30TH ANNIVERSARY TRIVIA!

FEBRUARY 2011

COUPLES FOR CHRIST

The Faceless Christ Logo Who is Jorge Munar?
The story of the Original Logo by the designer Jo r g e w a s b o r n o n
January 27, 1957 in Baguio
C i t y. He i s m a r r i e d t o
Rachel, and this year (2011),
they will be married for 30
years. They have 4 daughters
(Marion, Nikki, Loreen and
Kyle) and currently live in
Cavite.
Jorge and Rachel joined
CFC in 1985, while Jorge was
working with the Cultural
Center of the Philippines as
the print coordinator for
print media.

Have you ever asked what So what does the logo mean?
our logo means? Read on. That the husband and wife
In 1986, Frank Padilla was at s h o u l d d e p e n d o n C h r i s t ’s
t h e E v a n g e l i z a t i o n Te a m t e a c h i n g s a n d p u t t h o s e Jorge experienced a 180
Training at St. John the Baptist teachings into action. And in degree change in his life
Parish where Jorge Munar was s p i t e o f a r g u m e n t s a n d after joining CFC, and in
an attendee. The original task misunderstandings, to keep the 1986 he collaborated with
g i v e n w a s t o m a ke n e w respect and trust in each other; others to come up with
brochures for the upcoming and to hold on to Christ as the concepts for the logo, and
door-to-door evangelization only answer. designed the symbol.
project within San Juan, Rizal. They gently hold hands as a Jorge and Rachel serve
During the Team Training, show of sincerity; and Christ, at within CFC FFL in
Jorge was asked to come up with the center of their relationship, numerous capacities -
a symbol that will define CFC. looks up to God as a gesture of household servant, assistant
The theme of the symbol was: obedience to the will of God team leader, guitarist, youth
Christ as the center of and as an affirmation that love camp ser vice couple
husband and wife. starts with husband and wife. coordinator, facilitator. They
Jorge took inspiration also (more trivia: Jorge also have proclaimed to be in
from Matthew 11: 25 - 30, where designed the CFC “rings” logo, this mission to serve God
the message to him was “come the 1987 Glory songbook, the for life!
to me and rest”. Morning Star logo and the
1985-87 Ugnayan logo)

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Who was the Very First
Full Timer of
Couples for Christ?
We all assume that the very first
full-timer of Couples for Christ
is Frank Padilla. But, we are all
wrong. The very first one to
take the plunge to do Mission-
ary work 24/7 was RAUL
SARCEDA. Who is he? Where
is he? Let’s have him answer
those himself:
“I worked full time for Couples
for Christ as a response to God's
invitation to me (and my wife)
to serve Him more fully. Before
we got married, we already had
the desire of serving the Lord,
particularly for couples and
families. So when the opportu-
nity and the need arose in Cou-
ples for Christ for a full-time
worker, we accepted the invita-
tion with open heart and faith in
the Lord. Now we have more than fifty
(50) full-timers spread out all
We had many memorable expe- over the world. And we want
riences, but the exciting thing more. Are you one of them?
was the openness of the mem-
bers to serve the Lord in what-
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ever capacity, the generosity of
the couples to share of their
gifts whether financial, time or
gifts, and the genuine transfor-
mation of the life of members.
Right now we are preparing
ourselves to move to Malay-
balay (in the province of Bukid-
non in the Philippines - ed.) to
continue the mission God has
called us to fulfill. We will be
part of the Ang Buhing Pulong
Community there, a community
we helped set up in the late
80's.”
Straight from Raul. The picture
above is of the Sarcedas.
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First Countries with
CFC
1. Philippines (1981)
2. India (1985)
3. China (HK) (1986)
4. Singapore (1987)
5. USA (1987)
6. United Kingdom (1988)
7. Australia (1988)
8. Thailand (1989)
9. Indonesia (1990)
10. Canada (1992)
HOW DID THEY START?
Last January, we saw how
CFC Philippines started with
the first 16 couples. Let’s take
a look at how another country
started.
China (Hong Kong)
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established in 1986. The pro-
ponent of CFC HK was a cap-
tain of Cathy Pacific, Brian
Potter and his wife Judy,
members of a charismatic
group since 1980. When they
attended a charismatic semi-
nar in Bagiuo, they were able
to contact Couples For Christ
and started CFC HK in July 7,
1986.
The first CFC HK household
was almost purely Caucasian,
the only Asian was one of the
wives, who was a Filipina.