The Most Reverend Rhee Millena Timbang
Obispo Maximo
Iglesia FIlipina Independiente
News & Updates

Ang Christmas Institute para sa Diyosesis ng MaQueBaCa
Noong nakaraang Simbang Gabi, nagsagawa ng isang makulay at puno ng pagmamahal na Christmas Institue ang buong Diyosesis ng Kalakhang Maynila para sa mga pook na nasalanta ng mga kalamidad sa Kalugaran ng Bicol (Camarines Sur). Ang kaganapang ito ay isang bahagi ng kanilang misyon ng pagbibigay tulong at pagkakawanggawa, na naglalayong maghatid ng kagalakan at pag-asa sa mga pamilyang patuloy na bumangon mula sa mga pagsubok.

Blood Donation Drive at the DGMA Cathedral
Join us in making a life-saving difference this holiday season! People360, in partnership with Iglesia Filipina Independiente (DGMA Cathedral), Dugong Alay Dugtong Buhay (DADB), Brgy. Apolonio Samson & Council, Sangguniang Kabataan of Brgy. Apolonio Samson, CDAG, Tau Gamma Sigma, Breast Cancer Warrior, Rotary Club of Cubao, Q.C., and Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center, invites you to another Blood Donation Program on December 14, 2024, from 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM, at the IFI Cathedral, Brgy. Apolonio Samson, Quezon City.

TEN-TEN LAUDS OUTSTANDING LEADERS
“May we always remember; may we never forget,” Bishop Buddy started his homily in paying tribute to the father-son tandem, Don Belong and OM Beluco. The word “Double Ten” (date October 10) was coined after the month of October and day 10, hence Double Ten, red-letter day to remember and honor the two great leaders responsible for the furtherance and growth of the IFI...

DGMA ORDAINS FOUR MINISTERS
On three separate occasions, DGMA through its officiating officer, the Rt. Rev. Vicente Salvador Ballesteros, ordained two priests and two deacons in an unprecedented one-month record period between September and October 2024. Two were held at the Cathedral of the Crucified Lord in Barangay Apolonio Samson, Quezon City; while one was held at the historic Maria Clara Church in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

DGMA COMMEMORATES TOP IFI LEADERS
A Requiem Mass was held on October 10, 2024 (so-called Double Ten) at the Maria Clara Church in Sta. Cruz, Manila, to remember and honor the two distinguished leaders of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, the Delos Reyes father-son-tandem: Isabelo delos Reyes, Sr. (“Don Belong”) and Isabelo delos Reyes, Jr. (“Beluco”). The Rt. Rev. Vicente Salvador (“Buddy”) Ballesteros, DGMA bishop, led the concelebrated Mass;
DGMA Features

Ministriya ng Tagabasa sa Diyosesis ng Kalakhang Maynila
Ang Ministriya ng Tagabasa ay isang mahalagang bahagi ng Simbahan, at sa pagtanggap ng tungkuling ito, inaasahang mas lalalim ang pananampalataya ng mga mananampalataya. Sa pagtatapos ng seremonya, iginawad sa mga bagong tagabasa ang kanilang Pamatok (Lay Stole), Krus ng paglilingkod, at Lisensya bilang sagisag ng kanilang misyon.

MIYERKULES NG ABO
Ash Wednesday is a reminder of our frailty to burst our pride, to remind us of what is important and of where our life is leading. There is repentance for our pride as we receive our ashes at Mass, but Lent is also hope-filled, as in our frailty we hope in God's merciful love. Our Lenten practices of increased prayer, fasting and almsgiving all serve to focus the mind and re-attune the heart, so that we can renew our friendship with the Lord. Life is filled with so much to do, and so much to distract us.

Message from the Chief Pastor to all clergy and congregations (CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY)
Bowing and kneeling to the greatest King today should remind us that Christ as King made Himself known not by means of power domination and violence. That He made us understand Him by His unconditional love, by willful sharing of Himself as a servant-leader who leads by being the last, who teach us both by His words and loving deeds, and who treats us not as subjects but friends. Let us also caution ourselves from temptation to bow before world’s rulers in contempt of the one true Ruler who has given us life and keeps us blessed throughout the days of our lives.

The Obispo Maximo's Message
on Easter April 9, 2023
Truly, “the resurrection is at the core of our beliefs as Christians. Without it, our faith is meaningless” (Joseph B. Wirthlin). But as we celebrate this joyful season, may it be clear to us as God’s people that Easter is not simply the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, it is largely our living out with him being the resurrected Lord so that we shall persist and endure to proclaim life and live out hope in our day to day living. Hence, in both gospels we heard the divine imperative to go and to tell others about the life that conquers death and the hope that defeats despair and the love that overcomes evil...

January 1, 2023
Matthew 2:13-23
“Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”
Announcements

122nd Proclamation Anniversary
IGLESIA FILIPINA INDEPENDIENTE
August 3, 1902 - August 3, 2024
PILGRIMAGE OF SOLIDARITY: Church and Indigenous Communities Journeying to Abundant Life.
"I have come that they may have life. and have it to the full" (John 10:10b, NIV)

KAPIT-BISIG Humanitarian Mission
The South Central Luzon Bishops Conference (SCLBC) appeals to your compassionate heart for donations in order to bring relief to the victims of the recent calamity. We request your kind support in making sure that we provide immediate relief to the victims by donating relief goods, most importantly medical supplies, clothes, blankets and other basic necessities.

SCL Virtual Clergy Convocation
SERVING WITH JOY AND GENEROSITY IN THE MIDST OF AFFLICTION AND REPRESSION.
November 9, 2020 I 8:00am - 5:00pm I via Zoom app
Speaker: Bishop Reuel Norman Marigza | NCCP General Secretary
Official Church Statements
Create and Make in us New and Contrite Hearts
We ask then all members of the IFI community to take the Season of Lent as an opportunity to contemplate on what our Lord Jesus really did and continue to do for us through his passion and death on the cross and eventually through his resurrection. We need to see his work of salvation wrought for us and the way he is leading us towards the unity and presence of God almighty, the Father in heaven.
Celebrate His Life and Ministry, remember His Contribution
OM’s Message to the Church On the 43rd Death Anniversary of past Obispo Maximo Bishop Santiago Fonacier; December 8, 2020; TO THE BELOVED PEOPLE OF GOD In the Iglesia Filipina Independiente
RED-TAGGING by NTF-ELCAC amid Pandemic
The Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) clergy and laity were shocked and appalled when on October 30, 2020 a video clip proliferated in social media claiming the IFI and other Churches in the Philippines to have “15% membership as members of CPP-NPA-NDFP.”
Concordat Anniversary between Church of England and the IFI
OM’S MESSAGE TO THE CHURCH On the Occasion of the Concordat Anniversary between the Church of England and the Iglesia Filipina Independiente
He Walked While He Had The Light
OM’s Message on the Celebration of the Life of Bp. Gregorio Aglipay: On the Occasion of his 80th Death Anniversary.
"Our celebration today is therefore about his life, not about his death; a kind of life that Bp. Gregorio Aglipay..."
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