ECMI UPDATES at # 11 Minsheng Road, Changhua City, Taiwan 500 TW - PASTORAL SERVICES

PASTORAL SERVICES

Below is the comprehensive list of Pastoral services available.

THE ECMI NATIONAL OFFICE SERVES AS A SATELLITE AND COORDINATING OFFICE OF ALL DIOCESAN MIGRANTS' OFFICES AND CENTERS IN TAIWAN. IT ALSO SERVES AS A CATHOLIC CHURCH NETWORKING OFFICE WITH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.
MIGRANTS WHO NEED HELP SHALL COORDINATE WITH ECMI OFFICE AND THEY WILL BE REFERRED TO PERTINENT AUTHORITIES AND NGO's IN THE AREAS WHERE THE MIGRANTS ARE LOCATED OR THEY CAN CONTACT DIRECTLY TO THE FOLLOWING OFFICES FOR ASSISTANCE.

FOR SOCIAL CONCERNS:

EPISCOPAL COMMISSION FOR THE PASTORAL CARE OF MIGRANTS AND ITINERANT PEOPLE
ECMI SATTELITE OFFICE
# 11 Minsheng Road, Changhua City (500)
Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel. #: +886 4 7239716 / +886 4 7231370
Fax#: +886 4 7238139
Email: ecmitaiwan@gmail.com / aostaiwan@gmail.com
President: Bishop Bosco Lin Chi-Nan, D.D.
Executive Secretary: Fr. Eliseo M. Napiere, MSP
Social Worker / Office Staff: Ms. Rose Lin

CHURCH BASE NGOs

TAIPEI ARCHDIOCESAN PASTORAL CARE OF MIGRANT WORKERS
(Formerly Known as MWCD)
10th Floor, Central Building

No. 2 Chung Shan North Road, Sect. 1, Taipei (100)

Tel. #: (02) 2311-7764 / (02) 2389-5247 / (02) 2314-8166
Fax #: (02) 2371-2888
Director: Fr. Nilo Mantilla, SC
Staff: Fr. Karolus - Indonesian  
           Alice Librea

 HOPE WORKERS' CENTER

 3f, 65, Chang-Chiang Road, Chungli, Taoyuan County (32041)
Tel. #: (03) 425-5416 / (03) 422-7075
Fax #: (03) 427-1092
Directress: Ms. Beth Sabado

VIETNAMESE MIGRANT WORKERS AND BRIDES OFFICE / TaiwanACT
116 Chung-Hwa Road, Bade City, Taoyuan County (324)
Tel. #: +886 3 217-0468
Fax #: +886 3 79-8171
website: www.taiwanact.net 
email Ad: nguyenvanhung2025@gmail.com
Executive Director: Fr. Nguyen Peter Van Hung, SSC
Ass. Exe. Dir.: Fr. Nguyen Hung Cuong
Director of Policy & Planning: Ms. Le My-Nga
Director of Programs: Ms. Wu Jingru
Program Coordinator: Ms. Lee Hope
Case Workers: Ms. Mai Thi Loan, Mr. Tseng Han Sheng
Secretary: Ms. Luong Thanh-Anh

 CENTER FOR MIGRANTS' CONCERNS - CENTRAL TAIWAN (CMCCT)
# 11 Minsheng Road, Changhua City (500)
Tel. #'s: (04) 723-9716 / (04) 723-1370
Fax #: (04) 723-8139
website: www.cmcctonline.catholicweb.com
email Ad: nali614@gmail.com
Executive Director: Fr. Elseo M. Napiere, MSP
Administrative Assistant/Social Worker: Ms. Rose Lin

STELLA MARIS INTERNATIONAL SERVICE CENTER
37 Lainan St., Kaoshiung (80346)
Tel. #: (07) 532-2522
Fax #: (07) 532-2209
Director: Fr. Bruno Ciceri, SC
Fr. Roger Manalo, SC
Social Workers: Ms. Tessa Cheng, Ms. Angela Chang
 

AFFILIATE LOCAL NGO's:

TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' ASSOCIATION

3F, No. 53-6, Sec.3, Zhongshan N. Road, Taipei City 104, Taiwan 
Tel: +886-2-25956858
Fax: +886-2-25956755
email쳌Ftiwa@tiwa.org.tw
website: www.tiwa.org.tw
Directress: Ms. Jing Ru

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US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA PROCLAIMED JANUARY 2010 AS NATIONAL SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH
WASHINGTON, 4 January 2010 (WHPS)—The United States was founded on the principle that all people are born with an unalienable right to freedom -- an ideal that has driven the engine of American progress throughout our history. As a Nation, we have known moments of great darkness and greater ...

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MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF ECMI
My beloved Migrants and Immigrants in Taiwan,  Greetings! The recent earthquake that devastated Haiti which claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people including the precious life of the Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot. Number of priests and religious including ...

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Haiti’s Filipino nuncio counters critics on slow aid
By Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 02:38:00 01/27/2010   MANILA, Philippines—“Getting better every day.” This was how Filipino Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, described the progress of relief efforts in earthquake-ravaged ...

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HOMILY ON THE CLOSING OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF EVANGELIZATION IN TAIWAN
Homily For closing of 150th anniversary of evangelization Taipei, Taiwan, November 21, 2009, Christ the King                              

Peace be with ...

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SUBSIDIARITY A "NEW APPROACH" FOR MIGRATION ISSUE
Prelate Recalls Fundamental Principles ATHENS, Greece, NOV. 4, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The secretary of the Vatican's migration council is proposing the principle of subsidiarity as a suggestion for new approaches in the complex issue of migration. Archbishop Agostino Marchetto spoke of this and other ...

