off to ipoh for a leaders training session

tonight i’ll be off to ipoh… for a 2-days ‘leaders training session’.

what type of training session is that, you wonder. well, it is for our church members who are in the ‘parish human development committee’ (PHDC), and for those who hold posts only – i.e. leaders.

well, i’m the assistant chairperson. my chairperson is supposed to go with me but she had to backed out due to some unforseen circumstances. each church (in penang diocese, i.e. northern area) is to send 2 participants. there are 28 churches but not all churches has set up PHDC yet.

PHDC is a relatively new ministry in parishes/churches. it is actually sort of a subsidiary body of ‘penang office for human development’ (POHD). some of the objectives and vision mission of PHDC are to
to function as the official body in the parish in matters pertaining to promotion of charity, integral human development and justice and peace; to initiate projects that will be at the service of the poor and marginalised and to promote social teachings of the church and social justice.

you may also wants to read what is integral human development (IHD) as it is related to POHD and PHDC.

i am already a long time member of the society of st vincent de paul (SSVP), thus it is no surprise that i like to joih PHDC as both of these ministries involved in social and out-reaching works especially to the marginalised and poor (physically, mentally, emotionally). it feels good deep inside to do such things.

ok as i’ll be away for 2 days, no blogging from me for 2 days then. back on monday.