Unreachable Dream No More: The Story of ANCOP Australia’s 3rd Priest
“Do not worry about your financial obligations, focus on your study, pray, and have faith in God.” These are the words that signaled a major turning point for Maynard Jay Nicko Flores, then a seminarian at the St. John the Evangelist School of Theology, Sacred Heart Seminary, Palo, Leyte. For years, Nicko and his family […]
‘Committed to Love’: ANCOP Volunteers Empowerment Summit Launched
MARIKINA, Philippines—170 CFC ANCOP volunteers from Metro Manila East A and B, social workers, chapter heads, and cluster heads were present at the launch of the ANCOP Volunteers Empowerment Summit (VEST) held at the Marikina Sports Complex on March 15, 2025. A conference for volunteers that serve in ANCOP, VEST initiates a dialogue about what […]
‘No Sacrifice Goes Unnoticed’: 39 TVET Trainees Graduate in Calapan
“’For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’” — Jeremiah 29:11 “After passing a 10-day technical-vocational education training, a job offer is waiting for you in Manila.” That was the promise ANCOP gave […]
Answering the Cry of the Poor, the ‘Aussie Way’
Supporting a whopping 550 students for school year 2024 – 2025, ANCOP Australia is no slacker. Couples for Christ – Australia, with its 5,260-member strong community in 8 states, has been growing steadily in the last 35 years—and with it, its Work with the Poor efforts. Leveraging personal network While ANCOP Australia continues to rely […]
‘We had no choice but to live in a tricycle’
There’s a quote that goes, “Home is where our story begins…” For a bleak time in Bernalon Pacete’s life, that was exactly what she didn’t have: a home. She remembers how her elder sister Bernalyn and mother Elizabeth were in desperate need of shelter. Having lost their father when Bernalon was just a year old, […]
‘Joy Over Worries’: Milo’s Story
Empty and sad. This is how Milo Santos felt after the death of his father, who had been bedridden for years because of a stroke. Aside from the heartbreak of losing a family member, the college sophomore knew that family finances were tight; funds were barely enough for their daily needs. He wondered if he […]
