A Reaction to Fr. Tulabing's "RESTORING COUPLES FOR CHRIST -Part 2"

Here is again another lies coming "this time from a bias priest". After Bp. Gabby's silence, here comes Fr. Tulabing who have just copied the statements from FFL and makes everyone believe and accept that it is the truth.
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It seems that this piece is not worth reading for, since it is a repetitive performance! However, maybe for the sake of my town people in the Negros Oriental area, i will help them defend.
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Emphasis mine.

RESTORING COUPLES FOR CHRIST PART 2

"Kana si Father Tulabing sige gyud na siya'g panaot sa Couples for Christ. Kana si Fr. Tulabing sige dyud niya'g tirahan ang Couples for Christ".
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This kind of comment is surely missing the point. The past seven weeks when I tackled the Couples For Christ issue in Negros Chronicle and in my homilies, I showed how I love Couples For Christ.
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Father, i do not think we miss the point, it was you who miss your point. If you love Couples for Christ you will not tackle the issues this way.
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I would not even bother to clarify matters about the CFC split issue if I don't have great love for Couples for Christ. For the record, I can claim that I am partly instrumental of CFC's acceptance by priests and its spread here in Negros Oriental and Siquijor which comprise the Diocese of Dumaguete.
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Correction, you did not clarify the matters but you made your own judgement on the matters that affected Couples for Christ. Granting without admitting that you want to clarify the matters, you should have asked for an audience to both CFC and FFL concerning the matter. You should have sought the opinion of other Bishop other than Bp. Gabby. The fact of the matter is, even the Bishops are divided in their opinion regarding the issues.
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When Couples for Christ first started in 1989 here in the Diocese of Dumaguete, many priests did not like it for various reasons. I managed to convince the priests to give CFC a chance to grow and prove its worth. Then some errors were corrected, there were adjustments made, and eventually Couples for Christ spread very fast in the whole Diocese. So how can some leaders and members of couples for Christ Global GK say with all honesty that I am trying to destroy Couples for Christ? Most of their leaders and members know very well how I supported them and how I helped to make them grow since their trying years in the early 90's.
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We honor you for that.
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But now that they consider me not serving the interest of Couples for Christ-GK, they try to poison the minds of their members about my purported "panaot" of Couples For Christ. And by the way, the Church is not expected to serve the interest of Couples for Christ. It should be the other way around: Couples for Christ should serve the interests of the Church.

Correction, we do not seek your service to the interest of CFC and GK, and we will never do it. It is clear to us that like you as a priest , CFC also serve in the interest of the church. Secondly, we do not poisoned the mind of our members, but it is the lies that you took from FFL are the one poisoning the minds of CFC.

