WHY THEY ARE AROUND US

Children exposed to poverty

BTB a break to smile.

Why they are around us?

The poor children and their families are around in our community, they remain in that  state of poverty begging for a meaning. These questions has been around since the early civilization of man, and it is a fact and a human development to carry them for our progress as persons and society.

The most difficult part is to answer the question that has been the basis of radical formulation to curb population and eradicate poverty today. RH Law, the contraception and population control has done damage on the part of the teachings of the Church who faithfully in obedience to the words of Christ.

The Secular society we live in deals with the conditions of its community to solve it's own defects even in the expense of contradicting the divine teachings for man. There is a breaking point that men with their own god given talents found it irreconcilable to heed the teachings and edicts of God for the ills of their nations and societies.

These ills of poverty means only one thing, that they are here to extract from the harts of men our obedience to God, nothing else.

They are here because our hearts are stone to be softened in their presence. Because God is love, and we are made in their likeness, we should  love things in a difficult way, the test of the poor.

BTB FRIDAY JANUARY 15, 2013 Sponsor: Atty; PARADO

ATTORNEY PARADO AND FAMILY- Sponsor.

This January 15, 2013, Attorney Parado and Family will be sponsoring the food for the Children for this particular BTB program.

The family of Attorney Parado have been part of the Breaking the Bread, as he was collaborator and friend of Father Richard Monteiro the founder of the BTB. Member as the legal adviser of the BTB, an active supporter in  the Healing and Social Ministries of the Church, he once again gave his kind heart to sponsor for the children this friday.

The connection of the Parado Family with the BTB is intertwined with the divine purpose, as he was a recipient of a healing miracle three years ago from the healing Mass of Fr. Richard. Diagnosed by his Doctors of kidney stones in the bladder and scheduled the  for operation, was remarkably healed by God. His Doctors was amazed by the disappearance of the stones who are supposed to take the examination prior the operation. The most extra-ordinary changes in their lives is they've save them regular hospitalization because God freed them from illnesses.

Breaking the Bread is not around without God's plan, it is willed by Him. We and the children are here to spring light in the community, to bring courage and hope to those who thought love is extinct on their side. God makes every little way to impose His presence even in the littlest in the midst of odds, in the time where men began to distance and doubt God, gloom on the secular prodding detaching the spirit in us.

Thanking everyone for all the support and admiration, and praying hard to gather the spirits and bind them to God  as always.

THE BTB 4TH ANNIVERSARY

Breaking the Bread 4th Anniversary

Parents and children

Breaking the Bread 4th Anniversary.
Held January 4th 2013

our BTB children

Mama Mary of the BTB

The Breaking the Bread anniversary was celebrated January 4, 2013, three days later of it's founding of January 1, the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God. It is the first friday of the month of January, a fitting occasion to celebrate with the fullness of the Spirit.

It was attended by more than what we had expected, children and parents who graced to join in the revelry of the birthday of the BTB that had made a signature in the community to tend and serve the neglected part of our small neighborhood, but most of all the anniversary at it's fourth year signifies strength and resilience in the times of odds and difficulties in the struggle of the ministry.

The program with the prayers and guidance of the almighty went well and children performed to make the event more joyful and in one spirit. To see the videos of the programs please click HERE.

To see more of the pictures of the event click our FACEBOOK GROUP PAGE.

We thank our donors and sponsors for the gifts we had for the children and the parents, the food, T-shirts and the facilities we had for the anniversary. Friends and relatives who've been giving us support for the program, abroad and local, and those individuals who at this point like to remain anonymous. T-shirts, slippers, novelty items,souvenirs, old clothes were of great value for our beneficiaries of the program.


We will remain stronger and bold in the mission of proclaiming the word of God in the corner of the depressed, the needy and the unwanted in the society.God is with us, and the mission shines brighter in this fifth year of our service. We have exceeded the test and the truth is real that this work is by the Spirit.

We need more of your support of any kind, materials and prayer,  it will bring us to the point of achieving.

We look ahead this year with greater depth and  spirituality as we had overcome the odds and challenges in the freshman years and had proven to our adversaries and  evils  that we are no longer afraid.

thank you and God bless.

Bro. Gilbert
Servant

FOUR YEARS WILL MAKE FOREVER

Catechism and Food feeding programs

Breaking the Bread
December 28, 2012

The Breaking the Bread will turn four years old on January 1, 2013, the day of the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God - the birth of the first dogma of the Church on Mary, the BTB is fully  guided by the mother of our Lord to flourish and journey in the apostolate  for the poor.

