Flores de Mayo

Saturday, May 18, 2024

The Office of Multicultural Ministries, Diocese of Arlington, and the Filipino Catholic Community invite you to attend the Flores de Mayo (Spanish for "flowers in May") Mass and Santacruzan (Spanish Santa Cruz, "holy cross") on Saturday, May 18.

New book shares ideas to engage Asian Catholics

By Zita B. Fletcher, Arlington Catholic Herald

"The diocesan Office of Multicultural Ministries is ramping up outreach to the Asian and Pacific Island (API) Catholic community through a new book, 'Encountering Christ in Harmony: A Pastoral Response to Our Asian and Pacific Island Brothers and Sisters, published by the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops'..."

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Announces Encountering Christ in Harmony: A Pastoral Response to Our Asian and Pacific Island Brothers and Sisters

Approved by the U.S. bishops during their Spring 2018 General Assembly, the pastoral response will guide the Catholic Church in the United States in addressing the pastoral needs of Asian and Pacific Island communities and provide a framework for dioceses and parishes for creating their pastoral plans or actions specific to their circumstances.

Lightworks

Ignation Spiritual Program

Lightworks is 14 weeks of praying and sharing Lectio Divina Ignatian Prayer with imagination.

Asian and Pacific Island Catholic leaders support bishops' pastoral document

'Encounter Christ in Harmony' focuses on identity, leadership and cultural encounter

Bishop Oscar Solis talks about pastoral response to Asian, Pacific Island Catholic communities

Bishop Oscar Solis talks about pastoral response to Asian, Pacific Island Catholic communities

Multicultural Mass Information

Discover when and where to attend a Mass in a different language or with a specific culture. The Catholic Diocese of Arlington offers multiple, regular Masses for the following communities: Brazilian, Cameroon, Deaf Ministry, Eritrean (Ge'ez Rite), Filipino, Irish (Gaelic), Ghanaian, Indian Syro-Malabar Rite, Indian (Tamil), Korean, Sierra Leone and Vietnamese.