Asiamerica Ministries
Contact The Rev. Dr. Fred Vergara
Missioner for Asiamerica Ministries in the Episcopal Church based in New York City. Married to former Angela Vinluan, former school teacher. Born in Philippines, served as priest in the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (1978-1980); as missionary in the Anglican Church of Singapore (1980-1986); as Canon Asian Missioner in the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real and […]
Apostle Thomas: Is There A Place For Doubt In Faith?
Is there a place for doubt in the understanding of faith? A tight rope walker set out to walk above the Niagara Falls. He called out to the crowd that gathered. “Do you believe I can walk on this tightrope and cross the border of USA and Canada?” (As you know, one bank of […]
Summit On Human Trafficking: Communities Mobilizing Against Modern Day Slavery
SUMMIT ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING: COMMUNITIES MOBILIZING AGAINST MODERN DAY SLAVERY (OPEN TO PUBLIC) Saturday, May 10, 2014 (10am – 5pm) Registration Opens at 9:30 A.M.St. James Episcopal Church 84-07 Broadway Elmhurst, New York 11373 (Accessible by Queens Subway, Trains M & R and Bus Q53) Call New York 11373Registration begins at 9:30am or you can register online to […]
EMMAUS: Welcoming the Stranger, Walking in the New World
1st Century Israel: It was evening of the day of Jesus’ resurrection. Two disciples of Jesus were walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus. One was named Cleopas and the other was not identified. Emmaus was seven miles from Jerusalem so it was quite a long walk. What happened to them on their way would warm their hearts, transform […]
Vergara addresses the Asia-America Theological Exchange Forum
The following are the opening comments from the Rev. Winfred Vergara, the Episcopal Church’s missioner for Asiamerica Ministries, at the Asia-America Theological Exchange Forum held Feb. 3-6 in the Philippines. In the 1960s and 1970s, there was a flurry of theological activities in Asia centered on the contextualization of theology. As many Asian countries struggled […]
Legendary Japanese-American priest celebrated in Nebraska
[Episcopal News Service] While imprisoned in four World War II internment camps in four years the Rev. Hiram Hisanori Kano led worship, ministered to and taught those around him, including his jailers, other internees, and German POWs. The Nebraska priest’s life and ministry are the stuff of legend, so much so that the state legislature adopted […]
Asiamerica Ministry in the 21st Century
From a workshop address given on October 15, 2011, at the Everyone, Everywhere conference held in Estes Park, Colorado.
Message of Hope in the Age of Despair
Winfred B. Vergara, Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry, Chinese Convocation Gathering, Cathedral of St. Paul, Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, California 1/25/2010 Let us pray: Almighty and ever-living God, who through Your Son Jesus Christ, promised that You will be with us even unto the close of the age; and who through the Holy Spirit, presided over the […]
