SHOUT

i'm a proud member of YFC or Youth for Christ. It's the world's largest Catholic Youth organization.

God has created the family to be a means by which His Kingdom can be propagated on earth. The family, however, is under attack by evil and divisive forces, which put the Christian life of the families in danger. This situation causes the family to lose its guidance from the Holy Spirit and its personal relationship with Christ.

God has called families to defend themselves more actively against these forces and stand up in defense of other families.

For families to be able to do this, they should be able to see Christian renewal work as holistic – meaning, it includes evangelization, not only of couples, but likewise their children.

CFC-Youth for Christ, being the Young Adults program of Couples for Christ, helps bring the family back into God’s plan, as it becomes the instrument for Christian renewal to other teenagers and young adults.

Conversion is threefold, starting with the young adult as an individual, followed by peer group evangelization and renewal. Thirdly, in line with the vision of CFC, the renewal of peer groups will lead to the renewal of the Church. This pattern is analogous to the renewal pattern for CFC (individuals, Couples and Church).

This goes to say, therefore, that members of CFC-Youth and their parents in CFC are partners in mission, having the same goal in mind, although operating in different social contexts.

– CFC-YFC Statement of Vision and Mission

anyway, the best weekend of my life happened as Zambales held its first ever provincial SHOUT or Summer House Training last May 2-4, 2008.

activities were done to prove our worthiness as a part of PCG or Provincial Core Group. I was tagged as someone who doesn't surrender (oh how i'm proud of it).

our first activity is to make a banner using small molded clays pressed into tiny circles. the second one is to go around the city to 'do extraordinary things to ordinary people'. the third one is to build a pyramid made of plastic cups using only a rubber band with five strings attached to it. the fourth one is to squeeze the 14 of us into a narrow passage made of straws without touching the strings. the last one is to turn the paper upside down using only our feet. aren't those tough?

all of these helps us to be patient and be courageous enough to build YFC Zambales.

oh, i'm missing our SHOUT!