Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of Catholicism in the Philippines
“…500 years have passed since the Christian message first arrived in the Philippines.
You received the joy of the Gospel... And this joy is evident in your people … We see it
in your eyes, on your faces, in your songs and in your prayers. In the joy with which
you bring your faith to other lands …”
~ Pope Francis said in his homily of the Mass at the Vatican on March 14, formally
opening the yearlong celebrations marking the 500th anniversary of Catholicism’s
arrival in the Philippines.
A country of 7,641 islands at the sea of southeast Asia with a population of 109 million,
of which more than 10 million are migrants living in almost 100 countries across the world.
Why the Pope calls Filipinos “smugglers of faith”? What makes the local Church so unique?
What is the Catholic population in the country? How many dioceses, bishops are there?
All you need to know about the Church in the Philippines in one click
ociety of the Divine Word (SVD) :Father Provincial: Father Joseph Topno SVD
Address: Post Box No 3, Jharsuguda, Orissa, 768201, India
Phone: (91) 6645- 270904, 273400; mobile: 09437127040
Provincial house of Religious Women
Handmaids of Mary (HM) :Mary Villa, Cox Colony, Jharsuguda, Orissa, 768201, India
Phone: (91) 6645-273156, 271628
Email: [email protected]
Missionary Sisters, Servants of the Holy Spirit (SSpS) :Pavitra Atma Convent, P.O. Box - 15, Jharsuguda, Orissa, 768201, India
Phone: (91) 6645-272051, 272061
Fax: (91) 6645-273408
Email: [email protected]
Religious Institutes of Men
Franciscan Missionary Brothers :CMSF
Order of Friars Minor Capuchins :OFM Cap
Order of the Discalced Carmelites :OCD
Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesians of Don Bosco) :SDB
Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines) :SAC
Society of the Divine Word :SVD
Religious Institutes of Women
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambery :CSI
Franciscan Clarist Congregation :FCC
Handmaids of Mary :HM
Missionaries of Charity :MC
Missionary Sisters of the Queen of the Apostles :SRA
Missionary Sisters, Servants of the Holy Spirit :SSpS
