Phillippines

Promise Land (San Fabian, Pangasinan)
- 2018 -

In September, the first three missionaries left together with Father Adrian, a long-time missionary priest and friend of our Community, for the Philippines, where we opened our first mission in Asia! The missionaries were welcomed by Jimmy and Irene, a couple of faithful friends of our Community who live in Singapore; they were God's instrument in "bringing us" to the Philippines. In this new land everything is to be discovered, one step after another: this is also why only three guys initially went with Father Adrian. The Philippines’ Archbishop of the Diocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, H.E. Mgr. Socrates Villegas, met Father Adrian during the three months he spent in the Philippines to learn about their way of life, and invited him to open our fraternity in an area called San Fabian-Pangasinan, about three hours north of the capital Manila on the island of Luzon, promising his help and support. The diocese offered us land near the seminary of the diocese and a convent of Carmelite Sisters: that was the place we “pitched our tents” to begin the first steps of our journey. For now, our missionaries have been welcomed in three bamboo houses built near a chapel dedicated to St. Jude Thaddeus. Let us pray that the Virgin Mary will bless and protect our new mission!