To the EAM Filipino Convocation Community
Greetings to you all in the Name of the Risen Lord!
On behalf of the EAM Filipino Convocation Officers and in collaboration with Fr. Fred Vergara, Asian Missioner of TEC and Fr. Jim Kodeira of the Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry Executive Council, I am pleased to announce our gathering for the year, the 2011 EAM Filipino Convocation!
This will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 8, 9 and 10 and the venue will be All Saints' Episcopal Church and the Circus Circus Hotel.
The gathering begins on Friday afternoon with Registration, Opening and Dinner at All Saints' Episcopal Church, with Bishop Dan Edwards personally welcoming us.
The Saturday events and meals will be at the Circus Circus Convention Center and the Sunday Inter-cultural Worship will be at All Saints', where we will be joined by St. Luke's Fil-Con members and All Saints' Latino congregation.
The theme for our gathering is "Ugnayan: Advancing Communication, Building Connections, Creating Community -- the Fil-Am Way."
We chose this theme as we give emphasis to the struggle we find in fostering connectivity among the various congregations and churches and with the younger sector (Youth and Young Adult). We hope to create an opportunity where this and other partnering concerns will be revisited. We are privileged to have a couple of presentations whereby we can learn some tools to equip us in addressing those issues.
An online registration has been made possible, courtesy of Meghan Ritchie, Events and Project Groups Associate at the Episcopal Church Center. Rooms are reserved at Circus Circus Hotel. Registration to this event will be processed by Meghan's office at the Episcopal Church Center. Please click on the link below to register.
http://events.SignUp4.com/filipinoconvocation2011
Congregations of the EAM FilCon Community are entitled to send up to three(3) delegates; hopefully one from the Youth and Young Adult sector will be included.
More details will follow; in the meantime, please begin making your travel plans. Thank you and God bless.
In His Service,
Fr. Bayani
The Rev. Bayani D. Rico
Church of the Ascension
2420 Tuolumne St.
Vallejo, CA 94589
W (707) 644-5505
Email: rector_ascension@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.ascensionvallejo.org
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5/13/11
12th Triennial Assembly of Philippine Independent Church (IFI) Selects New Supreme Head
Manila, May 11, 2011
With 230 official delegates voting, the 12th Triennial General Assembly gave 54% of the total votes cast (123) in favor of the Rt. Rev. Ephraim S. Fajutagana (center of photo) to become the new Obispo Maximo of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente in yesterday's session at the Bayview Park Hotel in Manila.
The former General Secretary won over two bishop-candidates from Mindanao, namely, Bishop Felix L. Calang (50 votes) from the Diocese of MOBUCA and Bishop Rhee M. Timbang (56 votes) from the Diocese of Surigao.
Bishop Fajutagana, hailing from the Diocese of Romblon and Mindoros, succeeds the outgoing Supreme Bishop, the Most Rev. Godofredo J. David who served the six-year term as the 11th Obispo Maximo.
The Obispo Maximo-elect was also the former diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Cavite before coming to the Central Office.
The Rt. Rev. Joselito P. Cruz, diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Rizal-Pampanga, will fill in the shoes of the General Secretary by June 2011 when Bishop Fajutagana ends his six-year term as Chief Operating Officer, and assumes his new position as the IFIs 12th Obispo Maximo (Chief Pastor, Spiritual Head, and Chief Executive Officer). Bishop Cruz won over the Rt. Rev. Bartolome Espartero (OIC Iloilo) in the second balloting.
The enthronement of Bishop Fajutagana as the 12th Obispo Maximo will be held on June 11 at the IFI National Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Holy Child, 1500 Taft Avenue, Ermita, Manila.
On behalf of the Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry, we congratulate the OM Elect Bishop Ephraim Fajutagana.
Fred+
The Rev. Dr. Winfred B. Vergara, Missioner
Episcopal Asiamerica Ministries (EAM)
The Episcopal Church Center
815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017
1-212-922-5344 (O) 1-800-334-7626 Ext. 5344
Website: www.episcopalchurch.org/asian.htm
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With 230 official delegates voting, the 12th Triennial General Assembly gave 54% of the total votes cast (123) in favor of the Rt. Rev. Ephraim S. Fajutagana (center of photo) to become the new Obispo Maximo of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente in yesterday's session at the Bayview Park Hotel in Manila.
The former General Secretary won over two bishop-candidates from Mindanao, namely, Bishop Felix L. Calang (50 votes) from the Diocese of MOBUCA and Bishop Rhee M. Timbang (56 votes) from the Diocese of Surigao.
Bishop Fajutagana, hailing from the Diocese of Romblon and Mindoros, succeeds the outgoing Supreme Bishop, the Most Rev. Godofredo J. David who served the six-year term as the 11th Obispo Maximo.
The Obispo Maximo-elect was also the former diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Cavite before coming to the Central Office.
The Rt. Rev. Joselito P. Cruz, diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Rizal-Pampanga, will fill in the shoes of the General Secretary by June 2011 when Bishop Fajutagana ends his six-year term as Chief Operating Officer, and assumes his new position as the IFIs 12th Obispo Maximo (Chief Pastor, Spiritual Head, and Chief Executive Officer). Bishop Cruz won over the Rt. Rev. Bartolome Espartero (OIC Iloilo) in the second balloting.
