilaran with
some 28,000 residents and a land area of about 10,000
hectares. Most residents are dependent on fishing
and agriculture. It is estimated that around 120 families
will benefit from the parish program. When asked why
he donated the land for the project, Bro Romy replied,
“I have more than enough land entrusted to me,
its about time to share it with the deserving but
less fortunate neighbors.
Let
us support this endeavor with our prayers and resources.
God willing and with His grace, this RV project can
blossom into a thousand other villages nationwide,
initiated and undertaken by the parishes.
The
Almighty, just and righteous is He!
The Future Site of Getafe, Bohol Restoration
Village
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Contributed
by:
ISBonjibod
CFC-FFL Work with the Poor
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