Tahanan ng Panginoon celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2025. We look back with gratitude to its humble beginnings in 1986, when members of Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon (The Joy of the Lord) reached out to families in Manila’s most underserved communities. What started as a simple mission of evangelization and service soon grew into a vibrant movement—offering medical care, educational assistance, and, most importantly, a place of belonging. From the start, Tahanan has been more than a program; it has been a living community of faith among the poor, nurtured by God’s transforming love and strengthened by the enduring partnership of its mother community, Ligaya ng Panginoon. Even today, Ligaya leaders continue to guide Tahanan, while the wider community provides vital support, ensuring that the mission remains rooted in strong Christian leadership and shared discipleship.

Now, forty years on, Tahanan ng Panginoon stands as a network of sixteen thriving sites across Metro Manila, Pampanga, and Cavite, serving over 2,570 members. As we celebrate this milestone, we also look ahead with renewed vision—to deepen our impact, strengthen partnerships with parishes and Christian organizations, and form future leaders who will carry forward the mission of compassionate service and social transformation. Anchored in faith and community, Tahanan moves into the next chapter committed to building hope, empowering families, and continuing God’s work among those most in need.

✦ Discipleship: Many lives transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit and reflecting more and more the character and compassion of Jesus Christ especially to the poor and marginalized…

✦ Personal Growth: Personal, spiritual, social and economic growth nurtured by an environment of healthy relationships and abiding hope, and by activities that promote the development of each person’s God-given talents…

✦ Contribution to Mission: Members equipped and eager to serve others in love, and to witness to Jesus in all areas of life—in the home, school, parish, local community, and wider society.

Our Mission Goals

✦ Evangelize people to Christ

✦ Teach them to live as disciples who exhibit the fruit of the Spirit

✦ Build strong communities where people love and support one another amidst their economic challenges

✦ Support family life and the raising of children in peaceful & loving homes

✦ Support the healthy development & educational success of young people

✦ Equip our members for service to the church and their local communities, and as stewards of God’s creation to take concern for the environment

✦ Motivate and empower people to become agents of social transformation and economic growth

✦ Faith & Trust in God: knowledge & confidence founded on God’s Word

✦ Community: committed long-term personal relationships

✦ Christian Character: ongoing growth in virtue & love

✦ Service: giving to others in word (evangelization) and deed (service)

✦ Transformation and civic-mindedness: working to create a more just and equitable society

Ricardo G. Lazatin, President

Raymund P. Ilustre, Treasurer

Anthony Virgilio P. Jamias

Manuel S. Castañeda, Jr.

Ruben C. Aganon

David O' Conner, Executive Director

Damian M. Placido, Jr., Corporate Secretary