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International Women's Day celebrated by Churches in the Philippines

International Women's Day celebrated by Churches in the Philippines

Churches in the Philippines pre-empted the official date of celebrating International Women’s Day which is March 8 of every year.

11 March 2010

Churches in the Philippines call on all members to formulate policy on sexual abuse

Churches in the Philippines call on all members to formulate policy on sexual abuse

The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) for the past eight years was led by the first lay woman General Secretary, Sharon Rose Joy Ruiz-Duremdes.

05 December 2007

Trinity College of Quezon City becomes Trinity University of Asia

Trinity College of Quezon City becomes Trinity University of Asia

The Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC) and the Association of Episcopal Colleges have announced the change in status of Trinity College of Quezon City, Philippines, to Trinity University of Asia (TUA).

12 October 2006

Filipino bishop Alberto Ramento found stabbed to death

Filipino bishop Alberto Ramento found stabbed to death

Bishop Alberto Ramento of Tarlac in the Philippines, former Prime Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church, or Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), was found stabbed to death at his rectory on the morning of October 3. The initial police report said that he may have been killed by robbers

04 October 2006

Filipino church demolished to make way for government project

Filipino church demolished to make way for government project

The Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP) has announced that one of its churches - St. Peter's in Sabangan, Mountain Province - has been demolished in order to enable a government-coordinated project of constructing an open-air gymnasium, despite a civil court case declaring the Diocese of Northern Philippines as the rightful owner of the property.

01 August 2006

Philippine Churches light the world in remote villages

Philippine Churches light the world in remote villages

They had literally groped in the dark for ages. But for the past three years, more than a thousand upland folk in a remote village in northern Philippines have felt blessed because they are finally seeing the light of fluorescent bulbs.

02 September 2005

A Healing Ministry via Alternative Medicine in Philippine Episcopal Diocese

A Healing Ministry via Alternative Medicine in Philippine Episcopal Diocese

One Sunday in August inside a farm warehouse converted into a chapel, more than a hundred parishioners were singing praises to the Lord as they pledged to offer their lives in “seeking a just and healing society”.

15 September 2003

The Manila Covenant

The Manila Covenant

We have come from different parts of the world to celebrate the Centenary of Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI).

15 August 2002

Northeastern Luzon established

Northeastern Luzon established

The Episcopal Church in the Philippines is shortly to establish its sixth diocese when the Episcopal Diocese of Northeastern Luzon is created.

23 August 2000

Concordat Betweeen Episcopal Church and Independent Church

Concordat Betweeen Episcopal Church and Independent Church

On 17 February Bishops of the Philippine Independent Church and the Episcopal Church in the Philippines signed a Concordat of Full Communion between the two Churches.

11 April 1997