The enthronement of Bishop Fajutagana as the 12th Obispo Maximo will be held on June 11 at the IFI National Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Holy Child, 1500 Taft Avenue, Ermita, Manila.
On behalf of the Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry, we congratulate the OM Elect Bishop Ephraim Fajutagana.
Fred+
The Rev. Dr. Winfred B. Vergara, Missioner
Episcopal Asiamerica Ministries (EAM)
The Episcopal Church Center
815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017
1-212-922-5344 (O) 1-800-334-7626 Ext. 5344
Website: www.episcopalchurch.org/asian.htm
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4/22/11
Prayer Vigil for Japan
A prayer service vigil for Japan was held at St. John’s in Flushing sponsored by Episcopal Asiamerican Ministry of Long Island last Friday, April 15, one month after the recent earthquake, the tsunami and the ongoing threat of nuclear meltdown, with possible further loss of lives.
We ask continuing prayers for the people of Japan, for the safety of those in the middle of the crisis, those working to get the Fukushima accident under control, those clearing out rubble and getting on with their lives, those still searching and still mourning, those newly mourning, those who have had to evacuate.
May Easter hope fill their hearts and lives.
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From April 26 report by ABS-CBN News online:
A total of 14,340 people were killed in the 9.0-magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami, while some 11,889 are still missing, amid fears that many of them were swept into the Pacific Ocean and will never be found.
Animal health officials entered the sealed-off zone around the Fukushima plant, planning to assess how many animals need to be put down.
"This is the first time we are going inside the 20-kilometre zone," a veterinarian told public broadcaster NHK. "We will survey livestock on farms and check their status," he said.
"If we see dead cattle, we might take stop-gap measures, like pouring lime powder over them," he said near the evacuation zone, where 370 farms operated before the crisis, with some 4,000 cows, 30,000 pigs and 630,000 chickens.
Local officials will also check on the condition of horses in Minamisoma city north of the plant, where many have been bred in preparation for the community's traditional folk festival, the veterinarian said on NHK.
In parliament, embattled Prime Minister Kan faced new pressure over the nuclear disaster triggered when the tsunami knocked out cooling systems -- the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl, which hit 25 years ago on Tuesday.
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| St. John's Episcopal Church, Flushing, NY, USA |
We ask continuing prayers for the people of Japan, for the safety of those in the middle of the crisis, those working to get the Fukushima accident under control, those clearing out rubble and getting on with their lives, those still searching and still mourning, those newly mourning, those who have had to evacuate.
May Easter hope fill their hearts and lives.
_____________________________
From April 26 report by ABS-CBN News online:
A total of 14,340 people were killed in the 9.0-magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami, while some 11,889 are still missing, amid fears that many of them were swept into the Pacific Ocean and will never be found.
Animal health officials entered the sealed-off zone around the Fukushima plant, planning to assess how many animals need to be put down.
"This is the first time we are going inside the 20-kilometre zone," a veterinarian told public broadcaster NHK. "We will survey livestock on farms and check their status," he said.
"If we see dead cattle, we might take stop-gap measures, like pouring lime powder over them," he said near the evacuation zone, where 370 farms operated before the crisis, with some 4,000 cows, 30,000 pigs and 630,000 chickens.
Local officials will also check on the condition of horses in Minamisoma city north of the plant, where many have been bred in preparation for the community's traditional folk festival, the veterinarian said on NHK.
In parliament, embattled Prime Minister Kan faced new pressure over the nuclear disaster triggered when the tsunami knocked out cooling systems -- the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl, which hit 25 years ago on Tuesday.
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4/13/11
Seminar on Dalith Issues In India Wednesday May 18, 2011 at St. Paul's Church Woodside, N.Y.
South Asian Convocation of Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry cordially invites you to participate in a Special Seminar on Dalith Issues In India with The Rev. Dr. James Massey, (Priest from Church of North India & Activist) 10:00am on Wednesday May 18th, 2011.
39-04 61th Street
St. Paul's Church
Woodside, NY 11377
For more information please call (718) 672-8565.
4/5/11
Asian Population Statistics
About Asian people and Asian cultures in the United States
and in New York City.
and in New York City.
Asian Americans = 12 million or 4% of U.S. population; and 11% of New York City population.
Asian Cultures in NYC:
Asian Indian
Bangladeshi
Cambodian
Chinese
Filipino
Hmong
Indonesian
Japanese
Korean
Lao
Malaysian
Pakistanhi
Sri Lankan
Taiwanese
Thai
Vietnamese
Others
Five largest Asian American groups in NYC:
Chinese 374,321
Asian Indian 206,228
Korean 90,208
Filipino 62,058
Pakistani 34,310
Those who are Asian and immigrants in NYC:
35% = percentage of NYC’s population that is immigrant
78% = percentage of NYC’s Asian population that is immigrant
Poverty in NYC:
Poverty rate: 21% Asian poverty rate: 20%
Child poverty rate: 30% Asian child poverty rate: 24%
Elderly poverty rate: 18% Asian elderly poverty rate: 24%
The NYC data is from the Asian American Federation Census Information Center, www.aafny.org/cic.
The U.S. Census Bureau has designated the federation as one of the 57 census information centers in the United States and the only center in New York to focus on Asian American communities.
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