“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
Who We Are

FIP focuses in on formation leadership, Hispanic cultural context within the US and the ongoing service within the country as central elements to institutes. Acknowledging the changing landscape, budgetary cuts, and changing personal, reduction of staff, and new documents (Co-Workers in the Vineyard) FIP recognizes a variety of memberships for inclusion within the FIP community:

Institutes: good old institutes (those free standing institutes which contain the core elements as found in our mission): Congar Institute

Affiliates: those providing formation programs based either diocesan, regional or local concerns and needs: Diocese of Camden, NJ

Friends: those who support, encourage and make known the mission of FIP in the public forum: Ligouri

How do we become members?
Incorporation into FIP is based on yearly payment of dues. Institutes, affiliates and friends become members of FIP by payment of an annual fee. (By Laws FIP)

The annual fee for 2010-2011 is $150.  For more information please contact us at info@fipusa.org.

If you’re interested in becoming members with FIP, please download FIP's membership form here and send it to:

Federation of Pastoral Institutes
Attn: Sr. Sonia Avi, IHM
Our Lady of Fatima Parish
Faith Formation
2915 Street Road
Bensalem, PA 19020

Membresia FIP Map

There are currently 40 members of FIP
(below is an alphabetized list by name/organization)


Apostolado Hispano at the Diocese of Arlington
www.arlingtondiocese.org/spanishapostolate

Archdiocese of Miami
www.miamiarch.org

Berkeley University, Berkeley CA
[No link available]
  
College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown NJ
www.cse.edu

Congar Institute, San Antonio TX
www.congarinstitute.org

Diocese of Laredo
www.thedioceseoflaredo.org

Hispanic Catholic Charismatic Center, Bronx NY
[No link available]

Hispanic Ministry at Archdiocese of Baltimore
www.archbalt.org

Hispanic Ministry at Archdiocese of Chicago
www.archchicago.org

Hispanic Ministry at Diocese of Cleveland
www.dioceseofcleveland.org

Hispanic Ministry at Diocese of San Bernardino
www.sbdiocese.org

Hispanic Ministry at St. John Vianney, Denver CO
www.sjvdenver.edu

Hispanic Ministry at the Diocese of Camden
www.camdendiocese.org

Hispanic Ministry with Youth at Archdiocese of Los Angeles
www.archdiocese.la

Institute for Latino Studies at Univeristy of Notre Dame, IN
www.latinostudies.nd.edu

Instituto Católico, Philadelphia PA
[No link available]

Instituto de Estudios Religioso y Pastoral, Bronx NY
www.centrocatolicocarismatico.com

Instituto de Formación de la Diocesis de Joliet, IL
www.dioceseofjoliet.org

Instituto del Noreste, Bronx NY
[No link available]

Instituto Fe y Vida, Stockton CA
www.feyvida.org

MACC, San Antonio TX
www.maccsa.org

Parish Life, West New York NJ
www.stjpl.org

Priest Formation at Dominican Priory, Irving TX
[No link available]

SEPI
[No link available]

The Jesuit Collaborative, Boston MA
www.jesuit-collaborative.org

The National Catholic Council For Hispanic Ministry (NCCHM), Notre Dame IN
www.ncchm.org

USCCB, Washington DC
www.usccb.org


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