So much to speak about the journey, the rocky and bumpy trail pursuing the compelling truth of serving the needy, the less, the unfortunate, forgotten, the unlike,  - which is Christ!

Our work is the discovery of a treasure, a goldmine indeed, for in these little children is  the kingdom of God, the Lord said, "do not hinder them, let them come to me", and to realize it, when you do this to the children, it is then that you had taken the spot to take them to our Lord, and to take care and filling them with constancy of Christ, they will remain in the company of the almighty.

An anniversary is the time to look back, it is to rejoice in the triumph over difficulties and adversaries in the path where failings and trials overturned, and firmness and a greater resolve in the Lord gained. The greatest threat is within,  our human nature, we are consumed by our own infirmities, and sometimes lured to abandon ship, but the fact that our anniversary is the day of the Mother of God, it is with great relief and joy that we are guided and led always by our mother to her son Jesus which is eternal in happiness and comfort.

The Lord knows the deepest of the deep, our ardent prayers and supplications to administer this task, to rise and survive in our given resources of talents, strengths and time, and most of all to pass through  the odds and walls we face, but confident and only trusting God, that the deepest is known to him of what we need to keep BTB moving on.

"Let the children come to me"  - so we do.
God bless us all with the help of our Mother.

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS- A LEGACY

Catholic Schools for new Age.

The educational system in our country was pioneered by the Church, not only that, the social community and every aspects of our common lives before was initialized by the religious orders and basically, we owe to it the cradle of our beginnings as a nation.

With the establishment of our community, we were nourished with what we need, first and foremost, education as one of the apostolate of the church. Thanks to the convictions of religious groups, orders and congregations who were really inspired by the Spirit of God in spreading the gospel through learnings. These manifestations seen in the promotion of education are truly the guiding lines of the promise of our Lord to guide His church.

The achievement of the Jesuits in creating the biggest names of universities and colleges all over the world for example is actually the beacon of what we say that the church is the builder of mankind and its civilization.

There's rise and fall everywhere, as the sun rises and sets in, so do the times are changing, but the reality of  catholic education and its future is really a struggle. As the secularism rises and ever since it began,  the two became opposed with each other in the standard of morals. The development of our society turning secular has its roots from the failings of Catholic Schools and these are the consequences and catastrophes brought out of  the best intent of the church that it cannot avoid.

As the church was the biggest in the world in the service for education, there are drops and failures  today in the last twenty years. So many high schools, colleges and universities had closed in the US alone. There were about 1,500 schools closed shop in the last decade. Enrollment failing, and though even subsidized by their diocese, still the closures of schools came. Catholic schools in the US not subsidized by the federation is saving them to about 23 billion dollars a year of taxpayers money, a legacy of the church unparalleled.


There are certain things we could not avoid, and everything under human control is not perfect. Part of the problem is that diocesan and archdiocesan policies "have enabled Catholic schools to fail" by subsidizing them but not challenging them enough to find new ways to become self-sufficient and attract new students. (NCR)

In our local atmosphere, it may happen. As the  diocese are taking over the running of every schools in its reach, the specifics and detailed approach of localized situations may rise to the death of our parochial schools and the slack down of that parish, for they may overlook and lose the touch of the reality of school situations under local conditions. Biologically, the Parish and their school is just one and parochial is always an advantage for the school, as the parishioners are mostly their own clientele. This nature, the local parish itself with it's own parishioners united to plant the school in the beginning  may loss the love and support with this set up of diocesan form, for they are taught to "love parish and  think parish". This format may contribute to the loss of market share as everybody now is going elsewhere.

The nearest relation between the Diocese and the Parish in operating theirs schools should be co-partnership, not totally and absolutely in the hand of the other side, or vice-versa. Also, the third party in the local operation should be the Pastoral Council of that parish to facilitate control.

The intent of the Catholic Education is for the poor, this should not be lost. Though viability and finances are needed, education for the impoverished should be kept alongside.

Catholic schools should not be jeopardized by paying low its staff in exchange for god service. Though accounted as their widespread service to children of low-income families is the greatest educational gift Catholic schools have to offer is "God"


Parents of educationally at-risk children "want God" because they realize that if their children grow up with a living faith in God, they are less likely to end up in prison or in other self-destructive lifestyles.

