This site is being maintained for the parish ministry on family life which is presently called Commission on the Family.
This is the story of the ministry: Marriage and Family Life Ministry was born in 1998 during the time of Fr. John R. Morota when couple participants of PREX Class 5 Bro. Allen & Sis. Duy Reyes volunteered their services to marriage and family life that was conceived and operating under the care of Service Ministry with the hands of Sister Jing Santos who continually provided her service and guidance from that year onward. In early 1999, Sis. Jing Santos, together with Bro. Allen & Sis. Duy, Bro. Joe & Sis. Eden Bitanga, Bro. Mar & Sis.Virgie Lubina, Bro. Tito & Sis.Zony Aquino have attended the Archdioce of Manila’s required module Marriage Preparation Program Si Malakas at Si Maganda held at 5 Wounds Parish by Bro. Joy (+) and Sis. Melissa Cayco from Buhay Pagmamahal Foundation, Camella, Muntinlupa. That same year succeeding recruitments and training of members to provide counseling to marrying couples as a pre requisite to church wedding were done in Holy Family Parish that produced Bro.Emong & Sis. Norma Marquez, Bro. Noel & Sis. Marianne Barrios, Bro. Bing & Sis. Ester Conanan Sis. Leny Eslabra, followed by Sis.Lita Nobleza.Others who listened to the module were Sis. Beth, Sis. Beng Cailipan and Sis. Josie Encarnacion.
In the last quarter of 1999 the services of counsels Bro. Sanny Papa and others were officially replaced. Those who have been recruited and have taken the formation module Si Malakas at Si Maganda Bro. Lester & Sis.Sue Banzon. Bro. Mar & Sis. Virgie Lubina, Bro. Ato & Linda Camana, Bro. Rudy & Sis. Heidi, are now serving the parish of San Isidro Labrador that was installed two years later.Bro. Tito & Sis. Zony Aquino have moved to Baguio City. The latest batch of attendees to the Si Malakas at Si Maganda Module who are still active in the service of the parish were Bro. Jeff & Sis. Baby Bautista, Bro. Danny & Sis. Edita Villar. That year 1999, the ministry had the mass wedding with the able assistance of Service Ministry's Gina Esmaquel amd others.Three (3) times a year Mass Wedding were being celebrated from then on. Upon the initiation of the parish priest Rev. Fr. John, the parish designed Marriage Rediscovery Experience Weekend Seminar or MREX as a post cana, marriage renewal and enrichment seminar was officially had it’s beginning in 2001 followed by another one in 2003, and one in 2005 during the time of was Rev. Fr. Jess who had a short over a year stay. . A Family Life Ministry Choir was also established the year to follow and discontinued shortly due to time conflict.
Families were invited to hear mass on a family dedicated mass that was started under the sponsorship of the ministry started on Saturday and permanently changed to 5:30 pm mass every first Sunday of the month, where all the family members of the ministry servants are also participating and serving.
Rev. Fr. John Morota introduced to the Vicariate the Module of CEE or Catholic Engaged Encounter through the meeting with the CEE representatives Chin and Lorna, Roby and Bernadette Fabian, et al and Vicariates representatives headed by Vicariate Coordinator and representatives from Sto. Cristo Bro. Willy and Sis. Aleth Hernandez. of Five Wounds Parish, Bro. Tito & Sis.Pat Salubayba, from Holy Family Parish Bro. Allen & Sis Duy Reyes, from MMC of BF Resort Village Bro. Joone &Sis. Au Co., Bro. Lester & Sis.Sue Banson of San Isidro Labrador, and Bro. Francis Villanueva of Mary Immaculate Parish of Moonwalk Village, being the composition of the representatives of the 7 parishes of the vicariate.
On a joint agreement the attending members of the Vicariate of the Holy Family decided to pilot test the module of CEE as another Marriage Preparation Program or Pre-Cana in addition to the existing parish pre cana module. The attending members have been encouraged to attend the module as observers and later become speakers. From the parish of the Holy Family Bro. Allen & Sis. Duy have begged off to sit in since the services in the Food Committee have been assigned to them by Fr. John.
Rev. Fr. John asked them to designate a couple member of ministry to attend instead so that HFP MFLM shall be represented. Since among the addition to the ministry’s membership only Bro. Tim & Sis.Susan Batac were not gone through the required and prescribed trainors training seminar using the module Si Malakas at Si Maganda, they have been designated by Bro. Allen & Sis. Duy to attend instead. The first MPP using CEE module happened in the middle of 2003.The module have been tested and found effective, therefore adopted by the Vicariate of the Holy Family ,recommended and encouraged other parishes of the now Diocese of Paranaque to learn and use it for marrying couples.
Since then CEE module is being used alternately with The module Si Malakas At Si Maganda which is useable for engaged couple.
Fr. Sel Hernandez assumed the post from Fr. Jess since 2006 to mid of 2011 with 3 times a year mass wedding except for a year that he reduced it down to two.
The entry of Fr. Rusti Cruz from his new term on the 2nd half of the year 2011 experienced the last and the 3rd for the year and his first during his term.
The Couple Coordinator of the parish from 1998 to 2011 are Spouses Bro. Allen and Sis. Duy Reyes. They can be reached at 8055247 091784526014 09178322255.
