WHAT WE DO
In ministering to the spiritual needs of Filipino Catholics in Gouda and Surroundings, the FCC Gouda facilitates baptisms, confirmation and weddings during the mass on 4th Sunday of the month. Also during the 4th Sunday mass, via the Children’s Bible Corner, children are taught about the liturgy of the day. Outside the mass, the FCC Gouda members visit the sick at home and in the hospital to pray for their healing; they also comfort the grieving (usually the widow) and visit and pray for those low in spirit. Donations, cash or kind, are collected for people stricken by natural disasters back home in the Philippines.
Diaconal Work Plans for 2020
Detention Centrum Rotterdam visitation for undocumented immigrants.
Organizing mini-cultural concert to create pleasant environment in the detention center.
Organizing the Sacrament of Holy Communion and Children Bible classes.
Regular visitation of the sick and helping bereaved families in their difficult times.
Organizing activities to raise funds to help victims of natural disasters like typhoons, earthquakes, etc. via foundations like Sheryll Lynn Foundation.
Helping other Catholic Organizations or Communities in projects like “Schoenendoos Actie voor Africa.”
Organizing Holy Retreats, Family Fun Day, Pastoral Courses, Flores de Mayo (devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary) and other religious celebrations.
The Episcopal retrospective visit of Monsignor Dr. Everard de Jong
By Jean-Pierre Niati, R.C. chaplain, Detention Center Rotterdam On Sunday July 7th 2019, the bishop Everard de Jong (diocese of Roermond) has visited the detention center of Rotterdam. Monsignor Dr. Everard de Jong, auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Roermond,...