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On October 26, 2007, the Worship Committee hosted a Conference on LIturgical Singing.  The purpose of the conference was to present to those involved in parish music ministry guidelines on liturgical singing especially those found in the new GIRM.  The speakers for the Conference were Frs. Esmeralda and Mejorada.  About fifty parishioners representing the visitas and different organizations attended. Supplementary materials for the talks given are available in a zipped file.  These can be downloaded from here.

The St. Monica Intercessory Group, a group of mothers whose primary task is prayer and intercession is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. August 27, the feast of St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine of Hippo, and one of the great daughters of the Church, will mark the celebration.

It was Rev. Fr. Ed Polotan, former parish priest of the Mother of Good Counsel Parish who encouraged five women in 1997 to form a group named after St. Monica. Those five women, members of a charismatic community, were already coming together regularly to listen to the Word of God and pray for one another as they go through life together as sisters in the Lord.  Since the time the group received its new ”Augustinian” identity they have not ceased to pray not only for themselves but also for those who ask for their prayers.

The group meets every Tuesday at the Blessed Sacrament chapel for an hour of prayer in addition to their weekly bible study.  They also participate in parish activities aimed towards the poor.  Currently they are also helping in the feeding program that the parish has set up in partnership with the Kiwanis.

Please read more about the St. Monica Intercessory Group in the Feature Articles section.  Our pictures are also in this site’s Gallery of Photos.

Fr. Mandy Dayao, OSA inducted the new set of officers of the Extraordinary Minister of the Holy Communion or EMHC of the Mother of Good Counsel Parish last Sunday, July 29 during the 9am mass. They were Jun Trinidad, President; Harry Sibayan, Vice-President; Ed Osorio, Secretary; Eric Baranda, Asst. Secretary; Dems Ventoza, Treasurer and Ed Simon, Auditor. Their permanent adviser is Paul Cabasug.

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The Education commission of the Parish Pastoral Council has announced an Apologetics Seminar to be held on July 14. Further details are still to be made public. The seminar will be organized with the help of a member of the Catholic Faith Defenders, an association of Catholic lay people who are engaged in apologetics, that is, in the defense of the faith.

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. The Prayer Center is now open. There is no need for registration. Just drop in and request a prayer or pray for someone who is need of it.

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The MGCP Newsroom formerly housed at http://mgcp.frih.net is now lost to us. Its hosting was cancelled due to inactivity. All the materials that were once posted in its pages including the subsites which could have been used by different groups for different activities are now lost. But we are reviving it. Thanks to the generosity of certain people, the present blogsite can be used for maintaining a news site for the Mother of Good Counsel Parish.

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The following message in Filipino circulated via email and was clipped from another website. It is posted here again especially because it can also serve as a good reminder of our responsibilities as citizens now that the elected officials have been announced.

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The internet can be used as a means for evangelization. For Catholics the internet can no longer be ignored. This was the conviction expressed by the webmaster of AgustinongPinoy.Com in a DOST Round Table Discussion on Informations and Communications Technology and Faith and Spirituality.

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