We would like to invite everyone on September 27, Saturday, to the celebration of the Feast of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila at Kiyose Catholic church. For more information, kindly refer to the poster above.... Read More.
Join us on June 7, 2025 (Saturday) from 8:00 am to around 6:00 pm to Pilgrimage to Holy Doors in the Archdiocese of Tokyo. We have limited slots for 45 participants only. You may secure... Read More.
Jubilee 2025 Thanksgiving Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Mejiro, Tokyo. For inquiries, you may contact CTIC at (03) 5759-1061.... Read More.
The speaker, Nurse Sarah Nagamatsu of St. Luke’s International University, has been educating us annually about various health issues. This time she will help us understand “Why is osteoporosis more common in women?”, its signs... Read More.
Pope Francis inaugurated a Year of Prayer ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, calling on the faithful “to pray more fervently to prepare ourselves to live properly this grace-filled event and to experience the power of hope... Read More.
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz was born around the year 1600 in Binondo, Manila in the Philippines. He was the son of a Chinese father and a Filipino mother. Both were Christians and took care to raise... Read More.
“Remember to welcome strangers in your homes. There were some who did that and welcomed angels without knowing it.”
As part of the Catholic Tokyo International Center (CTIC), we the members of the English Pastoral Ministry (EPM) make ourselves available to the sacramental, religious and pastoral needs of the English-speaking migrants, refugees and people on the move in the archdiocese of Tokyo.
That in the realization of the pastoral assistance offered by the local Church to the migrants, refugees and people on the move the EPM’s intervention is ascertained to be holistic and relevant.
+ To adhere to the guidelines for the pastoral care of migrants issued by the Catholic Church, the EPM creates and delivers relevant programs and activities that address holistically their various needs.
+ To be conscious with the sensitivity of the needs of the migrants, the EPM puts premium on the language that the former could understand in offering its programs and services.
+ To avoid duplication and competition in the work, the EPM networks with other existing groups and organizations that offer similar assistance to migrants, refugees and people on the move.
+ To achieve sustainability and relevance of the programs, the EPM constantly assesses their significance and comes up with much-improved ones.
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Eucharistic Celebration, Baptism, Anointing of the Sick, etc.
Social, Health, Spiritual and Religious, Catechism, Retreats and Recollections, Seminars and Workshops
Gathering of Filipino Groups and Communities (GFGC) supervision; Parish animation of english speaking foreigners
Home and hospital visitation, Counseling, Accompaniment, Detention visitation
Philippine Missionaries, St. Luke's University, and other NGOs
Kalakbay newsletter
4-6-22 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021 JAPAN
+81 (03) 5759-1061
