A farewell Mass was held at St. Joseph’s College Auditorium on November 3, 2018 to show solidarity with Sr. Patricia Fox, advocate for poor and oppressed Filipinos. Sister Fox was ordered by the Bureau of Immigration to leave the country because of her missionary works solidarity efforts for God’s Anawim, the poor and marginalized people […]
In partnership with the Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA), the ecumenical group Anawin Mission continues to reach out to Indigenous People (IP or Lumad), this time through a medical-dental mission held on October 27 at Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) Katipunan, Quezon City. The church compound was then hosting the LumadBakwit School for children who […]
On March 10 and 11, 2018, the Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA) co-organized a medical-dental mission for the indigenous peoples and other residents of Barangay Libis, San Ysiro, Antipolo, Rizal. For two days ISA worked together with the Advance the Rights of Indigenous People for Self-Empowerment (ARISE), Protect Sierra Madre (PSP), Rotary Club […]
The Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA) helped organize ANAWIM MISSION, the first ecumenical immersion which drew members from Catholics (ISA and the Archdiocese of Manila), mainline Protestants (National Council of Churches in the Philippines) and Evangelicals (Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) and the Penuel School of Theology). ISA helped conceptualize the solidarity immersion […]
The Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA) through Fr. Rico P. Ponce, O. Carm. was chosen by Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, S.J. to convene the Organizing Committee for an ecumenical forum. The idea for such a forum came to Archbishop Ledesma when he was invited but could not come to the 17th Spirituality Forum of […]
On October 14, 2107 the Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA) and other church-based groups spent the day standing by tribal communities who are struggling for self-determination. “Spirituality of Solidarity” is ISA’s Public Lecture for October, declared by Presidential Decree 1906 which is marked as National Indigenous Peoples Month, based on the mandate of the […]
On July 1-8 2017 the Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA) co-convened PAMATI a second time. The first PAMATI was held in 2014 at the initiative of ISA in partnership with a core group which has expanded in membership. Aside from ISA, the convenors of PAMATI 2017 were Growth in Wholeness Wellbeing Associates (GINHAWA), Center […]
The Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA) hosted an inter-faith Liturgy and Blessing on June 24, 2017, 9 am- 12 noon at the St. Teresa of Avila Chapel, # 28 Acacia St., New Manila, Quezon City. It was held a week before the actual “Pamati 2017: Listening to Bodies, Songs, and Waters” on July 1-8 […]
A planned retreat came to reality when the whole staff of the Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA) went to Hong Kong from March 20-25, 2017. The group had a retreat at Shek O, which is run by the Carmelite Fathers from Indonesia. They were welcomed by none other than the Prior of the community, […]
“To DO JUSTICE, to LOVE KINDNESS, to WALK HUMBLY with God” is the main thrust of ARISE, a movement for the Dumagat tribe. Recently, members of the tribe participated in the Lakbayan of National Minorities and sealed their solidarity with other people’s organizations supporting the right of Indigenous Peoples to ancestral land. Since the symbolic […]