FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- What is the CFC Global Conference 2025?
The CFC Global Conference 2025 is the first global event of Couples for Christ held outside the Philippines.
As we are called to be one with the Church, CFC will gather to celebrate the Ordinary Jubilee Year 2025 of the Catholic Church called by His Holiness Pope Francis of the Catholic Church. Moreover, in this conference, the community will also celebrate the Silver Jubilee (25th anniversary) of the CFC’s Vatican Recognition as an International Lay Association of the Faithful with Pontifical Rights and the 30th anniversary of the CFC mission in Europe.
- When and where is the CFC Global Conference 2025?
There will be two (2) runs of the CFC Global Conference 2025 which will be on May 16-18, 2025 and May 23-25, 2025 at Centro Mariapoli Internazionale, Castel Gandolfo, Italy.
- Who may participate in the CFC Global Conference 2025?
All bonafide members of Couples for Christ and adult Family Ministries (HOLD, SOLD, SFC) may participate in the CFC Global Conference 2025
- How much is the registration fee?
The registration fee is €180 or ₱12,000 which will cover conference kits and meals (Friday dinner, Saturday lunch and dinner, and Sunday lunch)
- When is the registration deadline?
Interested individuals may register until September 30, 2024.
- How to register?
There are four steps to register.
Step 1. Register via CFC Home Office Online www.cfchoomeoffice.com
Step 2. Pay the registration fee to the bank accounts assigned to your mission geography. Refer to the diagram and bank details below.
Step 3. Fill out the online survey form. https://forms.office.com/r/am2A8nh6qV
Step 4. Schengen Visa Application (as applicable) and Arrangement of Flight and Accommodation
Mission Geography | Recipient Bank | Mode of payment |
| Metro Manila, Philippine Mission, Asia and Oceania | Account Name: Couples for Christ Global Mission Foundation, Inc.BDO Savings Account No: 006810020704 BPI Current Account No: 0123-4662-76 Chinabank Current Account: 1040981311 PNB Peso SA – 125810006155 | Bank deposit or transferCredit card |
| Americas[1]Europe-Africa (EurAf) | Account Name: Couples For Christ ItalyBank Name: UNICREDITBank Address: Via Rusticucci 10, 00193, Roma, ItaliaIBAN: IT 96 K 02008 05008 000104507114SWIFT: UNCRITM1B88 | Bank transfer |
- How to arrange flight, accommodation, and visa application and how to obtain supplemental travel documents for visa application?
Registrant must fill up the online survey form, https://forms.office.com/r/am2A8nh6qV. The information gathered in the form are required to complete the supplemental travel documents, and to fully arrange travel and accommodation needs of all participants.
Only those who filled up the form will be provided with supplemental travel documents and templates that can be used for visa application.
Note that flight, accommodation, and visa application may be arranged personally by the registrants except for registrants from the Philippines. Registrants from the Philippines are required to avail of the services from the shortlisted travel agency of the CFC Global Mission Center. The secretariat team will pre-assign registrants to the travel agency to be endorsed via email.
- What is the estimated cost per person for the conference?
This varies depending on the country of origin of registrant, but the major expenses to be considered are flight, accommodation, inland transportation, visa application (as applicable) and travel insurance (as applicable) plus pocket money.
For registrants from Philippines, estimated cost per person ranges from ₱130,000 to ₱160,000 per person for a 5D/4N stay in Rome inclusive of visa application fee and assistance, flight, travel insurance, hotel accommodation with breakfast, and inland transportation.
- In case the visa application is denied, is the registration fee refundable?
Withdrawal after paying the registration fee is highly discouraged. Registrant may re-apply for visa or look for a replacement for their slot.
- Will there be a special audience with the Pope?
The conference team has formally invited The Holy Father, Pope Francis to the CFC Global Conference 2025 through Most. Rev. Charles John Brown, the Papal Nuncio to the Philippines. We have invited him to celebrate the Holy Eucharist with the conference participants at the Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican and to subsequently grant an audience with CFC. The possible date for this meeting with the Pope could be set on May 20, 21 or 22, 2025.
- Who to contact for inquiries related to the CFC Global Conference 2025?
Send inquiries to the CFC Events Secretariat, cfceventssecretariat@couplesforchristglobal.org.
[1] For CFC Americas, CFC USA and CFC Canada brethren will first pay through their respective community bank account and then subsequently, transfer the collected payments to the CFC Vatican Office Bank (Account name: Couples for Christ Italy) in bulk.