GIFTED TO GIVE
IFFASIA Gathers her Alumni from the Past 15 Years!! IFFAsia and Fondacio Philippines are cheering on for our #Gift 500 to bring love and joy to families-in-need in our neighborhood (Nawasa, Payatas) this Christmas. Update on donation and number of Christmas baskets...
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IFFAsia Batch Kumustahan – A time to Reconnect.
IFFASIA Gathers her Alumni from the Past 15 Years!! The IFFAsia Batch Kumustahan last September 25, 2021 was aimed to gather our alumni, to offer a space to reconnect with one another and be recharged and nourished with prayer, sharing, and teaching. Aside from that...
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Let’s Hope – A song for our Common Home
A beautiful song indeed. Written and performed by IFFAsia Alumni, Felsie Sulip Felix (Malaysia) and Han Thit Terry (Myanmar).This song came about when our students chose to focus on “Caring for our Common Home” or Integral ecology for their Mission...
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IFFAsia Module: Nurturing Multiple Intelligences
The Institute of Formation Fondacio Asia, for this School Year 2021, has been very privileged to have Sir Butch give 4 days of session (‘April 22, 29; May 11, 13, 2021) on “Nurturing Multiple Intelligences,” complemented by 3 days of application and group learning.
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IFFAsia: Encounter with Alumni from Batch 12, SY2019
IFFAsia, June 26, 2021: Twelve (12) alumni from IFFAsia Batch 12, SY 2019 came together online for a POST FORMATION ACCOMPANIMENT encounter for a second follow-up.
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KICKSTART 2021: Making 2021 an Awesome-mazing Year
2020 was a giant hurdle for everyone due to the pandemic. No one expected how much it will change the lives we have always known.With the strong current of change in the world, there were moments when we need to simply flow with it. Some of us became victims of the...
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Pray for Myanmar
Praying Together for Myanmar The coup d’etat on Feb. 1 halted Myanmar’s tentative steps towards democracy after nearly 50 years of military rule, and had drawn condemnation from around the world.The power grab plunged Myanmar into chaos, drawing hundreds of...
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Starting the journey of IFFAsia formation year 2021
Critical Thinking Module In embracing the new, the Institute of Formation Fondacio Asia has started the first part of the formation experience, with an alternative approach to support a systematic path of learning and development, which are online classes, from March...
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Philippines and France meets
Last April 10, 2021 evening the Long Term Committed members of Fondacio Philippines had an impromptu meet up with the Long Term Committed Members of France who were then having their National Retreat. It had been a joyous, short but meaningful meet up to live...
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Young Lives Staff’s Touching Reflection – Promotion in Huaymood Village
The value of education Finally, after 2 years of working in Young Lives program, I have chance to visit and do promotion in Huaymood Village, my home town. This reminded me of a story. In Luke 4:14-30, it tells us the rejection of Jesus in his hometown. “Truly I tell...
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Young lives’ Promotion in Pakse
“To go out into the world and spread its faith” On August 19th – 24th 2020, for 6 days and 6 nights our team went further south of Pakse.With the help of the Monsignor, priests, congregations, and local communities, our team were able to promote in five (5) different...
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Young Lives Laos Promotes in Thakhek & Pakse
Generosity “Ask for nothing, refuse nothing.” -St. Francis de SalesI remember this quotation mentioned by a priest years ago during our promotions.This an important reminder for every missionary when we encounter people from any place. In August 12-25, 2020, we...
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IFF Asia’s Send-off Mass & Missioning (S.Y. 2020)
A Remarkable Year The year 2020 has truly been a remarkable year. In this year the COVID-19 crisis became our teacher, taking us out of our norms and bringing out new abilities and capacities from each of us to respond to these times. Thus, despite the restrictions...
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Learnings from 2020
Despite the challenges we faced this year, it is still a blessing. Here are some sharing from our members talking about their learnings from 2020: Roslyn (an Intern of Young Lives Myitkyina) shares how she overcame her overthinking which made the year...
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Emotional Intelligence Workshop in Fondacio Asia
It’s a fresh new day for Holly. She prepares for the day and gets ready for work. Thank God, despite the pandemic, she can safely work from home. Everything is ready and planned out for the day. Then suddenly an “unwelcome friend” visits her again. She starts to feel...
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Young Lives Yangon’s English & Computer Class
From October 15 to December 11, English and Computer classes were conducted online by our French volunteer, Ms. Margot, and the Young Lives staff respectively. Together with the Young Lives Yangon participants, Young Lives Myitkyina interns also joined the English...
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Send-off Mass & Missioning (IFF Asia S.Y. 2020)
Come and celebrate with us this milestone. A success not only for our students but also for our communities and for the whole Church and Asia! See you ONLINE on Friday, November 27, 2020! Join our Facebook event to be updated. (Just click the button below) Join...
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Fondacio Asia Leaders’ Spirit-led meeting with Fondacio International Council
Most of us would say that we were not prepared for it. But at the end of it all, we were pleasantly surprised.The Fondacio Asia Regional Team (Alice, Annie, Roger and Florence) called for an emergency meeting for the different leaders in Fondacio Asia.Laos – Aleona,...
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Young Lives Yangon’s Human Module
By the grace of God, Young Lives Yangon started its online Human Formation module with 12 participants. It started in September 28 and finished successfully in October 11. Each session took 3 hours each day. The online classes were mainly conducted by our four Young...