And to make this clear, our mission-vision statement says, "Moved by the holy spirit...one with the Catholic Church..." meaning, CFC is one with the Catholic Church in fulfilling its mission on earth. We do not seek nor expect the Church to serve on the interest of CFC, but our existence here on earth is to serve the interest of Christ thru His church.
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My intention really is to save Couples for Christ from utter destruction at the hands of the enemy. As priest and pastor, I should help RESTORE Couples For Christ to its original charism, vision, and mission.
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The question is, Is it clear to you who is the enemy? While many you of you tried to help, look how did your so-called help divided the community because of your bias statements and unfair judgements. If you really wanted to help CFC, you should have helped in the manner that it will not put down the other in favor of another.
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I am aware of my power to do it. With the little power I have, God will multiply the little that I have. Dili puede nga dili ra tagdon sa pari kini nga issue.Dili puede nga pasagdan ra ni sa pari. Asa man diay paingon ang CFC? Don't you think priests have the duty to guide CFC members to proper loyalties, faithfulness, and obedience to our bishops? Don't you think priests have the right and the duty to lead and guide Couples For Christ members in the right direction? I for myself am trying to guide and re-direct CFC to its original charism, vision, and mission where they can be very helpful in the mission and vision of the Church.
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While it is true that you have the responsibility and duty to pastor CFC in your parish, have you consulted your Bishop about this too? What did your bishop said about the comment? Do the bishops have a common statement concerning the issue?
You are asking where is the direction of CFC. The direction of CFC is very clear, "Families in the Holy Spirit renewing the face of the earth". And the mission is "to bring glad tidings to the poor".
As the Vatican approved statutes says, CFC is a lay organization, therefore, you only have the duty to guide but not the duty to lead. CFC has its own leadership structure as an International Association of the Lay Faithful.
We thank you for guiding us, but please be reminded Father, as what Fr. Sobrejuanite said in his recollection conducted to CFC elders, you do not have the duty to lead. And how can you re-direct us if you do not know the core issue of the crisis?
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Priests need to exercise authority over Couples For Christ in their parishes, after all it is within the realm of the priests' duties to govern. And members of Couples for Christs should allow themselves to be governed.
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Again, the Vatican apporve statutes explain that CFC has its own government structure. It seems that like Frank Padilla, you also have an obvious desire or hunger to rule and govern CFC, isn't it? CFC being a Vatican recognized association of the lay faithful, only the vatican has the power and control on its national level, while we are aware too that we are in submittion to the authority of the local ordinary. Please read the canon law concerning the leadership and governance of a lay association.
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Priests have to guide and insist that the members of CFC should remain faithful and loyal not only to proper Church authorities but to CFC's original purpose and charism which is Family Evangelization, Family Spirituality and Family Renewal.
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This is rediculuous, CFC never veered and will never veer away from its original purpose and charism. What made you say that, is because you believe in the claim of Frank Padilla's group. And now it seems that you are telling us that the work with the poor is not an evangelization.
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The members of couples for Christ must be faithful to God first and foremost.Again, Gawad-Kalinga is good. We have nothing against it except for the donations that they still receive from Pharmaceuticals manufacturing and distributing contraceptives. The Church still considers contraceptives anti-life, and Couples For Christ is supposed to be Pro-life.
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We are faithful in CFC , that is why we remain. We are faithful in CFC, that is why we did not change our CLP to CLS. We did not change YFC to YFL or SFC to SFL or HOLD to HFL and etc.
If you are concerned about the accustaions of Frank about the acceptance of Pharmaceuticals that produce contraceptives, it seems you are just riding on with their cover-up issues which behind lies their desire to be back to position. Furthermore, please read Bishop Claver's article in the CBCP monitor. If you are not accepting Bishop Claver's article, then it shows that even among yourselves in the clergy are divided in the issue. How can we then accept your stand if what the other clergies' position is different from that of yours?
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The point is that there have been directives and guidelines, there have been dialogues and meetings to reconcile and check the errors, but the International Council of Couples For Christ-GK insisted on their mistakes, refused to be corrected, and to amend, and even maligned the bishops working very hard on the win-win solutions to their problems. All the members of CFC must be made aware of the existing problems within CFC. Magpakabana gyud unta ang tanang members, and the local CFC leaders should not hide the truth from their members. All the members of Couples For Christ must help REFORM and RESTORE CFC to its original vision, mission, charism, and purpose.Unsa man mong klase sa pagka-miembro sa CFC if you don�t help in the RESTORATION of CFC? Take that as a challenge.
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Father, this is the point: Once upon a time three leaders resigned. And one desires to comeback to power. And when he could not get it in an internal approach, he began to involve the clergy by claiming the there is veering away, that there is disobedience. He decided to get sympathy from the bishop.
We never insisted on our mistakes, and even it was unfair, our top leader made a public apology because of his obedience to the Vatican,how then you can say that it was an insistence to mistakes?
Sa tinuod lang, nagpakabana jud entawon me. Pagbakabana sab unta pud mo. Sakit na kaayu ang among kasinatian, palihug unta ayaw na dugangi padre, kay hastang paita na! Nanghin-ut jud raba mi nga ang kapari-an ug ka-obispohan mamahimong instrumento sa matinud-anong paghi-usa sa duha ka grupo. Naunsa mang ang uban sa inyo ni-apil apil man sa away. Kung gusto mong mu-apil. ayaw sa lalis, kung dili ngadto sa tinuod nga pag-pasaylo ang pagdawat sa usag-usa. Kay ang kamatu-oran ani padre, tanan man nangandoy nga mag-alad kang Kristo sumala sa gasa nga gihatag sa Diyos kaniya. Ig dili silang GK, wa man sila pugsa, dili lang unta sila mang-daut. Karion nga nihawa na sila sa poder sa CFC, pasagdi na nila nga ang lideres sa CFC (national level) ug ang Vatican maghisgut bahin niining suliran.
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Ang pagsupak ug wala pagtahod sa mga direktiba sa Roma ug sa mga local bishops dako kaayong kalapasan nga gihimo sa Couples For Christ � International Council. Dili puede nga konsentihon kini sa mga members sa CFC. Apil ang tanang miembro sa CFC sa kaulawan nga gihimo sa ilang International Council, mao nga dili puede nga ang mga miembro dili manginlabot. The members should even protest about what their International Council is doing (disobeying the bishops) and help in the RESTORATION of Couples for Christ to its original charism.
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Ang tinuod ana, wala mi magsupak sa direkteba sa Roma. Kanang balita, pamakak ra na sa FFL aron daghan mu-apil sa ilang grupo. Ug kon tinuod man nga adunay mga kalapasan nga nahimo ang CFC, dili kini angayang hukman sa FFL ug purong-purongan sa mga cleriko. Kay ang tinuod nga interes sa FFL , makuha ang CFC. Huna-huna-a baya ninyo mga igsoon nga ang bisan unsang kalapasan nga nahimo sa CFC nahitabo sa si Frank pa ang lider. Ug karon si Joe Tale entawon ang nag-atubang sa Roma ug nagpasabot ug nangayug pasaylo. Kapait pero mao mani'y pamaagi sa krus. ang mag-antus ug magpahi-ubos. Ang amo lng unta, kay nihawa naman sila Frank sa CFC, dili na unta maglabot labot.

Ug padre, kana baya imong gipanulti, nga ang matag miyempro mo-protesta batok sa IC kay wala sila nituman sa rekomendasyun sa mga Bishops. Dili baya na kinaiya sa usa ka kristohanon. Una, ang kanaong isyu, giklaro na na sa dialogue nga bisan unsa pa ka kusog ang recommendation, ang Vatican lng ang dunay katingod nga magpahunong sa election. ug usa pa, ang pagpadayun sa election, sumala sa Statutes nga aprobado sa Vatican. Ang problema kay si Frank nimo mas gusto nga mulabaw pa man sa Statutes. Karon iya nang ginapanulti nga siya'y tag-iya sa CFC..wala jud ra ba na mahisgut sa statutes.
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I like and I commend CFCFoundation for Family and Life headed by Frank Padilla because they work very hard for the RESTORATION and the REFORMATION of Couples for Christ. May the other members follow your example. Amen

Nigawas na jud ang kamatuoran, nga dapig ka sa FFL. Ang punto dili aron i-restore ang CFC, kundili ang paging dapig sa FFL. Ayaw na ta entawon 'dre.