Talk:Couples for Christ

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[edit] Couples for Christ

I agree with the various groups around the world, especially from the United States, who are calling for/promoting unity. The following statements are taken from the letter of our elders from Southern California:

"to show our commitment to unity and to condemn all forms of disunity."

"We cannot afford to add more into the uncertainty that is already happening in CFC, nor add into the confusion and heartache that the present situation is bringing to our members, whose hearts bleed at the thought of a split..."

"...To be a lover of peace and worker for peace is one of the distinguishing marks of those who are true followers of the “Prince of Peace, our Lord Jesus”.

Therefore, I believe any note/remark/info that implies disunity must be deleted.

Don , 4 Sept 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.156.11.5 (talk) 02:50, 4 September 2007 (UTC)


Is there a reason to remove the Catholic lay society categories?--Jondel 09:58, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Just did a cleanup on CFC Singles for Christ, a subunit of Couples for Christ. This article could use a cleanup, too. Suggest adding the organization's logo (that's fair use.). Basic organizational facts should be provided (location, size, date established, official name of organization). Needs formatting work, removal of red links, and category info. --Nagle 05:26, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Did a cleanup here, following the style at CFC Singles for Christ. --Nagle 17:45, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Suggest merging CFC-Youth For Christ and CFC-Kids for Christ into here. They're really all part of Couples for Christ. --John Nagle 07:08, 11 June 2006 (UTC) - Yes, they are all part of Couples for Christ, but that doesn't make them the same. The ministries of Couples for Christ each also have their own ways of evangelizaton. Having them all described in one page would make the page look to cluttered :(

you can visit cfcyouthforchrist.org for more information - xavy

how about links to other CFC sites around the world?

cfcyouth.com - Official CFC-USA site cfcyouthforchrist.org - Official International site and there was one for Canada's CFC-YFC too but I forgot what that was.

Oh, and since CFC-Y is a youth group, but within the CFC family ministry, we should keep this article seperate for technicality or something. -Filifish

This is a comparatively minor issue, but I am anguished over the fact that Mr. Perpetuo “Boy” de Claro of the CfC is the president and general manager of Wyeth Philippines. He is acknowledged as one of the best marketing executives in the Philippines, and is really hurting the health of the 84% of all Philipino children being raised on Wyeth's (and others') baby formulas. A third of the 1-year-olds in that country are underweight, and that nation's lax standards allow these sellers to make the most outlandish claims for this stuff, like it will make the babies' brains larger, etc. How reasonable is it to see Mr. de Claro as a betrayer of his nation's children for his undoubtedly fine lifestyle? It makes me wish I had the ability to buy Wyeth stock & crash their next shareholders' meeting.

I probably should not be the one editing the CfC article to include this. - Dixieflyer —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dixieflyer (talk • contribs) 01:26, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Comment on the "minor issue": To claim Wyeth is hurting the health of 84% of Filipino children is at best an opinion, which I won't dispute, unless you insist it's a fact. No reason to debate. I live in the Philippines and I do have kids. I buy what's available on the shelf so that my kids will live a quality life. What I am certain about is whatever issue there is against Mr. de Claro as a person has nothing to do with his membership in CFC, in the same spirit that we evangelize people wherever we find them, from offices to streets to prisons. That makes CFC beautiful.

[edit] Restructuring the CFC article

I have this proposal on how to restructure the CFC article:

  1. History: the timeline is good, but we need to rewrite it into formal sentences and paragraphs. We can keep the timeline in a table format alongside the prose.
  2. Organization: if it is possible, we should draw the CFC structure here. The 25th Anniversary book can be a great help.
  3. Seven Pillars, Philosophy, Mission and Vision: I copied the Philo and Mission-Vision sections verbatim from the CFC website. To avoid charges of plagiarism, we should rewrite them. On the other hand, we need to expand and clarify what the Seven Pillars are. We can insert an short introduction on each relevant links; for example, since there is a Gawad Kalinga article, we don't have to copy it entirely here, we should just write a short paragraph about GK. The same applies for SFC, YFC, and KFC.
  4. ("The Crisis": we should wait until both sides have reconciled and reunified before we ever start writing this section here. Even introducting a paragraph here could trigger an "edit war", and that's not a good way to evangelize the innocent non-CFC who visits the article.)
  5. "The Other CFC": this is a tricky one. I believe that FFL should not use the CFC label because calling themselves "CFC" correlates to respect with authority (the IC/BOE, which to date have acted with great humility in resolving The Crisis), something that hasn't been done. Sure, an introductory section on FFL can be written here; however, FFL should not edit the CFC article to suit its purposes. If it has to come to it, then FFL should write its own article.
  6. Footnotes: we should collect more documents, files that can be quoted. Verifiability is a Wikipedia principle; we need to establish that to further the article's credibility, which eventually reflects back on the community.

I hope that more concerned Titos and Titas (I am a SFC/YFC member) will be able to provide what this article needs. This article reflects on us as a community, so we should write this as a community.

May God be praised!

Jedjuntereal 09:11, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Um, NO. This article should be written within Wikipedia guidelines, including (but not limited to) use of multiple third partyreliable sources and a neutral point of view. If you cannot edit the article from that perspective, them perhaps you should find articles with which you are not so closely linked. It should absolutely NOT be used to "evangelize the innocent non-CFC." Pairadox (talk) 01:42, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
To Pairadox:
Regarding sources, I hope you could help in finding out other third-party references. I have searched high and low and found very little about CFC's history written by those who are not so closely linked with it, and the few references I found were unavoidably from CFC people. To make things worse, I can't do original research on this matter. And to think I am from the Philippines, where CFC is based.
Now, on the matter of neutrality: yeah, you're right, it shouldn't be used to evangelize the innocent non-CFC. In that case, I hope you could help in making this article more neutral. BTW, I know Jedjuntereal, and I think he didn't mean it that way; when I pointed out this matter to him, he said he wanted to answer to your point, but for some weird reason he couldn't access his account. He was a bit rattled by your writing NO in such strong emphasis, he thought you were shouting; I hope you weren't. So there. :-D
So, basically, my point is: I hope you can help out regarding neutrality and references. Thanks and God bless! Athrun Atreides (talk) 05:26, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Too many tables

Ease off on the tables; prose is always better than a list. Same goes for sections that are almost entirely quotes. They need to be reformulated into our own words, or the article ends up being not much more than an extention of the church. Check out Wikipedia:Your_first_article for tips on what to do and what to avoid. Pairadox (talk) 02:45, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality

I've tagged the article as biased. It's unacceptable to have a glorification piece like this that doesn't contain a single third-party reference! Anyone saying that such sources are hard to find should learn about Google. Pichpich (talk) 23:41, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

The only third-party references that I've been able to find about CFC all have to do with its current situation with the break-away group Foundation for Family and Life... Assistance would be great. Ryanenage (talk) 20:16, 6 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] NOTES

Notes 5, 6, 7 CBCP monitor: it should be indicated that the published article is a paid advertisement made by CFC-GMFI in CBCP monitor Stag79 (talk) 18:24, 29 May 2008 (UTC)