1. WHAT IS MISSION CORE GROUP? A pastoral and an organizational grouping of elders and their spouses in CFC.

2. PURPOSE OF MCG: TO PROVIDE PASTORAL SUPPORT TO ELDERS FOR THEIR LIFE IN CFC. TO PROVIDE STRONG SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT FOR ELDERS(AND SPOUSES), SO THAT THEY MAY LIVE OUT FULLY GOD’S CALL TO HOLINESS AND DISCIPLESHIP. TO PROMOTE UNITY OF HEART AND MIND AMONG THE ELDERS.

3. TO BUILD AN INTENSE BROTHERHOOD AND SISTERHOOD AND LOYALTY TO ONE ANOTHER. TO ACT AS THE BACKBONE OF CFC, WITH MCG MEMBERS HAVING TOTAL DEDICATION TO CFC AND COMMITTED TO SAFEGUARD ITS VISION, MISSION AND CULTURE. PURPOSE OF MCG:(continued)

4. WHAT IS THE CFC VISION: MOVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT…… ONE WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH…… BLESSED TO WITNESS CHRIST’S LOVE AND SERVICE…. COUPLES FOR CHRIST IS A UNITED GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF FAMILY EVANGELIZERS THAT SETS THE WORLD ON FIRE WITH THE FULLNESS OF GOD’S TRANSFORMING LOVE.

5. WHAT IS THE CFC MISSION? BUILDING THE CHURCH OF THE HOME and BUILDING THE CHURCH OF THE POOR.

6. STATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY CFC BELIEVED THAT MARRIAGE IS AN INDISSOLUBLE INSTITUTION. CFC BELIEVED THAT GOD CREATED HUSBAND AND WIFE WITH EQUAL IN WORTH AND DIGNITY. CFC BELIEVED THAT IRREPLACEABLE RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN.

7. CFC BELIEVED THAT THE FAMILY IN PRACTICING THE GOSPEL MESSAGE SHARES IN THE LIFE AND MISSION OF THE CHURCH. CFC BELIEVED THAT CHRISTIAN FAMILY RENEWAL CAN BEST BE ACHIEVED BY INVITING JESUS TO BE THE LORD OF OUR HOMES AND BY ALLOWING THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO LEAD OUR FAMILY. STATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY(continued)

8. STRUCTURE IN CFC: MEMBER HOUSEHOLD HEAD UNIT HEAD CHAPTER HEAD CLUSTER HEAD SECTOR HEAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBER PROVINCIAL AREA DIRECTOR PROVINCIAL AREA HEAD REGIONAL AREA HEAD

9. STRUCTURE IN CFC:(continued) PROVINCIAL MISSION DIRECTOR(a member of the CFC International Council). CFC ELDER’S ASSEMBLY. CFC BOARD OF ELDERS. CFC INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL

10. CFC CORE VALUES: PRO-GOD, PRO-LIFE, PRO-FAMILY, and PRO-POOR.