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About Us
The Bukas Loob sa Diyos (Open in Spirit To God) Catholic Charismatic Covenant Community is a pioneering lay organization in the Philippine renewal movement. Founded in June 1985, BLD has been organizing life-changing Encounter retreats for families, married couples, singles, solo parents and the youth; and a Christian life program, the Life in the Spirit Seminar.
BLD is now a global community and has districts and prayer groups in the Philippines, Canada, United States & Hongkong.
These evangelization programs have transformed and uplifted thousands of lives through the shepherding of Community disciples towards the path of wholeness through the power of the Holy Spirit. This is what the Community is all about: opening our hands, our minds, our hearts, and our whole being to the Spirit of the Living God – Bukas Loob sa Diyos.
Transformation begins when those who are called to Community life take that first big step in committing to the new life and healing journey that Jesus Christ offers through the Community.
After our Encounter with the Lord in the Retreat or in the Seminar, a member journey through formation and pastoral care programs that lead to our Covenanting with the Lord: we seal our relationship with God, we become His servant, His bridesmaid, His beloved.
As we are transformed in Christ, we too follow Christ’s mission in reaching out to the downtrodden and the poorest of the poor.
Through our homegrown Scholarship of Hope, we support poor students under the country’s public school system. We select beneficiaries regardless of a student’s academic status—from high-achievers to the academically challenged—as long as the student is willing to acquire education.
Aside from these, we regularly conduct mission activities to care and empower the old, the sick, abandoned women and children, prisoners and survivors of natural disasters.
In the City of Mississauga, a suburb (west) of Toronto, we are a multi-ethnic parish community based in St. Francis Xavier Parish, located on Mavis Road. We are known as Open in Spirit to God BLD and we are governed and managed by a District Council of Stewards composed of 5 couples who are all covenanted members.
OSG BLD Mississauga @ SFX Community remains true to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and submits to the authority of the Roman Pontiff and the Archbishop of Toronto and under the guidance of our Community Chaplain, Fr. James Cherickal, Pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish. We also follow the ways and directions of the BLD Global Community through its Council of Servant Leaders in empowering the lay faithful in spreading God’s love and promoting Christian values through Encounter and Renewal programs and various ministries.
Vision & Mission
The BLD Covenant Community throughout the world is of one heart, mind, and spirit in sharing a common vision and mission, based on Christian love and faith, service and worship.
Vision
We are a Community of Disciples inspired by the Holy Spirit to be living witnesses for transformation in Christ to bring about a world of justice, human development and true peace.
Mission
In response to the challenges of our particular place, time, and culture:
For our Families
We will evangelize families and build communities of faith through Encounters, Life in the Spirit Seminars, and Discipleship Formation
We will give formation on personal and family prayer, pro-life values, Catholic social teachings, and stewardship.
For our BLD Communities
We will actively participate in the life and mission of the Church in accord with our God-given gifts.
For our Country
We will work on poverty alleviation through scholarships, housing for the poor, and advocacies for life, environment, and good governance.
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DISTRICT COUNCIL OF STEWARDS
JULY 2021 - JUNE 2024
- WEEKLY PRAISE & WORSHIP
Every Thursday at 7:00 PM
Note: on March 13, 2020, the declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, worship was held online. livestreamed thru the OSG BLD Mississauga @ SFX Facebook account (private) https://www.facebook.com/groups/376534259195209. - LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINAR - 7 week program
- MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND - 2-day Live-out weekend
- SOLO PERSON ENCOUNTER WEEKEND - 2-day Live-out weekend
posted: 25 June 2021
