About LnB CCR

LNB is a Catholic Charismatic Renewal formed in the year of the Lord 2003 by a group of Filipino Catholic expatriates in Qatar under the direction and guidance of its Spiritual Director Fr. Tomasito Veneracion, a Franciscan Capuchin, who is now the Parish Priest of the Our Lady of the Rosary Parish of the Vicariate of Arabia. Like all the Catholic Charismatic Renewals all over the world, its formation was an answer to the prayers of the Catholic Church as voiced by Pope John XXIII in the second Vatican Council to “Renew in our day, O Lord, your wonders as in a new Pentecost” thereby, ascribing its foundation to the Holy Spirit.

In August 2003, the group of Filipino Catholics conducted the very first Life in the Spirit Seminar in Tagalog at the Catholic Parish Centre in Doha, Qatar. After the LSS, the participants, still immersed by the experience of the Holy Spirit, agreed to meet on 3rd September 2003 at the parish centre and had its first prayer meeting. And that date later became the Anniversary of LNB. Since that day, the LNB was granted permission by the then parish priest Fr. Lester Mendonsa to have a prayer meeting every Friday at the Parish Centre. However, true to the words of the Scriptures that “many are called but few are chosen”, of the many participants in the LSS not all of them showed up for the Friday prayer meetings. But, over the next few months, as the word about the prayer meeting spread out, the number of attendees increased, LSS graduates and non graduates began to come regularly. For that reason, the need for a core group leaders came up and also, different ministries were created to meet the growing needs of the new prayer group. As the number of attendees swelled up, the prayer meeting was moved from the small cabin to the main Hall of the old Parish Centre where it was held until April 2008.

During its first year, LNB was known as the ‘Light of God Filipino Catholic Charismatic Renewal’, taking its name from the mother community which is the 'Light of God English Prayer Group’. Seeing the necessity to have its own identity as a Filipino prayer group, an invitation was given to all members to engross in prayers and to come up with the name of the group in Tagalog. And on Easter Family Day Celebration of 2004, a name was chosen for the group among the many names suggested and it was Liwanag ng Buhay (Light of Life); a name inspired by the Gospel of John 8:12 “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."

Over the next coming/few years, the LNB would brave challenges, persecutions and difficulties yet the Almighty God is in control and ever faithful. If a gold is tested by fire, so too the LNB has to undergo spiritual purification to be a true and devoted instrument of the Holy Spirit and become a humble servant of all; a significant lesson learned from its bleak experiences that will forever be the beacon of light for LNB.

At present, LNB holds its regular prayer meeting every Friday at the Sacraments Chapel of the New Church and carries out its main work of Baptism in the Holy Spirit through Life in the Spirit Seminar. LNB is blessed by God with vibrant gifted members who sustain its apostolate and service not only within the community but also in the whole parish.

The following are the Vision and Mission of LNB:
Our Vission:
The Liwanag ng Buhay (Light of Life) desires to gather the children of God and bring them into a deeper spiritual dimension through the new outpouring of the Holy Spirit and become more committed to loving and serving God and one another and be a source of healing and transformation to others.
Our Mission:
The community shall work on developing and transforming our brethren to make WORSHIP their way of life to enable them to draw others to GOD in fellowship and humble service and become Christ-centered, Spirit-filled sons and daughters of God.