The Refined CFC Vision - Mission Statements

“Moved by the Holy Spirit, one with the Catholic Church,
Blessed to witness to Christ’s love and service,
Couples for Christ is a united global community of family evangelizers
That sets the world on fire with the fullness of God’s transforming love.”

According to Bro. Joe Tale, the Couples for Christ’s (CFC) current Director, “the seven-point statement was arrived at after months of deliberation, discussion, prayer and reflection triggered by the Pastoral Congresses held in the latter part of 2007.” The objective of those congresses was to re-examine the vision and mission of the community taking into consideration the events that occurred the year before. In North B, I became part of that consultative process. In my own little way, I conveyed to our leaders the problems that I have observed based on my personal experiences including many of those I have served with in our community as well as steps to address those concerns. Not surprisingly, many of these concerns were echoed by the various cluster during the pastoral congress held at the sector level. Surely, many of those concerns likewise resonated across the various sectors.

The resulting vision and mission was extensively elucidated during the CFC Leaders Conference last January at the Araneta Coliseum.

Essentially, the community hasn’t really changed its original vision, “Families in the Holy Spirit renewing the face of the earth.” Our leaders explain this remains what we should do. The 7 point statements stress how we are to achieve it. It is believed that along with the refined mission of “Building the Church of the Home and Building the Church of the Poor” such changes will provide a clearer direction for the CFC’s future.


I share my thoughts on the said 7 points:


Moved By the Holy Spirit

This community is a creation of the Holy Spirit. Through the years, despite human frailties of its members, it has continued to manifest the leadings of the Holy Spirit. I hope that more and more of our leaders and members realize the importance of this certainty. The more we positively respond to the callings of the Holy Spirit, allowing God to use us as His instruments, the more powerful our lives shall be as His disciples.


One with the Catholic Church

While CFC remains open to brothers and sisters of different Christian denominations who willingly decide to join the community, the refined vision further emphasized the need to express the Catholic faith of majority of its members, working hand in hand with the Church’s clergy in our shared responsibility of global evangelization.


Blessed to Witness to Christ’s Love and Service

We model our lives on Christ’s example. He shows us how to genuinely love God and our neighbor. By this same selfless love, Jesus showed us how to serve God through serving others.

Through the CFC, we are given the humbling task of serving as light for others.


Couples for Christ is a United Global Community

The CFC is a world wide community. It is united in vision, mission and culture. I have experienced this truth time and again. Anywhere I went, I could always count on brothers and sisters to extend a helping hand to a person they have only met for the very first time. Yet, because of the sense of belongingness to just one big family, you are not treated as a stranger in distant lands.


Of Family Evangelizers

The Community is a community of “family evangelizers”. What once focused only on the relationship of married couples now ministers to all the members of a family. Thus the womb to tomb thrust of evangelization. A strong family ministry in God will ensure the future of the community.


That Sets the World on Fire

Families in the Holy Spirit are filled with the fire of God’s Love. Members of this community have to rediscover the charisms, the gifts that the Holy Spirit has bestowed on each one of us. Furthermore, invoking the power of the Wonderful Counselor and Paraclete and submitting ourselves to God’s Will strengthens our commitment and passion to do His work to the ends of the earth.


With the Fullness of God’s Transforming Love

CFC members are “works in progress”. Through the years, God continues to transform persons and families through spiritual renewal, a renewal that involves a deepening of our personal relationship with the Lord through prayer, scripture, service and fellowship. It was in this community that I began feeling the fullness of God’s unconditional love.




Members of the CFC community are defined by their vision, mission, values and culture. These are the things that give us our identity as members of the Body of Christ. I share the prayer of the community’s leadership that these statements are not only remembered but lived out in our daily lives.