May we put more and plant more schools or diversify to bring up god-fearing individuals in our community, and create leaders for our country honed by our catholic faith,where in them the truth and teachings of Christ be embedded and so shall prevail in our land a true christian community. A secular society is godless and the only answer to it is the Spirited education that will spread the faith more, and sustain a stronger and updated catholic schools today and in the future.

The gospel is dynamic, so in every aspects of Catholicism, may in truth, faith, education and moral guidelines for the secular and spiritual lives of men, the presence of God should never fade in our hands.



Related readings reference and source:  The National Catholic Reporter


This writing is inspired by the article written in the National Catholic Reporter.
The italic lines are taken from the report. Seminar: Catholic school crisis calls for creative responses

CATHOLIC ON LINE PRESENCE

On line Presence of Catholics Needed.

As it is said, we need to field ourselves in the spectrum of new ways to spread the gospel, which is the social media networks available today. Catholics should be aware of this powerful tool to reach and let the word of God be spread all over the planet and the conversion of every creature as commanded forth by our Lord Jesus Christ.

I suppose every Priests, Deacons, or leaders of the church should be involved in the online media by blogging and having their own pages and accounts which are frequented by many people today. It is is the statement of Pope Benedict XVI that every priests should be involved in the space and I think this is the time to flood the medium to press the presence of truth in the darkened cold blankness.


There is a little problem today with the habits of where the mass of users in the web goes to, it is hardly we can find that even ourselves, Catholics do not open or use media applications of our own parishes, and websites  of the church. The secular lives of our own brothers invade this supposed to be our rightful practice, and we should be aware and reckon our usage of the web leaned on the church' sites.

There is a climb today of  awareness in the presence of the church in social media and it is being done with speed as the church focuses on the enormous impact of the on line communications, we are like being enlisted by the Spirit to be there. In all local levels, it is now moving, and with acceleration as asked by Rome  .

Every individual also should be involved. Each and every Parishioners should develop the habit and practice. All of us should accept the importance of connection and being constantly present in the media networks. It is not anymore to be seen as a leisure and a habit worthless, but of worthy conduct of struggling to put the gospel upfront in the stream.

Every youngsters and students  should be taught to use the social media in spiritual etiquette and manners that they will radiate the faith and expand them. The biggest users of the space are the youth, and in them  lies the biggest part of promoting the church, that's why in all aspects our young's should be well taught  in speech, manners, and ways that reflects Catholicism.



The clergies today should be open  to these new ideas and accept that the new mission  of evangelization is in the universe of the net. Actually it should be one of the main thrust of parishes to pursue the presence of the church everywhere specially in this time and generation.

I hope that everyone will be encouraged to recognize the vastness of the new horizon and be involved in it, give their presence wielding Christ. Each one, Mothers, brothers, sisters, relatives and friends should start and not let the evils and twisters of truths will dominate, it is our responsibility to rise and be there in the cyber space.

CHILDREN AT PRAY

CHILDREN AT PRAY.

Children of Breaking the Bread is constantly at pray to make alive in their young minds and spirit the habitual character of praying and worshiping God. Rosary prayer is a practice, and constantly invoking in their selves God in their lives. Every Friday program prayer is a must in the BTB, and changes and improvements has emerged in the children, a fruit seen in our efforts now. They have memorized the prayers, they have mastered the Rosary beads, and most importantly, they have touched connection with God in these forms.

We are thankful to God that our effort has gotten fruits, our tears and toils comes to shine in the way these Children came  and found love in God thru Breaking the Bread. The children will become men and women of our society , they will become parishioners of the Sto. Nino Parish Shrine, and they will become the leaders and men of the church and our society. These little children will someday take our place, someday to become the Church, the Body of Christ.

We have to survive the battle, the war, the fight to make Christ win today, just to assure tomorrow that the Church will remain alive thru these little ones that some of us neglect. The Church does not belong to the rich and famous, to the elite, to the able, but the Church is established by Christ for the poor. The church will not stand if not for the little ones, for our Lord did not come for the righteous but for the poor and sinners, for salvation is for them.

Children praying  in BTB is much louder than the prayers of anyone of us. It is much sweeter and heard by God than my own, and it is much answered, than in all our petitions.

Thank you Lord for giving us the privilege to serve the children, the Breaking the Bread.