K of C welcomes CCODP Caritas Canada delegation to Philippines
From L-R: KCMC 1000 Grand Knight, Jun Florendo; KCFAPI Chairman, Alonso Tan; NASSA Executive Director, Fr. Edu Gariguez; President of the CCODP National Council, Pat Kennedy; Arthur Peters, DIrector of Catholic Pastoral Centre in Ontario; KCFAPI President, Arsenio Isidro Yap; District Deputy, Noel Lacanilao; and Luzon State Spiritual Formation Program Chairman, Edwin Dawal.

The Knights of Columbus in the Philippines has welcomed the delegation from the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP) / Caritas Canada on August 25, 2014.
A Eucharistic celebration was held after a courtesy call to Cardinal Tagle at the Residencia de Arzobispado Chapel led by two Bishops from Canada -Most Reverend J. Michael Miller, C.S.B., Archbishop of Vancouver; Most Reverend Jean-Louis Plouffe, Bishop of Sault Ste. Marie; and by the Executive Director of the National Secretariat for Social Action Justice and Peace/Caritas Philippines, Fr. Edu Gariguez.
A short meeting with the President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), Archbishop Socrates Villegas was also held after the mass.
The ten-day visit (August 16-26) aims to see the projects supported by CCODP in the areas affected by super typhoon Haiyan in November 2013 and to donate the funds they gathered from the Caritas Internationalis. Among the beneficiaries are Eastern Samar, Leyte, Palawan and Eastern Cebu.
The delegation includes Mr. Pat Kennedy, President of the CCODP National Council, and Dr. Patrick Fletcher, Senior Advisor for Theology and Social Doctrine with the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB). (Yen Ocampo)