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OFFICIAL: CATHOLICS NEED NEW PERSPECTIVE ON MIGRANTs
  Reflects on Circulation of People, Consequence of Globalization VATICAN CITY, NOV. 3, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Globalization is not just about economics; it is also about the human person, and thus challenges us to a "radical change in perspective," says one Vatican ...

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ICMC contributes to new publication:
Guide to ratification of the International Migrant Workers Convention

Geneva, 30 April 2009 - Marking another step towards improving the protection of migrant workers and members of their families worldwide, the International Catholic Migration Commission has joined with the International Steering Committee for the Campaign for Ratification of the Migrant Rights ...

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LETTER FOR THE YEAR FOR PRIESTS (VATICAN CITY)
Dear Priests,   The Year for Priests, announced by our beloved Pope Benedict XVI to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the death of the saintly Curé of Ars, St. John Mary Vianney, is drawing near. It will be inaugurated by the Holy Father on the 19th June, the feast of the Sacred Heart ...

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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE PASTORAL CARE OF MIGRANTS AND ITINERANT PEOPLE (VATICAN CITY)
PONTIFICIUM CONSILIUM DE SPIRITUALI MIGRANTIUM ATQUE ITINERANTIUM CURA + ANTONIO MARIA VEGLIO President I am please to send the greetings of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People to the Episcopal Commission for MIgrants and Itinerants of Taiwan and ...

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SC STRIKES OUT 'DISCRIMINATORY' PROVISION IN MIGRANT WORKERS LAW 03/31/2009 | 08:26 PM 
    MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional a provision in the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act that limits the money claims of illegally dismissed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Ruled as unconstitutional was paragraph 5, Section 10 of ...

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MENT STATEMENT-RESOLUTION ON THE PLIGHT OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN TAIWAN
 STATEMENT-RESOLUTION ON THE PLIGHT OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN TAIWAN

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MENT discussion regarding ILO Convention on Domestic Workers Situation in Taiwan
  A)  Problem identification: Gaps in national laws and policies vis a vis women migrants and domestic workers   1)    Lack of legal protection  Domestic workers and caregivers are not covered by the Labor Standards Law (LSL) At the end of 2008 more than 168,000, ...

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LETTER OF PETITION

LET'S SUPPORT IT!

 Dear friends,  
We are the Taiwan International Workers' Association (TIWA),  working for the rights of migrant workers in Taiwan.   We urgently need your support!  Please join our international signature compaign!   Our long ...

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REFLECTION ON INSTITUTIONALIZED OPPRESSION:
PETITION FOR A REDUCED SENTENCE FOR THE INJURED WORKER LIU HANGHUANG ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS

Background (Preamble): Petition for a Reduced Sentence for the Injured Worker Liu Hanghuang on Humanitarian Grounds  On 16 June 2009, Liu Hanghuang, a factory worker in Dongguan, fatally stabbed two of his Taiwanese employers and left a third critically injured. This is definitely an ...

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SECOND GENERATION KIDS ON VALENTINE'S DAY
Find more videos like this on TCMF 13TH CARE STATION 

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GOD'S PRESENCE IN LENT by MSGR. Paul Russel
The Daluyan Care Station is selling a Book written by Msgr. Paul Russel - the Apostolic Nuncio in China entitled "GOD'S PRESENCE IN LENT" - Homilies and Reflections on the Readings for Ash Wednesday, for the Sunday and Solemnities in Lent and for the Sacred Triduum.  The book ...

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MIGRANT CARE GIVERS AND DOMESTIC HELPERS DEMAND FOR DAY-OFF
  Find more videos like this on INTERNATIONAL DAY OF MIGRANTS - RALLY

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HAITI: AN INTERVIEW
Find more videos like this on TCMF 13TH CARE STATION
Changhua City - The Executive Secretary of the Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (ECMI) and the Executive Director of Daluyan Care Station in Changhua City was interviewed by the Daluyan Internet ...

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PAPAL DOCUMENTS
 PAPAL MESSAGES The Role of the Receiving Community in the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees

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SEA ANGEL SUNK OFF THE COASTAL OF YUNLIN COUNTY
  AOS-TAIWAN. A Thailand-registered freighter capsized off Mailaio, Yunlin County, at 5:30 a.m. leaving one man dead and eight missing, on January 26.  Ten people were rescued by teams from the National Airborne Service Corps, the Air Force and the Coast Guard Administration, according to ...

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DOCUMENTS
STELLA MARIS
Document on Apostleship of the Sea

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MARITIME CASE IN HUALIEN PORT
 CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF EVENTS OF ‘ALLEGED’ INVOLVEMENT OF VLCC ‘TOSA’ IN A CLOSE QUARTERS SITUATION WITH A TAIWANESE FISHING TRAWLER Tosa is a 299996 dwt VLCC delivered on 31.3.08, built in Japan, registered in Panama and managed by NYK ship management, Singapore. ...

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COMPENDIUM OF THE CATECHISM
Catechism

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Compendium of Social Doctrine

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UPDATE FROM AOS HUALIEN RE: MARITIME CASE IN HUALIEN
Dear Father LOLOY:  Greetings in Christ Jesus!  Captain Glen Patrick Aroza, an Indian national, Helmsman Eduardo Mallorca, a Filipino from Oton, Ilo-ilo, and another seaman from Bangladesh, all from the ship M/T Tosa have been temporarily on-hold in Hualien City since April while their ...

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NEW UPDATE ON MARITIME CASE IN HUALIEN PORT
 Dear Father LOLOY:  Greetings in Christ Jesus!  After the Sunday Mass yesterday night, our Filipino seaman Eduardo Mallorca and the Indian national Captain Gle Patrick Aroza updated me on their case. I was informed that last week, they have been formally charged already of ...

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