“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
Annual Meeting

Mark your Calendars!

The annual meeting is held at the end of January of each year and all members are welcome to participate.

Reunión Anual
2011 Annual Meeting in Vineland, NJ.


Annual Meeting 2013 | January 2013

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What People are saying about FIP

Alejandro Siller"The annual FIP gatherings help me to bring new life and light to my vocation of pastoral ministry to the People of God from the Hispanic experience. Our gatherings are an integration of the wisdom from our 'community history' and the new evangelization we are all called to. It is an encounter with new and old FIP members, all with a variety of rich faith filled pastoral ministry experiences from which we all learn. MACC, the institution I serve is enriched by my learning in FIP gatherings."

- Alejandro Siller-González, MACC (Mexican American Catholic College)

"The annual FIP gatherings are an encounter  of brothers and sisters in Christ, a place where I learn more about my faith and my pastoral ministry. We learn from each other about how to integrate the growing diversity of ethnic groups and cultures in our communities.  We make new contacts for our mutual support in our pastoral ministry.  We relate to each other with respect and as persons in need of one another"

- Alejandro Siller-González, MACC (Mexican American Catholic College




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