“The first thing to be obtained is the guarantee of the fruit of the poor man’s sweat, so much more sacred than the rich man’s capital”

Isabelo Delos Reyes, Sr.

Opening Message U.O.D.’s General

Assembly– Feb. 2, 1902

Statement on Church

Mission (1976)

C. Social Action30. Social Action is the pastoral activity of the church. The IFI will always be one with groups, organizations and communities that promote the welfare of people and of the human community, and the building up of the Kingdom of God.

31. The IFI has always been loyal to the cause of Her founding Fathers in promoting the welfare and dignity of the common man, especially the laborer. She must in all times and in all places, extend her pastoral ministry to workers and laborers with whom she has identified since the beginning.

IFI Migrant MinistryOn February 5-7, 2015, a Special Consultation on Chaplaincy to Migrant Workers and Seafarers was held to look into the migrant ministry of the IFI.

The IFI has established chaplaincy programs to Filipino migrants to extend pastoral care to Filipinos regardless of cultural background and religious affiliation.The Filipino Chaplaincy serves spiritual and social needs of Filipinos while living in different parts of the world.

The IFI wishes to be a church ministering to Filipino migrant workers and taking part in their struggle and aspirations. The Chaplaincy Program demonstrate the IFI’s commitment towards the developmental needs of Filipino migrants.

The IFI national and Diocesan Program Office should include or integrate in their program of work the concerns and issues of migrants, seafarers and their families, and to include such program in the Annual National Budget.

Beginning 2016, the second Sunday of July will be designated as Migrant Workers and Seafarers Sunday.

IFI-UAE

Started in Dubai in 2011 with 11 IFI members Today, there are more than a hundred faithful were regularly attending fellowship.Worships were conducted in the members’ houses and preaching of the clergy was through skype.

HONGKONGFr. Dwight Dela Torre was appointed Chaplain of the Mission to Migrant Filipino Workers and of the Filipino Community based in St. John’s Cathedral in 1994 initially with 34 communicants.

The IFI faithful organized a fellowship; first they called themselves IFI in Hongkong and later IFI-Hongkong Fellowship. Now they have more than 600 Filipino communicants and have regular Mass every Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

USA and CANADAIFI congregation in Honolulu was pioneered by three Priests when the Episcopal Bishop of Honolulu requested The Most Rev. Isabelo Delos Reyes, Jr. to send IFI priests because of the large presence of members who are mostly Ilocanos. In the late 1950’s, Bishop Delos Reyes sent Fr. Timoteo Quintero, Fr. Justo Andres and Fr. Jacinto Tabili. A chapel within the compound of the Honolulu Cathedral was appropriated for the exclusive use of the IFI.

Ilocanos. In the late 1950’s, Bishop Delos Reyes sent Fr. Timoteo Quintero, Fr. Justo Andres and Fr. Jacinto Tabili. A chapel within the compound of the Honolulu Cathedral was appropriated for the exclusive use of the IFI.

In the early 1970’s, Bishop Eugenio Loreto went to New York and later started evangelizing in the streets especially among small Filipino groups. He established an IFI congregation in New York and later in Tampa, Florida where he built an IFI church building, the first outside the Philippines. In 1978, some IFI priests in the US started gathering and reaching out IFI faithful in Los Angeles, California.

built an IFI church building, the first outside the Philippines. In 1978, some IFI priests in the US started gathering and reaching out IFI faithful in Los Angeles, California.

UNITED KINGDOMA feasibility study for the possibility of establishing a Filipino Chaplaincy was conducted in June 2000 by the IFI in cooperation with the Church Mission Society of the Church of England.

In 2005, the establishment of the Filipino Chaplaincy was approved by the Bishop of London and was hosted by the Church of St. John, Nottinghill and in 2006 the program of Mission for Filipino Workers was supported.

1n 2012, Revd. Salvador Telen started working with the Saint Saviour Parish of the Diocese of Chelsford. The Filipino Chaplaincy and the congregation were purely IFI.

In 2014, Filipino Chaplaincy mission in the Diocese of Leicester was established with Revd. Herbert Fadriquela as chaplain.

SWEDENIn 1995, Revd. Allan Forcado migrated to Sweden with his Swedish wife and worked in the Diocese of Strangnas and engaged in studying mixed marriages and doing prison ministry.

In 2012, he organized the Filipinos in Sweden under the group Damayan sa Sweden.

MISSION TO SEAFARERSPhilippinesIFI- MISSION TO SEAFARERSFAMILY NETWORK

What we do?

While caring for the seafarers away from home, we care for their families at home. In caring for them, we also help them help themselves.

We organize and support them with family assistance, trainings and orientation for organization capability building, financial management, basic social services and pastoral care, promote advocacy for their welfare and benefit; and, help establish a Credit Union for their welfare.

We provide venues and avenues for sustainable linkages and support systems among the seafarers’ families, and with other migrant workers groups;We provide coordination with other concerned agencies in assisting the seafarers’ families of their other needs;

We conduct hospital visitations, promote seafarers’ general sexual health including awareness on the Ebola virus, HIV/AIDS and other health issues.

We promote awareness of the maritime sector in its entirety and thereby increase understanding of the roles, lives, difficulties and contributions of our seafarers to the over-all development of our country’s economy.

How we work?The wellbeing of seafarers and their families is at the heart of everything we do. We carry our work in coordination and supplementation with each other in mutual responsibility towards our common mission together.

After all we believe, we don’t have a mission of our own. We only respond to the mission of Christ.In case of concerns abroad, we coordinate with the various concerned agencies both locally and abroad.

The Mission to Seafarers Philippines is part of the global organization of Mission to Seafarers and is a manifestation of the common mission of the IFI and the Anglican Church.

Through this partnership, we link and coordinate with the Mission to Seafarers concerns that need to be addressed locally and abroad.

Who are with us?

Spiritual services are carried out by our chaplains and volunteers. We provide counseling, spiritual support and opportunities for prayer and quiet reflection to the seafarers and their families at home.

THANKYOU!