LOVE MORE

Spirit-filled, grace-filled, wonderful! These were the words

used by Bishop Guillermo Afable of Digos, Davao Del Sur
to describe the CFC Leaders Conference held on January
10, 2015 at the Mall of Asia Arena. The venue was painted
red by thousands of red-clad Couples for Christ members
who attended the communitys first major global activity
for 2015.
Held annually during the second week of January, the
Leaders Conference is the biggest gathering of CFC missionaries from all over the world. This year, the theme is
LOVE MORE, inspired by John 21:15-17, setting the stage
for CFC to conquer more territories and win more souls
for the Lord.

Council wives Babylou Tale and Jean Uriarte led the praying of the rosary at the beginning of the program. To formally start the event, the Philippine National Police Academy
(PNPA) marching band, playing the CFC theme, led the Parade of Flags of 120 countries
and 7 territories where CFC is present.
Davis Abuel, SOLD Provincial Coordinator of Leyte, led the crowd in a powerful opening
worship. To help the CFC community remember Gods faithfulness, El Gamma Penumbra
performed an exceptionally moving shadow dance depicting the victories and trials of
the previous years.

Session 1, entitled Love, was delivered by CFC Executive Director

George Campos with sharers Cynthia
Campos and Rachel Arguelles who
both inspired the audience with their
personal love stories with the Lord.
ANCOP Scholar Eugene Rubio
thanked the community for giving
him the chance to have a better future
through the gift of education. As a
token of gratitude for the communitys
generosity, he promised to do well in
school and make CFC proud of him

CFC
CFC Chairman
Chairman Joe
Joe Tale
Tale gave
gave the
the
communitys
communitys marching
marching orders
orders in
in
the
the second
second session
session entitled
entitled Feed
Feed
My
My Sheep.
Sheep. Picking
Picking up
up from
from George
George
Campos
Campos bold
bold statement
statement that
that to
to
love
love more
more means
means we
we are
are to
to pray
pray
more,
more, study
study more,
more, serve
serve more,
more,
fellowship
fellowship more,
more, and
and hunger
hunger more
more
for
for the
the sacraments,
sacraments, Chairman
Chairman Tale
Tale
shared
shared that
that the
the true
true measure
measure of
of
loving
loving our
our God
God is
is to
to feed
feed His
His sheep.
sheep.
Session
Session 22 sharer,
sharer, Glen
Glen Santayana,
Santayana,
CFC
CFC USA
USA serving
serving in
in South
South America,
America,
inspired
inspired the
the crowd
crowd to
to be
be bold
bold
enough
enough to
to say
say yes
yes to
to the
the Lord
Lord dedespite
spite uncertainties,
uncertainties, knowing
knowing fully
fully
that
that when
when God
God calls,
calls, He
He equips.
equips.
Aileen
Aileen Serrano,
Serrano, wife
wife of
of the
the late
late
Bob
Bob Serrano,
Serrano, head
head of
of the
the 29
29 AD
AD
Musicionaries,
Musicionaries, and
and missionary
missionary to
to
Seychelles,
Seychelles, moved
moved the
the audience
audience
with
with her
her tribute
tribute to
to Bob
Bob and
and what
what
she
she called
called finishing
finishing grace
grace -- dydying
ing in
in faith,
faith, dying
dying with
with joy,
joy, and
and
becoming
becoming everything
everything that
that God
God
wants
wants you
you to
to be.
be.

The International Council led the community in a Prayer for Empowerment,

recognizing that we cannot move
forward as one and we will never accomplish anything without the grace
of God.
Young couple and KFC full time pastoral workers Chino and Chen Santos
led the praise fest to formally close
the sessions.
The event concluded with the highest
form of worship, Holy Mass, officiated
by Most Rev. Bishop Guillermo Afable,
with CFC Spiritual Director Msgr. Allen Aganon, Fr. Socrates Mesiona of
the Pontifical Mission Societies, and
other brother priests who have become partners with CFC in renewing
families and building generations of
Christian leaders.

Photo credits: Caloy Rubio, Eric Urbiztondo, Deo Oliveria