This document outlines the plans and priorities of the Parish CARITAS organization. It discusses conducting a Lenten recollection to strengthen members' faith through bible meetings and consultations. The top prioritized programs are a medical mission with surgeons and doctors, a feeding program combined with catechism, and assistance for death and burial costs. Other matters include catechism training and designating proponents for each project to oversee the medical mission, feeding program, issues regarding death and burials, unemployment, and family life concerns.

1. Parish CARITAS
Sto Rosario Church
March 2023

2. Long List of Problems (from collated chapel
issues)
1.Medical Assistance
2.Catechism / Evangelization
3.Homeless / Housing Issues
4.Livelihood / Cooperative requirements / economic freedom
5.Family Life Concerns - drug/alcohol dependents / broken family
6.Unemployment / Out of school youth
7.Legal Matters

3. Long List of Proposed Problems (from collated
issues)
8.Poor environmental condition (riverside) / too much waste in the vicinities
9.Hunger / malnutrition / no food or less food
10.Death of members / Mortuary assistance

4. Discussions:
● The bigger problem is that people in the chapels are not growing in their faith and therefore the more relevant
mission is to strengthen the faith of the members through deeper evangelization program and prioritizing
catechism as part of the initial activities.
● Majority of the Christians who are members of the different chapels are poor with a mindset that is full of
anger, depression and hopelessness living in an environment that is degraded and unprotected, unpreserved.
● There is a need to invite others in the continuing journey of knowing God and living God’s words and
believing that God is good.
● People must be reminded about Abraham who in his very old age did not have a child but believed firmly in
God’s grace and he was granted a son.

5. Moving forward:
● The organization has been finalized with the elected officers and the Parish Caritas is about
ready to start. Other organizations will be informed later about the details of the Parish
Caritas as it is important that the focus is the start up activities.
● There will be a “mission sending” of the Caritas team as soon as possible.
● An important step to strengthen the team get to know the chapels better will be the conduct
of the following:
○ Updated list of members
○ Census / statistical profile of all the chapels and members
○ General description of the chapels and their patrons
○ List of members
○ Access to sacraments
○ List of the poorest of the poor
○ Profiling / database

6. Moving forward:
● The first activity in line with the agenda of strengthening the faith of the chapel
members will be the Lenten Recollection.
○ Monday and Tuesday, the Caritas team with the BEC and chapel leaders will be doing visitation
rounds in the different chapels meeting with the faithful and informing them about the Caritas work
and that the first part is helping parishioners to strengthen their faith by bible meetings and group
consultations with the team who will be going around the chapels.
○ Wednesday and Thursday will be the Lenten recollection proper and inviting all of those who have
been visited and met during the chapel round up.
○ Friday will be the visitation by the Parish Priest to all the chapels to give the faithful the opportunity
to take the sacrament of confession and then hold a mass for them to consequently also partake
of the Holy Communion.

7. Prioritized Programs
1. Medical Mission - Surgical with Internal Medicine team of surgeons and
doctors from the CCMC
a. For resources and linkages, someone will be assigned to tap organizations like the doctors
℅ Mayette, the fire department or police, the DOH and manpower, Out of School Youth ℅
Jen
b. Think and plan of the possibilities of what can be done - there will be prayer warriors, there
will be a counselling or healing corner for those needing the services, there will be
catechism or Bible reading for patients while awaiting for their turn, there will be free
medicines donated from pharmaceuticals
2. Feeding with Catechism
a. During the schedule, the participants will also register themselves with the parish
b. The team to present a format for the profiling using DSWD protocol or whatever is agreed
upon by the officers / team
c. There will also be a form for the volunteers as well as everyone

8. Prioritized Programs
3. Death or Mortuary Assistance
1. There should be free sacraments for the dead
2. Possible assistance to those whose dead, hospitalized cannot be brought
home due to no money to pay for hospital bills
3. Dead members without lot in the cemetery can be buried in other vacant
areas with permission from the church
4. Unemployment / out of school youth
5. Family life concerns and Issues

9. Other Matters
● Catechism training for the parish
○ With visuals for more understanding
○ For the working group, a session with Fr. Catubig for a more experiential catechism
● Proponents for Each Project
○ Medical Mission - Mayette / Sam
○ Feeding with Catechism - Maricor
○ Mortuary / Dead members issues - Rachel
○ Unemployment - Jen / Maricor
○ Family Life concerns - Rachel, Maricor, Silay