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Young Lives Yangon Starts Mushroom farming
New Income Generating Project One of our main goals in Young Lives is to help our students get a job or start a livelihood. Aside from providing skills and developing their character, we also teach them how to do Income generating projects. This is why we start to...
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Young Lives Myitkyina’s 1st Alumni Gathering
Young Lives Myitkyina’s Alumni Gathering was held on 1st August 2020 at ALAM Holy Cross Mountain, an hour away from the Young Lives Myitkyina center. It was a joy to see 36 alumni from 5 batches to come together. The Young Lives Myitkyina team prepared one month ahead...
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Young Lives Myitkyina’s Community Prayer
One spirit, one community Young Lives Myitkyina team and batch leaders came together to pray for the current pandemic at the community center.They had praise and worship in one heart as a Fondacio family. They shared about their lives during this pandemic; on how they...
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8 Memorable Experiences in SY 2019
In this article, we would like to share with you 8 memorable moments in 2019.
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Fondacio Asia’s Shared Journey of Transformation
Inclusiveness, Localization, and Innovation. These are the principles of the learning process we are starting this August. We call it “Shared Journey of Transformation.”We aim to become an inclusive, localized and innovative community of disciples witnessing God’s...
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Young Lives Laos’ Send-Off Mass
Another school year has ended. Young Lives Laos’ graduates had a send-off mass to bless them in their return to their communities. Towards a new journey where they can apply their learning and their faith.The mass was held at the Sacred Heart Cathedral of Vientiane on...
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Recollection of Young Lives Laos Students
Harvesting the Fruits “We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience” -John Dewey On Mar 20, 2020, Young Lives Laos conducted a Recollection for their graduating students. The students identified the fruits of their 6-month training. It was...
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Pass it on!
Through these, the youth can become better servants, leaders, and members of a community who seek to share God’s love and blessings to other members of the community – to serve, lead, and love like Jesus.
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Launching Mass of IFFAsia’s Batch 13 participants
'Christ the Light of the World' To begin the celebration of the Launching Mass & Rite of Commitment, everyone gathered in the lobby of Radio Veritas Asia (RVA). February 2nd 2020, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord was a fitting day for this special...
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Fondacio Attends the 2nd International YOUCAT Congress
To Evangelize is to LIVE the Gospel Arise!” was the theme of the 2nd International YOUCAT Congress which happened in Iloilo City. My Bishop from Battambang, Cambodia sent me to this event. I was able to attend the event with Nikka Lanting (Fondacio Philippines Youth...
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IFF Asia’s Batch 13 Participants (SY 2020)
Presenting to you IFF Asia’s Batch 13 participants (SY 2020) This year, our 12 participants hailed from 7 Asian countries; Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam, and...
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Beneath the surface
Fondacio Philippines’ Weekend Retreat How are you uniquely called? What does it mean to commit your life to Christ? How do we grow in love of God and neighbor? 35 participants coming from as far as Pampanga gathered at Radio Veritas Asia Compound in Fairview, Quezon...
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IV Forum of Catholic Inspired Organisations
“The Forum was conceived as a place of dialogue and exchange among Catholic Inspired NGOs in order to offer a strengthened Christian witness at the international level. It is at the service of the common good of humanity, the defense of human life and...
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Angela’s story (Young Lives Alumnus)
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Hello, world. Young Lives is here.
Today, we are launching our new logo and name, as we move towards new horizons in our mission. We’ve had our old logo for two years, and believe us, it still holds special meaning and many precious memories. So why did we change it? First. One good reason to update...
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Changing the World Little by Little
IFFAsia Batch of 2019 Presents their Development Action Plan (DAP) Proposals In line with Fondacio’s vision “Building a more Humane and Just world”, we in IFFAsia encourage our participants to take part in making positive impact according to their context and reality....
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News on YLDC Philippines
YLDC stands for Youth Livelihood and Development Center. It is a training program managed by Fondacio Philippines in partnership with the officials of Brgy. West Fairview. Since 2015, it has sought to provide knowledge, skills and values to the out-of-school and...
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There are many Parts, but One Body!
COY Nova and the Transparochial Youth Organizations Journeying Together Chances are we don’t know each other! There are many Youth ministries in a diocese as well as Transparochial Youth Organizations. But few are connected or even aware of that. This sometimes leads...
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IFFAsia conducts ‘Vocational Encounter’ in Bangued, Abra
“The first journey is about meeting the young people, but not in isolation from their life- I would rather meet them within their social context, in society.” – Pope Francis An invitation from Bp. Leopoldo Jaucian to “come and see” and be with the young people in his...
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Cultivating mushrooms – making a stand against poverty in one of the poorest of villages in Myanmar
News from Martin and Victoria, Green Pastures Project We have been working with the villagers of Te Gyi since 2014, providing education and introducing new ways of farming to help the families climb out of the poverty trap. One of our newest crops is straw mushrooms....
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From discovering our potentials to our becoming
Vocational Encounter for the Youth in St. John Parish, Malaysia Anticipation of freshness and excitement were the few words we can describe the first Vocational Encounter. Fondacio Malaysia was invited to animate in the parish of St John the Evangelist from 5 to 7...
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