Before the year ends, the Filipino Catholic Community in Gouda (FCC-Gouda) and the Filipino Catholic Community in Dordrecht (FCC-Dordrecht) joined forces and have successfully completed the first of many more upcoming leadership and organizational trainings to help the community move forward. Members of the Board, leaders or officers and future leaders as well as active members from both communities joined together on November 24, 2018 at the O.L.V. Hemelvaartkerk in Gouda for the 5-hour training on transformational leadership.
Led and facilitated by Myra Zymelka-Colis, Content & Concept Developer at E3 Data Intelligence Services (e3dis) and the Founding Chairperson of MABIKAs Foundation-The Netherlands, the interactive training focused more on understanding the WHYs, WHATs and HOWs of the organization and clarifying what the FCC communities are here for (vision, mission and goals).
What further added value to the training is the presence and support of Father Marcel Abouchi, of whom FCC will always be grateful for for his commitment and dedication in helping us meet the needs of the church and community members.
Seven (7) of the participants are from FCC-Dordrecht and eleven (11) are from FCC-Gouda. Apparently, the 7/11 attendees find the training workshop valuable and were all happy to end the day with positive and constructive feedback such as follows:
“A useful day with lots of information on how to improve, maintain, give info, grow and connect with people.”
“The content of the workshop meets the expectations and is spelled out. Presentation is very well, clear and engaging. The atmosphere was nice, informal yet adequate for learning.”“I’ve learned a lot from this training. It has given me a direction on where we are going as an organization. The training also helped me to realize what our vision, mission and goals are for the community as well as the activities that we need to focus onto to achieve our goals.”“The workshop was really worth attending. I’ve learned a number of things that I’m quite positive will greatly help improve how we as Board Members run our organization/ foundation. I’ve always been looking for ways to “professionalize” our organization and bring it to a higher level somehow, and our trainer & facilitator has given us insights and suggestions on how to achieve that.”Group discussion on spiritual maturityGroup discussion on time managementGroup discussion on human resourcesGroup discussion on fundraising“The speaker/facilitator is knowledgeable of the topic. The informal atmosphere enables us to openly speak our minds.”“The training is very informative. It opened my eyes to new ideas and also value what we are already doing as a group in the church. We learned a lot of ways to improve; there’s more room for improvement.”The FCC-Gouda TeamThe FCC-Dordrecht Team
“Thank you, Myra, for the educational and spiritual leadership training. It has enlarged my mission as a Christian and as a member of FCC. It was worth listening to every word.”
The prayer warriors of the Filipino Catholic Community (FCC) of Gouda & Surroundings have joined hands together with Our Lady of Guadalupe Ambassadress (OLGA) on October 14, 2018 at O.L.V Hemelvaartkerk to pray the living Rosary, the main purpose of which is to help restore and strengthen faith in the hearts of people.
FCC-Gouda & Surrounding would like to thank the OLGA team led by Ms. Evelyn Mendoza from Rotterdam for joining us in making this Living Rosary prayer event a success. We give back all the glory, praise and thanks to God!
This is one of the greatest principles I have seen in the Bible coming from Jesus Himself. Like Martha we worry/fret about so many things, we are highly distracted by a lot of things. The most unfortunate thing is that in the midst of all these fretting, we forget the few things that matter. A great man once said that the two most important days of your life is the day you were born and the day you find out why. Greatness is about mastery, success is about focus. Many of us wake up everyday trying to do just anything and many things without knowing which one is more important and why. Jesus said to Martha, ‘only few things are important…’ I promise you that your life will be better if you choose few important things in every aspect of your life; business, family, work, community etc and become a master and great in those few areas. Stop fretting and coasting like butterfly, discover the few things that matter and give it your best and you will not regret it. May you like Mary be given the wisdom and courage to choose the best part and may it never be taken away from you in Jesus name Amen!
The Filipino Catholic Community of Gouda (FCC-Gouda) & Surroundings will hold a Living Rosary prayer gathering on October 14, 2018 at the O.L.V. Hemelvaartkerk in Gouda. It’s a 3-part service from 1pm to 5pm. Interested members of the community, friends and families are all welcome to join in prayer. The program is as follows
PART 1
13:00 –13:30 Registration of participants
13:00 – 14:00 Overview/orientation and procession (Song; On this Day)
14:00 – 15:00 Sharing spiritual experiences and healing testimonies (Song: Come Holy Spirit)
15:00 – 15:05 Divine Mercy 3 o’clock prayer
PART 2
15:05 – 15:25 Rosary Prayer
Every participants are invited to offer a lighted candle, or that depends on your number of intentions. Every personal intention means 1 lighted candle.
15:25 – 15:40 Triduum Novena
15:40 – 16:00 Praising veneration of Mother Mary’s portrait
PART 3
16:00 – 16:50 Get together fellowship (shared Snacks)
16:50 – 17:00 Closing time and cleaning up
Reminders:
1. Every participants must be bring bunch of flowers for the flower offering portion.
2. Candles are available on the church but prepare 1 euro for each candle as a donation
The struggle for the greatest is an old age struggle that continues to tear the world apart. Sometimes, even people who have been blessed by God end up living miserably because they are seeking to be greater than someone. Most people are sad and bitter just because they feel someone is greater than them, they keep comparing themselves and measuring heights. This attitude is the root of unhappiness and greediness. I have seen two brothers who were very rich and blessed but they had no peace in the family simply because they were quarreling over who was richer than the other, they also transferred the quarrel and negative attitude to their children and wives. Greatness is inside each one of us, we are in the world to serve and at the end, it is not what you have that will matter, but what you have given to the world, how have you used your gifts, talents, time, abilities to serve the world. Jesus said, ‘the least among you, is the greatest. May the Lord teach us the wisdom and joy of service through Christ our Lord.
