PCG Calgary assisted 104 Filipinos in 2022

Calgary, 10 January 2023 – One hundred four (104) Filipinos in Alberta and Saskatchewan received Assistance-to-Nationals (ATN) services from the Philippine Consulate General in Calgary in 2022.

According to Consul General Zaldy Patron, 21 of these 104 Filipinos also received financial assistance from the ATN Fund of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). They included two Filipinos who were repatriated and three Filipinos whose remains were shipped to the Philippines last year.

In addition, 14 Filipinos received welfare assistance. Among them were the 11 hotel workers in Jasper, Alberta, who were out of work in September 2022 for almost two weeks due to the wildfire in Jasper National Park that caused the closure of business establishments in Jasper.

The rest of the Filipinos who received assistance from the PCG were either given legal and consular advice, referred to pro-bono lawyers, or directed to social services agencies and non-profit organizations that could further help them.

“We are pleased to have extended assistance to our fellow Filipinos in distress last year in line with our mandate to protect the rights and promote the welfare of overseas Filipinos,” said Consul General Patron.

Calgary, 25 January 2023 –

Consul General Zaldy Patron paid a courtesy call today on Bishop William McGrattan of Calgary.

Bishop McGrattan is the 8th bishop of the Diocese of Calgary after Pope Francis appointed him to the position on 4 January 2017. He was installed on 27 February 2017.

“I conveyed to His Excellency Bishop McGrattan my appreciation for his leadership in taking care of the Filipino Catholics in Calgary who are under his jurisdiction,” Consul General Patron said.

The Filipino Catholics are part of the 89,055 Filipinos in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Consul General Patron also thanked Bishop McGrattan for allowing the Filipino community to celebrate a Tagalog Mass every third Sunday at the Sacred Heart Church in Downtown Calgary and the Simbang Gabi in various parishes in Calgary every December.

Consul General Patron and Bishop McGrattan exchanged views on the issues affecting the Filipino community and expressed readiness to work together to help address some of those issues.

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