1. CLCP
40 taon at 12 buwan
November 1967

2. General Council Meetings
1967 – 68: years of renewal
General Council Meetings
General Assemblies
Special Moments
National Assemblies
40 or 41 year history is a history of grace. We have remained alive because of grace – of God keeping us and traveling with us down the years. CLCP would not have survived on human effort alone.
Conventions

3. Sabi ni LORD...

4. Community centered in the Eucharist With Christ poor and humble
1967 – 68: The GP set us on fire!
Community centered in the Eucharist
Way of life
Unity of life
With Christ poor and humble
Service
Signs (sighs) of the times
The GP set us on fire. Certain special words resounded in our ears: Unity of life, Way of life, With Christ poor and simple, …
Commitment
Urgent and universal
Our life is essentially apostolic.

5. Deepening and Integration of the Life of Christ
December 1971 – 3rd General Council Meeting
Deepening and Integration of the Life of Christ

6. 1971 – ZAMBOANGA STAND
The Philippine National Federation of Christian Life Communities is called to the work of “liberating our people and helping toward the total development of the nation.”

7. Carry out programs towards the formation of the authentic Christian.
Work and fight for the equitable distribution of goods and resources.
Work with the victims of oppression… and with those who oppress.
Help break the source of tyranny and injustice.
Call for an educational system that forms social consciousness in us Filipinos.

8. 4th General Council Meeting
 1973
4th General Council Meeting 
The Role of CLC in the Liberation of the Whole Man and of All Men 
1974 
 5th General Council
Meeting
The Role of CLC in the Mission of the Church 
 1975
6th General Council
CLC Way of Life: Commitment to Christ in Service and Community 
 1976
7th General Council
Meeting 
Poor with Christ for Better Service: The Call of CLC in the Mission of the Church 

9. Towards a National Discerning Apostolic Community
1977 
8th General Council
Meeting 
Transition 
1978
9th General Council
 Transition
1979
10th General Council Meeting
Towards a National Discerning Apostolic Community
1980
11th General Assembly
Towards Growth in the Sense of Mission
1981
12th General Assembly and 1st National
Convention
The Call of CLC in Philippine Society in the 80’s

10. DIWA NG TRECE

11. 1982 – DIWA NG TRECE
Formation Programs that emphasize the political and economic aspects
- Livelihood programs/micro-lending (PUNLAD)
Ideology based on the Gospel (ANV)
Human rights and dignity
Lifestyle rooted in Gospel values (simplicity, humility, generosity)
Solidarity with the Poor

12. 14th General Assembly and 2nd National
1983
14th General Assembly and 2nd National
Convention
The “Diwa ng Trece” as the Expression of the Philippine CLC: “To live justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with our God” (Micah 6:8)

13. August 21, 1983
Sumasabay ang CLCP sa daloy ng mga nangyayari sa bayan

14. Living out the “Diwa ng Trece” in the Present Philippine Situation
1984
15th General Assembly
Living out the “Diwa ng Trece” in the Present Philippine Situation
1985
16th General Assembly and 3rd National
Convention
Sa mga Dukha at sa Pagkadukha Nagmumula ang Kaligtasan ng Sambayanang Pilipino (From the Poor and in Being Poor Comes the Salvation of the Filipino People
1985 – bunga ng lumalalim na pagsusuri at kamalayan sa sitwasyon ng bayan

15. Beyond EDSA—the Road to Nazareth
1986
Regional Assemblies (The National Assembly was called off due to EDSA I)
Mary, the Model of our Mission in the World and in the Church: “Do whatever He tells you.” (John 2:5)
Sub-theme: “He deposed the mighty from their thrones and raised the lowly to high places. The hungry he has given every good thing, while the rich he has sent empty away.” (Luke 1:52-53)
1987
17th General Assembly
Beyond EDSA—the Road to Nazareth

16. Isang Paglingon sa Pinanggalingan upang Makarating sa Paroroonan
1989
 18th General Assembly 
 Isang Paglingon sa Pinanggalingan upang Makarating sa Paroroonan
  1990
19th General Assembly and 4th National Convention 
CLC at the Service of the Kingdom
1991 
20th General Assembly 
CLC at the Service of the Church: Walking with the Philippine Church 

17. Ano ang sinabi ni Lord sa ika-25 limang taon ng CLCP?
 1992
21st General Assembly and 5th National
Convention 
CLCP: 25 Years of Journeying … Towards a Renewed Church 
Ano ang sinabi ni Lord sa ika-25 limang taon ng CLCP?

18. January 1993: The Lord said something special.
The characteristic contribution of the CLCP to Church and Country is FORMATION.
FORMATION became CLCP’s national apostolate.

19.  1994
23rd General Assembly 
CLC: Community in Mission—”I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already.” (Lk 12:49)

20. VISION A national, discerning, apostolic community
1994 – VISION AND MISSION
VISION A national, discerning, apostolic community
MISSION CLCP 2000: a spreading Ignatian Fire

21. PURPOSE
We, the Christian Life Community of the Philippines, at the service of one world, envision ourselves as a national, discerning, apostolic community, composed of small self-propelled and interdependent communities that draw strength from the Lord through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Imbued with a sense of the Church and rooted in the realities of the times, we freely opt to creatively, fully, and joyfully participate in the transformation of the Philippines toward a just and humane society, i.e., a Christ-centered community of discerning disciples seeking, finding, and responding to God in all things according to one’s particular circumstances.

