Collaboration | Federation of Pastoral Institutes

“The New Evangelization impels us to continue joyfully responding to the Spirit that never ceases to stimulate our communities to a deep conversion. Our call to celebrate the Gospel and to proclaim it to all our communities is at the very core of the creative ministry of the FIP. With years of Hispanic experience the Federation will continue to respond to the challenges of today’s world and will continue to serve by offering excellent faith, academic, and ministerial formation to our communities and beyond.”

-Bishop Arturo Cepeda

FIP is a non-profit organization of volunteers totally committed to leadership formation of our pastoral agents at the service of the Latino/Hispanic catholic communities in the US. Your help and support is very important to us. A big THANK YOU for your kind and generous donation to us!

“A sign of vitality in ministry to our Hispanic communities is the ever growing numbers of laity in need of learning and deepening their knowledge of one’s faith, a crystal-clear sign for us to continue offering sound and quality services throughout every ministry within the Church. This ever present need is the reason why and how many new educational services have been brought to life in every region of the country. The challenges are indeed varied and many for anybody to deal with them in isolated ways. That is why FIP [Federation of Pastoral Institutes] came into being. FIP‘s mission is to offer excellent faith formation services to our Hispanic communities en route to God.”

-Bishop Felipe J. Estevez

The Federation serves and collaborates through fruitful connections with other pastoral institutions such as: National Federation of Priests’ Councils.

ENAVE - National V Encuentro for ministry among Hispanics / Latinos
The V Encuentro is a three-year process of pastoral-theological reflection culminating in a national event in the summer of 2016.

USCCB SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS

Subcommittee Chairman, Bishop Gerald Barnes
Mr. Alejandro Aguilera-Titus

http://www.usccb.org/upload/co-workers-vineyard-lay-ecclesial-ministry-2005.pdf

Activities and events were FIP is invited representing its membership. FIP provides voice to our membership in different national forums within the Church about our needs and concerns, in addition to promoting the mission and vision of FIP.

FIP is an active representative of the ENAHVE committee (En Camino Hacia el V Encuentro), promoted by the Secretariat for Diversity, Hispanic/Latino Communities. In the last session during the month of February 2015 in Baltimore, members of this committee gathered with the Regional Episcopal leadership, to learn and discuss about the responsibilities, goals and work tools available to organize and promote regional committees which will be the work-base for the V Encuentro. Members of ENAHVE provide assistance to these regional committees. Several members of FIP also participate representing their own institutes and formation centers. For more information and updates please visit the website: www.enhave.org.
“Toward Canonical Consideration for Lay Ecclesial Ministry”.(Hacia una Consideración Canónica para el Ministerio Eclesial Laico) gathering in May 20-21, 2015 St. John’s University. FIP has been invited to send a representative to this gathering because for membership and because we have been sponsors for the past two symposiums organized by St Johns’ University, on the USCCB document “Coworkers in the Vineyard of the Lord”. On this gathering we will analyze and discuss presentations prepared on the theme of Authorization of Lay Ecclesial Ministers. This event is a pathway to the planning and preparation of the Third Symposium in 2016 to further the discussions and conclusions of the past two symposiums on the USCCB document of Coworkers in the Vineyard of the Lord.
SUMMIT, organized by USCCB in St. Louis MO June 708, 2015. The purpose is to know the history and implementation process of the bishops’ document Coworkers in the Vineyard of the Lord, considering actual demographic changes in our Church today. FIP is invited together with bishops, lay ministers, religious men and women involved in formation based on this document.