22. CLC in Mission—A Spreading Ignatian Fire 24th General Assembly
1995
6th National
Convention
CLC in Mission—A Spreading
Ignatian Fire
 1995
24th General Assembly 
CLC in Mission—A Continuing Journey 
1996
7th National
With Christ in Service
1997
25th General Assembly and 8th National Convention
CLCP: With Christ in His Public Life
1998
9th National
CLC, a Letter from Christ, written by the Spirit, sent to Today’s World

23. CLCP—with Christ, the Prophet of Justice and Hope
1999
26th General
Assembly
CLCP—with Christ, the Prophet
of Justice and Hope
Buhayin ang SALITA. Lagyan ng buto at laman.
GA 99 made it clear that CLCP is called in its being and doing to be WITH Christ…

24. Paano bubuhayin ang SALITA?
Formation – rooted in the SPEX
Membership – increase and multiply
Paano bubuhayin ang SALITA?
Resource management
Internal networking /Community Bonding – strengthen organizational structures
Integration – Faith that does Justice

25. 2001 What have you done for Christ? What are you doing for Christ?
What should you be doing for Christ?

26. Continue participating in the transformation of the Philippines towards a just and humane society

27. Break bread with the hungry
Salient points of the work of continuing transformation:

28. Labor with the weary.

29. Cry with those in pain.

30. Share life with the poor… see the world with their eyes… hear with their ears … be one with them in their joys and hopes… be in community with them…

31. Go beyond our comfort zones…
Journey on with the Risen Christ… and commit ourselves to labor with Him…

32. 2003 – STRATEGIC PLAN MISSION
To help build God’s Kingdom, manifested in the Philippine Church of the Poor, through the formation of CLC and other faith communities steeped in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.
Labor with him – strategically and effectively

33. The Christian Life Community of the Philippines
Vision
The Christian Life Community of the Philippines
is a discerning apostolic community
growing in union with Christ
through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Imbued with a sense of and love for the Church,
we participate in Christ’s mission
specifically in bringing about
maturity in faith and social justice
with a sense of urgency and disponibility.

34. 2005 – SISID NA!
…plunge into the DEEP of our involvement with the Church of the Poor so that the Beauty and Grandeur of the Church… may be more distinctly and radiantly manifested.

35. 2006 Communal Examen in preparation for NA 2007
Question we asked ourselves:
Now that we are turning 40 as CLCP, what is the MAGIS that God is asking of us?

36. In 2007
CLCP turned 40!!
Ano ang sinabi ni Lord?

37. “Love one another as I have loved you.”
2007 – THE CLCP MAGIS AT 40
“Love one another as I have loved you.”

38. …express this love by building up the nation…

39. “I came that you might have life and have it abundantly.”
So that we can help bring about Christ’s promise of love:
“I came that you might have life and have it abundantly.”

40. Patuloy ang paglalakbay at pakikinig sa sasabihin pa ni Lord…

41. Ang bayan ko’y tanging ikaw
Pilipinas kong mahal
Ang puso ko at buhay man
Sa iyo’y ibibigay
Tungkulin ko’y gagampanan
Na lagi kang paglingkuran
Ang laya’y mo’y babantayan
Pilipinas kong hirang.

42. Trece Martires City, Cavite
THE CLCP MAGIS AT 40
CLCP General Assembly April28 – May 1, 2007 at H. dela Costa Formation Center,
Trece Martires City, Cavite
In celebration of our 40th year as the
Christian Life Community of the Philippines, at
our 30th National Assembly, we, the members
of the CLCP and of the Philippine Church of the
Poor, want to respond and deepen our response
to the Lord Jesus Christ’s command to “Love
one another as I have loved you” (John 15:12).
In union with Mary and like Mary, we wish to
respond with the same :yes” to God’s call to
nurture as special love for the poor.

43. We will express this love by building up the nation through the formation of guides, members and communities among and with the poor, grounded in and guided by the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola and the General Principles of the CLC. Conscious of the fact that this will only come about to the extent that we exercise Cura Personalis, we will make an effort to foster this spirit throughout the National Community.

44. By harnessing the energy and passion of
our youth and uniting it with the wisdom and
experience of our elders, we will strive to renew
and develop our organizational structures,
improve our communication, deepen our
personal commitment and enhance the
effectiveness of the CLC in carrying out the
Magis that Christ has entrusted to us. We do all
these, confident of Christ’s promise, “I came that
you might have life and have it abundantly” (John 10:10).

45. (Apostolic Life) (Formation) “Love one another as I have loved you”.
PRIORITIES
Mission Spirituality Community
(Apostolic Life) (Formation) “Love one another
as I have loved you”.
(cura personalis)
-Poor Spiritual Exercises
-Formation Mary/Marian Character
-Nation Building -General Principles National Community
-Cura Personalis -Formation of Guides Organizational
Structures
-Communication, links
-Youth Empowerment
-Personal Commitment of each member